Petro-SIM 7.1 SP1 Changelist

List of enhancements included in this service pack

Petro-SIM Excel Applications and Report Workbooks

  • Date reset in historian window within Excel workbook

Petro-SIM Plugins - MySep

  • MySep plugin running in Petro-SIM v7.1 SP1

Explorer

  • PI AF attribute setting for KPI (UOM)

Miscellaneous

  • Molar and act-vol flor reported on Plot page in Column Unit Operation
  • Report vapour/liquid to and from tray
  • Improved matching to input RVP

List of bugs fixed included in this service pack

Petro-SIM General

DefectDescription
17895Crashes when having a license with a very long info string
17604The range suggested in the yield test warning message may not be accurate for some severities
17371Ejector in Design Mode solve with incorrect warnings
17144Ghost columns on copy/pasting meters with secondary objects
16956Strip Charts not available from Quick Access Toolbar
16870Spreadsheet / Plant to Crude combination causing copy paste crash
16238Changing reactor to normalization mode leads to infinite loop

Petro-SIM Dynamics/OTS

DefectDescription
17505The “Show connections…” dialog doesn’t show all connections
17480Dynamic Initialization is not working on a Split range controller
17479Dynamic initialization does not set PID object Mode properly, if PID was in Cascade mode
17478PID object cannot pick up PV units from a Selector Block properly
17464PS crashes while updating PDT data from an external OPC Server
17457Wrong units conversion when PDT is sent to Excel
17456Spreadsheet cell references are not updated in controllers after inserting / deleting rows or columns
17351Dynamic model instability, dynamic model
17051PDT Read from text file failure
16964Double specifications in stream conditions when defining a stream from a boundary stream
16905Missing void fraction and specific surface area at packed internals
16828Incorrect material balance in the dynamic simulation
16792IGV curves are not interpolated
16788Dynamics case crashing on close due to dangling assay in mixture minder
16782PV Units at controllers cannot be selected from the Workbook
16728Writing to an OPC group does not work
16108Split Range Controller can not receive External set point (cascade controller)
12214Unbalanced mass- and volume flow on valve

Petro-SIM Explorer

DefectDescription
17112KBC.Monitor is doing license check inconsistent with pricing guide
17098Explorer not refreshing most recent data sets properly when data is added externally
17096Can’t export Explorer history report with hourly data to Excel
17095Explorer can show confusing trends when data sparsity changes across time
17094Monitoring task round to minute not behaving as expected
17032Clicking Refresh in Explorer resets display units to Database
16945Database upgrade fails on duplicate unit string

Petro-SIM Excel Applications and Report Workbooks

DefectDescription
17281Publish view not displaying OK and Cancel buttons properly in workbook
16911Excel Application: Bug on linking TBP Vol 0.1% with Excel Application
16845Chart’s multiple variable selection in excel workbook does not include the last row
16517Excel workbook: Not importing/exporting user variables values
16443Reporting workbook misplacing row 6 into row 2 on clear

Petro-SIM Excel Database and LP reports

DefectDescription
16966LPU: Not populating templates if no delta case is defined
16835Duplicate worksheets created in Base Delta Excel Template

Petro-SIM Assay Handling

DefectDescription
16450Assay Synthesis: Fail due to a hardcoded maximum number of components

Petro-SIM COILSIM

DefectDescription
16807Small error in Petro-SIM help documentation: Steam Dilution

Petro-SIM Column Unit Operation/Distop

DefectDescription
17329Missing Temperature Profile in Performance Tab
16949Distillation Column: Wizard get stuck when “Preview” option is enabled
16711Distillation Column: Downgrade status for ignore, from Warning to Note

Petro-SIM Rotating Equipment Unit Operations

DefectDescription
17672Compressor Not Solving Curve Migrating from 6.2 to 7.1
17247Compressor curve changing with suction inlet pressure
12945Pump Curve interpolation fails if flow points are not in ascending order
10104Pump with Curves generating inconsistencies instead of solving backwards

Petro-SIM Base Delta Operation

DefectDescription
17241Base Delta setup with no product synthesis sits at OK
16523Base Delta Op should validate basic nitrogen > nitrogen content so synthesis doesn’t fail

Petro-SIM Pipe Segment Unit Operation

DefectDescription
17031Pipe incorrectly reports hydrates will form
17028Crash using variable navigator to select slug profile variables

Petro-SIM Heat Exchanger Unit Operations

DefectDescription
17528XSimOp: Incorrect tubeside velocity reporting
16961Heat Exchanger: Tube HTC Enhancement factor not affecting fouling calculation
16913Heat Exchangers: Improve help files on TEMA Type U
16902HX performance calcs trigger inconsistency
16400XSimOp fails when resolve the exchager in builds 1840, 2549 and 2550

Petro-SIM Meters

DefectDescription
17239Cannot set meter variable typical error from automation
16997Meter: Not possible to add secondary objects in a subflowsheet
16976Petro-SIM crashes after data rec utility is deleted

