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Reimagine Pressure Vessel Design From Stress to Success

Pressure vessel design is demanding. Engineers must balance safety, precision, and strict code compliance, often under tight deadlines. Traditional workflows involve hours of manual calculations, drawing, and rework. The process is time-consuming, costly, and prone to error, especially when working with complex designs like shell and tube heat exchangers. But what if that pressure could turn into progress? That’s precisely what AutoPIPE Vessel offers, enabling engineers to achieve greater productivity, cost-effective manufacturing, improved project collaboration, and truly optimized pressure vessel designs. Take, for example, a global engineering firm designing a high-pressure heat exchanger for a petrochemical plant. Traditionally, this would take weeks of manual iteration and code checks. But with AutoPIPE Vessel, the team reduced design time by over 40%, identified material savings early, and collaborated effortlessly across continents. Read the case study. With AutoPIPE Vessel, you’re not just keeping up—you’re getting ahead. Explore seven ways that AutoPIPE Vessel is reshaping the future of pressure vessel engineering: 1. Automated design: Say goodbye to manual calculations and design delays. AutoPIPE Vessel acts as your smart assistant, instantly filling in missing values and guiding you through design and cost estimation with advanced automation. It ensures your designs are accurate, efficient, and fully

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Leading Geospatial Innovation at Bentley and WGIC

From Environmental Science to Geospatial Leadership: My Map-tastic Adventure In a world where the landscape of our cities and environments is constantly evolving, the role of geospatial technology is essential. It is the invisible thread that weaves together the fabric of our urban and natural worlds, providing clarity, connection, and insight. As we stand at the intersection of innovation and tradition, the importance of our collective efforts in the geospatial community cannot be overstated. For those who may not know me, I’ve been with Bentley for over 15 years, currently serving as an industry strategist. My focus is on leading geospatial and digital twin capabilities within our user community. I also have the privilege of co-chairing the Digital Twin Working Group at the Open Geospatial Consortium, and my latest role is president of the World Geospatial Consortium (WGIC). WGIC: Leading with Community and Global Impact WGIC has long been a source of inspiration for me, because it’s more than just an organization—it’s a global catalyst. With over 50 member organizations, including founding members Esri and Autodesk, across more than 20 countries, WGIC unites the geospatial industry to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges—from climate resilience and urban transformation to

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A New Era of Greener Urban Living: How Xiong’an Is Shaping Tomorrow’s Cities

Designing a Hidden Waste Treatment Facility to Power a Sustainable City In the quest for sustainable and resilient urban infrastructure, cities around the world are exploring innovative solutions to manage waste and reduce environmental impact. One such example is the Xiong’an New Area in China, which aims to become a model “waste-free city.” This project not only showcases engineering ingenuity but also highlights how digital twin technologies and sustainable design can work together to build cities that are cleaner, greener, and more resilient. Sustainable Success: The Waste Facility’s Measurable Impact Accelerated Delivery: Achieved a 130% boost in design efficiency, saving 30 days in design and 50 days in construction. Significant Cost Savings: Reduced project costs by CNY 13.7 million through optimized planning and execution. Sustainable Performance: Processes 3,060 tons of waste daily with a 50% to 80% reduction in emissions, depending on type of waste. Managing Waste for Millions Xiong’an New Area, a state-level development zone in the Hebei province, was envisioned as a smart, green, and livable city. However, with a projected population of over 6 million, the city faced a significant challenge: how to manage the enormous volume of waste generated daily without compromising the environment or the

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Tomorrow’s Roads Today: Why Digital Delivery Matters

Have you ever stopped to think about how much you rely on roads to stay connected to people and places, and how crucial they are for the success of our economy? Or how we expect roads to handle heavy traffic, severe weather, and natural disasters while remaining reliable and operational? Honestly, before I joined Bentley a few years ago, I rarely considered these things. But now, as an industry marketing manager, I see roads and highways from a completely different perspective, and I truly appreciate and understand just how valuable they are to our communities. Plus, why making them more sustainable and resilient is so important. In fact, every time I dodge or hit a pothole, sit in a traffic jam (patiently or not), or navigate a flooded street after a torrential downpour, I think about the infrastructure professionals like you who design, build, and maintain our roadways. Even though I’m not an engineer by trade and I didn’t inherit my dad’s knack for building and fixing things, I still know that your job is not easy. With most of the infrastructure needed for 2030 already in place, the urgency to modernize, maintain, and optimize the roads we do have—while

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Powering a Sustainable Future: How Nippoh Engineering is Innovating Carbon-Neutral Design

In the pursuit of a more sustainable world, companies are innovating ways to reduce environmental impact while delivering essential services. Nippoh Engineering Co., Ltd., located in Yokohama, Japan, is at the forefront of this movement with a visionary project aimed at achieving affordable and clean energy with a steam turbine piping design. Aligned with Japan’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, they are delivering a new thermal power plant designed to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to the revitalization of their region. In this blog, you will learn what Nippoh achieved utilizing Bentley software, including: 50% reduction in resource hours 10% material cost savings 20% productivity improvement 2,000-3,000 new jobs created For over 50 years, Nippoh Engineering Co., Ltd. has been designing plants that power communities in Japan and around the world. Today, they are taking that expertise further by creating cleaner, greener energy solutions. As part of their commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals—especially Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy—they’re developing next-generation plants that use innovative technologies such as ammonia and biomass co-firing, as well as methanation, to reduce environmental impact and build a more sustainable future. Their basic design concept is ambitious: ensuring allowable stress ratios

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AutoPIPE Vessel 2025: Transforming Pressure Vessel Design 

Too often, pressure vessel design involves tedious, slow manual work. As technology evolves and demands continue to rise, the old methods can’t keep up. That’s why we’re continuing to advance AutoPIPE Vessel to keep you ahead of the curve. In this blog, we’ll dig into three new features that will transform your engineering: Nozzle Input Interface enhancements Component Thickness Comparison Table and Advanced Analysis Settings Appendix Y Flange Design enhancements Our newest release, AutoPIPE Vessel 2025, brings powerful enhancements that will streamline your workflows, empower your designers, and expand your design capabilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOLjbhuX-1w Nozzle input interface enhancements Working with multiple nozzles at the same time can be a pain—making individual or batch changes often requires making tedious edits to each nozzle in separate windows. With AutoPIPE Vessel 2025’s enhanced nozzle input interface, you can quickly design and adjust numerous nozzles at once in a single, intuitive interface, saving you time and money. New component thickness comparison table and advanced analysis settings Vessels must be strong enough to function safely, but ensuring components are sturdy enough can require repeated flipping between design and the listed thickness requirement. Now, you can use AutoPIPE’s Vessel’s new thickness verification table to simultaneously view the

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How Does Your Pipe Stress Software Access ASME B31J i-Factors and k-Factors?

In the 2020 updates, both the ASME B31.1 Power Piping code and ASME B31.3 Process Piping code have mandated the use of ASME B31J, Stress Intensification Factors (i-Factors), Flexibility Factors (k-Factors) and their determination for Metallic Piping Components, removing the traditional Appendix D, Flexibility, and Stress Intensification Factors (SIF) from the codes.

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