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gPROMS advantages

Unprecedented modelling power and flexibility in a single environment

Process modelling is a highly effective tool for adding value to your process operations with little or no capital expenditure.

 

 

 

gPROMS environment and facilities

gPROMS is an advanced process modelling system specifically formulated for the exacting requirements of the process industries.

 

Flowsheeting environment with dual graphical and text views

Flowsheeting environment with dual graphical and text views, for ease of development, maintenance and quality assurance

 

Equation-based representation for ultimate accuracy and customisation

Equation-based representation in an open model form, for ultimate accuracy and customisation

 

Parameter estimation capabilities

Industry-leading parameter estimation capabilities

Experiment design capabilities

Unique model-based experiment design

 

 

 

gPROMS has numerous significant advantages over other software on the market.

Not only are its individual capabilities leaders in their fields, but the combination of facilities makes it uniquely capable in covering all key modelling activities across the process lifecycle.

gPROMS is a true modelling tool, not just a process simulator. It is underpinned by a powerful modelling language, and its equation-oriented representation allows solution of the underlying in many different and important ways, meaning that you can use one model for many different activities.

The key benefits of using gPROMS rather than other modelling systems are:

Approach

  • gPROMS is specifically designed for the exacting requirements of the process industries, with a unique and powerful set of modelling and solution facilities.
  • gPROMS has powerful custom modelling capabilities. This allows you to develop a competitive advantage by representing your own processes - rather than using off-the-shelf black-box models - to a high degree of accuracy.
  • gPROMS' industry-leading model validation techniques allow you to fit first-principles models to closely match observed data — using laboratory, pilot plant or operating data or a combination of all three.
  • gPROMS' open model approach allows you to capture valuable corporate information in usable, maintainable and extendable form

Environment and facilities

  • Unlike many environments for detailed phenomological modelling, gPROMS is a flowsheeting environment, meaning that you can optimise complex units within the context of the entire process.
  • Unlike most process simulators, gPROMS maintains synchronised graphical and text views, making it easy to develop, maintain, quality assure and archive models.
  • Over and above the power of the software, the state-of-the-art gPROMS Process Model Library and Advanced Model Libraries allow you to draw on many years' accumulated expertise in high-fidelity modelling.
  • Unlike sequential-modular or hybrid solution simulators, gPROMS' facilities cater for all phases of the process lifecycle, from laboratory experimentation through process and detailed engineering to online operations.
The model lifecycle - click to enlarge
  • Facilities cater for all phases of the model lifecycle, from writing of custom models to deployment in large-scale projects across the organisation
  • gPROMS' powerful solution techniques, embodying many hundreds of person-years of R&D, mean that you can model and solve systems with an unprecedented level of detail

PSE advantages

  • Users benefit from PSE's R&D into fundamental aspects of modelling and optimisation and policy of Continuous Innovation. This means that the technology you are using is continually being advanced to meet your evolving requirements.
  • You can take advantage of PSE's expert modelling services, thus adding to PSE's experience in a wide range of process applications at affordable rates.

This enables you to achieve better process and product designs faster, and better operations.

The result is enhanced throughput and product quality and savings on operational costs, while ensuring compliance with environmental and health and safety requirements.

In many cases the benefits can be realised with little or no capital expenditure.