Pse Aspen

Introduction to Aspen Plus (1)
Speaker: 曾安紘
[email protected]
PSE Laboratory
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Taiwan University
(化工館RM309, 02-33663068)
Week 1~2
Outline
• Part 1 : Introduction
• Part 2 : Startup
• Part 3 : Properties analysis
3-1: Basic Property analysis
3-2: System without built-in thermodynamic parameters
3-3: System with User Defined Component
3-4: Validation of thermodynamic parameters
• Part 4 : Running Simulation in Aspen Plus
(simple units: Mixer, Pump, valve, flash, heat exchanger )
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Introduction to Aspen Plus
Part 1: Introduction
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What is Aspen Plus
• Aspen Plus is a market-leading process modeling tool

for conceptual design, optimization, and
performance monitoring for the chemical, polymer,
specialty chemical, metals and minerals, and coal
power industries.
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Ref: http://www.aspentech.com/products/aspen-plus.cfm
What Aspen Plus provides
• Physical Property Models

– World’s largest database of pure component and phase equilibrium
data for conventional chemicals, electrolytes, solids, and polymers
– Regularly updated with data from U. S. National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
• Comprehensive Library of Unit Operation Models
– Addresses a wide range of solid, liquid, and gas processing equipment
– Extends steady-state simulation to dynamic simulation for safety and
controllability studies, sizing relief valves, and optimizing transition,
startup, and shutdown policies
– Enables you build your own libraries using Aspen Custom Modeler or
programming languages (User-defined models)
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Ref: Aspen Plus® Product Brochure
More Detailed
• Properties analysis
– Properties of pure component and mixtures (Enthalpy, density,
viscosity, heat capacity,…etc)
– Phase equilibrium (VLE, VLLE, azeotrope calculation…etc)
– Parameters estimation for properties models (UNIFAC method for
binary parameters, Joback method for boiling points…etc)
– Data regression from experimental deta
• Process simulation
– pump, compressor, valve, tank, heat exchanger, CSTR, PFR, distillation
column, extraction column, absorber, filter, crystallizer…etc
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What course Aspen Plus can be employed for
• MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES

• PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
• CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
• CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
• UNIT OPERATIONS
• PROCESS DESIGN
• PROCESS CONTROL
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Lesson Objectives
• Familiar with the interface of Aspen Plus

• Learn how to use properties analysis
• Learn how to setup a basic process simulation
• Learn how to Using Aspen Simulation Workbook
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Part 2: Startup and Overview
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Start with Aspen Plus
Aspen Plus User Interface

Aspen Plus Startup
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Properties
Help
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More Information
Help for
Commands for Controlling Simulations
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Properties -- Setup
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Properties -- Input components
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Properties -- Methods
Process type(narrow the number of

methods available)
Base method: IDEAL, NRTL, UNIQAC, UNIFAC…
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Property Method Selection—General Rule
Example 1:
water - benzene
Example 2:
benzene - toluene
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Typical Activity Coefficient Models
Non-Randon-Two Liquid Model (NRTL)
Uniquac Model
Unifac Model
Typical Equation of States
Peng-Robinson (PR) EOS
Redlich-Kwong (RK) EOS
Haydon O’Conell (HOC) EOS

Thermodynamic Model – NRTL
NRTL
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NRTL – Binary Parameters
Click “NRTL” and then built-in binary parameters

appear automatically if available.
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Access Properties Models and Parameters
Review Databank Data
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Review Databank Data
Including:
Ideal 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 60°F
….
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Pure Component
Temperature-Dependent Properties
CPIGDP-1 ideal gas heat capacity

CPSDIP-1 Solid heat capacity
DNLDIP-1 Liquid density
DHVLDP-1 Heat of vaporization
PLXANT-1 Extended Antoine Equation
MULDIP Liquid viscosity
KLDIP Liquid thermal conductivity
SIGDIP Liquid surface tension
UFGRP UNIFAC functional group
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Properties – Tools
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Properties – Data Source
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Properties – Run Mode
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Properties – Analysis
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Simulation
Help
Process Flowsheet Windows

