<s>
EcosimPro	B-Application
is	O
a	O
simulation	O
tool	O
developed	O
by	O
Empresarios	O
Agrupados	O
A.I.E	O
for	O
modelling	O
simple	O
and	O
complex	O
physical	O
processes	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
expressed	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
Differential	O
algebraic	O
equations	O
or	O
Ordinary	O
differential	O
equations	O
and	O
Discrete	B-General_Concept
event	I-General_Concept
simulation	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
various	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platforms	O
and	O
uses	O
its	O
own	O
graphic	O
environment	O
for	O
model	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modelling	O
of	O
physical	O
components	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
EcosimPro	B-Application
language	O
(	O
EL	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
conventional	O
Object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
but	O
is	O
powerful	O
enough	O
to	O
model	O
continuous	O
and	O
discrete	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EcosimPro	B-Application
Tool	O
Project	O
began	O
in	O
1989	O
with	O
funds	O
from	O
the	O
European	O
Space	O
Agency	O
(	O
ESA	O
)	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
simulating	O
environmental	O
control	O
and	O
life	O
support	O
systems	O
for	O
crewed	O
spacecraft	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Hermes	O
shuttle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
complex	O
applications	O
have	O
demonstrated	O
that	O
EcosimPro	B-Application
is	O
very	O
robust	O
and	O
ready	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
many	O
other	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
familiarize	O
yourself	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
EcosimPro	B-Application
,	O
first	O
create	O
a	O
simple	O
component	O
to	O
solve	O
a	O
differential	O
equation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
EcosimPro	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
simulate	O
complex	O
systems	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
independently	O
of	O
a	O
physical	O
system	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
a	O
pure	O
equation	O
solver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
simulate	O
this	O
equation	O
we	O
will	O
create	O
an	O
EcosimPro	B-Application
component	O
with	O
the	O
equation	O
in	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EcosimPro	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
fields	O
and	O
disciplines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Energy	O
:	O
In	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
Energy	O
,	O
EcosimPro	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
different	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
heat	O
balances	O
(	O
Thermal_Balance	O
)	O
,	O
hydraulic	O
systems	O
(	O
Pipe	O
Networks	O
Tool	O
)	O
,	O
molten	O
carbonate	O
and	O
alkaline	O
fuel	O
cells	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
