By:

Dr/Sameh Tawfik
Lecturer of:
(Cryogenic Refrigeration and Gas Liquefaction)
 
   
Faculty of Engineering-Alexandria University

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 Contents 

1.  Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 5 

2.  Objectives............................................................................................................................................ 5 

3.  Who Should Attend ............................................................................................................................. 5 

4.  Prerequisites ....................................................................................................................................... 6 

5.  Scope of the Course ........................................................................................................................... 6 

6.  Aspen Tech aspen ONE 8.0 Installation steps .................................................................................... 6 

6.1. System Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 6 

6.2. Create License (LIC) File ............................................................................................................... 6 

6.3. Install Aspen ONE .......................................................................................................................... 7 

6.4. Apply patch .................................................................................................................................... 8 

7.  Overview of the User Interface ........................................................................................................... 8 

7.1. Window and Form Controls ........................................................................................................... 9 

7.2. Overview of the Ribbon ................................................................................................................. 11 

7.3. The Navigation panel .................................................................................................................. 11 

7.4. Quick Access Toolbar.................................................................................................................. 13 

7.5. Setting Preferences ..................................................................................................................... 13 

7.6. The Zoom Controls...................................................................................................................... 14 

7.7. Copy and Paste, Drag and Drop .................................................................................................. 14 

7.8. Environment Buttons ................................................................................................................... 15 

8.  Starting a New Case ......................................................................................................................... 16 

9.  The Properties Environment ............................................................................................................... 16 

9.1. Creating a Component List .......................................................................................................... 16 

9.2. Selecting a Fluid Package .............................................................................................................. 17 

10.  The Simulation Environment- Building the Flowsheet ......................................................................... 18 

10.1.  Adding Flowsheet Objects: The Model Palette ..................................................................... 19 

10.2.  Add an Object from the Palette to the Flowsheet ................................................................. 19 

11.  Specifying Flowsheet Objects–The Aspen HYSYS Solver and Convergence .................................... 20 

11.1.  Specify Material Streams ...................................................................................................... 21 

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 11.2.  Specify Composition Manually.............................................................................................. 21 

11.3.  Define from Other Stream ....................................................................................................... 22 

12.  Specify Unit Operations ................................................................................................................... 22 

11.4.  Step 1. Add Connections ....................................................................................................... 23 

12.1.1.  Add Connections using the unit operation Form ....................................................... 23 

12.1.2.  Add Connections on the Flowsheet ........................................................................... 23 

11.5.  Step 2. Input Parameters ...................................................................................................... 24 

13.  Flowsheet Controls ........................................................................................................................... 24 

12.1.  The Flowsheet Modify Ribbon .............................................................................................. 24 

14.  Changing Object Orientation ........................................................................................................... 25 

13.1.  Managing Connections ......................................................................................................... 25 

12.1.3.  Attach Mode............................................................................................................... 25 

12.1.4.  Auto Attach ................................................................................................................ 25 

13.2.  Find Object ............................................................................................................................ 25 

12.1.5.  Find: ........................................................................................................................... 25 

12.1.6.  View: .......................................................................................................................... 25 

12.1.7.  Locate: ....................................................................................................................... 26 

15.  Flowsheet Hierarchy ........................................................................................................................ 26 

14.1.  Display Options..................................................................................................................... 27 

14.2.  The Flowsheet Right-Mouse-Button (RMB) Menu ............................................................... 28 

16.  Layered Products and New Integrated Capabilities ......................................................................... 28 

15.1.  Activated Energy and Economic Analysis ............................................................................. 28 

15.2.  Energy Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 29 

15.3.  Economic Analysis ................................................................................................................ 29 

17.  Autosizing Rigorous EDR Heat Exchanger Models ...................................................................... 29 

16.1.  Dynamics .............................................................................................................................. 30 

18.  Petroleum Refining (Formerly Aspen RefSYS) ................................................................................ 31 

17.1.  Petroleum Assays ................................................................................................................. 31 

17.2.  Refining Unit Operations ...................................................................................................... 32 

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19.  Aspen HYSYS Upstream:Pipeline and Hydraulics Operations ........................................................... 32 

20.  aspenONE Exchange......................................................................................................................... 34 

