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INTRODUCTION TO
ASPEN HYSYS

Process Simulation
The purpose of simulation is to model and predict the performance of

a process (i.e. process inputs are given to predict the process

outputs).
Aspen Hysys uses the underlying physical relationships (e.g., material
and energy balances, thermodynamic equilibrium, rate equations) to
predict process performance (e.g., stream properties, operating
conditions, and equipment sizes).

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Property Package
Property package is a set of calculation methods to simulate diverse

type of operations.
There are different property packages available to predict properties

of mixtures ranging from well defined light hydrocarbon systems to

complex oil mixtures and highly non-ideal (non-electrolyte) chemical
systems.
The most commonly used are the Equations of State property
packages, specifically the Peng-Robinson package.
When a component list joined with a property package, a fluid
package is created.
The fluid package carries both the components and the methods,
which is needed to start defining the simulation on the flowsheet.

Selection of
Property
Package

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Exercise 1
Create one material stream that contains only water with the following
condition:
Fluid package: Peng Robinson
Flowrate: 100 kgmole/h
Pressure: 1 atm
Vapor/phase fraction: 1.0
1.
2.
3.

What is the temperature of this stream?

Repeat the above procedure by replacing pressure with
temperature of 150oC. What is the pressure of this stream?
With the same condition in (2), reduce the temperature to 70oC.
What is the new pressure of this stream?

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Exercise 2
Create one material stream that contains only n-butane with the
following condition:
Fluid package: Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK)
Flowrate: 100 kgmole/h
Pressure: 18 atm
Temperature: 500 K
1.
2.

What is the molar volume of n-butane?

Compare the result using Peng-Robinson.

Exercise 3
Pumps are used to move liquids. The pump increases the pressure of
the liquid. Water at 120oC and 3 bar is fed into a pump that has 10%
efficiency. The flowrate of the water is 100 kgmole/h and its outlet
pressure from the pump is 84 bar. Use Peng-Robinson as a fluid
package, determine the outlet temperature of the water. If the outlet
temperature is 200oC, what is the efficiency of the pump?

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Exercise 4
Compressor is used to move gases. The compressor increases the
pressure of the gases. A mixture of natural gas (C1, C2, C3, i-C4, n-C4,
i-C5, n-C5, n-C6, C7+) at 100oC and 1 bar is fed into a compressor that
has 30% efficiency. The flowrate of the natural gas is 100 kgmole/h and
its outlet pressure from the compressor is 5 bar. Use Peng-Robinson as
a fluid package, determine the outlet temperature of the natural gas.
Conponent mole fraction
C1

0.333

i-C5

0.069

C2

0.143

n-C5

0.059

C3

0.101

n-C6

0.078

i-C4

0.098

C7+

0.042

n-C4

0.08

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Exercise 5
The expander is used to decrease the pressure of a high pressure inlet
gas stream to produce an outlet stream with low pressure and high
velocity. A mixture of natural gas (methane, ethane and propane) at
25oC and 20 bar is fed into an expander that has 30% efficiency. The
flowrate of the natural gas is 100 kgmole/h and its outlet pressure from
the expander is 5 bar. Use Peng-Robinson as a fluid package,
determine the outlet temperature of the natural gas.
Component mole fraction

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C1

0.5

C2

0.3

C3

0.2

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Exercise 6
Simulate a material stream containing benzene, propylene, propane
and cumene.

Use PRSV fluid package.

Determine the mass density, molar volume, molar enthalpy, surface
tension and viscosity of the stream.

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Exercise 7
Add a heater to the simulation in Exercise 6. Determine the heat duty
required to heat stream S1 to a saturated vapor at 162 kPa.

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Exercise 8
Add a conversion reactor to Exercise 7. The reaction is as follow:

The conversion of propene is 83%. Determine what heat duty is

required to operate the isothermal reactor R1.

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Exercise 9
A stream containing 15% ethane, 20% propane, 60% i-butane and 5%
n-butane at 50oF and atmospheric pressure, and a flow rate of 100
lbmole/hr. This stream is to be compressed to 50 psia and the cooled to
32oF. The resulting vapor and liquid are to be separated as two product
streams. Neglect the pressure drop inside the cooler. Use PengRobinson. What are the flow rates and molar compositions of two
product streams?
Composition

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Ethane

15%

Propane

20%

i-butane

60%

n-butane

5%

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Exercise 10
From Exercise 9, create a case study to see the effect of changing
temperature of the cooler out stream on the molar flow of the liquid
product stream.

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Exercise 11
A pure heptane stream is mixed with a pure octane stream. The
resulting binary mixture is then divided into two streams (use tee) with
different flow rates. The pure heptane stream is flowing at 100 kgmole/h
and the pure octane stream is flowing at 200 kgmole/h. Both pure
streams are at ambient conditions (25oC and 1 atm). The tee exit
streams are also at ambient conditions. One exit stream from tee is to
contain 40% of the molar flow rate of the inlet stream to the tee
operation. Find the molar flow rate and the mole fractions of the tees
two exit streams. Use PRSV as fluid package.

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Exercise 12
Acrylonitrile is produced by the reaction of propylene, ammonia and
oxygen:
2C3 H 6 2 NH 3 3O2 2C3 H 3 N 6 H 2O
where 30% of the propylene is converted. A feed stream containing 45
mole% propylene and 55 mole% ammonia at 25oC and 1 atm is fed to
the reactor. An air stream containing 21 mole% oxygen and 79 mole%
nitrogen is also fed to the reactor at 25oC and 1 atm. The feed stream is
flowing at 22 kgmole/h and the air stream is flowing at 78 kgmole/h.
Assume an adiabatic reactor with no presure drop. Find the
temperature of the reactor product stream. Use PSRV as fluid package.

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Exercise 13
A refrigeration cycle utilizes propane as the working fluid is used in the
liquefaction of the natural gas (NG). Propane is fed to an evaporator
where it absorbed 1.5 x 106 kJ/h from the NG and leaves at the dew
point at -15oC. Pressure drop of the evaporator is 5 kPa. The output of
the evaporator is then compressed adiabatically with efficiency of 75%,
and then it is condensed to reject heat and leaves as saturated liquid at
45oC. Pressure drop of the condenser is 30 kPa. Finally, the propane
passes through a valve and return to evaporator to close the
refrigeration loop. Use Peng Robinson as fluid package.

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Calculate:
1. Pressure of the evaporator fed in kPa
2. Flow rate of propane in kmol/hr
3. Valve pressure drop in kPa
4. Temperature of the valve outlet in oC
5. Compressor duty in hp
6. Condenser duty in kJ/hr
7. Calculate the COP (Coefficient of Performance) for the cycle. Use
spreadsheet operation in Aspen HYSYS.
8. If the duty of the evaporator is changed to 3 x 106 kJ/h, calculate
the COP. Explain the result.

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Prepared by:
NORASMAH MOHAMMED MANSHOR
FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA,
40450 SHAH ALAM, SELANGOR
019-2368303/03-55436333
norasmah@salam.uitm.edu.my

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