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SS TSS-01A
New Features
in PRO/II –
Part A
Highlights of updates from
PRO/II 9.2 and 9.3
Richard Pelletier
2014 Software Global Client Conference
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MS Directory Standards and VS Compiler Upgrades
●Microsoft Directory Standards
● Programs: C:\Program Files (x86)\SIMSCI\PROII##
● Data: …My Documents\SIMSCI\PROII##
● Configuration and TDM files:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SIMSCI\PROII##
●Compiler Migration from Visual Studio 2003 IVF 10.0 to Visual Studio
2008 IVF 12.0
● The new compiler will help the user:
●Get more rigorous data definition
●Continue using your previously compiled UAS
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Windows and Office/Excel Support
●Windows 8 is now supported, but not touch screens
● Windows XP no longer supported
●Office 2013 Support, but still only 32 bit support
● Office 2003 and XLS files no longer supported
●All Excel files provided with PRO/II follow the Office 2007+
naming conventions:
● Excel Unit Operation looks for: XLSM files
● SIM4ME Portal: XSLM files
● Spreasheet Tools: XLSM files
● Excel Calculator (new): XLSM files
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Excel Macro Settings
●User needs to have Macros enabled in Excel / Options / Trust Center /
Trust Center Settings / Macro Settings to use Excel features in PRO/II
●We prompt a reminder if not set correctly now
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SIM4ME Portal Upgrades
●SIM4ME Portal
version 2.3
●Many reported bugs
and crashes fixed
●Excel-Only Undo
●Auto Stream Link
●Stream data transfer
●Auto Update Case
Study
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Improved Case Study ●Bug fix: If you have a case study
where a variable not part of the
case study changed externally, in
the past the case study did not
refresh that variable. It does now,
but users still need to press the
Run button.
●Color changes on the Case Study
RUN button:
● Grayed: Simulation not run
● Red: Last run does not match
current case.
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FlexNet 11.11 Security ●FlexLM 9.5 no longer supported
(unsupported by Flexera). Users who
continue using it are at risk of failure.
●Users with 9.5 will need to upgrade to
11.11
●Temporary workaround. Install with 11.11
as the option and use the Licensing
Management Tool (available in Start ->
SimSci) and change Security Type to
FLXLM95
●Temporary workaround will be removed
for PRO/II 2015/2016.
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●Switch between USB, FlexLM/Net,
and Token licensing for any version of
PRO/II or any other SIMSCI product
●Can check out network licenses
through the tool
●Can check USB keys for products
licensed and expiration date through
the tool
License Management Tool
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●Tool used to repair the library
registration of installed PRO/II
versions under certain conditions
when the library becomes
unregistered or does not install
properly
●A common cause for unregistered
libraries are when a user installs an
older version of PRO/II while a
newer version is already installed
Library Registration Repair Tool
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Version/Patch Number Displayed in Title Bar
●Also displayed in the splash screen when opening the software
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Open File in Original Version
●Option to migrate (convert) to the newer version or open in the original
file’s version when opening a prz file
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Toolbar Customization and Icons ● Icons for every menu option now available
●Right click and customize which toolbar sets appear
●User can go back to Pre-PRO/II 9.2.1 settings
●Every toolbar set can be further edited to include only the
icons you want to display
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Additional Color Codes for Copy/Paste
●New colors to identify selected units, copied units, failed units.
● Selected but not run
● Selected and converged
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OK to PFD / Cancel to PFD
●Quickly commit all windows
with an equivalent to OK to
all or Cancel to all.
●All unit operations with
multiple DEWs have it in
the nested DEWS
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Find and Replace Stream/Unit Names ●Old: Find streams/units by name
●New: Replace stream/unit names
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Multiple Unit Operation Copy/Paste
●Copy/paste multiple unit operations and streams at once
●Cut/paste from one block diagram to another
●PRO/II automatically renames copies units/streams with an “_1”
●PRO/II automatically reorders the calculation sequence and reproduces
user-defined loops
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Copy/Paste Across Multiple *.prz Files ● Can now copy from 1 prz file to another
● All component selections from source file
must also exist in destination file or else
you may lose your composition information
● Be sure to recheck specifications,
variables defines, and other information for
mismatches from the component slates
● Also ensure that destination file uses the
correct thermo selections, assay
characterization options, tag data, reaction
data and reaction procedure data or else
the copied units/stream may not converge
properly
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Multiple Run Options
● In earlier PRO/II versions, the Run option would only run the basic
mass and heat balance calculations. Many output time calculations
were not run until the output file was created.
