aspenONE Engineering

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• SCM (Supply Chain Management) - Supply Chain Management (Inventory Management)

aspenONE Engineering allows you to increase the efficiency of technologists and designers.

Aspen PIMS, Aspen Petroleum Scheduler, Aspen Plant Scheduler, Aspen IP.21 Process Browser and other solutions for optimizing production and supply chain are available in Russian. They complement the extensive product portfolio of aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing & Supply Chain, which have already been translated into many languages, including Russian.

In addition to Russian, the programs of the aspenONE V7 package have Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish localization. AspenTech customers can download language packs from the Support Center - AspenTech Support Center page.

2021: aspenONE version 12.2

On November 30, 2021, AspenTech, a global provider of software to optimize asset performance, announced the availability of the next version of aspenON software. Release V12.2 provides companies with additional sustainable development models and product capabilities that accelerate digitalization to support their sustainable development initiatives.

The aspenONE V12 software now includes more than 50 models, including models to understand where production efficiency can be improved to meet CO2 reduction targets. Using these models, customers will be able to determine how to reduce emissions throughout the value chain, reduce energy, water and raw materials consumption, switch to other energy sources such as biofuels and hydrogen, and provide a closed-loop economy through processes such as plastic processing and turning waste into chemicals.

"Achieving targets for reducing CO2 emissions and striving for environmental safety requires companies to improve operational efficiency by leveraging and implementing digital capabilities that allow the necessary adjustments to be made quickly and easily to keep pace. Version aspenONE 12.2 also provides a wide range of usability options for all of our products, which allows you to accelerate payback and achieve high business results, "- said David Arbeitel, senior vice president of AspenTech Product Management

In addition to models for sustainable development, version V12 includes a number of upgraded products and capabilities designed to provide ease of use, accelerate business processes and actions for effective collaboration throughout the value chain. These include:

• Aspen GDOTTM for Olefins - to optimize the entire olefin production area with closed-loop dynamic optimization, which improves energy efficiency, reduces CO2 emissions and increases profitability. An intuitive flow chart simplifies the construction, deployment, and maintenance of the model, and aligns planning with operations to optimize production.
• Aspen Production Execution Manager (APEM) - for faster ordering, product quality and compliance. The APEM Mobile Web application provides mobility and touchscreen capability, enabling more accurate execution and faster performance with 5x faster optimized workflows.
• Aspen Supply Chain Management (SCM) Insights is a cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders across the supply chain in the same universal work environment designed to digitally implement monthly sales and operations planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP) processes to achieve high business results.
• Aspen UnscramblerTM - Faster and deeper analysis with pre-processing and batch data management capabilities, including significant speed improvements to accelerate the analysis of large amounts of data.

2021: aspenONE version 12.1

On May 25, 2021, Aspen Technology introduced an updated version (12.1) of the aspenONE software package. The company AspenTech introduced industrial artificial intelligence in its leading solutions to increase the profitability and sustainability of customer processes. Industrial AI Workbench provides opportunities to collaborate with industry experts to develop AI-based applications for enterprise-wide data.

Thanks to hybrid models built on basic principles, artificial intelligence can be directly used in process modeling using Aspen Hysys and Aspen Plus. This facilitates the development of operational models and their calibration using production data. Lower-order hybrid models can be used in engineering, planning, and dynamic optimization systems to improve accuracy and predictability of results. The Deep Learning Manufacturing Process Management (APC) solution helps you create more accurate and sustainable models that meet a wide range of performance requirements. The combination of these capabilities allows you to achieve a higher level of operational efficiency.

Using a hybrid scheme, we managed to create a model that reproduces the real data of the plant more accurately than the traditional reforming scheme. We were able to create a very accurate model in the shortest possible time, "commented Mr. Takuto Nakai, Department of Production, Nissan Chemical Corporation.

aspenONE 12.1 provides models that help customers optimize biomass processing, hydrogen production, carbon capture, and carbon footprint with more accurate systems solutions that reduce environmental impact. Available analysis and imaging capabilities reduce waste and energy consumption at all stages, from research to production.

