N auka P rzyroda T echnologie

2007
Tom 1
Zeszyt 4
Dzia: Nauki o ywnoci i ywieniu
ISSN 1897-7820 http://www.npt.up-poznan.net/tom1/zeszyt4/art_50.pdf
Copyright Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej im. Augusta Cieszkowskiego w Poznaniu

ATA NAL1, SEMH TLES2

1
Department of Computer Engineering
2
Department of Food Engineering
Ege University Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

ENGINEERING SOFTWARES
USED IN THE FOOD ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Summary. The aim of the presented article is to present some selected personal-computer soft-
wares used in the food engineering. These selected programs are friendly for the use by students
but also enough professional to be usable for practical tasks in food technology.

Key words: food, engineering, software, processing, technology

Introduction

Food engineering is the application of engineering, science and technology to the

processing, manufacture, production, new product development, evaluation, distribution
and packaging of food products. It integrates and applies knowledge within the disci-
plines of chemistry, engineering, biology, and nutrition to preserve, process, package,
and distribute foods that are nutritious, wholesome, affordable, desirable, and safe to
eat.
Food Engineering students have training in basic sciences such as mathematics,
physics, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry,
microbiology, etc. They also study the computer science in food engineering, the chemi-
cal composition of food and food ingredients; their physical, biological and biochemical
properties; the microbiology of foods; and the interaction of food constituents with each
other and their environment.
Software has a critical role in all aspects of the development cycle from discovery
from diffusion. Basic studies are affected by software, as literature searches, database
inquiries, and inter-student exchanges are usually performed through software. Soft-
ware, therefore, determines the data students get and the questions they ask. Product
developments and designs are greatly influenced by software such as CAD/CAM, and
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software can play an especially important role when physical experiments for food
engineering students are dangerous or impossible. The aim of this paper is to show the
importance of software for food engineering students and also for chemical engineering
students.

Education & Processes & Softwares

The use of software in food engineering education focuses on the application and
adaptation of processes and technologies in food industry to the classroom. A typical
food engineering course consists of a series of lectures along with a small associated
class project, but it is insufficient, on its own, to effectively communicate the complex,
fundamental dynamics underlying real-world food engineering processes.
Engineering software used in food engineering processes introduces and lays out
plans for a detailed, graphical, fully interactive educational food engineering simulation
environment that teaches the processes in a practical manner without the time and scope
constraints of an actual class project. In order to make simulation a successful educa-
tional tool, this engineering software must be based on an appropriate economic model,
must consist of the correct fundamental procedures of food engineering, and must
encode them quantitatively into accurate mathematical relationships, thereby correctly
embodying and portraying all of the various factors, dynamics, and cause-and-effect
relationships present in the food engineering processes. It should combine high quality
modelling and visualization with powerful methods to analyse and predict the properties
and behaviour of biological and chemical systems. These powerful methods should
include molecular mechanics, quantum mechanics, mesoscale modeling, instrument
simulation, etc., and statistical correlations. Table 1 contains the name, web-addresses
and short informations of some process softwares used in food engineering education.

Table 1. Engineering Software for Food Engineering Education

Engineering Process Tools Unique collection of online and free engineering Free software (online),
http://www.processassoci- and scientific tools/calculation aids user friendly, useful
ates.com/process/tools. for education purposes*
htm

GTT's Technical Thermo- Source of information on the application of techni- Sale software (demo
chemistry Web Page cal thermochemistry. Focuses on software (Chem- possible), user friendly,
http://gttserv.lth.rwth- Sage, ChemApp, and ChemSage-Teach) useful for education
aachen.de/~sp/tt/ purposes*