21.  Work shop: ........................................................................................................................................ 34 

22.  Aspen HYSYS hot keys .................................................................................................................... 49 

21.1.  File ........................................................................................................................................ 49 

21.2.  Simulation ............................................................................................................................. 49 

21.3.  Flowsheet .............................................................................................................................. 50 

21.4.  Tools ..................................................................................................................................... 50 

21.5.  Column .................................................................................................................................. 50 

21.6.  View ...................................................................................................................................... 51 

21.7.  Editing ................................................................................................................................... 51 

21.8.  PFD ....................................................................................................................................... 51 

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1. Introduction
Aspen HYSYS is the industry leading simulation software for oil & gas, refining,
and engineering processes. With an extensive array of unit operations,
specialized work environments, and a robust solver, modeling in Aspen HYSYS
enables the user to:
• Improve equipment design and performance.

• Monitor safety and operational issues in the plant

• Optimize processing capacity and operating conditions

• Identify energy savings opportunities and reduce GHG emissions

• Perform economic evaluation to realize savings in the process design

Aspen HYSYS builds upon the legacy modeling environment, adding increased
value with integrated products and an improved user experience. The ease of use
and flexibility of model calculations have been preserved, while new
capabilities have been added.

2. Objectives
– Learn to build, navigate and optimize process simulations using Aspen
HYSYS
– Learn the efficient use of different HYSYS functions to build steady
state process simulations

3. Who Should Attend

– New engineering graduates/technologists who will be using Aspen

HYSYS in their daily work
– Process engineers doing process design and optimization projects and
studies
– Plant engineers checking plant performance under different operating
conditions
– R&D engineers and researchers using Aspen HYSYS for process
synthesis
– Cryogenic refrigeration and gas liquefaction engineers.

 
 

4. Prerequisites

– A background in chemical engineering or industrial chemistry.

– A background of thermal engineering principals and its applications.

5. Scope of the Course

This course is intended as a simple “getting started” guide. It will cover the
process of creating a new case, setting up component lists and fluid
packages, and working in the simulation environment to build the model.
Integrated features and specific topics such as energy analysis, economic
evaluation, and EDR integration will be discussed at a high level. For a more
in-depth understanding of these topics we provide links to further
documentation and training materials developed specifically by the
AspenTech experts in those areas.

6. Aspen Tech aspen ONE 8.0 Installation steps

6.1. System Requirements

• Windows XP, Windows 7 (x86 or x64)

• .NET 3.5 SP1
• SQL Server 2005 SP3
– Use Mixed Mode (Figure 1)

Figure 1 

6.2. Create License (LIC) File

 
 

• Run LicGen.(Figure 2)

                        
Figure 2 
– Creates C:\AspenONE folder
• Folder contains LIC file
– Takes a few minutes to run (Figure 2)

Figure 3

6.3. Install Aspen ONE

• Extract or mount ISO image

• Run setup.exe
• Select License Configuration Refer to LIC file 710 licenses should be
found
• Select Products tab (Figure 2)
• Select products you want to install
• Enter credentials for Windows administrative user for services

 
  

Figure 4

6.4. Apply patch

• Copy STRGXI2.dll to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Hyprotech\Shared\
folder .
• Ensure LIC file is also in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Hyprotech\Shared\
folder
• Restart computer
• Run application

7. Overview of the User Interface

The shell provides an interactive work environment that offers the user full
control over the screen display. Floating forms, flowsheets, the model palette,
and other objects can now be docked inside of a window or tabbed as a
separate window as shown in (Figure 5)

 
  

Figure 5 Overview of UI
The navigation pane shows the hierarchy of and provides access to all available
forms. Environment buttons allow for easy navigation between case properties
and simulation. Contextual ribbons bring the most commonly used commands to
the surface of the workspace.

7.1. Window and Form Controls

You can click and drag tabs to one side of the workspace to display them side by
side or drag them out of the Aspen HYSYS window entirely (even to a second
monitor). Multiple tabs can be open at once; clicking on a tab will make it the
active window and will reveal contextual ribbons and objects. Each tab displays
the name of the form it contains. Sub-forms, such as a column subflowsheet,
also display the name of the parent folder or object (Figure 6).

