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Newsletter April 2006

If you are working at a producing process plant or for an engineering company in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Power, Offshore or Onshore industries as well as in Pulp, Pharmaceuticals, Solid Handling and Metal Refining, learn what benefits you can have from applying our software in your everyday work.

Nor-Par has been the AAA company (having the highest credit ranking) for four subsequent years: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. See the last page for the current AAA diploma.

Head Office

President: Odd Lorentz

Address: Nordstrandveien 76, 1164 Oslo, Norway

Telephone: +47 22 28 69 00

Fax: +47 22 28 69 81

E-mail: admin@norpar.com

Internet: www.norpar.com

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Table of Contents

Nor-Par a.s: Company Profile .................................................................................................................... 3

Multi-Discipline Solution ............................................................................................................................ 4

OPC SERVER FOR CHEMCAD .................................................................................................................. 5

CHEMCAD software is STEP compliant ................................................................................................... 6

CC-SAFETY NET from Chemstations Inc. ................................................................................................ 7

CHEMCAD CC-POLYMER .......................................................................................................................... 8

ProPlan from Ingenious Inc ..................................................................................................................... 10

ProSched from Ingenious Inc .................................................................................................................. 16

PIPENET Transient to TRIFLEX Dynamic (PTR2TRD) ........................................................................... 22

Smart Stress Iso........................................................................................................................................ 26

Short info on the Regeneration Training System .................................................................................. 27

Nor-Par a.s: Software Products............................................................................................................... 31

CHEMCAD and other Chemstations’ products ...................................................................................... 32

TRIFLEX and other PipingSolutions’ products...................................................................................... 33

PIPENET software..................................................................................................................................... 39

Micro Techno software............................................................................................................................. 41

MIXSIM from FLUENT ...............................................................................................................................43

NOR-PAR AS AAA CREDIT RATING DIPLOMAS ..............................................................LAST PAGES

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Nor-Par a.s: Company Profile Nor-Par a.s, an international company with central office in Oslo, Norway, is presently the exclusive distributor for twelve leading engineering software vendors in the territory covering Scandinavia, Central Europe, Russia, and all independent countries of the former Soviet Union. The company delivers over 20 software packages or modules, where module is a program that can run standalone or as a part of a bigger suite. Nor-Par is integrating modules to work together on the principle of the Multi-Discipline Solution.

Milestones

1959 Nor-Par a.s was established as an engineering company.

1979 The firm went into the software business, transferring its engineering activities to another company within the Nor-Par group. Nor-Par became a subcontractor to CYBERNET, world's leading online service of Control Data Corporation. CYBERNET was the first network for technical computer programs in history, allowing performing engineering calculations on mainframe computers worldwide.

1984 Nor-Par, perceiving growing capabilities of personal computers, began focusing its main interest on PC engineering software. The company was expanding its market from original Oil & Gas offshore engineering towards the Petrochemical, Chemical and Power industries.

1989 Nor-Par started operating in Central & East Europe.

1997 Nor-Par expanded its activities to be a systems integrator, introducing the Multi-Discipline Solution technology.

2000 A new sister company Nor-Par Online has been established. Nor-Par Online is a software development company to provide online training and data handling solutions for the worldwide market.

2001 Worldwide agreement with Akzo Nobel/EKA

Chemicals on Online Simulation/Optimization RTS system A + B + C + D + F + G + I + Fluid Flow. PLANT2CC and PLANT2CCD made commercial products.

2002 New Development: Data reconciliation and instrument calibration tool in PLANT2CC Smart Stress Iso as the bridge between 3-D CAD, Stress Analysis and Modification Engineering

2003 Training Simulator & Optimisation Suite and front-end applications to CHEMCAD such as Fired Heater or Tank Farm. Nor-Par became a distributor of Ingenious Inc products: ProPlan, ProSched.

2004 Real Time Process Simulation (PLANT2CC “R”). Further development in Training Simulator & Optimisation Suite. Development of Refinery Reactor Models.

2005 Development of Production Improvement & Optimisation Tool. Providing Reactor modelling and Advanced Process modelling services to major industrial clients – to deliver “blue-print” models of true performance of real operating plant running in the user’s PC

2006 Development of two-phase flow correlations. Focus on providing advanced modelling services for process industries

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Multi-Discipline Solution The crucial point to effective project work is maintaining consistent documentation for Production or Engineering. Here is our Multi-Discipline Concept:

The Multi-Discipline Solution ensures full data integration between Process, Piping, Stress Analysis, and Fluid Flow disciplines. It also involves Production Planning and Scheduling. The user can build the system from blocks and expand it as the needs grow.