NASA Glenn Equilibrium
Program (CEA)
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/
WWW/CEAWeb
Computer program for calculation of complex Free software, user frien-
chemical equilibrium compositions; applications dly, useful for education
include properties for assigned thermodynamic purposes*
states, rocket performance, thermal transport
properties, thermodynamic properties, Chapman-
Jouguet detonations, and shock wave calculations
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Free Online Applications Interactive online engineering applications to assist Free software (online),
for Engineering Design you in designing, constructing, and maintaining user friendly, useful
http://www.freecalc.com your facility; current categories: Liquid & Gas for education purposes*
Flow, Pumps, Heat Transfer, Vessels & Tanks,
Valve & Piping, Civil/Structural
Prode Software for chemical engineering and process Sale softwares, useful
http://www.prode.com/ industries, PPP integrates with Microsoft Excel, for education purposes*
Visual Basic, and Lotus 1-23 for quick and rigor-
ous process simulation, PD-Plus is a low cost
simulator for petrochemical processes
Computational Dynamics Software for calculations for heat exchange, software (online), useful
Ltd. chemical processes, stirred tanks, mixing vessels, for education purposes*
http://www.cd.co.uk static mixers, and cyclones
CACHE Corporation A not-for-profit organization whose purpose Free software (online),
(Computer Aids is to promote cooperation among universities, user friendly, useful for
for Chemical Engineering industry and government in the development education purposes*
http://www.che.utexas.edu and distribution of computer-related and/or tech-
/cache/ nology-based educational aids for the chemical
engineering profession
ChemicaLogic Corpora- Thermodynamic Properties of Steam, moist Air, Sale softwares (demo
tion CO2 can be calculated with given software tools possible), user friendly,
http://www.chemicalogic. and excel add-ons useful for education
com/ purposes*
C&R Technologies Products and services in the areas of heat transfer Sale software, user frien-
http://www.crtech.com and fluid system design and analysis dly, useful for education
purposes*
Astron International Inc. Custom software development Sale softwares, useful
http://www.astroninc.com for education purposes*
MultiSimplex Software for experimental design and optimiza- Sale software (demo
http://www.grabitech.com tion, with sequential design of experiments possible), user friendly,
to optimize products, processes, and chemical useful for education
analytical methods purposes*
Ask a Chemical Engineer Features a large list of Links to software related Sale softwares (demo
http://www.askache.com/ to ChE possible), user friendly,
AskaChEp.htm#thermo&c useful for education
hemical%20soft. purposes*
Control Station Software for process dynamic modeling Sale softwares (demo
http://www.controlstation. and simulation, PID controller tuning, possible), user friendly,
com and practitioner training useful for education
purposes*
G&P Engineering Soft- Chemical physical property data base and property Sale softwares (demo
ware: Chemical Engineer- estimation tool possible), user friendly,
ing, Physical Properties, useful for education
Property Estimation purposes*
http://gpengineeringsoft.
com
Process Ace Software Palm OS hand-held computer software for Process Sale softwares (demo
http://www.processacesoft & Mechanical Engineers. Titles include Gas Fired possible), user friendly,
ware.com Heater Calculations, Process Ace Steam Properties, useful for education
Pump Calculations and Steam Turbine Calculations purposes*
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QMC Offers a wide range of programs for analysis Free and sale softwares,
http://www.qmc.net and simulation of equipment and process plants; user friendly, useful
ranging from data mining, engineering, data recon- for education purposes*
ciliation, equipment design to dynamic simulation;
detailed description of programs and various
papers on simulation and analysis topics
FEMLAB Chemical The module provides tailored interfaces Sale softwares, useful
Engineering Module for MATLAB for problems involving momentum, for education purposes*
http://www.femlab.com/ mass and heat transport coupled with chemical
chem reactions
ChemEng Software De- Offers a number of chemical and mathematical Sale softwares (demo
sign programs including property calculations, simple possible), user friendly,
http://www.cesd.com/ process simulation and a equation solver useful for education
purposes*
Chempute Software For Pipe Stress Analysis, Pressure Vessel Design, Sale softwares, user
http://www.chempute.com Process Flowsheet Simulation and Cost Estimating friendly, useful for educa-
/main.htm#CHEMICAL% tion purposes*
20ENGINEERING
TDS Web Site TDS has information services and software prod- Sale softwares, useful
http://www.tds-tds.com ucts for chemical, health and safety and environ- for education purposes*
mental engineers
OLI systems Inc. Provides process simulation tools for oil fields, Sale software (demo
http://www.olisystems. wastewater treatment, chemical processing plant possible), user friendly,
