CAPE-OPEN Specifications

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Thermodynamics & Physical Properties

Interfaces for phase equilibria and thermodynamic/transport properties via Material Objects.

Thermodynamics and Physical Properties interface specification v1.1
v1.1 Active Public Draft

Business interface specification for thermodynamic software components used by PMEs.

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Thermodynamics and Physical Properties interface specification v1.0
v1.0 Active

Legacy thermo interface specification.

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ICapeThermoPropertyRoutine Testing Specification
v0.82 Internal Draft

Compliance and Best Practice Tests for implementations of ICapeThermoPropertyRoutine on a Property Package.

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ICapeThermoUniversalConstants Testing Specification
v0.11 Internal Draft

Compliance and Best Practice Tests for implementations of ICapeThermoUniversalConstants on a Property Package.

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Petroleum Fractions Interface Specification v5.48
v5.48 Active Public

Defines ICapeThermoPetroleumFractions for REF-UNITs to access and modify Petroleum Properties (cloud point, pour point, Reid vapour pressure, etc.) on Material Objects.

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Chemical Reactions Interface Specification v1.1
v1.1 Active Public

Chemical Reaction Servers, Reactive Phase Equilibria and Compound Slates: serving reactions and reaction properties from the same source as thermodynamics.

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Custom Data interface specification
v1.1 Active

Lets PMCs implementing ICapeThermoMaterialContext store and retrieve custom data on Material Objects.

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Numeric

Interfaces for solvers, DAE/ESO concepts, and related numerical interoperability.

Numerical solvers
v1.1 Active

Solution algorithms for NLAEs/DAEs and related linear algebra subproblems.

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Partial Differential Algebraic Equations
v1.1 Active

Interoperability on PDAEs.

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Unit Operations

Interfaces for unit operation modules, ports, and parameters in modular steady-state PMEs.

Unit Operation interface specification
v1.1 Active Public Draft

Business interface specification for CAPE-OPEN unit operation modules.

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Common Interfaces

Horizontal interfaces used across business interfaces.

Simulation Context
v1.1 Active

Common simulation context interfaces.

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Parameter
v1.1 Active

Stores configuration of PMCs and exposes parameters.

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Collection
v1.1 Active

Manipulates groups/collections of items.

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Identification
v1.1 Active

Describes PMCs and other objects.

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Utilities
v1.1 Active

Basic utility functions.

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Error handling
v1.1 Active

Defines CAPE-OPEN error handling model.

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Persistence
v1.1 Active

Saving/restoring private data across components.

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Manager
v1.1 Active Public

Defines ICapeManager for a Primary PMC that creates and manages a set of Primary PMC objects of one category, such as Property Package Managers.

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General Documents

Guidance and supporting documents.

Roadmap
v1.1 Active

Guide to which documents to consult and why CAPE-OPEN is valuable.

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Methods and Tools Integrated Guidelines
v1.1 Active

Architectural/technical guidance for interface designers and implementers.

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Synthesis Report
v1.1 Active

Overview of the CAPE-OPEN standard and early project achievements.

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Type Libraries and Primary Interop Assemblies
v1.1 Active

IDL/type libraries and PIAs distributed via installation packages.

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