Transcript Selling an Idea or a Product

DESIGN II for
Windows
WinSim Inc.
Advanced Engineering Software
DESIGN II for
Windows
The Past
 The Present
 The Future

Previous
Enhancements (2.x)
2.0 - January 1994 - User
Guide online help file, Refine
column dialogs, gauge units
 2.1 - October 1994 Simulator unlimited virtual
memory, Simulation
Summary, Speedup
 2.5 - June 1995 - Simulator
runs in its own Window,
9999 streams or equipments
 2.6 - October 1995 - Results
transfer to Excel, 150 Comps

Previous
Enhancements (3.x)
3.0 - May 1996 - Flowsheet
linking, New Base Window,
title box, Autorouting
 3.1 - August 1996 - Stream
naming, COSTALD density
 3.15 - March 1997 - New
Stream Summary, 150
sample flowsheets
 3.2 - July 1997 - Stream Data
Box, Peneloux SOAVE
Correction, Heat Exchanger
Bulk Properties

Version 8.0 (Feb
1998) Enhancements

Synchronized all parts at version
8.0

New security system allows
software locking or hardware
locking on Win NT, 95 or 3.1

Added DIPA and MDEA pure
components

New Mixed Amine Thermodynamic method using MEA,
DEA, MDEA, DGA and/or DIPA

New Mixed Amine Rate Based
Distillation Columns (ABS /
Regen) for accurate CO2 / H2S
absorption
Version 8.0
Enhancements (cont.)






Last Four PSD’s are now on File
pulldown menuFree
Water Volumetric flowrate is now
printed in the Stream Summary
and Stream Data Box
New symbols for Batch
Distillation column, Air Cooler
and bootless Horizontal Flash
Results Transfer to Excel
updated for latest changes to
Microsoft Excel 97
New 625 page DESIGN II /
ChemTran manual
New SAT FEE WAT = ALL
command
Version 8.1 (Nov
1998) Enhancements
New Brazed Aluminum Plate
Fin Heat Exchanger unit
module with rating
 Unstructured Packing in
Mixed Amine Columns
 Full dialog support for Heat
Exchanger Rating
 Dialog support for stream
heating or cooling curves
 Dialogs for component /
petroleum fraction properties

Version 8.1
Enhancements (cont.)
Added Reflux Ratio /
Condenser Temperature
specification to the Mixed
Amine Regenerator
 Added capability for reading
portions of input files into
flowsheets
 Improved the data results
transfer to Microsoft Excel
 Added Cp/Cv ratio to stream
results

Version 8.2 (Sept.
1999) Enhancements
New Air Cooler unit module
with 2 phase rating
 New Vapor Fraction feed
stream flash (at T or P)
 New stream results on the
flowsheet attached to
streams
 New stream calculation
options: heating value
(gross / net), wobbe index,
dew / bubble points, water
dew point
 New dialogs for the Shortcut
Fractionator and flash sizing

Version 8.2
Enhancements (cont.)




New Visual Basic interface into
the DESIGN II simulator kernel
allows DESIGN II to be
embedded into custom
applications
Added Warning and Error
Messages to the Simulation
Results dialog
Added duplicate results items
plus dimensional units control to
the Stream Data Box
Improved single component
phase change convergence in
the heat exchanger rating
Version 8.3 (Nov.
2000) Enhancements






Graphical user interface now
supports long file names
Added new Liquid Cp thermo
enthalpy method
Added support for DIPPR
equations and data
Added a selection mode to the
user interface
Increased the maximum number
of components from 150 to 1000
Increased the maximum number
of petroleum fractions from 100
to 600
Version 8.4 (Jan.
2002) Enhancements







Added support for multiple
sheets to the user interface
Increased the maximum size of
a flowsheet that could be
modeled in the graphical user
interface by 10X
Converted the simulator kernels
from single precision to double
precision arithmetic
Added Energy Balance table
Import stream results from an
output file as stream specs
Added more Refine column
symbols with side strippers
Added embedding of ChemTran
files inside a DESIGN II input file
Version 8.5 (Sept.
2002) Enhancements




Added Controller and
Depressurizer unit module
dialogs
Major enhancement of the
Depressurizer unit module to
support the 7th edition of API
520 and added mixed phase
flow option
Added user customization to the
Excel Blaster for stream
summary items
Added crude curve/cuts
viscosity and properties (sulfur,
pour point, etc) to the stream
dialog
User Survey

Microsoft Word document in
each installed copy to fax or
email to WinSim

Requested Features list

Operating System usage

Update user list / address /
phone numbers / email
address
Internet Web Site

www.winsim.com

latest version from patches to
complete build (18 MB) for
download at any time

two week password
generator for any person
needing a test-drive or a
temporary password

email notification of changes
to the website
Future Enhancements
(next 1 to 2 years)
Completion of dialog support
for all unit modules and
general keywords
 Expansion of pure
component database
 Interface to Heat Exchanger
design programs
 Add drawing of nonsimulator related lines and
symbols

Future Enhancements
(long term)

Merge DESIGN II into
graphical user interface for
greater control / interaction

Allow separate choice of
thermodynamics methods
(enthalpy and density) for
vapor and liquid phases
Summary

DESIGN II for Windows is
a powerful, full-featured
simulation tool

Easy to learn and use

Proven track record of
reliable results

Cost effective to use