com/ operation and optimization, reactive separations, useful for education
and environmental simulations; extensive database purposes*
of aqueous electrolyte chemistry
Kintecus Homepage Modeling software to simulate the chemical kinet- Free software, user frien-
http://www.kintecus.com ics of combustion, nuclear enzymatic, catalyst- dly, useful for education
reactor and many other chemical reactions purposes*
Katmar Software Shareware programs for properties of ice, water Free software, user frien-
http://www.katmarsoftware. and steam; packed column hydraulics; project risk dly, useful for education
com analysis purposes*
ChemiSoft A Community on the Internet for Chemical Engi- Free software, user frien-
http://www.chemisoft.com neers (Development of Software, Computational dly, useful for education
Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Analysis, Computer purposes*
Programming
Tencon Software Solu- Software for calculating properties of water Sale software (demo
tions & steam, unit connversion, digitising paper graphs possible), user friendly,
http://www.tencon.nl and the properties of coolants useful for education
purposes*
Software Tools for Proc- List of software tools on Process Integration, Sale softwares (demo
ess Integration and user's experiences with those tools possible), useful for
http://www.technology.no are presented education purposes*
vem.nl/process-
integration/
CAFLUR A Chemical Reactor Analysis Tool; it can generate Sale software, useful
http://caflur.sourceforge. a HTML file with tables and graphics of Residence for education purposes*
net Time Distributions; it can calculate conversions
for both linear and non-linear systems,
with and without flow model; and the parameters
for some non-ideal flow models (tanks in series,
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FlowPhase Software Inc.
http://www.flowphase.
com
Reliability Safety Soft-
ware
http://www.reliability-
safety-software.com
Pulmodel Programs Computer simulation for pultrusion of composite
http://users.volja.net/pulm profiles
odel/index.htm
Thermal Analysis Systems
LLC
http://www.cuservices.net/
software.htm
Chemb Consulting &
Environmental
http://chemb.com.au/
e-fficiency
https://www.amsperforma
ncemonitor.com/
Korf Hydraulics
http://www.korf.co.uk
HeatHit A 3D heat transfer simulation program
http://www.raczynski.com for arbitrary body shapes
/pn/heathit.htm
Softbits Consultants
http://www.softbits.co.uk/
Combustion Emission
Simulation Software
http://www.geocities.com/
combusem/COMBUSEM.
HTM
DataPro
http://www.cesd.com/data
page.htm
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VLEFlash is a package for performing multicom- Sale softwares (demo
ponent single-stage equilibrium calculations; possible), user friendly,
also offers programs for compressor design, useful for education
quick pipe sizing and for predicting the fluid phase purposes*
equilibria in natural gas-water systems, in particu-
lar sour natural gas
Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Sale software, useful
and Safety Software for education purposes*
Free software, user frien-
dly, useful for education
purposes*
A series of twenty-six engineering programs Sale softwares, useful
for the engineer who specifies, operates, or tests for education purposes*
power plant components or process equipment
or evaluates energy alternatives; includes heat
transfer, fluid flow and rotating equipment
Provides comprehensive process engineering Free softwares, useful
and consulting services throughout the chemical- for education purposes*
process industry; distribution of engineering
and scientific software products specialising
in process simulation and modelling, equipment
design and statistical process analysis
Web-based Plant Equipment Performance Moni- Sale software, useful
toring of Gas Turbines, Steam Turbines, Compres- for education purposes*
sors and other Turbo and Rotating Machinery
Fluid flow calculations for process industry; Sale softwares (demo
description of program abilities and screenshots possible), user friendly,
useful for education
purposes*
Free software, user frien-
dly, useful for education
purposes*
Supplies Flaresim, a process simulation and analy- Sale software, useful
sis program for the design of flare systems in the for education purposes*
offshore oil and gas industry; they also provide
consultancy services
COMBUSEM allows the user to determine Sale software (demo
the emission impact of several combustion units, possible), user friendly,
such as boilers, and furnaces; the software also useful for education
performs atmospheric dispersion analysis of the purposes*
effluent gas
Chemical compound information and estimation of Sale software (demo
chemical compound data; includes Periodic Table, possible), user friendly,
physical and thermodynamic data useful for education
purposes*
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Intelligent Optimization Specializes in advanced process control, multivari- Sale software (demo
Group able predictive control, real-time optimization, possible), useful
http://intellopt.com expert systems and neural networks for the refin- for education purposes*
