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I t d ti to Introduction t A AspenPl Plus

ShortCoursesonComputerApplicationsforChEStudents

Speaker: p JianKaiCheng g() [email protected]

PSELaboratory DepartmentofChemicalEngineering NationTaiwanUniversity

WhatisAspenPlus
AspenPlusisamarketleadingprocessmodelingtool forconceptualdesign,optimization,and performancemonitoringforthechemical,polymer, specialtychemical,metalsandminerals,andcoal powerindustries.

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WhatAspenPlusprovides
PhysicalPropertyModels
Worldslargestdatabaseofpurecomponentandphaseequilibrium dataforconventionalchemicals, chemicals electrolytes, electrolytes solids solids,andpolymers RegularlyupdatedwithdatafromU.S.NationalInstituteofStandards andTechnology(NIST)

ComprehensiveLibraryofUnitOperationModels
Addressesawiderangeofsolid,liquid,andgasprocessingequipment Extends d steady d statesimulation l tod dynamicsimulation l f forsafety f and d controllabilitystudies,sizingreliefvalves,andoptimizingtransition, startup,andshutdownpolicies EnablesyoubuildyourownlibrariesusingAspenCustomModeleror programminglanguages(Userdefinedmodels)

Ref: Aspen Plus Product Brochure

MoreDetailed
Propertiesanalysis
Propertiesofpurecomponentandmixtures(Enthalpy, density,viscosity,heatcapacity,etc) Phaseequilibrium(VLE,VLLE,azeotropecalculationetc) Parametersestimationforpropertiesmodels(UNIFAC methodforbinaryparameters,Jobackmethodforboiling points etc) pointsetc) Dataregressionfromexperimentaldeta

Process P simulation i l ti
pump,compressor,valve,tank,heatexchanger,CSTR,PFR, di till ti column, distillation l extraction t ti column, l absorber, b b filter, filt crystallizeretc 4

WhatcourseAspenPlus canbeemployedfor
MASSANDENERGYBALANCES PHYSICALCHEMISTRY CHEMICALENGINEERINGTHERMODYNAMICS CHEMICALREACTIONENGINEERING UNITOPERATIONS PROCESSDESIGN PROCESSCONTROL

LessonObjectives
FamiliarwiththeinterfaceofAspenPlus Learnhowtousepropertiesanalysis Learnhowtosetupabasicprocesssimulation

ProblemFormulation1:Calculation themixingpropertiesoftwostream

1 Mole Flow kmol/hr WATER BUOH BUAC Total Flow kmol/hr Temperature C Pressure bar Enthalpy kcal/mol E t Entropy cal/mol-K l/ l K Density kmol/cum 10 0 0 10 50 0 1 ? ? ?

2 0 9 6 15 80 1 ? ? ?

3 ? ? ? ? ? 1 ? ? ?

4 ? ? ? ? ? 10 ? ? ?

Mass Balance E Energy B Balance l

Enthalpy Entropy

ProblemFormulation2: FlashSeparation
120 T-x T T-y 115

Saturated Feed P=1atm F=100 kmol/hr zwater=0.5 zHAc=0.5

T=105 C P=1atm

T ( C)

110 105 100 0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

xWater and yWater

What are flowrates and compositions of the two outlets?

ProblemFormulation3:Dehydrationof AceticAcidbyDistillationColumn
(Optional) ( p )
10 1.0

yWater

Reflux ratio ?

0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

Duty ?

xWater

Outline
Startup in Aspen Plus (Basic Input) (45 min) UserInterface BasicInput:Setup, Components, Properties. Properties Analysis (1 hour) Pure Component Mixtures (phase equilibrium) Running Simulation (1 hour) Blocks (Unit Operations) Streams (flow streams) Results
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Introduction to Aspen Plus Part 1

Startup in Aspen Plus

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StartwithAspenPlus
A Aspen Pl Plus User U I Interface t f

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AspenPlusStartup

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InterfaceofAspenPlus

ProcessFlowsheet Flowsheet Windows Process Windows

Model Library y( (View| || Model yy )) Model Library y (View| ModelLibrary Library

Stream

Status message

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MoreInformation

Help for Commands for Controlling Simulations

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DataBrowser
TheDataBrowserisasheetandformviewerwitha hierarchicaltreeviewoftheavailablesimulation input,results,andobjectsthathavebeendefined

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StatusIndicators

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BasicInput
Theminimumrequiredinputstorunasimulation are:
Setup Components Properties Streams Blocks
Property Analysis

Process Simulation

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Setup Specification
Run Type

