INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS SIMULATION

Process simulators are designed to serve many operating

companies in the processing industries and many
engineering companies. With such tools users can create
rigorous steady state and dynamic models for plant design,
performance
monitoring,
troubleshooting,
operational
improvement, business planning, and asset management.
Through the process simulators completely interactive
interface, users can easily manipulate process variables and
unit operation topology, as well as fully customize their
simulation using its customization and extensibility
capabilities
There are a variety of methods to display process
information - individual property views, the PFD, Workbook,
Datebook, graphical Performance Profiles, and Tabular
Summaries. Not only are all of these display types
simultaneously available, but through the object-oriented
design, every piece of displayed information is automatically
updated whenever conditions change

INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMIC
SIMULATION
A dynamic model adds more realism
to the simulated results because flow
between units is calculated as a
function of pressure gradients. The
dynamic simulator uses a specific
solving method to deal with pressure
and flow related calculations. This is
known, and it will be referred to in
the
following
paragraphs,
as
Pressure-Flow Solver (P-F Solver).

SELECTING THERMODYNAMIC
MODEL