Basic Input: Introduction To Aspen Plus

Introduction to Aspen Plus
Basic Input
Basic Input
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Lesson Objectives
Introduce the basic input required to run an Aspen Plus simulation.
Aspen Plus References: User Guide, Chapter 3, Using Aspen Plus Help User Guide, Chapter 5, Global Information for Calculations User Guide, Chapter 6, Specifying Components User Guide, Chapter 7, Physical Property Methods User Guide, Chapter 9, Specifying Streams User Guide, Chapter 10, Unit Operation Models User Guide, Chapter 11, Running Your Simulation
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The User Interface (1)

Menus
Used to specify program options and commands
Toolbar
Allows direct access to certain popular functions Can be moved Can be hidden or revealed using the Toolbars dialog box from
the View menu
Data Browser
Can be moved, resized, minimized, maximized or closed Used to navigate the folders, forms, and sheets

Folders
Refers to the root items in the Data Browser Contain forms
Forms
Used to enter data and view results for the simulation Can be comprised of a number of sheets Are located in folders
Sheets
Make up forms Are selected using tabs at the top of each sheet
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Object Manager
Allows manipulation of discrete objects of information Can be created, edited, renamed, deleted, hidden, and
revealed
Next Button
Checks if the current form is complete and skips to the next
form which requires input
The Data Browser

Go Back Parent Button Units Go Forward
Previous Sheet Next Sheet
Comments Status
Next
Menu Tree
Description Area Status Area

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Help
Help Topics
Contents: Used to browse through the documentation,
including User Guides and Reference Manuals.
All information in the User Guides is found under the Using Aspen Plus book.
Index: Used to search for help on a specific topic using the
index entries. Find : Used to search for a help on a topic that includes any word or words.
Whats This? Help

Select Whats This? from the Help menu and then click on
any area to get help for that item.
Functionality of Forms
When you select a field on a form (click left mouse button in the field), the prompt area at the bottom of the window gives you information about that field. Click the drop-down arrow in a field to bring up a list of possible input values for that field.
Typing a letter will bring up the next selection on the list that
begins with that letter.
The Tab key will take you to the next field on a form.
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The minimum required inputs (in addition to the graphical flowsheet) to run a simulation are:
Setup Components Properties Streams Blocks
Data can be entered on input forms in the above order by clicking the Next button. These inputs are all found in folders within the Data Browser. These input folders can be located quickly using the Data menu or the Data Browser buttons on the toolbar.
Status Indicators
Colors and shapes are used to describe the current status of input and results:
Symbol Status
Input for the form is incomplete. Input for the form is complete. No input for the form has been entered. It is optional. Results for the form exist. Results for the form exist, but there were calculation errors. Results for the form exist, but there were calculation warnings. Results for the form exist, but input has changed since the results were generated.
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Cumene Production Conditions

RECYCLE REACTOR COOL FEED REAC -OUT COOL-OUT SEP
T = 220F P = 36 psia Benzene: 40 lbmol/hr Propylene: 40 lbmol/hr
Q = 0 Btu/hr Pdrop = 0 psi
P = 1 atm Q = 0 Btu/hr
PRODUCT
T = 130F Pdrop = 0.1 psi
C6H6 + C3H6 C9H12 Benzene Propylene Cumene (Isopropylbenzene) 90% Conversion of Propylene Use the RK-SOAVE Property Method
Filename: CUMENE.BKP
Setup
Most of the commonly used Setup information is entered on the Setup Specifications Global sheet
Flowsheet title to be used on reports Run type Input and output units Valid phases (e.g. vapor-liquid or vapor-liquid-liquid) Ambient pressure
Stream report options are located on the Setup Report Options Stream sheet
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Setup Specifications Form
Stream Report Options

Property Sets are located on the Stream sheet
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Setup Run Types

