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Process Simulation

Adaptive Resources - Supply advanced regulatory control technology. Products include the adaptive model-predictive regulatory controller and a modeling and simulation tool to create process models and predict process behaviour.

Alchemy Software - Software for the simulation and modeling of chemical mechanisms for use by chemists in research laboratories and by academic institutions.

AQUAlibrium - A software package for predicting the fluid phase equilibria in natural gas-water systems, in particular sour natural gas.

Ask a Chemical Engineer - Features a large list of Links to software related to ChE.

Astron International, Inc. - Custom software development.

Blankschtein Research Group - MIT. Professor Blankschtein describes the computer programs developed to predict bulk and interfacial properties of surfactant systems

CACHE Corporation (Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering - A not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to promote cooperation among universities, industry and government in the development and distribution of computer-related and/or technology-based educational aids for the chemical engineering profession.

CAFLUR - A Chemical Reactor Analysis Tool. It can generate a HTML file with tables and graphics of Residence Time Distributions. It can calculate conversions for both linear and non-linear systems, with and without flow model; and the parameters for some non-ideal flow models (tanks in series, axial dispersion and combined models).

Calculations for equipment sizing and rating for the chemical process industry. - General calculations for chemical and plant engineering. Interactive Java applets.

CemoS - Chemical exposure model System - A model developed for prediction of fate and distribution of hazardous chemicals released to the environment, from the University of Osnabrück. The model is available for download; a textbook is available for order.

Chemb Consulting & Environmental - Provides comprehensive process engineering and consulting services throughout the chemical-process industry. Distribution of engineering and scientific software products specialising in process simulation and modelling, equipment design and statistical process analysis.

ChemEng Software Design - Offers a number of chemical and mathematical programs including property calculations, simple process simulation and a equation solver.

Chemical and Plant Engineering Calculations - Online calculations for equipment sizing and rating for compressor, distillation column, exchanger, pump, and line hydraulic ratings.

ChemicaLogic Corporation - Thermodynamic Properties of Steam, moist Air, CO2 can be calculated with given software tools and excel add-ons.

Cheminform St-Petersburg (CISP) Ltd. - Methodology and software for experimental data processing, kinetics evaluation and reactor simulation. Description of software and company, with list of references. Downloads of software and manuals

Chempute - Computer Software and equipment for the Engineering Industry and for teaching engineering principles
Chempute Software - For Pipe Stress Analysis, Pressure Vessel Design, Process Flowsheet Simulation and Cost Estimating.

Combustion Expert - For designing and optimizing industrial combustion systems. Fuels include natural gas, liquefied petroleum gases, light and heavy oils and coal. Software description, FAQ, ordering and download information.
Computational Dynamics Ltd - Software for calculations for heat exchange, chemical processes, stirred tanks, mixing vessels, static mixers, and cyclones.
Control Station - Software for process dynamic modeling and simulation, PID controller tuning, and practitioner training.

ControlSim - Spreadsheet based simulation of PID controller and process - ControlSim is a simulation of a PID controller and a simple process model used for training and practice in controller tuning, for purchase and download from site.

C&R Technologies - Products and services in the areas of heat transfer and fluid system design and analysis.
DataFit 6.1 - A science and engineering tool that simplifies the tasks of data plotting, regression analysis (curve fitting) and statistical analysis. A 30 day evaluation copy may be downloaded.

DataPro - Chemical compound information and estimation of chemical compound data. Includes Periodic Table, physical and thermndynamic data.

Deerhaven Technical Software - Information on the PD-PLUS Chemical Process Simulator for steady-state modeling of chemical, petrochemical, and refinery systems.

DryInf - Dryer type selection, incl. waste water treatment. Program description and development. Download trial version.

EFFTech Engineering Software - Software and simulators for industrial equipment, polymers, quality control, and engineering education.

Engineering Process Tools - Unique collection of online and free engineering and scientific tools/calculation aids.
Engineer's Toolbox - Collection of online calculations which includes pumps, pipelines, area, volume, surface, unit conversion, and material properties.

ERGUN : Fluidized bed design software - Ergun is a computer program for modeling and simulation in fluidization with details on grids, bubbling, TDH, cyclones, heat transfer and reaction aspects.