With the advent of Aspen OptiPlant and Aspen OptiRouter, it became possible to integrate AI-based conceptual 3D schemas into all AspenTech products. In the industries feeling the need for the accelerated conclusion of products to the market such as pharmaceutical industry, solutions of Aspen Unscrambler, Aspen Unscrambler HSI and Aspen Process Pulse allow to increase quality of products and processes thanks to the solution of complex problems by means of the multiple-factor analysis, to increase profitability and development and also to reduce deviations.

The vast experience realized in AspenTech 12.1 products, as well as the introduction of industrial AI throughout the supply chain from the design stage, made it possible to create a solution that increases the usefulness of industrial data for business, "said Janice Abel, lead analyst at ARC Advisory Group.

Using aspenONE 12.1 as part of comprehensive AspenTech solutions, enterprises can increase margins, increase equipment reliability and better manage assets. Companies get the opportunity to accelerate digital transformation and apply industrial AI in order to quickly realize the concept of a self-optimizing enterprise, increase margin, reliability and sustainability, ensure process security, reduce capital costs and time to connect capacity.

2020: aspenONE version 12

On November 5, 2020, Aspen Technology announced the release of the 12th version of the aspenONE software package with support for artificial intelligence technologies and the use of the cloud for universal enterprise data analysis systems.

The next version of the aspenONE ensures sustainable development, increased security and income. Industrial technologies AspenTech allow the use of artificial intelligence in any industry where it can become a source of additional benefits. The release of this version is an important step towards the implementation of the concept of self-optimization of the enterprise.

Aspen Hybrid Models is a significant stage in the development of chemical production. Hybrid models will combine production models of AspenTech with machine learning capabilities and radically change the principles of technological design and optimization of production, - said Dr. Karuna Potdar, Vice President of Reliance Industries Limited Technology Center

The software complex aspenONE the 12th version includes technology for creating hybrid models based on artificial intelligence, developed specifically for enterprises working in the field of processing industry and other capital-intensive industries. Aspen Hybrid Models receives data from all plant installations and creates accurate integrated models at the production facility level using artificial intelligence technologies, basic design principles and practical developments of AspenTech in this area. Over 40 years, AspenTech specialists have accumulated vast experience in creating solutions for the processing industry and other capital-intensive industries.

Solutions in aspenONE 12th release will allow customers to use artificial intelligence in critical operational processes without additional knowledge in the field of data analysis and will help new users get involved in work faster without a comprehensive study of processes and production adaptation.

Processing industries are turning to digital transformation to increase operational efficiency and accelerate innovation in response to population growth and increased demands for sustainable development. Solutions in version 12 of the aspenONE offer improved modeling accuracy, improved analysis tools, and lower total cost of ownership. This will enable enterprises to adapt to changing business requirements and attract young professionals who are fluent in digital technology.

The processing industry and other capital-intensive industries face increasing instability in supply and demand, and the need to respond flexibly to market conditions forces them to seek new approaches to asset optimization. Moreover, companies strive to increase efficiency and margin and make every effort to achieve sustainable development. The next generation of industrial artificial intelligence tools will change the approach to production in the processing industry. Enterprise self-optimization is a new stage of operational efficiency, and AspenTech will continue to develop innovative solutions that will help customers achieve this level, - says Antonio Pietri, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aspen Technology

Capabilities of the software package aspenONE the 12th version:

• Aspen Maestro is a module for Aspen DMC3 and Aspen Mtell. It automates processes, improves the speed and quality of models, providing less experienced users with instructions on creating models and agents.
• Aspen Deep-Learning IQ provides more accurate models and predictions.
• Aspen Verify for Planning uses artificial intelligence to obtain data and check with a plan to prevent costly errors.
• Aspen Multi-Case simultaneously performs thousands of modeling processes in a local environment or cloud for comprehensive analysis, the results of which help you navigate complex operational processes and increase accuracy and speed of decision making.
• Aspen Event Analytics quickly analyzes production cycle events. Quickly and conveniently analyzing the causes of unexpected production events speeds up error correction. Real-time event tracking ensures timely response.
• Aspen MES Collaborative brings together all enterprise systems. This solution collects information in a single archive registry at the enterprise level and helps incorporate small objects into the overall infrastructure, protecting the company from data loss.
• Aspen Cloud Connect provides flexible connectivity, high performance, and security when transferring data from the periphery to the cloud.
• Aspen Capital Cost Estimator Insights (ACCE) improves ease of use with built-in integration mechanisms with ACCE and Aspen Enterprise Insights, providing visualization and collaboration tools in a hybrid cloud environment.

