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The release of VMGSim 6.5 broadens VMGSim’s capabilities as a life cycle modeling tool. New features and improvements result in increased model accuracy, faster model development and increased life cycle benefits.

We continue to add and enhance the functionality of VMGSim to address both small and big ticket items in order to boost your experience with VMGSim. Enhancements to the property package system, unit operations models and user interface are implemented with the goal to deliver an innovative best in class process engineering system that improves your modeling performance.

VMGSim 6.5Release Highlights

New Reporting Capabilities Produce synchronized engineering quality Equipment Datasheets directly from your VMGSim simulation.

• Over 100 pages of datasheets available out of the box such as API 660 for Shell & Tube Exchanger.

• Datasheets display synchronized data with the simulation as well as user entered input, global project information and your logo.

• Modify existing templates or create new datasheets with our datasheet builder tools.

New Thermodynamics Capabilities• The REFPROP property package from NIST is now a

property package option.• Additional thermal fluids available such as Therminol®

66 heat transfer fluid.• Improved properties estimation of refrigerants.• Enhanced transport properties estimation of

Glycol-Water mixtures.• Refined viscosity model for heavy oil.

Unit Operations Enhancements Additions and enhancements that allow for higher fidelity modeling in VMGSim.

• New detailed Heat Loss model added to Pipe Segment and Plug Flow Reactor.

• PFR now supports pressure drop calculations, including Ergun for catalytic beds.

• New two-phase pressure drop correlations available in Pipe Segment.

• More combustion reactions supported by Claus Oxygen Calculator.

• Added Gas Specific Gravity to the Special Properties utility operation.

New OPC Client Unit Operation With the addition of the OPC Client, VMGSim extends the capabilities of communication with external applications and devices. In conjunction with the already deployed OPC Server, VMGSim 6.5 provides a complete OPC suite for on-line solutions.

New Dynamics Capabilities Dynamics has a number of enhancements that extend the model library and increase model fidelity.

• Dynamic Gibbs Free Energy reactor.• Improved Heat Loss models for Pipes,

Separators and Heat Exchangers.• New two phase mechanistic

correlations available in Pipe Segment.

User Interface Enhancements VMGSim 6.5 includes numerous improvements to simplify the workflow.

• Visio™ PFD Menus moved to PFD window.

• Enhanced compound form.• Faster compound database search.• Process Calculator – Spill text, Insert/

Remove Rows and Columns feature.

Use OPC Client to read external data from OPC Servers.

New Heat Loss Model for Pipe Segment

Use information from OPC Client in any unit-operation.

View and export results as equipment data sheets.

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New Property Package• VMG-RefProp property package is now available in VMGSim and allows

the thermodynamic calculations provided by REFPROP to be used in VMGSim models.

• REFPROP is the standard for high precision pure component and simple

mixtures physical property calculations produced by NIST/TRC.Enhancements to Property Package Calculations

• 12 thermal fluids components were added to the data base.

• Improved properties predictions for refrigerants.• Improved transport properties estimation for aqueous

EG, DEG and TEG mixtures.Property Package Interface Enhancements

• Component form interface has been upgraded for increased functionality.• New Thermo Export / Import feature allows easy transfer of property

packages between different VMGSim cases.

• Faster searching for components in the database.

Pipe Segment Enhancements The Pipe Segment now includes an advanced heat transfer model that allows for more detailed calculations, includes multiple insulation layers and incorporates methods to predict heat transfer coefficients.

New supported pressure drop correlations for two phase pipe and wellbore modeling including Oliemans, Petalas, Fogarasi, Dukler and Mandhane.

PFR Enhancements The PFR also includes a powerful heat transfer model, which features a correlation to allow catalyst input for consideration as defined by an effective thermal conductivity of the fixed reactor bed (Matsuura).

VMGSim 6.5 includes the classic Ergun equation for catalyst systems. This pressure drop correlation also takes catalyst geom-etry into account.

VMGSim 6.5 Release Highlights

Thermodynamic Property Package Updates VMGSim 6.5 includes a valuable array of additions and enhancements to the thermodynamic property packages. These additions include a new property package, improvements to the prediction of properties of important compounds and mixtures and upgrades to the user interface.

Organic Rankine cycle modeled using the VMG-RefProp Property Package.

Therminol® 66 heat transfer fluid transport properties.

Pipe and PFR Detailed Heat Loss Model• Multi-layer heat loss model. • Detailed inner and outer heat transfer correlations.• Underground parameters available for Pipe.• Water/Air Convection HTC available.• Option to calculate inner and outer radiant heat transfer.

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Equipment Data Sheets

VMGSim OPC Client The new OPC Client and our existing OPC Server enables for rapid integration of VMGSim models in on-line applications. Now it is easier to link your model with other OPC compliant applications allowing you to extract more value from your model.