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OPC SERVER FOR CHEMCAD Houston, TX (April 1, 2006) – Chemstations, Inc. today announces the availability of an OPC Server function within the CHEMCAD software package.

It's here: true OPC data exchange with CHEMCAD simulations! CHEMCAD is currently being tested for compliance to the OPC DA standards 2.05a and 3.0, and when testing is complete we will mark CHEMCAD as OPC certified. Using this interface, any OPC client can gain access to stream and unit operation data and issue run commands (dynamic and steady state) in any CHEMCAD simulation.

Some of the potential applications:

Plant Perfomance Monitoring

• Monitor specific unit performance (heat exchanger fouling, distillation column efficiency, etc) • Display performance directly to operation staff on any HMI/SCADA display • Inferential / Soft sensor: have values calculated in CHEMCAD (that are difficult, expensive, or impossible to

directly measure in the plant) displayed for operation staff (stream compositions, fouling factors, etc) • Open or closed loop operation: use any PLC/DCS control loop interact directly with CHEMCAD variables

Real Time Optimization (RTO)

• Use CHEMCAD's internal optimizer or any proprietary/third party optimizer to improve plant performance based on results of CHEMCAD simulations

• Open or closed loop operation Operator Training Systems (OTS)

• Build CHEMCAD simulations which interact with any 3rd party HMI/SCADA/OTS interface as a rigorous, first principles-based simulated plant

• Train on generic models or build CHEMCAD simulations that mimic your actual processes

End users can build your own systems or contact us for a list of system integrators / partners to help with your needs.

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CHEMCAD software is STEP compliant

CHEMCAD software is STEP compliant and it can exchange information with other programs as long as these can exchange information with Excel. Note: CHEMCAD Remote Automation Server is the integral part of CHEMCAD.

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CC-SAFETY NET from Chemstations Inc.Chemstations Inc has released a new program: CC-SAFETY NET. This program can be licensed as a standalone application for single PC or network. CHEMCAD has the CC-SAFETY NET capabilities as the standard feature.

CC-SAFETY NET provides facilities for the design and analysis of flare relief systems including all system components. These facilities include:

• Simulation of the piping network including the blow down drum. Flow can be vapour, liquid, or two-phase, and critical flow is computed and limiting.

• Identification of the worst relieving case using case studies

• Optimization of the system using the of sensitivity analysis

• Sizing (and costing) of system equipment including pipes, relief valves, and pressure vessels.

The DIERS (Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems) facility of CC-SAFETY NET provides the user with the latest technology in the sizing and analysis of safety relief vents in emergency situations. This technology is complex and difficult for the average

engineer to understand and apply. CC-SAFETY NET ensures that you get reliable results because:

• Chemstations has spent years studying DIERS and consulting with experts in the field. They are thus able to provide you with a tool which is not only comprehensive and accurate, but which also separates the useable from the purely theoretical providing you with a practical, real world tool.

• CC-SAFETY NET’s DIERS facility has been used in the field for years.

CC-SAFETY NET will simulate any type of steady state piping network. Flow loops, distribution systems, and collection networks can all be assembled and simulated in any combination. These networks can also include:

• Pumps, compressors, expanders, valves, pipes, fittings, heat exchangers, and pressure vessels.

• Performance curves for pumps and compressors.

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CHEMCAD CC-POLYMER CC-POLYMER is an engineering software tool designed to simulate the dynamic behaviour of batch, semi-batch and continuous polymer reactors in which mixed phases exist at vapour – liquid equilibrium, but polymerization takes place in liquid phase. The current version of polymer model can handle bulk, solvent, and suspension types of homo-polymerization.

The figure below provides a pictorial summary of CC-POLYMER reactor.

CC-POLYMER can be, among others, used to:

• Analyze the operation of industrial polymerization reactors.

• Analyze experimental data to determine polymerization mechanisms and rates.

• Determine the relationship between the reactor operation mode and polymer properties.

• Analyze and determine the control strategy of polymer reactor.

• Perform isothermal or adiabatic simulations, which are independent of control requirements, and of heat transfer considerations.

• Perform detailed simulations, which include heat transfer aspects as well as temperature, pressure and slurry level control (built-in and external control solutions are possible).

• Simulate simple flowsheets (single reactor with or without auxiliary equipment) or complex systems (multiple reactors with associated equipment).

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Sample typical applications are depicted below:

CHEMCAD and CC-POLYMER

CC-POLYMER is a module within CHEMCAD system represented by a dynamic unit operation. It is fully integrated in CHEMCAD structure, sharing common features such as user interface, physical property databases, and thermodynamic methods, plotting and reporting.

