Project description: Advanced model-based technology using CAPE-OPEN

Process Systems Enterprise Limited (PSE) is a provider of advanced model-based technology and services to the engineering and automation market segments of the process industries, including chemicals, petrochemicals, oil and gas, pulp and paper, power, fine chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals and biotech.

PSE's gPROMS modelling software is used for the development of products and processes, the design of equipment and entire plants, and the operation and automation of these plants. Based on state-of-the-art software engineering and mathematical methods, gPROMS provides unprecedented support for the entire lifecycle of a model, including the initial model development and subsequent maintenance; the model's validation against experimental data using parameter estimation, and the model-based design of experiments yielding the maximum amount of information; a variety of model-based activities including not just simulation but also steady-state and dynamic optimisation involving both continuous and discrete decisions; the archiving and auditing of the modelling trail; and the re-use of models for subsequent applications.

Benefits achieved

PSE is committed to open systems, and this is reflected by the uniquely-open architecture of its software products. Senior PSE personnel have been instrumental in the CAPE-OPEN initiative from the beginning, and PSE vision is fully aligned with CAPE-OPEN's aims and approach. gPROMS supports the CAPE-OPEN thermodynamics socket which allows CAPE-OPEN compliant physical properties packages such as Aspen Technology's Properties Plus and Infochem's Multiflash to be accessed from within gPROMS models.