Recent highlights

Product notes and research highlights from the Reflux team on visible simulator workflows, template-backed generation, desktop adapters, and reviewed process-model plans.

July 15, 2026 · Engineering
What reviewed, verifiable AI automation means in process simulation

Why AI tools that write to a simulator should verify every change by reading it back, and gate every reported result, before an engineer trusts a word.

July 15, 2026 · Guides
Can AI drive Aspen Plus? How natural-language control of a process simulator actually works

What programmatic control of Aspen Plus really is, what an AI agent can do with it today, and why write verification and review gates decide whether you can trust it.

July 15, 2026 · Guides
Using an AI copilot to troubleshoot simulation convergence failures

A practical look at how an AI copilot turns convergence troubleshooting from guess-and-rerun into one verified change at a time.

July 15, 2026 · Guides
AI copilot vs. homegrown scripts for process simulator automation

An honest comparison of Python/VBA COM scripting and an AI copilot for Aspen Plus automation, including when the plain script is still the right tool.

Founder story
How Reflux came to be

The product intuition behind visible, reviewed simulation workflows.

May 14, 2026 · Product
Visible distillation train

How a reviewed process-study flow can make simulator work easier to inspect.

May 11, 2026 · Research
Template-backed generation

Using known-good cases and templates as the starting point for repeatable runs.

May 10, 2026 · Product
Desktop simulator adapter

How local simulator control becomes a reviewable product surface.

May 7, 2026 · Research
Reviewed plans for process models

Why the review gate is central to agentic process-model automation.