UTILIZING SPREADSHEET USER INTERFACES WITH FLOWSHEETS OF A CPI SIMULATION SYSTEM

摘要

A simulation system (100) includes at least one processor (210) configured to execute a computer program product, stored upon a storage medium. The computer program product includes a spreadsheet application (110), a process simulation application (125), and an integration tool (115, 120; e.g., eSim), where the spreadsheet application (110, 220) and the process simulation application (125) are discrete, stand alone products. The process simulation application (125) can simulate chemical processes using at least one flowsheet(400), which models a general flow of chemical plant processes and equipment. The integration tool (115, 120) can map process simulation application objects and properties to spreadsheet application objects (400), can convey information between mapped objects(117, 232, 237), can perform case management functions (310-345, 435), and can perform orchestrated calculation functions (310-345, 100).