Audience

Engineering professionals wanting a tool for teaching process simulation concepts to students

About DWSIM

DWSIM is a free and open source CAPE-OPEN compliant chemical process simulator that operates across multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS. It features an intuitive graphical user interface and offers capabilities previously exclusive to commercial simulators. DWSIM supports both steady-state and dynamic simulations, utilizing a parallel modular solver for efficient modeling. It includes advanced property packages. The simulator provides a comprehensive suite of unit operations, including mixers, splitters, separators, pumps, compressors, expanders, heaters, coolers, valves, pipe segments, shortcut columns, heat exchangers, various reactors, distillation and absorption columns, solids separators, cake filters, spreadsheets, Python scripts, and flowsheet unit operations. It also provides an Excel Add-In for performing thermodynamic calculations within spreadsheets and an automation API for creating, loading, modifying, running, and saving flowsheets.

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Pricing

Starting Price:
Free
Free Version:
Free Version available.

Integrations

API:
Yes, DWSIM offers API access
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Company Information

DWSIM
United States
dwsim.org

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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
iPhone
iPad
Android
Training
Documentation
Videos
Support
Online

DWSIM Frequently Asked Questions

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DWSIM Product Features

Chemical

ISO Management Not Supported
Traceability Not Supported
Samples Tracking Not Supported
Reporting & Statistics Not Supported
Particle Tracking Not Supported
Uncertainty Analysis Not Supported
Certificates of Analysis Not Supported
Inventory Management Not Supported
Chemical Process Simulation Not Supported
Computer-Assisted Structure Elucidation (CASE) Not Supported

Simulation

Dynamic Modeling Not Supported
Discrete Event Modeling Not Supported
Graphical Modeling Not Supported
Monte Carlo Simulation Not Supported
Design Analysis Not Supported
Direct Manipulation Not Supported
Stochastic Modeling Not Supported
Continuous Modeling Not Supported
1D Simulation Not Supported
Motion Modeling Not Supported
3D Simulation Not Supported
Turbulence Modeling Not Supported
3D Modeling Not Supported
Presentation Tools Not Supported
Agent-Based Modeling Not Supported
Industry Specific Database Not Supported

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