Cheap Design Software? 1

[RobD7]

What are some recommendations on the cheapest or one of the cheaper software licenses for chemical engineering design? I work for a start-up company that does not yet have a license for such software, and I need to design a complex distillation column (5 components, some of which are rarely found in industry). In school I used ChemCAD, and I know it would be capable of doing what I require, but I need something cheap.

Thanks in advance.

 

[PaoloPemi]

of course you can invest on a simulator but there are a few free / low cost software capable to
solve a column, see for example

http://www.chemsep.com

http://www.prode.com/en/distillationcolumn.htm

 

[RobD7]

Thank you for the links!

 

[sspeare]

You might try the link to cheresources below.

 

[RobD7]

sspeare, that link is exactly what I was looking for, thank you.