 
  

Figure 6 Tabbed Windows

To manage the number of tabs, you can right-click on a tab and select “Close” or
“Close All But This.” If you click and drag the tabs off of the row or right click
and select “Floating,” they turn into freestanding forms. To create separate
window groups within the workspace, place the pointer over a window tab, then
hold down the left mouse button while dragging the pointer into one of the
boxes superimposed on the workspace, as shown in (Figure 7)

Figure 7 Dock a Window

 
  

7.2. Overview of the Ribbon

In Aspen HYSYS, options and operations are displayed in a convenient ribbon. The
File menu contains commands for opening and saving files. The most frequently
used commands are together on the Home tab (Figure 8). To find the current
location of any of the commands from previous versions, see “Mapping of
Commands to the Ribbon” in the Aspen HYSYS help section (or click the link
on the new ‘Getting Started’ ribbon). Click any of the tabs on the ribbon to
access a set of related commands. These commands are split into groups by
common functionality. Some groups have a small arrow button located at the
bottom right corner of the group labeled the “Dialog Box Launcher. Clicking
this button opens a dialog box with additional commands.

Some of the ribbon tabs are contextual. These tabs are only shown when the
commands they contain are relevant. For instance, the Flowsheet/Modify tab is
only visible when the flowsheet is the active window. The environment ribbons
themselves are also contextual. Switching between the Properties and
Simulation environments will switch to the associated ribbon.

Figure 8 Aspen HYSYS Home Ribbon

 

7.3. The Navigation panel

 
 

Figure 9 Navigation Panel

The navigation pane resides on the left side of the main window (Figure 9). It can
be collapsed using the “<” control on the upper right side of the panel to create
more viewable space in the main window. You can double-click on a folder in
the navigation pane to open its form in the active window tab. Alternatively, you
can right-click an item and select “Open in new tab.” The navigation pane also
shows the status of each form. When input is incomplete, the circle below the
folder is red and half-filled. When input is complete, a blue circle with a white
checkmark is visible. The dropdown menu below the environment heading
allows you to sort contents in the Navigation Pane by Status or Object Type to
easily identify objects, unit operations, and streams of interest (Figure 10).
Objects include unit operations, streams, analyses, charts, tables, and flowsheets.
Sorting by object type will group objects by common function; for example,
some headings might be “Vessels, Heat Transfer Equipment, and Logical
Operations.” Sorting objects by Status will help to identify which objects are not
solved and contain warnings or errors.

 
  

Figure 10 Sort the Navigation Pane

7.4. Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) appears at the left side of the title bar (Figure
11). The Undo, and Next commands are located here, along with other
customizable options. The QAT makes it easy to get to the commands you use
most frequently because this toolbar remains visible at all times. To add other
commands, right-click on any ribbon icon and select “Add to Quick Access
Toolbar.” For example, adding the “Solver Active” and “Solver Inactive”
buttons to the QAT will make the solver controls readily available without
having to navigate to the Home ribbon tab. Check items to add to the toolbar.

Figure 11 Quick Access Toolbar

7.5. Setting Preferences

 
  

Figure 12 Setting Preferences

To set preferences, open the File menu and click on “Options” in the bottom right
corner as shown in (Figure 12) (in the old user interface global preferences were
set from the “Tool

7.6. The Zoom Controls

There are a set of Zoom controls on the lower right side of the main window.
Moving the slider adjusts the zoom level. Click the “(+)” or “(-)” buttons to
zoom the active window in or out by 10%, click the “zoom fill” button to
maximize the view in the available space, or click the zoom factor to select a
preset zoom level. The zoom bar acts on the process flowsheet, most forms, and
on plots (Figure 13).

Figure 13 Zoom Controls

7.7. Copy and Paste, Drag and Drop

 
  

Grids forms in the Aspen HYSYS user interface support copy and paste and drag and
drop functions for variables from the workbook and object worksheets to forms
that require input variables such as case studies and data tables. Copy and paste
can be done by right-clicking or using the Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V shortcuts. To drag
and drop, click and hold the mouse button over the grey tile of the variable you
wish to transfer and drag to the grey tile of the location you wish to add it to. A
plus sign will appear next to the mouse when you are able to move or drop a
variable (Figure 14). For certain forms, you may need to click the “Add” button
before you can drop a variable.

