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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>ISAAC Dynamics was created in 2007 in <a href="/facts/Florence/Mx0uhNma">Florence</a> (Italy) from the idea of a group of process and computer engineers working at StrutturaInformatica. In that period of time, the company's customers (ENEL <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> and ENEA <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>) put forward the need for a dynamic software for the analysis of CSP (Parabolic Trough) plant. In the following years, ISAAC Dynamics has been adopted by other companies like China General Nuclear Power Group<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> (Renewable sector), Techint,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Alstom,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> RSE,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> etc. The libraries have been then extended to other fields in order to provide a complete tool for the process simulation. In the meantime StrutturaInformatica was present to several conferences as author like SolarPACES<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> and Zero Emission.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="product">Product</h2> <p>ISAAC Dynamics is a tool used to perform dynamic simulation of process in the main fields of engineering. ISAAC Dynamics is used mainly in: </p> <ul><li>Renewable Field (mainly <a href="/facts/Concentrated_solar_power/VdH6Cyn1">concentrated solar power</a> based applications);</li> <li>Conventional Field (<a href="/facts/Combined_cycle/WgEIh89p">Combined cycle</a>, <a href="/facts/Integrated_gasification_combined_cycle/PpNDTDDY">Integrated gasification combined cycle</a>, ...);</li> <li>Hybrid Systems Field (ISCC, ...);</li></ul> <p>ISAAC Dynamics is used in order to: </p> <ul><li>perform dynamic simulations focused on certain parts of a plant; detailed study of the process and in-depth analysis of particular components;</li> <li>perform simulation of entire plant;</li> <li>pre-dimensioning of components;</li> <li>perform feasibility studies and economical assessments.</li></ul> <h2 id="software-structure">Software structure</h2> <h3>Main Window</h3> <p>ISAAC Dynamics opens presenting the main window where the user can select what to do. It mainly consists of: </p> <ol><li>Builder Interface;</li> <li>Dynamic Model Interface;</li> <li>Tables Interface</li> <li>Custom module creator.</li></ol> <h3>Builder Interface</h3> <p>The Builder Interface is the interface that the user can use to create the model, with the <a href="/facts/Drag_and_drop/7Xd8vXfn">drag and drop</a> system, browsing the libraries included in the software divided into: </p> <ul><li>Water/Steam;</li> <li>Molten Salt;</li> <li>Synthetic Oil;</li> <li>Gas;</li> <li>RealGas (these blocks use more than 120 components - pure fluids and mixtures - that can be combined to create new mixtures);</li> <li>Concentrated Solar Power components;</li> <li>Regulation blocks;</li> <li>Utilities;</li> <li>Miscellaneous;</li></ul> <p>The user can create its own library composed by customized blocks. </p> <h3>Dynamic Model Interface</h3> <p>In this environment the user can run the model previously created in the builder interface, setting a set of parameters as: </p> <ul><li>simulations speed;</li> <li>calculation toleration;</li> <li>integration time step.</li></ul> <p>It is also possible to extract new model starting from a particular time during the simulation, open trends and extract data from the simulation in <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Excel/Ezal6G75">Microsoft Excel</a> documents. </p> <h3>Tables Interface</h3> <p>Using this function, the user can browse the thermodynamic properties regarding the fluids included in the platform. </p> <h3>Custom Module Creator</h3> <p>The user can also create customized modules using the template provided in the software; the language used for the equations implementation is Java. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_computer_simulation_software/EpBVsu7u">List of computer simulation software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Computer_simulation/Re6o8vzN">Computer simulation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Water_table/2j0VD0lF">Water table</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.StrutturaInformatica.com">ISAAC Dynamics website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Enel website <a href="https://www.enel.com/" target="_blank">https://www.enel.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>ENEA - Renewable Energy Sources <a href="http://www.enea.it/en/research-development/renewable-energy-sources" target="_blank">http://www.enea.it/en/research-development/renewable-energy-sources</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>CGN Power Co., Ltd. website <a href="http://en.cgnpc.com.cn/" target="_blank">http://en.cgnpc.com.cn/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Techint main website". Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150430094309/http://engineering.techint.com/html/en/news/NewsListHome.asp?MENUITEM=home&AREA=INHOME&LANG=EN" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150430094309/http://engineering.techint.com/html/en/news/NewsListHome.asp?MENUITEM=home&AREA=INHOME&LANG=EN</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Astom Power Group website <a href="http://www.alstom.com/microsites/power/" target="_blank">http://www.alstom.com/microsites/power/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>RSE website <a href="http://www.rse-web.it/home.page?country=eng" target="_blank">http://www.rse-web.it/home.page?country=eng</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>SolarPACES website <a href="http://www.solarpaces.org/" target="_blank">http://www.solarpaces.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Zero Emission website <a href="http://www.zeroemission.eu/" target="_blank">http://www.zeroemission.eu/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>