LONDON--()--Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), the Advanced Process Modelling company and provider of the world-leading gPROMS modelling platform and ModelCare services, today announced the release of gSOLIDS 2.0, a second-generation integrated drag & drop graphical flowsheeting environment for model-based engineering and optimisation of solids processes.
Developed in conjunction with Procter & Gamble, Pfizer and Novozymes, gSOLIDS is aimed at process engineers and scientists in industries where particulate processes play an integral part, such as pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, agrochemicals, food processing, consumer goods and minerals and mining.
Ben Weinstein, section head of Corporate Function R&D Modeling & Simulation at Procter & Gamble, says: “a key advantage of gSOLIDS is that it allows our modellers to develop dynamic models of complex processes and apply them to analyse process dynamics.” The ability to exploit optimisation-based capabilities such as parameter estimation and dynamic optimisation using accurate models means that it is possible, for example, to determine optimal operating procedures. “This ultimately gives us a better likelihood that when we start up a new product line it will work as planned” says Weinstein.
Sean Bermingham, VP of PSE’s Solids strategic business, says “This second-generation tool establishes PSE firmly at the forefront of advanced process modelling for solids processing, an area where significant scientific and economic benefits can be achieved by combining modelling and experimental approaches.”
New in gSOLIDS 2.0 is the ability to handle multiple solid phases, each with its own particle size distribution and size dependent composition, plus numerous new unit operation models. In addition there are enhancements to a number of gSOLIDS’ unique capabilities, such as the use of dynamic modelling to handle batch, continuous and hybrid processes; advanced parameter estimation and optimisation capabilities; and integration with PSE’s leading gCRYSTAL advanced process modelling software and gas-liquid process models to enable simultaneous whole-process design and optimisation.
Bermingham says “Our Advisory Board and close collaboration with leading research consortia such as C-SOPS enable us to incorporate the latest developments rapidly and facilitate knowledge transfer between academia and industry. The advances in usability brought by gSOLIDS 2.0 now make these game-changing benefits accessible to a growing community of engineers and scientists.”