Run Type
Flowsheet Standard Aspen Plus flowsheet run including sensitivity studies and optimization. Flowsheet runs can contain property estimation, assay data analy sis, and/or property analysis calculations. A standalone Assay Data Analysis and pseudocomponent generation run. Use Assay Data Analysis to analyze assay data when you do not want to perform a flowsheet simulation in the same run. A standalone Data Regression run. Use Data Regression to fit physical property model parameters required by ASPEN PLUS to measured pure component, VLE, LLE, and other mixture data. Data Regression can contain property estimation and property analysis calculations. ASPEN PLUS cannot perform data regression in a Flowsheet run. PROPERTIES PLUS setup run. Use PROPERTIES PLUS to prepare a property package for use with Aspen Custom Modeler (formerly SPEEDUP) or Aspen Pinch (for merly ADVENT), with thirdparty commercial engineering programs, or with your company's in-house programs. You must be licensed to use PROPERTIES PLUS. A standalone Property Analysis run. Use Property Analysis to generate property tables, PTenvelopes, residue curve maps, and other property reports when y ou do not want to perform a flowsheet simulation in the same run. Property Analysis can contain property estimation and assay data analysis calculations. Standalone Property Constant Estimation run. Use Property Estimation to estimate property parameters when you do not want to perform a flowsheet simulation in the same run.
Assay Data Analysis Data Regression
PROPERTIES PLUS
Property Analysis
Property Estimation
Setup Units
Units in Aspen Plus can be defined at three different levels:
1. Global Level (Input Data and Output Results fields on the Setup Specifications Global sheet) 2. Object level (Units field in the top of any input form of an object such as a block or stream 3. Field Level
Users can create their own units sets using the Setup Units Sets Object Manager. Units can be copied from an existing set and then modified
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Components
Use the Components Specifications form to specify all the components required for the simulation If available, physical property parameters for each component are retrieved from databanks Pure component databanks contain parameters such as molecular weight, critical properties, etc. The databank search order is specified on the Databanks sheet The Find button can be used to search for components The Electrolyte Wizard can be used to set up an electrolyte simulation
Components Specifications Form
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Entering Components
The Component ID is used to identify the component in simulation inputs and results Each Component ID can be associated with a databank component as either:
Formula: Chemical formula of component (e.g., C6H6)
A suffix is added to formulas when there are isomers, e.g., C2H6O-2
Component Name: Full name of component (e.g., BENZENE)
Databank components can be searched for using the Find button
Find
Search using component name, formula, component class, molecular weight, boiling point, or CAS number
All components containing specified items will be listed
Find performs an AND search when more than one criterion is specified
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Pure Component Databanks (1)

Parameters missing from the first selected databank will be searched for in subsequent selected databanks
Databank
PURE11 AQUEOUS SOLIDS INORGANIC PURE10 PURE93 PURE856
Contents
Data from the Design Institute for Physical Property Data (DIPPR) and AspenTech Pure component parameters for ionic and molecular species in aqueous solution Pure component parameters for strong electrolytes, salts, and other solids Thermochemical properties for inorganic components in vapor, liquid, and solid states Data from DIPPR & AspenTech delivered with Aspen Plus 10.1-2 Data from DIPPR & AspenTech delivered with Aspen Plus 9.3 Data from DIPPR & AspenTech delivered with Aspen Plus 8.5-6
Uses
Primary component databank in Aspen Plus Simulations containing electrolytes Simulations containing electrolytes and solids Solids, electrolytes, and metallurgy applications For upward compatibility For upward compatibility For upward compatibility
Pure Component Databanks (2)

