Following a kick-off meeting in Chicago June 20-21, 2006 a new Special Interest Group (SIG) has been formed: the Refinery Reactors SIG. Its charter for 2006 has been approved. The SIG will revise and develop the necessary CAPE-OPEN interface standards for the use of Refinery Reactor models in Process Modelling Environments. Ignasi PALOU-RIVERA (BP) has been designated as leader of the Refinery Reactors SIG.
The meeting gathered representatives from Shell Global Solutions International BV, Fantoft Process Technologies AS, SimSci-ESSCOR, Honeywell Process Solutions, AspenTech and BP Refining Technology as well as CO-LaN CTO.
Shell emphasized the importance of standard interfaces for refinery reactors:
- Why Refinery Reactors?
Thermo – Simulation Vendor, In-house and 3rd party
Non-conversion Unit Operations – Simulation Vendor, In-house and 3rd party
Conversion Unit Operations – Simulation Vendor, In-house and 3rd party
Reactors
Blenders
(Re)characterisation
Refinery Inspection Properties
Blend Refinery Inspection Properties
Crude Assays
- Speed
Deployment of new releases, of any and all components
Developing new releases
- Simplicity
Support, more effective use of helpdesk
Licensing
Minimise development of specific interfaces and versions
- Standardisation
Re-use of IP in multiple environments
Promote in-house standardisation
Single source for multiple applications