Petro-SIM 7.1 Changes to the Petro-SIM Database, Plant Monitoring and KBC Explorer

Plant Monitoring enhancements

• Allow overrides in KPI Utility.
• Implement KPI’s for main energy units.
• Flag to find most recent appropriate lab values.
• Specify preferred units on a variable-by-variable basis.
• Expand the meter correction basis.
• Include standard deviation of process historian data.
• New “Run Average” historian tag type.

New meter correction basis menu

Database changes

• General refresh mechanism for KBC Explorer.
• New feature to recover a case and application.

Collaboration improvements

• Collaboration brings over topology changes.
• Ability to subscribe pumps, compressors/expanders and heat exchangers on Petro-SIM database.

Plant Monitoring enhancements

• Allow overrides in KPI Utility.
• Implement KPI’s for main energy units.
• Flag to find most recent appropriate lab values.
• Specify preferred units on a variable-by-variable basis.
• Expand the meter correction basis.
• Include standard deviation of process historian data.
• New “Run Average” historian tag type.

KBC Explorer

• Re-run cases from multiple base-case files.
• KBC Explorer options more visible.
• Simple case re-load option for KBC Explorer Bulk Runs.
• History report should trend user-defined KPI columns.

Note: This functionality requires an additional license.