Hysys V8.0 Tutorial - Part 1 PDF
Hysys V8.0 Tutorial - Part 1 PDF
Hysys V8.0 Tutorial - Part 1 PDF
Process Simulation
Using Aspen HYSYS V8
Objectives
• Learn to build, navigate and optimize process simulations using Aspen
HYSYS
• Learn the efficient use of different HYSYS functions to build steady
state process simulations
Prerequisites
• A background in chemical engineering or industrial chemistry
Course Outlines:
Getting Started
Oil Characterization
Optimization
Gas Gathering
Pre-Heat Train
Atmospheric Towers
Getting Started
Workshop
The Getting Started module introduces you to some of the basic concepts
necessary for creating simulations in HYSYS. You will use
HYSYS to define three gas streams to be used as feeds to a gas plant. In
addition, you will learn how to determine properties of these streams by
using the Phase Envelope and the Property Table utilities.
Learning Objectives
• Define a fluid package (property package, components, hypotheticals).
• Add streams.
• Understand flash calculations.
• Attach stream utilities.
• Customize the Workbook.
Example:
the two product streams. Neglect the pressure drop inside the
condenser.
* What are the flow rates and molar compositions of two product
streams?
Ethane
Propane
I-Butane
N-Butane
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When you have established a component list, you combine the component
list with a property package. The property package is a collection of
methods for calculating the properties of the selected components. The
combination of the component list and the property package, along with
other simulation settings, is called the fluid package.
Now you can start drawing the flow sheet for the process by clicking the
Simulation button:
Now add a material stream to define the composition and the conditions
of the feed stream
Now you can view the results by double clicking on the separator, in
the worksheet tab:
Case Study
We need to study the effect of changing the Temperature of the
cooler out stream (stream no 3) on the flow rate of the liquid
product stream.
Click run, and then you can view results from the Results tab
Comment:
As we see, when the temperature increases the liquid flow rate
decrease, the liquid start to decrease @ -15 oC, and @ 15 oC there will be
no liquid product and all the product will be vapor.
This is a simple case; you can create your own case study with the same
steps.
You can change the scale of axis & the curve color by right click on the
plot area and click graph control:
You can also print this plot from the same menu:
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In this simulation, a simplified version of a refrigerated gas plant is going
to be modeled. The purpose is to find the LTS (Low Temperature
Separator) temperature at which the hydrocarbon dew point target is met.
The Sales Gas hydrocarbon dew point should not exceed -15°C at 6000
kPa. The incoming gas is cooled in two stages—first by exchange with
product Sales Gas in a gas-gas exchanger (Gas-Gas) and then in a
propane chiller (Chiller), represented here by a Cooler operation. A
Balance operation will be used to evaluate the hydrocarbon dew point of
the product stream at 6000 kPa.
Learning Objectives
Add a hypothetical component
Install and converge heat exchangers.
Understand logical operations (Balances and Adjusts).
Use the Case Study tool to perform case studies on your
simulation.
Example:
The feed stream enters an inlet separator, which removes the free
liquids. Overhead gas from the Separator is fed to the Chiller where it
is cooled to -20oC, which will be modeled simply as a Cooler (Pressure
Drop=35 kPa). The cold stream is then separated in a low-temperature
separator (LTS). Overhead gas from the LTS is fed to the heater
(Pressure drop=5kPa) where it is heated to 10 oC to meet Sales Gas
Specifications.
Feed Stream:
Temperature Pressure Molar Flow Rate
15oC 6200 kPa 1440 kgmole/h
Composition:
Component Mole Component Mole
N2 0.0066 n-Butane 0.0101
i-Butane 0.0068
FP: Peng Robinson
- Calculate the duty rejected from the chiller ………………
- Calculate the duty Absorbed inside the Heater ……………
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After adding the pure components (N2, H2S, CO2, C1, C2, C3, n-C4, i-C4,
n-C5, i-C5, n-C6, H2O) we have to add the last component (C7+) which is
not a pure component as it represents all components above C7 including
C7 in the feed.
To define C7+ we have to create it as a hypothetical component as the
following:
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After adding a hypo component you can edit the name, add the properties
you have, and estimate the unknown properties as follows:
Now you can start drawing the flow sheet for the process by clicking the
Simulation button:
Now add a material stream to define the composition and the conditions
of the feed stream
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Add a cooler:
Add a heater:
- The duty rejected from the chiller = 4.186 e6 (4.186 *106) kJ/hr
- The duty Absorbed inside the Heater = 2.287 e6 (2.287 *106) kJ/hr
Heat Exchanger
The design is modified to reduce the operating cost represented in
Chiller & Heater duties, by adding a Heat Exchanger before the Chiller
where the overhead from the inlet separator is pre-cooled by already
refrigerated gas from LTS.
Calculate the duty rejected from the chiller after this modification …………….
Calculate the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient (UA) for the HX ……………..
Solution:
Weighted. The heating curves are broken into intervals, which then
exchange energy individually. An LMTD and UA are calculated for
each interval in the heat curve and summed to calculate the overall
exchanger UA. The Weighted method is available only for
Counter-Current exchangers.
5- Open the chiller and re-connect the tube side outlet to the chiller inlet
The duty rejected from the chiller after this modification = 1.878 e6 kJ/hr
The Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient (UA) for the HX= 2.786 e5 kJ/C-h
Adjust
Adjust the LTS feed temperature to ensure the LTS vapor rate of 1200
kgmole/hr using Adjust operation.
Calculate the temperature of LTS feed ……………….
2- Open the adjust operation and select the adjusted variable (LTS
feed Temperature) and the Target variable (LTS Vapor molar flow).
You can see the total number of iterations from the monitor tab:
Propane Refrigeration
Loop
Workshop
Refrigeration systems are commonly found in the natural gas
processing industry and in processes related to the petroleum
refining, petrochemical, and chemical industries. Refrigeration
is used to cool gas to meet a hydrocarbon dewpoint
specification and to produce a marketable liquid.
In this module you will construct, run, analyze and manipulate a
propane refrigeration loop simulation. You will convert the
completed simulation to a template, making it available to
connect to other simulations.
Learning Objectives
Once you have completed this module, you will be able to:
Example:
Calculate:
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Now you can start drawing the flow sheet for the process by clicking the
Simulation button:
Now add a material stream to define the composition and the conditions
of the feed stream
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Add the mole fraction for the inlet stream (Propane =1)
Then leave the stream not solved till the loop is closed
Then add a compressor to raise the pressure of the vapor out from the
heater
Leave the compressor not solved till the loop is closed then add a cooler
You can adjust the Flowsheet and rotate the streams and equipment from
the above menu (Flowsheet/Modify)
Results:
We can use the spreadsheet operation in HYSYS to calculate the COP of the
cycle:
Right click on the cell B1 and select import variable to import the duty of
the evaporator
Right click on the cell B2 and select import variable to import the power
of the Compressor
Note that the 2 variables must be in the same units (kJ/hr or KW)
Now, divide the two variables in the cells b1 & b2 to calculate the COP in
b3
Challenge:
Now change the duty of the evaporator to 3 e6 kJ/hr (in the evaporator
not in the spreadsheet), then open the spreadsheet to calculate the COP &
explain the results.
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Distillation Column 4
Workshop
Separation of light products is present in any Hydrocarbons
operations. In this module, a column will be modeled to
separate Light and heavy components from each other using a
distillation column with 12 trays.
Learning Objectives
Once you have completed this section, you will be able to:
Example:
Calculate:
The Condenser, the Reboiler Temperatures & the Reflux Ratio after
modification
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Now you can start drawing the flow sheet for the process by clicking the
Simulation button:
Now add a material stream to define the composition and the conditions
of the feed stream
Select Regular Hysys Reboiler in the reboiler configuration page for Kettle
Reboiler as follows:
The column statues bar (Red bar) is now unconverged till clicking the
RUN button to converge the column.
The two specifications are the target that you want to achieve from the
column.
You can change the specifications by marking the Active check box on
the 2 new specifications
Go to column profile to see the temperature & Pressure profile across the
tower.
Condenser Temp 46 oC
Reboiler Temp 128.8 oC
Reflux Ratio 8.54
Oil Characterization
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The petroleum characterization method in HYSYS will convert laboratory
analyses of condensates, crude oils, petroleum cuts and coaltar liquids
into a series of discrete hypothetical components. These petroleum hypo
components provide the basis for the property package to predict the
remaining thermodynamic and transport properties necessary for fluid
modeling.
HYSYS will produce a complete set of physical and critical properties for
the petroleum hypo components with a minimal amount of information.
However, the more information you can supply about the fluid, the more
accurate these properties will be, and the better HYSYS will predict the
fluid's actual behavior.
In this example, the Oil Characterization option in HYSYS is used to
model a crude oil. The crude is the feed stock to a Pre-heat Train,
followed by the Atmospheric Crude Column, which will be modelled in a
subsequent module.
Learning Objectives
Once you have completed, you will be able to use the Oil
Characterization option in HYSYS.
Oil Characterization
The petroleum characterization method in HYSYS will convert laboratory
analyses of condensates, crude oils, petroleum cuts and coal-tar liquids into a
series of discrete hypothetical components. These petroleum hypocomponents
provide the basis for the property package to predict the remaining
thermodynamic and transport properties necessary for fluid modeling.
In this example, the Oil Characterization option in HYSYS is used to model a
crude oil. The crude is the feed stock to oil refining process. (FPkg=PR)
Bulk Properties of the crude:
API Gravity of 29 for the crude
Light Ends (Liquid Volume):
Light Ends Liquid Vol %
Methane 0.0065
Ethane 0.0225
Propane 0.3200
i-butane 0.2400
n-butane 1.7500
i-pentane 1.6500
n-pentane 2.2500
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Light Ends are defined as pure components with low boiling points.
Components in the boiling range of C1 to n-C5 are most commonly of
interest.
Add the pure components (C1, C2, C3, n-C4, i-C4, n-C5, i-C5, H2O)
Bulk Properties
Bulk Properties for the sample may also be supplied. The bulk properties
are optional if a distillation curve or chromatograph have been supplied
Change the bulk properties from Not used to Used and add the value for
standard Density = 29 API_60
Note:
141.5
API = − 131.5
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Select the Distillation radio button in the Input Data group box.
Select the Assay Basis as Liquid Volume (use the drop-down menu).
Click the Edit Assay button; this will allow you to enter the assay
information below.
Use the drop-down lists to select Input Composition for Light Ends
Select the Light Ends radio button and enter the data given from Input
Data
Once you have entered all of the data, click the Calculate button. The status
message at the bottom of the Assay view will display Assay Was Calculated.
Once the Assay is calculated, the working curves are displayed on the Plots
and Working C u r v e s tabs. The working curves are regressed and
ext rapolat ed from the Assay input. From the user-supplied data, HYSYS
generates curves for NBP, molecular weight, mass density, and viscosity.
These working curves are used in determining the properties of the hypo
components generated in the Blend step.
The Output Blend characterization in HYSYS splits the internal working curves
for one or more assays into hypo components. The Blend tab of the Oil
Characterization view provides two functions, cutting the Oil into Hypo
components and Blending two or more Assays into one set of hypo
components.
In the Stream Name column, enter the name Raw Crude to which the oil
composition will be transferred.
HYSYS will assign the composition of your calculated Oil and Light
Ends into this stream, completing the characterization process.
Now you can return to the Simulation environment to see the stream
(Raw Crude) with a full composition: