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Two major commercial simulation packages have
been integrated with several other software packages via executive data
management systems in order to produce solutions for clients. Many of these
projects have utilised spreadsheet interfaces, some using ODBC and some OLE
automation and Component Object Modelling (COM).
One of these projects involved building a
complete steady state model of an entire oil and gas production field. This
included all surface facilities, the down-hole performance of the reservoir and
wells and integrating this application with several other client applications
under an umbrella built with G2, the real-time, graphical, expert system
environment from Gensym Inc.
Another major undertaking resulted in a C++
prototype application that combined a major process simulator with a third party
product that simulates utilities demand modelling. The integration was
accomplished in such a way that the user can move between the two applications
in a full MS Windows environment in a seamless manner. The application brings
together process engineers and utilities engineers under a common environment
with automated data exchange between the two applications.
Additionally a C++ API and all associated code
has been created for a client in the form of a DLL that enables the client's
application to extract data from Simulation Science's PRO/II simulator and map
these data onto the client's "Pinch Analysis" application.
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