General

• Number of bugs resolved for this build = 45
• This is an invitation only beta version. Please contact OLI for an evaluation copy
• Please note that this build does not support Windows XP.
• This version requires any user (private) databanks to be converted to the new SQL format before use. This document explains how: Databank converter
• Here is the new Getting Started Guide

Reported By

Units selected are not applied to new objects

Added informational text to the units manager dialogs. Specifically, the units manager dialog for the document (when no object is selected) now clearly indicates that the units will apply to all newly created objects.

Added a checkbox which, when checked, will apply the specified units to all new objects created in the flowsheet.

By default, the units edit command is context sensitive and will apply to the selected flowsheet object(s) if there is a selection. If no object is selected, the edit operation applies to the document. Similarly, if a report is displayed, the units apply to the report. The title of the units edit UI will indicate the object to which it applies.

There is no warning in the error section if the user does not enter a split fraction or flow.

See Bug ID = 3920

Have we created a way to delete reports?   Now that any number of report
tabs can be created, I think the user will have a need to remove report tabs as well.

Added support for closing report tabs by clicking on the 'X' symbol on the tab label. Note that the 'X' is only visible for the active tab.

Also note that closing the tab does not delete the report object. Reports can be deleted by right-clicking on the report object in the Navigator and selecting 'Delete' from the context menu (pressing the DEL key achieves the same result).

There are few issues in standard/mass transfer column.

1. Side draw was as a fixed flow. Side draw can't be controlled using a controller.

2. If OLI Flowsheet cases with side draw are exported to use in ESP original, it zeroes the side draw amount. Hence OLI Flowsheet cases do not converge in ESP original.

3. Side draw locations were not set correctly.

The issues have been

Lines connecting blocks are excessively long.

Improved algorithm for generating orthogonal paths for simple configurations.

Please add some type of units range for this input (e.g, "Enter values between 0 and 1". I will look for other instances where this is needed.

Added description text in the UI. Also, the UI now traps values outside of the valid range.

A case in OLI Floswsheet ESP and it took an hour for it to run. Where as the same file runs in 30 minutes in ESP Original 9.2.8 version.

The order of species written to the .mod file is now consistent with ESP (Original) leading to practically identical calculation runtimes.

I seem to spend a significant fraction of time in F-ESP changing or modifying units.  I am thinking that a Copy-Paste Formats or Paste Special option will be needed.  Please add this to the Feature Request list

See Bug 3403

A private databank has the species NAOH.  This species does not have an AQ component (NAOHAQ).  The corresponding species in the MSEPUB databank has NAOHAQ.

When generating using the private databank the model generator finds NAOHPPT (db1) but then also reads MSEPUB (db 2) to find the NAOHAQ species.

This is not how ESP Original works. When the species is found in the first databank (db1) then no other species are retrieved from subsequent databanks.

List of databanks DataStore searching logic has been corrected in OLISqliteDataProvider

Add ability to add multiple lines or word-wrap long names in the labels on flowsheet components.

Added support for word-wrapped, multi-line name labels for flowsheet components. Resizing a label to a smaller width with automatically word-wrap the name over multiple lines.

Also, when importing ESP Original cases (.bin files), long names will be automatically word-wrapped.

Add an Options/Preferences UI to set program settings such as default units, creating backup file on save, etc.

Added an 'Options' UI (Main menu Tools->Options). Currently only 3 property pages are shown - General, Units and Name Style. More options will be added in the future.

Add support for total liq or vapor flow, component flow for a stage to be specified in mass basis. Add support for liq or vapor composition for a stage to be specified in mass fraction basis.

Added support for additional basis/units for specifying stage flow/composition in towers's specs/controls.

Please consider turning on the 2nd liquid button automatically if an assay
or pseudocomponent is entered.    This is done in OLI Studio

Update code to automatically enable liq-2 phase when an assay or pseudo is added to the chemistry.

Entering PC or Assay, [-] box does not collapse grid

Added code to properly handle expanding/collapsing of assay/pseudo-component properties.

No sort order for Assay data

Added code to automatically sort assay distillation data.

The new version of MSEPUB (9.3.1) (with latest engine changes) no longer requires the addition of H2S when SULFUREL is present in the model.

Updated model logic to add H2S to the model if SURFUREL is present if the Aqueous framework or MSE Framework with databanks prior to 9.3.1 is used.
If SULFUREL is found we ensure that H2S is in the model.

