Computer-aided industrial process design. The ASPEN project

The ASPEN Project was carried out at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1976-1981. This report formally documents the work completed under the main contract between MIT and the US Department of Energy (Contract No. E(49-18)-2295 Task No. 9). In addition to the main contract, there were related contracts between MIT and the US Department of Energy on which work was reported separately. The project deliverables consisted of the source code and test problems for the ASPEN system on computer tape and a final report. The User Manual (1348 pages), the System Administrator Manual (1170 pages), and the Technical Reference Manual (1026 pages), and On-Line Documentation (Computer-Generated Tables) on magnetic tape were deliverables on a related, but separate contract. The source code versions of the system itself were provided, with installation instructions, for four different computers and operating system (IBM/OS, IBM/CMS, DEC/VAX, and Univac.