neqsim-step-out-screening

Create a StepOutScreeningModel with a maximum step-out guideline and call evaluate with step_out_km, arrival_pressure_bara, and min_arrival_pressure_bara. The result returns step_out_warning, pressure_warning, and an overall_warning of ok, watch, or high.

Pass the estimated arrival pressure and the minimum required arrival pressure to the evaluate method. The margin is the difference in bar; a negative margin is high, a margin below 10 percent of the minimum is watch, otherwise ok.

No, it performs no hydraulic, thermal, or thermodynamic calculation. Arrival pressure and hydrate margins must come from validated tools such as NeqSim PipeBeggsAndBrills or flow-assurance workflows; this skill only applies guideline comparisons.

The hydrate warning is not_assessed when no hydrate_margin_c value is supplied to evaluate. Provide a hydrate temperature margin from a validated hydrate calculation to receive an ok, watch, or high assessment.

Do not use it for design decisions, since thresholds are illustrative public values and a single arrival pressure cannot represent a full route. Any watch or high verdict must be escalated to detailed flow-assurance review with validated NeqSim workflows.