Data Browser
Model Palette
(View│Model Palette)
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Simulation -- Setup – Specification
Input mode
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Basic Input---Summary
• The minimum required inputs to run a simulation

are:
– Properties
• Setup
Property Analysis
• Components
• Methods
– Simulation
• Streams Process Simulation
• Blocks
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Part 3: Property analysis
3-1: Basic Property analysis
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Overview of Property Analysis
Use this form To generate
Tables and plots of pure component properties as a function of temperature
Pure
and pressure
Binary Txy, Pxy, or Gibbs energy of mixing curves for a binary system
Residue Residue curve maps
Ternary maps showing phase envelope, tie lines, and azeotropes of ternary
Ternary
systems
This feature locates all the azeotropes that exist among a specified set of
Azeotrope
components.
Ternary diagrams in Aspen Distillation Synthesis feature: Azeotropes,
Ternary Maps Distillation boundary, Residue curves or distillation curves, Isovolatility curves,
Tie lines, Vapor curve, Boiling point
***When you start properties analysis, you MUST specify components ,

thermodynamic model and its corresponding parameters. (Refer to Part 2)
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Find Components (1/5)
Component ID : just for distinguishing in Aspen.

Type : Conventional, Solid….etc
Component name : real component name
Formula : real component formula
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TIP 1: For common components, you can

enter directly the common name or molecular
equation of the components in “component
ID”.
(like water, CO2, CO, Chlorine…etc)
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TIP 2: If you know the component name

(like N-butanol, Ethanol….etc), you can
enter it in “component name”.
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TIP 3: You can also enter the formula of the

component. (Be aware of the isomers)
You can also click “Find” to search for

component of given CAS number,
molecular weight without knowing its
molecular formula, or if you don’t know the
exactly component name
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You can enter

the way of
searching…
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Methods (1/2) –
Select Thermodynamic Model
Select NRTL
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Methods (2/2) –
Check Binary Parameter for V8.4-V9
Properties
Methods
Parameters
NRTL-1
Click This, it will automatically change to

blue if binary parameter exists.
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Methods (2/2) –
Check Binary Parameter for V10
Properties Analysis – Pure Component (1/5)
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Available Properties (2/5)
Property (thermodynamic) Property (transport)

Availability Free energy Thermal conductivity
Constant pressure
Enthalpy Surface tension
heat capacity
Heat capacity ratio Fugacity coefficient Viscosity
Constant volume heat Fugacity coefficient
capacity pressure correction
Free energy departure Vapor pressure
Free energy departure
Density
pressure correction
Enthalpy departure Entropy
Enthalpy departure
Volume
pressure correction
Enthalpy of
Sonic velocity
vaporization
Entropy departure 45
Example1: CP (Heat Capacity) (3/5)
1. Select property (CP)
4. Specify range of temperature

2. Select phase
5. Specify pressure
Add “N-butyl-acetate”
6. Select property method

3. Select component
7. click “Run Analysis” to generate the results
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Example1: Calculation Results of CP (4/5)
Click This, able to change units and the

ability to merge different plots
Click This, able to change format of the plot,

including font, axis range…etc.
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Example1: Calculation Results of CP (5/5)
Data results
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Properties Analysis – Binary Components (1/7)
Binary Component Properties Analysis (2/7)
Use this Analysis type To generate

Temperature-compositions diagram at
Txy
constant pressure
Pressure-compositions diagram at
Pxy
constant temperature
Gibbs energy of mixing diagram as a
function of liquid compositions. The
Aspen Physical Property System uses this
Gibbs energy of mixing
diagram to determine whether the
binary system will form two liquid phases
at a given temperature and pressure.
Example: T-XY (3/7) for V8.4-V8.8
5. Select phase (VLE, VLLE)

1. Select
analysis type (Txy)
2. Select 6. Specify pressure
two component
3. Select
compositions basis

4. Specify
composition range

Example: T-XY (3/7) for V9-V10
1. Select
analysis type (Txy)
2. Select
two component
6. Specify pressure
3. Select
compositions basis
4. Specify
composition range

