CHEMPUTE SOFTWARE - JANUARY 2001 NEWSLETTER

We would like to wish all of our clients a Happy and
Prosperous New Year and New Millenium !  Our 2001 Software
Catalogue has been mailed out to 1800 clients that are
listed in our database.  Additional copies are available on
request.   A Chempute Software Demo CD-ROM containing all
our software demonstration and evaluation copies is also
available on request.  Please e-mail all requests to
sales@chempute.com.

NEW SOFTWARE RELEASES 

CODECALC 6.3 - PRESSURE VESSEL COMPONENT DESIGN
Some New Features of CodeCalc 6.3 are:
* ASME 2000 addenda have been incorporated   * Provision to
use the 1999 year material database   * TEMA and ASME
tubesheet programs updated to perform multiple load cases
* An interface to PRG's NozzlePro Finite Element Analysis
(FEA) program has been added.   * Stress calculations for
nozzles on Spheres and  Cylinders, under pressure and
external loadings, per the British code BS-5500 Annex G
have been added.   * Separate entry of m and y factors,
sketch and column for partition gaskets   * User bolt loads
in the tubesheet programs   * Simultaneous Corroded and
Un-Corroded thick expansion joint calculations   * External
Charts HA-7, CD-1, NFN-21, NFN-22, NFN-23, NFN-24, CS-6,
HT-2, HA-6  have been added   * UCS-79 Fiber Elongation
Calculations are now reported.   * In Shell module, a check
box for skipping UG-16b, the minimum thickness requirement,
has been added.

PVELITE 4.1 - COMPLETE PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN
* ASME 2000 addenda have been incorporated.    * Provision
to use the 99 year material database    * TEMA and ASME
tubesheet programs updated to perform multiple load cases
* Separate entry of m and y factors, sketch and column for
partition gaskets   * User bolt loads in the tubesheet
programs   * Simultaneous Corroded and Un-Corroded thick
expansion joint calculations   * ASCE 98 wind code added
*Rigging analysis with graphical results processor added
* The input ( thicknesses, rings, re-pads ) can now be
updated by the analysis program   * The 3-D viewer now has
a transparency option   * Ladder information is now
collected   * User time history input (Sa/g) for IS-893
Response Spectrum can now be entered   * Square Box Tubing
Sections can be selected for legs  * A Re-Node numbering
feature has been added   * Basering dimensions can now be
set based on the bolt diameter   * Improved Saddle load
algorithm   * An option to raise or lower some or all
details has been added   * External Charts HA-7, CD-1,
NFN-21, NFN-22, NFN-23, NFN-24, CS-6, HT-2, HA-6  have been
added.

COMPRESS 6.40- COMPLETE PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN
The major change to Compress 6.40 Build 6130 is the
inclusion of the ASME 2000 Addenda.  New CD's have been
sent out to all Compress for Windows clients with current
maintenance agreements.  The CD also contains updated
versions of Vessel Coster (Build 934) and Compress 5.80 for
DOS.  For clients that only use Compress for DOS, Version
5.80 can be downloaded from the www.codeware.com web site.
Compress for DOS may no longer be purchased,  and the
Windows version of TUBESHEET will be released this year.

AFT FATHOM 5.0 - COMPRESSIBLE FLOW IN PIPE NETWORKS(STEADY STATE)
Version 5.0 will be released in February and contains the
following new features:    * Advanced heat transfer options
* Insulation data sets can be defined   * Rectangular ducts
* Annotations can be added to Workspace and Visual Report
* Expanded capability for pump vs. system curve generation
* Ability to save graphs for fast recall   * Save Worspace
and Visual Report as graphic file.  This update will be
supplied free of charge to purchases of vers 4.0 after Oct
31, 2000.  Other users can upgrade from vers 4.0 to 5.0 for
a cost of US$250 


SPECIAL FEATURE - PROCESS SIMULATION
Many companies make use of process flowsheet simulation
software to simulate mass and energy balances associated
with chemical plants.  Software such as CHEMCAD, SUPERPRO,
ASPEN PLUS, HYSIM, and PRO-II  are used to simulate
chemical processes incorporating distillation, reaction,
flash, electrolytes, solids processing etc.  Only problem
is that these software programs are not inexpensive.
CHEMCAD (US$18500) and SUPERPRO (US$13875), are by
far the lowest priced full feature simulators, while most
others are available only on a lease basis.  CHEMCAD also
has the advantage that it has optional add-on modules for
heat exchanger thermal design, batch distillation, batch
reaction, dynamic modeling of distillation.  This means
that you are not paying for features you don't require.

For universities and technikons, there are some very
special offers available.  A 25-user LAN version of CHEMCAD
can be leased on an annual basis for us$1500,
while an academic departmental licence for SUPERPRO can be
purchased for US$995.  SUPERPRO has special unit
operation modules for environmental processes, waste water
treatment processes and batch processes and is an excellent
teaching tool.   In addition to the process simulator, a
10-user academic licence for PHAWORKS (US$500) will
allow engineering students to be taught how to do process
HAZOP studies for the process plants they are simulating.


FREE SOFTWARE CORNER

This month features an excellent "nearly free" (US$29)
shareware software called VENTMANIFOLD.  This software is
an Excel application that operates in either SI or English
units, and is used for calculating the pressure profile
through a manifold of relief valve discharges.  It is used
for evaluating the design and safety of a flare header
system or manifold relief valve system.  Up to 15 sources
can be defined.  The software includes a fluid property
database and a pipe database.   The software can be ordered
directly from the author at ChemEng Software at web
address:
http://www.chemengsoftware.com/ventheader/ventmanifold.htm

Other free software and software evaluation versions are
available from our website download area at
http://www.chempute.com/ftpdown.htm

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Dave Wickham (M.Sc.Chem.Eng, Pr.Eng.) 
Chempute Software
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