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
| Defect | Description |
| 17895 | Crashes when having a license with a very long info string |
| 17604 | The range suggested in the yield test warning message may not be accurate for some severities |
| 17371 | Ejector in Design Mode solve with incorrect warnings |
| 17144 | Ghost columns on copy/pasting meters with secondary objects |
| 16956 | Strip Charts not available from Quick Access Toolbar |
| 16870 | Spreadsheet / Plant to Crude combination causing copy paste crash |
| 16238 | Changing reactor to normalization mode leads to infinite loop |
Petro-SIM Dynamics/OTS
| Defect | Description |
| 17505 | The “Show connections…” dialog doesn’t show all connections |
| 17480 | Dynamic Initialization is not working on a Split range controller |
| 17479 | Dynamic initialization does not set PID object Mode properly, if PID was in Cascade mode |
| 17478 | PID object cannot pick up PV units from a Selector Block properly |
| 17464 | PS crashes while updating PDT data from an external OPC Server |
| 17457 | Wrong units conversion when PDT is sent to Excel |
| 17456 | Spreadsheet cell references are not updated in controllers after inserting / deleting rows or columns |
| 17351 | Dynamic model instability, dynamic model |
| 17051 | PDT Read from text file failure |
| 16964 | Double specifications in stream conditions when defining a stream from a boundary stream |
| 16905 | Missing void fraction and specific surface area at packed internals |
| 16828 | Incorrect material balance in the dynamic simulation |
| 16792 | IGV curves are not interpolated |
| 16788 | Dynamics case crashing on close due to dangling assay in mixture minder |
| 16782 | PV Units at controllers cannot be selected from the Workbook |
| 16728 | Writing to an OPC group does not work |
| 16108 | Split Range Controller can not receive External set point (cascade controller) |
| 12214 | Unbalanced mass- and volume flow on valve |
Petro-SIM Explorer
| Defect | Description |
| 17112 | KBC.Monitor is doing license check inconsistent with pricing guide |
| 17098 | Explorer not refreshing most recent data sets properly when data is added externally |
| 17096 | Can’t export Explorer history report with hourly data to Excel |
| 17095 | Explorer can show confusing trends when data sparsity changes across time |
| 17094 | Monitoring task round to minute not behaving as expected |
| 17032 | Clicking Refresh in Explorer resets display units to Database |
| 16945 | Database upgrade fails on duplicate unit string |
Petro-SIM Excel Applications and Report Workbooks
| Defect | Description |
| 17281 | Publish view not displaying OK and Cancel buttons properly in workbook |
| 16911 | Excel Application: Bug on linking TBP Vol 0.1% with Excel Application |
| 16845 | Chart’s multiple variable selection in excel workbook does not include the last row |
| 16517 | Excel workbook: Not importing/exporting user variables values |
| 16443 | Reporting workbook misplacing row 6 into row 2 on clear |
Petro-SIM Excel Database and LP reports
| Defect | Description |
| 16966 | LPU: Not populating templates if no delta case is defined |
| 16835 | Duplicate worksheets created in Base Delta Excel Template |
Petro-SIM Assay Handling
| Defect | Description |
| 16450 | Assay Synthesis: Fail due to a hardcoded maximum number of components |
Petro-SIM COILSIM
| Defect | Description |
| 16807 | Small error in Petro-SIM help documentation: Steam Dilution |
Petro-SIM Column Unit Operation/Distop
| Defect | Description |
| 17329 | Missing Temperature Profile in Performance Tab |
| 16949 | Distillation Column: Wizard get stuck when “Preview” option is enabled |
| 16711 | Distillation Column: Downgrade status for ignore, from Warning to Note |
Petro-SIM Rotating Equipment Unit Operations
| Defect | Description |
| 17672 | Compressor Not Solving Curve Migrating from 6.2 to 7.1 |
| 17247 | Compressor curve changing with suction inlet pressure |
| 12945 | Pump Curve interpolation fails if flow points are not in ascending order |
| 10104 | Pump with Curves generating inconsistencies instead of solving backwards |
Petro-SIM Base Delta Operation
| Defect | Description |
| 17241 | Base Delta setup with no product synthesis sits at OK |
| 16523 | Base Delta Op should validate basic nitrogen > nitrogen content so synthesis doesn’t fail |
Petro-SIM Pipe Segment Unit Operation
| Defect | Description |
| 17031 | Pipe incorrectly reports hydrates will form |
| 17028 | Crash using variable navigator to select slug profile variables |
Petro-SIM Heat Exchanger Unit Operations
| Defect | Description |
| 17528 | XSimOp: Incorrect tubeside velocity reporting |
| 16961 | Heat Exchanger: Tube HTC Enhancement factor not affecting fouling calculation |
| 16913 | Heat Exchangers: Improve help files on TEMA Type U |
| 16902 | HX performance calcs trigger inconsistency |
| 16400 | XSimOp fails when resolve the exchager in builds 1840, 2549 and 2550 |
Petro-SIM Meters
| Defect | Description |
| 17239 | Cannot set meter variable typical error from automation |
| 16997 | Meter: Not possible to add secondary objects in a subflowsheet |
| 16976 | Petro-SIM crashes after data rec utility is deleted |
Petro-SIM Blender Refinery Operation
| Defect | Description |
| 16753 | RON calculation fails in blender |
Petro-SIM BT Utility
| Defect | Description |
| 16563 | Exporting spreadsheet to BT Index Utility variable causes infinite solve loop |
