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February 1, 2010
Simulation Software: Beyond Plant Design
As chemical production shifts to growth regions such as China and India, and moves closer to areas like the Middle East, where there are less expensive sources of feedstocks, North American and European chemical processors are under global pressure to run their plants more efficiently. Throw in the trials and tribulations associated with a poor economy, and it creates an environment where management in...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/Simulation-Software-Beyond-Plant-Design_5450.html
January 19, 2010
Emerson & Meridium: asset management
Emerson Process Management (Baar, Switzerland; www.emersonprocess.eu) and Meridium Inc. (Roanoke, Virginia; www.meridium.com) announce a partnership to deliver enhanced asset management capabilities to their customers in the process industries. By combining the power of Emerson’s PlantWeb predictive intelligence with Meridium’s advanced analytics and decision support technology, customers...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/asset_mgmt/Emerson-and-Meridium-asset-management-_5420.html
December 17, 2009
New MTP process modeled dynamically
Bayer Technology Services (BTS; Leverkusen; www.bayertechnology.com) collaborated with Lurgi GmbH (Frankfurt, both Germany; www.lurgi.com) to implement an operator training simulator (OTS) for a Lurgi’s new methanol-to-propylene (MTP) process. At the core of the MTP process is a complex, heterogeneously catalyzed reaction process, for which BTS developed a realistic and dynamic simulation model...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/New-MTP-process-modeled-dynamically_5365.html
December 16, 2009
gPROMS to include SAFT advanced thermodynamics
Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com) has announced an exclusive agreement with Imperial College London (ICL; www3.imperial.ac.uk) to provide the SAFT-VR advanced thermodynamic technology within its world-leading gPROMS advanced process modeling software. The Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (SAFT) approach uses physically realistic models of molecules and their...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/gPROMS-to-include-SAFT-advanced-thermodynamics_5364.html
December 4, 2009
Use this keyboard in industrial settings
  iKey The DT-102-SS industrial keyboard (photo) is constructed of stainless steel and is specially designed to withstand the rigors of industrial processing areas. The DT-102-SS meets NEMA 4X and IP68 specifications...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/computer_software_and_hardware/Use-this-keyboard-in-industrial-settings_5338.html
December 4, 2009
Gas leak simulation tool is available in trial version
The simulator allows users to experience the benefits of ultrasonic gas leak detectors for quick leak detection in challenging conditions found in most outdoor oil-and-gas installations. The...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/predictive_and_preventive_maintenance/Gas-leak-simulation-tool-is-available-in-trial-version_5339.html
December 1, 2009
Smooth Your Retrieval of Plant-Design Data
Most chemical engineers involved with operating large chemical process facilities have encountered the following challenge: Several large engineering contractors built the facility in multiple phases, using different computer-software models. Retrieving drawings or data in both digital and non-digital form in such a situation only adds complexity to operations, maintenance and revamp activities and often...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/computer_software_and_hardware/Smooth-Your-Retrieval-of-Plant-Design-Data_5326.html
November 11, 2009
Ansys releases Version 2.0 of EKM
Ansys, Inc. (Canonsburg, Pa.; www.ansys.com) today announced the release of ANSYS Engineering Knowledge Manager (ANSYS EKM) 2.0, a product focused on simulation process and data management (SPDM). The solution set addresses some real-world challenges that engineers face, such as how to better manage, share and reuse simulation data as well as how to capture the engineering expertise that a simulation...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/Ansys-releases-Version-2-0-of-EKM_5270.html
November 1, 2009
Diagnostics: Simplifying Optimization
As the chemical process industries (CPI) continue to focus on improving operations and lowering costs, interest in process automation diagnostics, which can play a critical role in helping processors reduce maintenance spending, continues. “Processors are beginning to realize that good diagnostics can help them reduce their overall costs,” says Moin Sheikh, marketing manager with Siemens Energy...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/asset_mgmt/Diagnostics-Simplifying-Optimization_5232.html
October 2, 2009
New HPC solutions to expand engineering simulation
Ansys, Inc. (Southpointe, Pa.; www.ansys.com) plans to deliver ANSYS HPC, a solution set that will enable customers to obtain enhanced insight and productivity through expanded use of high-performance computing (HPC) with engineering simulation. In contrast to single-point solutions that require separate licenses for each solver, the new ANSYS HPC products will provide a cross-physics parallel computing...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/New-HPC-solutions-to-expand-engineering-simulation_5167.html
October 1, 2009
Compressed Gases: Managing Cylinders Safely