Figure 14 Drag and Drop

7.8. Environment Buttons

Aspen HYSYS has two user environments: Properties and Simulation. The
environments have specialized user interfaces for performing different tasks. The
Properties environment displays all of the tasks related to configuring the
underlying physical properties associated with a model. This environment
includes workflows related to finding property data, regressing and estimating
property data, and customizing the methods and models used to calculate
properties.

 
  

The Simulation environment is focused on tasks related to building and using

process models. It includes everything you need to create and edit a process
flowsheet, analyze a process, etc. Each environment has a unique subset of
contextual ribbons.

When switching between the two environments, the state of each is preserved,
including the active ribbon tab and any forms, plots, and other windows that may
be open. Some of the forms and folders in the Properties environment have been
reorganized for easier access. Find more information on the Properties and
Simulation environments in the following sections.

8. Starting a New Case

Open ASPEN HYSYS from the Windows start menu by clicking on the AspenTech
folder > Process Modeling > Aspen HYSYS > .

On a Windows 7, we recommend that you pin Aspen HYSYS to the Start Menu by
right clicking on the Aspen HYSYS item from the All Programs list and choosing
“Pin to Start Menu.” This will make it easy to access Aspen HYSYS directly .

When Aspen HYSYS opens, you will see the Start Page as well as Recent Cases and
Get Started Materials. To create a new case, click on New in the top, left box or
File > New.

9. The Properties Environment

All new cases start in the Properties environment. This is where you will select the
components to be used in your model and set the calculation methods for
physical properties (fluid package). The combination of a component list and a
fluid package is called a property package. You cannot enter the Simulation
environment until at least one property package has been created and, if you have
multiple component lists, each one has been assigned a fluid package.

9.1. Creating a Component List

The first step to building a model is to create Component Lists which collectively
contains all of the components that will be used in your process. Later, when you
specify a stream in the simulation environment, you will need to choose a

 
  

component list for that stream. It may be helpful to create multiple component lists
in cases where streams have very different compositions. Aspen HYSYS supports
components both from its own databank and Aspen Properties. To create an Aspen
HYSYS component list, click on the Add Button at the bottom of the grid. To create
an Aspen Properties component list, click on the dropdown arrow and choose
“Aspen Properties” (Figure 15).

Figure 15 Select a Component List Type

Now, use the search form to select which type of components to add to the list.
When you type in the “Search For” box, Aspen HYSYS will automatically
populate matches in the grid below. Hitting Enter or clicking Add will add the
selected component to the list. You can use the shift and control keys to add
multiple components at a time and you can reorder the list by dragging and
dropping cells (Figure 16).

Figure 16 Add Components

9.2. Selecting a Fluid Package

You must associate each component list with a Fluid Package. Click on the Fluid
Packages folder in the navigation pane or on the Fluid Package icon from the
Home ribbon. Click on the Add button to add an Aspen HYSYS fluid package.

 
  

Next, click on the dropdown arrow for the additional options of Aspen Properties
and COM Thermo (Figure 17).

Figure 17 Select a Database for the Fluid Package

By default the fluid package created will be of the Aspen HYSYS type. Use the
Selection dropdown box to choose another list. In the Property Package Selection
box, click on the fluid package that you want to use to complete this property
package setup (Figure 18). To specify another fluid package, click on the folder
from the navigation pane or the icon on the ribbon.

Figure 18 Choose a Fluid Package Type

10. The Simulation Environment- Building the Flowsheet

With property packages specified, you are now ready to begin creating your model.
Click on the Simulation environment button on the bottom left panel (Figure 19).

 
  

Figure 19 Simulation Environment Button

You will see the object palette appear on top of a blank flowsheet. You can start by
adding either a material stream or a unit operation from the palette.

10.1. Adding Flowsheet Objects: The Model Palette

Unit operations on the model palette are organized into six tabs, the most frequently
used operations are located on the “Common” tab. There are also tabs for
refining, dynamics, columns, upstream, and custom (Figure 20). Material
streams can be added using the blue arrow and energy streams can be added
using the red arrow. If you close the palette you can re-open it from the View
Ribbon,

Figure 20 The Model Palette

10.2. Add an Object from the Palette to the Flowsheet

To place a unit or material stream on the flowsheet, click the icon in the palette and
move the mouse over the flowsheet to where you would like to place the object.

