List of chemical process simulators

This is a list of software used to simulate the material and energy balances of chemical processing plants.

Software	Developer	Applications	Operative system	License	URL
Advanced Simulation Library	Avtech Scientific	Process data validation and reconciliation, real-time optimization, virtual sensing and predictive control	Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac	open-source	[1]
Ariane	ProSim	Utilities management and power plant optimization			[2]
APMonitor		Data reconciliation, real-time optimization, dynamic simulation and nonlinear predictive control			[3]
Apros	Fortum and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland	Dynamic process simulation for power plants	Windows	Commercial	[4]
Aspen Plus	Aspen Technology	Process simulation and optimization			[5]
Aspen HYSYS	Aspen Technology	Process simulation and optimization			[6]
ASSETT	Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS	Dynamic process simulation			[7]
BatchColumn	ProSim	Simulation and Optimization of batch distillation columns			[8]
BatchReactor	ProSim	Simulation of chemical reactors in batch mode			[9]
D-SPICE	Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS
K-Spice	Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS	Dynamic process simulation and multiphase pipeline simulation			[10]
CADSIM Plus	Aurel Systems Inc.	Steady-state and dynamic process simulation			[11]
ChromWorks	ChromWorks, Inc.	Continuous/Batch chromatography process simulator			[12]
CHEMCAD	Chemstations	Software suite for process simulation			[13]
Cycle-Tempo	Asimptote	Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of systems for the production of electricity, heat and refrigeration			[14]
COCO simulator	AmsterCHEM	Steady state simulation		free of charge	[15]
Design II for Windows	WinSim Inc.	Process simulation			[16]
Distillation expert trainer	ATR	Operator training simulator for distillation process			[17]
DWSIM	Daniel Medeiros, Gustavo León and Gregor Reichert	Process simulator	Windows, Linux, Mac	open-source	[18]
DynoChem	Scale-up Systems	Dynamic process simulation and optimization	Windows	Commercial	[19]
EMSO	ALSOC Project	Modelling, simulation and optimisation	Windows, Linux	ALSOC License	[20]
Dymola	CATIA Systems Engineering	Dynamic modelling and simulation software			[21]
Flowtran simulation	Monsanto
gPROMS	PSE Ltd	Advanced process simulation and modelling			[22]
HSC Sim	Outotec Oyj	Advanced process simulation and modelling, Flowsheet simulation	Windows		[23]
HYDROFLO	Tahoe Design Software	Piping System Design with Steady State Analysis	Windows	Free Academic -Std Commercial	[24]
INDISS	RSI				[25]
ICAS: integrated computer-aided system	CAPEC				[26]
IDEAS	Andritz Automation				[27]
iiSE Simulator	VRTech
LIBPF		C++ LIBrary for process flowsheeting
JModelica.org	Modelon AB			open-source
METSIM	Proware	General-purpose dynamic and steady state process simulation system	Windows		[28]
Mimic	MYNAH Technologies	First-principles dynamic simulator built for software acceptance testing and operator training systems			[29]
Mobatec Modeller	Mobatec	Advanced Dynamic (Steady-State) Process Modelling Environment	Windows	Contact us	[30]
NAPCON ProsDS	Neste Jacobs Oy	Dynamic process simulation	Windows		[31]
Clearview	Mapjects
OLGA	SPT Group (Schlumberger)
Omegaland	Yokogawa
OptiRamp	Statistics & Control, Inc.	Real-time Process Simulation and Optimization, Multi variable Predictive Control	Windows	Commercial	[32]
OpenModelica	Open-Source Modelica Consortium			open-source
PIPE-FLO Professional	Engineered Software Inc.				[33]
PEL Software Suite
Petro-SIM	KBC Advanced Technologies				[34]
PETROX	Petrobras	General Purpose, Static, Sequential-Modular Process Simulator	Windows	internal users only
Prode Properties	Prode Software	Thermodynamic Library, Properties of pure fluids and mixtures, Multi phase Equilibria + process simulation			[35]
Prode simulator	Prode Software	Process Simulator			[36]
ProSim DAC	ProSim	Dynamic Adsorption Column Simulation			[37]
ProSimPlus	ProSim	Process simulation and optimization			[38]
ProSimPlus Energy	ProSim	Simulation and optimization for energy efficiency of steady-state processes	Windows		[39]
ProSimulator	Sim Infosystems
Pro-Steam	KBC Advanced Technologies
ProMax	Bryan Research and Engineering				[40]
TSWEET	Bryan Research and Engineering
PROSIM					[41]
PRO/II	SimSci				[42]
DYNSIM	SimSci
ROMeo (process optimizer)	SimSci
RecoVR	VRTech
REX	Optience	Reactor Optimization and Kinetic Estimation	Windows		[43]
Simulis Thermodynamics	ProSim	Mixture properties and fluid phase equilibria calculations			[44]
SimCreate	TSC Simulation				[45]
SPEEDUP	Roger W.H. Sargent and students
SolidSim	SolidSim Engineering GmbH	Flowsheet simulation of solids processes			[46]
SuperPro Designer	Intelligen				[47]
SysCAD					[48]
System7	Epcon International				[49]
UniSim design	Honeywell				[50]
Shadow plant	Honeywell
Usim Pac	Caspeo				[51]
VMGSim	Virtual Materials Group				[52]
Wolfram SystemModeler	Wolfram Research		Windows, Mac, Linux		[53]

See also

• Chemical engineering
• Process simulation

References

• Seader, J.D., Seider, W.D. and Pauls, A.C.: Flowtran Simulation – An Introduction, 2nd Edition, CACHE, 1977.

External links

• AZprocede, Free dynamic process simulation software for PC
• EMSO (ALSOC Project)