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Friday, 4 January 2008

Depressuring studies and the HYSYS depressuring

utility
So many people seem to be struggling with this although there is a lot
of info available to do tell you how to do this. Just for the record, the
Aspentech support site has a document that is updated regularly on
how to better use the depressuring utility, read it please! And below in
short a couple of rules of thumb in case you really do not want to go
and read the entire document:
Case 1 - The blowdown case

Label Cloud

Steady State Did you

know Dynamic
Thermodynamics Column
Properties Utility Convergence
Depressuring Pipelines Density
Electrolytes Flare Networks Gas
Processing Usability phase envelope
ActiveX

App for Process Simulation

CO2 Removal

Vessel geometry MUST be entered such that you properly

represent
The volumes occupied by each phase
The metal mass in contact with each phase
The heat transfer area for each phase
Note that the "metal mass correction" is introduced as
extra surface area!
This gets more complicated if you represent more thant one
piece of equipment in a single depressuring utility.
Use the Adiabatic model for heat flux and the Detailed model for
heat loss
The PV term contribution should be close to 100%
The recycle efficiencies should be less than 0.1% for the
dominant phase

Flow

Combustion

Distillation

Entrainment

Gas Cleaning
Interface

Separator

Toolkit

Valve

Elevation

Flowsheet

Inconsistencies

NPSH

Plant Wide Model

To

Efficiency

Extensions

Burner

Compressible

Non-ideal Mixtures
Pump

RVP

Short Cut
aspenONE

Fuel

Install
PFD

Ratio

Send

Static Head
dewpoint

spreadsheet

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Choose your heat flux equation

If you choose API Fire, choose "None" for the heat loss
model and do NOT apply the heat to the outside wall
For the Stefan Boltzmann method you really should add
the detailed heat loss model and do not forget to applied
the heat to the outside wall
For the others you may want to choose a different heat
loss model, but you really need to know what you are
doing!
The PV term contribution and the recycle efficiencies have little
impact. So leave the PV term at default and leave the recycle
efficiencies at 100%

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Do not try to be the hero of precision and use a very small time
step!!! This applies in particular to blowdown cases. In version 2006
and previous there is an issue that causes the results to be all wrong
if you decrease the time step to below 0.001 second or so (assuming
the default compositional period of 10). The issue is solved in version
2006.5. That new version has a couple of improvements on default
values, but the default on recycle efficiency remains 100%.
I would really welcome all suggestions to make the utility more user
friendly, although you have to realise there is a fine line between user
friendliness and making the simulator take all responsability for a
sensitive study like a depressuring study.
Posted by Kwizim at 09:03
Labels: Depressuring, Steady State, Utility

1 comment:
edogaktop said...
Thx, very helpful.
28 December 2009 at 07:44

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Don't blame the simulator, at least not right away
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Depressuring studies and the HYSYS depressuring utility
The HYSYS column solver may be able to do more than you
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Ever heard of PFD shortcuts in HYSYS?
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Did you know series: Defer execution of time consuming utilities
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Dynamic Modelling of Flare Networks
The HYSYS Process Data Tables - The Ugly Duckling
Modelling Valves in HYSYS Steady State and Dynamics
Modelling process piping in HYSYS Dynamics
Use the HYSYS Carry-over capability to unclutter your PFD
How NOT to specify equipment elevation in dynamic modelling
Thermodynamics
Did you know series: When using Lee-Kesler Enthalpies with the
PR EOS, you get better enthalpies AND ASME steam enthalpies
for water as a bonus
Using Electrolytes in HYSYS
Using Electrolytes in HYSYS - Some things are good to know
Modelling TEG Dehydration accurately
Dealing with thermodynamics: the difference between
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Matching the oil density from PVT analysis with HYSYS results

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