ing and chemical processes, completed and avail-
able training courses
Kinematrix Software Providing chemical engineering software solutions Sale software (demo
http://www.kinematrix. to everyday engineering needs possible), user friendly,
com useful for education
purposes*
Cheminform St-Petersburg Methodology and software for experimental data Free software, user
(CISP) Ltd. processing, kinetics evaluation and reactor simula- friendly, useful for educa-
http://www.cisp.spb.ru/ tion; description of software and company, tion purposes*
with list of references; downloads of software
and manuals
AQUAlibrium A software package for predicting the fluid phase Sale software (demo
http://www.telusplanet.net equilibria in natural gas-water systems, in particu- possible), user friendly,
/public/jcarroll/AQUA. lar sour natural gas useful for education
HTM purposes*
ControlSim Spreadsheet ControlSim is a simulation of a PID controller Sale software (demo
based simulation of PID and a simple process model used for training possible), useful for
controller and process and practice in controller tuning, for purchase education purposes*
http://www.jashaw.com/ and download from site
ebooks/simorder.html
Thorn Technologies Thorn Technologies, along with Simulation Solu- Sale software (demo
http://www.thornti.com tions, provide Windows based chemical process possible), user friendly,
simulators integrated with performance analysis useful for education
tools purposes*
Inventech Ltd. Provides details of software products for process Free software, user frien-
http://www.inventech.co. engineers, specialising in the application of vac- dly, useful for education
uk uum, condensers and thermocompressors to proc- purposes*
ess inductry
CemoS Chemical expo- A model developed for prediction of fate Free software, user frien-
sure model System and distribution of hazardous chemicals released dly, useful for education
http://www.usf.uni- to the environment, from the University purposes*
osnabrueck.de/projects/ of Osnabrck; the model is available
CemoS/CemoS.en.html for download; a textbook is available for order
Heat Integration Free Pinch technology software to learn and apply Free software, user frien-
http://www.heatintegration. pinch technology to the design of heat exchanger dly, useful for education
com/index.html networks purposes*
Adaptive Resources Supply advanced regulatory control technology; Sale software, useful
http://www.adaptiveresour products include the adaptive model-predictive for education purposes*
ces.com/ regulatory controller and a modeling and simula-
tion tool to create process models and predict
process behaviour
WaveOne Provides online chemical engineering software Sale software, useful
http://www.waveone.com including free thermodynamics packages for education purposes*
for predicting various states
Technical Spreadsheet Chemical engineering specific spreadsheet that Sale software (demo
from Kinematrix allows unit conversion and complex calculations possible), useful for
http://www.technicalsprea education purposes*
dsheet.com/
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Gaseq Chemical Equilib- A free Windows program for combustion related Free software, user frien-
rium Program chemical equilibrium calculations: flame tempera- dly, useful for education
http://www.c.morley.ukgat tures, compositions, shocks and detonations purposes*
eway.net/
Sulphuric Engineering package for the design and simulation Free software, user frien-
http://sulphuric.tripod. of plants producing sulphuric acid and related dly, useful for education
com/ products; capabilities include material and energy purposes*
balance, temperature and pressure calculations,
and optimizing operating parameters
Algor Fluid flow analysis Sale software (demo
http://www.algor.com/pro possible), useful
ducts/Profes1732/default. for education purposes*
asp
DryInf Dryer type selection, incl. waste water treatment; Sale software (demo
http://www.geocities.com/ program description and development; download possible), useful
thedryinf/ trial version for education purposes*
PE 2000 for Windows Windows program for calculating fluid phase Free software, user frien-
http://www.tu-harburg.de equilibria in systems with up to 10 components dly, useful for education
/vt2/pe2000/ and 3 coexisting phases using 45 different equa- purposes*
tions of state
The Web Page of MTB Free Software for the chemical engineering found Free software, user frien-
http://www.geocities.com/ on the web; only FREEWARE programs dly, useful for education
manueltb/page8.html purposes*
Engineer's Toolbox Collection of online calculations which includes Free software (online),
http://www.tasonline.co.za pumps, pipelines, area, volume, surface, unit user friendly, useful
/toolbox/index.htm conversion, and material properties for education purposes*
Vapor Pressure of Binary Downloadable spreadsheet to help find the vapor Free software, user frien-
Mixture pressure of binary liquid mixtures with minimal dly, useful for education
http://www.fortunecity. inputs; the spreadsheet is based on Excel 97; purposes*
com/campus/german/207/ complete with a comprehensive list of Antoine