Example: T-XY (3/7) for V9-V10

Example: calculation result of T-XY (4/7)
Example: calculation result of T-XY (5/7)
Data results
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Example: Generate XY plot (6/7)
Click “Input”
Example: Generate XY plot (7/7)
Properties Analysis – Ternary (1/6)
(add one new components)
(Check NRTL binary parameter)
3 components -> 3 set of binary parameter

(How about 4 components??)
(Ternary Maps)
(Ternary Maps)
1. Select
three component
2. Select
property method
5. Specify pressure
3. Select
phase (VLE, LLE…)
4. Specify
number of tie line 6. Specify temperature
(if LLE is slected)

Calculation Result of Ternary Map (LLE)
Calculation Result of Ternary Map (LLE)
Data results
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Property Analysis – Conceptual Design
Use this form To generate

Tables and plots of pure component properties as a function of temperature
Pure
and pressure
Binary Txy, Pxy, or Gibbs energy of mixing curves for a binary system
Residue Residue curve maps
Ternary maps showing phase envelope, tie lines, and azeotropes of ternary
Ternary
systems
This feature locates all the azeotropes that exist among a specified set of
Azeotrope
components.
Ternary diagrams in Aspen Distillation Synthesis feature: Azeotropes,
Ternary Maps Distillation boundary, Residue curves or distillation curves, Isovolatility curves,
Tie lines, Vapor curve, Boiling point
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Conceptual Design -- Azeotrope Analysis (1/3)
1. Select components (at least two) 2. Specify pressure
6. click “Report” to generate the results

4. Select phase (VLE, LLE…)
5. Select report Unit

(Azeotrope Analysis Report)
Conceptual Design –
Distillation Synthesis Ternary Maps (1/3)
1. Select three components 4. Select phase (VLE, LLE)
5. Select report Unit
6. Click “Ternary Plot” 2. Specify pressure

to generate the results
6. Specify temperature of LLE

(If liquid-liquid envelope is selected)
Change pressure or
temperature
Ternary Plot Toolbar:

Add Tie line, Curve,
Marker…
3-2: System without built-in thermodynamic

parameters
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A 3-component system
Consider a system with glycerol,

acetic acid, and water
Property method selection
Because carboxyl acid appears in

the system, thus choose HOC EOS
to describe the vapor phase
behavior
Check Binary parameters
Parameter sets from built-in databank
For a 3-component system, 3 set of binary

parameters are needed.
Use UNIFAC model to estimate the missing
parameters.
Property Estimation Mode
Change the mode to “Property Estimation”

Run Estimation
New set of binary parameter.

(R-PCE means user prediction)
Draw The Txy Diagram of Glycerol/HAC
3-3: System with User Defined Component
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User Defined components
• For those components which are not included in
Aspen Plus databank.
• Information needed:
--Molecular Structure (Must)
--Molecular Weight (optional)
--Saturation vapor pressure (optional)
--Boiling point, Melting point…..etc (optional)
Example: Building Trisilylamine
Find
Trisilylamine
No Trisilylamine
in the databanks
• Check NIST chemistry webbook for those information
you need to build a user defined component.
(http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/)
Searching
Method
Download the 2-d molecular

structure file (mol)
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Import the 2-d molecular

file you downloaded from
Chemspider
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(Calculate bond for UNIFAC model estimation)
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Check the formula again.
Then the component is

successfully built.
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Put as much data as you can find in the table.

More data means more accurate prediction
results.
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Hand-On Exercises
• Which kind of model should be used?
(EOS or activity coefficient model?)
• Following the instruction in Part 3-1, estimate the binary

parameter for DIMA and water by UNIFAC method.
• Draw the Txy diagram for these two components under 1 atm.
• Draw the X-Y diagram for these two components under 1 atm.
3-4: Validation of thermodynamic parameters
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Finding Experimental Data in Aspen Plus
Build in the components

Open the access to data bank.

Various kinds of data.

(Choose VLE data here)
Different set of VLE data (with

different temperature or
different pressure)
One of the data set.
Save into Aspen Plus.