When updating the guess value of the flow of a splitter's output stream using the 'Restart Options' facility, the updated value is set incorrectly as a negative value of the flow fraction instead.

The engine reports negative numbers in blocks like splitter to indicate flow (as opposed to fraction). Modified code to properly handle such values when updating control parameter guess values from reported results.

Urea databank needs to be available in Flowsheet ESP under MSE framework_Beta One.

Updated the install script to include the urea databank.

Unit conversion issue Beta one when switching between mass and moles.

When mass/mole-fraction fraction units were used for inflows and the stream amount units were switched between mass or moles, the previous stream amount was not being converted to the new units even though the data needed to convert was available.

One feature that would be very helpful - when inputting the mass fraction for a stream it would be helpful to have a sum on the page to verify they add up to 1.0.

Now showing running total of all inflows below the inflows list. The total is
shown in red if the sum of inflows in fraction units does not equal to 100%.

The stream object also reports the same issue as a warning/error depending on
context.

Call out  for stream added before running the process does not populate_Beta One.

Default callout variables were not available when the corresponding object was not calculated. Added code so that default callout variables are available even when the object is not calculated.

The mineral names do not appear or are inconsistently shown on the Solids table in the report. When formula is selected, there is no parentheses with the mineral name.  when names are selected, some names are minerals others are not.

Added code to ensure that the mineral name is always appended as a suffix to the formula for solid phases. The solid phases' names now match OLI Studio.

Please increase the length of the Report drop-down list from nine rows to perhaps 15?  This is the <Select a stream> list

Added code to adaptively adjust the list box height and width based on the actual list contents.

Please expose the calculated value for the Manipulate block somewhere in
the flowsheet view (it can be viewed in the Block report).   Perhaps update
the parameter cell (green font) or in the Watch (on by default).  Right now
the default guess (1) is present in the Properties panel.  

Added flow factor as the default callout or watch window variable for a manipulator.

The compressor and turbine appear to be identical.   The turbine parameters also display Compressor Type selections.

Switched to using a neutral caption that apply to both compressors and turbines

Unspecified split fractions in a flow splitter gives no warning before calculation.

Added code to check for incomplete split specification and display errors in the errors window.

Stage heat duty for an absorber column (with pumparound specified) does not appear in the block report.

Added code to report calculated heat duties for stages that are targeted by a pump-around

The file-> Export feature needs the .mdl and .dbs files as well for easier communication between ESP original and flowsheet. Having the Bin certainly is helpful, but since the mdl is not available, a user has to go through the chemistry screens if they need to work on a file generated by OLI Flowsheet in ESP Original. Would it be better to just have all ESP original files enabled to be auto-exported to the working folder?

Added code to export all required ESP Original input files including the .mdl and .sol as well as the .dbs file for convenience.

When inputting Advanced heat or mass transfer coefficients, the first time need to add one by one because it won't let you add a stage till there is a coefficient for the last stage.  Once they are in you can paste a new profile for the whole column at once.

Redesigned the UI to display entry fields for all stages at once - this allows convenient copy and paste of a complete profile.

And is there a shortcut to add multiple streams/connections without having to click "add stream/connection" for every one?

The 'add connection' mode now does not automatically end once a connection has been created. This allows multiple links to be created until the mode is explicitly cancelled by pressing the Escape key or by right clicking in the flowsheet.

The create mode can also be ended by completing a connection with a double-click instead of a single-click.

We can implement a global unit set in Flowsheet, where all objects and streams can be clubbed under one unit set, like metric, SI etc.

Global units can be specified for the current document by clicking on the 'Edit Units' item in to 'Tools' menu or the toolbar button while ensuring that no object is selected in the flowsheet (since the edit command is context sensitive and will apply to the selected object(s) if there is a selection).

Global units can also be set for all new documents by changing the program options from main menu's Tools->Options.

Multiple inlet streams on the same stage not currently supported_Beta One

Added code to support multiple inlet streams to the same stage.

pH is reported for a vapor only stream. The value should be zero or null.

pH for stream with no aqueous phase is reported as null (blank).

Settler and Filter do not allow zero liquid split in Solids Stream, but offer no error message upon input of 0. I had to enter a very small non-zero number for it to work.

Fixed validation check that prevented specifying a zero value for liquid fraction in the solid stream.

I am using F-esp to test an autoclave.  What I found is that the call out has phase flow but not total flow per phase.  What I needed in this case was total volume (sum of all phases) and it is not reported.