 
  

You will see that the mouse has a plus sign next to it, indicating that when you
click the mouse again, the object will be added.

11. Specifying Flowsheet Objects–The Aspen HYSYS Solver and

Convergence
The Aspen HYSYS solver is uniquely flexible and very robust; when the solver is
active, it automatically responds to input entered for any object in the flowsheet
and back calculates parameters for the entire process. Visual indicators display
the status of all flowsheet objects. You can see the status of an object both on the
flowsheet itself and on the status bar at the bottom of an object form (Figure 21).

Figure 21 Visual Indicators

Color indicators for flowsheet objects are as follows:

 Red: The object is missing a basic requirement or the object contains errors.
 Yellow: All connections are complete but the block is underspecified or
contains warnings.
 Green:This unit has solved without errors.

 
  

If a stream is over-specified you will likely see a dialogue box that reports a
consistency error. If a unit is over-specified you will see a warning appear in the
status bar.

11.1. Specify Material Streams

Open the material stream form by double-clicking on the stream arrow. The form
will open to the Workbook tab > Conditions form. On the Worksheet tab,
enter enough parameters to fully define both the stream’s composition and its
thermodynamic state. You can input information in any order; Aspen HYSYS
will automatically respond to new information and update other conditions
that it calculates (Figure 22).

Figure 22 Complete Stream Specification

11.2. Specify Composition Manually

Click on the Composition form in the Worksheet list. Type a value into any cell and
the Input Composition form will appear. On the right, you can select which unit
of data to enter and on the bottom you can use the controls to erase or normalize
values entered. Type the values for each component in the cell next to their names
(Figure 23).

 
  

Figure 23 Input Composition Form

11.3. Define from Other Stream

You also have the option to define a stream’s conditions from another stream. Click
the “Define from other stream” button on the stream form to enable this. Choose
which stream to transfer from in the Available Streams box. You can transfer all
data from another stream or choose specific information to transfer (Figure 24).

Figure 24 Define from Other Streams

12. Specify Unit Operations

 
  

Double click on any unit to open the form. You will see that the status indicator, as
well as the object itself, is red. Add connections for input and output on the
Design > Connections tab. Then move to the Design > Parameters tab to specify
size, pressure drop, duty, and whatever else is required for that particular unit.
11.4. Step 1. Add Connections

12.1.1. Add Connections using the unit operation Form

Click inside the Inlets grid and type the name of the inlet stream. Repeat for Vapor
and Liquid Outlets. This is one way to create and connect a stream (Figure 25).

Figure 25 Add Connections from the Input Form

12.1.2. Add Connections on the Flowsheet

Click the blue arrow on the palette to select it. Click on the flowsheet in the location
you want to place the stream. Deselect objects by clicking on a blank area of the
flowsheet. Now, view attachment ports by either holding down the control key or
clicking the Attach icon on the Flowsheet/Modify ribbon. Click on one of the
ports, drag the mouse, and release over the inlet port of a unit operation or another
stream (Figure 26).

 
  

Figure 26 Add Connections from the Flowsheet

11.5. Step 2. Input Parameters

Open the unit operation form. Click on the Design tab > Parameters Form.
Depending on the unit operation, there may be input boxes that are blank or
marked “empty,” radio buttons, or other input to complete. Specify enough
parameters so that the flowsheet has zero degrees of freedom and can solve.

13. Flowsheet Controls

While you are building your flowsheet, you may find it helpful to use the controls
provided on the Flowsheet/Modify ribbon and the right-mouse-button menu of
flowsheet objects (Figure 27). We will cover some of the most commonly used
functions here.

12.1. The Flowsheet Modify Ribbon

Figure 27 Flowsheet/Modify ribbon

 
  

14. Changing Object Orientation

These controls are on the left side of the flowsheet ribbon (in previous versions they
were found in the right-mouse- button menu).

