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gPROMS v3.1 "modelling of the future"
We are pleased to announce the release gPROMS version 3.1, as showcased at last week's PSE Annual Meeting in London.
As most customers are aware, gPROMS v3.1 is the culmination of many years' development that resulted in the phased release of a completely re-architected product, phase 1 of which was released as v3.0 eighteen months ago. In addition to the new architecture v3.1 includes many new usability, modelling and solution techniques that establish it as a leader in all areas of process modelling.
V3.1 provides significant new functionality for both model users and expert model developers. Comprehensive graphical flowsheeting tools with multi-layered flowsheets and hyperlinked diagnostics simplify model construction. Related new graphic display capabilities and scalable vector graphics make it possible to deliver continually updated inline displays of results with process icons linked to attributes such as temperature.
The ability to use ordered sets and zero-length arrays makes models simultaneously more general and powerful, simplifying housekeeping in large organisations. On the solution front, model initialisation strategies, unified solver and kernel architecture, the ability to solve high-index problems and enhanced solution techniques for distributed systems and all major developments keeping gPROMS at the forefront of process modelling technology.
The philosophy behind the new-generation gPROMS is described by PSE Managing Director Costas Pantelides: "the leading process industry companies are becoming serious about capturing their IP in mathematical models and systematically using these to accelerate innovation and manage risk. As companies move their IP from legacy code and traditional flowsheeting environments they need to know that their investment is secure. We have ensured this with a seamless transition to a completely new generation of software that will remain state-of-the-art for a decade or more."
Prof. Pantelides adds "the new platform provides a rock-solid foundation for bringing the considerable R&D in this area, from universities research organisations as well as companies such as PSE, to the commercial market rapidly and robustly over the next decade. This will be of benefit to the process industries in the long-term." [download]
PSE announces €5000 Model-Based Innovation Prize
PSE has announced the establishment of an annual €5000 PSE Model-Based Innovation Prize for published papers where the results are substantially based on the use of gPROMS.
The prize is open to researchers from industry, academia and research organisations. The judges will favour research that focuses on novel areas of process and related technology or novel approaches to traditional process areas, or brings simulation and modelling to process areas where they are not currently applied systematically. Applications that have a positive impact on society and the environment will also be favoured. Researchers must have made significant use of gPROMS advanced process modelling in achieving their results.
Submissions will be judged by the panel of three leading academics in the field of Process Systems Engineering: Professor Stratos Pistikopoulos (Imperial College London), Professor Rafiqul Gani (Technical University of Denmark) and Professor Michael Georgiadis (University of Western Macedonia, Greece).
Prof. Costas Pantelides, Managing Director of PSE, says "As a company that grew from research and innovation, we are keen to recognise the effots of others who are doing the same." PSE's own ability to innovate was recognised with the receipt of the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award for Engineering Innovation in June 2007. [press release
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PSE Korea Official Opening
PSE Korea, PSE's wholly-owned Korean subsidiary, was officially declared open at the PSE Korea Opening Ceremony in Daejeon, Korea on Wednesday 5 March 2008.
Some 70 delegates from Korean industry, research organisations and academia attended the event, which included a technical seminar with presentations from Korean customers. Present from London were senior executives Costas Pantelides (MD), Mark Matzopoulos (Marketing Director) and Syed Shah (Head of Sales).
Speaking at the event, Prof. Pantelides said "We are delighted to have an operation in Korea, a country in which process technology is advancing at a great rate. We look forward to working much more closely with Korean industry than has been possible in the past."
PSE Korea President Dr Sang Phil Han said that the establishment of the company was the "fulfilment of a dream" for him. He said that the time had come for Korean industry to move to a "distributed modelling view of the world" where key process design and operating decisions could be quantified much more accurately than before.
PSE Korea is responsible for Korean-language sales and support of PSE's gPROMS advanced process modelling (APM) software, as well as execution of associated ModelCare project services and provision of training courses, seminars and other events for the company's growing Korean customer base.
The subsidiary already has a number of significant customers in Korea, including LG Chem, Samnam Petrochemical, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and SK Chemicals. [press release] [Pressroom info including pictures]
gPROMS 3.0.4 released
We are pleased to announce the release of gPROMS v3.0.4. Though labelled as a minor release, v3.04 contains major performance improvements for the block-decomposition non-linear solver BDNLSOL which affect all gPROMS activities, including optimisation, parameter estimation and optimal experiment design. There are also improvements to diagnostics navigation within ModelBuilder, a more robust CAPE-OPEN thermo interface, additional methods for diffusion coefficients in the Multiflash physical properties interface, and general bugfixes to solvers. [download]
PSE opens PSE Korea
We are delighted to announce the opening of the PSE Korea subsidiary in Daejeon, Korea. This is PSE's fourth international office outside the UK, and reflects the recent growth in demand for PSE's software and services in this dynamic and rapidly expanding economy.
PSE Korea will be responsible for Korean-language sales and support of gPROMS, execution of associated ModelCare project services and provision of training courses, seminars and other events for PSE's growing Korean customer base.
PSE already has a number of significant customers in Korea, including LG Chem, Samnam Petrochemical, Samsung Electronics, and SK Chemicals.
Prof. Costas Pantelides, Managing Director of PSE, says "Following our recent success in delivering value to Korean process companies, this is a natural next step for us, which demonstrates our commitment to the Korean market. We look forward to the closer relationship that we will be able to offer our Korean customers, and are very pleased to be here."
President of PSE Korea is Dr Sang Phil Han, a senior engineering manager with many years' modelling experience, strong knowledge of Korean industry and a long and close involvement with PSE. Dr Han says "We believe that Korea, with its extensive process industries and highly-educated personnel, will very quickly develop into a major market for PSE and gPROMS." [press release] [Pressroom info]
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