Estimation of multiple-effect evaporator - Description of a simulation program for single-stage and multiple-effect evaporators.

FEMAGSoft - Description of a programme for semiconductor bulk crystal growth simulation by using the following techniques : the Czochralski, the float zone and the Bridgman method.

FEMLAB - Chemical Engineering Module - The module provides tailored interfaces for MATLAB for problems involving momentum, mass and heat transport coupled with chemical reactions.

FlowPhase Software Inc. - VLEFlash is a package for performing multicomponent single-stage equilibrium calculations. Also offers programs for compressor design, quick pipe sizing and for predicting the fluid phase equilibria in natural gas-water systems, in particular sour natural gas.

Free Online Applications for Engineering Design - Interactive online engineering applications to assist you in designing, constructing, and maintaining your facility. Current Categories:Liquid & Gas Flow, Pumps, Heat Transfer, Vessels&Tanks, Valve&Piping, Civil/Structural

freesteam: Open-source IAPWS-IF97 steam tables - This is an open source C++ implementation of the Industrial Formulation 97 steam tables given by the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, with unit testing framework, ready for incorporation into your own code.

Gaseq Chemical Equilibrium Program - A free Windows program for combustion related chemical equilibrium calculations: flame temperatures, compositions, shocks and detonations.

GE Enter Software - Power Plant Design and Monitoring Software - Heat balance and thermodynamic software for gas turbine and fossil power plant design, performance monitoring and optimization. Products include GateCycle, EfficiencyMap, Plant Payback and the Optimizer.

G&P Engineering Software: Chemical Engineering, Physical Properties, Property Estimation - Chemical physical property data base and property estimation tool.

GSE Systems, Inc. - Supply a fully integrated simulation program of customizable software consulting services and training to reduce new product time to market, minimize development costs, and improve optimization.

GTT's Technical Thermochemistry Web Page - Source of information on the application of technical thermochemistry. Focuses on software (ChemSage, ChemApp, and ChemSage-Teach)

HeatHit - A 3D heat transfer simulation program for arbitrary body shapes.

HES - Heat Exchanger Simulator - Educational software for shell and tube heat exchanger simulations.

Intelligent Optimization Group - Specializes in advanced process control, multivariable predictive control, real-time optimization, expert systems and neural networks for the refining and chemical processes.completed and available training courses.

Inventech Ltd. - Provides details of software products for process engineers, specialising in the application of vacuum, condensers and thermocompressors to process inductry.

Katmar Software - Shareware programs for properties of ice, water and steam; packed column hydraulics; project risk analysis.

Kinematrix Software - Providing chemical engineering software solutions to every day engineering needs.

Kintecus Homepage - Modeling software to simulate the chemical kinetics of combustion, nuclear enzymatic, catalyst-reactor and many other chemical reactions

Korf Hydraulics - Fluid flow calculations for process industry. Description of program abilities and screenshots.

Linnhoff March - Description of products for Pinch Analysis and utility system modelling.

MultiSimplex - Software for experimental design and optimization, with sequential design of experiments to optimize products, processes, and chemical analytical methods.

NASA Glenn Equilibrium Program (CEA) - Computer program for calculation of complex chemical equilibrium compositions. Applications include properties for assigned thermodynamic states, rocket performance, thermal transport properties, thermodynamic properties, Chapman-Jouguet detonations, and shock wave calculations.

OLI systems Inc. - Provides process simulation tools for oil fields, wastewater treatment, chemical processing plant operation and optimization, reactive separations, and environmental simulations. Extensive database of aqueous electrolyte chemistry.

PE 2000 for Windows - Windows program for calculating fluid phase equilibria in systems with up to 10 components and 3 coexisting phases using 45 different equations of state.

Process Ace Software - Process and Mechanical Engineering software for hand-held (Palm OS) computers. These includes centrifugal pump, steam turbine and steam property calculations.

Process Ace Software - Palm OS hand-held computer software for Process & Mechanical Engineers. Titles include Gas Fired Heater Calculations, Process Ace Steam Properties, Pump Calculations and Steam Turbine Calculations.

Prode - Software for chemical engineering and process industries , PPP integrates with Microsoft Excel, Visual Basic, and Lotus 1-23 for quick and rigorous process simulation, PD-Plus is a low cost simulator for petrochemical processes.

