DWSIM Advanced Workshop on 25 August 2020

Introduction

The international participants are requested to read the instructions and payment guidelines before filling the Google form for DWSIM workshop registration

DWSIM is a free and open source chemical process simulator for modeling and simulation of chemical processes. It is a multiplatform, CAPE-OPEN compliant process simulator for Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, and iOS. Built on the top of the Microsoft .NET and Mono Platforms and featuring a rich Graphical User Interface (GUI), DWSIM allows chemical engineering students and chemical engineers to better understand the behavior of their chemical systems by using rigorous thermodynamic and unit operations' models with no cost at all.

The FOSSEE project at IIT Bombay (https://fossee.in) has been promoting DWSIM, and other FLOSS, such as Scilab, Python, OpenFOAM, eSim, Osdag, OpenModelica, R, Drupal and Linux, and open source hardware, such as Arduino and OpenPLC. FOSSEE is also funded by NMEICT, MHRD.

Methodology of the Workshop

The interested participants have to register online and pay the registration fee. The registration form will be available until 16th August 2020. The registered participants will receive a mail on 17th August 2020 consisting of one of the process flowsheets listed here to simulate using DWSIM. Participants will have to solve the flowsheet allotted by us and submit it, on or before 22nd August 2020. The submitted simulation will then be reviewed by the DWSIM expert team. If the submitted simulation is approved, the participants will be allowed to attend the “DWSIM-Advanced” workshop. If the submitted simulation is not approved, those participants will be automatically registered to the “DWSIM-Beginner” workshop. No separate fee will be charged for the participants who are moved from DWSIM-Advanced to the DWSIM-Beginner workshop. The decision of the FOSSEE team about the approval/rejection of the flowsheet is final. No request for refund of fee will be entertained, in case any participant doesn’t qualify to attend the DWSIM-Advanced workshop. Final list of participants who are selected for DWSIM-Advanced will be announced on 23rd August 2020.

The “DWSIM-Advanced” workshop will cover 4-hours of watching advanced spoken tutorials on DWSIM and live online lectures on some topics. Additionally, there will be a presentation/discussion session on the process flowsheets which the participants would have simulated to qualify for attending the advanced workshop.

Course content

The DWSIM-Advanced workshop will have two parts.

A. About 4 hours of learning the below listed advanced topics on DWSIM using a mix of pre-recorded spoken tutorials and live lectures.

1. Compound Creation Tool
2. Custom Modeling using Python
3. Custom Modeling using Scilab
4. Simulating Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions
5. Petroleum Characterization

B. About 2 hours of presentation/discussion session on the process flowsheets which the participants would have simulated to qualify for attending the “DWSIM-Advanced” workshop.

Teaching Faculty

• Prof. Kannan M Moudgalya, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay
• FOSSEE and Spoken Tutorial Teams, IIT Bombay

Who Should Attend

This DWSIM-Advanced workshop will be useful to students, faculty, and working professionals from the chemical engineering and allied fields who have a working knowledge of DWSIM and are already well aware of the DWSIM Spoken Tutorials available under the basic level.

Please note that the participation in the DWSIM-Advanced workshop is subject to the approval/disapproval of the submitted simulation as mentioned under the “Methodology of the Workshop” section.

Duration and Venue

The DWSIM-Advanced workshop will be conducted online on Tuesday, 25 August 2020 from 10 A.M to 5 P.M

Criteria for Certification

Participation certificates will be provided to all participants after successful completion of the workshop, in an electronic form.

Participants who attend the workshop will be given an option to act as a TA (Teaching Assistant) for the DWSIM-Beginner workshop to be conducted on 29th August 2020. All such participants will be given a TA certificate. Details about the responsibilities of a Teaching Assistant will be informed later.

Course Fee

How to Apply

The application will be strictly online, and no other mode of application will be entertained.
The link for online registration is :
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict/workshopContent.html?workshopid=0shDYmrx7llfBVwFnqGWAA>.

The registration form will be available until 16th August 2020. The registered participants will receive a mail on 16/17th August 2020 consisting of one of the process flowsheets listed here to simulate using DWSIM. Participants will have to solve the flowsheet allotted by us and submit it on or before 22nd August 2020. The submitted simulation will then be reviewed by the DWSIM expert team. If the submitted simulation is approved, the participants will be allowed to attend the “DWSIM-Advanced” workshop. If the submitted simulation is not approved, those participants will be automatically registered to the “DWSIM-Beginner” workshop. No separate fee will be charged for the participants who are moved to the DWSIM-Beginner workshop. The decision of the FOSSEE team about the approval/rejection of the flowsheet is final. No request for refund of fee will be entertained, in case any participant doesn’t qualify to attend the DWSIM-Advanced workshop.

Accommodation

Not applicable

Note

• As the workshop is conducted online, it is mandatory to have a laptop and a working internet connection with good bandwidth.
• Flowsheet to be simulated using DWSIM will be assigned by us.
• Simulated flowsheet submitted to us will be reviewed by DWSIM experts at FOSSEE.
• The decision of approval/rejection of simulated flowsheet by the FOSSEE team will be final.

Technical Requirements:

• It is mandatory to have DWSIM Version 6.1 Update 1 installed in the system to attend the workshop. The installation sheet is available here.
• Following operating systems can be used for installing DWSIM:
• Windows: 32/64-bit Vista/7/8/10
• Linux: 64-bit x86 Ubuntu 12.04 or newer / 32-bit armhf Raspbian/Ubuntu MATE
• macOS: 10.7 (OS X Lion) or newer

Contact Us

• Any queries related to flowsheets can be asked through FOSSEE Forums Alternatively, you can write to us at contact-dwsim@fossee.in
• Any queries related to spoken tutorials on DWSIM can be asked through Spoken Tutotial iForums
• Any other general queries about the workshop can be sent to eoutreach@it.iitb.ac.in

Address For Communication

Mr Mahendra Parm ar,
Sr. Project Manager, PMMMNMTT Project
Department of CSE, Kanwal Rekhi Building,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Mumbai - 400 076.
Email: eoutreach@it.iitb.ac.in
Website - www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict