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1.3.1 Getting Started.pdf
Getting Started
Workshop
The Getting Started module introduces you to some of the basic
concepts necessary for creating simulations in HYSYS. You will use
HYSYS to define three gas streams to be used as feeds to a gas plant. In
addition, you will learn how to determine properties of these streams by
using the Phase Envelope and the Property Table utilities.
Learning Objectives
Getting Started
Button
Description
View
Allows you to access the property view for the selected Component
List.
Add
Delete
Copy
Import
Export
Allows you to export the selected Component List to disk. The exported
Component List can be retrieved into another case, by using the Import
function.
You can use the CTRL B hot key to re-enter the Simulation Basis Manager
from any point in the simulation or click the Basis Environment icon
from the tool bar.
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Inside the Current Fluid Packages group, there are a number of buttons:
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Button
Description
View
This is only active when a fluid package exists in the case. It allows you
to view the property view for the selected fluid package.
Add
Delete
Copy
Import
Export
Allows you to export the selected fluid package to a disk. The exported
fluid package can be retrieved into another case by using the Import
function.
The Fluid Pkgs tab allows you access to the fluid packages/flowsheet
associations list as well as the fluid package definition. As with older
versions, HYSYS allows the user to use multiple fluid packages within a
single simulation by associating the fluid packages with various
flowsheets and linking the flowsheets together. However, beginning with
HYSYS version 3.0 the user no longer requires the use of flowsheets to
employ multiple fluid packages within a single simulation. The user can
now utilize the Stream Cutter operation to incorporate multiple fluid
packages into a single flowsheet.
Getting Started
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Go to the Fluid Pkgs tab and create a fluid package by clicking the
Add button.
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The fluid package name can be changed in the bottom left corner of
this view. Change the name from the default Basis-1 to Refinery.
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Click the View button in the Component List Selection section of the
Set Up tab. This will allow you to add components to the
Component List that is now associated with the Refinery fluid
package.
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Add Components
You can select components for your simulation using several different
methods.
To use...
Match Cell
Do this...
1. Select one of the three name formats, SimName,
Full Name/Synonym, or Formula by selecting the
corresponding radio button.
2. Click on the Match cell and enter the name of the
component. As you start to type, the list will
change to match what you have entered.
3. Once the desired component is highlighted,
either:
Click the ENTER key.
Click the Add Pure button.
Double-click on the component to add it to your
simulation.
Component List
Filter
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Select the library components C1, C2, C3, i-C4, n-C4, i-C5, n-C5, and
C6.
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In the hypo component view, select the ID tab and type the
Component Name, C7+.
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Since you do not know the structure of the hypothetical component and
you are modelling a mixture, the Structure Builder will not be used.
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Click on the Critical tab. The only property supplied by the lab for
the C7+ component is the Normal Boiling Pt. Enter a value of 110C
(230F).
10. Click the Estimate Unknown Props button to estimate all the other
properties and fully define the hypothetical component.
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11. When the hypo component has been defined, return to the fluid
package by closing the hypo component C7+* view.
12. Add the hypo component to the Selected Components list by
selecting it in the Available Hypo Components list and then clicking
the Add Hypo button.
You can use the Sort List
button to order the
Component List.
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Figure 8
Every hypo you create is part of a Hypo Group. By default, this hypo is
placed in HypoGroup1. You can add additional groups and move hypo
components between groups. This is done on the Hypotheticals tab of
the Simulation Basis Manager.
Compare the properties of C7+ with C7 and C8.
C7+
C7
C8
You have now finished defining the fluid package. You can view the
Peng-Robinson binary coefficients for your selected components by
selecting the Binary Coeffs tab.
You will need to add
components C7 and C8 to
the component list in order
to view their properties.
Ensure that you delete them
once this exercise is
finished.
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Enter a unique name (Refinery) for the fluid package and click the
Save button.
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Now that the fluid package has been defined, you can start building the
simulation. Click the Enter Simulation Environment button to begin
building the simulation.
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Adding Streams
In HYSYS, there are two types of streams, Material and Energy. Material
streams have a composition and parameters such as temperature,
pressure, and flowrates. They are used to represent process streams.
Energy streams have only one parameter: heat flow. They are used to
represent the duty supplied to or by a unit operation.
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Do this...