QMC - Offers a wide range of programs for analysis and simulation of equipment and process plants. Ranging from data mining, engineering, data reconciliation, equipment design to dynamic simulation. Detailed description of programs and various papers on simulation and analysis topics.

Reaction Design - Develops and sells the ChemKin software package for modeling gas- and surface-phase chemistry. Overview of products, services, and industries served.

Reliass - This company offers a large range of Reliability Analysis and Prediction Software including Process Hazard and Analysis and Facility Vulnerability Analysis. Site offers program descriptions and downloads, brochures and publications.

Softbits Consultants - Supplies Flaresim, a process simulation and analysis program for the design of flare systems in the offshore oil and gas industry. They also provide consultancy services.

Software Tools for Process Integration - List of software tools on Process Integration, and user's experiences with those tools are presented.

Sulphuric - Engineering package for the design and simulation of plants producing sulphuric acid and related products. Capabilities include material and energy balance, temperature and pressure calculations, and optimizing operating parameters.

TANKJKT software - Excel spreadsheet template that calculates heat transfer and pressure drop for dimple, half-pipe coil, and conventional jackets. It includes a database of more than 100 heat transfer fluids.

TDS Web Site - TDS has information services and software products for chemical, health and safety and environmental engineers.

Tencon Software Solutions - Software for calculating properties of water & steam, unit connversion, digitising paper graphs and the properties of coolants.

Thorn Technologies - Thorn Technologies, along with Simulation Solutions, provide Windows based chemical process simulators integrated with performance analysis tools.

Trident Computer Resources, Inc. / Autodynamics Simulator Systems - Custom dynamic operator training simulators to the process plant industries.

Van Mierlo Software Consultancy Product List - Custom built software and a number of ready made products, including DAx Data Analysis software, CA Contact Angle Determination software, DigiBall Digitising software, and instrument control packages.

Vapor Pressure of Binary Mixture - Downloadable spreadsheet to help find the vapor pressure of binary liquid mixtures with minimal inputs. The spreadsheet is based on Excel 97. Complete with a comprehensive list of Antoine Equation constants needed for the calculations.

WaveOne - Provides online chemical engineering software including free thermodynamics packages for predicting various states.

The Web Page of MTB - Free Software for the chemical engineering found on the web. Only FREEWARE programs.

WWW Virtual Library - Process Modelling - Software and other information resources relevant to chemical and process engineering.

AspenTech - Provider of Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management software and services for the process industries.

Aurel Systems - Developer of chemical process simulation and modeling software. Includes presentation of product line, contact information, list of clients, support resources.

Bryan Research & Engineering, Inc. - Supplier of ProMax with TSWEET and PROSIM. Process simulation software used to design and optimize gas processing, refining and chemical facilities.

Chemstations, Inc - Process Simulation Software - Full suite of tools for simulating steady-state or dynamic chemical processes. Handles batch, semi-batch, and continuous systems. Full brochures available online.

Computing in technology GmbH - The company develops software in the field of chemical computing such as modeling and simulation of macromolecular processes (Polymerization), kinetic modeling and industrial crystallization. Company information and programme descriptions.

DESIGN II for Windows Process Simulation - Rigorous Process Simulation for Chemical and Hydrocarbon processes including Refining, Petrochemical, Gas Processing, Gas Treating, Refrigeration and Pipelines.

Excel Engineering - Macro-driven steam tables for MS Excel for free download.

Hyprotech Ltd. - Provider of HYSYS (Process simulation environment), HTFS (Heat transfer simulation package), STX/ACX (Heat exchanger modeling packages), Flarenet (Flare system simulation package), BDK (Batch system simulation package) and other process system modeling packages

IDEAS Simulation Inc. - Offers a software suite for steady-state and dynamic simulation of various process plants. Description of software and Industrial applications.

PFD: Dynochem - Software for chemists and engineers, for simulating, characterizing and scaling organic synthesis operations in the batch industries. Online tour, overview of features.

ProSim - A complete set of process simulation software and services dedicated to chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.

RSI - Supplier of Training Systems and Simulation Software for: Oil and Gas, Pipelines, LNG, Chemicals and Power Plants. Detailed description of Software and Services offered.
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