ASPEN ENGINEERING SUITE

OVERVIEW

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 General Overview
Software for integrated process engineering, including steady-state
and dynamic process simulation, equipment design, and cost
evaluation.

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 ASPEN PLUS

OVERVIEW

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 Aspen Plus
Aspen Plus is a process modeling tool for conceptual design,
optimization, and performance monitoring for diverse industries.
Aspen Plus is a core element of AspenTechs Process Engineering
applications.
Given thermodynamic data, realistic operating conditions, and
rigorous equipment models Its possible to simulate actual plant
behaviors, by using basic engineering relations such as mass
and energy balances, and phase and chemical equilibrium
Features
Best-in-class physical properties methods and data
Diverse Model library : Simulation of a wide range of processes
Scalability for large and complex processes
Online deployment of models: real-time optimization/advanced
process control applications
Workflow automation: Aspen Plus models can be linked to Microsoft
Excel using Aspen Simulation Workbook or Visual Basic

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 Aspen Plus

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 Simulation Steps
1. Define Process Flow Sheet.
Units Streams-Models

2. Specify Chemical Components

3. Specify Thermodynamic Model

Estimation of physical properties

4. Specify Flow Rates and

Thermodynamic conditions

5. Run Simulation Analyze Results

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 Example

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 Define Process Flow Sheet
Coal Drying Flowsheet

EXHAUST

WET-COAL DRY-REAC DRY-FLSH

IN-DRIER

NITROGEN

DRY-COAL

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Specify Chemical Components

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Specify Thermodynamic Model

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Specify Flow Rates conditions

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 Simulation Results

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ASPEN CUSTOM MODELER

OVERVIEW

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 General Overview
Aspen Custom Modeler is a process and equipment
model development and simulation environment

Aspen Custom Modeler (ACM) is used to create

rigorous models of processing equipment and to
apply these equipment models to simulate and
optimize continuous, batch, and semi-batch
processes.

It is used across many industries including

chemicals, power, nuclear, food and beverage,
metals and minerals, pharmaceuticals, and othrers

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 Features
Designed for process engineers : ACM uses a flow
sheeting environment based on streams and equipment
and includes built-in understanding of components and
process thermodynamics.

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 Features
Physical properties methods and data: ACM is fully
integrated with Aspen Properties, it includes extensive
databases of pure component and phase equilibrium data
for chemicals, electrolytes, solids, and polymers

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 Features
Equation oriented architecture : ACM language is
declarative, you say what you want and leave it to ACM
to find out how.
- Solver for system of Algebraic Equations, based on Newton
iterative procedure

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 Features
- System of differential and algebraic equations

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Integration Algorithms
- Implicit: Implicit Euler (fixed or variable step), gear
- Explicit: Explicit Euler, Runge Kutta

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 Features
Flexible user-defined forms

100,0
Volume

50,0
Volume
0,0
9,0 9,5 10,0 10,5 11,0 11,5 12,0 12,5 13,0 13,5 14,0
Time Hours

Table Forms Time series Plot forms

2,5e+007

Pressure vs Volume

0,0025 0,0075 0,0125

Mass distribution

Compression Space (kg)

Regenerator space (kg)

Expansion space (kg)
1,5e+007 2,e+007
Pressure (Pa)

2,e-004 4,e-004 6,e-004 8,e-004 0,001

0,0 1,57 3,14 4,71 6,28
Volume (m3)
Crank angle (Rad)
Phase Plots Profile Plots

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 Features
Optimization and estimation tools enabling
parameter fitting, data reconciliation, and steady-state
and dynamic process optimization.

Estimation example

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 Features
Optimization example

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 Features

Flexible Task Language to define batch recipes,

transition schemes, or to simulate process equipment
failures or other disturbances

Heating System example:

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 Features
Export Equipments or process models

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 Features

Library of control models : to simulate process control

systems.

Online deployment of models : ACM includes an OLE for

Process Control (OPC) interface, enabling links to process control
and information management systems

Workflow automation: ACM models can be linked to Microsoft

Excel using Aspen Simulation Workbook or Visual Basic,
enabling workflow automation and allowing model deployment to
casual users

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 Model Example

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 Stirling Engine Adiabatic Model + Losses

Assumptions

-Adiabatic expansion and compression

spaces

- Sinusoidal volume variations

-Ideal gas inside the engine

Source: Urielli 2014, http://www.ohio.edu/mechanical/stirling/me422.html

- Heat Losses

-Friction and Pressure drop losses

- Non ideal Regenerator

- Heat transfer model from the external

source to the engine included.

Source: Genoa Stirling, http://www.genoastirling.com/

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Department of Energy Technology
 Ideal Adiabatic Losses
Solution Aspen- C++
Ths(source)
Tks(source)

Tho(heater)
Tko(cooler)

Cooler S9

Teo=Tho
Tco= Tko

Heater
Solve Differential
Equations S7 Stirling
Calculate Tc, Te

Tco=Tc
Teo=Te

After 360
(cycle)
If Tc<>Tco
Te<>Teo Regenerator
S8
+
Pm
dQ =
Qheater
Pressure Losses .
Q cooler
2 fr m V Qloss
P =
Ad 2

kA
dQ = T
Th=Ths-Qhs/UA
Internal Conducction Heat L
Tk=Tks-Qks/UA

Exchangers

dQ = 1 (dQri) If Th<>Tho Qheater

Regenerator Losses
Tho=Th
Tk<>Tko Q cooler
Tko=Tk
Qloss
0.4 z 2 kpDd (Td Tc )
dQ =
Shuttle Effect Losses JLd

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 Total Work (Joules) Compression Space (kg)
Compression Work(Joules) Expansion space (kg)
Regenerator space (kg)
Expansion work (Joules) 0,0025 0,0075 0,0125

0,0
Isothermal Work (Joules)
0,0 20000,0

0,0
1,57 3,14
Mass distribution

Crank angle (Rad)

Work

crank angle
4,71

1,57 3,14 4,71

6,28

6,28
Pressure (Pa)
1,5e+007 2,e+007 2,5e+007
Q heater (Joules)
2,e-004

Q cooler (Joules)
-4000,0 0,0 4000,08000,0
0,0
4,e-004

1,57
6,e-004
Volume (m3)
Preliminary Results Adiabatic model

Heat
Pressure vs Volume

8,e-004

Crank angle (Rad)

3,14 4,71
0,001

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