Software Personal Computer

The method of Suzuki et al. is available in CHEMlCALC-2, QCPE program No. 608, Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. http //qcpe5.chem.indiana.edu/qcpe.html The SMILOGP software (personal computer version) is available from Prof. J.-P. Dubost, Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique, Place de la Victoire, F-33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France. 

The system is driven by a software/working under window and rurming on personal computer. The system is based on using dialogue boxes which enable the user-software communication. The as-built system leads the operator step by step in its verification operations by indicating him the operations to perform. The system records the measurements results and stores them in the memory. 

A recent trend in particle analysis has been the introduction of personal computer-based automation (3). Sophisticated software packages can be used to automate and speed up the analysis. In some cases these computers can even carry out continuous process control (qv) (see Computer technology). The latest machines also allow the measurements of smaller particles and can detect a wider range of sizes. Machines based on light-scattering principles are being more widely accepted by the industry because of speed. An average analysis takes from 1—2 min, whereas those based on sedimentation principles require from 10—120 min. 

Stand-alone computer systems, usually based on a personal computer (PC) or programmable logic controller (PLC), provide a separate computer system for each pilot plant. This allows for economical expansion for new units, separates pilot plants completely for maintenance and troubleshooting, and often has the lowest initial cost. Standardization can be a problem and software control, data gathering, and storage packages can be limited in size, scope, and capabiUty these are usually acceptable trade-offs. 

GPSS/PC, developed by Minuteman Software (Stow, Mass.) for IBM-compatible personal computers, is based on the popular discrete simulation language GPSS (general purpose simulation system). Reference 14 provides more details. 

California), Sibyl (Tripos, Missouri), ChemX (Chemical Design, UK), BioGraf (Molecular Simulations, California), Charmm/Quanta (Polygen Corp., Massachusetts), PC Model (Serena Software, Indiana), ChemLab (ChemLab Inc., Illinois), and a large number of personal computer-based packages. 

Much professional software is devoted to this problem. A diskette for sets of differential and algebraic equations with parameters to be found by this method is by Constantinides Applied Numerical Methods with Personal Computers, McGraw-Hill, 1987). 

Seeing the success of the UNAMAP BBS, EPA s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards started a BBS for information on regulatory models in June 1989. This has expanded to a BBS called TTN, Technology Transfer Network. This BBS, in Durham, NC, is reached on (919) 541-5742 and the system operator on (919) 541-5384. A part of this BBS called SCRAM, Support Center for Regulatory Air Models, contains model FORTRAN codes, model executable codes for use on personal computers, meteorological data, and in some cases model user s guides. Much of the information is downloaded in "packed" form, and software to unpack the files must also be downloaded from the bulletin board. 

RISKMAN is an integrated Microsoft Windows , personal computer software system for [H. i forming quantitative risk analysis. Used for PSAs for aerospace, nuclear power, and chemical [iroccsses, it has five main modules Data Analysis, Systems Analysis, External Events Analysis, Event Tree Analysis, and Important Sequences. There are also modules for software system maintenance, backup, restoration, software updates, printer font, and page control. PEG has also integrated the fault tree programs CAFTA, SETS, NRCCUT, and IRRAS into RISKMAN. 

The confluence of sharply rising Operations and Maintenance (O M) costs. NRC requested Individual Plant Examinations (IPEs) and increased personal computer capabilities gave rise to the R R Workstation. Its uses and maintains-current PSA models and databases for individual plants to perform O M planning and scheduling, and uses the PSA in IPE models to identify plant design, procedure and operational vulnerabilities. The Risk and Reliability Workstation Alliance was organized by EPRI to support the R R Workshop in order to achieve O M cost reduction, plant productivity and safety enhancement through risk-based, user-friendly, windowed software louls (Table 3.6 8). The Alliance, initiated in 1992, includes 25 U.S. utilities and four international partners from Spain, France, Korea, and Mexico. SAIC is the prime contractor for the R R Workstation, with participation of five other PSA vendors. 

The distribution disk located at the Butterworth-Heinemann website http //www.bh.com/ contains the following software for use on an IBM or IBM-clone personal computer operating in DOvS, Windows 3.1 or Windows 95. The programs are small, operate in the DOS mode with minimal system requirements. It is recommended that a directory (folder) be constructed on your hard drive and copy them to this directory. No guarantees are made use them if you find them useful. Thev are ... 

Most new hardware and software development in the EMCS market now aims at utilizing the full potential of EMCSs and at making the information obtained more usable and accessible. This accessibility has created a secondary benefit with a greater potential for custonier/utility communication. In many ways the EMCS evolution and market penetration in the industrial, commercial, and to a certain extent, residential markets, has equaled that of the personal computer. 

A number of material suppliers offer information on their products on electronic devices (floppy discs, CDs, etc.) for use on personal computers. An important one, called Campus, is a database concept started by four German material manufacturers who use a uniform software. This database, initially developed jointly by BASF, Bayer, Hoechst, and Hulls, provided for other manufacturers to join. The present consortium has more than 50 materials suppliers worldwide. It is given in the form of diskettes in German, English, French, Italian, or Spanish. Each diskette contains the uniform test and evaluation program and the range of the respective material producers. It runs on IBM-compatible personal computers under the MS-DOS operating system. 

System control and data acquisition are done with a personal computer using Paragon software. About 150 input and output modules were used for the two laboratory cells. This is expensive and may seem excessive, but a lot of the inputs and outputs are used for safety purposes so that the cell can operate unattended 24 hr a day, 7 days a week to get good long-term data. 

The minicomputer based system for Instrument automation at Glidden has been prevlousj.y reported (1). since that system predates the availability of low cost personal computers and data acquisition hardware, most of the hardware and software was designed and assembled in-house. ... 

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