Sim Sci Technology Roadmap Delivering value through design


























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Sim. Sci Technology Roadmap Delivering value through design, optimization, simulation and training Neil Forster Confidential Property of Schneider Electric
Sim. Sci History, Values and Vision Founded in 1967 • Based in Lake Forest, USA Value proposition • Deliver advanced modelling solutions that provide our clients with a competitive advantage If you can’t model your process you don’t understand it • Use simulation to accurately predict the physical behaviour of the real world If you don’t understand it you can’t improve it Vision • Become a trusted advisor • Provide innovative solutions which improve Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) • Deliver applied modelling solutions throughout the enterprise If you can’t improve it, you won’t stay competitive! Confidential Property of Schneider Electric | Page 3
Sim. Sci Flagship Products • PRO/II • Steady-state process design application • DYNSIM • Dynamic simulation application • ROMeo • On-line optimisation & performance monitoring application Each is a stand-alone product and can be licensed & used as such. DYNSIM and ROMeo are also the heart of our solutions for operator training, process monitoring & optimization.
What do Sim. Sci Products do? Gas Turbine driven Propane Refrigeration Compressor
Operator Training Controllers SCP 270 I/O Modules Virtual I/O Cabinet
ROMeo Optimisation & Monitoring Real Time System Other Applications EDI Gross Error Detection Spiral Crude Suite EDI Economic Data Process Model (ROMeo) Data Reconciliation LP Update Manager Optimisation Set Points EDI Process Plant Data DCS/APC Planning Tool
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Recent Developments & 2017 Focus Areas Confidential Property of Schneider Electric
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Next Generation Process Engineering
ARC Research: Total market size is approx. 1 B$ growing 3% p. a. New Customers Adressable market with Sim. Central Universities Regions without sales focus Utilities for other industries MMM Power Fuel Cells Pharma With Sim. Central With Flagship Current Customers Chemicals Refining Utilities >30% market share O&G-Up Networks Current Products & Services New Products & Services
Cloud Engineering Platform Roadmap Q 2 2017 H 2 2017 2018 • Dynsim Online • Training Online • OTS Online • Persona: Simulation engineer • Persona: Instructor & Student • Hosted Apps: Dynsim • Hosted Apps: LMS, In. Touch HMI • Hosted Apps: Full I/A DCS, SCP, TRISIM, Third party applications • Target Market: • Internal Engineering • EPC • Simulation as a Service • Target Market: • Training as a Service PRO/II by July 2017 • Target Market: I/A users, Triconex, . . .
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Sim. Sci Software Roadmaps Design, Optimisation, Simulation & Training Confidential Property of Schneider Electric
DESIGN roadmap highlights 2017 2016 General /Common • • • 64 Bit, Windows 10, O 365 Stability improvements XML flowsheet drawing Better user interaction Tmin/Tmax relaxation DIPPR 2016 (yearly) Oil & Gas LNG • Alpha update Chem. • • Chem. Apps link Combustor Unit Operation 2019+ • • • New Mix. Rule for Trans. Prop. Improve user data entry for thermo properties Heat curve updates Drop support for 32 bit Additional reporting Diagnostic tools Improvements to the calculator unit operation Distillation points plots improvements • Mercury • • Latest API Asphalt. model • • PPR 78 as Fill Option Glycol Update • • New Density Equations LNG Unit operation improvements • • Wax, solid prediction Hydrate Update • • • PC-SAFT BIPs CAS# usage CSTR and PFR improvements Column Improvements • • User UNIFAC Bank PC-SAFT Associ. Term. DETHERM Link Cosmo Link • TDM Update (incl. REGRESS and Graphics) (all) • • • PRO/II in the cloud Databank updates Column improvements Reporting improvements New plot capability Skype BOT phase-1 • • MMM/ Power 2018 •
Optimization roadmap highlights ROMeo 2017 2016 • • • i. Monitor Updates Thermo Updates • • • General/Common Convergence Assistant Upgrade Sim 4 ME Portal Upgrade Thermo Updates Office 365 Support Win 10, Win. Serv 2012 R 2 Explainer Tool Captive historian upgrade 2018 • • • i. Monitor Updates Utilities Model Updates Explainer Tool Updates Multi-Threading Client 64 -bit Oil & Gas • MINLP for Utilities • 3 rd party Interfaces • Sim. Sci Arom Reactor Chemicals • MINLP for Utilities • Spyro 7 Interface • SPYRO 7 I/F Op. Eq form Ammonia • NH 3 custom models • NH 3 Reactors in ROMeo Confidential Property of Schneider Electric | Page 22
Simulation & Training roadmap highlights DYNSIM 2017 2016 • • • General/Common Oil & Gas LNG Chemicals MMM Power DYNSIM 5. 3/5. 3. 1/5. 3. 2 Infrastructure Updates Engineering Efficiency Training Features Thermo: PC-SAFT • • • DYNSIM 6. 0 GUI refresh Engineering Efficiency Thermo: VLLE performance Thermo: PC-SAFT for polymers • Tower vacuum applications • Tower flooding training features • Kettle Reboiler model • New Hi-Fi Furnace model • Compressor curve scaling • Thermo VLLE performance • New anti-surge controller • New MCHE model • Thermo PC-SAFT • Flowsheet encryption for IP • Polymer library: ZN kinetics • Thermo: PC-SAFT for polymers • SPYRO Cracker models protection • MMM library extensions • Elec. Solve – for simultaneous Confidential Property of Schneider Electric | Page 23 simulation of the process and electrical equipment 2018 • • • DYNSIM 6. 1 / 7. 0 Engineering Efficiency Multi-core support Engineering Efficiency Industry vertical licensing scheme • DYNSIM real-time • Refining reactors library • Sim. Central Integration • Polymers: step and chain kinetics • New MMM applications • Elec. Solve: Unbalanced network simulation • Power library for competitive takeover
Control Emulations roadmap highlights SCP, TRISIM, Foxboro Evo Simulation, PLC 1, Logic Validator Custom OTS Solutions 2017 2016 • • • General / Common • • SCP 2. 1 PLC 1 v 1, v 1. 1 Simulation for System Platform 2014 R 2 Telvent engine link RSEmulate engine link Siemens S 7 PLC link HIMA engine link • • • Confidential Property of Schneider Electric | Page 24 SCP 3. 0, 3. 1 Logic Validator 1. 5 TRISIM 3. 1 Foxboro Evo Simulation 7 PLC 1 v 1. 2 Rs. Logix (simulation)API engine link Sim. Sci APC engine link (likely) Indusoft simulation support (likely) Tools to expand Control Logic Checkout markets Tools to improve engineering efficiency related to control logic checkout 2018 • • • Continued alignment with Foxboro and Triconex Modicon engine link possible Vijeo Citect possible
Sim. Sci GCS Team Expertise In case you need to ask someone a question… We have: • Chemical Engineering Expertise • Process Knowledge • • Domain Knowledge • • Operations, Process Control, Thermodynamics & Physical Properties Oil & gas, Refining, Petrochemicals and Chemical processes Software Security Expertise Confidential Property of Schneider Electric | Page 25