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Tutorial 1: Overview of ASCEND

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide number 1 Title slide	Welcome to the Overview of ASCEND tutorial series.
Show Slide 2	In this tutorial, we will introduce you to ASCEND We will have a look at the problems that can be solved using ASCEND We will have first-hand experience of ASCEND interface through a sample model and we will also take an overview of the topics covered in this tutorial series
Slide number 3 System Requirement	System Requirements Here I am using Ubuntu Linux OS version 12.04 and ASCEND version 0.9.8
Slide number 4 Prerequisites	To follow this tutorial series, user doesn't require any prior knowledge of ASCEND. To know more about ASCEND, please visit ascend4.org For relevant tutorial,s please visit our website http://spoken-tutorial.org
Slide number 5 What is ASCEND	What is ASCEND? ASCEND is an open-source software program, for solving mathematical models. ASCEND stands for Advanced System for Computations in Engineering Design. It was first developed in 1978 at Carnegie Mellon University. ASCEND can be used for solving systems of non-linear equations, linear and nonlinear optimization problems, and for dynamic systems
Slide number 6 Sample Problems	Let's have a look at examples of process simulation problems that can be modeled using ASCEND: Modelling of a flash drum for separating a given mixture. Modelling a process flow-sheet comprising of different components such as a Mixer, Reactor and a Separation unit.
Open the ASCEND interface	Now, let's have a look at the ASCEND interface.
	I will load a code file in ASCEND and solve it.
Load files test.a4c and press solve	Here is my code test.a4c. The name of my model is lotka. I will load this model and will run one of the methods and solve the model.
Slide Applications of ASCEND	Now let's have a look at the various topics that will be covered in this tutorial series.
Slide Learning Objectives	At the beginning of the series, we will have a tutorial on how to install ASCEND on Linux and Windows systems.
Slide Learning Objectives	We will also learn how to open a model in ASCEND and solve it.
Slide Learning Objectives	We will learn how to build a basic model and add methods to this basic model. In this tutorial, we will also learn how to write dimensionally consistent equations in ASCEND.
Slide Learning Objectives	We will also learn how to create a re-usable model in ASCEND how to reuse this model for different components also how to import data from Thermodynamics library in ASCEND Towards the end we will learn how to solve this model.
Slide Learning Objectives	We will also have a tutorial on modelling different components of a flow-sheet such as a Mixer a Reactor and how to combine these different components to get the final flow sheet We will run the flowsheet in ASCEND to get final results.
Slide Learning Objectives	We will also have a tutorial on how to use FOR loop in ASCEND how to declare Arrays in our models how to plot graphs using ASCEND
Slide number 6 Summary	This brings us to the end of this tutorial. This tutorial was an overview of what you will learn in the ASCEND tutorial series. Hope you found it interesting.
Slide Number 8 About slide	To know more about the spoken tutorial project, watch the video available at http://spoken-tutorial.org/What_is_a_Spoken_Tutorial It summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it.
Slide number 9 About slide	The Spoken Tutorial Project Team: Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials Gives certificates to those who pass an online test For more details, please write to contact@spoken-tutorial.org
Slide number 10 Acknowledgment	Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India More information on this Mission is available at http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro
Slide number 11 Thank you slide	This is Tarun Gangwar from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for joining.

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