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An Application Example using Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining & Aspen Simulation Workbook
Aspen HYSYS® V9
Introduction and Background
HYSYS Petroleum Refining
EDR
Aspen HYSYS® Petroleum Refining
Economics
for product yields and properties
aspenONE® Engineering
A suite of products focused on Aspen HYSYS for Refining Simulation
process engineering and optimization
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Foundations of Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining
Efficient Hypotheticals Petroleum Property
Assay Management
Management Propagation
Lab Data
Hypos
Catalytic Reformer
Diesel Hydrotreater
Product Blending
Alkylation
GasOil Hydrotreater
Selective HDS
Delayed Coker
Hydrocracker
Visbreaker
Deploy Model
Planning & Scheduling (PIMS & APS) Support
Refinery
Crude Reactor
Planning & Assays Wide
Engineering Distillation Models
Modeling
Scheduling
Studies
Support
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Planning and Scheduling (PIMS & APS) Support
Four Main Workflows
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Known plant behavior
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yield (%)
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28.0
Planning Model
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24.0
? Feed Quality x
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36.0
34.0
32.0
yield (%)
30.0
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HYSYS Simulation 675 725 775 825 875
Operating parameter
V9 Improvements
Calibrate Engineering Model Update Planning Submodel
New ASW Dataset Editor
for FCC, REF, HCR
Collect & Condition Plant Data Define scope of operation for plan
Improved Reactor
Initialization, Convergence,
Configure model & bring in plant data Run ENG Link to ASW & Other Enhancements
ASW (Excel)
case studies Front End
HYSYS
Improved Assay
Characterize Feed Characterization
Run New ASW Front End for
Export results
scenarios in FCC, REF, HCR
Calibrate ENG model to Excel
ASW
New Case Study Tool
Calculate vectors, validate new
Validate model against plant data Improved User Property
submodel Support
Review, document, publish & update Update PIMS with new submodel ASW Usability
Enhancements
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Simulation Data in Customizable, Consistent Format for
Planning Model Update
In V9, no need to repeatedly map variables from HYSYS to PIMS
New case study & One-time mapping to Integrated HYSYS Building custom ASW
variable navigator required planning reactor models with front-ends easier than
design to fit planning format makes for easy ASW make it easy to ever with new task
model update repeated data build Excel-based pane and pasting
workflow generation interfaces functionality
• The intent of this application example is to convey how Aspen HYSYS V9 can be used by process
engineers or planners to generate simulation data required to calculate base and shift vectors
needed to update a PIMS reactor submodel.
• Your plant configuration, conditions, product specs and objectives will vary from the HYSYS case
used this example.
• This example follows the workflow of using a pre-calibrated and pre-configured model to generate
this data.
• As plant conditions have changed, the planning submodel for the FCC has fallen out of accuracy with the
plant data.
• You have been tasked with updating the planning submodel using the simulation model that your refinery
keeps calibrated to plant data on a regular basis.
• The planner has supplied you with a base case and a range for the key variables that drive the reactor
submodel.
Included Files:
Instruction:
• The page shown is the SFCC submodel which at the bottom has
the gray section showing the simulation data. The vectors in the
actual submodel are linked to the simulation data on this page.
The simulation data are in commented (*) rows and therefore
are not directly read by PIMS. This is the best practice for
maintaining PIMS submodels frequently updated by HYSYS.
• This file is an example of what you can do with the ASW Front
End to an FCC model using ASW functionality.
– The FCC variables were brought in automatically when the Front End
was created from the FCC model
– The other feed and product variables were brought into this model using
standard ASW functionality in V9.
– The scenario table was set up to the same parameters that the case
ASWFrontEnd_FCC_Example.xlsm study was set up to in the HYSYS file.
• The planning department hasn’t indicated any changes to the base & shift values for the key
operating variables, but given changes in catalyst, operation, and other factors, the unit in the
refinery isn’t behaving according to the old shift vectors.
• This newly calibrated model should reflect the new FCC behavior. Since the planning model
will be a linear representation of this behavior, first, we want to make sure that the data we are
providing represents a linear area of the various response curves.
The variables we
are most
interested in right
now are those that
will show the over-
cracking curve,
namely the riser
temperature and
naphtha yields.
1
Add a New Case Study
1
Choose the Light Naphtha
2
Filter in Output variables
3
Filter by Liquid Flow
1
Choose the Heavy
Naphtha
3
Click “Done”
1
Choose the Case Study
Type “Sensitivity”
3
Click “Run”
2
Click ‘Plots’ to view the
results in a graph
1
Look at the Heavy
Naphtha now
• The case has been set up to run the Planning Model Update workflow, so a case study is
already in place that can generate the simulation data for updating PIMS.
• We need to update the base and shift vectors to reflect any changes we have made after our
previous analysis.
• Once the data has been generated, we need to review, and export to the PIMS model.
Tasks 1. Setup the case study to reflect changes in base & shift
vectors
2. Export generated data to PIMS model to update.
In HYSYS V9, there is a new type Unidirectional studies will only shift in the
of case study, “Base & Shift” positive direction, while Bidirectional studies
that is designed specifically for will shift in both directions for each variable.
this workflow.
This page shows the current
value that is being used in the
case right now, and then the
base value for the study, and the
shift off of the base for each Notice that the
variable. current case study
HYSYS will first run the base is set up so that
case, and then will run a case the Base & Shift
for each shift of each variable in values match the
the list, creating a table like the existing PIMS
gray one in the PIMS model. submodel.
1
Click ‘Run’
• The planning model update workflow so far has been presented in Aspen HYSYS. In V9, this
workflow is also supported in Aspen Simulation Workbook, or ASW, an Excel Add-In that can
be used to link Aspen HYSYS to Excel.
• In this section, we will walk through what an ASW case looks like for this example, and how to
do planning model update using it.
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In V9, an ASW front end can be automatically created from an
Open the file FCC, Reformer, or Hydrocracker. When you create a reactor front
“ASWFrontEnd_FCC_Example.xlsm”. end, the middle section of this sheet will automatically be created
Make sure to Enable ASW and for you. In this example, the feed information and the
Macros upon opening. fractionation section variables have been added manually using
the ASW functionality. The FCC_PMU_ASW.hsc file is embedded in
‘Connect’ the embedded case. this case. To see the file, click ‘Visible’ in the Ribbon
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Open the ASW Example File
This file has been set up so that all independent variables show blue/bold font. By changing one of these variables in
this case, ASW sends the new value to HYSYS, and after HYSYS solves, the values of all other variables will update.
1
Click on any cell in the
Scenario Table
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Run the Scenario Table
1
Click the Table Actions
button
2
Run Active Scenarios
1
Click Run Scenarios
1
Click Linked_SCCU