2019: aspenONE versions 11

On April 11, 2019, the company Aspen Technology announced the release of software aspenONE version 11, which eliminates barriers between engineers, volume and scheduling specialists and maintenance specialists, allowing customers to use to the analyst data to improve production activities and increase profitability. According to the developer, with aspenONE version 11, customers can significantly increase efficiency and performance.

As noted in Aspen Technology, the aspenONE version 11 software package includes package updates, aspenONE Asset Performance Management (APM) aspenONE Engineering, aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain and introduces Aspen, GDOT for software dynamic optimization, combining production optimization and, oil processing chemical companies working in complex environments industrial.

"The optimization of several production units has always been a difficult task for many oil refining and petrochemical companies due to the inherent complexity of the models of industrial facilities. Aspen GDOT dynamically coordinates multiple production units and uses a simpler approach, with dynamic data alignment and parameter estimation, to help manufacturers reduce current gaps in volume and scheduling. "

According to the developer, version 11 of the aspenONE Asset Performance Management (APM) software package provides the integration of precriptive maintenance technologies with volumetric and scheduling to warn of future problems with the state of equipment and plan measures to prevent failures and quality problems. The updated software package improves operational analytics efficiency for continuous and discrete production, accurately identifying the sources of deviations in production processes and quality characteristics and improving the performance of production assets.

For engineering and construction companies, the presented version of the aspenONE, according to the developer, provides many advantages and opportunities to increase the efficiency of engineering design, increase profitability and reduce design risks, including faster development and delivery of innovative engineering projects. Further integration helps energy and chemical companies optimize multiple production plants in real time, delivering high economic results across the enterprise. Manufacturers of specialized chemical products, polymers and pharmaceutical companies will be able to coordinate their production operations with the needs of the market, using a full range of solutions that ensure the synchronization of production with the requirements of customers.

"AspenTech is committed to offering solutions that can help improve the profitability of our customers. Changes to our flagship aspenONE 11 solution offer benefits to customers through multi-plant optimization, integration of predictive analytics capabilities in maintenance with volume and scheduling, and aspenONE Engineering software enhancements. " ' Antonio Pietri, President and CEO of AspenTech '

Aspen Technology reported that aspenONE version 11 included localized user interfaces in many languages. AspenTech released localized software simultaneously with the release in English. AspenTech offers localized software as of aspenONE 7.3. If in the past localization was a separate task, now it has become an integral part of the software development process carried out in tandem with testing.

For global customers with industrial facilities and enterprises in different countries, localization can help ensure consistency and accuracy, allowing them to use the same software in all places. The availability of software in native languages ​ ​ provides greater access, since the use is not limited to native speakers, the developer claims.

"Aspen Plus software version 9.0 in Russian allowed us to quickly solve production problems and simulate technological processes, achieving the desired result in a shorter time frame. It is very important for us to have the latest localized version of AspenTech software that allows users to learn faster and use all available tools and their capabilities to the full. "

According to Aspen Technology, as of April 2019, almost 20 percent of the company's manufacturing and supply chain management customers use localized software. Engineering programs Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS and Aspen OnLine are available in Chinese, Japanese and Russian. Products such as Process Management Systems (MES), Advanced Process Management Systems (APC), and supply chain management software are available in some or all of the following languages:

• Chinese
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish

2018: Aspen Edge Connect and Cloud Connect Availability

On June 7, 2018, Aspen Technology, Inc., a software developer for optimizing production assets, announced the overall availability of Aspen Edge Connect and Aspen Cloud Connect software products as part of version 10.1 of the aspenONE software.

