Features in VMGSim 9.0

Tackling your process engineering challenges – Exclusive Oil Characterization technique  

Extended functionality of the oil source unit operation • Maximize the use of your extended hydrocarbon analysis • Characterize a wide range of fluids; from shale to heavy oil • Track the composition of one to thousands of wells using one component slate • Better estimate your physical properties to meet your sales specifications • Use accurate characterization to proactively manage your production outcomes • Mix, flash, fractionate and even react your feed by capturing the essential chemistry of your feeds • Calculate direct compositional based mixture properties • Combine PIONA characterization with our Field-wide Allocation and Composition Tracking System* (VMG

F.A.C.T.S.) to proactively adapt to your changing field conditions.

Be more accurate – The standard for thermodynamic engines has been set again  

The Advanced Peng-Robinson for Natural Gas 2 • Incorporates the most up to date thermodynamic data, including the latest GPA research reports • Accurately estimate vapor pressures of non-polar and polar compounds • Perform consistent modeling of hydrocarbon and water rich phases • Reliably model the thermodynamic behaviour of methanol, water, acid gas and hydrocarbon mixtures • Precisely determine hydrate formation conditions

Saving you time – Information made more accessible  

A new oil database • Easily browse and load over 450 oil characterization assays from all around the world • Personalize your own oil characterization database within VMGSim and import assay data as needed

More simulation examples • Access to the full Gerald Kaes refinery tutorial suite in VMGSim’s plant examples using conventional and PIONA

based characterizations

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EMPOWERING PROCESS SIMULATION

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Adding more value to your simulation – A wider spectrum of process modeling capabilities

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PVT analysis • Perform reservoir fluid characterization in VMGSim with the PVT analysis unit operation • Available experiments: Constant Mass Expansion, Constant Volume Depletion, Differential Liberation, Separator,

Volumetric and Viscosity

Tank emissions • Estimate and report emission losses from organic liquid storage tanks according to EPA’s Guidelines • Calculate all sources of emissions under normal operation such as:  

1. Standing storage losses: tank breathing losses, rim seal losses, fittings losses and deck  seam losses 2. Working / withdrawal losses

• Estimates losses per component and for the overall fluid; over annual and monthly time periods • Perform rigorous fluid property and flash calculations • Produce emissions reports within seconds

Pipeline pigging modeling • Insert pigs directly in the pipeline or through the pig launcher • Track pig location and velocity throughout the gathering system • Predict liquid holdup and pressure loss as pig proceeds down the pipe and sweeps liquid ahead • Pig one or multiple pipes—there's no limit to the number of pipes in a network that can be pigged • Analyze different control mechanisms to mitigate large liquid slugs leaving the pipeline into the downstream slug

catcher • Use Scheduler block to develop a pigging schedule for pipelines at regular intervals

Advancements to our refinery reactors • Determine coke formation rates with tube coating and feed inhibitors • Handle up to C10 reaction pathways with “Light Ends” PIONA ethane or propane reactive option (Heavy Option

also) • Solve multiple tube section inputs within one Ethylene Cracking unit • Speed up solution times using the “All vapor option” by simplifying internal flash calculations • Directly specify coil outlet pressure, coil outlet temperature and overall conversion

Extension Unit Operation • Develop your own custom unit operation • Program the unit op through any COM supported language (C#, VB, C++, etc.) • Customize your own forms and Visio icons through visual designer to meet your needs • Access our shortcut distillation example in the help manual

Our dynamics engine taken to the next level – Customer driven development

Enabling you to perform • Chimney tray calculations • FlareNet™ (XML) file import • Multi CPU support • Variable step size for integrator • Material stream feature to record and playback. • Pipe slug frequency calculations • Line sizing calculations for two phase correlations • Orifice plate calculations

• Two flash zone for separator • Convective boiling heat transfer calculations for

separators • Valve noise calculations • Relief valve reaction force calculation and inlet dP

calculations • Pump internal motor, minimum flow recycle and low

flow trip calculations

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