Databank
ETHYLENE
Contents
Pure component and binary interaction parameters for components typically found in ethylene processes for use with the SRK property method Aqueous databank compatible with Aspen Plus 9.2 Databank delivered with Aspen Plus 8.5-6 Pure component parameters for components typically found in combustion products, including free radicals Chains of repeating monomer units Individual monomer groups or segments FACT species (components referenced in a specific pure or solution phase for use only with the Aspen/FACT/Chemapp interface in Aspen Plus)
Uses
Ethylene process simulation
AQU92 ASPENPCD COMBUST POLYMER SEGMENT FACTPCD
For upward compatibility For upward compatibility Simulations containing combustion products Polymers processes Polymers processes Pyrometallurgical processes
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Properties
Use the Properties Specifications form to specify the physical property methods to be used in the simulation Property methods are a collection of models and methods used to describe pure component and mixture behavior Choosing the right physical properties is critical for obtaining reliable simulation results Selecting a Process Type will narrow the number of methods available
Properties Specifications Form
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Streams
Use Stream Input forms to specify the feed stream conditions and composition To specify stream conditions enter two of the following:
Temperature Pressure Vapor Fraction
To specify stream composition enter either:

Total stream flow and component fractions Individual component flows
Specifications for streams that are not feeds to the flowsheet are used as estimates
Streams Input Form
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Blocks
Each Block Input or Block Setup form specifies operating conditions and equipment specifications for the unit operation model Some unit operation models require additional specification forms All unit operation models have optional information forms (e.g., Block Options form)
Block Form
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Starting the Run

Select Control Panel from the View menu or press the Next button to be prompted
Execute the simulation when all required forms are complete. The Next button will take you to any incomplete forms
Control Panel
The Control Panel consists of a:
Message window showing the progress of the simulation by
displaying the most recent messages from the calculations Status area showing the hierarchy and order of simulation blocks and convergence loops executed
Toolbar that you can use to control the simulation
Run Step Stop Reinitialize Results Start or continue calculations Step through the flowsheet one block at a time Pause simulation calculations Purge simulation results Check simulation results
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Reviewing Results
History file or Control Panel Messages
Contains any generated errors or warnings Select History or Control Panel on the View menu to display
the History file or the Control Panel
Stream Results
Contains stream conditions and compositions

For all streams (/Data/Results Summary/Streams) For individual streams (bring up the stream folder in the Data Browser and select the Results form)
Block Results
Contains calculated block operating conditions (bring up the
block folder in the Data Browser and select the Results form)
Benzene Flowsheet Conditions Workshop (1)

Objective: Add the process and feed stream conditions to a flowsheet
Starting with the flowsheet created in the Benzene Flowsheet
Definition Workshop (saved as BENZENE.BKP), add the process and feed stream conditions as shown on the next page Questions: 1. What is the heat duty of the COOL block? _________ 2. What is the temperature in the FL2 block? _________
Note : Answers for all of the workshops are located in the back of the course notes in Appendix C
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Benzene Flowsheet Conditions Workshop (2)

VAP1 COOL FL1 FEED COOL
T = 100F P = 500 psia

FL2 LIQ1
VAP2
Feed T = 1000F P = 550 psia
T = 200F Pdrop = 0
P = 1 atm Q=0
LIQ2
Hydrogen: 405 lbmol/hr Methane: 95 lbmol/hr Benzene: 95 lbmol/hr Toluene: 5 lbmol/hr
Use the PENG-ROB Property Method

When finished, save as filename: BENZENE.BKP
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Introduction to Aspen Plus

The User Interface (1)

the View menu

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The User Interface (2)

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The User Interface (3)

form which requires input

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The Data Browser

Previous Sheet Next Sheet

Description Area Status Area

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including User Guides and Reference Manuals.

Index: Used to search for help on a specific topic using the

Whats This? Help

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begins with that letter.

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Introduction to Aspen Plus

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Introduction to Aspen Plus

Cumene Production Conditions

T = 220F P = 36 psia Benzene: 40 lbmol/hr Propylene: 40 lbmol/hr

Q = 0 Btu/hr Pdrop = 0 psi

T = 130F Pdrop = 0.1 psi

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Introduction to Aspen Plus

Setup Specifications Form

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Stream Report Options

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Setup Run Types

Assay Data Analysis Data Regression

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Components Specifications Form

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