Input mode

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Setup RunType
RunType AssayDataAnalysis Description Astandalone t d l assaydata d t analysis/pseudocomponents generationrun Useto Analyze A l assayd data t when h youd donot twant tt to performaflowsheetsimulationinthesamerun. Fitphysicalpropertymodelparametersrequired byAspen Plustomeasuredpurecomponent, Astandalonedataregressionrun.Cancontain D t Regression Data R i property t constant t testimation ti ti and dproperty t analysis l i VLE, VLE LLEand dother th mixture i t data. d t Aspen A Pl Plus calculations. cannotperformdataregressioninaFlowsheet run. PrepareapropertypackageforusewithAspen C Custom Modeler, M d l with i hthird hi dpartycommercial i l engineeringprograms,orwithyourcompany's PropertiesPlus APropertiesPlussetuprun inhouseprograms. YoumustbelicensedtousePropertiesPlus. P f Perform propertyanalysis l i b bygenerating i tables bl Astandalonepropertyanalysisrun.Cancontain ofphysicalpropertyvalueswhenyoudonot PropertyAnalysis propertyconstantestimationandassaydata wanttoperformaflowsheetsimulationinthe analysiscalculations. samerun E i Estimate propertyparameterswhen h youd donot wanttoperformaflowsheetsimulationinthe PropertyEstimation Astandalonepropertyconstantestimationrun samerun. AFlowsheetrun( (including gsensitivity ystudiesand optimization). alsoincludethefollowing calculations:Propertyestimation,Assaydata analysis and Propertyanalysis

Flowsheet

Performprocesssimulations
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Components Specification

Input I tcomponents t withComponentnameorFormula

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Inputcomponents

Remark: If available, are

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Specification
Todothis Findcomponentsinthedatabanks Defineacustomcomponentthatisnotin adatabank Generateelectrolytecomponentsand reactionsfromcomponentsyouentered Reorderthecomponentsyouhave specified Reviewdatabankdataforcomponents youhavespecified(Retrievedphysical propertyparametersfromdatabanks.) databanks ) Clickthisbutton Find UserDefined Elec Wizard Reorder Review

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FindComponents

ClickFind

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FindComponents(cont (contd) d)
Input p Component p nameorFormulaor CAS number

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NISTChemistryWebBook

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Properties
Processtype(narrowthenumberof methodsavailable)

Basemethod:IDEAL, IDEAL NRTL NRTL,UNIQAC, UNIQAC UNIFAC UNIFAC

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PropertyMethodSelection Assistant

Interactive help in choosing a property method

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AssistantWizard

SpecifyComponenttype ChemicalSystems

Isthesystemathighpressure? (NO) Twoliquidphases

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ThermodynamicModel NRTL

NRTL

VaporEOS Liquidgamma Liquidenthalpy Liquidvolume

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ModifyPropertyModel
Check Modify y Property p y Model

Specify p y New Method Name

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NRTL BinaryParameters

Click Cli k NRTL and d th then b built-in ilt i binary bi parameters t appear automatically if available.

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AccessPropertiesModelsand Parameters

Review Databank Data

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ReviewDatabankData
Including:
Ideal g gas heat of formation at 298.15 K Ideal gas Gibbs free energy of formation at 298.15 K Heat of vaporization at TB Normal boiling point Standard liquid volume at 60F

Descriptionofeachparameter
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PureComponentDatabankParameters

Help for Pure Component Databank Parameters

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PureComponent TemperatureDependentProperties

CPIGDP1 CPSDIP1 DNLDIP1 DHVLDP1 PLXANT1 MULDIP KLDIP SIGDIP UFGRP

idealgasheatcapacity Solidheatcapacity Liquiddensity Heatofvaporization ExtendedAntoineEquation Liquidviscosity Liquid q thermal conductivity y Liquid surfacetension UNIFACfunctional group
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Example:PLXANT1 (ExtendedAntoineEquation)
Corresponding Model
Click ? and then click where you dont know

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Example:CPIGDP1 (IdealGasHeatCapacityEquation)
Corresponding Model

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Summary

So far, we have finished the basic settings including setup, components, and properties. This is enough to perform properties analysis. l i

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FileFormatsinAspenPlus

FileType Document Backup History Problem Description

Extension *.apw *.bkp *.his *.appdf appdf

Format Binary ASCII Text Binary

Description Filecontainingsimulationinputandresultsand i t intermediate di t convergenceinformation i f ti Archivefilecontainingsimulationinputand results Detailedcalculationhistoryanddiagnostic messages Filecontainingarraysandintermediate convergenceinformationusedinthesimulation 41 calculations

FileTypeCharacteristics
Binaryfiles fl Operatingsystemandversionspecific Notreadable readable,notprintable ASCIIfiles Transferablebetweenoperatingsystems Upwardlycompatible Containnocontrolcharacters,readable Not N i intended d dtobe b printed i d Textfiles Transferablebetweenoperatingsystems Upwardlycompatible Readable,canbeedited Intendedtobeprinted
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Properties Analysis in Aspen Plus