Who should use CC-POLYMER

CC-POLYMER has been designed for engineers and chemists working with Polymer Reaction technology.

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ProPlan from Ingenious Inc ProPlan is a production planning simulator. The product is an extremely powerful, yet user-friendly application that facilitates the optimization and planning of plant operations. An economic analysis together with flexible planning of products and or capacities may be conducted for the complete plant. ProPlan is OPC compliant and web enabled making it easy to access from anywhere in the world and integrate with third party applications.

The software utilizes a graphical user-interface. ProPlan simulates plant operations by performing block-by-block calculations to determine all streams (e.g. feedstock, naphtha, oils, and blended products) flowing between the various units of the plant (e.g. splitter, crude unit, FCC). The simulator uses non-linear equations to predict yields, product properties, and the consumption of utilities. Profitability is maximized employing the powerful LINDO optimizer using the LP (linear programming) and NLP (non-linear programming) algorithms. This determines the optimum operating conditions and allocation of components to finished products, subject to user-specified quality concerns. The objective function of ProPlan is to maximize the profit of the production plant.

ProPlan Features

• Overall powerful optimizer for global optimum

• Report generation for each submodel, pooled components, utilities, Internal rate of return, Overall profitability, expense and profit charts and graphs, summary etc

• Product and feed blender to optimize feed purchase and product sales and overall profitability

• Short learning curve, full developmental capability for user to build and modify models.

• Extensive library of process submodels for refining, petrochemical and chemical industry.

• Web enabled

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Features

Graphical User-Interface. A clean graphical user-interface assists plant modelling. The interface provides a convenient directory tree and means to develop flowsheets, enter data and constraints, and review the results of the simulation. The input forms are structured so that data for crude assay, streams, all blocks, and utilities may be intuitively entered.

Crude Assay Database. The flowsheet is integrated with the HPI crude assay database as well as any other commercially available database. The HPI Assay Library presents crude oil assay data for 243 assays from around the world. HPI Consultants Inc has developed this database. ProPlan Data can be copy/pasted from Excel. Crude assays can be imported directly from excel or exported back to excel. Similarly data entry can be done via cut and paste options.

Feed Properties and Crude assay integration

User friendly. requires a short learning curve. Other conveniences include a relatively low cost investment, concise, browser-friendly block-by-block reports, stream and property profiles, and a complete online user manual. Flowsheeting is Windows compliant with click and drag-and-drop features.

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Unit Operation Equation Editor

Blend Optimizer. Powerful feed and product blend optimizer to optimize the feedstocks as well as the products to meet the constraints and maximize the profitability of the plant. Each product can handle up to 12 constraints or specifications per product making it an even more powerful solution for meeting tighter environmental specs.

Blend Optimizer

Capacity Planning: User can specify the capacity of each unit operation and ProPlan will limit the production to the capacity of the unit

Financial Analysis: Reports are generated for often-used factors like Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and more. This makes ProPlan even more convenient for financial assessments.

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Submodels

ProPlan has a library of 30 process models including most refinery and petrochemical units such as crude unit, reformer, BTX unit, paraxylene and more. New units can be easily created using existing units as a template. Non-linear equations for the new unit can be easily defined and added to the submodel library. This allows ProPlan the flexibility to be used for any continuous production plant.

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Reporting

• One-shot glance of the economics of the entire plant (Sales and Operation).

• Detailed expense and revenue analysis of complete plant.

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• Graphical Illustration in the form of Pie Charts useful for investment decisions

• Exporting capabilities to database packages, ERP, and Microsoft Office

ProPlan Applications

Production Planning: Versatile tool for Production planning operations. Helps evaluate changing feedstock and profitability of different products to be in tune with ever changing requirements of the process industry.

Feasibility reports and Configurations: Ideal for conducting feasibility analysis and reports for existing or new plants/units. Various configurations can be quickly and accurately tested using the easily customizable software to determine the feasibility and ideal configuration of the plant.

Revamp Studies: Determine whether a revamp would be economical and profitable and will also suggest which revamp would be ideal for that plant. The user can easily add a new proposed unit & determine the feasibility of that unit within the existing configuration

Optimization: Suggest the ideal ranges of operation of the existing units in a plant limited only by operating feasibility. Based on the chosen ranges ProPlan will carry out profit optimization for the entire complex.

Utility Expenses: Determines the utility expenses for individual unit operations separately in tabular format and also gives a graphical representation of the same.

Impact of Proprietary technology: Demonstrate the economic impact of a technology developed or an improvement in existing technology or operation. Training and Learning: Promote better understanding within the organization about the impact of various units in the plant and highlight the economics and interaction of various units in the plant.