Petro-SIM Blender Refinery Operation

DefectDescription
16753RON calculation fails in blender

Petro-SIM BT Utility

DefectDescription
16563Exporting spreadsheet to BT Index Utility variable causes infinite solve loop

Petro-SIM Synthesis

DefectDescription
17688wt% PONA missing in deblending routines
17225Incomplete component properties in pure component database leads to synthesis error in a cutter
17145Benzene yield not passed to FCC when zero flow C4- recycle is present
16947Deblending leads to inconsistency on mass flow
16837Difference in tail end of distillation plot between HCAMS and when the same assay is imported in Petrosim
16697Synthesis Stream Type – Residue: Check for the flow before checking the distillation
15550Base-Delta Op – Synthesis warning – Interpolation failure in POLINT due to equal values in table

Petro-SIM Correlations

DefectDescription
12154Editing coefficients in Tabular manager doesn’t work

Petro-SIM Databases

DefectDescription
17468Exporting assay to database loses text properties

Petro-SIM Interface

DefectDescription
17695Flowsheet user variable crash when double click on value
17654JScript support for arrays is missing
17418Cannot use OLE to configure attachments in sub-flowsheets
17208Petro-SIM UI has no borders in Windows 10
17103Dragging variables between Petro-SIM instances cases crash
17030Case asserts on recall and crashes when you put the solver in go mode
16805v4.0 case crashing on load in anything > v7.0
16758The OLE function put_PropertyValues accepts only certain types of arrays
16727Petro-SIM type library browser search function does not find everything
16670Scenario utility OLE method SetObjectStateValue does not work
13680PFD doesn’t render SVG very well through automation

Petro-SIM Lab Analysis

DefectDescription
16923Lab Analysis not plotting the Asphaltene envelope

Petro-SIM Network Solver

DefectDescription
17069Network utility saving the synthesised composition from meter as specified
16769Problems sending values to cooler dynamic temperature specs

Petro-SIM Logicals

DefectDescription
17125Workflow events incorrectly show as incomplete

Petro-SIM Optimizer

DefectDescription
16821Optimizer: Cases optimization fail using Petro-SIM v7.0 and v7.1

Petro-SIM Saturate Unit Operation

DefectDescription
17350Saturate operation does not solve on flowsheet resolve

Petro-SIM Spreadsheet Logical Operation

DefectDescription
17342Spreadsheet does not update formula results
17183Spreadsheet cannot send text resulting from formula to Excel
17101Spreadsheet unnecessarily kicking off massive flowsheet re-solve on display unit change
17057Spreadsheet not re-exporting values properly

Petro-SIM Energy Unit Operations

DefectDescription
17459Steam header interim result creates water instead of steam, flowsheet won’t solve
17449Multiple consistency errors that won't go away in Energy model
17372Ejector in Rating mode not solving

Petro-SIM Plugins: Petro-SIZE

DefectDescription
17617Plugin data well messed-up when saved to database

Petro-SIM Distop

DefectDescription
17248Hidden Distop spec preventing column from re-solving - probably due to meter setup
16834Calibration for Distop fails because it stops solving
16596Crash switching Distop to Product Spec
15212Distop column forgetting on load

Petro-SIM Store/Recall XLM

DefectDescription
17619xml format not recalling property table dependent variables

Petro-SIM Thermo

DefectDescription
17485Petroleum fraction from MFL file are being imported as real components
16830Bubble Point Pressure calculation
15797Mass Density/Specific Gravity not clear in the Help file

Petro-SIM Calibration

DefectDescription
17594Stream not showing up in calibration objects
16699Validation fails to complete because balance block is unexpectedly ignored

Petro-SIM Historian

DefectDescription
17175Case crashes trying to delete a duplicate historian connection

Petro-SIM Data Reconciliation

DefectDescription
17520Data rec wrongly shows large imbalance
17092Data Rec typical error not updated

Petro-SIM Dataset Analysis

DefectDescription
16667Crash activating checkbox on Prediction Quality page of the Data Set Analysis Utility

Petro-SIM LP Utility

DefectDescription
17273Deleting tag names for manipulated properties doesn’t deal with the property
17227v3 case crashing on load in v7
17151LP unable to store to database / export to excel
17008Non-unique errors from LP store to DB
16975Crash when creating a swing cut in a column with the same names as another subflowsheet
16754LPU: Update Utility status when changing Swing Cut Temperature
16730LP Utility: “Generate New” option does not generate Swing cut data

Petro-SIM Plot Utility

DefectDescription
16626Deleting a graph in the Plot Utility doesn’t remove the graph from the view
16205Distillation Plots not allowing to change Y variable range

Petro-SIM Cold Properties Utility

DefectDescription
16977Cold Properties Utility: Warning not being triggered when RVP method “RVP ASTM D323-82” fails

Petro-SIM Tray Sizing Utility

DefectDescription
16389Auto section main view for packed internal is defective