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Safety Analysis Environment

Aspen HYSYS: Advanced Process Modeling Topics
EHY202 V10.0

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Section Objectives

• Introduce the HYSYS Safety Analysis Environment as a comprehensive, process-wide pressure relief
modeling tool

• Size and rate pressure safety valves (PSVs) for single or multiple relief scenarios

• Demonstrate how to setup and report results from PSV calculations in the Safety Analysis Environment

• Workshop: Perform pressure safety valve (PSV) sizing calculations for various relief scenarios and
generate compliance records

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Process Safety

• To assure safe and reliable operation of process equipment, process safety calculations must be
applied

• Situations to consider:
– Startup/shutdown
– Over-pressurization of vessels and piping
– Fires and other emergencies

• Process conditions vary vastly at different locations

– Using hand/spreadsheet calculations for pressure relief is inefficient

• Relief valve sizing capabilities in Aspen HYSYS uses available process data to quickly and reliably size
any pressure relief valves

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Safety Analysis Environment

• Perform relief valve sizing and rating calculations in the Safety Analysis Environment
– Introduced in Aspen HYSYS V8.3
– Can be used as an alternative to HYSYS Dynamic Depressuring

• Contains full capabilities for PSV sizing calculation and report generation

• Enter Safety Analysis Environment from Home tab in ribbon or from Environment-selection menu

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Pressure Relief Calculations (1)

• Use the Safety Analysis menu to select a unit operation or stream

• Selection designates a PSV to be attached to that object

• PSVs can also be added from the HYSYS ribbon directly onto flowsheet

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Pressure Relief Calculations (2)

• Begin by describing the unit operation to be protected by the PSV

– Define operating and design conditions for the equipment
– Conditions may be referenced from simulation results, or user-specified

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Pressure Relief Calculations (3)

• Defined relief valves should have at least one associated Scenario

– Scenario describes the relieving calculation methodology, system pressures, and other considerations

• Multiple scenarios can be linked to one PSV

• Allows for selection of an industry-standard PSV orifice

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Pressure Relief Calculations (4)

• Select from a listing of available relief scenario types and define the relief valve flow rate

Select relief scenario type;

scenario options will
populate based on selection

Relief flow can be

manually entered,
referenced from
HYSYS flowsheet, or
calculated by
standard models
(i.e. API, etc.)

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Pressure Relief Calculations (5)

• Review PSV sizing results from the Scenario

form
– HYSYS will calculate required orifice size
– User defines a selected orifice to determine
remaining results

• Scenarios can be selected for line sizing

calculations
– Use this tool to appropriately size PSV inlet
and outlet piping
– Results can be read in Aspen Flare System
Analyzer to further analysis

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Multiple Valve Analysis

• Multiple relief valves may be applied to a selected sizing case, providing numerous benefits:
– Relief rate is too large for a single valve
– Desired orifice cannot be used due to flange rating limitations
– More cost-effective installation of multiple smaller valves
– Accommodate multiple relief rates for multiple scenarios
– Additional capacity in the case of future expansion

• Once the additional valve is added, flow proportions, orifice designations, allowable
overpressure, etc. may be defined for each valve
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Storage Tank Protection

• Storage Tank Protection option provides ability to study the need for tank venting due to normal and
emergency venting
– Tank design options governed by API 650 and 620
– Pressure and vacuum protection governed by API 2000, after V8.8 you can select between: 6th Ed., 7th
Ed. And 7th Ed. Annex A

• Valid for tanks with design pressures from atmospheric up to 15 psig

• Results include inbreathing and outbreathing rates and calculated protection device orifice sizes

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Documentation Builder

• To assist with generating necessary safety

compliance documents; the Safety Analysis
Environment includes a Documentation Builder
– Based on Microsoft Access

• Provided user has MS Access capability valve

data sheets, calculation summaries, and ISA
forms can be generated
– Forms can be exported to MS Excel

• Internal HYSYS-based reports are also

available

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Workshop: Safety Analysis

• Task 1 – Perform a Dual-Scenario Relief Study

• Task 2 – Configure Multiple Valves

• Task 3 – Size a PSV for a Distillation Column

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