PVTsim Nova 5.1 to 5.2

GUI LOOK AND FEEL

  • HIGH RESOLUTION MONITORS
    • Menus updated for better user experience on high resolution monitors.

NEW INTERFACE MODULES

  • TURBULENT FLUX
    • New interface module for Turbulent Flux virtual meter.
  • OPM
    • New interface module for Open Porous Media (OPM) reservoir simulator.

AUTOMATED IMPORT OF PVT DATA

  • PRODML XML IMPORT
    • Minor updates in PRODML XML version 2.1 import.

ASPHALTENE

  • ASPHALTENE PHASE ENVELOPE
    • Asphaltene phase envelope option made more robust.

OPEN STRUCTURE FLASH

  • COMPONENT FUGACITIES
    • Open Structure Flash updated to always output component fugacities for all phases.

REGRESSION

  • CHARACTERIZED REGRESSION
    • Updated with option to prevent negative kij’s.
  • TWO ALMOST IDENTICAL PRESSURE STAGES
    • Regression to differential liberation experiment will no longer throw an error when two subsequent pressures are very close to each other.

MMP

  • TIE-LINE PLOTS
    • Tie-line plots added.

SCALE

  • Bug corrected in Scale module, where the output concentration of H2S was off by a factor of 1000 (too low).

MODELS

  • GERG-2008
    • Enhanced numerical robustness.

INTERFACES

  • PIPESIM
    • Incorrect values of H, S and Cp at standard conditions corrected.
  • GEM
    • Incorrect temperature unit for T-dependent volume shift parameters corrected.

VERIFICATION REPORTS

  • GERG-2008
    • Z-factor verification report updated to also cover GERG-2008.