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[Pilesar]

I will voluntarily end my professional engineering career next week. With that goes my access to commercial engineering software.

I am still a process engineer even if no one pays me! What free chemical engineering software have you found useful?

 

Have you tried the open-source DWSIM? https://sourceforge....projects/dwsim/

Have you used any of the other 100 plus open-source chemical engineering software projects at https://sourceforge....cal engineering ?

I am not interested in trying every unknown software package so am looking for discussion.

Any recommendations for free/cheap calculation packages or engineering related software for tinkering and exploring?

[breizh]

Hi,

Let you enjoy your retirement!

I installed DWSIM on my computer, using it rarely.

I use time to time Checalc and software (AIoflo and Uconeer) from Katmar .

To be frank I'm not doing much calculation and if needed I will use my own spreadsheets.

Breizh

[latexman]

Congratulations, Pilesar!

[daraj]

it would be good if somebody who has used both DWSIM as well as paid software like aspen plus, list the cons or limitations of DWSIM(or other popular free software) and tip about what to look out for and where to be careful when switching from aspen to DWSIM..thanks