Instruction Sheet for DWSIM
Spoken Tutorial Team
IIT Bombay
1 Online / Offline content "DWSIM".
2. Click on "Select Language" drop-down
1. The online content of Spoken Tutorials can
or "All Languages" drop-down and
be accessed from :
choose the language (English).
https://spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-
search/ 3. Click on "Submit" or "Search" button.
2. You can also download the Spoken 4. You will see a list of tutorials based on your
Tutorials for offline learning from : selection.
https://spoken-tutorial.org/cdcontent/ 5. Start with the first tutorial in the displayed
3. From this link download the FOSS cate- list.
gories in the language you wish to learn.
4. The Spoken Tutorial content will be down- 5 General Instructions for
loaded as a zip file on your machine. DWSIM
5. Extract the contents of the zip file & access
them. In DWSIM 6.1 or higher version, you may
find some variation in the interface.
2 The procedure to practise 1. "New Steady-State Simulation" option
is renamed as "New Process Simulation
1. You have been given a set of spoken tuto- Model".
rials and files. 2. "Nested Loops (VLE)" is the default flash
2. You will typically do one tutorial at a time. algorithm. One can change the flash algo-
rithm in an existing simulation by going to
3. You may listen to a spoken tutorial and
Settings >> Thermodynamics tab.
reproduce all the steps shown in the video.
3. "Flowsheet Objects" are moved to bot-
4. If you find it difficult to do the above, you
tom of the canvas. Material stream is
may consider listening to the whole tutorial
present under "Streams" tab.
once and then practise during the second
hearing. 4. To enter "Composition", go to "Compound
Amounts" tab in "Input Data".
5. The "Green Tick Accept Changes" but-
3 Side-by-Side learning video ton is available as "Accept Changes" but-
(only for offline content) ton in "Compound Amounts" tab.
1. Go to the folder named spoken on your 6. "CAPE-OPEN Unit Operation" is located
machine. under "CAPE-OPEN" tab at the bottom of
the canvas.
2. Locate index.html file.
7. "Reaction Manager" has been moved
3. Open this file with either Firefox or from "Tools" menu to the "Edit" menu.
Chrome web browser. Go to Edit >> Simulation Settings >> Re-
4. The Side-by-Side learning video will actions.
appear. This video will explain how to
learn from the spoken tutorials.
6 First tutorial: Creating a ma-
5. Click on the Play button to play the video.
terial stream in DWSIM
6. Note all the steps explained therein.
1. Locate the topic "Creating a material
stream in DWSIM".
4 DWSIM
2. This tutorial explains how to select chemi-
1. Click on "Select FOSS" or "All FOSS cal components, packages, units and spec-
Categories" drop-down and choose ify a material stream
3. To view the tutorial, click on the Play icon (b) Give a unique name to the files you
which is located in the player. save,so as to recognize it next time.
4. At 0.52, the tutorial shows how to open (Eg. "Practice-1-kaushik").
DWSIM (c) Remember to save all your work in
your folder.
(d) This will ensure that your files dont
7 Second tutorial: Introduc- get over-written by someone else.
tion to Flowsheeting (e) Save your work from time to time, in-
stead of saving it at the end of the
1. Locate the topic "Introduction to
task.
Flowsheeting".
2. This tutorial explains how to simulate a
mixer and give a two phase feed 8.2 Common instructions for As-
signments
3. Click on the player and view the tutorial.
4. Adjust the size of the browser in such a way (a) Attempt all the Assignments as in-
that you are able to practice in parallel. structed in the tutorial.
(b) Save your work in your folder.
7.1 Opening DWSIM on Ubuntu
Linux OS 8.3 Common instructions to use
Code files
(a) Open terminal and type ”dwsim-
classic”. (a) Click on the link "Code files" below
the player and save it in your folder.
7.2 Opening DWSIM on Window (b) Extract the downloaded zip file.
OS (c) You will see all the code/source files
used in the particular tutorial.
(a) DWSIM can be opened from "Start" (d) Use these files as per the instructions
>> "All Programs" >> "DWSIM" given in the particular tutorial.
6. Play-pause-practise the whole tutorial.
8 Third tutorial: Shortcut Dis-
7. Once the tutorial is complete, choose the
tillation next tutorial from the playlist which is lo-
1. Locate the topic "Shortcut Distillation". cated on the right side or below the player.
2. Click on the Play icon which is located in 8. Reproduce all the actions as shown in the
the player. video.
3. The Pre-requisite and Slides will be 9. Follow all the above instructions, till you
visible below the player (only for Online complete all the tutorials in the series.
contents).
4. Outline, Assignments, Code Files and 9 Eighteenth tutorial: Custom
Additional Reading Material are avail- Unit Operation using Scilab
able below the player.
5. Adjust the size of the browser in such a way 1. This tutorial requires installation of
that you are able to practise in parallel. Scilab 5.02 or higher in your system
along with the Scilab plug-in. Please
skip this tutorial, in case you are not con-
8.1 Common instructions for nected to the internet.
Practise
2. To download the Scilab CAPE-OPEN Unit
(a) Create a folder on the "Desktop" Operation plug-in, please go through
with your "Name-RollNo-Component". the Additional Material link below the
(Eg. "kaushik-04-DWSIM"). player.
