Known Issues

Petro-SIM v7.4 Known Issues and Notes

EBR-SIM Currently the interface is hiding the Phase Holdup results tab. Workbooks are not affected. The issue has been resolved in 7.4 SP1 and above. If you want to see these results in Petro-SIM, you can use the following workaround to export these results to a spreadsheet:

  • Download the Push Phase Holdup script (https://www.petro-sim.com/php/pmwiki/pub/images/PushPhaseHoldups.hvv)
  • Add a new spreadsheet object to the flowsheet
  • Import the script (Tools/Import and Export)
  • Check available user variables for the EBR-SIM reactor (Design/User Variables/click on the green checkmark)
  • Enable the script (click on the checkmark next to the script name)
  • Copy the name of the target spreadsheet to the Push Phase Holdup script value

Re-run the reactor to export the missing result values to the target spreadsheet. Optionally, you can now disable the script. Please contact our Software Support team (software@kbc.global) if you require assistance.

DHTR Isom "Save Calibrated Catalysts"'does not work on Isoparaffin Cracking, The issue has been resolved in 7.4SP2, 7.5SP1.

Characteristic Volumes of Mixture

  • Characteristic volumes of hypos change is not predicted with the hypocomponets are mixed with n-butane.

Security Vulnerabilities in Third Party Library in Petro-SIM Explorer

What is happening?

Older versions of Petro-SIM Explorer contain a version of the Telerik library which contains known security vulnerabilities.

Assets Impacted: Petro-SIM Explorer versions v7.4, v7.4 SP1 and v7.5.

How does this affect you?

If you use disk-scanning tools, they may flag KBC Explorer as containing vulnerabilities. Since KBC Explorer does not serialize or deserialize Telerik controls, it is not directly vulnerable.

What action do I need to take?

Update to the latest version of Petro-SIM Explorer. The versions with updated library include v7.4 SP2 and v7.6. V7.5 SP1 which also includes the update will be available shortly.

Further help and information

https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/wpf/knowledge-base/command-injection-cve-2024-7575
https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/wpf/knowledge-base/unsafe-deserialization-cve-2024-7576
https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/wpf/knowledge-base/unsafe-deserialization-cve-2024-8316