Aspen HYSYS

A process modeling environment for conceptual design and operations

improvement of petroleum and oil & gas processes

Aspen HYSYS is the market-leading process modeling solution that provides large economic
benefits throughout the process engineering lifecycle. It brings the power of process simulation and
optimization to your desktop, and delivers a unique combination of modeling technology and ease of
use. Aspen HYSYS enables companies to bring new plants and designs to market faster and optimize
production for greater margins.

The Challenge: Adapting to Change,

Aspen HYSYS Benefits
Aspen HYSYS is a proven, industry-standard
solution with over twenty-five years of success.
Improve engineering design and operations
Improve energy efficiency
Reduce capital costs
Optimize Business Performance
Across the process industries, companies are faced with global
economic challenges, dynamic market conditions, and pressure to
reduce time-to-market. With continued volatility in hydrocarbon
and energy prices, oil & gas producers, refiners, and E&C firms
must creatively reduce capital and operating costs and increase
engineering efficiencyall in an effort to maximize plant and
business performance and profitability.

The AspenTech Solution: Better Simulation Streamlines Engineering

Fundamental to improving performance of the plant or enterprise, or even the extended supply chain, is an accurate
representation of the basic processes. Aspen HYSYS provides the solution to meet this need, providing vital insights for solving
the critical engineering and operating problems that arise throughout the plant lifecycle.

The process simulation capabilities of Aspen HYSYS enable engineers to rapidly evaluate the safest and most profitable designs
through quick creation of interactive models for what-if studies and sensitivity analysis. These models can be leveraged
throughout the plant lifecyclefrom conceptual to detailed designs, performance rating, and optimizationsignificantly
reducing engineering costs and enabling better operating decisions. Other benefits include:

Improving engineering productivity

Reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
Minimizing capital and operating costs
Improving product yields and quality
Optimizing plant operations by calibrating models with real data sets
Supporting Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) policies and regulatory compliance
Integrating with other aspenONE Engineering solutions to provide a common engineering
workflow for the Refining, Midstream, E&P, and E&C industries
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Aspen HYSYS Options

The power and flexibility of Aspen HYSYS is further enhanced
through a number of optional add-on applications.

Aspen HYSYS Acid Gas Cleaning: Simulates and

optimizes gas sweetening processes involving single or
blended amines, physical solvents, and phosphoric acid
as a stripping promoter. Has the ability to model amine
degradation due to heat stable salt formation. Aspen HYSYS provides large flowsheet modeling capabilities
Aspen HYSYS EO (Equation-Oriented) Modeling Option: (e.g., refinery process units, including reactors, or integrated
sub-sea pipeline and top-side facility models for oil and gas).
Enables large Aspen HYSYS simulation models to be
converged rapidly using the EO solution mode, and is based
on the proven EO model library available in Aspen Plus.
Aspen HYSYS Upstream: Provides an E&P-specific solution
for integrated asset modeling and appraisal; production
field data can be input in an easy-to-use environment
to create an asset-wide model from wellhead through
gathering to salespoint.
Aspen HYSYS Crude: Enables the simulation of crude oil
assays and crude columns.
Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining: Provides a refining-
specific solution for optimizing process and product Activated Energy Analysis within Aspen HYSYS continually
specifications by providing access to crude assay libraries, analyzes models utility and GHG costs, and proposes design
rigorous reactor models, and planning support tools updates to minimize energy expenditure.
for better crude selection, planning, and scheduling of
operations.
Full Set of Rigorous Reactor Models: Simulate models for
FCC, hydrocrackers, hydrotreaters, reformers, isomerization
units, visbreakers, delayed cokers, naphtha hydrotreaters,
CatGas hydrotreaters, and alkylation units in the familiar
and easy-to-use Aspen HYSYS flowsheets.
Relief Sizing: Streamline pressure relief analysis with
AspenTechs Process Safety Tools. Add and size pressure
relief devices in accordance with API 520 and 521
standards and generate documentation with the safety
analysis environment within Aspen HYSYS. Complete this Aspen HYSYS integrated steady-state and dynamic
environment enables rapid model building for design, control,
workflow by automatically importing sized relief devices
operability analysis, and operations decision support.
to Aspen Flare System Analyzer for flare network analysis.
Use this tool with Aspen HYSYS Dynamics to make the
most of your safety projects.
Aspen HYSYS Dynamics: Enables safety and control
Aspen Simulation Workbook: Integrates with Microsoft
studies, pressure relief analysis, optimizing startup and
Excel and AspenTech simulators, including Aspen
shutdown policies, and as a simulation engine for Operator
HYSYS and Aspen HYSYS Dynamics. Applications
Training Simulators (OTS) without leaving the Aspen
include supplementary design calculations, reporting,
HYSYS environment. Activated Dynamics for Compressor
and deployment of models in operations for performance
Surge Analysis allows for fast dynamic analysis of
monitoring and decision support.
compressor operation.
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Feature
Streamlined Workflow
Streamlines process design, equipment sizing, and
preliminary cost estimation through integration with
other aspenONE Engineering tools
Benefit
Delivers an efficient workflow across engineering functions
Reduces project cycle time
Improves accuracy and cost-effectiveness of designs

Comprehensive Thermodynamics Foundation

Access the worlds largest database of pure component Ensures accurate calculation of physical properties, transport
and phase equilibrium data with the ability to add user properties, and phase behavior
components Generates accurate simulation results

Comprehensive Library of Unit Operation Models

Addresses a wide range of models in both steady-state Allows an accurate representation of the process
and dynamic environments Improves engineering efficiency

Easy to Learn
Intuitive graphical interface facilitates ease of use Get up to speed faster with new features and reduce the
E-Learning: extensive library of online self-training, learning curve
including Computer-Based Training modules, jump start
guides, webinars, and moreorganized in groups by
subject
aspenONE Exchange: access training materials, sample
models, pump curves, and tech tips from within Aspen
HYSYS

Built-In Energy Optimization, Cost Estimation, and

Rigorous Exchanger Modeling Tools
Optimize heat exchanger networks to achieve maximum Determines the economic impact of design decisions
energy recovery and minimize utility consumption using immediately
pinch analysis Identifies opportunities for energy savings during design
Obtain relative cost estimates for comparing multiple Cuts costs throughout the process without losing time
process designs or process optimization
Model thermal and hydraulic performance of exchangers
Easily identify operational risks and warnings
in exchangers
 Online Model Deployment
Use as an operator advisory system with Aspen Online Increases profitability through real-time performance
Deployment monitoring and optimization of process operations

Built-in advanced sequential quadratic program (SQP) Enables improved model-based decision support
algorithm enables offline and online optimization of Leverages engineering knowledge gained from process
designs and operating performance models into the plant operations environment

Open Environment for Third-Party Integration

Link to other widely used tools such as OLIs electrolyte Improves engineering efficiency and reduces total cost
package, PVT and Black Oil thermodynamics, PIPESIM, of ownership
and more Enables customization and provides flexibility
Use CAPE-OPEN-compliant models within Aspen HYSYS
ActiveX compliance permits integration of user- created
unit operations, proprietary reaction kinetic expressions,
and specialized property packages

Online Training
Learn basic features with Computer-Based Training and instructional videos through Getting Started
animated tutorials or expand your skill set with brief 3-5 minute Best Practice tutorialsall from within
the product.
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