The total values were reported but displayed under the Stream Parameters section  instead of Phase Flows in the variables selection dialog. Now showing them in both sections to make it convenient to lookup.

Add the ability to customize reports through a UI.

Added UI and infrastructure for customizing reports. Customization options include enabling/disabling sections and changing the order in which sections appear in a report. Additional options exist to change sorting and filtering of data.

Default report settings for common reports can be changed from the program options UI (main menu's Tools->Options).

Add support for changing units for multiple selected objects in the flowsheet simultaneously.

When multiple objects are selected in the flowsheet, clicking the 'Edit Units' menu item in 'Tools' menu or the toolbar button will bring up the regular units edit dialog. Changes made will be applied to all selected objects.

Feedback: Rotate unit operations on PFD by increments of 90 degrees.

Quarter turns (90 degrees) are already supported from the toolbar. Menu items were missing from the flowsheet context menu (right click) - added them

There should be a capability of specifying liquid and vapor mass transfer co-efficients for individual species for each stage as is available in ESP Original.

The UI should be improved to present the specifications for optional mass transfer parameters in a clear manner.

Implemented support for specifying individual species mass transfer co-efficients in columns when using the mass transfer model.

Also redesigned the UI for specifying mass and heat transfer coefficients and transfer areas to show relevant options in a single interface. The new interface also provides better indication of how default values are used.

The program does not remember the last viewport origin which was changed by scrolling or panning when a saved file is reopened.

The viewport origin co-ordinates are now saved with the document and restored when the document is reopened.

A flowsheet converges but there is a warning message about a disconnected stream "RO Caustic IN". This is actually connected to a neutralizer block.

When the neutralizer block's calculation type was not set-ph, the reagent stream was not being specified as an inlet when communicating with the solver. Modified code to correctly specify the reagent stream as an inlet.

Wrong temperature unit conversion for a Feedback controller's spec. tolerance

A temperature value of 1 °F was converted to -17.2222 Spec. °C when the converted value should have been 0.555556 since spec. tolerance represents a difference.

Corrected code to ensure that the unit conversion considers the spec tolerance as a difference value.

Print PFD to a PDF or other graphic image

Implemented code to export the flowsheet to a bmp, jpg or enhanced metafile. The export option is accessible through the main menu's
Flowsheet->'Save as Picture' command. The above option is also available
Flowsheet->in
the context menu invoked by right-clicking on an empty area in the flowsheet.

Also added facility to copy flowsheet as a picture to clipboard - a 'Copy Picture' command is now available in the context menu.

Note: Printing to pdf is a Windows operating system facility and works seamlessly through the standard print mechanism if a pdf printer driver is installed.

A user remarked "For an Absorber, there is apparently the option to define a user defined Packing Type, but if I try to enter different data in the Packing Characteristics, the system resets the data to the default parameters. So using a user defined packing type is not really an option?

Background, I try to simulate an absorber with Mellapak Y packing. As no structured packing types are available in the drop down menu, I would like to enter the Billet&Schultes parameter myself."

Changes to user-defined packing characteristic data were not being stored.

An input stream has units that are ppm. The thermodynamic model is AQ. When using ppm units in the Analyzers, the solvent - usually H2O - is a blocked cell. This value, in ppm units, can be determined from the other inflows. 

For example, if I have 10,000 ppm NaCl then I know the remainder of 990,000 pppm H2O must be true. 

We should have the same functionality as the Analyzers.

When mass/mole fraction units are used, the default behavior (as displayed in the UI under Normalization) is to 'Prorate' to preserve ESP Original behavior. The user can change this method to 'Makeup with water' to achieve 100% of the total by adjusting the value of water.

When mass-fraction or mole-fraction units are used for specifying a stream's inflow composition, it is not clear how normalization adjusts the numbers to achieve a total of 100%.

Now showing running total of all inflows below the inflows list. The total is
shown in red if the sum of inflows in fraction units does not equal to 100%.

The stream object also reports the same issue as a warning/error depending on
context.

General

• This is an invitation only beta version. Please contact OLI for an evaluation copy
• Please note that this build does not support Windows XP.
• This version requires any user (private) databanks to be converted to the new SQL format before use. This document explains how: Databank converter
• Here is the new Getting Started Guide

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General

• This is the pre-release beta version.
• Please note that this build does not support Windows XP.
• Added code to prevent 'Properties' pane from being closed accidentally
• Added Help menu item to open the Getting Started Guide
• Added OLI Database Converter User Guide to the installation

Reported By

Included solid phases are not imported correctly from an ESP (Original) case

Solid phases marked as scale-only in a .sol file were being added to the included solid phases list.