The Aspen Connect family of solutions creates a sustainable industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) infrastructure that scales from design to production, providing demanding low-touch applications for demanding enterprises based on high-performance analytics and machine learning. These applications work in a connected, high-performance data environment that is installed on customer devices or cloud computing, which optimizes network and storage.

Aspen Edge Connect software is hardware-agnostic, supports Linux Windows most peripherals, and works with state-of-the-art and legacy industrial controls to help avoid costly hardware replacement failures. Aspen Cloud Connect is server ON and supports a wide range of communication protocols for the collection, selection and analysis of data from historical archives, data lakes and other sources. Aspen Cloud Connect works with process, hardware, and enterprise data through aspenONE Manufacturing Execution (MES) and to Asset Performance Management (APM) support scalable, sustainable application deployment and development.

"The most important business solutions require reliable and useful information based on the data collected, which today is possible only through machine learning and analytical solutions. IIoT solutions supporting edge and cloud-based artificial intelligence are increasingly helping companies improve industrial asset reliability and operational efficiency, as well as maximize performance with lower costs and a stable level of product quality. Leading companies are already using the power of data science to generate profits and increase business sustainability. Aspen Edge Connect and Aspen Cloud Connect enable enterprises to achieve ROI by leveraging data to optimize industrial assets and achieve sustainable operational excellence. "

The Aspen Connect family is a complement to AspenTech 's industrial asset optimization software solutions that help companies expand their performance boundaries and manage assets more quickly, securely, and sustainably. AspenTech works with customers to extend the scope of optimization through a combination of manufacturing process modeling experience, advanced analytical solutions, and machine learning technologies.

2017

Release 10.1

On November 27, 2017, Aspen Technology, Inc. announced the release of software aspenONE version 10.1.

The technology in the AspenONE Engineering software package, Aspen Operator Training, provides seamless deployment of the operator and engineer training system using dynamic life cycle modeling, which allows you to perform online simulation for operator training (OTS), to ensure security throughout the life of the asset.

Aspen Operator Training integrates technologies acquired from the Inprocess Technology and Consulting Group with the Aspen HYSYS Dynamics dynamic simulator, offering easy-to-maintain OTS solutions that can predict the state of an industrial facility.

According to Aspen Technology, useful updates and improvements have become available for Aspen Capital Cost Estimator and Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating solutions, in addition to the latest code updates from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the comparison assistant version as part of the Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating solution. The Excel interface in Aspen Simulation Workbook has become compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit computers.

ON aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain 10.1 solutions are designed to optimize workflows and improve usability. ON for production management of aspenONE Manufacturing Execution Systems () MES allows to simplify transition from the standard solution of Process Explorer to aspenONE Process Explorer on the basis of a web interface.

Within ON version 10.1 aspenONE Asset Performance Management the solution of Aspen ProMV provides the increased accuracy of production control and forecasting effectiveness, reporting results through processes of batch operation of data.

aspenONE 10

This version of the aspenONE supports the entire process of evolution of the company from optimization of the production process to optimization of industrial assets, the next stage of optimization, which makes leading companies even better, leading to an increase in financial income over the entire life cycle of the asset.

The tenth version of the aspenONE software complex includes the aspenONE Asset Performance Management (APM) package, the industry's first complete set of tools for managing the efficiency of construction work, production processes and industrial equipment.

Features of the aspenONE Engineering Suite

This version of aspenONE Engineering software allows you to optimize the design of industrial assets, taking into account capital, energy factor, manageability, environmental friendliness, safety and profitability, while expanding the ability to work together, which leads to sustainable profitability.

