A simplified system for steady state process simulation

The system described in this report represents an attempt to apply the function of industrial flow sheet simulators to tritium processing applications. To overcome some of the difficulties associated with the use of larger simulation packages, report formats have been designed to accommodate wide ranges of component concentrations; and physical property data requirements have been designed around commonly available data. The simulation system includes a predefined structure for storage of stream and component data, unit operation block parameters, and the other data needed to describe a simulation. Other support subroutines, which are needed to perform computations common to different unit operation subroutines, are included, along with some of the more common unit operation modules. To perform a simulation, the user codes an executive routine that calls the appropriate support and unit operation subroutines - as well as any additional support or unit operation subroutines not already part of the system. This code is then compiled and linked to a library, which contains the existent parts of the system, to produce an executable program. This program is run, with the user's data file as input, to compute the steady state performance of the flow sheet being simulated. The existent part of the system is coded in Microsoft FORTRAN-77, which should be largely compatible with other FORTRAN compilers. The simulation system has been compiled and placed in a library which is usable by a Microsoft linkage editor on an IBM PC