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CAPE-OPEN UPDATE, Volume 7
CAPE-OPEN UPDATE is a publication of the CAPE-OPEN Laboratories Network (CO-LaN), a non-profit consortium for the development of the CAPE-OPEN standard.
STAFF LISTING:
Kerry Irons, Editor
Editorial Board: Peter Banks, Bertrand Braunschweig, Werner Merk, Hans Pingen, Michel Pons
Technical Support: ADDUCE GmbH
CONTENTS
- Editorial - CO Standard Implementation on the Move
- Latest news - Leipzig meeting - Website - Consultancy service
- Member profiles - Technical University Hamburg-Harburg - CAPEC-DTU (Technical University Denmark)
- Technical article - Fluent
- SIG Reports - latest news from the CO-LaN Special Interest Groups
- User Tips and Current Issues
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EDITORIAL - CO Standard Implementation on the Move
The implementation of the CAPE-OPEN standard continues to grow. Numerous CO compliant Process Modelling Components (PMCs) and Process
Modelling Environments (PMEs) are now available from a mix of sources (software vendors and universities). Companies have also undertaken a number of projects to make their
own PMCs CO compliant, beginning a future where they achieve the CO vision: to deliver the power of component software and open standard interfaces in computer-aided
process engineering.
The CO-LaN continues to refine and expand the CO standard through the activities of the Special Interest Groups (SIGs). Please see the SIG reports in this newsletter for
the latest on their progress and plans. SIGs present an opportunity for CO-LaN members to shape the CO standard and to learn a great deal from their colleagues in the CAPE
community. Perhaps the fastest way for your organisation to intimately learn the CO standard is to join a SIG of interest. Please contact the respective SIG leaders to find
out how to gain value for your organisation. In addition to all that you will learn, you will be contributing to the health of CAPE across the process industries!
Ask anyone who has participated in a standards organisation - the work can be hard and time consuming, but when each element of a standard is put in place, the value
becomes obvious. CO-LaN is making that value happen in CAPE.
Kerry Irons, Editor
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CO-LaN Membership
Industrial Members :
BASF AG BP Dow IFP Shell Chemicals TOTAL
Associate members:
- AspenTech
- CAPEC-DTU (Denmark Technical University)
- Chemsep
- COSMOlogic
- Dechema e.V.
- DIPPR (AIChE Design Institute for Physical Properties)
- EPCON International
- Fantoft Process Technologies
- Fluent Inc.
- Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg
- Heat Transfer Research Inc.
- Infochem
- INP Toulouse ENSIACET
- Process Systems Enterprise Ltd.
- Processium
- Prosim SA
- RSI
- RWTH Aachen. Lehrstuhl für Informatik V and für Prozesstechnik
- INVENSYS / Simulation Sciences
- TUV NEL Ltd.
- University of Maribor
- Universita Politecnica de Catalunya
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- Virtual Materials Group
- VTT Industrial Systems
- Wulkow (PREDICI)
Many CO practitioners continue to see the value of joining the CO-LaN. Visit the CO-LaN web site to find contact names, e-mail addresses, and URLs for the members.
(Members). The most recent additions to the roster are AspenTech, Hamburg-Harburg University, and Processium.
To learn more about some new CO-LaN members, please see the
Member Profiles.
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USER TIPS
Remember to visit the CO-LaN web site (Standard Specification) to better understand both the method and the opportunity of implementing CO standards. If you are a CAPE software developer, you will find CO testers and the CO standards documentation. If you are a CAPE software user, you will find guidance on the use of CAPE tools in a CO-compliant environment. There is a great deal of information on the web site to guide you and offer insight.
Feel free to contact a CO-LaN member to help you focus your activities. These people can answer questions, discuss the philosophy of CO standards, direct you to CO standards experts, and give you a glimpse of current and future activities.
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CURRENT ISSUES
The CO-LaN Special Interest Groups (SIGs), are up and running to refine existing standards, expand them as needed, and define new standards. The current SIGs, SIG leaders, and current focus areas are:
- NUMERICAL SOLVERS - Michel Pons, Atofina. ON HOLD pending priority interests.
- INTEROPERABILITY - Peter Banks, BP. Interoperability Support for testing software interoperability.
- THERMODYNAMICS - Werner Merk, Dow. For implementation, maintenance, and management of existing interfaces. Expansion into polymers and solids.
- UNIT OPERATIONS - Celeste Colantonio, Shell Chemicals. For implementation, maintenance, and management of existing interfaces. Expansion into dynamics.
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BACK ISSUES OF CAPE-OPEN UPDATE
You can view back issues of CAPE-OPEN UPDATE on the CO-LaN web site - please visit
CO Update Issues.
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Coming events, CO-LaN press releases and other current news
Visit News for the latest information!
CO tours are designed to show an organisation's technical professionals and technical leaders how to implement CO standards for their CAPE. Feel free to request one for your organisation.
Wizards are now developed for Unit Operations and Thermodynamics and are available through AspenTech and Hyprotech respectively, and through the CO-LaN web site.
The CO COSE (CAPE-OPEN Simulation Executive) tester is now ready and available on the CO-LaN web site.
The next CO-LaN Members Meeting is 12/13 February in Leipzig Germany. See the details in the Latest News
section of this issue of CO Update.
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