ABB Consulting is pleased to announce that it has recently strengthened its ties with TUV NEL and signed a channel partner agreement, which enables TUV NEL to market and sell ABB's PEL software. PEL provides process engineers with a range of useful tools from pressure drop calculations in a pipeline to managing the hundreds of datasheets on process equipment in a large chemical plant. The PEL suite is an exciting extension to TUV NEL's portfolio of engineering software products and is powered by TUV NEL's renowned PPDS thermodynamics engine, the PPDS ThermoServer.

TUV NEL Ltd is a world leading provider of knowledge consulting, research, test and programme management services to the private and public sectors. Utilising our people's proven knowledge and experience, we work in collaboration with our many clients - helping to realise their commercial and strategic goals. Our services are backed by our extensive facilities for testing, modelling and calibration.

ABB Consulting, a business unit within Automation Technologies, is a leading provider of engineering services, technology and consultancy to industries. Our knowledge of global best practice in each of a wide range of business processes, operations and engineering, has helped over 300 clients worldwide ensure that their core businesses perform at peak efficiency.

The Physical Property Data Service (PPDS) is a world renowned software suite used extensively in the chemical production, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, fine chemical, power generation and process industries. It allows users to perform calculations and simulations across a wide range of process and engineering applications.

Backed by a comprehensive package of databases, PPDS includes key information on more than 1,500 chemicals, constant and variable physical properties, thermodynamic model sets and flash calculations. The software and databases have been awarded BS EN ISO 9001/TickIT accreditation. Special packages are available for petroleum fractions, aqueous solutions and refrigerants.

The PEL software suite is a highly effective, proven, technology solution for generating and managing process design data. It has been developed, used and tested in a manufacturing environment to enable engineers to design processes more quickly and more reliably with up-to-date and permanently available design data.