An add-on for CADWorx Design Review (which provides 3-D illustrations of plant design models for collaboration among designers, project managers, facility owners, and others involved in the modi?cation and approval of designs prior to fabrication or construction), CADWorx Design Create publishes date-limited and password-protected review models that can be read by CADWorx Design Review and CADWorx Design Viewer. The free CADWorx Design Viewer allows others to see the models, including animations and intelligent information such as markups and annotations.

The Simatic WinCC V7 SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system features expanded support for the Simatic WinCC/Downtime Monitor and the Simatic WinCC/DataMonitor, which are used for visualizing production processes, as well as capturing, analyzing and distributing production data. This release provides Gantt diagrams of the machine status that allow the user to quickly zoom in on details for any selected time(s). The software can be set to automatically adjust to the alternate ?lling of small and large containers or the cutting of short and long work pieces.

InBatch Version 9.0 offers a high level of flexibility in managing very complex batching processes, performing operations on top of existing systems. The software complies with the International Society for Automation (ISA) S88 flexible batching standard, and provides users with equipment history, material genealogy, stringent security, Web-based reporting, and the ability to facilitate the design and implementation of systems that meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 11 regulations.

The Dictionary of Chemical Names and Synonyms reduces the amount of time spent identifying a chemical by one of its many common names, synonyms, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number, or simplified molecular input line entry specification (SMILES) notation. The software contains more than 25,000 chemicals and 150,000 synonyms, representing an increase of more than 4,000 and 20,000, respectively, since the last revision. The dictionary features full-text searching and dynamic indices for rapid identification of chemicals.

Version 2.31 of FactoryTalk AssetCentre asset-management software is available with Field Device Tool (FDT) technology to assist manufacturers in the centralized management and maintenance of production environments. The FDT technology standardizes the communication interface between field devices and control systems, which is particularly useful because most facilities use a wide variety of field devices.

Breeze Risk Analyst software conducts geographical information systems (GIS)-based analyses of multi-pathway human-health and ecological risk assessments. It provides the modeling framework for both regulatory and nonregulatory applications, including: air toxics risk assessment; permitting of hazardous-waste combustion facilities under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) using the U.S. EPA Human Health Risk Assessment Protocol (HHRAP) protocol; toxic tort and odor/nuisance litigation; air toxics permitting; etc.

Reaction Design will provide a free version of its CHEMKIN-CFD that has been optimized to work with ANSYS FLUENT to ANSYS customers. Traditional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) algorithms achieve convergence of all the momentum, energy, species and mass conservation equations in a 3-D model through iteration, which can be cumbersome and time-consuming. CHEMKIN-CFD, which is specifically designed to handle stiff gas-phase and gas-surface chemistry, employs a proprietary solver to speed up simulation without sacrificing accuracy.

“Introduction to Chemical Engineering Simulations” is the latest in the suite of Introduction Kit CDs containing tutorials for engineers, researchers, scientists and educators. This free resource explains how multiphysics tools can analyze and simulate a wide variety of chemical processes, including fluid flow, transport phenomena, and reaction kinetics, while speeding up product development and reducing costs. The first tutorials provide a broad overview of multiphysics, explaining key concepts and how to apply them to solve chemical engineering problems.

Essential Mobile enables a user with a handheld mobile device to collect and process information from facility locations and upload it directly via a wireless connection or a batch process into the manufacturer’s centralized Essential Suite platform for environmental compliance management. This saves the time and costs associated with manual data collection, and eliminates the need for a technician to return to a stationary computer.

The 2009 edition of PVElite pressure vessel and heat exchanger design and analysis software has been updated to contain: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Section VIII Div. 2 2007 A-08 and its databases; the ASME Code 2008 updates; and British and European Norm (EN) code material updates. Its productivity features include the modeling of round, circular and square vessel clips for different loads and the ability to use American National Standards Institute (ANSI) flanges for heat exchanger analysis.