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Introduction to Aspen Plus Part 2

OverviewofPropertyAnalysis
Usethisform
Pure Binary Residue Ternary Azeotrope

Togenerate
Tablesandplotsofpurecomponentpropertiesasafunctionoftemperature andpressure Txy,Pxy,orGibbsenergyofmixingcurvesforabinarysystem Residuecurvemaps Ternarymapsshowingphaseenvelope envelope,tielines lines,andazeotropes ofternary systems Thisfeaturelocatesalltheazeotropes thatexistamongaspecifiedsetof components. components

TernarydiagramsinAspenDistillationSynthesisfeature:Azeotropes, Ternary Maps Distillationboundary,Residuecurvesordistillationcurves,Isovolatility curves, Ti lines, Tie li Vapor V curve,Boiling B ili point i Tablesandplotsofpropertiesofeithermultiphasemixtures(forexample, VLE,VLLE,LLE)resultingfromflashcalculations,orsinglephasemixtures Generic withoutflashcalculations.Properties analysisofmulticomponents(more ( thanthree)isalsoincluded.
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Reminding
Whenyoustartpropertiesanalysis,youMUST p y components p ,p properties p model,and specify correspondingmodelparameters.(Referto PartI)

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PropertiesAnalysis PureComponent
Usethisform
Pure Binary Residue Ternary y Azeotrope

Togenerate
Tablesandplotsofpurecomponentpropertiesasafunctionoftemperature andpressure Txy,Pxy,orGibbsenergyofmixingcurvesforabinarysystem Residuecurvemaps Ternarymapsshowingphaseenvelope,tielines,andazeotropes ofternary systems Thisfeaturelocatesalltheazeotropes thatexistamongaspecifiedsetof components.

TernarydiagramsinAspenDistillationSynthesisfeature:Azeotropes, Ternary Maps Distillationboundary,Residuecurvesordistillationcurves,Isovolatility curves, Tielines,Vaporcurve,Boilingpoint Tablesandplotsofpropertiesofeithermultiphasemixtures(forexample, VLE,VLLE,LLE)resultingfromflashcalculations,orsinglephasemixtures Generic withoutflashcalculations.Properties analysisofmulticomponents(more thanthree)isalsoincluded.
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PropertiesAnalysis PureComponent

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AvailableProperties
Property(thermodynamic) Availability Freeenergy Constantpressure Enthalpy heatcapacity Heatcapacityratio Fugacitycoefficient Constantvolumeheat Fugacitycoefficient capacity pressurecorrection Freeenergydeparture Vaporpressure Freeenergydeparture Density pressurecorrection Enthalpydeparture Entropy Enthalpydeparture Volume pressurecorrection pyof Enthalpy Sonicvelocity vaporization Entropydeparture Property(transport) Thermalconductivity Surfacetension Viscosity

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Example1:CP(HeatCapacity)

1. Select property (CP) 4. Specify p y range g of temperature p 2. Select phase 5 S 5. Specify if pressure
Add N-butyl-acetate

3. Select component

6. Select property method 7. click Go to generate the results

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Example1:CalculationResultsofCP

Data results

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Example2:H(Enthalpy)

1. Select property (H) 4. Specify range of temperature 2. Select phase 5. Specify pressure

3. Select component

6 S 6. Select l t property t method th d

7. click Go to generate the results

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Example:CalculationResultsofH

Data results
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PropertiesAnalysis BinaryComponents
Usethisform
Pure Binary Residue Ternary y Azeotrope

Togenerate
Tablesandplotsofpurecomponentpropertiesasafunctionoftemperature andpressure Txy,Pxy,orGibbsenergyofmixingcurvesforabinarysystem Residuecurvemaps Ternarymapsshowingphaseenvelope,tielines,andazeotropes ofternary systems Thisfeaturelocatesalltheazeotropes thatexistamongaspecifiedsetof components.

TernarydiagramsinAspenDistillationSynthesisfeature:Azeotropes, Ternary Maps Distillationboundary,Residuecurvesordistillationcurves,Isovolatility curves, Tielines,Vaporcurve,Boilingpoint Tablesandplotsofpropertiesofeithermultiphasemixtures(forexample, VLE,VLLE,LLE)resultingfromflashcalculations,orsinglephasemixtures Generic withoutflashcalculations.Properties analysisofmulticomponents(more thanthree)isalsoincluded.
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PropertiesAnalysis BinaryComponents