Menu Bar
Workbook
Object Palette
In this case, you will add three streams to represent three different gas
wells. Each stream will be added using a different method of installation.
Press F11. The stream property view appears. If the stream property
view is not displayed, double-click on the newly created stream
(from the PFD) to bring up the property view.
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Highlight the Stream Name cell. Change the stream name by typing in a
new name:
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3.
Do this...
Conditions
Composition
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C1
0.0724
C2
0.1288
C3
0.2765
i-C4
0.1895
n-C4
0.1145
i-C5
0.0648
n-C5
0.0548
C6
0.0329
C7+
0.0658
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Click the OK button when all the mole fractions have been entered.
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You can use one of several different methods to save a case in HYSYS:
Save icon
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From the File menu, select Save to save your case with the same
name.
From the File menu, select Save As to save your case in a
different location or with a different name.
Click the Save icon on the tool bar to save your case with the
same name.
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Flash Calculations
Only two of these three
stream parameters (Vapour
Fraction, Temperature, or
Pressure) can be supplied.
HYSYS can perform three types of flash calculations on streams: P-T, VfP, and Vf-T. Once the composition of the stream and two of either
temperature, pressure or vapour fraction are known, HYSYS performs a
flash calculation on the stream, calculating the third parameter.
If you try to supply temperature, pressure and vapour fraction,
a consistency error will occur.
Attaching Utilities
The utilities available in HYSYS are a set of useful tools that interact with
your process, providing additional information or analysis of streams or
operations. Once installed, the utility becomes part of the flowsheet,
automatically recalculating when conditions change in the stream or
operation to which it is attached.
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Do this...
Menu Bar
Stream Property
View
The Envelope utility (in the Available Utilities list) allows you to examine
relationships between selected parameters for any stream of known
composition, including streams with only one component. VapourLiquid Envelopes may be plotted for the following variables:
Pressure - Temperature
Pressure - Volume
Pressure - Enthalpy
Pressure - Entropy
Temperature - Volume
Temperature - Enthalpy
Temperature - Entropy
An Envelope utility will be added to the stream Feed from the Stream
property view.
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Select Envelope. Click the Add Utility button. The Envelope Utility
view appears.
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The Design tab shows the critical and maxima values for the
envelope.
What is the critical temperature and pressure for the stream Feed?
Tc________________________________ Pc________________________________
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The Property Table utility allows you to examine property trends over a
range of conditions in both tabular and graphical formats. The utility
calculates dependent variables for user specified independent variable
ranges or values.
A Property Table utility will be added to the stream Feed from the Tools
menu.
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Click the Add Utility button. The Property Table view appears.
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Click the Select Stream button and select the stream Feed.
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In the State Values matrix, enter values of 500, 1000, 2000, and 3000
kPa. If you are using field units, the values will be 72, 145, 290, 435
psia.
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10. Change the Lower and Upper Bounds to -50C (-58F) and 200C
(392F) respectively. Set the Increments value to 5 so each interval is
increased by 50C (90F).
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Open the Stream property view for Feed, and view the Conditions
page.
2.
Add a Vapour Fraction of 1.0 and Pressure of 4000 kPa (580 psia).
3.
Move the mouse arrow to the left or right side of the view until the
arrow changes to the double-headed resizing arrows.
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Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the edge of the view
until all the phases can be seen as shown below.
Figure 20
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Workbook icon
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Open the Workbook by clicking the Workbook icon on the tool bar.
2.
From the Workbook menu, select Setup. The Setup view appears as
shown below.
Figure 22
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Under the Workbook Tabs group, click the Add button. The new
Object Type view appears.
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Highlight the Name cell and change the name to Other Prop.
7.
In the Variables group, click the Delete button until all the default
variables are removed.
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From the Variable list, select Mass Density and click OK.
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10. Repeat steps #8 and #9 to add Watson K and Vap Frac on a Volume
Basis as shown below.
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11. Exit the view when you are done to return to the Workbook.
12. The Workbook now contains the tab Other Prop. which shows the
values of Mass Density, Watson K, and Vap Fraction on a Volume
Basis as shown below.
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Customize the
Workbook to contain all
the stream data you
want.
Print the Workbook
Specsheet.
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From the list, you can choose to print or preview any of the available
datasheets.
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