Latest Software From IPS Enables Powerful Multiphase Flow Simulation From Within The SIM4ME Portal
Plano, TX - Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, has released the newest version of SimSci-Esscor's INPLANT simulation software, a program that rigorously simulates multiphase flow in plant utility and relief networks. INPLANT version 4.1 provides the power and flexibility to model applications ranging from a depressuring study of a single vessel to the design and rating of a complete cooling water network for an entire refinery or petrochemical plant. The latest version of INPLANT software now incorporates the recently introduced SimSci-Esscor SIM4ME Portal, which enables the use of INPLANT software via a Microsoft Excel interface.
The SIM4ME Portal constructs a simple, bidirectional communication link between the steady-state simulator, SimSci-Esscor's INPLANT, PIPEPHASE or PRO/II simulation software, and a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The SIM4ME Portal enables developers to create an Excel spreadsheet that is INPLANT aware, allowing users to execute an INPLANT simulation from within an Excel software application.
"By combining the SIM4ME Portal with INPLANT software, we make it very easy to create custom interfaces in the Excel spreadsheet software without having to code a single line of the Visual Basic development system," said Joseph McMullen, PES Product Manager for IPS. "INPLANT version 4.1 users can now drag and drop multiphase flow model parameters, such as relief valve discharge coefficients, fluid densities, pipeline diameters and solver options, directly into Excel spreadsheets. The ability to access any model parameter easily, change its unit of measure and determine its status as either an input or calculated value from within the Excel software puts the user in the driver's seat for data manipulation and integration."
Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software provides the ideal platform for engineers to create an operations interface that can be used by INPLANT software experts and non-experts alike, tapping the user's imagination in ways that are all but impossible with a pre-configured interface. Communication between the flow simulator and Excel spreadsheet software is bi-directional and requires absolutely no coding skills on the part of the user.
SOURCE: Invensys Process Systems