• Specialized chemical and pharmaceutical companies are investing heavily in the rapid development and marketing of new products. Aspen Plus software in the tenth version of the aspenONE software suite extends the simulation from continuous to intermittent and semi-continuous performance tracking processes, helping companies accelerate the development of new products and optimize production to compete effectively in the market.
• Companies in the field of design, supply and construction (EPC) need to accelerate the implementation of projects and reduce risks in order to effectively compete in the market. Aspen Basic Engineering web-based software simplifies data integration during pre-design and engineering and improves collaboration between globally distributed teams.
• Processing plants face frequent operational changes and operational risks of assets. Rapid model calibration for enterprise production data is possible with Aspen Plus and Aspen Hysys, which are designed to support operational processes, reduce operating costs, and improve performance.

Features of aspenONE Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Building on the proven PIMS-AO engine, the new Aspen Unified PIMS software has a state-of-the-art web architecture with scalable, high-performance computing capabilities that allows you to interact more efficiently and draw more accurate conclusions about model performance. The first of the "Unified" family of products, with the help of which it is planned to unify the production process from planning to scheduling and performance monitoring, Aspen Unified PIMS will initially focus on a certain set of customers selected by the company for the release of the aspenONE version 10 software complex.

2016

aspenONE 9.1

Aspen Technology announced in November the transition to the sharing of software packages aspenONE Engineering, and aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain version 9.1.

The latest innovative solutions in the aspenONE Engineering package include Aspen Coil Wound Exchanger, with Aspen HYSYS integrated software. This comprehensive solution is aimed at rigorously modeling all cryogenic heat exchangers used in the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the level of equipment used, and the production process as a whole.

Given the fact that up to 40 percent of the energy used in the natural gas liquefaction process is consumed in the cooling process, system-wide optimization and elimination of bottlenecks in the entire LNG process offer ample opportunities to save energy and prevent unplanned downtime.

Updated databases and new models in the ACCE are available in release aspenONE v.9.1. Improvements in P&ID assembly and processing improve usability and accuracy of estimates, reflecting prior technical solutions, reducing the risk of capital investment.

aspenONE 9

In June 2016, Aspen Technology announced the release of the ninth version of the software solutions aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain. This version of the software allows companies working in the oil and gas and chemical industries, as well as project organizations to integrate work processes in production, and thus save millions of dollars.

Innovations in the V9 aspenONE help improve the performance of enterprise assets, as well as provide users with the opportunity to carry out design work and correct problems in a timely manner. Improved production reliability is achieved through more accurate analytical data on technical limitations and problems in production processes. aspenONE V9 keeps processes secure at a consistently high level throughout an object's lifecycle. This version of the software AspenTech provides a unified basis for the enterprise to achieve high performance and provides the following capabilities to processing companies:

• In practice, it is very difficult to ensure optimal operation of the distillation column, but otherwise the yield and quality of the product may decrease and the operating costs may increase. With the new Column Analysis technology in Aspen Hysys and Aspen Plus, engineers can easily analyze the performance of the hydraulic system and test the performance of the column, resulting in a 20% reduction in energy consumption, as well as savings measured by millions of dollars and achievable through improved quality and output.
• In the event of an emergency, billions of dollars worth of lives and assets are at risk. The technology of unloading of vessels BLOWDOWN™ which now is a part of the Aspen HYSYS module leading in the industry is used in more than 400 projects and allows to lower capital expenditure on productions of oil refining, gas and LNG.

Improved decision-making based on the process model. Consistent, accurate models underpin advanced manufacturing processes that increase profitability and reduce capital and operational costs.

• The updated PNZ planning model aspenONE implemented improved integration tools and work processes; thanks to it, process engineers can update planning models, and planners can easily and accurately increase profitability by analyzing the potential rate of return throughout the facility to 10%, or $20 million per year from one PNZ.
• The Sulsim technology at Aspen HYSYS ensures environmental compliance, cost reduction and product specification compliance when raw materials and operating conditions change, while eliminating bottlenecks in the gas processing plant.
• The latest innovations in Custom Modeling technology allow process engineers to simplify the implementation of specialized models in Aspen Plus, reducing the time to bring low-volume chemical products to the market through accelerated modeling of key technological processes.
• Schlumberger and AspenTech have jointly provided mutual integration between OLGA and Aspen HYSYS software, expanding the modeling capabilities of the entire oil and gas production asset to increase product output without risking the safety of the oil and gas production process. In addition, new mercury release capabilities at Aspen HYSYS help track and reduce harmful impurities, thus increasing equipment fault tolerance and reducing maintenance costs.