Petro-SIM Synthesis
| Defect | Description |
| 17688 | wt% PONA missing in deblending routines |
| 17225 | Incomplete component properties in pure component database leads to synthesis error in a cutter |
| 17145 | Benzene yield not passed to FCC when zero flow C4- recycle is present |
| 16947 | Deblending leads to inconsistency on mass flow |
| 16837 | Difference in tail end of distillation plot between HCAMS and when the same assay is imported in Petrosim |
| 16697 | Synthesis Stream Type – Residue: Check for the flow before checking the distillation |
| 15550 | Base-Delta Op – Synthesis warning – Interpolation failure in POLINT due to equal values in table |
Petro-SIM Correlations
| Defect | Description |
| 12154 | Editing coefficients in Tabular manager doesn’t work |
Petro-SIM Databases
| Defect | Description |
| 17468 | Exporting assay to database loses text properties |
Petro-SIM Interface
| Defect | Description |
| 17695 | Flowsheet user variable crash when double click on value |
| 17654 | JScript support for arrays is missing |
| 17418 | Cannot use OLE to configure attachments in sub-flowsheets |
| 17208 | Petro-SIM UI has no borders in Windows 10 |
| 17103 | Dragging variables between Petro-SIM instances cases crash |
| 17030 | Case asserts on recall and crashes when you put the solver in go mode |
| 16805 | v4.0 case crashing on load in anything > v7.0 |
| 16758 | The OLE function put_PropertyValues accepts only certain types of arrays |
| 16727 | Petro-SIM type library browser search function does not find everything |
| 16670 | Scenario utility OLE method SetObjectStateValue does not work |
| 13680 | PFD doesn’t render SVG very well through automation |
Petro-SIM Lab Analysis
| Defect | Description |
| 16923 | Lab Analysis not plotting the Asphaltene envelope |
Petro-SIM Network Solver
| Defect | Description |
| 17069 | Network utility saving the synthesised composition from meter as specified |
| 16769 | Problems sending values to cooler dynamic temperature specs |
Petro-SIM Logicals
| Defect | Description |
| 17125 | Workflow events incorrectly show as incomplete |
Petro-SIM Optimizer
| Defect | Description |
| 16821 | Optimizer: Cases optimization fail using Petro-SIM v7.0 and v7.1 |
Petro-SIM Saturate Unit Operation
| Defect | Description |
| 17350 | Saturate operation does not solve on flowsheet resolve |
Petro-SIM Spreadsheet Logical Operation
| Defect | Description |
| 17342 | Spreadsheet does not update formula results |
| 17183 | Spreadsheet cannot send text resulting from formula to Excel |
| 17101 | Spreadsheet unnecessarily kicking off massive flowsheet re-solve on display unit change |
| 17057 | Spreadsheet not re-exporting values properly |
Petro-SIM Energy Unit Operations
| Defect | Description |
| 17459 | Steam header interim result creates water instead of steam, flowsheet won’t solve |
| 17449 | Multiple consistency errors that won't go away in Energy model |
| 17372 | Ejector in Rating mode not solving |
Petro-SIM Plugins: Petro-SIZE
| Defect | Description |
| 17617 | Plugin data well messed-up when saved to database |
Petro-SIM Distop
| Defect | Description |
| 17248 | Hidden Distop spec preventing column from re-solving - probably due to meter setup |
| 16834 | Calibration for Distop fails because it stops solving |
| 16596 | Crash switching Distop to Product Spec |
| 15212 | Distop column forgetting on load |
Petro-SIM Store/Recall XLM
| Defect | Description |
| 17619 | xml format not recalling property table dependent variables |
Petro-SIM Thermo
| Defect | Description |
| 17485 | Petroleum fraction from MFL file are being imported as real components |
| 16830 | Bubble Point Pressure calculation |
| 15797 | Mass Density/Specific Gravity not clear in the Help file |
Petro-SIM Calibration
| Defect | Description |
| 17594 | Stream not showing up in calibration objects |
| 16699 | Validation fails to complete because balance block is unexpectedly ignored |
Petro-SIM Historian
| Defect | Description |
| 17175 | Case crashes trying to delete a duplicate historian connection |
Petro-SIM Data Reconciliation
| Defect | Description |
| 17520 | Data rec wrongly shows large imbalance |
| 17092 | Data Rec typical error not updated |
Petro-SIM Dataset Analysis
| Defect | Description |
| 16667 | Crash activating checkbox on Prediction Quality page of the Data Set Analysis Utility |
Petro-SIM LP Utility
| Defect | Description |
| 17273 | Deleting tag names for manipulated properties doesn’t deal with the property |
| 17227 | v3 case crashing on load in v7 |
| 17151 | LP unable to store to database / export to excel |
| 17008 | Non-unique errors from LP store to DB |
| 16975 | Crash when creating a swing cut in a column with the same names as another subflowsheet |
| 16754 | LPU: Update Utility status when changing Swing Cut Temperature |
| 16730 | LP Utility: “Generate New” option does not generate Swing cut data |
Petro-SIM Plot Utility
| Defect | Description |
| 16626 | Deleting a graph in the Plot Utility doesn’t remove the graph from the view |
| 16205 | Distillation Plots not allowing to change Y variable range |
Petro-SIM Cold Properties Utility
| Defect | Description |
| 16977 | Cold Properties Utility: Warning not being triggered when RVP method “RVP ASTM D323-82” fails |
Petro-SIM Tray Sizing Utility
| Defect | Description |
| 16389 | Auto section main view for packed internal is defective |