The OPC Client allows the user to read information from OPC Servers, process it at the flow-sheet level, and write back to OPC Servers. The OPC Client is supported in both the steady state and dynamics engines. The same case can contain multiple OPC Clients, which can read and write data to different OPC Servers.

New Unit Operations• Gibbs Reactor – No reactions

specifications required, direct solution using Gibbs free energy minimization.

• OPC Client –online connectivity with

external applications.Enhancements to Pipe Segment

• New Global Heat Loss Settings.• New Petalas/Oliemans two phase

mechanistic correlations.• The Outer Heat Transfer Coefficient now

includes built in ground and under water

convection correlations.

General Enhancements• Improved heuristics for default

initialization sets.• Entrainment calculations for separators.• HTC / dP Correlations for multisided

heat exchanger.• Pop and Proportional types

for relief valve.• Catalyst pressure drop correlations

for PFR.

Dynamics Dynamics in VMGSim 6.5 features both new unit operations and enhancements to existing models. The new OPC Client in conjunction with the existing OPC Server, extends the use of your VMGSim models beyond your desktop. With the OPC Client, dynamics simulations can easily be connected to a DCS using the OPC standard. Expand the benefits from your process model by deploying a dynamic model in applications such as operator trainers, soft sensors or on-line process monitoring.

Over 100 pages of engineering grade equipment data sheets are built-in to VMGSim 6.5. These data sheets provide the core of VMG’s flexible data sheet system that automates the creation, storage and publishing of data sheets thereby reducing engineering costs and avoiding expensive mistakes.

• Drive your models from the live data sheet interface.• A single click of the mouse will provide a formatted populated

datasheet in Excel.• Integrated to the Project Report system making it easy to publish

data sheets in bulk from your simulation.• VMGSim 6.5 allows you to create and import your

company’s customized Equipment Data sheets.

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VMGSim 6.5Partial List of New Features & Enhancements

Unit Operations• Heat Exchanger – Changed display name of heat exchanger

duty from “Energy Lost Tube” to “Duty”. • Heat Exchanger – Tag as error when over-specified.• Heat Exchanger – Improved calculation of surface area for

U-tubes in heat exchangers in rating mode.• Heat Exchanger – Upgraded HTRI-link to support HTRI

Xchanger Suite ® 6.• Heat Exchanger – Changed default number of

segments to 5.• Envelope – Added cricondenbar and cricondentherm

points to plot.• Claus Reducing Gas Generator and Direct Fired

Heater – Enhanced Convergence.• Claus Oxygen Calculator – Take into account more

combustion reactions (NH3, HCN, H4N2, C0, CS2, COS, PH3).

• Separator – Assign water phase as second liquid by default.• Distillation Tower – Added Duty/ Draw specification.• Pipe Segment – New variable Dp/100 ft.• Pipe Segment – Improved behavior when specifying

elevation while in multi-section mode.• CSTR, Equilibrium, and Conversion – New ability to specify

outlet temperatures.

Flow sheeting and Graphical User Interface (GUI)• Component Form – Enable copy/paste from table in plot

tab.• OPC Server – Added options to Store and Recall cases. Also

exposed most integrator variables by default.• Excel Unit Op – Allow use of charts as sheets and allow

naming of worksheets with spaces and special characters.• Show status in flow-sheet form as not solved when there

are unit operations that are not solved.• Changed display name of Cp/Cv variable from CpCv

to Cp / Cv.• Model Regression – Enable toggle to deactivate

experimental variables.• PFD – PFD-Visio menus moved to PFD window, PFD now

supports Visio 2010 menus.• PFD – Material Balance Table now supports a Formula and a

MW column for components.

• PFD – Added shortcut button to PFD tool bar to open the depressuring assistant.

• PFD – Improved Copy/Paste to paste onto a more intuitive location.

• PFD – Better color coding of unit operations. Warnings take precedence over unsolved (red over yellow).

• PFD Datasheets – Exposure of more variables such as feed or product velocities of Pipes.

• Property Table – Display progress and allow stopping.• Process Calculator – Standard formatting shortcuts for Bold,

Italic, Underline.• Process Calculator – Now includes cell format when doing

Copy/Paste.• Reporting – Added user variables to streams

(P&ID, Fluid Description).

Dynamics• Added ability to define different heat transfer coefficients in

separators for roof, wall and floor zones.• Separator radiant heat input improvements.• Compressor and Pump – ON / Off switch.

Thermodynamics• Retrograde Flash option available for streams.• New emulsion transport property estimation parameters.• New parameters to select blend rules for phases when

estimating transport properties.• New parameters for phase identification criteria in dense

phase region.• Improved interaction parameter estimation for Ethyl

Mercaptan, Dimethyl Sulfide, tert-Butyl Mercaptan, and n-Propyl Mercaptan.

• Oil Characterization – Improved heavy oil viscosity estimations.

• Property Packages list reorganized to make finding packages faster.

• API Sour package has been extended to model the absorption of SO2 in NH3 solutions.

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