Chem Cad Features

Inputs and Outputs

Text Reports
CHEMCAD can produce a wide array of customizable textbased simulation
reports, based on stream data, Unit Operation data, flow sheet data, or
dynamics. If you prefer, you can produce one consolidated report incorporating
all of the available text report data.

Report Setup
Before you run, view, or print reports, you should check the settings that
determine which programs CHEMCAD will use to display and print your reports.
For individual text reports, you can choose to use either WordPad or Excel.
By default, CHEMCAD uses WordPad. To switch to Excel, select Tools > Options >
Report Viewer Settings and then check the box called Use Microsoft Excel instead
of WordPad. Click OK to return to the main CHEMCAD workspace.
For the consolidated report, you can use either Word or Excel. To choose a
program to display and print this report, select Report > Consolidated Report,
then click Report Format at the top of the Consolidated Report menu.

Types of Report
Stream-based Reports
UnitOp-based Reports
Flow sheet-based Reports
Dynamics Reports
Consolidated Report
Graphical Reports

Stream-based Reports
Before running reports on stream properties, youll need to specify which properties
to include. To do this, select Report > Stream Properties > Select Properties. This
opens the View Property Options dialog box, where you can review which
properties are currently selected.
UnitOp-based Reports
To run a report that covers just the Unit Ops you specify, select Report > UnitOps >
Select UnitOps. In the Select UnitOps dialog box, specify the UnitOps you want to
include in the report, either by typing in the UnitOp ID s(one per line) or by clicking
on UnitOps in the flow sheet. Click OK to close the dialog box and display the report.
Flow sheet-based Reports
This report provides a listing of all UnitOps in the flow sheet, as well as all stream
origins and destinations.
In addition to mass and energy balances, this report gives the order in which
UnitOps are calculated, calculation modes used, and information about recycle
loops, cut streams, and convergence.

Dynamics Reports
The Report menu provides access to the Batch Results and Dynamics commands,
which provide reports about nonsteadystream processes.
Batch Results
This report summarizes the results of a batch distillation column simulation at the
end of each operating step.
Dynamics Results
You can access three different reports by selecting Report > Dynamics: Dynamic
Column History, Dynamic Stream History, and Dynamic UnitOp History.
Consolidated Report
You can run any combination of the
textbased reports described above as
a single operation, by selecting
Report > Consolidated Report. This
brings up the
Consolidated Report menu.

Graphical Reports

Thermo physical Data Graphs

CHEMCAD offers a number of graphical reports that relate specifically to the selected
components and thermodynamics options. To access any of these plots, select the
appropriate item from the Plot menu.
TPXY
This selection generates vaporliquid equilibrium curves between any two
components, with an optional third component. You can include TPXY, TXY, activity
coefficient, and fugacity coefficient curves.
Binary LLE
This selection generates liquidliquid equilibrium curves between any two
components.
Binodal Plot
This selection generates a ternary phase diagram showing the distribution of three
selected components in two liquid phases.
Residue Curves
This selection generates and plots a graphical display of distillation zones, azeotropes,
and residue curves associated with a userspecified tertiary mixture.
Binodal/Residue Curves
This selection creates a plot that combines the curves from a binodal plot and a
residue curve plot. This is useful when working with heterogeneous azeotropic
distillation.

Flow sheet-based Graphs

To view graphical reports that reflect your overall simulation, select one of the
following from the Plot menu:
Stream Properties: Plots one selected stream property for a selected stream in
the flow sheet
Phase Envelopes: Plots a phase envelope for a given stream, highlighting the
critical point of the mixture; can include plots at vapor fractions
Composite Curves: Plots composite heat curves for the entire flow sheet, as
well as optional heat curves for individual UnitOps
Pseudo component Curves: Displays a plot of one or more distillation curves
for a stream.

UnitOp-based Plots
CHEMCAD offers several plots that display data for a single UnitOp. To access any of
these plots, select Plot > UnitOp Plots and then select one of the following options.
Tower Profiles
This selection plots compositions, temperature, and flow profiles for distillation columns.
Heat Curves
This selection plots heating and cooling curves for a selected heat exchanger.
Plug Flow Reactor Profile
This selection plots the temperature or composition profiles along the axial length of a
kinetic plug flow reactor.
Pipe Profile
This selection plots fluid properties for pipe UnitOps along the axial length of the pipe.
This plot requires that the pipe contain multiple segments.
Controller Convergence
For controllers that have not converged, this plot enables you to diagnose the controller
behavior that is preventing convergence. The plot shows how the controller error
function changes with iteration.

Process Flow Diagrams

Flow sheet Databoxes
CHEMCAD offers four types of databoxes:
Stream Box: Lists the streams that you select in a single table, along with the
stream properties that you choose to include
UnitOp Box: Generates a separate databox for each selected UnitOp
TP Box: Generates separate summary databoxes for selected streams
Excel Range Box: References a range of cells from an Excel worksheet

TP Boxes

CHEMCAD can create databoxes, called TP boxes, which display any combination of
temperature, pressure, and flow rate for all streams or selected streams on a flow sheet.

Excel Range Boxes

An Excel range box displays dynamic data from a specified cell range in a specified
Excel worksheet.

TP boxes added to a simple flow sheet