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ピーエスイージャパン 　ユーザーミーティング 2009

Yokohama, Japan
10-11 September 2009

2009 年 9 月 10 日（木）、 11日（金）

於ヨコハマ・クリエイティブシティ・センター（参加費無料）　

Agenda

Thursday 10 September – Day 1

12:30 – 13:00 Registration
13:00 – 14:30 Session 1 – e3: energy, environment and economy
Advanced Process Modelling is a key enabler for innovation in many different sectors – particularly new energy and environmental applications – while helping chemical producers and other traditional manufacturers to make economies.
Shigeru Kashiwaya
PSE Japan		 Welcome and introduction
Prof. Costas Pantelides, Managing Director, PSE PSE & gPROMS update: Model-based Engineering
PSE's Model-based Engineering technology and approach are changing the way that process and product development and plant optimisation are performed. Prof. Costas Pantelides describes how PSE is continually pushing the boundaries to help create value within large process and technology organisations.
Costas Pantelides
Managing Director, PSE		 Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) – the central role of modelling
Modelling is central to design and integration of CCS systems, from development of next-generation capture processes to the design and operability of whole-chain CO2 networks and underground storage. gPROMS is already being used for many developments in this area.
 
14:30 – 17:00 Parallel session 2a – gPROMS for Process Engineering
gPROMS has always been used for advanced applications such as complex reactor modelling. Increasingly it is bringing a step-change to more common engineering applications, as described here.
Shinji Miyamoto, Idemitsu Kosan
James Marriott, PSE
Shigeru Kashiwaya, PSE Japan
 Modelling of cyclic separation processes
gPROMS's dynamic modelling and optimisation capabilities make it the ideal platform for design and optimisation of cyclic processes such as pressure-swing adsorption (PSA). The first part of the presentation describes the background theory and its application to industrial processes. Mr Miyamoto then describes Idemitsu Kosan's experience with developing a gPROMS model of a simulated moving bed (SMB) adsorption unit.
15:15 – 15:45 Refreshments
Shigeru Kashiwaya
Senior Applications Engineer, PSE Japan		 Advanced Model Library for Pressure Relief Systems (AML:PRS)
Pressure relief systems have been designed in the same way for many decades, leading to overdesign and other problems. PSE's new AML:PRS brings a step change to the technology with rigorous dynamics, vessel wall temperature modelling, optimal pipe size selection and many other capabilities – all in one integrated package.
James Marriott
Head of Applications Engineering, PSE		 Optimal economic steady-state design of distillation columns
Integer optimisation capabilities are used to design columns with minimum total annualised capital and operating cost by adjusting feed location, number of stages, operating pressure and reboiler steam level simultaneously, subject to the usual product specification constraints.

A similar approach is used to determine the optimal design and configuration of columns within distillation networks, using a combination of rate-based and equilibrium models.
 
14:30 – 17:30 Parallel session 2b – Accelerating fuel cell development [technical seminar]
Hosted by Zbigniew Urban, PSE's Technology Leader for Fuel Cells
PSE's new PSE's Advanced Model Library for Fuel Cells (AML:FC) brings a step-change in the technology available to developers of fuel cell component and system technology. This technical seminar provides an in-depth look at how the AML:FC can be applied to accelerate the whole range of activities, from laboratory experimentation to optimisation of operation.
See separate overview and agenda
18:00 – 20:00 Reception and dinner
All attendees are invited to a reception and dinner where you will be able to meet and exchange views with other participants and PSE personnel in informal surroundings.
 

Friday 11 September – Day 2
09:30 – 10:00 Refreshments
10:00 – 12:00 Session 3 – Advanced process modelling for detailed equipment design
Increasingly the powerful numerical solution and optimisation capabilities of gPROMS are being used to optimise detailed equipment design, sometimes in conjunction with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models.
James Marriott
Head of Applications Engineering , PSE		 Unlocking the potential of legacy models
Valuable corporate knowledge is locked up in legacy programs all across the process industries. These are increasingly being converted into gPROMS to allow easy maintenance, extension of capabilities, addition of dynamics and use of optimisation, and application by users throughout the corporation. This presentation describes various applications, including Gas-to-Liquid Fischer-Tropsch reactors, evaporators and multi-stream heat exchangers.
Anand Tiwari, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Linking CFD and gPROMS: development and applicability
gPROMS links to CFD tools in a number of different ways, combining detailed modelling of chemistry and hydrodynamic effects to provide high accuracy representation of complex processes. Dr Anand Tiwari describes some principles behind the work taking place in MCC and its application.
Zbigniew Urban,
Chief Technology Officer, PSE
Advanced modelling techniques for fixed-bed catalytic reactors
Recent extensions to the Advanced Model Library for Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reactors allow modelling of gas/liquid/solid systems, such as those encountered in Fischer-Tropsch reactors for Gas-to-Liquids applications. This presentation describes techniques for the correct and efficient handling of such systems, leading to models that can accurately predict pilot-scale data over wide ranges of operation.
12:00–13:15 Lunch
 
13:15 – 16:00 Optional mini-course 1
Shigeru Kashiwaya
Senior Applications Engineer, PSE Japan		 Key features of gPROMS v3+
From gPROMS v3 onwards it has been much easier to work with models in flowsheets, package models for use by other users and present results effectively using custom reports and inline tables and plots. This session provides an overview of the latest capabilities.
13:15 – 16:00 Optional mini-course 2
Zbigniew Urban
Chief Technology Officer, PSE		 The Advanced Model Library for Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reaction
The Advanced Model Library for Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reactors is an essential tool for anyone designing or operating fixed-bed reactors. This session describes the capabilities of the AML:FBCR and demonstrates how it is used, including for GTL Fischer Tropsch reactor design.