HACADS is an analytical engineering solution software specialized in calculating, simulating, designing, analyzing, optimizing, and automating hazardous area classification studies and systems. It is an integrated platform and the most comprehensive package of corporate solutions.
HACADS software is uniquely designed for hazardous area classification studies and analysis with a combination of various local and international standards and Recommended Practices. The basis of the software is a modular, dynamic, multidisciplinary engineering and data integrity approach. HACADS consists of document management and several engineering modules supported by an integrated technical note system. Core modules such as the Flammable Mixture Study module and the Ventilation Study module allow the determination of class, zone, division, and zone/division extensions, including the most reliable AIT and gas group, using local & international standards and Recommended Practices such as NFPA, API, IEC, NEC, CEI, and IGEM. The purpose of the software is to be accepted as the standard in hazardous area classification studies, design, and analysis worldwide for EPCM, oil and gas, oil, petrochemical, and industrial facilities.

What’s in Hacads
HACADS – Hazardous Area Classification Analysis and Design Software – is a fully integrated, most comprehensive enterprise software package that runs on Microsoft® Windows® operating systems. Hacads is a multidiscipline engineering tool to analyze and design hazardous area classification systems.
HACADS is a single integrated package with multiple interface views such as flammable mixture composition, fugitive emission, ventilation, zone/division designation, zone/division extension, designed and developed by engineers to address multidisciplinary hazardous area classification analysis systems for a wide range of industries with multiple local and international standards.
HACADS allows you to easily create and edit chemical components, streams, merge-streams, source of release schedules along with considering indoor-outdoor locations, process data to guide area classification studies.
The software emulates real process operations as closely as possible. For example, when you select an indoor or outdoor location in the location characteristic section whole stream calculations will be adjusted accordingly. HACADS incorporates innovative concepts for determining hazardous area classification designation with user interaction.

Total Data Integration
HACADS allows you to create flammable composition data, combining properties of selected compounds, ventilation data, physical location data, zoning, and zoning clearances by using different source elements in the same database. For example, a compound property contains not only data representing its chemical properties and physical data, but also information indicating the streams through which it is found and the interaction with other streams. Therefore, the data from a stream with flammable composition can be used to estimate and analyze AIT, LFL, UFL, hazardous area group, vapor density, flammability, fugitive emission, ventilation, and zoning. This data integration provides consistency across the system and eliminates the need to enter multiple data for the same stream, which can save you considerable time. Hacads document management system and technical note modules will fulfill engineering data integration.

Simple Data Entry
HACADS monitor detailed data for each Stream. Data editors can speed up the data entry process by requiring the minimum data for a particular study. To achieve this, we have structured the property editors and flammable mixture editors most logically for entering data for different types of analysis.
HACADS’s streams and source of release schedule supports several features to assist you in constructing networks of varying complexities. For example, each equipment and stream can have individual parameters. The streams and source of release schedule also allow you to place multiple selections with user interaction.
HACADS offers you several options to present or view your hazardous area classification studies. The stream and source of source of release schedule parameters can be viewed or hidden for any particular presentation.
Among HACADS most powerful features are having a chemical compounds library with advanced properties, combining streams, and creating required hazardous area classification zoning designations according to available standards and Recommended Practices such as API 505, API 500, NFPA 497, IGEM 25, CEI 31-35, and IEC 60079-10-1.
It will also recommend some local standards in some cases for engineering judgment. Chemical compounds library can be used to create the necessary parameters for flammable composition calculation. Also, users can create their compound libraries with their parameters.
The ability to create chemical compounds allows calculations and estimates to be made up to the desired depth and until the desired safety-related parameters are obtained. For example, combining streams can get a feature that provides the ability to generate complex chemical properties estimation to guide you in determining the hazardous area classification assignment while still keeping all streams with the original data.
We see HACADS as the leading integrated database hazardous area classification analysis system that enables you to get the most accurate result of a system for different analysis or design purposes.

The Benefit of HACADS:

During Design Phase:

• Provides easy and reliable control for EPCM and operating companies in hazardous area classification design and reduces long engineering hours by up to 80%
• Provides instant control over area classification calculation as well as the assignment of equipment classification during operation with dynamic change of process, chemical composition, materials, equipment, and designs
• Eliminates engineering justification in gray areas
• Reduce overall project cost on major oil and gas projects by using reliable studies. Eliminates ups and downs on hazardous area classifications studies
• Eliminates the purchase of over-classified or under-classified equipment at project start-up
• Reduces cost in early stages of equipment manufacturing design
• Improves engineering calculations and equipment rating accuracy and reliability
• Improves the security of projects/facilities with optimized purchasing of classified equipment in the early stages of projects
• Provides optimum land use and reduces industrial land areas required for oil and gas, petrochemical, and industrial facilities
• Create project revisions for each 30, 60 & 90% design and changes. As Hacads hazardous are classification model will be established early stages of any project, the model can accommodate easily any changes. Any scenario can be simulated during the design stage for zone/division designation and extensions which will shape the project equipment and layout
• Prints custom or comprehensive reports for hazardous area classification studies anytime
• Stores / manage all support/reference documents/drawings for studies with easy access. No more supporting documents lost

During Operation Phase:

• Ensure up-to-date proof of hazardous area compliance is available at all times as hazardous area classification systems are required to be reviewed between 3 to 5 years interval.
• Provides instant control to operation engineers over hazardous area classification system. It will support/ensure the highest safety
• Take control of your hazardous area classification system for the entire facility
• Minimal EPCM support may required during operation to use the Hacads
• Improves HAZOP and safety parameters including expansion and modification based on scientific Hacads data
• Significant reduction in industrial and environmental fire hazard possibilities through proper assessment and significant emission reduction
• Easy to adapt any change management system of the facilities
• Create temporary hazardous area classification system for temporary facilities in a short time
• Support work to permit system during operation
• Prints custom or comprehensive reports for hazardous area classification studies anytime
• Stores / manage all support/reference documents/drawings for studies with easy access. No more supporting documents lost

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