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A Fauske and Associates product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Dec 16, 2004

Fauske and Associates has released FATE 2.0 - its facility flow, aerosol, thermal and explosion model software for PCs and workstations.

Fauske and Associates has released FATE 2.0 - its facility flow, aerosol, thermal and explosion model software for PCs and workstations.

The new software will be used for design, off-normal and accident analyses of nuclear and chemical facilities.

FATE 2.0 will replace computer codes currently used for design and safety analyses for US Department of Energy projects at the Hanford site and elsewhere.

These include codes such as HADCRT for tank farms and waste treatment plant and WESF, PFP; HANSF MCO and HANSF for spent nuclear fuel, sludge and the site's "T plant" chemical separation facility.

Among the major model features introduced with FATE 2.0 are the flammability and combustion of gases, vapours and aerosols model and entrainment of deposits to form aerosols modelling.

Other models include thermal radiation networks, event-oriented simulation and a limited distribution fire model.

Apart from comprehensive analysis modelling, a number of general capabilities are an integral feature of the software.

These include multiple-compartment thermodynamics and general species analysis, facility nodalisation and flow, aerosol behaviour, heat transfer determination, sources and time-dependent conditions and nuclear fuel and sludge models including chemical reactions.

"FATE is notable for combining flow, aerosol, and accident models for realistic multiple compartment analysis of facilities", said Dr Martin G Plys, Vice President, FAI Waste Technology.

"A key strength of FATE is that a model may be created for design situations and then used for a consistent accident analysis".

"Further, FATE's execution speed and graded approach enable easy parametric variation for sensitivity studies".

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