13.1. Managing Connections

12.1.3. Attach Mode

Using attach mode is the equivalent to holding down the control key; all available
object ports will be displayed as you move the mouse on the flowsheet.

12.1.4. Auto Attach

When auto attach is selected, you can do the following:

(1) Make sure all other objects are deselected and add a unit operation. When the
operation is added to the flowsheet, new streams will be defined for the
input and output of that object.

(2) Before adding your unit, select a stream or object that you would like
connected to it. The stream will automatically be connected as the input to
that operation. For a connected object, a dialogue box will appear asking
which stream from the first object you would like to connect to the newly
added one. This is particularly useful if you have many streams as the input
to a new object, such as a mixer.

13.2. Find Object

The Find Object button, located in the Tools group of the Flowsheet/Modify tab, can
be used both to locate any object on a large flowsheet and to directly open any
object form. Click on the icon from the Flowsheet ribbon to open the Object
Navigator. The choices on the Object Navigator are as follows:
12.1.5. Find:
Open the form for any object or group of objects. For single objects, type in the full
object name. For a group of objects, type an asterisk, a common character, and
another asterisk. For instance, to open the forms for all exchangers with a number in
the 300’s, click Find and type *e3* (Figure 28).
12.1.6. View:

 
  

Open the form for the selected object in the Unit Operations list.
12.1.7. Locate:
Navigate to the selected Unit Operation in the flowsheet. This command will move the
flowsheet within the visible area to the location of the selected object.

Figure 28 Find Object

15. Flowsheet Hierarchy
In large complex flowsheets, such as the LNG plant in (Figure 29), it is often useful
to organize processes into smaller stages. In this case, blocks represent a
particular group of operations. If you double-click on any of these blocks you
will be able to enter the sub-flowsheet environment using a button at the bottom
of the form. You can also right-click on the block and use the “Open
subflowsheet as new tab” selection. Inside the subflowsheet you will see only
objects related to that particular part of the process. If any changes are made in
this environment they will not be passed to the main flowsheet until you
navigate back to the parent—this may cause some objects in the subflowsheet to
be temporarily unsolved. Use the “View Parent” Ribbon button to navigate back
to the main flowsheet.

 
  

Figure 29 Example of Flowsheet Hierarchy

14.1. Display Options

Use the features in this category to change the color schemes for the process
flowsheet and workbook tables and to hide or display objects and tables. An
example of one of the PFD color schemes, Temperature, is shown in (Figure 30).

Figure 30 Conditional Formatting 

 
  

14.2. The Flowsheet Right-Mouse-Button (RMB) Menu

The right-mouse click menu allows you to perform all of the standard commands for
objects such as cut, copy, paste, and delete. It also contains a number of extended
functions such as Import/Export, open a form as a new tab, and change the
operation’s icon (Figure 31).

Figure 31 The Flowsheet RMB Menu

16. Layered Products and New Integrated Capabilities

A major focus in Aspen HYSYS V8 is more seamless integration of layered tools.
Dynamics and Petroleum Refining (formerly Aspen RefSYS) have their own
contextual ribbons. Energy Analysis and Economic Evaluation can be activated
within the simulation to automatically calculate the energy cost and savings
potential and the equipment cost for the flowsheet. Simple heat exchanger models
can now be automatically sized as rigorous EDR models which are then embedded
in the flowsheet. An overview of some of the integrated capabilities is provided
below. For more information, see the Additional Resources section.

15.1. Activated Energy and Economic Analysis

Activated Analysis is intended to guide design decisions through automatic energy

and economic analysis. The Activated Analysis panel displays key performance
indicators which are recalculated each time you change or run the simulation case
(Figure 32).

 
  

Figure 32 Activated Analysis

15.2. Energy Analysis

Activated energy analysis can be used to calculate current energy costs and potential
savings; it can also automatically generate suggestions to improve the heat
exchanger network design for the flowsheet. In the Energy Analysis
Environment, you can view details of the current heat exchanger network and
create custom scenarios for energy saving designs.

15.3. Economic Analysis

The Activated Economic Analysis pane displays the relative capital cost and utility
cost for the process. The reported values are based on calculations from Aspen
Process Economic Analyzer.

