The chemical

engineering software
extension of your
thought process.
Process Simulation Software
What can you do with Why should you consider
CHEMCAD? Chemstations?
• Increase Productivity by Performing • Chemstations’ mission is to provide
Everyday Chemical Engineering the chemical processing industry
Calculations increased profitability, productivity,
• Maximize Profitability by Designing and safety via powerful, easy to use
More Efficient New Processes and engineering software.
Equipment
• Chemstations’ development team is
• Reduce Costs and Capital
dedicated to creating the best
Expeditures by Optimizing/De-
available products through
Bottlenecking Existing Processes
continuous improvement.
and Equipment How do you actually use
• Comply with Regulatory Agencies by • Chemstations’ technical support
Assessing the Environmental Impact
CHEMCAD? team is willing to stand behind our
of New or Existing Processes • Draw your flowsheet products and help you achieve your
• Leverage Corporate Information by • Choose your chemical components goals.
Maintaining a Central Database of • Choose your thermodynamic model • Chemstations’ global sales and
Proprietary and Laboratory Data marketing team is positioned to
• Specify your feed streams develop long term partnerships by
• Specify your unit operations creating opportunities through
• Run your flowsheet process solutions.
• Size your equipment • Over 400 leading chemical
companies have selected
• Investigate cost estimate alternatives CHEMCAD as their primary process
• Assess environmental impact simulation software tool, with
• Analyze your results/Optimize and approximately 90 percent of
repeat as necessary Chemstations' customers renewing
their maintenance agreement year
• Produce Process Flow Diagrams/
after year.
Reports

What are some common

applications of CHEMCAD?
• Distillations/Extractions (Batch &
Continuous)
• Reactions (Batch & Continuous)
• Electrolytic Processes
• Thermo-Physical Property
Calculations
• Vapor/Liquid/Liquid Equilibrium
Calculations
• Equipment Sizing
• Heat Exchanger Networks
• Environmental Calculations
• Safety Analyses
• Cost Estimations
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 Process Simulation Software
GENERAL FEATURES ENGINEERING DATA REACTIVE DISTILLATION
• Graphical user interface • Physical properties databank for pure • Reactions may be specified as equilbrium or kinetic
• Customized reports and PFDs components equations
• • Flexible rate form
• Interactive operation BIP database for activity coefficient equations
• • Purity and temperature specifications
• Composite heat curve pinch analysis Electrolytes database
•
• Hydrate prediction • Vapor phase association databank Up to 20 reactions

• CO2 prediction • Interface to corporate databases

DYNAMIC UNIT OPERATIONS
• Distillation curve assay analysis • Batch distillation *
ELECTROLYTES
• Interfaces to Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, and AutoCAD, (or • Batch reactors **
• The Pitzer and MNRTL methods for strong and
compatible)
weak electrolytes are available. These methods • PID controller **
• Users may add their own unit operations, have been modified to include temperature • Control valve **
thermodynamics, components and/or graphics
symbols
dependent interaction parameters. • Dynamic vessel **
• Binary and ternary interaction parameters for •
• In-line “C” language interpreter these methods are stored in a database.
Discrete event manager **
• • Time delay module **
Users may add their own DDLs • Electrolyte reaction equilibrium data are stored in
• Steady-state, Unsteady-state, Batch and Dynamic the databank of the most common industrial
Process Stimulation systems. Equilibrium is calculated using Gibbs OTHER UNIT OPERATIONS
free energy when data is absent. • Heat exchanger
THERMODYNAMICS’ • Expert system assistance in setting up the • Expander/ Turbine
GENERAL FEATURES electrolyte chemistry. • Compressor
• Pump
• Vapor phase association
SOLIDS HANDLING • Mixer
• Different K-Values and/or enthalpies for different
•
units or trays • Crystallizer Divider
• • Component separator
• Different BIP’s for different units or trays Centrifugal filter
• Flash
• • Cyclone
Vapor-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibrium • Rigorous three-phase flash
• Physical properties estimation of undefined • Washer
• Fired heater
components • Venturi Scrubber • Valve
• Baghouse filter • LNG Heat exchanger with pinch analysis
K-VALUE OPTIONS • Screen • Controller
• Hydrocarbons: Peng-Robinson, Soave-Redlich- • Hydrocyclone • Stream reference
Kwong, API Soave, Grayson-Streed, Maxwell-
• Vacuum filter • Liquid-liquid extraction
Bonnell, BWRS, K-Charts, Regular Solution •
• • Electrostatic Precipitator
Line sizing
Chemicals: NRTL, UNIQUAC, Wilson, UNIFAC, • Calculator
Margules, Van Laar, Chien-Null, 4-parameter • Dryer
equation of state • Sedimentation separator EQUIPMENT SIZING
• Polymers: UNIFAC for polymers, Florry-Huggins • Crusher, grinder • Rigorous equipment sizing routines with spec sheets
• Special Systems: amines, sour water, methanol, are available for the following equipment:
ethane-ethylene, propane-propylene, partial REACTORS Trays (Sieve, Bubble cap, Valve)
pressure (lonic) • Stoichiometric Packing (Random and Structured)
• Others: Henry’s Gas Law, vapor pressure, User K • Equilibrium Pipes
tables • Kinetic (PFR or CSTR) Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers ***
• Polynomial K-values, user subroutine • Gibbs Pressure Vessels
• Equation of state for hydrogen-bonding compounds • Up to 100 simultaneous reactions Orifices
Control Valves
• Flexible rate form
ENTHALPIES • Water-gas shift data • Relief Valves (DIERS)

• Hydrocarbon and Petrochemical: BWRS, Peng- • Methanation data

Robinson, Soave-Redlich-Kwong, APIS, Redlich- EQUIPMENT COST ESTIMATION
Kwong, Lee-Kessler DISTILLATION • Calculation of the purchase and installed cost of
• Chemicals: Latent heat, integral heat of solution • Short cut and rigorous major pieces of plant equipment.
• Water: Steam tables • Simple to complex, multiple column arrangements
• Flexible specifications HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
• Other: amines, polynomial, H tables, user
•
subroutine, mass balance only
• Choice of algorithms Windows 95, 98 and NT
• Rigorous three phase distillation • Network version available

REGRESSION
• Pure component physical properties regression
• Multiple component VLE and LLE regression
• Regression from UNIFAC * Requires a CC-Batch License
• Regression from infinite dilution data ** Requires a CC-ReACS License
• Regression of electrolyte data *** Requires a CC-Therm License
• Regression of reaction rate data **

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