Compressed gas cylinders are widely used in research, pilot plant, laboratory and small-scale manufacturing and processing operations as a way to provide a convenient, economical and safe source of high-pressure gases for various applications. These gases can be inert, flammable, toxic or oxidizing (or mixtures of any or all), and are typically supplied at pressures from 800 to 6,000 psig, with 2,250 psig...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/asset_mgmt/Compressed-Gases-Managing-Cylinders-Safely_5158.html
October 1, 2009
Intergraph releases SmartPlant Construction
Intergraph (Huntsville, Ala.; www.intergraph.com) has just released SmartPlant Construction, a new SmartPlant Enterprise software module created specifically for process, power and marine firms to more efficiently plan and manage plant, ship and offshore construction, resulting in increased productivity, accelerated project completion, and reduced risk. By seamlessly integrating engineering...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/computer_software_and_hardware/Intergraph-releases-SmartPlant-Construction_5164.html
August 31, 2009
Ansys launches Immersed Boundary module
Ansys, Inc. (Canonsburg, Pa.; www.ansys.com) today announced the availability of the Immersed Boundary module for ANSYS FLUENT 12.0 software. Jointly developed by Ansys and long-time partner Cascade Technologies Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.; , the module dramatically reduces the amount of time needed for fluid flow simulations and provides fast results by directly addressing challenges associated with...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/Ansys-launches-Immersed-Boundary-module_5009.html
August 12, 2009
Fluor extends contract for AVEVA Plant
AVEVA Group plc (Houston),  a leading provider of plant design and engineering lifecycle solutions, today announced that Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.), one of the world's largest publicly owned engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance (EPCM), and project management companies, has extended its contract with AVEVA.   Under the new global agreement...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/Fluor-extends-contract-for-AVEVA-Plant_4994.html
August 10, 2009
Ansys software improves cement making
Ansys, Inc. (Southpointe, Pa.; www.ansys.com) today announced that its software is helping aixprocess, a German engineering consultancy, to explore process improvements that will make cement manufacturing more profitable and more environmentally responsible. The business has been investigating replacing traditional fossil fuels — which are becoming increasingly difficult to extract, expensive to use...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/Ansys-software-improves-cement-making_4992.html
July 16, 2009
PSE releases gPROMS v3.2
Process Systems Enterprise, Ltd. (PSE; London, U.K.; www.psenterprise.com) has just released version 3.2 of the gPROMS advanced process modeling (APM) software. gPROMS is widely used by large process industry companies in the oil & gas, chemicals and petrochemicals, power generation, clean energy, food & beverage, consumer products, pharmaceutical and other process sectors. Key applications are...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/PSE-releases-gPROMS-v3-2_4943.html
May 1, 2009
EPC Contractors Selecting an ERP Package
In recent years, a growing number of projects throughout the chemical process industries (CPI) have been carried out using Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) contracts. Because such contracts typically involve the work of numerous subcontractor parties, they tend to be complex. As such, specialized tools are required to manage their information- and project-management needs. In general, operating companies...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/EPC-Contractors-Selecting-an-ERP-Package_4771.html
April 29, 2009
SABIC chooses Skire Unifier for enterprise project management solution
Skire, Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.), a provider of capital program, facilities, real estate and project portfolio management software has announced that Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has selected Skire Unifier as its strategic enterprise project management system for supporting global project management across the company's internal users and project partner organizations. The agreement...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/project_mgmt/SABIC-chooses-Skire-Unifier-for-enterprise-project-management-solution_4773.html
April 8, 2009
AspenTech launches release 7.1 of aspenONE
Aspen Technology, Inc. (Burlington, Mass.; www.aspentech.com), a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today introduced batch process development innovations for the pharmaceutical and specialty chemical industries. The innovations in the new 7.1 release of aspenONE software will help chemists and engineers to accelerate batch process development and reduce manufacturing...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/AspenTech-launches-release-7-1-of-aspenONE_4727.html
April 3, 2009
Hydrogen Pinch Analysis Made Easy (Discussion between a reader and the authors)
I recently read Hydrogen-Pinch Analysis Made Easy Chem. Eng., June 2008, pp. 56–61. The paper presents an automated spreadsheet program to target the minimum fresh hydrogen resource for a hydrogen network. While the effort of the authors is appreciated, I do not agree with some claims in the paper, including the following: The authors do not acknowledge an earlier work by El-Halwagi (2003), which is...
http://www.che.com/software_automation_and_control/information_technology/design_simulation_and_modeling/Hydrogen-Pinch-Analysis-Made-Easy-Discussion-between-a-reader-and-the-authors_4682.html
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