17. Autosizing Rigorous EDR Heat Exchanger Models

Now, you can automatically convert any simple end point or steady state rating Shell&
Tube or Air Cooled heat exchanger model into a fully rigorous Aspen Exchanger
Design & Rating (EDR) model inside Aspen HYSYS. To do this, add the
appropriate unit operation from the model palette and double-click to open the
operation form. On the Design tab > Parameters form use the Size Rigorous Shell
&Tube or the Size Rigorous Air Cooler button to auto-size the exchanger or click the
dropdown arrow to open Interactive Sizing using the EDR Sizing Console (Figure
33). EDR sizing optimization will determine the lowest cost design that meets
process constraints and updates the model into your Aspen HYSYS flow sheet.
Templates may be used to impose company-specific design criteria.
A manual workflow is also available for full control of the design. You can view

 
  

Heater can also be embedded inside a HYSYS simulation. To utilize EDR design,
choose EDR – Plate Fin or EDR – Fired Heater from the Model Selection dropdown
list on the exchanger Parameters form.

Figure 33 Auto size a Rigorous Shell &Tube Exchanger

16.1. Dynamics
Dynamic simulation mode addresses non-steady-state processes, such as plant start-
up and shut-down (Figure 34). It can be used to test control systems, monitor
safety considerations, and assess performance problems. In Aspen HYSYS
Dynamics V8, controls are located on the Dynamics contextual ribbon.
Converting your model from steady-state to dynamic requires additional input
on the unit operation forms. Refer to Additional Resources for more information.

 
  

Figure 34 Dynamics Mode

18. Petroleum Refining (Formerly Aspen RefSYS)
17.1. Petroleum Assays
Petroleum Assays can be inputted in the Properties environment. From the navigation
pane, double-click on the Petroleum Assays folder and click the Add button at the
bottom of the window. You will need to first select an Assay source; choose
‘specified’ if you want to enter data manually. Next, choose a Fluid Package from
the drop down. You will now see that Setup form where you can enter the
laboratory data for the crude oil, including property information for the bulk of the
curves (Figure 35). A built-in assay library is also available, which brings assay data
into the Petroleum Assay Macro-Cut table where it can be characterized. The unique
architecture of Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining makes it possible to use a single
component list across all the assays in the model and propagates the properties
across the flowsheet enabling crude selection workflows involving multiple assays.

 
  

Figure 35 Petroleum Assays

17.2. Refining Unit Operations

Refining related unit operations, including refining reactors, are readily available in the
model palette. Click on the Refining contextual tab to view the list of available
operations (Figure 36)

Figure 36 Petroleum Refining Reactor Units in Simulation

19. Aspen HYSYS Upstream:Pipeline and Hydraulics Operations
Aspen HYSYS Upstream models pipeline and hydraulic networks as both steady-
state and dynamic modes, using industry standard methods and techniques.
Upstream operations have their own modeling environment, contextual ribbon,

 
  

and contextual palette; therefore, all upstream operations are contained within
upstream sub-flowsheets (Figure 37). To add an Aspen Hydraulics subflowsheet
to an Aspen HYSYS case, click on the Upstream tab on the main palette and then
click on the Aspen Hydraulics icon and add the block to the flowsheet. Double-
click on the Hydraulics block to open the form and click on the “Show
Flowsheet” button on the bottom.

Figure 37 Hydraulics Block - Main Flowsheet and Hydraulics Sub-flowsheet

When the Hydraulics flowsheet is active (tab is selected) you will see the Piping
Network ribbon tab and hydraulics palette, which you can use to add piping parts
to the subflowsheet. You can open a pipe form to perform flow assurance analysis
- analyze hydrates formation and corrosion or erosion rates in the pipeline. An
overview of some of the capabilities is captured in (Figure 38)

 
  

Figure 38 Hydraulics Analyses

20. aspenONE Exchange

aspen ONE Exchange provides access to an engineering content marketplace from
within Aspen HYSYS. Click on the Exchange button (Figure 39) to open aspen
ONE Exchange. Type queries into the search bar to find equipment selection
tools, existing flow sheets and models, training and tech tips from AspenTech’s
extensive knowledgebase, and more.

