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4.2 EXCEL based macros (ProPred, CAPECDB Manager)
Two EXCEL based software has been developed to further facilitate the use of ICAS-
ProPred and the CAPEC-database. EXCEL-ProPred, the user opens the EXCEL macro and
then performs different property calculations through ProPred. Here, the EXCEL
spreadsheets become the working area and ProPred is the property calculator.
In the CAPECDB Manager, the EXCEL macro helps the user in the search for data
available in the CAPEC database. A new feature to this database is the availability of
azeotropic data. A solvents database consisting of information on approximately 1400
solvents has been added.
4.3 UNIFAC-Utility
KT-UNIFAC-utility is a program that helps the user to check the consistency of UNIFAC
groups, their parameter values and the representation of the molecules with the UNIFAC
groups. For a specified mixture, the program determines the UNIFAC group information
and passes the relevant data to ICAS for use in TML and other tools.
4.4 Special ICAS-based software (ICAS-PAT, SustainPro, vPPD-lab)
4.4.1 ICAS-PAT
ICAS-PAT is an EXCEL based software that designs and/or analyzes a process monitoring
system, given the process information. It has a built-in knowledge base of information
about process operations, the variables that need to be measured, the variables that need to
be monitored and the equipments that could be used. It also has a library of models that
may be needed to supplement the data available for the process under investigation. The
library models are run through ICAS-MoT. The EXCEL macro guides the user through an
established work-flow based on the systematic methodology developed by Singh et al. (see
PEC08-05). A manual and several solved case studies are available. Figure 4.5a highlights
the main features of ICAS-PAT.
Process analysis
Performance
analysis of
monitoring tools
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Sensitivity
analysis
Interdependency
analysis
Figure 4.5a: Overview of the main features of ICAS-PAT.