Installing Scilab within COCO

[nrgeng]

While following your references in a previous COCO Posting, here is what I did to install Scilab successfully. Note, Scilab 5.5.2 was previously installed and operational.

View a listing of Scilab functions at https://help.scilab.org/docs/6.0.0/en_US/index.html

Procedure to install Scilab 6.0.0 within Windows 10 V1703

• Download Scilab from REF1
  Install Scilab
  Download SciLab Thermo Import from REF2
  Download SciLab Unit Operation from REF3
  Install SciLab Thermo Import
  Create a new flowsheet within COCO 3.2.0.17
  Insert a Custom SciLab Unit Operation
  Insert two Feed Streams and a Product Stream
  Edit the Custom SciLab Unit to add two Feed Streams and one Product Stream
  Copy and Paste the Scilab script from the Example in REF3 into the Custom SciLab Unit
  Connect the three streams to the Custom SciLab Unit
  Validate the flowsheet specification
  Solve the flowsheet

REF1: http://www.scilab.org/en/download/latest
REF2: https://www.amsterchem.com/scilabthermo.html
REF3: https://www.amsterchem.com/scilabunitop.html

Thanks for all of your efforts in making Scilab available for use within COCO.

[jasper]

Thank you for your comments

[nrgeng]

Addressed to All:

Presenting a Holiday challenge for those looking to kill some time between watching ball games. No prizes will be awarded just the satisfaction of a job well done.

To those of you who are adventurous and like a challenge, you could model the following problem to check your Scilab skills. Enjoy!

Note: No COCO Imports are required to be installed into Scilab for this challenge.

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Solution Plot

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