Figure 39 Search for content with aspen ONE Exchange

21. Work shop:

In this workshop we have the following Learning Objectives:

 
 

• Define a fluid package (property package, components, and hypotheticals).

• Add streams.
• Understand flash calculations.
• Attach stream utilities.
• Customize the Workbook.
Example
We have a stream containing 15% ethane, 20% propane, 60% i-butane and 5%
n-butane at 50°F and atmospheric pressure, and a flow rate of 100
lbmole/hr. This stream is to be compressed to 50 psia and then cooled to
32°F. The resulting vapor and liquid are to be separated as the two
product streams. Neglect the pressure drop inside the condenser.
Solution
1. Start the program, From Start Menu, Select All Programs >> Aspen Tech
>> Process Modeling V8.x >>>> Aspen HYSYS >> Aspen HYSYS

Figure 40

 
 

Figure 41 Search

2. First, Start a new case

Figure 42

 
 

3. Add the Components

Figure 43

4. Choose the system components from the databank:

Figure 44

 
 

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5. Select the fluid package

Figure 46

By the aid of HYSYS method assistance (figure…..) or using (table….) you can
select the suitable fluid package FP

 
 

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In this case, select Peng-Robinson

Figure 50

6. Drawing the flow sheet

 
 

Select the cycle components from the pallet and follow the steps as illustrated in
the following figures

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Now you can view the results by double clicking on the separator, in the
worksheet tab:

 
 

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7. Save Your Case!

 
 

22. Aspen HYSYS hot keys

21.1. File

Create New Case Ctrl + N

Open Case Ctrl + O

Save Current Case Ctrl + S

Save As Ctrl + Shift + S

Close Current Case Ctrl + Z

Exit HYSYS Alt + F4

21.2. Simulation

Go to Basis Manager Ctrl + B

Return to Previous Environment Ctrl + L

Main Properties Ctrl + M

Access Optimizer F5

Access Event Scheduler Ctrl + E

Toggle Steady State/Dynamics F7

Toggle Hold/Go Calculations F8

Access Integrator Ctrl + I

Start/Stop Integrator F9

Stop Calculations Ctrl + Break

 
 

21.3. Flowsheet

Add Material Stream F11

Add Operation F12

Access Object Navigator F3

Access Notes Manager Ctrl + G

Show/Hide Object Palette F4

Composition View (from Workbook) Ctrl + K

21.4. Tools

Access Workbooks Ctrl + W

Access PFDs Ctrl + P

Toggle Move/Attach (PFD) Ctrl

Access Utilities Ctrl + U

Access Reports Ctrl + R

Access Databook Ctrl + D

Access Controller Faceplates Ctrl + F

Access Dynamics Assistant Ctrl + Y

Access Help F1

21.5. Column

Go to Column Runner (Col subflowsheet) Ctrl + T

Stop Column Solver Ctrl + Break

Dynamics Assistant Ctrl + Y

 
 

21.6. View

Close Active View Ctrl + F4

Tile Views Shift + F4

Go to Next View Ctrl + F6 or Ctrl + Tab

Ctrl + Shift + F6 or
Go to Previous View
Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Go to Next item within View Tab

Go to Previous item within View Shift + Tab

21.7. Editing

Edit Cell F2

Access Pull-Down Menus F10 or Alt

Go to Next Page Tab Ctrl + Shift + N

Go to Previous Page Tab Ctrl + Shift + P

Undo Ctrl + Z

Cut Ctrl + X

Copy Ctrl + C

Paste Ctrl + V

21.8. PFD

Zoom out Page Down

Zoom in Page Up

Zoom All Home

Toggle between last zoom levels Z

Pan Arrow or Shift Arrow keys

Centre PFD on cursor Period key or C

 
 

Mirror about X axis X

Mirror about Y axis Y

Rotate 90 1

Rotate 180 2

Rotate 270 3

To default orientation N

Display Stream Temperatures Shift + T

Display Stream pressures Shift + P

Display Stream molar flow rates Shift + F

Display Stream Names Shift + N

Display Stream mass flowrates Shift + M

Display Object description Shift + R

Display Outlet nozzle elevation Shift + O

Display Inlet nozzle elevation Shift + I

Select Object Label L

Open Selected Object V or E

Delete Selected Object Delete