Process engineering software

Engineer the process.
Accelerate scale-up.

Process modelling, balances and scale-up. In one workspace.

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The model.
The result.

Explore one process from connected equipment to calculated balances.

Acatian Flowsheet Studio with equipment, material streams and connection checks
Calculated mass balances and production capacity for the same synthetic Acatian model
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Actual Acatian software · synthetic example

Acatian is process engineering software for chemistry, biotechnology and food production.

Reactor + CFD workbench

Look inside the reactor.

Explore geometry, mixing and heat transfer.

Explore the reactor workbench
Acatian reactor workbench with 2,000 liter reference equipment geometry and transport screening controls
Reactor workbenchReference geometry and transport screening · not a validated 3D CFD solutionView full capture

From model to decision

Set up once. Compare variants.

Reuse your process model across operating conditions and scales. Compare results and share the assumptions behind them.

See the workflow
  1. 01Set up
  2. 02Build
  3. 03Simulate
  4. 04Validate
  5. 05Decide
Try a mass + energy balance

Try a calculation

Concentrate a food process stream.

Set a target solids concentration. Calculate concentrate, evaporated water and heating duty.

Native evaporation calculation · screening example

Material + energy balanceYour concentration scenario

Example: 1,000 kg feed with 100 kg of retained solids.

Concentrate
250 kg
Evaporated water
750 kg
Heating duty
543.03 kWh
Calculation basis and limits

One aqueous stream with fully retained, nonvolatile solids. Feed 25°C; boiling temperature 80°C; heat capacity 4.18 kJ/(kg·K); water latent heat 2,300 kJ/kg; steam economy 1; thermal efficiency 100%. Sensible heating and evaporation are calculated separately. This screening example excludes boiling-point elevation, fouling, product degradation and equipment sizing.

The application uses the same evaporation calculation. The separate CHO reference case provides a complete set of downloadable inputs and numerical checks.

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Reference model

Review the reference model.

Inputs, results and limits

The 2,000 L fed-batch example includes model inputs, time profiles, sensitivity results and calculation checks. AC-REF-MAB-FB-001 is a synthetic screening example, not a customer-validated process.

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Your engineering workspace

Start with your process.

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Academic & professional background

  • Stanford University
  • Technical University of Munich
  • LMU Munich
  • University of Cambridge
  • Capgemini
  • KAIST
  • KPMG
  • CDTM