●There are now 3 run options:
Same as before
Run and Perform Output Calculations
Run, Perform Output Calculations and Generate Output Report
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Warn if *.out is Out-of-Sync ● In earlier versions of PRO/II, an already generated *.out report would go
out-of-sync if modifications were made to the *.prz file and the *.prz file
was rerun
●To avoid inconsistencies in the *.out file, PRO/II will flag the following
warning messages:
● Modify and rerun *.prz file, then
try to close or save the *.prz file:
● Run *.prz file without generating
*.out report, then try to close or
save the *.prz file:
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Compact/Repair within GUI ●Formerly the reinitialization utility
●Used to fix corrupted files, reduce file bloat, and improve file speed
●How it works: Exports/reimports the file automatically
●Options Compact/Repaired Repair Now
●Can undo the repair if the repair fails
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STD and ACT ●Volumetric rate is now clearly defined as STD (Standard) or ACT
(Actual)
● STD is based on the standard conditions picked for the simulation:
STD LIQ RATE, FT3/HR N/A 0.370 7.202 9.177
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Controllers and MVC Default Behavior ●Old default: If controller or MVC
reaches a limit, accept that as a
solved case.
●New default: If controller or MVC
reaches a limit, it continues
running…maybe the next loop will be
within limits. But if the simulation ends
and it is still at a limit without
achieving the target specification, it
fails and alerts user that the target is
not met.
●User can change default behavior
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Consolidation of Casebooks and AppLib Examples
●All *.inp and *.prz files
from the Casebooks or
AppLib folders have
been consolidated into
the same directory for
easy retrieval
●C:\Program Files
(x86)\SIMSCI\PROII##\
User\Applib
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Spiral Crude Suite 5.5 Integration ●Old way of entering assay data
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Spiral Crude Suite 5.5 Integration ● New option for entering assay data through Spiral Crude Suite integration
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New Foreign Language Support
●Previous language support for English
and Japanese
●Three additional foreign languages
have been added:
● Chinese
● Russian
● Spanish
●Requires additional licensing to utilize
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●SIM4ME Thermo version 3.8
●Fixed several TDM bug fixes
●New changes in thermo will be implemented through SIM4ME Thermo
then PRO/II thermo moving forward
●New Methods:
● Predictive SRK (PSRK): Developed by the UNIFAC Consortium
● NRTL equation extension:
● BWRS Kij extension:
SIM4ME Thermo Upgrades
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Peneloux Liquid Density and Correlation 18
●New options of SRK-Peneloux and PR-
Peneloux for liquid density method
● Uses compressibility and density values
obtained from the SRK or PR EOS methods
in the Peneloux density calculations
●New temperature dependent correlation 18
now supported:
● Property = C1 + C2 * T^C3/(1+C4/T+C5/T^2)
This Property is primarily used in solid enthalpy
calculation and it was included in support od
DIPPR data on solid heat capacity.
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Water Options ● Water options can now be set in global default options for thermo
● Transport properties using IAPWS-IF97 when IF97 tables selected
● New Sour-Gas Wichert Correlation
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Data Entry Improvements ●Duplicate Method
●Show Kij values from databank
●Component properties databank search
order for specific method
●Pure BWRS
component
databank
search order
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Default Thermo System w/Options ●Choose default thermo system and options when adding methods
●Applies to all new simulations or new additions of the thermo method
modified
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Define “Extract From” Data File ●Select full component and thermo definition for new simulations based
on an existing *.prz simulation or *.inp keyword file
●Do not use this default in conjunction with the other default for thermo
selection
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Extracting Component and Thermo Data ● Input Thermodynamic Data Extract
●Can reselect file before extracting
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PW Protected Databanks Don’t Show Values
●Password protected
databanks do not print
protected values in GUI
or output report
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DIPPR 2013 ●Yearly updates for DIPPR 2013 from now on based on Lite Database
●Sponsor database will be made available for distribution by DIPPR
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DIPPR 2013
There are values in the SIMSCI databank that are only available in the
SIMSCI databank. If user encounters a component in DIPPR with such
situation, user can select to cascade data. What this does is allow PRO/II
to look to the next library in search for missing data.
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DIPPR 2013
● IT EXPIRES IN 2024!
● Remember to stay up to date with the latest
version always.
● Coexistence issue with PRO/II 8.3 and older
● Users can have PRO/II 8.3 and 9.3 with
DIPPRL2013 installed and registered, but only
9.3 will work.
● In order to make 8.3 work, user needs to
unregister DIPPRL2013. To use it later in 9.3
user needs to re-register
● DIPPRL2013 can be registered for PRO/II 9.2.