Petro-SIM 7.5

Helping Clients to Experience the Digital Twin and Cloud Applications Era and in their Decarbonization Journey


Petro-SIM 7.5 assists Users with the hydrocarbon supply chain through their energy transition while optimizing profitability through real time optimization and advanced process control, combining robust digital twin technologies with advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and cloud solutions.


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NEW PETRO-SIM 7.6!

We are proud to announce that Petro-SIM 7.6 was commercially released on July 3rd, 2025. This new version is available today for download by our extensive user base and is also available to trial by anyone interested. Petro-SIM 7.6 delivers enhancements across first-principles modeling, and advanced optimization. It empowers design engineers, operators, and business leaders to accelerate digitalization, and energy transition while maximizing profitability, operational performance, and sustainability.

The key features and benefits of Petro-SIM 7.6 software include:

  • New FTR-SIM (Fischer-Tropsch Reactor Model). Simulates Fischer-Tropsch synthesis for SAF production, and enables users to optimize operations and model the integration with downstream hydroprocessing for a complete digital twin of sustainable fuel production.
  • New NOMAD Solver for Optimization. Solves difficult blackbox optimization problems to optimize energy efficiency while streamlining production planning and reducing emissions.
  • Advanced Polymer Modeling Powered by Predici. Predicts polymer properties, optimizes grade transitions, and monitors catalyst impacts to support dynamic production digital twins to minimize downtime and off-spec material.
  • Enhanced Assay Work-Up Tools. Handle complex assay cut structures and overlapping data with greater accuracy.
  • Renewables and Hydroprocessing Enhancements (DHTR-SIM, HXX-SIM). More robust hydrotreating, isomerization, and hydrocracking simulations. The upgrades include liquid recycle and external gas quench features, which optimize reactor performance and reduce solving times by up to 30%.
  • FCC-SIM Improvements for Bio-Oil Co-Processing. Improves assessment of inert loads in FCC overheads during co-processing bio-oils to help control emissions and optimize product quality.

    Petro-SIM v7.5 highlights:
  • Real-Time Optimization (RTO) with Petro-SIM v7.5 we are vastly enhancing the capabilities to drive RTO throughout our clients facilities, as part of our RT-OP solutions, which combine the leading edge kinetics of Petro-SIM with "PACE", our RTO Optimizer; this is a solution that has already proven itself at facilities across the world. With Petro-SIM v7.5 these solutions are now significantly faster to implement and simpler to maintain.
  • Water electrolyser with new functionalities to model green hydrogen production systems accurately.
  • Improvement in Plug Flow Reactor supporting rigorous hydraulic and heat transfer calculations.
  • New scripted chemical reactions kinetic model to model complex kinetic models for PFR and CSTR reactors.
  • And many more technical updates aiming to automate the entire value chain to streamline operations, boost productivity and flexibility, while supporting an integrated process, energy, emission, and economics model that manages emissions to ensure compliance and optimize sustainability

To find out more about the specific new functionalities, follow the links below:

RTO Functionalities Petro-SIM Tools Unit Operations
Refinery Reactor Models Sample Cases


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