Save to Data
Save to Data
Comparing the VLE with Built-in Parameter
<Goal>
Compare the experimental VLE data and
the predicted VLE data by NRTL model.
Do not close this plot in the following

steps.
2.Click “Single Y Axis”.

(Combine the axis into one.)
1. Right click, and choose

“Y Axis Map”
The predicted VLE by

NRTL is pretty good.
For Wide Boiling Points Binary Pairs
bp: -24.8 oC
bp: 100 oC
For binary pairs with large

boiling points difference, it is
very hard to have full range of
VLE data.
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Find NIST Data
A very small range of liquid mole fraction of DME is available.
Only isothermal data available.
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Draw the Figure of Experimental Figure
Isothermal data -> P-xy figure
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Check Binary Interaction Parameters
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Use Binary to Draw the Figure from Model
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Combine the Two Figures
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Hand-On Exercises
• Find the Binary VLE Data of Ethanol and Methanol at
T=313.15, 333.15, and 353.15 (K).
• Lists the references of Data.
• Compare the experimental data sets and the predicted data

by NRTL model.
Part 4: Running simulation
Simple Units
(Mixer, Pump, valve, flash, heat exchanger)
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Example 1: Calculate the mixing
properties of two stream
1 4
3
2
Mixer Pump
1 2 3 4
Mole Flow kmol/hr
WATER 10 0 ? ?
BUOH 0 9 ? ?
BUAC 0 6 ? ?
Total Flow kmol/hr 10 15 ? ?
Temperature C 50 80 ? ?
Pressure bar 1 1 1 10
Enthalpy kcal/mol ? ? ? ?
Entropy cal/mol-K ? ? ? ?
Density kg/cum ? ? ? ?
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Simulation -- Setup – Specification
Select Steady-State
Select Simulation
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Reveal Model Library
View→ Model Library

or press F10
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Adding a Mixer
Click “one of icons”

and then click again on the
flowsheet window
Remark: The shape of the icons

are meaningless
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Adding Material Streams
Click “Materials” and then click

again on the flowsheet window
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Adding Material Streams (cont’d)
When clicking the mouse on the flowsheet window,

arrows (blue and red) appear.
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When moving the mouse on the arrows, some description appears.
Red arrow(Left) Feed Red arrow(Right): Blue arrow: Water

(Required; one ore more Product (Required; if decant for Free water
if mixing material mixing material streams) of dirty water.
streams)
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After selecting “Material Streams”, click and pull a stream line.

Repeat it three times to generate three stream lines.
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Reconnecting Material Streams (Feed Stream)
Right click on the stream and

select “Reconnect Destination”
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Reconnecting Material Streams
(Product Stream)
Right click on the stream and

select “Reconnect Source”
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Change Material Streams Names
Double click to rename the

stream
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Specifying Feed Condition
Right click on the stream

and select “Input”
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Specifying Feed Condition (cont’d)
1 2
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Specifying Input of Mixer
Right click on the block and select “Input”
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Specifying Input of Mixer (cont’d)
Specify Pressure and valid phase
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Run Simulation
Click ► to run the simulation
Run Start or continue calculations

Step Step through the flowsheet one block at a time
Stop Pause simulation calculations
Reinitialize Purge simulation results
Check “simulation status”

“Required Input Complete” means the input is ready to run simualtion
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Status of Simulation Results
Message Means
The run has completed normally, and results are
Results Available
present.
Results for the run are present. Warning
messages were generated during the
Results with Warnings
calculations. View the Control Panel or History
for messages.
Results for the run are present. Error messages
Results with Errors were generated during the calculations. View the
Control Panel or History for messages.
Results for the run are present, but you have
changed the input since the results were
Input Changed
generated. The results may be inconsistent with
the current input.
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Stream Results
Right click on the block and select