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ProSched from Ingenious Inc ProSched is a powerful and user friendly Production Scheduling software designed for the process industries. ProSched is OPC/ODBC compliant and web enabled making it easy to access from anywhere in the world and integrate with third party applications.

ProSched is a flexible and customizable product that can be used by industries as diverse as refining, petrochemicals, workshops, assembly plants, distribution and logistic companies, oil & gas plants, and specialty chemical & pharmaceutical plants. ProSched is web enabled and the entire application can be run from the company internet/intranet server allowing multiple groups to access the same information. This will provide global scheduling facilities to multiple plants. Furthermore, it has the flexibility of interacting with any data historian, accounting or plant management system via its OPC/ODBC compliant interface.

Versions

ProSched Basic ProSched Standard ProSched Professional

Configurable version of the scheduling software designed for handling operations scheduling for small workshops or production faculties.

A more comprehensive configurable version of the software that has handles for adding new processes, graphical interface, unlimited number of products and raw material and modules for operations scheduling and storage.

Full version of the software that includes modules for feedstock scheduling, operations scheduling, product scheduling blends optimization and tank inventory management. This edition can handle unlimited number of raw materials and products and also provide integration of various plants to optimize overall production.

Typical Feedstock Schematic

Functions

• Reduce demurrage & inventory cost.

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• Tank inventory management.

• Improved feed quality & reduced unpredictability.

• Optimize usage of key operating units.

• Better understanding of scheduling operations.

• Accurate blending to meet quality constraints.

• Capitalize on opportunity purchases & sales. Features

• State-of-the-art simulation engine for evaluating feasible schedules and optimization

• LINDO linear and non-linear optimization engine

• Web enabled application

• Convenient and user-friendly data entry

• Fully Configurable system

• Modern graphical user interface (GUI)

• Easy troubleshooting of scheduling operations

• Quick solution and schedule optimization

• Reports, schedule and Gantt chart generation for the entire process.

• OPC/ODBC link for integration with third party packages

• Versatile applications for a range of industries Applications

• Oil & Gas, Refining & chemical plant scheduling

• Assembly plant, workshops Manufacturing industry scheduling

• Specialty chemical & pharmaceutical scheduling

• Dairy & beverage industry scheduling

• Oil movement and storage

• Tank farm management

• Logistics and distribution network scheduling Any production facility can be easily customized and all the constraints can be incorporated in the models such that each client can get a fully custom model of their facility in ProSched easily be made with minimum effort. Data can be entered manually or automatically.

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ProSched data entry forms

ProSched has an order based entry system that allows the user to enter or modify an order and then define the process or production recipe. Resource Areas are defined that could include all equipment or labour as a resource area. Resources are defined as equipment, labour, utilities etc. Once this information is available, the scheduling software can run and determine the earliest delivery date and optimum inventory and resource utilization. Any production facility can be easily customized and all the constraints can be incorporated in the models such that each client can get a fully custom model of their facility in ProSched. Data can be entered manually or automatically. Schedule generation, Gantt Charts & Optimization ProSched is designed to produce schedules that can be realistically implemented in the plant. This implies schedules that meet all physical and operational constraints and also maximize material run lengths, process units and material movements. Operational constraints include, amongst others, such things as Min/max inventories (heels), inventory levels & availability of components and products, priority Production, capacity maximization, Min run lengths, tank line-up, and testing.

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Production Summary

A typical schedule is generated as shown here. Detailed schedule for each operation is generated and the user can view the reports from the easy to use directory structure. This information is further used to generate the Gantt charts and overall schedule report. The modelling code is developed using Visual Basic technology which is integral to the solver. There are built-in algorithms, which contain heuristics, predetermined rules and infeasibilities along with the powerful embedded LINDO optimizer.

Gantt Chart

Cost analysis and Inventory Charts ProSched generates charts and reports for average monthly inventory for each product as well as cost optimization for each product. For example, the cost of production of each product is tracked throughout the plant and the overall production cost for the plant is thereby calculated. This helps in tracking, reducing working capital and production cost.

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Cost Analysis Report

Inventory Chart

Users Database and Usage Log Users can be defined with different access level to the database. Usage is tracked in a log. Changes to the database are tracked in a sortable log (Date, Time, User, Project, Item, Parameter, Old Value, New Value)

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Change Log

User Database & Log

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PIPENET Transient to TRIFLEX Dynamic (PTR2TRD) In many industries (power industry, offshore mining), there occur transient problems such as waterhammer, steam hammer or transient shock in highly compressed gas systems. Such problems need to be identified and possible solution found from flow viewpoint. PIPENET Transient is the right tool to do that. In existing piping systems, the network needs to be verified by Dynamic Piping Stress Analysis to determine whether the piping would stand the transient shock effect, and ways to ensure system durability from mechanical viewpoint needs to be found. TRIFLEX Dynamic is the right tool. The situation is the following:

• PIPENET Transient provides dynamic loads as the result of transient fluid flow calculation. These data are not used by fluid flow analyst

• TRIFLEX Dynamic needs the dynamic loads as the input for Time History Analysis but it is difficult or impossible for the stress analyst to guess these data

The PTR2TRD interface from Nor-Par Online A/S makes PIPENET Transient talk to TRIFLEX Dynamic, so full power of both programs can be used, and 1 + 1 becomes more than 2 in the value of the complete solution. An example: A piping network was analyzed for Code Compliance in TRIFLEX Static and the code has been met. Now there is an interesting question: will this piping stand transient effect such as waterhammer? The piping network has been coded in PIPENET Transient first:

A Malfunction of linear valve closure in 4 seconds was chosen.

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PIPENET gave, among others, these results:

Let us use PTR2TRD interface to transfer forces from PIPENET Transient to TRIFLEX Dynamic to be used in Time History Analysis as nodal excitations.

In PTR2TRD, the user selects PIPENET force file as input and TRIFLEX Time Function and Nodal Excitation files as output:

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The user selects PIPENET force labels and duration time that are to be used in TRIFLEX Time History Analysis as nodal excitations:

Then the conversion is

The output files of PTR2TRD are used as input for TRIFLEX Time History Analysis.

This is the Time Function spreadsheet of TRIFLEX Dynamic with the converted Time Functions from PIPENET Transient:

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And these are converted nodal excitations:

Time History Analysis is performed. The following screen pictorially shows the deflections for the worst case:

Numerical analysis results prove that the piping would not stand the waterhammer without making engineering changes to the system.

The solution of the problem could be found from the fluid flow viewpoint in PIPENET (and later verified by TRIFLEX analysis) or a mechanical solution would have to be found in TRIFLEX.

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Smart Stress Iso SYSTEM FOR LIFETIME UPDATE AND MAINTENANCE OF AS-BUILT CAD/GEOMETRY

Large Plant Owner, Oil & Gas Company and Maintenance Contractors need to maintain 2-D and 3-D Geometrical data as well as Material data in 3-D CAD system throughout the whole life of a Project and later throughout whole life of the Plant. Note: I-SKETCH can be licensed from Alias Ltd, www.alias.ltd.uk

With the System for Lifetime Update and Maintenance of As-Built Geometry the following is possible:

• Automatically transfer the Specifications from 3-D CAD systems such as PDS, PDMS, or AutoPlant to I-SKETCH from Alias Ltd (Alias are the world renowned makers of ISOGEN). The transfer is accomplished by Alias' I-CONVERT

• Import the isometric drawings from PDS, PDMS or AutoPlant into I-SKETCH • Transfer the piping geometry and technical information to TRIFLEX for Piping Stress Analysis with Smart

Stress Iso from Nor-Par Online A/S • Do modification engineering based on TRIFLEX results in I-SKETCH • Create Stress Isometric Drawings with Smart Stress Iso • Automatically make new updated models in PDS, PDMS or AutoPlant using I-EXPORT from Alias Ltd.

I-CONVERT, I-SKETCH, I-EXPORT, TRIFLEX and Smart Stress Iso are delivered as the software suite.

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Short info on the Regeneration Training System Why to use a computer process simulator?

A process simulator gives you opportunity to take better and smarter decisions and to get know-how. This small investment can give your company substantial savings in energy, decrease in usage of raw material, decrease in pollution load, increase in production yield, better knowledge of operated processes, and better documentation of the product.

The same cannot be achieved by hand calculations, because these give you only simplified solution of a single alternative. To identify production bottlenecks, energy losses and non-optimal heat integration you need to understand complete picture of the process. The process simulator opens possibilities to simulate thousands of alternatives, eliminate infeasible solutions, and find practical ways to overcome problems. It gives you practical and easy to use interface; physical and chemical method able to handle all technical systems, organic and inorganic, electrolytes and solids; wide range of equipment models, steady state and dynamic (such as reactors, heat exchangers, distillation/absorption, adsorption, to name a few); real control systems; sizing, environmental, and cost calculations; and batch technology facilities.

Eventually, optimal savings in the existing production can be found only by dynamic simulation. This is because hand calculation or steady state simulations describe theoretical solution of the problem only. In real production, actual behaviour of a process depends on many factors, such as control system performance, actual heat and mass transfer, utilities availability, etc., all of these being parameters depending on time.

Does it really help you?

However, your real problem is human resources. People who know your production issues left the university many years ago. How to find a person who can combine practical production knowledge of your production with theoretical background, and can use advanced process simulator? How to find a person who can gather missing data, and apply practical solutions by steady state and dynamic simulation based on good understanding of theory at your production?

How can your employees get knowledge needed to operate process simulator?

The solution is to give your employees who know production issue the opportunity to refresh their knowledge on simulation theory combined with practical hints and advice.

Nor-Par a.s has developed a Regeneration Training System, a series of books/systems from mass and heat balance simulation to mass transfer, heat transfer, kinetics, and dynamic simulation. For list of book/system, see enclosure. Each of these books/systems begins with a description of benefits that the producing plant can get, and it includes many practical examples.

You can download the first chapter that tells you the benefit and the index so you know all the chapters in the book/system. After that you can order, pay and get as file the book/system or several books/systems.

List of books/systems A. Steady State Mass and Heat Balance Simulation B. Modern Thermodynamics C. Principles of Dynamic Simulation D. Dynamic Flowsheet Simulation with use both of Vessel Reactors and Reaction/Kinetic Data. F. Dynamic Flowsheet Simulation with Dynamic Distillation G. Mass Transfer in Distillation I. Electrolytes (Thermodynamics and calculations of inorganic and environmental protection systems) J. Principles and Theory of Transient Fluid Flow K. Dynamic Piping Stress

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Pricing Each RTS Book A - I USD 200 Each RTS Book J – K USD 300 Advisor service, per month USD 300 Rental of simulator including advisor service, per month Ask for offer How to order and how to start working with the Regeneration Training System I. Read information about the Regeneration Training System (RTS) from related Internet pages http://www.norpar.com/rts/rts.html Look to the Table of Contents and to the First Chapter for all books/systems in the series. II. Fill in the Application form that gives us information on your company. III. You are only allowed to use the RTS on a single computer. IV. Define which part of RTS (Book/System Numbers) you need and whether you will require dedicated Adviser or not. V. Provide additional information so we can issue proper Invoice VI. Define when you intend to start using the RTS VII. When we receive all required information and confirmation that you have read and accepted our standard contract, we will issue the invoice. After receiving the payment, we will send the RTS to you and give you access to the Dedicated Adviser. VIII. The Adviser will get a copy of your order. The Adviser will only answer to the dedicated RTS user(s) over the defined period of 90 days. Note: A backup person in your company can be registered in the absence of the main User. However, only one person can use the RTS at a time. The backup user and the period when he works with the RTS in absence of the main user must be defined in writing. IX. In the end of the 90 days period, the Adviser will send you a summary, where he will tell you that, for example: A. You are recommended to use a process simulator in practice B. You are advised to go through another part of the RTS C. You are recommended to remain to be trained over next period of 90 days, or D. You have gathered all required skills and that he wishes you good luck in your future work.

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Application Form

Company name: ___________________________________

First name, last name: ___________________________________

Phone number: ___________________________________

Fax number: ___________________________________

e-mail address: ___________________________________

Street address: ___________________________________

The full name of the only permitted user ___________________________________

___________________________________

Short description of your education, your position and short description of your plant production.

My additional preferences are:

To receive the respective systems as a printed book

To receive the solved examples for respective systems on a CD

I need to rent software for practice in the end of the training with or without adviser

I do need onsite Regeneration training in ____________________________

I want these questions additionally answered:

Note: The system is allowed for usage on a single dedicated PC as file or by a single dedicated user.

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Standard Contract for the

Regeneration Training System™ (RTS)

I. The defined Regeneration Training System™ with separate parts A, B, C, D/E, F, G and I, J and K is the exclusive property of Nor-Par Online. It is protected with patent rights, copyright, and trademark. The RTS is protected by law of Norway.

II. Only the personally defined User has the right for dedicated usage of the material.

III. The RTS can only be used as a local copy on the PC of the defined User

IV. The Defined User can only keep one printed copy of the book(s). The book(s) or file(s) must not be given or made available to any other person, directly or indirectly.

User Statement

A. I, _____________________of Company ____________________________________,

identified by the e-mail address________________________, am the defined User that will observe the

rules of this Contract, and I understand that direct or indirect misuse of the RTS will be prosecuted.

B. I, the defined User, confirm I understand this Contract and I will respect it.

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Signature

Date: ___/____/____

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Nor-Par a.s: Software Products By Vendor By Application Product names

Nor-Par Online A/S

Production improvement software Operator Training System, Online Process Simulation Process Engineer Training and Education

Production Improvement & Optimisation Tool Training Simulator PLANT2CC, PLANT2CCD RTS

Chemstations, Inc.

Process Simulation: Steady State Flowsheet Simulation Dynamics: Reaction and Distillation Dynamics Flowsheet Simulation Environment Protection Reports (WAR)

CHEMCAD, CC-ReACS, CC-DCOLUMN. CC-THERM, CC-BATCH, CC-POLYMER, CC-SAFETY NET (PDF), Batch Scheduling, Standalone versions of these, Add-on versions of these

Sunrise Systems Ltd. Fluid Flow PIPENET: Transient, Spray/Sprinkler

PipingSolutions, Inc. Stress Analysis, Fluid Flow, Mechanical Design, Welding

TRIFLEX Windows, TRI*HEADER, TRI*TANK 650, WERCO 107/297

MICRO TECHNO snc Mechanical Design of Heat Exchangers MT-Exch, MT-Comp, MT-Mat. MT-Vess

Ingenious Inc Production Planning and Scheduling ProPlan, ProSched

Nor-Par a.s Process modelling services Systems Integration

Advanced Process Modelling services Multi-Discipline Solution

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CHEMCAD and other Chemstations’ products Chemstations Inc., Houston, TX, USA. See also: http://www.chemstations.net/

Integrated system for steady-state, dynamic, reaction, and batch distillation simulation, including heat exchanger design and rating module.

The system consists of these integrated modules:

CHEMCAD

CC-ReACS, Dynamics and Reaction Simulation Software, also available in Standalone and add-on versions

CC-DCOLUMN

CC-BATCH

CC-THERM (+ Air Cooled Heat Exchanger and Plate & Frame Heat Exchanger)

CC-POLYMER

CC-SAFETY NET (This program is a part of CHEMCAD, but can be license separately)

Key Advantages

Extremely easy to use: draw the flowsheet first, enter the data, calculate, get the results

All modules are integrated and share the data

Physical property database, DIPPR. Binary Interaction Parameter database, DECHEMA

Over 30 thermodynamic methods to select from

Crude oil properties, Amines, Sour Water,

Highly non-ideal chemicals

Electrolytes

Solids

Customizable Cost Engineering feature

Models and external programs written by the user can be executed

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TRIFLEX and other PipingSolutions’ products

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PIPENET software Sunrise Systems Ltd., Cambridge, UK. See also: http://www.sunrise-sys.com

PIPENET is a powerful software tool for flow analysis of pipe and duct networks.

PIPENET starts at the design phase, providing the means of performing calculations such as pipe sizing and pump selection under steady state conditions. At the other end of the spectrum, PIPENET computes the transient forces necessary for pipe stress analysis and pipe support design under transient flow conditions.

PIPENET Standard Schematic is the perfect tool for solving general flow problems with liquids, gases, or steam

PIPENET Transient is ideal for unsteady state problems such as "water hammer", "steam hammer", and calculation of hydraulic forces necessary for piping stress analysis

PIPENET Spray/Sprinkler is exceptional for the design of fire protection systems, whether they be deluge, ringmain or sprinkler

PIPENET Standard Schematic

The PIPENET Standard Schematic is for general flow analysis in networks of pipes or ducts, carrying liquids, steam or gases.

Key features

Water properties are built-in and steam properties comply with the IFC67 Standard. A database of gases is provided in the program to which user-defined gases can be added

The network can be as simple or as complex as necessary, and can be made of pipes, ducts, fittings, pumps, fans, check valves, control valves, nozzles, filters, orifice plates and other models. Control valves can be set for pressure, flow, differential pressure or valve position. The range of fittings available in the program is from Crane manual. The user can add others, which can be stored in a library.

The Standard Schematic module has powerful pipe sizing capability. The user can define pipe schedules from which the program will select appropriate nominal sizes.

Pumps and fans can be connected in parallel or in series anywhere in the network. Libraries or pumps and fans can be created with a dedicated option, then the library items would be inserted anywhere in the network.

Many useful features exist, such as checking for cavitation, correction for ambient pressure with height, calculation of hydraulic gradients and modelling of leaks.

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PIPENET Transient

The PIPENET Transient module provides a speedy and cost-effective means for in-house rigorous transient analysis. It can be used for predicting pressure surges, calculating hydraulic transient forces or even modelling control systems in flow networks.

Water hammer

Surge analysis

Hydraulic transient forces

Cavitation modelling

Graphical and tabular output

Key features

Transient module can model networks with items such as pipes, operating valves, variable speed pumps, air release and vacuum breaker valves, accumulators, pressure and flow transmitters, PID controllers and transfer functions to represent the dynamics of instruments and valves.

