Check out the distributed dynamic process simulator in
PureWaterlab's
Division 3. This provides for simulation of chemical process plants
with units
located locally on your client computer or remotely on a server.
Messages passed between local and remote units are sent in
platform-independent XML text, so the units on each end can be written
in different software on different computer hardware. Our future goal
is to allow groups in different universities to collaborate on plant
simulations.
Features:
- interactive simulations engage students in active
learning
- the power of a desktop application plus web access ~ SimzLab
is a "rich Internet application"
- use on- or off-line on Windows PCs or Macs
- automatic update of files when on-line
- students collaborate in the conference room
- used by students from over 100 countries
since 2003
Courses:
- ReactorLab ~
simulations of
chemical reactors, see www.reactorlab.net see a screen capture below
- PureWaterLab ~
water purification
and reuse, see www.purewaterlab.org
Get SimzLab:
- Windows version
(4-September-2008, 3.2 MB)
- Mac OS X version
(4-September-2008, 4.4 MB)
Questions? Email:
support at SimzLab dot com
Development of SimzLab
has been supported by the U.S. National
Science Foundation through
awards including DUE-0443044.
Below is a screen capture from ReactorLab which shows a parallel
reaction system in a batch reactor. The contents of the reactor are
plotted continuously on the right side of the window (1 min of
simulation time in 10 s real time). The user can change kinetic
parameters, open and close valves, pause and resume the reaction and
the simulation, and save data to disk files for analysis.

The author of SimzLab
is Richard K. Herz. Courses distributed via SimzLab may have
separate authorship.