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NEW SIMULATION
TOOL HSC CHEMISTRY 7.0 FOR PROCESS ENGINEERS AND RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
Modelling and
simulation supply the answer to navigating the ever-growing oceans of data that
threaten to engulf us. The new HSC Chemistry 7.0 from Outotec Research Oy, of
FIN-28101 Pori, Finland is a straightforward simulation tool designed to guide
process development and research scientists.
HSC is a software program
for process flowsheet simulation, which also contains 22 other calculation
modules displayed as options in the main HSC menu, and 12 databases together
with extensive thermochemical, heat transfer and mineralogical data. HSC
Chemistry 7.0 is compatible with Windows Vista, Vista 64 and Windows 7.
New features
The Flowsheet Module of HSC Chemistry 7.0
has four different modes - Particles, Reaction, Distribution and Experimental -
with new, dedicated tools. There are new drawing features, high-resolution
icons, a new table facility, new page and layer properties, new spreadsheet
features, and new Excel Wizards with more commands, as well as Mass Balancing
and Data Reconciliation routines.
The new Unit Icon Library comprises
515 high-resolution icons that have been created to visualize process
flowsheets. There are nine new Add-In Functions - StreamSM, StreamGM,
StreamEQA, StreamXArray, RecoveryXArray, ProgenyStream, ComminutionProductPSD,
CubicSpline, and ERF.
During mineral set-up there is direct access to
the HSC Mineral Database, complete with its new Mineral Database Browser. There
are improved liberation data-processing tools as well as enhanced unit models
of mineral processing equipment to provide more detailed data on particle size,
density, composition and distribution.
The new Distribution mode makes
it possible to work with high temperature process models. The new Experimental
mode enables the visualization of stream properties and the development of
experimental data tables.
Updated modules
Three of HSC
Chemistry 7.0's modules have been updated: the Balance Module, which now
performs Automatic entropy (T * S) and Gibbs energy (G) balance calculations;
the Equilibrium Module now offering a more robust Gibbs Energy Minimization
routine, and the MW Module with new H, S and Cp Estimates.
The Aqua
Module has been developed and it incorporates a new Aqueous Solution Property
Estimator to estimate non-ideal electrolyte solution properties, like activity
coefficients and enthalpies, which may be used in the Equilibrium module or in
process models.
Enhanced databases
All calculation
modules automatically use the same thermochemical database, which contains
enthalpy (H), entropy (S) and heat capacity (C) data. This H, S and Cp Database
has been comprehensively enhanced to include over 4000 new species, and the
existing data on 4700 species have been updated. The total number of species
now exceeds 25 000. The data is based on the massive amount of experimental
work carried out over the last hundred years in laboratories all over the
world.
The Mineralogical Database has been hugely increased - from 3581
to 13346 minerals with better integration with process models.
Outotec
Research Oy arranges general and in-house training courses on HSC Chemistry 7.0
and full details of these as well as further product information can be
obtained from:
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 Click Here for 32 page "
What's New in HSC 7.0" PDF document.
Captions to illustrations
Figure 1. The main menu of the HSC Chemistry 7.0 with direct access to all the
22 calculation modules and 12 databases.
Figure 2. High-quality unit
icons help to design more illustrative flowsheet models. This library was
created in cooperation with process engineers and industrial designers.
Figure 3, New process modes and drawing features make it easy to create
different types of process model, which can be divided into different pages and
layers.
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