vpmix.html Equation constants needed for the calculations
Xware Automation Develops technical software specifically Sale software, useful
http://www.xware.nl for the AC and temperature measurement markets; for education purposes*
software offered include Mollier h/x diagram,
Steam/water properties, Thermowell calculations,
heat gain/loss calculations for buidings
and Refrigerant line calculations
Deerhaven Technical Information on the PD-PLUS Chemical Process Sale software (demo
Software Simulator for steady-state modeling of chemical, possible), useful
http://www.deerhaventech. petrochemical, and refinery systems for education purposes*
com
EFFTech Engineering Software and simulators for industrial equipment, Sale software (demo
Software polymers, quality control, and engineering educa- possible), useful for
http://www.efftech.eng.br/ tion education purposes*
WWW Virtual Library Software and other information resources relevant Free and sale software,
Process Modelling to chemical and process engineering useful for education
http://www.che.ufl.edu// purposes*
WWW-CHE/topics/
modeling.html
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Computer Toolbox A collection of computing tools for chemical Free software, user frien-
http://www.eb.uah.edu/che engineering calculations; examples include dly, useful for education
/tools/ Spreadsheets (MS Excel), Maple V, Aspenplus purposes*
and ASCEND
Cape Software's VPLink An easy to use simulation package for control Sale software (demo
http://www.capesoftware. testing and operator training needs; VPLink con- possible), useful
co.uk nects to most DCS and PLC systems in place of for education purposes*
the real I/O allowing thorough testing of control
software before plant start up; the package also pro-
vides flexible, low cost operator training simulators
Alchemy Software Software for the simulation and modeling of Free and sale software,
http://chemicalsoft.com chemical mechanisms for use by chemists in user friendly, useful
research laboratories and by academic institutions for education purposes*
RefModl Oil refinery non-linear modeling software pro- Sale software, useful
http://www.refmodl.com gram; to calculate capex, yield and financials of: for education purposes*
different crudes, new process modules, alternative
refinery configurations and revised product speci-
fications; short program description and download
information
Calculations for equipment General calculations for chemical and plant engi- Free software, user
sizing and rating for the neering; interactive Java applets friendly, useful for educa-
chemical process industry tion purposes*
http://tierling.home.texas.
net/
The Thermal Wizard A collection of online routines to calculate com- Free software (online),
http://www.team-eng.com/ mon heat transfer problems and thermal phenom- user friendly, useful for
tmwiz/ ena; includes a unit converter and tabelles of education purposes*
property data
GE Enter Software Heat balance and thermodynamic software for gas Sale software, useful
Power Plant Design and turbine and fossil power plant design, performance for education purposes*
Monitoring Software monitoring and optimization; products include
http://www.gepower.com/ GateCycle, EfficiencyMap, Plant Payback
enter and the Optimizer
Binary Distillation Simu- BDSIM performs binary distillation calculations to Sale software (demo
lator establish the required number of theoretical stages, possible), user friendly,
http://www.geocities.com/ and columns dimentions (height and diameter); useful for education
combusem/BDSIM.HTM the program presents the resulting McCabe Thiele purposes*
diagram for the specified separation
DataFit 6.1 A science and engineering tool that simplifies Sale software (demo
http://www.oakdaleengr. the tasks of data plotting, regression analysis possible), user friendly,
com/features.htm (curve fitting) and statistical analysis; a 30 day useful for education
evaluation copy may be downloaded purposes*
TANKJKT software Excel spreadsheet template that calculates heat Sale software, useful
http://www.chemengsoftw transfer and pressure drop for dimple, half-pipe for education purposes*
are.com/tnkintro.htm coil, and conventional jackets; it includes a data-
base of more than 100 heat transfer fluids
ERGUN: Fluidized bed Ergun is a computer program for modeling Free software, user frien-
design software and simulation in fluidization with details on grids, dly, useful for education
http://www.utc.fr/ergun/ bubbling, TDH, cyclones, heat transfer and reac- purposes*
tion aspects
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HES Heat Exchanger Educational software for shell and tube heat ex- Sale software (demo
Simulator changer simulations possible), user friendly,
http://efftech.tripod.com/ useful for education
hes.htm purposes*
Chemical and Plant Engi- Online calculations for equipment sizing and rating Free software, user
neering Calculations for compressor, distillation column, exchanger, friendly, useful for educa-
http://tierling.home.texas. pump, and line hydraulic ratings tion purposes*
net/default.htm
Combustion Expert For designing and optimizing industrial combus- Sale software, useful for