Processes using advanced APC systems with an intuitive user interface. In the ninth version of the software, the aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain module includes updated Aspen DMC3 Builder technology, which allows you to increase process efficiency by up to 30% by creating and implementing all AspenTech APC controllers at all stages of the project within a single platform. This allows faster development of controller models and the use of more engineers to increase knowledge and store information about manufacturing and technology, which increases the efficiency of implementing APC systems.

Expansion of the scheduling loop outside the refinery. By optimizing supply chains, the problem of meeting the demand for petroleum fuel can be effectively addressed, while production costs can be reduced and profits increased. at the same time, reducing costs and increasing the profitability of production. The new Map Monitor feature in the Aspen Fleet Optimizer (AFO) allows you to improve the visualization of scheduling plans using interactive web applications that provide up-to-date information about the movement of petroleum products on the map in real time.

2015: aspenONE 8.3

Release aspenONE 8.3 includes ON Aspen HYSYS - Acid Gas Cleaning functionality for modeling gas desulphurization units, as well as Pressure Safety Valve Sizing - a development acquired by PSVPlus, which allows process engineers to calibrate pressure relief valves, which is an important part of the entire modeling process.

"The

discharge process analysis tools simplify the evaluation of the petrochemical plant. Now we can quickly calculate the properties and condition of liquids for discharge, calibrate safety valves and generate the necessary documentation - and all this is available within the framework of HYSYS, "said Mehul Gandhi, senior process engineer, Petrofac. "This minimizes errors, improves product quality, and greatly accelerates our operations."

According to Aspen Technology, Acid Gas Cleaning and Pressure Safety Valve Sizing are part of Aspen HYSYS in a single modeling environment and are easy to use. They allow you to more quickly optimize the production, processing and transportation of oil and gas, as well as initially model objects that differ in a higher level of safety.

"Acid Gas Cleaning is a big step forward in modeling and process optimization in the gas industry," said Paolo Kari, a process engineer at Saipem. - Application of this software will certainly help accelerate the modelling process. By using Acid Gas Cleaning with HYSYS software package tools such as Activated Economics and Activated Energy, we will also be able to optimize the operation of the entire plant while reducing energy costs. "

2014: aspenONE Manufacturing & Supply Chain

• AspenONE Supply Chain

The new Adaptive Process Management (APC) feature in the APC aspenONE automates many tasks that, under the traditional approach, required the involvement of service personnel in the process. Thanks to the functionality of APC, processes are automatically adjusted to new technological conditions. Companies can achieve stable, high-efficiency process management by adapting systems, the AspenTech says.

Aspen PIMS Platinum is the newest product in the aspenONE Petroleum Supply Chain for production planning in the refining industry. Allows specialists to work together to create optimal plans. The tools of this software module provide the opportunity to visualize and evaluate different scenarios according to production data in order to make the right and profitable solutions for the enterprise.

The Aspen Collaborative Demand Manager user interface provides the detailed information customers need to meet various projected needs. Continuous manufacturing enterprises can improve demand estimation accuracy to improve customer service, reduce excess inventory, and provide more accurate data when making purchase decisions.

2013: aspenONE 8

The aspenONE V8 complex includes Aspen HYSYS, solid modeling technology (acquired during the takeover of SolidSime in 2012), integrated into Aspen Plus, a new Aspen PIMS Platinum solution, a new version of Aspen Collaborative Demand Manager software, as well as innovative functionality in the field of advanced process control and technological analysis.

Thanks to the updated aspenONE V8 software, beginners and employees who use process management systems irregularly will quickly learn the functionality of the product, and experienced professionals will be able to take advantage of a number of new features. "This is an important factor for companies operating in the manufacturing sectors, which often lack skilled personnel," the AspenTech said. - Improvements of aspenONE V8 in the field of usability and visualization of processes simplify sharing of a system, at the same time reducing terms of implementation of projects and increasing labor productivity".