BinaryComponentPropertiesAnalysis
UsethisAnalysistype Togenerate Temperaturecompositionsdiagram at Txy constantpressure Pressurecompositionsdiagram at Pxy constanttemperature Gibbsenergyofmixingdiagramasa functionofliquidcompositions.The A Aspen Physical Ph i lProperty P System S usesthis hi Gibbsenergyofmixing diagramtodeterminewhetherthe binarysystemwillformtwoliquidphases atagiventemperatureandpressure. pressure

Example:TXY
1. Select analysis y type yp ( (Txy) y) 2. Select phase (VLE, VLLE)

2. Select two component

5. Specify pressure

3. Select compositions basis

6 Select property method 6. 4. Specify composition range 7. click Go to generate the results

Example:calculationresultofTXY

Data results

Example:GenerateXYplot

Click plot wizard to generate XY plot

Example:GenerateXYplot(cont (contd) d)

ShortcomingofBinaryAnalysis
Water-BuOH 120

110

100 T ( C)
o

90

80

70 0.0

?
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Mole Fraction (Water)

Bi Binary A l i cannot Analysis t generate t LLE data d t below b l azeotrope. t

PropertyAnalysis Generic
Usethisform
Pure Binary Residue Ternary y Azeotrope

Togenerate
Tablesandplotsofpurecomponentpropertiesasafunctionoftemperature andpressure Txy,Pxy,orGibbsenergyofmixingcurvesforabinarysystem Residuecurvemaps Ternarymapsshowingphaseenvelope,tielines,andazeotropes ofternary systems Thisfeaturelocatesalltheazeotropes thatexistamongaspecifiedsetof components.

TernarydiagramsinAspenDistillationSynthesisfeature:Azeotropes, Ternary Maps Distillationboundary,Residuecurvesordistillationcurves,Isovolatility curves, Tielines,Vaporcurve,Boilingpoint Tablesandplotsofpropertiesofeithermultiphasemixtures(forexample, VLE,VLLE,LLE)resultingfromflashcalculations,orsinglephasemixtures Generic withoutflashcalculations.Properties analysisofmulticomponents(more thanthree)isalsoincluded.
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PropertiesAnalysis Ternary

TernaryMap

1 Select three component 1. 4. Select phase (VLE, LLE) 2. Specify number of tie line 5. Specify pressure 6. Specify temperature (if LLE is slected) 7. click Go to generate the results

3. Select property method

CalculationResultofTernaryMap(LLE)

D t results Data lt

PropertyAnalysis Generic
Usethisform
Pure Binary Residue Ternary y Azeotrope

Togenerate
Tablesandplotsofpurecomponentpropertiesasafunctionoftemperature andpressure Txy,Pxy,orGibbsenergyofmixingcurvesforabinarysystem Residuecurvemaps Ternarymapsshowingphaseenvelope,tielines,andazeotropes ofternary systems Thisfeaturelocatesalltheazeotropes thatexistamongaspecifiedsetof components.

TernarydiagramsinAspenDistillationSynthesisfeature:Azeotropes, Ternary Maps Distillationboundary,Residuecurvesordistillationcurves,Isovolatility curves, Tielines,Vaporcurve,Boilingpoint Tablesandplotsofpropertiesofeithermultiphasemixtures(forexample, VLE,VLLE,LLE)resultingfromflashcalculations,orsinglephasemixtures Generic withoutflashcalculations.Properties analysisofmulticomponents(more thanthree)isalsoincluded.
65 Generic analysis is used if properties analysis of mixture is performed.

WhentoUseGenericAnalysis

Enthalpy of Mixtures

Water-BuOH 120

110

100 T ( C)
o

90

80

LLE
0.2 0.4 0.6 Mole Fraction (Water)

?
0.8 1.0

Specific composition

?
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70 0.0

PropertyAnalysis Generic

Select Property analysis

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AddNewAnalysis

Select Generic

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SpecificationofSystem

. Select flash calculation or not

3. Specify component flow

2. Select phase (VLE, LLE) 4 S 4. Specify if the th corresponding di composition iti

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DetermineAdjustedVariables

Specify feed condition

Temperature Pressure Vapor fraction Mole flow Mass flow StdVol flow Mole fraction Mass fraction StdVol fraction Specify range of adjusted variables
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SpecifyPropertySetsfor CalculationResults

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AddNewPropertySet(UserDefined)

Select Physical Property

Description
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AddNewPropertySet(cont (contd) d)
If the system requires VLLE calculation calculation
Select Vapor 1st liquid 2nd liquid

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SpecifyPropertySets

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RunPropertiesAnalysis
Click to generate the results

Check simulation status Results Available means convergency convergency.

