Real Time Optimization

LAB #2 Aspen EO Modes and Variables

1. Start with your backup file created for lab1. Rename the backup file from lab1 to
lab2 to begin this lab.
2. Solve using the Sequential Modular (SM) Solution strategy.
o to control panel
!ote that status is SM Results "vailable and #nsynchroni$ed
%hange strategy to &'
(he status is now Synchroni$ed
). %reate an &' *ariables tab labeled Specs and include the variables listed in the table
below using the +uery. (!ote, (he variables listed are based on using a -etrofrac
model. (he Radfrac model follows a slightly different naming convention.)
.&%2./01.R&203M'0&S
.&%2./01..4S(3M'0&S
.&%)./01.R&203M'0&S
.&%)./01..4S(3M'0&S
.&%2./01.'5.&%203%2
.&%)./01.'5.&%)3%2
.&%)./01.'5.&%)3%)
.&%)./01./(.&%)3%)
6. %hange the variable specifications in the &' *ariables form as follows,
.&%2./01.R&203M'0&S %alculated
.&%2./01..4S(3M'0&S %alculated
.&%)./01.R&203M'0&S %alculated
.&%)./01..4S(3M'0&S %alculated
.&%2./01.'5.&%203%2 %onstant
.&%)./01.'5.&%)3%2 %onstant
.&%)./01.'5.&%)3%) %onstant
.&%)./01./(.&%)3%) %onstant
7. "d8ust the variable *alues in the &' *ariables form to the following values. (!ote
that for large changes you would have to ad8ust the variables in small increments
e9ecuting the &' simulator at each change. (he reinitiali$e option that restores
previous solutions may be useful when a simulation fails to converge.)
*ariable *alue
.&%2./01.'5.&%203%2 :2.)
.&%)./01.'50.&%)3%2 2.2
.&%)./01.'50.&%)3%) :;.:
.&%)./01./(.&%)3%) <.7
;. Save the solution to your file and e9port the variable values to a *"R file. Record
the specifications and values on the Specs tab. Switch back to SM= reinitiali$e and
return to &'. Run the &' simulation case and record the variable specifications and
values on the Specs tab.
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Real Time Optimization
LAB #2 Aspen EO Modes and Variables
>. 4mport &' variables from the file that was 8ust e9ported including the *alue and
Specification type. Record the variable specifications and values on the Specs tab.
Run the &' case. Record the variable specifications and values.
?. &stimate the open loop gain matri9 lineari$ed about the solution reported in step ;
using the reflu9 and distillate rates of both columns as the independent variables..
(he open loop gain matri9 is from the e+uation 9 @ "m where 9 is the
vector of composition variables in the table from part 7 and m is the vector
of reflu9 and distillate molar rates in the table from part 6.
#se both the closed loop perturbation method with a <.7 percent
perturbation si$e and the open loop perturbation method with a 2< lbA
moleBhr perturbation si$e.
:. %alculate the Relative ain "rray (R") from your open loop gain matri9 for the
variables listed in step 6 by computing the 5adamard product of " and ("
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)
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computations may be made using &9cel= Matlab= or another suitable program.
1<. ReAcalculate the open loop gain matri9 and Relative ain "rray (R") replacing one
of the independent variables used in step : with a variable of your own choosing.
11. %opy the recorded values from the &' *ariables form (steps ; and >) and paste them
into your .escription area. "lso include the open loop gain and R" matrices
calculated in steps ?A1< in the "spen-lus bkp fileCs .escriptions area. %omment on
what you learned from this lab.
12. Submit the "spen-lus bkp file to blackboard. !ote, verify that the .escription area
contains the material re+uired prior to submitting the file.
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