Importing a BIN file without the corresponding MDL and MOD files causes an error but no message.

When the .mdl/.mod file is missing, the import now displays an appropriate error message.

When selecting the customize toolbar menu option and error message is displayed

Holdup times are not correctly imported from a ESP Original case. The Liq and vap holdup times for a column are not correctly imported.

Holdup times were being read from the wrong position in a column’s parameters list in the .bin file.

General

• This is the pre-release beta version.
• Please note that this build does not support Windows XP.
• Added a splash screen
• Added a beta software license agreement screen
• Redesigned the app’s document model to open different documents in separate Windows processes
• Added a small popup window that appears when the simulation completes and automatically hides after a few seconds
• None specific bugs:
  • Fixed import of packed column characteristics data from .bin file
  • Fixed unit conversions when importing mass transfer related parameters from .bin file
  • Fixed import of number of liquid interface film segments specified for a mass-transfer column from .bin file

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F-ESP not giving same results at o-ESP. Multiple Model Case

The case where no solids were included in the .mod file was not being handled correctly while importing.

The OLI Flowsheet program only generates 7 equations for sulfur redox and triggers an error. OLI Studio generates 8 equations for sulfur redox and no error.

The new SQLite DataProvider alters the order of the redox associated tags associated with species. Due to this an associate tag containing multiple redox valances of sulfur (S5ION) was messing up the correlation between valances and associate tags used to generate redox equation. Improved the redox associate data read logic to be more robust.

Cannot enter the name PC1 for a pseudocomponent. A different component is found with the autosearch.

The new component-search UI was interfering with the handling of user-defined species.

Cannot enter any thermodynamic data for any created pseudocomponent. Clicking the data import grid closes the entry.

A recent change to fix an ESP (Original) case import problem related to assay-generated pseudocomponents introduced a bug which caused user-defined pseudocomponents to not be reported correctly.

General

Short Release Cycle, no bugs reported

General

• The bugs listed are are for the pre-alpha version. Recorded for internal use at OLI Systems.

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TOTAL ESP Simulation Calculation failure

In the user's case, the tear streams were updated after a convergence failure. So, one of the tear streams got bad values to start with. Updated the engine and re-ran and it ran OK.

The following properties are not currently reported by the BlmainAPI:

1. Ionic strength
2. Surface Tension
3. Interfacial Tension

Added call ID in EQBLKSOLD.

General

• The bugs listed are are for the pre-alpha version. Recorded for internal use at OLI Systems.

Reported By

Error message displayed when Calc Order is used. Calc Order is not recognized

User defined calc order is now supported.

If you try to give an already existing name to a new stream, the error message pops up saying " there was an error while completing the last operation" and when you close the dialogue box, the stream label disappears. When you click on the place where it should be, it appears again.

When a stream is renamed to an already existing name, a proper error message is displayed and the rename is cancelled.

Error Message: Failed to import .bin file. Details: Invalid/Unsupported total basis in ESP (Original) units specification.

Bin file import code modified to properly handle import of streams where stream amount is specified in std volume units - stream amount is translated to moles per ESP (Original)'s conversion factor of 44.616 mol/m3. A warning is logged in the import report.

The case now imports correctly.

Please if possible, consider adding the C-Split (Material Code) block to the Beta.  

The component splitter now supports specifying the split in terms of material balance groups.

Error Message: missing reboiler/condensor on import when none are present or specified

Fixed .bin file import code.

Imported controller specification is not consistent with what was set in ESP

Fixed .bin file import code.

A stray stream in the ESP BIN file was locked for editing after importing.

In an ESP (Original) .bin file, some internal streams that have been reconfigured to be external streams may still have the tear designation.
One such stream ended up being setup incorrectly as an internal stream on import due to the tear stream flag.

The code now ignores the the tear designation for external streams when importing.

DESIGN: Use results of a previous calculation to guess a tear stream

The program now updates the initial guess from calc data, if available, when a stream is specified as a tear stream.

Also, the code now tries to avoid clearing of results when changes are made to the process, whenever possible.

Feedforward controller does not recognize process input streams.

Process inlet streams were being excluded from the list of streams available for a feed-forward's control input.

Molar flow calculated does not resemble input value. 1 kgmol" and the calculated flow is also 0.024 kgmol/day.

The solver does not seem to like KGMOLE units – using GMOLE instead when writing the .bin file.