“Stream Results”
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Heat and Material Balance Table
Stream ID 1 2 3
From B1
To B1 B1
Phase LIQUID LIQUID LIQUID
Substream: MIXED
Mole Flow kmol/hr
WATER 10.00000 0.0 10.00000
BUOH 0.0 9.000000 9.000000
BUAC 0.0 6.000000 6.000000
Total Flow kmol/hr 10.00000 15.00000 25.00000
Total Flow kg/hr 180.1528 1364.066 1544.218
Total Flow l/min 3.096993 29.00351 31.22363
Temperature C 50.00000 80.00000 71.21621
Pressure bar 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
Vapor Frac 0.0 0.0 0.0
Liquid Frac 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
Pull down the list and select Solid Frac 0.0 0.0 0.0
Enthalpy cal/mol -67813.56 -94336.22 -83727.15
“Full” to show more properties Enthalpy cal/gm -3764.224 -1037.372 -1355.494
results. Enthalpy Gcal/hr -.6781356 -1.415043 -2.093179
Entropy cal/mol-K -37.52634 -134.8439 -95.61121
Entropy cal/gm-K -2.083028 -1.482816 -1.547890
Density mol/cc .0538156 8.61965E-3 .0133445
Density gm/cc .9695038 .7838510 .8242788
Average MW 18.01528 90.93771 61.76874
Enthalpy and Entropy Liq Vol 60F l/min 3.008333 26.95642 29.96476
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Change Units of Calculation Results
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Setup – Report Options
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Stream Results with Format of Mole Fraction
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Add Pump Block
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Add A Material Stream
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Connect Streams
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Pump – Specification
1. Select “Pump” or “turbine”
2. Specify pump outlet specification

(pressure, power)
3. Efficiencies (Default: 1)
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Run Simulation
Click “Next” to check if all

required input is complete
Click “OK” to run the

simulation
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Block Results (Pump)
Right click on the block

and select “Results”
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Streams Results
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Calculation Results
(Mass and Energy Balances)
1 4
3
2
Mixer Pump
1 2 3 4
Mole Flow kmol/hr
WATER 10 0 10 10
BUOH 0 9 9 9
BUAC 0 6 6 6
Total Flow kmol/hr 10 15 25 25
Temperature C 50 80 71.22 72.33
Pressure bar 1 1 1 10
Enthalpy kcal/mol -67.81 -94.34 -83.73 -83.67
Entropy cal/mol-K -37.53 -134.84 -95.61 -95.45
Density kg/cum 969.50 783.85 824.28 823.01
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Exercise
1 5 6
2 4
3 Mixer Pump
1 2 3 4 5 6
Mole Flow kmol/hr
Water 10 0 0 ? ? ?
Ethanol 0 5 0 ? ? ?
Methanol 0 0 15 ? ? ?
Total Flow kmol/hr 10 15 15 ? ? ?
Temperature C 50 70 40 ? ? ?
Pressure bar 1 1 1 1 4 2
Enthalpy kcal/mol ? ? ? ? ? ?
Entropy cal/mol-K ? ? ? ? ? ?
Density kmol/cum ? ? ? ? ? ?
Please use Peng-Robinson EOS to solve this problem.

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Example 2: Flash Separation
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T-x
T-y
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T ( C)
T=105 C 110
o
Saturated Feed P=1atm
105
P=1atm
F=100 kmol/hr 100
zwater=0.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
zHAc=0.5 xWater and yWater
What are flowrates and compositions of the two outlets?

Input Components
Thermodynamic Model: NRTL-HOC
Check Binary Parameters
Association parameters of HOC
Binary Parameters of NRTL
Binary Analysis
T-xy plot

1. Select analysis
type (Txy)
6. Specify pressure
2. Select two
component
3. Select 7. Select property method

compositions
basis
4. Specify
composition range
Calculation Result of T-xy
Calculation Result of T-xy
Data results
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Generate xy plot
Generate xy plot (cont’d)
Flash Separation
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T-x
T-y
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T ( C)
T=105 C 110
o
105
P=1atm
F=100 kmol/hr 100
zwater=0.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
zHAc=0.5 xWater and yWater
What are flowrates and compositions of the two outlets?