http://www.combustionsof tion systems. Fuels include natural gas, liquefied education purposes*
tware.com petroleum gases, light and heavy oils and coal;
software description, FAQ, ordering and download
information
Fault Tree Analysis Soft- Professional reliability software from Isograph Sale software, useful for
ware from IsographDirect fault tree, event tree, weibull, simulation, reliabil- education purposes*
http://www.isographdirect. ity centered maintenance, life cycle cost, hazop,
com/index_ft.htm markov, reliability model
Van Mierlo Software Custom built software and a number of ready made Sale software, useful for
Consultancy Product List products, including DAx Data Analysis software, education purposes*
http://ourworld.compuserv CA Contact Angle Determination software, Digi-
e.com/homepages/mierlo/ Ball Digitising software, and instrument control
vmsc.htm packages
Process Ace Software Process and Mechanical Engineering software Sale software (demo
http://www.processacesoft for hand-held (Palm OS) computers; these includes possible), user friendly,
ware.com/ centrifugal pump, steam turbine and steam prop- useful for education
erty calculations purposes*
VLECalc, shareware A shareware tool for chemists and engineers Free software, user
for VLE w/ UNIFAC, who develop manufacturing processes using friendly, useful for educa-
NRTL organic solvents and chemicals; VLECalc tion purposes*
http://www.net-link.net/ can estimate the vapor pressure and boiling point
~wdkovats of an organic mixture using UNIFAC or NRTL
activity coefficients; it can simulate a simple batch
distillation or solvent replacement operation;
Requires EXCEL 97
Estimation of multiple- A program for estimation of both single and multi- Free software, user frien-
effect evaporators ple-effect evaporators for Windows dly, useful for education
http://www.caravan.ru/ purposes*
~shuvalan
Two Phase Flow in Pipes Easy to use spreadsheet to estimate pressure losses Free software (online),
www.processassociates.co in pipes with two-phase flow user friendly, useful
m/process/fluid/2faz_xy. for education purposes*
htm
Various Chemical Engi- Zip file with Excel spreadsheets including calcula- Free software (online
neering Calculation tions such as: unsteady state heat transfer, horizon- and offline), user friendly,
Spreadsheets tal vessel calibration data, catenary equations, useful for education
www.cheresources.com/so compressible flow calculations, cone and circle purposes*
ftware.shtml geometry, control valve sizing, dewpoints of acidic
gases, duct calculations, orifice sizing, packed
scrubber design, flat plate deflections, pump
performances, and rectangular weir flow; these
spreadsheet provided by Mr. Neil
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Filtration Spreadsheets
from Dr. Richard Holdich
www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/
~cgrgh
Vessel Pressure via the
SRK Equation of State
www.cheresources.com/
software.shtml
Fired Furnace Excess Air
Calculation
www.cheresources.com/
software.shtml
Financial Calculation
Spreadsheet
www.cheresources.com/
software.shtml
Water Properties Program
www.cheresources.com/
software.shtml
Physical Properties Data-
Bank AddIn for Excel
www.cheresources.com/
software.shtml
Units Conversions
www.onlineconversion.
com
The Reactor Lab
www.reactorlab.com
Insulation Calculation
Programs
www.cheresources.com/
software.shtml
Vapor Pressure of Binary
Liquid Mixtures
www.cheresources.com/
vpmix22.shtml
Physical Property Data
Spreadsheet
www.cheresources.com/
physinternet22.shtml
Calculations include specific surface area, com- Free software, user
pressible cake at constant pressure, compressible friendly, useful for educa-
cake at constant flow, power law equation, pres- tion purposes*
sure leaf clarification costing, and rotary vacuum
filtration; complete with documentation; files are
in Excel format, download as a zip file
Use this Excel spreadsheet to find the pressure Free software (online
inside a vessel via the SRK equation of state and offline), user friendly,
(EOS); brought to you by the Direction of Soft- useful for education
ware Corner, Somak Mukherjee purposes*
Calculate the excess air volume required Free software (online
for a hydrocarbon furnace with the Orsat analysis; and offline), user friendly,
Excel spreadsheet provided by the Direction useful for education
of Software Corner, Somak Mukherjee purposes*
You know what a chore it is to optimize a chemi- Free software (online
cal process and get to the bottom line; then you and offline), user friendly,
make some changes and have to do it all over useful for education
again; here a great spreadsheet that should ease purposes*
you pain substantially!
Download this small helper program so that you Free software (online
have the properties of water at your fingertips; and offline), user friendly,
the link above is a direct link to the executable file; useful for education
this program was graciously donated the Resource purposes*
Page by Pablo Coronel at pcorone@unity.ncsu.edu
This Excel AddIn contains a moderate databank of Free software (online
chemicals and a nice array of physical properties; and offline), user friendly,
