Pipe Flow Wizard

Pipe Flow Wizard is a seemingly complicated but actually simple-to-use software application that gives you the possibility to simulate various scenarios concerning a network of pipes by performing multiple flow and pressure drop calculations at a time.

Hassle-free setup and cluttered interface

Installing the program should be a fast and easy job without any issues. Its interface is messy, though, because it makes visible all available options with numerous dialog boxes and a few buttons.

Configure settings and make calculations

It is possible to run up to four flow and pressure drop calculations in the same time. They are separately organized and you can easily tell them apart by color.
All you have to do is choose the measurement unit between metric and imperial, as well as set the internal roughness, pipe material, internal diameter, length, elevation change (rise or fall), along with the flow rate.

Study liquids and gases

The pressure drop is quickly calculated with one click and you can also find out the flow type, Reynold's number, friction factor, and fluid velocity. Results can be printed or copied to the Clipboard in text or image format, while the entries can be saved to file and re-used at a later time.
In addition, you can open a database with numerous kinds of liquids and gases and study their temperature, viscosity and density. Instead of the four panels, you can view only one of them. Besides pressure, you can make flow, diameter and length calculations.

Evaluation and conclusion

The tool does not put a strain on computer performance, since it runs on low CPU and RAM. It has a good response time and works well, without causing Windows to hang, crash or pop up error messages. All in all, Pipe Flow Wizard delivers a fast effective method to calculating pressure, flow, diameter and length when it comes to a pipe network.