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Example1:CalculationofEnthalpy Changeforbinarymixtures
Molar ratio of Butanol/Water=1:1 -60000
-62000 Enthalpy (cal/ /mol) -64000 -66000 66000 -68000 -70000 -72000 -74000 40 50 60 70
o

Temperature = 50 C -56000 -58000 Liquid Vapor Enthalpy (cal/m E mol) -60000 -62000 -64000 -66000 -68000 -70000 -72000 -74000 -76000 -78000 0.0 Liquid Vapor

80

90

100

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

Temperature ( C)

Mole fraction of Water in BuOH and Water

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SearchPhysicalPropertiesfor EnthalpyofMixtures(HMX)
Select HMX. Others are optimal.

Add Property-Set

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CalculateofEnthalpyChangeAs TemperatureVaries
1 2

3 4

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ReadCalculationResults

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Exercise
Temperature = 50 C -56000 -58000 -60000 -62000 Enthalpy (c cal/mol) -64000 -66000 -68000 -70000 -72000 -74000 -76000 -78000 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Liquid Vapor
o

Mole fraction of Water in BuOH and Water

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Example2:CalculationofLLE forBinarysystem
Water-BuOH 120 110

100 T ( C)
o

90

80

70 0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

Mole Fraction (Water)

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AddNewPropertySet(cont (contd) d)

Select Vapor 1st liquid 2nd liquid

SpecifySystem System,VariableandPropertySet
1 2

Select Vapor-liquid-liquid

3 4

CalculationResults

Water-BuOH 120

110

100 T ( C)
o

90

80

70 0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

Mole Fraction (Water)

PropertyAnalysis Conceptual Design (Optional)

Usethisform
Pure Binary Residue Ternary Azeotrope

Togenerate
Tablesandplotsofpurecomponentpropertiesasafunctionoftemperature andpressure Txy Pxy, Txy, Pxy orGibbsenergyofmixingcurvesforabinarysystem Residuecurvemaps Ternary ymaps p showing gp phaseenvelope, p ,tielines, ,andazeotropes p ofternary y systems Thisfeaturelocatesalltheazeotropes thatexistamongaspecifiedsetof p components.

TernarydiagramsinAspenDistillationSynthesisfeature:Azeotropes, Ternary Maps Distillationboundary,Residuecurvesordistillationcurves,Isovolatility curves, Tielines, lines Vaporcurve, curve Boilingpoint Tablesandplotsofpropertiesofeithermultiphasemixtures(forexample, VLE,VLLE,LLE)resultingfromflashcalculations,orsinglephasemixtures Generic withoutflashcalculations. calculations Properties analysisofmulticomponents(more thanthree)isalsoincluded.
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ConceptualDesign

ConceptualDesign
Conceptualdesignenablestheuserto:
1. Locatealltheazeotropes(homogeneousand heterogeneous)presentinanymulticomponentmixture 2. Automaticallycomputedistillationboundariesand residue id curvemapsf forternary t mixtures i t 3. Computemultipleliquidphaseenvelopes(liquidliquid andvaporliquidliquid)forternarymixtures 4. Determinethefeasibilityofsplitsfordistillationcolumns

AzeotropeAnalysis

AzeotropeAnalysis
1. Select components (at least two) 2. Specify pressure

3. Select property method 6. click Report to generate the results 4 Select phase (VLE 4. (VLE, LLE)

5. Select report Unit

ErrorMessage

Closeanalysisinputdialogbox(pureorbinaryanalysis)

AzeotropeAnalysisReport

TernaryMaps

TernaryMaps
3 Select property method 3. 1. Select three components 4. Select phase (VLE, LLE)

2. Specify pressure 6. Click Ternary Plot to generate the results

5. Select report Unit

6. Specify temperature of LLE (If liquid-liquid envelope is selected)

TernaryMaps
Change pressure or temperature

Ternary Plot Toolbar: Add Tie line, , Curve, , Marker

Running Simulation in Aspen Plus

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Introduction to Aspen Plus Part 3

Example1:Calculatethemixing propertiesoftwostream

1 Mole Flow kmol/hr WATER BUOH BUAC Total Flow kmol/hr Temperature C Pressure bar Enthalpy kcal/mol E t Entropy cal/mol-K l/ l K Density kmol/cum 10 0 0 10 50 0 1 ? ? ?

2 0 9 6 15 80 1 ? ? ?

3 ? ? ? ? ? 1 ? ? ?

4 ? ? ? ? ? 10 ? ? ?

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Example2:FlashSeparation
120 T-x T T-y 115

Saturated Feed P=1atm F=100 kmol/hr zwater=0.5 zHAc=0.5

T=105 C P=1atm

T ( C)

110 105 100 0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

xWater and yWater

What are flowrates and compositions of the two outlets?

Example3:DehydrationofAcetic AcidbyDistillationColumn(Optional)
10 1.0

yWater

Reflux ratio ?

