LOGICAL OPERATIONS IN ASPEN HYSYS

1. Adjust operation: The adjust operation varies the value of one stream
variable (the independent variable) to meet a required value or specification
(the dependent variable) in another stream or operation.

Adjust is a steady state operation. Hysys ignores it in dynamic mode.

In a flowsheet, a certain combination of specifications may be required, which

cannot be solved directly. These types of problems must be solved using trial-and-
error techniques. To quickly solve flowsheet problems that fall into this category, the
Adjust operation can be used to automatically conduct the trial and-error iterations
for you. The Adjust is extremely flexible. It allows you to link stream variables in the
flowsheet in ways that are not possible using ordinary physical unit operations. It
can be used to solve for the desired value of just a single dependent variable, or
multiple Adjusts can be installed to solve for the desired values of several variables
simultaneously.

The independent variable cannot be a calculated value. It should be a

specified value.

Parameters tab:

Once you have chosen independent and dependent variable we need to select the
convergence criteria using parameters tab:
Various options available under adjust are as follows:

Solving parameters Description

Simultaneous solution Solves multiple adjust operation

simultaneously. There is only one
simultaneous solving method available so
this is only selected when method field is no
longer visible.
Method Set the non-simultaneous solving
method(Secant or Broyden)
Tolerance Set the absolute error

Maximum/Minimum The upper and lower bound for independent

variable are set in this field.
Maximum Maximum iterations before Hysys quits
calculation
2. Balance operation:The Balance operation provides a general-
purpose heat anmaterial balance facility. The only information required
by the Balance is the names of the streams entering and leaving the
operation. There are generally six types of balance operation available.

Balance Description
type
Mole
An overall balance is performed where only the molar flow of
balance each component is conserved. It can be used to provide material
balance envelopes in the flowsheet, or to transfer the flow and
composition of a process stream into a second stream.

Mass An overall balance is performed where only the mass flow is

balance conserved. A common application would be for modeling reactors
with no known stoichiometry, but for which analyses of all feeds
and products are known.
Heat An overall balance is performed where only the heat flow is
balance conserved. An application would be to provide the pure energy
difference in a heat balance envelope.
Mole An overall balance is performed where the heat and molar flow
and are conserved. The most common application for this unit
heat operation would be to perform overall material (molar basis) and
balance energy balance calculations of selected process streams to either
check for balances, or force HYSYS to calculate an unknown
variable, such as flow. Most of the unit operations in HYSYS
perform the equivalent of a Mole and Heat Balance besides their
other more specialized calculations.
Mass An overall balance is performed where the overall mass flow and
and heat flow are conserved
heat
balance

3. Recycle: The Recycle installs a theoretical block in the process stream. The
stream conditions can be transferred either in a forward or backward
direction between the inlet and outlet streams of this block. In terms of the
 solution, there are assumed values and calculated values for each of the
variables in the inlet and outlet streams. Depending on the direction of
transfer, the assumed value can exist in either the inlet or outlet stream. For
example, if the user selects Backward for the transfer direction of the
Temperature variable, the assumed value is the Inlet stream temperature and
the calculated value is the Outlet stream temperature.

The following steps take place during the convergence process:

1. HYSYS uses the assumed values and solves the flowsheet around the recycle.
2. HYSYS then compares the assumed values in the attached streams to the
calculated values in the opposite stream.
3. Based on the difference between the assumed and calculated values, HYSYS
generates new values to overwrite the previous assumed values.
4. The calculation process repeats until the calculated values match the assumed
values within specified tolerances.

Types of Recycle:
There are two choices for the type of Recycle:
Nested
Simultaneous
The Nested option results in the Recycle being called whenever it is
encountered during the calculations. In contrast, the Simultaneous option
causes all Recycles to be invoked at the same time once all recycle streams
have been calculated. If your flow sheet has a single Recycle operation, or if
you have multiple recycles which are not connected, use the Nested
Option (default). If your flow sheet has multiple inter-connected recycles, use
the Simultaneous type.

4. Set operation: The Set is an operation used to set the value of a specific
Process Variable (PV) in relation to another PV. The relationship is between
the same PV in two like objects; for instance, the temperature of two streams,
or the UA of two exchangers.

The dependent, or target, variable is defined in terms of the independent, or source,

variable according to the following linear relation where:
Y=MX+B
Y = dependent (target) variable
X = independent (source) variable
M = multiplier (slope)
B = offset (intercept)