Hi MVP Readers,

This is a review/tutorial/intro video of KINTECH software tools:  Chemical Workbench - for modeling reactive flow processes, KinteckDB- database for storing species and reaction and chemical mechanism info, and KHIMERA - tool for calculating reaction rate parameters.

The video is in 4 parts.  It gives a good overview of what you might expect from KINTECH tools.  You can request a free trial version of the software by visiting: http://www.kintechlab.com, creating a login name and clicking on the “downloads” link.

DISCLAIMER: I am using the free trial version of this software. This is my personal, unbiased opinion. I am not paid, or in anyway compensated by to do a review of this software.

(I realize you can’t fast forward on these videos, sorry about that! I am using screentoaster.com, guess the fast forward capability is not available)

Part1: Chemical Workbench Overview

(Sorry about the lame background screen during the first 5 mins -  my webcam is lagging behind the screen video just in this first video! Bear with me - the other 3 videos uploaded just fine.)

Part2: Running an example

Part3: KintechDB (database tool) Overview (LOOOOOOOOOOOVE this tool!)

Part4: KHIMERA (Cool tool for creating your own rxn rate constants)

If you can’t view the video, try this link:

http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stVEpQQkRIR19WSFxZWlxRXlZd

Please help make this blog better! In comments, let me know

1)What other software reviews you would like to see here?

2) How can I make these reviews better for you?

Cheers!
Masha

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