0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

Duty ?

xWater

Setup Specification

Select Flowsheet

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RevealModelLibrary

View|| Model Library or press F10

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ModelLibrary:Mixer/Splitter

Model Mixer

Description Streammixer

Purpose Combinesmultiplestreams intoonestream

Usefor Mixingtees.Stream mixing goperations. p Addingheatstreams. Addingworkstreams Streamsplitters splitters.Bleed valves Streamsplitters splitters.Perfect fluidsolidseparators
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FSplit

Streamsplitter

Dividesfeedbasedonsplits specifiedforoutletstreams Dividesfeedbasedonsplits specifiedforeachsubstream

SSplit

Substream splitter

ModelLibrary:PressureChangers

102

Description Purpose Usefor P Pump orhydraulic h d li Changes Ch stream t pressurewhen h the th Pumps P and dh hydraulic d li Pump turbine powerrequirementisneededor turbines known C Compressor or Ch Changes stream t pressurewhen h P l t i compressors, Polytropic Compr turbine powerrequirementisneededor polytropic positive known displacementcompressors, isentropiccompressors, compressors isentropicturbines Changesstreampressureacross Multistagepolytropic Mcompr Multistage compressoror multiplestageswithintercoolers. intercoolers compressors, compressors polytropic turbine Allowsforliquidknockoutstreams positivedisplacement fromintercoolers compressors,isentropic compressors isentropic compressors, turbines Valvepressure Modelspressuredropthrougha Controlvalvesandpressure Valve drop valve changers Singlesegment Modelspressuredropthrougha Pipewithconstantdiameter Pipe pipe singlesegmentofpipe (mayincludefittings) Pipeline Multiplesegment Modelspressuredropthrougha Pipelinewithmultiple pipeline pipeorannularspace lengthsofdifferent diameterorelevation103

Model

AddingaMixer

Click one of icons and d then th click li k again i on the th flowsheet fl h t window i d Remark: The shape of the icons are meaningless

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AddingMaterialStreams

Click Materials and then click again on the flowsheet window

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AddingMaterialStreams(contd) (cont d)

When clicking the mouse on the flowsheet window window, arrows (blue and red) appear.

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AddingMaterialStreams(contd) (cont d)
When moving the mouse on the arrows, some description appears.

Blue arrow: Water decant for Free water of dirty water. water

Red arrow(Left) Feed (Required; one ore more if mixing material streams)

Red arrow(Right): Product (Required; if mixing material streams)

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AddingMaterialStreams(contd) (cont d)

After selecting Material Streams, click and pull a stream line. Repeat it three times to generate three stream lines lines.

108

ReconnectingMaterialStreams (FeedStream)
Right Click on the stream and select Reconnect Destination

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ReconnectingMaterialStreams (ProductStream)

Right Click on the stream and select Reconnect Source

B1

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SpecifyingFeedCondition

Right Click on the stream and select Input

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SpecifyingFeedCondition

You must specify two of the following conditions: Temperature p Pressure Vapor fraction

You can enter stream composition in terms of component flows, fractions, or concentrations. If you specify component fractions, you must specify the total mole, mass, or standard liquid volume flow.
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SpecifyingFeedCondition(contd) (cont d)
1 2

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SpecifyingInputofMixer

Right Click on the block and select Input

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SpecifyingInputofMixer(cont (contd) d)

Specify Pressure and valid phase

The corresponding description about this blank: Outlet pressure if value > 0 Pressure drop if value 0
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RunSimulation
Click to run the simulation

Run Step Stop Reinitialize

Startorcontinuecalculations Stepthroughtheflowsheetoneblockatatime Pausesimulationcalculations Purgesimulationresults

Check simulation status Required q Input p Complete p means the input p is ready y to run simualtion
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StatusofSimulationResults
Message Resultsavailable Means Therunhascompletednormally,andresultsare present. present

Resultsfortherunarepresent.Warning messagesweregeneratedduringthe esu tswith t warnings a gs Results calculations. l l i Vi Viewthe h C Control l P Panel lorHi History formessages. Resultswitherrors Resultsfortherunarepresent.Errormessages weregeneratedduringthecalculations.Viewthe ControlPanelorHistoryformessages. Resultsfortherunarep present, ,buty youhave changedtheinputsincetheresultswere generated.Theresultsmaybeinconsistentwith thecurrentinput.
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InputChanged

ControlPannel
Click here

1.A message window showing the progress of the simulation by displaying the most recent messages from the calculations 2.A status area showing the hierarchy and order of simulation blocks and convergence loops executed
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StreamResults

Right Click on the block and select Stream Results

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1 Substream:MIXED MoleFlowkmol/hr WATER BUOH BUAC TotalFlowkmol/hr TotalFlowkg/hr TotalFlowcum/hr TemperatureC Pressurebar V Vapor Frac F LiquidFrac SolidFrac Enthalpykcal/mol Enthalpykcal/kg EnthalpyGcal/hr Entropycal/molK Entropycal/gmK Densitykmol/cum Densitykg/cum AverageMW LiqVol60Fcum/hr

Pull down the list and select Full to show more properties results.

