Scope of Application

INOSIM Cape-Open Interface extends the process simulation tools of INOSIM by thermodynamical property data and calculation methods from scientific databases. This opens up manifold application options to you:

• Apply information from the CAPE-OPEN database to determine molar mass, heat capacity, and density while defining components and materials for your simulation model.
• To parametrize models from the model library, use data from the CAPE-OPEN database for the determination of material data (e. g., boiling temperature and enthalpy of evaporation).
• Apply rigorous models from the model library which are dependent on the calculation of phase equilibria.
• Extend your model library by adding self-defined rigorous models. .

With INOSIM Cape-Open Interface, you integrate all external thermodynamics packages which apply CAPE-OPEN standard 1.0 or 1.1.

An easy workflow integrates the data:

With ProSim Simulis® Thermodynamics, we are able to offer you one of the biggest thermodynamical and physical databases which are currently available on the market.

• ProSim Simulis® Thermodynamics already contains the parameters of more than 2000 pure substance components. Further components and parameters can be added or estimated anytime.
• For the calculation of mixture data and equilibria, manifold calculation methods are provided. Among them are:
  • Equation of state: ARK, PR, LKP, BWRS, PPR78, PPC-Saft
  • Activity coefficients models: NRTL, UNIQUAQ, UNIFAC
  • Electrolytes: Edwards, UNIQUAC electrolytes

Besides the options to import property data and to calculate phase equilibria, INOSIM Cape-Open Interface also enables the derivation of material data. Possible options are:

• Derivation due to temperature
• Derivation due to pressure
• Derivation due to molar mass or the mole fraction of a component

In life science processing, sometimes it happens that certain components cannot be considered due to the high complexity of bioprocesses. Nevertheless, you can still simulate with INOSIM Cape-Open Interface: Just exclude single thermodynamical components via mapping from the calculation, or use components which you suppose to have similar material data..