Marina Velazquez

Product Manager

PRO/II 9.4

PRO/II 9.3.3/9.4/10.0

●Expected releases

Release Date

PRO/II 9.4 October 2015

PRO/II 9.3.3 October 2015 (defect fixes only)

PRO/II 9.4.1 Spring 2016 (defect fixes only)

PRO/II 10.0 Summer 2016

PRO/II 9.4 Features

●Ease of use˃ New Ribbon

˃ Tools accessible without mouse (ergonomic requirements)

˃ Unit operation Tooltips

˃ Toggle property list

˃ Property list selection for tooltip and display

˃ AutoSave

●Calculations˃ Double precision GUI

˃ Tighten default tolerances

˃ Migration flexibility

˃ Standard volumetric flow consistency

˃ Partial Import of UOM

●Component data˃ ChemApp (Thermochemistry third party program – Metals, mining)

˃ Solid Fuel Characterization (Ultimate/Proximate analysis)

˃ DIPPR 2015

˃ Update OLI engine to latest version

˃ OLI DBS File containerization

˃ Component Properties in one dialog box

●CAPE OPEN˃ Cape Open Component Properties

˃ Cape- Open Edit property package

PRO/II 9.4 Features

PRO/II 9.4 Features

●Unit operations˃ Rigorous HX - Support Phase Fraction Spec

˃ Entrainment specification additional basis (Mass & Volume)

˃ Allow thermal condition of bubble point or dew point for reference streams

˃ Gibbs Reactor - Support Approach temperature for Individual reactions

˃ Stop a column in the middle of the run

●UAS˃ UAS parameters accessible for controllers, MVC, case study.

˃ Provide Unit operation table for UAS

˃ Additional variables in UAS

˃ Data entry in UAS improved with Combo box capabilities

˃ Improve GUI for UAUOP

PRO/II 9.4 Features

●Reporting˃ Simulation comparison tool

˃ Water Free composition report

˃ Automated report of critical properties on heat exchanger automated heat curves

˃ Mass balance in Message Window and Tools/Spreadsheet

˃ Line size

˃ Vessel size

Detailed Slides

Ribbon User Interface

●PRO/II 9.4. has a more Microsoft Office look

●Express tab has tools used in 75%+ of simulation work

● It auto resizes

Keyboard Shortcuts

● In addition to the new ribbon bar, use keyboard shortcuts to access functions

●Press Alt, then the letter of the tab you want to go (even if you are there)

●Press the letter of the command you want to invoke

Double Precision/Display Precision

●Up to 14 significant digits are stored with the option to change

Global Tolerances

● In version 9.4 global default tolerances have been tightened, user has option to revert to older looser tolerances or to set his own defaults.

●Choose Global Tolerances…

from the Simulation Defaults

dropdown

Global Tolerances when Migrating Files

●You have the option to select simulation tolerances when migrating old files to 9.4

Select Default UOM During Installation

●During installation, V9.4 provides the option to set the default units of measurement for PRO/II

Version Migration

●When migrating files, extra precision may change inputs that were once rounded

●Use Schema migration to keep data from previous version database

– Input values may slightly differ but all significant digits are preserved

●Use Keyword migration to recalculate the database with input values

– May truncate significant digits entered by user

– Also cleans database from potential memory issues

– It is important to update the estimates before migrating

Migration Options

●By Schema

●By Keyword

Metric Standard English Standard

●Changing from one to another can yield molar differences

●Note: New precision for standard

pressure and gauge pressure

Standard Volumetric Flow

Tooltips for Streams and Unit ops

●Equivalent/consistent behavior than previous tooltips for streams

●Be aware that not all the properties are calculated by default

Toggle Property List

●Previously existing for Streams, it now works for Unit operations too

●Not aesthetic but functional

Property List

Global selection or individual display

Units of Measurement (UOM)

●V9.4 allows you to import units of measurement when importing components and thermodynamic data from an external flowsheet or input file

AutoSave Improvement

SAVING TOO OFTEN MAY

CAUSE SLOW PERIODS OF

TIMES WHILE SAVING!

●AutoSave allows you to recover simulations from a crash (similar to Excel & Word)

●Former issue: If you have a corrupted file and it is autosaved, it crashes.

When you try to reopen the corrupted saved file, it crashes again.

●Solution: Multiple layers of file saving; user selectable saving directory

●PRO/II 9.4 provides solid fuel characterization through the Ultimate Analysis option on the Tools menu

●Fuel Properties

●Ultimate Analysis

●Proximate Analysis

●Fuel Type– Coal – Biomass– Municipal Solid

Waste– Estimate from

Proximate Analysis Report

– User Input

Solid Fuel Characterization

Note: You should use a conversion reactor to

convert all coal to gas and then use a Gibbs

Reactor to account for incomplete oxidation

and formation of NOx byproducts

Additional Solid Fuel Tool Features

●Solid Fuel Tool creates names for components and reactions

●You can add multiple coal components; just give different names

Component Properties

●Component Properties in one dialog box instead of five

●All fixed component properties in one scrollable dialog box makes it easier to copy/paste to/from Excel

DIPPR Registration in 4 Steps

1 2

3

4

● Four easy steps to registration

Reference Stream Thermal Conditions> New thermal conditions of bubble point or dew point for

reference streams

Line Sizing

●Pipe Line Sizing recalculates dimensions independent of PRO/II

Vessel Sizing

●Vessel (flash) sizing for two or three phase separation

Heat Exchanger Liquid Fraction Spec

●The Rigorous heat exchanger provides two new specifications for Liquid Fraction on the Tube and Shell outlets

Automatic Heat Curve Generation

●Critical properties are now included

Flash Drum Entrainment

●In addition to the options available in v9.3 (mole fraction, mole percent, rate), PRO/II 9.4 provides these options:

●Weight fraction

●Weight percent

●Actual volume fraction

●Actual volume percent

●Actual volume

Gibbs Reactor Approach Temperature

> Enter approach temperature for individual reactions

Mass Balance Reporting

●Mass Balance in Messages window and from Tools/Spreadsheet dropdown

● Invoke by checking the “Included Water-Free Compositions” box

Water Free Composition Report

●Launch the Report Compare Tool from the Start menu

Report Compare Tool

Report Compare Tool