Enthalpy and Entropy

10 0 0 10 180.1528 0.18582 50 2 0 1 0 67.81 3764.03 0.6781 37.5007 2.0816 53.81564 969.5038 18 01528 18.01528 0.1805

0 9 6 15 1364.066 1.74021 80 1 0 1 0 94.3726 1037.77 1.41559 134.947 1.48395 8.619647 783.851 90 93771 90.93771 1.617386

10 9 6 25 1544.218 1.870509 70.08758 1 0 1 0 83.7476 1355.82 2.09369 95.6176 1.54799 13.36534 825.5604 61 76874 61.76874 1.797886
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ChangeUnitsofCalculationResults

121

Setup DefiningYourOwnUnitsSet

122

Setup ReportOptions

123

StreamResultswithFormatof MoleFraction

124

AddPumpBlock

125

AddAMaterialStream

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ConnectStreams

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Pump Specification
1. Select Pump or turbine 2. Specify pump outlet specificati (pressure, power)

3. Efficiencies (Default: 1)

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RunSimulation
Click to generate the results

Check simulation status Required q Input p Complete p

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BlockResults(Pump)

Right Click on the block and select Results

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StreamsResults

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CalculationResults (MassandEnergyBalances)

4 10 9 6 25 71.20 1 20 10 -83.69 -95.46 95 46 824.29

Mole Flow kmol/hr WATER 10 0 10 BUOH 0 9 9 BUAC 0 6 6 Total Flow kmol/hr 10 15 25 Temperature C 50 0 80 70.09 0 09 Pressure bar 1 1 1 Enthalpy kcal/mol -67.81 -94.37 -83.75 E t Entropy cal/mol-K l/ l K -37.50 37 50 -134.95 134 95 -95.62 95 62 Density kmol/cum 969.50 783.85 825.56

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Exercise

1 Mole Flow kmol/hr Water Ethanol Methanol Total Flow kmol/hr Temperature C Pressure essu e ba bar Enthalpy kcal/mol Entropy cal/mol-K Density y kmol/cum 10 0 0 10 50 1 ? ? ?

2 0 5 0 15 70 1 ? ? ?

3 0 0 15 15 40 1 ? ? ?

4 ? ? ? ? ? 1 ? ? ?

5 ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? ? ?

6 ? ? ? ? ? 2 ? ? ?
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Please use Peng-Robinson EOS to solve this problem.

Example2:FlashSeparation
120 T-x T T-y 115

Saturated Feed P=1atm F=100 kmol/hr zwater=0.5 zHAc=0.5

T=105 C P=1atm

T ( C)

110 105 100 0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

xWater and yWater

What are flowrates and compositions of the two outlets?

InputComponents

ThermodynamicModel:NRTLHOC

VaporESHOC Liquid q g gamma Liquidenthalpy Liquidvolume

CheckBinaryParameters

AssociationparametersofHOC

BinaryParametersofNRTL

BinaryAnalysis

Txy plot
1. Select analysis type (Txy) 2. Select p phase (VLE, ( , VLLE) )

2. Select two component 3 Select compositions basis 3.

5. Specify pressure 6. Select property method

4. Specify composition range 7. click Go to generate the results

CalculationResultofTxy

Data results

Generatexy plot

Generatexy plot(contd) (cont d)

FlashSeparation
120 T-x T T-y 115

Saturated Feed P=1atm F=100 kmol/hr zwater=0.5 zHAc=0.5

T=105 C P=1atm

T ( C)

110 105 100 0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

xWater and yWater

What are flowrates and compositions of the two outlets?

AddBlock:Flash2

AddMaterialStream

SpecifyFeedCondition

Saturated Feed (Vapor fraction=0) P=1atm F=100 kmol/hr zwater=0.5 zHAc=0.5

BlockInput:Flash2

Flash2:Specification

T=105 C P 1 t P=1atm

RequiredInputIncomplete
Connot click to run simulation

Close binary analysis window

RequiredInputComplete
Click to run simulation

StreamResults

StreamResults(cont (contd) d)
42.658 kmol/hr zwater=0.501 zHAc=0.409

Saturated Feed P=1atm F=100 kmol/hr zwater=0.5 zHAc=0.5

T=105 C P=1atm

57.342 kmol/hr zwater=0.432 zHAc=0.568

ReviewDistillationSeparation
McCabe- Thiele Graphical Method

1
Rectifying section:

0.8 0.6 y 0.4 02 0.2 0 0

yn

LR D xn 1 xD VR VR

Stripping pp g section:

LS B yn xn 1 xB VS VS

02 0.2

04 0.4 x

06 0.6

08 0.8

TradeoffBetween CapitalCostandOperatingCost

Shortcut Design: RR1.2RRmin NT 2NTmin

DistillationSeparation
Therearetwodegreesof freedomtomanipulate d ll compositionand distillate d bottomscompositionto manipulatethedistillateand bottomscompositions. Ifthefeedconditionandthe numberofstagesaregiven, howmuchofRR andQR are requiredtoachievethe specification.

