Process Engineering Tools 1

[an1972]

I am looking for a Process Engineering software for accurate and fast day to day design and technical service type calculation in the Oil, Gas, Energy and power industries.

Will appreciate if anybody can guide me.

An1972

 

[xeng]

there are many good tools available, for a general purpose software you may start from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_process_simulators

you should define you own areas of application then select the most suitable software keeping in account required features, your budget, commercial conditions, technical assistance, etc. etc. etc...

 

[knapee]

Dear an1972

According to my limited knowledge and experience.

Chemcad: is very simple and easy to understand software i would like to recommend beginners to start with chemcad. In this way they can easily understand how to make use of simulation softwares.

Hysys:
Hysys is very effective software especially for steady state simulation and especially for petroleum products. Relative to chemcad it is a bit difficult to make user interface. Hysys new version with DEtherm interface is quiet helpful to get useful data from the world's renowned data bank.

Aspen Plus:
Aspen plus is a versatile simulation and design software with friendly interface. It is well known for its excellent simulation engine and variety of processes involved in chemical engineering.

SimSci-ProII
I do not have much experience with proII. Experts are requested to comment please?

Read more:

http://www.egpet.net/vb/threads/21242-Hysys-Vs-ChemCad-Vs-Aspen-plus-Vs-ProII#ixzz1i4OZHcAR

Thank you

 

[MortenA]

Your profile does not reveal much about your experience level, but i would like to say that beofre buying a process simulation software package you sould have a good understanding of thermodynamics and process engineering.

This is impotant in order to understand what the results mean and if they are the results you are looking for.

Apart from this i can only say that Aspen i quite expensive and they are not easy to negotiate a discout from. DesignII/winsim is very afordable if you are on a budget but dosnt have the broad user base. My experience is that they yield the same results (HYSYS and desigII) are about the same wrt user friendliness and the HYSYS have more options with regards to integration with other software (e.g. EXCEL).

Best regards

Morten

Best

 

[apetri]

I recommend to follow xeng suggestion, You should define a list of required features, budget etc.
If you prefer (as I do) to work with Excel, Matlab or similar software a rigorous process library as Prode Properties can provide several advantages as better integration, fast response, lower cost etc.