Not only can Transient predict cavity separation, it can actually model its formation and collapse. A wide choice of functions and tables are available for setting up boundary conditions.

Transient can find its own initial and final steady states or use initial values given by the user. The time step for calculation can be determined by the program or specified by the user, as can time steps for tabular, graphical, and forces output.

With Transient any variable can be selected by the user to be output in graphical and tabular form. Hydraulic transient forces can be output to a separate file, which can be then used by the pipe stress analysis program, TRIFLEX, for further processing.

PIPENET Spray/Sprinkler

The PIPENET Spray/Sprinkler module is specially developed for the design of fire protection systems in accordance with the NFPA13 and NFPA15 rules. The Spray/Sprinkler module is ideal for all types of water-based systems, including deluge, ringmain, sprinkler and foam solution systems.

NFPA13, NFPA15

Deluge, ringmain, sprinkler

Fire pump selection

Most remote nozzle option

Multiple pipe types

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Micro Techno software MICRO TECHNO snc, Ciampino, Italy See also: http://www.microtechno.com

MT-EXCH: MECHANICAL CALCULATION OF SHELL & TUBES HEAT EXCHANGERS

The MT-EXCH program allows the mechanical design and the stability check of shell & tubes heat exchangers, and it automatically produces drawings In CAD format.

Now, MT-EXCH is integrated with CC-THERM and HTRI

ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES

Internal pressure calculation All the exchanger components, shell side and tube side, are calculated to the internal conditions of design and hydraulic test. The components in contact with both the shell side and the tube side are automatically checked to the pressure acting on the external side.

Geometrical sizing of the exchanger The program provides for a comprehensive geometrical sizing including all the quotas, distances and dimensions of each component and of the exchanger as a whole. The reference to constructive standards included in the program manual allows the user to have quickly the rated setting plan of the exchanger.

Weight calculation The program calculates all the weights of the singular components and in addition: - Empty weight of the exchanger - Weight of the tube bundle - Weight of the exchanger full of water

Check to the external pressure The program allows for the installation of stiffening rings or for the thickness increasing or for a combination of the two possibilities.

Stability check to the combined effects of forces and moments generated by the exchanger weight, by the wind and earthquake loads, and by forces and moments specified by the user. The resultant forces and moments are applied to the supports for the stability checks and the calculation of loads acting over the foundations.

Supports positioning and stability checks - Saddles, the check is carried on according to the method of Prof. Zick - Brackets, the check is carried on according to the method of Prof. Bijlaard and B.S.5500

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MT-VESS: Pressure Vessel Mechanical Design

Programs that form the MT-VESS package perform:

Global design of a pressure vessel including mechanical and geometrical sizing

Design of base components

Standards

ASME VIII Division 1

ISPESL-VSR (Italian)

Databanks

Heat exchanger material classes

Pressure vessels material classes

Mechanical characteristics of materials

Nozzle database

Gaskets database

Vacuum charts database

Supports database

Vessel Design

Sizing to the combined effects of temperature and pressure

Calculation of loads--apart the pressure--that stress the vessel

Weights Forces generated by wind Forces generated by earthquake Support reaction Additional loads

Check to the tensions and to the deformations due to the forces as above

MT-LAYOUT: Tubesheet Layout Drawing Program

MT-LAYOUT automatically makes CAD drawings of tubesheets.

MT-LAYOUT is integrated with CC-THERM and HTRI

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MIXSIM from FLUENT FLUENT, Inc., Lebanon NH, USA. See also: http://www.fluent.com

MIXSIM: COMPLETE HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATION OF AGITATED MIXING VESSELS

MixSim is a powerful analysis tool for complete hydrodynamic simulation of agitated mixing vessels. MixSim works with the general-purpose CFD solver, FLUENT, to create a computer model of your mixing vessel and predict the mixing characteristics of the vessel.

MixSim simplifies the complexity of CFD model creation by using process-specific commands for creation of your computer model. Using a graphical user interface customized for mixing, you can directly specify tank size, bottom shape, baffle configuration, and draft tube or sparger location. You can select from a built-in library of popular impellers, created with the help of leading impeller manufacturers, or you can specify your own impeller through the MixSim interface. Based on your inputs, MixSim automatically generates the complete CFD model, including complex 3D mesh generation for multiple impeller systems.

By simplifying model generation, MixSim provides you with the power of CFD analysis without the long learning curve of a general-purpose CFD code. If you're an experienced CFD analyst, MixSim eliminates the tedium of model generation while retaining your complete access to the extensive modelling capabilities of FLUENT. You'll be able to analyze multiple design options quickly and easily, without going through the time-consuming process of building models in a general-purpose pre-processor or using cryptic script files.

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