Abstract:The simulation of fluid network involves issues of non-liner, large, sparse matrix and stiff equations, and perhaps is the most challenging task in the plant simulation. Based on characteristics of non-linear equations, an improved iteration method is put forward in this paper, with a good convergence property as compared with the original Newton-Raphson method. An efficient spare matrix algorithm is also used to guarantee the simulation process to have a real time nature. The method dealing with the "stiff" problem occurred in the zero flow path and isolated islands is discussed.