Introduction The OLI Studio The OLI Studio is freeform electrolyte simulation s oftware. With this software, a client can define chemistry and process pathways without predefined recipes that produce specific results. The OLI Studio is a software suite containing several modules including, Stream Analyzer, Corrosion Analyzer, and Studio ScaleChem. A client’s license determines which module s are enabled within the OLI Studio.
The Training Training Manual This training manual is designed by Aqueous Process Simulations, Inc. (AQSim) to highlight OLI Studio: Stream Analyzer and Corrosion Analyzer features and functions. AQSim has a separate training manual for OLI Studio: ScaleChem. The manual provides general concepts, theory, explanations of chemical principles, and various calculations. Certain chapters have follow-up examples, which are designed to reinforce concepts learned within the chapter. The subsequent chapters have real world applications of the software. The manual is self-guided but is also used to accompany trainings provided by AQSim.
OLI Studio Comp onents Stream Analyzer Stream Analyzer is standalone software. It requires no additional components to run basic calculations. It is the main interface of the OL I Studio, highlights of which include:
Thermodynamic Frameworks
Phase Selection and Manipulation
Names Manager and Units Manager
Calculation Objects
Plotting, Reporting, Customization tools; Water Analysis charge and pH reconciliation
Corrosion Analyzer Corrosion Analyzer is a module within the OLI Studio. A separate license enables this module. Highlights include:
EH-pH Stability (Pourbaix) Diagrams
Species Phase Diagrams
Polarization Diagrams
General Corrosion Rates
Local Corrosion Rates
Extreme Value Statistics (a module within Corrosion Analyzer
Studio ScaleChem ScaleChem was OLI Systems’ standalone, upstream software. This software is now a component within the OLI Studio. Studio ScaleChem can perform the following operations within both OLI thermodynamic frameworks (Mixed Solvent Electrolytes and Aqueous) and special databases:
Brine, Hydrocarbon, Oil Analyses
Scaling Scenarios
Mixer and Saturator Calculations
Facilities
Contour Diagrams
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OLI Studio Interface The OLI Studio modules share a common interface. Clients can hide or show many of the s ections described below. For instance, clients can remove the Calculation Status bar or Template Manager or add or remove tools from the Quick Access Ribbon (Toolbar).
The Navigator Pane displays streams and calculation objects in a branched hierarchy. Below this is the Action Pane, which lists all the objects of Studio modules enabled by a client’s OLI license. The Calculation Status and Output bars are on by default but can be hidden. Clients will mostly work in the Description / Definition area, which is contextual - changing depending on which object a client is working on.
Menu Bar
Notable features within the menu bar are explained below. View, Window, Help are options
File This File menu contains standard options like New, Save, Print, etc.
Properties opens a box that shows file type, location, size, the date, build and version number of the last save.
The most recently worked on streams will also be shown.
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Streams
Certain streams can be copied and pasted within the Navigator using the Edit menu or right-mouse click options.
The Edit menu also has the following actions of note:
Calculations The Calculations menu contains all the calculations found in the Actions pane, as well as more specific calculation types.
The Streams menu contains actions that can also be performed using the Actions Pane. These actions are Add Stream, Add Analysis, and ScaleChem, which has its own sub-menu. For instance, the Single Point calculation option opens into a submenu for the 10 single point calculations available in the software.
Clear Results – Removes all calculation output
Clear Status – Stops or removes a calculation
Chemistry Clients can adjust the chemistry of the software in this menu Selecting Model Options opens a submenu with that allows clients to make advanced changes to the chemistry of the s oftware.
Pre-built Models lets clients create a single, specialized model and port it to or from other application files.
Templates allows clients to make a series of standard input component sets e.g. a standard seawater
Thermodynamic Framework –To select either the Aqueous or MSE (Mixed Solvent Electrolyte) Framework
Databases – To select an installed database Redox – To toggle on/off oxidation-reduction reactions Phases – To toggle on/off phases or solids can be selec ted as well. T/P Span – To change Temperature and Pressure maximums
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Tools This menu item contains several features.
Component Search allows clients search for species in the OLI d atabase.
Names Manager Names Style: clients select how to Search Criteria: clients determine view chemical names i.e. by how the software searches for Formula, Display Name or the OLI components. The default option is convention (TAG names). to search by all available names.
Names Dictionary : clients can rename components with this tab or import dictionaries used by OLI software.
Units Manager allows clients to modify units.
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T o o l b a r (Q u i c k A c c e s s R i b b o n )
The Quick Access Ribbon or toolbar sits below the menu bar Menu Bar. Tools within the ribbon can be added or removed or repositioned (the Calculation Status Bar can also be hidden or moved). To move a set of tools, clients can drag the left side of a set of tools. The ribbon can also be customized by selecting View from the Menu bar, then selecting Toolbars. Key tools are described below:
Phases Turn on/off specific phases i.e. if So (solid) is turned off, then no solid phases form
Redox Turn on/off Oxidation-Reduction and select redox subsystems
Chemistry Model Options Select the Aqueous or Mixed Solvent Electrolyte thermodynamic framework.
Component Search Add inflows to the calculation Names Manager Changes the style of names i.e. Display, Formula, OLI Tag names Units Manager Changes units Customize window Customize the window appearance Tools Options Shortcut Adjusts default software settings
Navigation Pane The Navigator Pane or tree level contains the list of streams and calculations that are active within a file. This view contains the icons and names of each action in a hierarchical tre e. The Description/Definition pane changes depending on the level that is highlighted. A plus sign next to an object in the stream level indicates that that stream or object has substreams or branches. There are three main levels here. Filename A star next to a filename indicates tha t it has not been saved Global Streams Level Provides the broadest view of Navigator objects Stream Level Chemistry is entered at this level. Calculation Level Most calculations (except mixing blocks) are subordinate to streams and appear as substreams. Certain streams (i.e. ScaleChem objects) have embedded calculations.
Calculation sublevel Some calculations have their own substreams. These substreams can be added to the Global level using the Add as Stream function.
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Action Pane This view contains selectable action icons. Each icon represents either a ne w stream input or new calculation. Additional actions will appear depending on what kind of stream we are working with.
After adding an item from the action pane, the action appears as a “stream” in the Navigator menu . Depending on the item selected, additional actions may appear in the actions pane. Items can also be selected from the menu bar.
C al c u l a t i o n T y p e s Once a client selects or highlights an object, object-specific calculations become available in the Actions bar. Stream and Water Analysis objects each have s specific set of calculations. The calculation available within a Water Analysis object is called a Rec onciliation. Available Stream calculations are: compute the properties for a stream at one set of conditions.
Single Point calculations
Clients choose from isothermal, dew point, bubble point, precipitation point, or custom.
Multiple Point or Survey calculations
are a series of single-point calculations in which
independent variables such as temperature adjusts with `each calculation (e.g., a temperature survey). Up to two variables can be adjusted simultaneously, and a third can be fixed (e.g., pH or bubble point pressure/temperature). There are several examples of multiple point calculations in the TOT manual.
Chemical or Stability Diagrams ,
also known as real-solution Pourbaix diagrams, plot
the phase stability region across a two-independent-variable range. An example would be Calcite stability when a pH and CO2 vary.
Corrosion Rate calculations
compute the general and localized corrosion rates of metals
and alloys. They contain both single - and multiple-point calculations
Calculation Status Screens The Calculation Output Window shows progress, errors, temporary file locations, and other data.
The Calculation Status Dialog shows an estimate of the remaining calculation time.
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The Summary Window shows inputs, calculation outputs, warnings, and has hyperlinks to the Units and Framework managers. This window varies with object.
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