How to Reduce Heat

Exchanger Design Time

Using Aspen EDR

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 Objective
Activated EDR helps reduce engineering time spent in
designing Heat Exchangers by integrating the work flow
between a Process Engineer, Heat Exchanger Thermal
Specialist and the Mechanical Designer.
Objective of this demonstration is to show how to

 Generate a preliminary rigorous design for a Heat Exchanger

from within a simulator

 Transfer the design to an Aspen EDR file so that a Thermal

Specialist can then further refine the design

 Transfer the design to Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical for

finishing the mechanical design.

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Open ‘GAS PLANT MODEL V8.6 - Base
Case.hsc’

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Open Details for Heat Exchanger HX 205

Double Click on HX 205

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Autosize Heat Exchanger from the simulator

Click on ‘Size Rigorous Shell & Tube’

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Activated EDR Convert Heat Exchanger HX 205
(Alternative Step-Using Activated EDR)

2 Hover on HX 205 Highlight Circle

Hover on HX 205 Highlight Circle

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Convert Model
(Alternative Step-Using Activated EDR)

Click Convert

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Choose Interactive Sizing Option
(Alternative Step-Using Activated EDR)

Click Convert

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In Sizing Console Select SS 316 Constuction

Click Size Exchanger

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Sizing Complete – Save Preliminary Design

Click Save

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Save Preliminary Design

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Sizing Complete – Accept Design

Click Accept Design

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Open HX205 in Standalone Aspen EDR

At this point the Heat Exchanger Thermal

Specialist can inspect the preliminary design,
make any changes and run the design.

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 Transfer Model for Mechanical Design

Once the Thermal Design is set, the Mechanical design expert can transfer the
design to Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical.
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Run Mechanical Design

At this point the Heat Exchanger Mechanical Designer can inspect the
default design selection, make any changes, run the design and save.

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