Innovation Builders Webinar Series
Innovation Builders Webinar Series
Hear Fluor Technical Experts Addressing Today’s Key Issues
Fluor Fellows and technical experts deliver cost-effective, sustainable and innovative technical solutions for clients on projects around the world. In the Innovation Builders webinar series, these subject matter experts speak about key issues affecting the industries Fluor serves, from traditional refining, gas processing and infrastructure to the energy transition.
Live Innovation Builders webinars are held regularly with registration information posted on this page.
Development and Verification of a Pipeline System Surge Screening Tool Using Deep Learning Technology
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. CDT / 4 p.m. GMT
Duration: 1 hour
Surge analysis is a key consideration for pipeline design and construction. Industry insights demonstrate severe consequences in neglecting or overestimating the associated surge pressures and forces. This presentation explores the fundamental mechanisms and underlying limitations of current surge analysis, primarily lack of simulation data. In this demonstration, machine learning is utilized to forecast surge outcomes based on a provided simulation dataset. The machine learning model is then verified for accuracy and consistency.
Surge concerns often arise during the early stages of system design, but comprehensive transient modelling of all piping sections and subsystems at this stage is impractical due to the absence of detailed design information. Machine learning models can provide a guide and predict surge outcomes while reducing time required for analysis.
Please join us as Fluor Fellow David Cheng and Subject Matter Expert Liang Fang are accompanied by protege Phuc Do to explore this topic.
Upcoming Webinar Topics:
Potash fertilizers
Nuclear fusion
Circular plastics
Heat transfer solutions in energy transition
Stop Romanticizing Food – Alternative Proteins in the Food Industry
Fluor Subject Matter Expert Mark Mathis explores the science behind alternative proteins, their impact on health and the environment and the challenges and opportunities they present.
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These presentations were developed with the permission of Fluor as part of the Fluor Innovation Builders Program. Note that the views expressed in these presentations may be directed to a large audience and may not be suitable for any particular client, project or situation. Fluor does not provide any warranties relating to the content of these presentations, and your use or reliance on it is at your own risk.