The menus are designed to
quickly and conveniently offer the user information about whether and how he can solve his
separation task using packings.
Our new VERSION 2003 requires
an IBM-compatible PC with Windows 97 or higher, Word 97 or higher, a CD-ROM drive, 20 MB
of free hard disk space, and RAM according to the minimum requirements of the operating
system. Installation is very simple.
All program windows are
self-explanatory. In addition, the windows offer comprehensive help functions providing
further details or background information. The software requests the input data required
for a calculation. Two different options are available:
- Minimum input involving the
selection of the required modules, which are pre-programmed with temperature-dependent
material and system data;
or
- More sophisticated and
comprehensive "free" data input, which in principle enables the calculation of
any material system, provided the associated data are available or can be estimated with
sufficient accuracy.
The values for the gas or
liquid flow can be entered as molar, mass-specific or volume-related parameters.
Furthermore, the software enables the selection of different units and user-friendly
conversion between different units once the parameters have been entered. The user can
select from a wide range of packing types, sizes and materials.
More than 100 different
organic or inorganic chemical substances from the following substance classes are
available for selection:
aldehydes, alcohols, amines,
aromatic and aliphatic CHCs, BTX and PAHs, epoxies, esters, ethers, glycols, carboxylic
acids, ketones, nitriles, nitro compounds, phenols, inorganic C, halogen, N, O, and S
compounds such as CO2, Cl2, HCl, NH3, NO2,
HCN, O2, O3, H2S, SO2, SO3.
Relevant data may also be entered manually, so that in principle a simulation calculation
can be carried out for any material.
The calculation result
provides the basic design parameters for a column, i.e. the respective column diameter and
the required packing height, for carrying out the thermal separation task, including the
hydraulic load. All input and results data are summarised in a calculation printout.