This version of Aspen HYSYS, a process modeling software product, brings additional user-friendly features to the simulation process with an improved interface, streamlined workflows, and interactive analysis tools. Thanks to the new HYSYS, it is possible to simplify and accelerate the simulation of optimized production processes in the oil and gas industry - from raw materials production to refining.

The integration of SolidSim technology into the Aspen Plus modeling environment made it possible to combine the previously separated modeling processes of solids and liquids. Thanks to this, for the first time it is possible to comprehensively optimize all processes of oil and gas production, the AspenTech emphasized.

At the same time, Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS have added a new feature - "Activation," which allows technologists to effectively assess the potential for saving energy and reducing costs. For example, by using the Activate button, technologists can quickly determine the cost of changing a project in order to reduce energy consumption, reduce project development time, and save operational costs in the future.

2012: Tracking and reducing CO2 emissions

As you know, manufacturers of the processing industry regularly have to face toughening legal requirements, with an increase in fines for harmful emissions and with an increase in operating costs. However, using Aspen Plus software, customers are AspenTech able to turn these time challenges into real competitive advantages due to the achieved reduction in energy consumption and penalties for pollution, as well as by creating alternative fuels from harmful emissions, the company said.

For example, with the help of the process simulation system Aspen Plus, which is part of the software and technology complex aspenONE Engineering, it is possible to build more accurate models of processes for catching chemically pure coal and creating biological fuels using a comprehensive database of physical properties. Advanced amine solvent models allow users to more accurately predict the results of a controlled process, and with the help of new Aspen Plus models they can improve their development, optimizing them according to the criteria of minimum energy consumption and carbon output.

In addition, the latest functional software enhancements help the processing industry easily achieve compliance by simplifying the procedures for tracking and calculating CO2 emissions from all sources of environmental pollution, the AspenTech emphasized. Based on such calculations, technologists can optimize their projects and plans by rationally choosing energy sources and energy consumption strategies that reduce carbon emissions in technological processes.

"The flexible modeling tools provided by Aspen Plus allow us to implement an innovative approach to simulating our bioprocess of carbon conversion generated in the production process," he said. Eric Dunlop (EricDunlop), president of Pan Pacific Technologies. "We have the ability to view many different scenarios of this transformation on the model, changing production volumes and current design restrictions, which helps us to correctly determine the physical and economic viability of alternative technologies."

The extensions also make Aspen Plus a preferred system for reducing harmful emissions through innovative carbon capture processes and its subsequent use in biomass and biofuel synthesis processes. Being a widely used simulation system of the above processes, Aspen Plus can ensure the conversion of CO2 from a pollutant to a stored biofuel, the company claims.

2011: aspenONE 7.3

The updates affected both aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing & Supply Chain and include new solutions for optimal process and supply chain management, Aspen Technology said in a statement.

Aspen HYSYS Upstream offers a new proprietary conceptual design module, which is able to quickly create models of oil production facilities, reducing possible risks when evaluating various design options for technological equipment at the process design stage.

With Aspen Energy Analyzer, companies can calculate energy efficiency in just a few minutes using Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus. Aspen Energy Analyzer uses pinch analysis techniques to identify and compare different ways to achieve energy efficiency targets.

The Aspen DMCplus Advanced Process Management (APC) platform is now able to coordinate larger and more complex applications such as those in olefin production.

The Aspen Petroleum Scheduler gasoline supply planning and mixing optimization modules of Aspen MBO, in turn, provide the user with increased productivity and facilitate working with an integrated full-featured interface. Microsoft Excel

Finally, the new Aspen InfoPlus.21 Mobile software module transfers the functionality of the IP.21 system to mobile devices, and Apple iPad iPhone Blackberry to access operational information from anywhere in the world.

"We continue to focus on innovative development of our software solutions for the needs of production and support of the supply network," said Manolis Kotsabasakis, executive vice president of AspenTech. "The new version of aspenONE is literally replete with all kinds of innovations that will help our customers improve their production and financial results."