Add Block: Flash2
Add Material Stream
Specify Feed Condition
Saturated Feed
(Vapor fraction=0)
P=1atm
F=100 kmol/hr
zwater=0.5
zHAc=0.5
Block Input: Flash2
Flash2: Specification
T=105 C
P=1atm
Required Input Complete
1.Click “Next” to check required input completeness
2.Click “OK” to run the simulation

Results Available
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Stream Results
Stream Results (cont’d)
42.657 kmol/hr
zwater=0.591
zHAc=0.409
T=105 C
P=1atm
F=100 kmol/hr
zwater=0.5 57.343 kmol/hr
zHAc=0.5 zwater=0.432
zHAc=0.568
EXAMPLE 3: HEAT EXCHANGE (SIMPLE HEATER)
Q: Calculate the enthalpy required to heat the mixture
from 5.2 atm, 50 ⁰C to 5 atm 250 ⁰C using Peng-
Rob model.
Species Flow rate (Kmol/h)

Methane 10
Ethane 10
Propane 20
Using Thermodynamic model calculation that you learn…

• Heat capacity for each component.
• PR EOS calculation algorithm from textbook
• Departure function from ideal gas.
• Matlab program or Excel Calculation.
• ….
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HEAT EXCHANGE (SIMPLE HEATER)
Using Aspen Plus…
Build in the components
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Select Peng-ROB model
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Check the parameters
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Add the unit, connecting

the material streams…
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Double click the material

stream on the flow
sheet…
Entering the stream input

page.
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Double click the heater on

the flow sheet…
Entering the heater input

page.
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3. Run
1. Input all the condition,

including streams and blocks
2. “Input changed” or “required input

completed”
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Right click the “HEATER”

And, choose “Stream Results…”
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Right click the “HEATER”,

Click “Result…”
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The enthalpy required is

then calculated.
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CALCULATE UTILITY (SIMPLE HEATER)
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EXAMPLE 4: HEAT EXCHANGE (HEATX)
Hot stream
Inlet T：200℃、Inlet P：0.4 MPa
Flow rate：10000kg/hr
composition：benzene 50%， styrene
20%，EB 20%，water 10%
Cold stream
Inlet T：20℃、inlet P：1.0 MPa
Flow rate：60000 kg/hr。
Hot stream vapor frac = 0

（saturated liquid）
COMPONENTS – SPECIFICATION
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ADD BLOCK: HEATX
Feeds Conditions
CLD-IN
Feeds Conditions
HOT-IN
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BLOCK INPUT
Check result
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Check result
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EXAMPLE 5: USING HEATER FOR 2 STREAMS
HEAT EXCHANGE
Q: Calculate the enthalpy required to heat the mixture

from 5.2 atm, 50 ⁰C to 5 atm 250 ⁰C using Peng-
Rob model. Species Flow rate (Kmol/h)
Methane 10
Ethane 10
Propane 20
Now that there’s a stream which needs to be cooled

down from 10 atm, 350 oC. Please use heat stream
to easily calculate the temperature after cooling
down by the above stream.
Methane 80
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Input for the Hot Stream
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Determine Pressure Drop
Negative value specified in

Pressure indicates pressure
drop. You can also specify the
desired output pressure directly.
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Connecting Heaters
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Results of Heat Exchange
• Heat exchange amount will be exactly the same, while the positive and
negative value correspond to endothermic and exothermic process.
• No automatic examination for temperature crossing problem using this
technique, so please be careful.
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EXAMPLE 6: MULTI COMPRESSOR
(MCOMPR)
33 oC 80 oC
1 bar 120 bar

CO2 99
N2 0.8
H2O 0.2
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MCOMPR - FLOWSHEET
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SETTINGS FOR MCOMPR
Totally 3 compressors
• Equal pressure ratio: 3 cmprs

have the same pressure ratio
• Equal head: 3 cmprs have the
same work
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SETTINGS FOR MCOMPR
Specify: the product stream leaves

from the last compressor.
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SETTINGS FOR MCOMPR
Specify efficiencies for the compressors if you have

more information about these compressors. Setting
for stage 1 = setting for all other stages 216
SETTINGS FOR MCOMPR
Specify cooler temperature (the value indicates the

temperature of the compressed gas after cooler).
Setting for the 1st stage = setting for all other stages 217
STREAM RESULTS
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RESULTS OF MCOMPR
Although we chose to use equal

pressure ratio, it might not be able to
be exactly the same. Approximate
values will be available.
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EXAMPLE 7: MULTI HX (MHEATX)
Feed Streams Information

