&Features

Benefits

APEX, based on a distributed interactive architecture, builds a new customized

formation full of openness, sharing, integration, co-creation and synergy. Users

can re-develop the customized part on APEX platform. The software is integrated

with special property methods library, thermodynamic library, kinetics, unit

operation model, solver and other libraries, which are provided to all users

including model providers as a whole product.

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The future plant must be an intelligent plant

that can be described by model.

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Thermodynamics

Custom

model

Physical

properties

EO

BIP

Solvers Custom

physical

properties

Distribution

Custom

solver

GUI

Devices

Kinetics

Knowledge

sharing

Model

application

Achievement

transformation

Process

innovation Opening

Co-creation

Integration

Custom

parameters

Physical

properties

Interface

Initial

estimation

strategy

Solvers

Distribution

Unit

models

EO

SUPCON Gene

Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

Kinetics

Partner Gene

Custom

physical

properties

Custom

model

Co-construction &

Co-sharing System

Engineering

Design

Plannig &

Scheduling

Real-time

Optimization

Advanced

Process Control Digital Twins

· Process planning

· Parameter estimation

· De-bottleneck

· Redesign

· Less step test

· Safe and stable

· Precise soft sensor

· Less step test

· Safe and stable

· Precise soft sensor

· Plant-wide benefits

maximizing

· Operation scheduling

· Unit benefits maximizing

· Operating parameters

optimizaion

Design phase Operation phase New production format

Through Equation-Oriented modeling methodology and open interfaces, APEX

supports data interaction with Advanced Process Control System, plant

information management system, digital twins system and other systems, and

facilitates the construction of model-based intelligent plant along the whole life

Lifecycle Model Service

Traditional plant

Experience

Difficult to control accurately

Over-reliance on experience

Difficult to impart and inherit

Technology

Rapid development and innovation

High-level integration

Technical Barrier in process industry

Data

Smarter planning and scheduling

Faster guide and adjust units

Real-time monitor plant operations

Model

Inter-disciplinary talents

Experience into model

Model sharing

Knowledge sharing

Intelligent plant

Be Excellence For ALL By Modeling

Equation-Oriented

Methdology

eXcellence

Extensible Model Services

for Life-cycle Applications

eXtension

Open Ecosystem for

Unlimited Value Expansion

eXpansion

Advanced Process Engineering

eXpert (APEX)

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General process simulation software is the cornerstone in the development of

modern process industry.

APEX software has the ability to simulate and predict the process through the

construction of flowsheet, which makes it an essential tool in R&D, design and

operation through the whole life cycle of modern process enterprise. This also

determines its irreplaceable place in the digital transformation of process industry.

SUPCON has been devoted itself to the process industry for 30 years. With

accumulation of abundant theoretical knowledge, experience and technology,

it has paved the way to the launching of Advanced Process Engineering eXpert

(APEX). APEX is a general process simulation software based on

Equation-Oriented Methodology. It aims to enable enterprises to reduce costs

and increase efficiency throughout the life cycle.

APEX software platform takes

distributed service cluster as the core,

and can be configured to run on

standalone server or multiple cloud

servers. All end users can access the

same service cluster at the same time,

which is convenient for collaborative

work. APEX supports Windows, Linux

and Mac OS.

Supported with abundant thermodynamic method library, unit model library, and

properties library.

Driven by Equation-Oriented Methodology which is different from the traditional

sequential modular methodology, APEX is more efficient and effective in

simulation and optimization. With the construction of variable and equations, the

unique initial value strategy, variable attribute alternation, connection strategy,

degree of freedom analysis and objective function configuration, APEX can easily

deal with complex processes and multiple application scenarios.

Functional Architecture

Equations of state such as PR, SRK, RK,

BWRS, HOC, etc.

Activity coefficient equations such as

NRTL, WILSON, UNIQUAC, UNIFAC, etc.

Other equations such as IF97, etc.

Flexible configuration that supports

property method to improve simulation

accuracy

Oil & gas industry: physical property analysis, oil & gas separation, etc.

Refining and petrochemical: CDU, CCR, HCR, FCC, PX, PTA, ethylene, etc.

Chemical industry: MEG, PO/SM, MTO, synthetic ammonia, glyphosate, etc.

The model consists of primary distillation

column, atmospheric column, vacuum

column and three sets of heat exchange

networks

There are more than 50,000 variables and

50,000 equations in total

The solve time is no more than 1 minute

Crude Distillation Unit (CDU)

Source (3): Material source, Oil source and Heat source

General separator (4): Flash2, Flash3, Decanter, Component separator

Column (3): Distillation Column without condenser&reboiler, Extract Column,

Distillation Column

Heat transfer (2): Heater, Heat flux,

Splitter/Mixer (3): Mixer, Splitter, Heat Mixer

Pressure related modules (3): Compressor, Turbine, Pump

Reactor (4): Stoichiometric Reactor, Yield Reactor, CSTR, PFR

Other modules (4): Measurement, Analyzer, Calculator, Hierarchy

Advanced

calculation

engine

Enhanced Equationoriented modelling

methods

Thermos library Units library Properties library

Plentiful

model

libraries

Open

interfaces

Solving

modes Simulation Calibration

One-button modelling Attribute alternation Degree of freedom

Initial estimation strategy Connection strategy Objective function

Reconcilation Optimization

PR

MXBONNEL

HOC

Property interface Thermo interface Unit interface API interface OPC interface CAPE OPEN

IF97

UNIFAC CSTR

COLUMN

HOCDECANT

FLASH3

PFR Petro cutting

strategy

Interaction

parameter

Henry's constant

IF97Functional

group

Pure components

The composition of reaction products is very sensitive to reaction conditions, such

as temperature, hydrogen-to-oil ratio, composition of raw materials, etc.

Use 50 lumping components model to represent the composition of raw materials

and products, together with reaction networks and Equation-oriented techniques,

to calculate the best reation condition.

Continuous Catalytic Reforming Unit (CCR)

Reaction network consist of 301 reforming reactions：

9 alkane isomerization reactions

26 alkane dehydrogenation cyclization reactions

6 cycloalkane isomerization (ring expansion) reactions

9 cycloalkane dehydroaromatization reactions

59 hydrogenolysis reactions

35 cycloalkane dealkylation reactions

79 hydrocracking reactions

36 aromatic dealkylation reactions

6 polymerization reactions

36 coking reactions

Support characterized calculation and general calculation of assay and blend

Support light ends analysis

Support interpolation and extrapolation methods of distillation data

Support property methods of pseudocomponent

Support automatic acquisition of physical properties of the pseudocomponents,

such as volume fraction, mass fraction, mole fraction, NBP, API, SG, UOPK, MW, TC,

PC, OMEGA(Acentric factor), etc.

Automatic display of distillation curve

Process

Specification

R&D

Chemistry

Chemistry

Design

Process Principle

Products

Operation

Raw Materials

Intelligent

Plant

Redesign

Traditional Plant

Process can be described

by software

System Architecture Applications

Thermodynamic Algorithm

Crude Oil Cutting Block

Unit Operation Modules

Computing

server

Interactive

server

Network

server

Physical

Property

server

Petroleum

server Model

server

Windows OS

Linux OS Mac OS

From stand-alone to cloud