(444e) CAPE-OPEN Interfaces in COMSOL Multiphysics Version 4
AIChE Annual Meeting
2009
2009 Annual Meeting
6th CAPE-OPEN US Conference
Cape-Open Current Status and Future
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 4:36pm to 4:59pm
COMSOL Multiphysics version 4 features a CAPE-OPEN Thermo socket, supporting both 1.1 and 1.0 CAPE-OPEN standards. External property packages are accessed from the software's graphical user interface, where functions for thermodynamic and physical property calculations are set up. These property functions provide increased detail and accuracy for the modeling of multiphysics processes based around fluid flow, heat and mass transfer.
We furthermore report on the current status of a COMSOL/CAPE-OPEN Unit Operations plug, adhering to the 1.0 CAPE-OPEN standards. This interface will allow COMSOL multiphysics models to be used as unit operation models inside chemical flowsheeting environments, hereby expanding the modeling opportunities in chemical process simulations. Modeling examples will be presented to illustrate the concepts and utility of these new COMSOL/CAPE-OPEN interfaces.