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Issue 49 December 12, 2005 

In this issue 

• Season’s greetings from GTT-Technologies 

• Summary of the recent workshop activities of GTT and RCCM in Japan 

• Upcoming events in 2006 

• Recent publications 

• CSFAP - the ChemSage File Administration Program 

• New HASP drivers released 

• News from the F*A*C*T Group, CRCT 

Season’s greetings from GTT-Technologies 

We wish all our customers Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Prosperous New Year 2006. 

We would also like to thank you all for the continued strong support you have given us in 2005. This is a clear 

indication to us that in the coming year we will have to make all efforts to meet your needs and help you in 

your work. 

Your GTT team 

Summary of the recent workshop activities of GTT and RCCM in 

Japan 

We would like to thank the German government for its support of this year’s activities in Japan. Being official 

partner in the German Year in Japan 1 has enabled us this time not only to have the usual two-day workshop 

in Tokyo but also additional meetings in Tokai and in Kobe. Thus it was possible to meet more than seventy 

present and prospective new users. 

For their contributions to the Tokyo workshop we would like to express our special thanks to the following 

guest speakers: 

• Dr. P. Koukkari of VTT (Finland): The Extended Lagrangian Multiplier Method and its Application in 

ChemSheet 

1 http://www.doitsu-nen.jp/ 

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• Mr. T. Niki of Ube Industries: Direct Survey of Coal Combustion and Gasification Process, and Estimation 

of Ash Behavior by FactSage 

• Mr. S. Sakurai of RCCM: Estimation of Slag Viscosity by Neural Network and Expansion (under 

Development) by ChemApp 

• Mr. K. Tanaka of Simulation Technology: The Link between FactSage and OLI 

• Dr. M. Yahagi of Nikko Materials: Estimation of the Efficiency of Fuel Cells by FactSage 

• Mrs. T. Yamashita of JFE Steel: Analysis of Steel Material Structures using Thermodynamic Equilibrium 

Calculations 

They did show with their contributions how broad the application range of Computational Thermochemistry 

has meanwhile become and how successful it can be applied. 

Special thanks are also given to Mr. I. Amamoto, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute, and Dr. R. 

Hidaka, Hyogo Ecotown, for their support of the meetings in Tokai and Kobe respectively. We would furthermore 

like to express our thanks to our colleagues at RCCM 2 , in particular Mr. Yuichi Nagano, who put a great 

deal of effort into the organisation of the workshops. It is planned to have a similar meeting in Tokyo again 

next year. 

Upcoming events in 2006 

Several of our users have indicated that early information about the important dates in the new year is desired. 

Please note the following: 

• GTT-Technologies Annual Workshop, Herzogenrath, Germany, May 17-19, 2006 

We would like to remind everybody that we are always interested in having your contribution (25-30 

min) on the agenda of our annual GTT workshop. So please have a good look at your files and let the 

audience at the workshop hear about your applications of computational thermochemistry. 

• F*A*C*T Workshop and Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 15-17, 2006 

• DGM Fortbildungseminar Computerunterstützte Thermodynamik 3 (in German), Maria Laach, Germany, 

June 12-14, 2006 

Recent publications 

In the context of the second discussion forum on corrosion of steam generators in Freiberg, Germany, a 

proceedings volume has been edited by the chairman Prof. Dr. M. Born (Dampferzeugerkorrosion, ISBN 

3-934409-27-X) in which several contributions show the importance of the use of Computational Thermochemistry 

(represented by FactSage 4 and ChemApp 5 ) for this field. More information on the book, including 

a table of contents, is available on the web site of the publisher 6 , where the book can also be ordered. 

2 http://www.rccm.co.jp/ 

3 http://www.dgm.de/fortbildung/?tgnr=776 

4 http://www.factsage.com/ 

5 http://www.gtt-technologies.de/chemapp 

6 http://www.saxonia-freiberg.de/ 

© 2005, GTT-Technologies 2 info@gtt-technologies.de


Furthermore, as one of the results of the three year European project OptiCorr on the optimisation of inservice 

performance of boiler steels by modelling high temperature corrosion that ended in February of this 

year, the so-called "OptiCorr Guide Book" is now available. It summarises the major experimental results 

of the project and gives a comprehensive survey of the thermochemical modelling of corrosive processes 

induced by a molten salt layer and by direct contact of the boiler material with oxygen containing atmospheres. 

Furthermore, a whole series of classical one- and two-dimensional phase mappings pertaining to corrosion 

systems is given. In addition a preliminary model for the formation of deposits from the flue gas and the 

aerosols contained in it is discussed. The "OptiCorr Guide Book" has been published as VTT Research Notes 

2309 with the European registration number EUR 21736 EN and ISBN 951-38-6739-0. It can be ordered in 

printed form from VTT Information Service 7 and is also available online as a PDF file 8 . 

CSFAP - the ChemSage File Administration Program 

We are busy working on the upcoming Version 1.6 of CSFAP which is projected for release by mid February, 

2006. The capabilities of CSFAP will grow considerably with this version since there will be full access to the 

thermochemical data contained in a ChemSage-DAT file. Thus a user can prepare his thermochemical datafiles 

for example for use with OptiSage by way of CSFAP. It can also be used to combine (merge) many small files, 

for example on binary subsystems, into larger database-like files on ternary and even higher systems. These 

large files can then be uploaded into FactSage for use in Equilib and Phase Diagram calculations. 

New HASP drivers released 

Aladdin 9 has recently released updated HASP drivers (V4.99). If you are experiencing problems with your 

hardware key, in particular under Microsoft Windows © XP and 64bit versions of Windows, please follow 

these steps to update your drivers: 

1. Exit FactSage, ChemApp, ChemSheet, or SimuSage 

2. Download the latest drivers 10 

3. Unpack the HASP4_driver_setup.zip archive 

4. Install the new driver by executing hdd32.exe 

5. Restart your software 

News from the F*A*C*T Group, CRCT 

Our partners at the CRCT 11 have released their latest newsletter. For the latest news from the CRCT please 

consult the F*A*C*T News web pages. 

7 

http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/ 

8 

http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/tiedotteet/2005/T2309.pdf 

9 

http://www.aladdin.com/ 

10 

ftp://ftp.aladdin.com/pub/hasp/new_releases/driver/HASP4_driver_setup.zip 

11 http://www.crct.polymtl.ca/ 



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