Stream Hot stream Cold stream 1 Cold stream 2
Name HOTIN COLDIN1 COLDIN2
Temperature (oC) -5 -184 -180
Pressure (kPa) 600 120 125
Flow rate (kmol/hr) 250 10 180
Mole N2 0.7811 0.8008 0.9905
fraction O2 0.2096 0.0092 0.0050
Ar 0.0093 0.1900 0.0045
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Thermodynamic Model – PR
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Thermodynamic Model – PR
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ADD BLOCK: MHEATX
Feeds Conditions
HOT-IN
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Feeds Conditions
COLDIN1
COLDIN2
BLOCK INPUT
Use any of the following specifications for material streams:

• Temperature
• Vapor frac
• Temperature change of the stream
• Degrees of superheating
• Degrees of subcooling
• Heat duty
Check result
MHeatX assumes that all unspecified streams have the same

outlet temperature.
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Zone Analysis Setting
Specify number of zones to be analyzed. (ex: 4 zones

means 5 points of data)
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Minimum Temperature Difference
Temperature
approach should be
Extra zone because larger than 5 oC
of different cold
stream temperature
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Thanks for your attention!
PSE Laboratory
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Taiwan University
(化工館 RM307)
Edited by: 程建凱/吳義章/余柏毅/陳怡均/易均正/沈瑋呈/吳采薇

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Introduction to Aspen Plus (1)

• Aspen Plus is a market-leading process modeling tool

• Physical Property Models

• MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES

• Familiar with the interface of Aspen Plus

Part 2: Startup and Overview

Aspen Plus User Interface

Process type(narrow the number of

Base method: IDEAL, NRTL, UNIQAC, UNIFAC…

Peng-Robinson (PR) EOS

Redlich-Kwong (RK) EOS

Haydon O’Conell (HOC) EOS

Click “NRTL” and then built-in binary parameters

Review Databank Data

CPIGDP-1 ideal gas heat capacity

Process Flowsheet Windows

• The minimum required inputs to run a simulation

Part 3: Property analysis

3-1: Basic Property analysis

***When you start properties analysis, you MUST specify components ,

Component ID : just for distinguishing in Aspen.

TIP 1: For common components, you can

TIP 2: If you know the component name

TIP 3: You can also enter the formula of the

You can also click “Find” to search for

You can enter

Click This, it will automatically change to

Property (thermodynamic) Property (transport)

1. Select property (CP)

4. Specify range of temperature

6. Select property method

7. click “Run Analysis” to generate the results

Click This, able to change units and the

Click This, able to change format of the plot,

Use this Analysis type To generate

5. Select phase (VLE, VLLE)

7. Select property method

8. click “Run Analysis” to generate the results

8. click “Run Analysis” to generate the results

7. Select property method

3 components -> 3 set of binary parameter

7. click “Run Analysis” to generate the results

Use this form To generate

6. click “Report” to generate the results

5. Select report Unit

5. Select report Unit

6. Click “Ternary Plot” 2. Specify pressure

6. Specify temperature of LLE

Ternary Plot Toolbar:

Part 3: Property analysis

3-2: System without built-in thermodynamic

Consider a system with glycerol,

Because carboxyl acid appears in

Parameter sets from built-in databank

For a 3-component system, 3 set of binary

Change the mode to “Property Estimation”

New set of binary parameter.

Part 3: Property analysis

3-3: System with User Defined Component

Download the 2-d molecular

Import the 2-d molecular

(Calculate bond for UNIFAC model estimation)

Check the formula again.

Then the component is

Put as much data as you can find in the table.

• Following the instruction in Part 3-1, estimate the binary

Part 3: Property analysis

3-4: Validation of thermodynamic parameters

Build in the components

Open the access to data bank.

Various kinds of data.

Different set of VLE data (with

One of the data set.

Save into Aspen Plus.

Do not close this plot in the following

2.Click “Single Y Axis”.