<p> A new computer executive system for the steady state simulation of chemical processes has been developed which combines modular (GEMCS) approach with the simultaneous linear equation (SYMBØL) approach to simulation. In the combined system, a GEMCS simulation, using non-linear models, is used to generate the coefficients for the set of linear equations describing the process. This linear system of equations may also include the constraints on the process which dictate the operating conditions for the actual process. The solution of the linear equations then provide new operating conditions (feed flowrates together with the component flowrates in the recycle streams) for the modular simulation, which in turn provides new coefficients; etc. This iterative procedure is automatically continued until the system is converged to the desired point. </p> <p> A modular simulation for an actual Naphtha Reforming Plant has also been achieved and it was used as a test case to demonstrate the use and effectiveness of this new executive system. In the course of developing this simulation, the application of a method for correcting plant data was demonstrated. This is the first real application of this method to be reported in the current literature. </p> / Thesis / Master of Engineering (ME)

<p> The object of this work was to evaluate the Supernova ninicomputer as a process simulation tool. To accomplish this obje c tive the GEMCS ste2dy-state simulation system wa.s programmed for the Supernova. This system was programmed to run in five different modes, BASIC , two modes which require that al.L progra1ns are written in Assembly Language, and two modes in which programs may be called from the disk. Of these latter two modes, one requires all programs to be written in Assembly Language; the other mode allows programs to be written in Assembly Language or FORTRAN IV. </p> <p> Two case studies which had previously been run on the CDC 6400 were run on the Supernova to test and evaluate f our of the modes in which GEMCS was proerammed for the Supernova. </p> <p> The studies have also provided an a ssessment of the hardware and softws.re facilities of the Supernova and the results of thjs assessment were documented. In addition the opera tion of the various strategies used to impl ement GEMCS have provided an indication of the feasibility of the impl ementation of the dynamic system simulation program, DYNSYS. </p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)