press announcement

October 25, 2007

New Invensys software enables multiphase flow
simulation from Microsoft

Excel
The SimSci-Esscor unit of Invensys Process Systems has announced a new version of its
PIPEP!SE simu"ation software #ro$ram that can use the %icrosoft E&ce" s#readsheet as an
interface' PIPEP!SE version ('2 users can now dra$ and dro# mu"ti#hase f"ow mode"
#arameters such as we""head #ressures, )as Oi" *atios, P+T data, #i#e"ine diameters, and
IP* constants, direct"y into E&ce" s#readsheets'
,The abi"ity to access any mode" #arameter easi"y, chan$e its unit of measure, and determine
its status as either an in#ut or ca"cu"ated va"ue, from within E&ce" #uts the user in the driver-s
seat for data mani#u"atin$ and inte$ration. said /im 0rowne, SimSci-Esscor-s f"uid f"ow
mana$er' ,0y combinin$ our SI%1%E Porta" with PIPEP!SE software, we ma2e it very easy
to create custom interfaces in E&ce" without havin$ to code a sin$"e "ine of +isua" 0asic'
%icrosoft E&ce" #rovides an idea" #"atform for en$ineers to create an o#erations interface that
can be used by PIPEP!SE e&#erts and non-e&#erts a"i2e, ta##in$ the user-s ima$ination in
ways that wou"d be a"" but im#ossib"e with a #re-confi$ured interface'.
PIPEP!SE software ri$orous"y simu"ates mu"ti#hase f"ow in oi" and $as we""s and #i#e"ine
systems' It #rovides the #ower and f"e&ibi"ity to mode" a##"ications ran$in$ from the sensitivity
ana"ysis of 2ey #arameters in a sin$"e we"", to a mu"tiyear faci"ities #"annin$ study for an entire
fie"d' PIPEP!SE version ('2 now incor#orates the recent"y introduced SimSci-Esscor
SI%1%E Porta", which enab"es the %icrosoft E&ce" interface'
Invensys Process Systems
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www'invensys'com
3ommunication between the f"ow simu"ator and E&ce" is bi-directiona" and re6uires abso"ute"y
no codin$ s2i""s on the #art of the user' 7sin$ the Porta" users can 6uic2"y and easi"y create
intuitive interfaces for mani#u"atin$ their simu"ation mode"s'
About Invensys
Invensys is the wor"d "eader in industria" asset #erformance mana$ement, a strate$y desi$ned
to he"# today8s industria" enter#rises to effective"y ba"ance the avai"abi"ity and uti"i9ation of their
#roduction assets to match chan$in$ business re6uirements' In addition to its ra#id"y
e&#andin$ )"oba" So"utions and Performance %ana$ement services $rou#s, Invensys8
automation businesses inc"udes industry-"eadin$ brands such as :o&boro, Tricone&, SimSci-
Esscor, 4onderware, and !vantis, whose #roducts are insta""ed in more than 500,000 #"ants
across the wor"d' These ran$e from sma"" hybrid and batch #"ants to the wor"d8s "ar$est
u#stream #ro;ects, refineries, $as #"ants, #etrochemica"s #"ants, #ower #"ants, and #u"# and
#a#er mi""s'
The Invensys )rou# <www'invensys'com= is head6uartered in >ondon and is "isted on the
>ondon Stoc2 E&chan$e, with a##ro&imate"y ?0,000 em#"oyees wor2in$ in @0 countries'
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trademar2s of Invensys #"c, its subsidiaries, or affi"iates' !"" other brands and #roduct names may be
trademar2s of their res#ective owners'
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