RR ?

QR ?

AddBlock:Radfrac

AddMaterialStream

Flowsheet ConnectivityforRadFrac

RadFrac numbers stages from the top down, starting with the condenser (or starting with the top stage if there is no condenser).

ConnectMaterialStream

SpecifyFeedCondition

Saturated Feed (Vapor fraction=0) P=1.2atm F=100 kmol/hr zwater=0.5 zHAc=0.5

BlockInput:Radfrac

Radfrac: Radfrac :Configuration

Radfrac: Radfrac :Streams(FeedLocation)

TypesofFeedStage
Usethisconvention Tointroduceafeed g Betweenstages, g ,abovethedesignated g stage g Abovestage Onstage Onthedesignatedstage Onthedesignatedstage,allliquidfeed Onstageliquid whichisneverflashed Onthedesignatedstage,allvaporfeed Onstage g vapor p whichisneverflashed Tothedecanterattachedtothedesignated Decanter stage

Radfrac: Radfrac :ColumnPressure

RunSimulation
Click to run simulation

CheckConvergenceStatus

StreamResults

ChangeRefluxRatio
Click to run simulation

Increase RR from 2 to 2.5

Again Again

You can iterate RR until the specification is achieved achieved.

SmarterWay

Aspen Plus provides a convenient function (Design Specs/Vary) which can iterate operating variables to meet the specification.

AddNewDesignSpecs

DesignSpecs:Specification

Input current mole purity first

DesignSpecs:Components

DesignSpecs:Feed/ProductStreams

AddNewVery

Very:Specifications

Specify the range of the adjusted variable Not all variables cane be selected selected. In this case, only reflux ratio and reboiler duty can be used.

SelectionofAdjustedVariables

The options of adjusted variables must correspond to the operating specification.

RunSimulation
Click to run simulation

CheckConvergenceStatus

ChangeTargetofMolePurity
Click to run simulation

Increase Target from 0.95229424 to 0.99

CheckConvergenceStatus

ColumnPerformanceSummary

SummaryofCondenser

I l d condenser Include d duty, d t distillate di till t rate, t reflux fl rate, t reflux fl ratio ti

SummaryofReboiler

I l d reboiler Include b il duty, d t bottoms b tt rate, t boilup b il rate, t boilup b il ratio ti

ColumnProfile:TPFQ

ColumnProfile:VaporComposition

ColumnProfile:LiquidComposition

PlotWizardforColumnProfile

PlotWizardforColumnProfile(cont (contd) d)
After entering g the block, , Plot appears. pp

PlotWizard

PlotTypes

StepsforCompositionPlot

CompositionProfiles

TemperatureProfiles

INTRODUCTIONTOASPENPLUS

SomeTipsandOthers
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Tips:Next

Invokes the Aspen Plus expert system. Guides you through the p required q to complete p your y simulation. steps Statusmessage FlowsheetNot Complete RequiredInputNot C Complete l Meaning Flowsheetconnectivityisincomplete.Tofindoutwhy,click theNextbuttoninthetoolbar. Inputspecificationsfortherunareincomplete.ClickNext onthe h toolbar lb tofind fi douthow h tocomplete l the h input i specifications,andtogotosheetsthatareincomplete.

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Example:NEXT NEXT

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Tips:Whats What sthis this

Cli k ? and Click d then th click li k where h you dont d t know k

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Tips:Whats What sthis this

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Tips:Window

Ifyouareusing Workbookmode FlowsheetasWallpaper p p NormalView

Youshould ClicktheProcessFlowsheettab Clicktheflowsheetinthebackground g SelecttheProcessFlowsheetwindow

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HelpTopics
Go to Help p Select Help Topics

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HelpTopics

Unit U it O Operation ti M Model d l Reference R f Manual M l Physical Property Methods and Models Physical Property Data Reference Manual

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HelpTopics
Calculation of Properties Using an Equation-of-State Property Method

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FileType Document Backup History Problem Description

Extension *.apw *.bkp *.his *.appdf appdf

Format Binary ASCII Text Binary

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