it also contains Excel functions that can be pasted useful for education
into worksheets (be sure you have one open first); purposes*
you'll find the AddIn under the Tools menu
These handy little programs are just about every- Free software (online),
where; there a good and bad side to this one; user friendly, useful
the bad side is that is runs in DOS, the good side is for education purposes*
that it shows many different conversions at once
A fantastic program designed to help students gain Free software, user frien-
a better understanding of reactor simulations... dly, useful for education
and best of all... it's free! purposes*
Two programs included to help you with insulation Free software (online
calculations; the Economic Thickness Calculator and offline), user friendly,
will recommend the appropriate insulation thickness useful for education
based on energy savings; the Insulated Pipe Tem- purposes*
perature Prediction Spreadsheet will help you predict
the temperature inside a pipe and linear heat loss
Use this spreadsheet to find the vapor pressure of Free software (online
binary liquid mixtures; based on fugacity corrected and offline), user friendly,
values from Antoines Law, this spreadsheet give useful for education
accurate results with minimal inputs purposes*
This spreadsheet for Excel 97 contains data such Free software (online),
as boiling and freezing points, critical data, den- user friendly, useful
sity, vapor and liquid heat capacities, liquid viscos- for education purposes*
ity, vapor pressures, and more for 468 chemicals
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Cooling Tower Calculator This handy little DOS program will calculate Free software (online
www.cheresources.com/ the tower characteristic or cold water temperature and offline), user friendly,
software.shtml for a given cooling tower with just a few inputs, (see useful for education
Cooling Tower article here at the Resource Page) purposes*
Pipe Size Optimization This simple spreadsheet will calculate the most Free software (online
for Carbon and Stainless economical pipe diameter for a system based and offline), user friendly,
Steel Pipes on flowrate, fluid density, and fluid viscosity; useful for education
www.cheresources.com/ the sheet is to be used for turbulent flow in carbon purposes*
pipes.xls or stainless steel pipes; it is designed to run
on Excel 97 or higher and utilizes the Solver
function so it must be installed as well
Validating Binary VLE Check the thermodynamic consistency of your Free software (online
Data binary VLE data with this easy to follow analysis; and offline), user friendly,
www.cheresources.com/ complete with spreadsheet to save you time! useful for education
validating22.shtml purposes*
Costing Distillation Col- Enter some basic data and this EXCEL ADD-IN Free software (online
umns will do the rest; check out the specifications of and offline), user friendly,
www.cheresources.com/ the program useful for education
qdist22.shtml purposes*
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium This program uses data stored in its own Excel Free software (online),
Calculator Spreadsheet to formulate VLE and other thermo- user friendly, useful
www.s-ohe.com dynamic data by several popular correlations; for education purposes*
database of components is expandable so you can
add your own components; developed by William
D. Kovats
ReactOp Standard (Reac- ReactOp Standard (Reactor Optimization Stan- Free software, user
tor Optimization Standard) dard) allows ser to estimate rate constants of friendly, useful for educa-
www.cisp.spb.ru/html/ces. chemical reactions and simulate behavior of batch, tion purposes*
html semibatch, stirred tank and plug flow reactors;
an important feature of ReactOp Standard: one
need not write a line of code to solve these tasks;
ReactOp Standard is absolutely free for non-
commercial and commercial use; we provide on-
line support for all users. Chemical engineering
software for professional chemical engineers
ReactOp Pro ReactOp Pro (Reactor Optimization Pro) allows Free software, user
www.cisp.spb.ru/html/ces. user to estimate rate constants of chemical reac- friendly, useful for educa-
html tions and simulate behavior of chemical reactors; tion purposes*
to optimize design and operation mode of chemical
reactors of different types; to identify reaction
mechanisms by experimental data; an important
feature: one can implement his own non-standard
models of chemical reactors in ReactOp Pro.
ReactOp Cascade ReactOp Cascade (Reactor Optimization Cascade) Free software user frien-
www.cisp.spb.ru/html/ces. has all the features of ReactOp Pro. Additionally, dly, useful for education
html ReactOp Cascade allows user to model and opti- purposes*
mize operational mode of cascades of chemical
reactors
CR (Catalytic Reactor) CR (Catalytic Reactor) allows user to simulate Free software, user
www.cisp.spb.ru/html/ces. fixed bed heterogeneous catalytic reactors in order friendly, useful for educa-
html to optimize design and performance of the indus- tion purposes*
trial and bench-scale reactors, to investigate
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wrong-way behavior of reactors and heat waves,

