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BASF AG
Contact
Tel: +49 621 6071205
Zentralbereich Ingenieurtechnik Fachinformatik Technik ZIB/I - Q920
67056 Ludwigshafen
Germany
Project description:
As a strategic move, BASF has decided to integrate CAPE-OPEN technology throughout its software solution in the area of CAPE, called
ProcessNet. Furthermore, BASF is motivating software vendors to supply CAPE-OPEN interfaces for their solutions in order to simplify the
integration with other commercial tools or software from the ProcessNet environment in the long run.
Applications of such standardizations are the integration of e.g. the use of Aspen Properties within the DISTIL synthesis package
from Hyprotech or the Multiflash thermodynamic properties package from Infochem into Aspen Plus. This will enable BASF to integrate
tailored equations of state with process simulation software. Especially in this area, the CAPE-OPEN standard is appreciated to bring
together design activities for high-pressure synthesis steps and separation parts that are currently being performed separate models.
Furthermore, the use of thermodynamic property models for electrolyte materials is considered as an important scenario of using the
CAPE-OPEN standards because complete packages can easily be bought and integrated instead of tackling the large effort to extend
existing in-house packages.
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