Socrates
What's New in v7.0?
System Requirements
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The Socrates 7.0
system is a comprehensive material selection tool for oil and gas applications
and provides the user access to the material selection decisions and decision
logic of a domain expert and the pooled expertise of a distinguished group
of oil companies, equipment manufacturers and materials suppliers in selection
of CRA. The system also embodies information from other sources such as
published literature on lab and field experience related to oil and gas
field service as well as proprietary test data on evaluation of specific
CRA material classes. The latest upgrade, Socrates 7.0, has been completely
updated with new lab and field data, features, functionality and interface.
This comprehensive revision brings the power of the state-of-the-art in
corrosion/materials technology and computing to global users of Socrates
systems
The earlier versions of SOCRATES system selected CRAs through material
evaluation at five hierarchical levels:
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CRA evaluation based on mechanical
strength parameters, heat treatment/cold work and hardness limitations |
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Material selection based on characterization
of the environment in terms of operating pressure, temperature, pH, H2S,
Chlorides, Elemental Sulfur, aeration, Gas to Oil Ratio and Water to Gas
Ratio/water cut |
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CRA evaluation for stress corrosion
cracking (SCC), hydrogen embrittlement cracking (HEC) and sulfide stress
cracking (SSC) |
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CRA evaluation for resistance to
pitting corrosion |
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Selection of final set of materials
based on application related constraints. |
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The current Windows implementation is more flexible in that the user can
use and apply constraints at any specific level without regard to the
hierarchy. Socrates comes equipped with a database of about 155 alloys
that can be accessed by the user from the Socrates
interface. Further, the system comes with a cost analysis module that
allows the user to compare costs of utilization of different alloys.
Socrates 7.0 has been completely re-designed to provide access
to the most accurate and current material selection technology in tandem
with a superior user experience. Now, you can use Socrates on any Microsoft
compatible platform (XP, 2000, NT, 98) or network.
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