RTD (Residence Time
Distribution)
www.cisp.spb.ru/html/ces.
html
CatKin (Catalytic Kinetics)
www.cisp.spb.ru/html/pro
ducts/products/software/ca
tkin.html
and to locate hot spots; an important feature of CR:
it is the possible to deal with multi-component gas
or liquid flow and complex chemical reactions
RTD (Residence Time Distribution) allows user Free software, user
to investigate hydrodynamic flows in chemical friendly, useful for educa-
apparatuses; an important feature of RTD: tion purposes*
it is the possible to design complex schemes of
hydrodynamic flows, including recycles, in an
interacitve mode
CatKin (Catalytic Kinetics) is an application Free software, user
for deriving expressions of overall rate equations friendly, useful for educa-
and parameter estimation in complex heterogene- tion purposes*
ous catalytic reactions; it is a powerful tool that is
based on up-to-date numerical methods and Graph
theory; an important feature of CatKin: procedure
of automation for simplifying kinetic models.
Users of our chemical engineering software

*Useful for a series of lessons, eg Material and Energy Balances, Physical Chemistry, Thermodynamics,
Fluid Mechanics, Unit Operations, Heat Transfer, Unit Operation Laboratory, Process Control, Food Engi-
neering Design and Economy.

Future Readings

Future readings are more contact for engineering softwares.

http://gams.nist.gov/
http://pubs.acs.org/pin/tripos/tripos.html
http://www.accelrys.com/about/msi.html
http://www.ari.net/ars/
http://www.che.ufl.edu/aspen/
http://www.cheme.cmu.edu/research/capd/
http://www.chemicalogic.com/steamtab/
http://www.dcl.co.il/chemsoft.html
http://www.jandel.com/
http://www.mathsoft.com/
http://www.scitechint.com/
http://www.webcom.com/

SPECJALISTYCZNE OPROGRAMOWANIE KOMPUTEROWE

PRZYDATNE DO NAUCZANIA INYNIERII YWNOCI

Streszczenie. Celem prezentowanego przegldu jest wskazanie sprawdzonego oprogramowania

komputerowego przydatnego do nauczania inynierii ywnoci. W wyborze zwrcono szczegln
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uwag na atwo posugiwania si oprogramowaniem oraz rwnoczenie moliwo jego uycia

do realizacji praktycznych zada dla technologii ywnoci.

Sowa kluczowe: ywno, inynieria, oprogramowanie, komputery, technologia

Corresponding address Adres do korespondencji:

Semih tles, Department of Food Engineering of Ege University, Bornova 35 100, Izmir, Turkey,
e-mail: sotles@food.ege.edu.tr

Accepted for print Zaakceptowano do druku: 31.10.2007

For citation Do cytowania: nal A., tles S., 2007. Engneerng softwares used n the food
engneerng educaton. Nauka Przyr. Technol. 1, 4, #50.