AspenEngineeringSuiteV7 1 New

Aspen Engineering
Whats New in V7.0 and V7.1
Version Number: V7.1 January 2009

Copyright (c) 2009 by Aspen Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Aspen Acol+, Aspen Adsim, Aspen Adsorption , Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger, Aspen Basic Engineering, Aspen Batch Process Developer, Aspen Batch Distillation, Aspen Batch Plus, Aspen BatchSep, Aspen Capital Cost Estimator, Aspen CatRef, Aspen Chromatography, Aspen COMThermo, Aspen Custom Modeler, Aspen Distillation Synthesis, Aspen Dynamics, Aspen Energy Analyzer, Aspen FCC, Aspen Fired Heater, Aspen FiredHeater, Aspen Flare System Analyzer, Aspen FLARENET, Aspen HTFS Research Network, Aspen HX-Net, Aspen Hydrocracker, Aspen Hydrotreater, Aspen HYSYS Amines, Aspen HYSYS Dynamics, Aspen HYSYS OLGAS 3-Phase, Aspen HYSYS OLGAS, Aspen HYSYS PIPESYS, Aspen HYSYS RTO Offline, Aspen HYSYS Upstream Dynamics, Aspen HYSYS Upstream Dynamics, Aspen HYSYS Upstream, Aspen HYSYS Upstream, Aspen HYSYS, Aspen HYSYS Thermodynamics COM Interface, Aspen HYSYS, Aspen HYSYS Pipeline Hydraulics - OLGAS 2-Phase, Aspen HYSYS Pipeline Hydraulics - OLGAS 3-Phase, Aspen HYSYS Pipeline Hydraulics - PIPESYS, Aspen HYSYS Offline Optimizer, Aspen HYSYS Hydrocracker, Aspen HYSYS Reformer, Aspen HYSYS CatCracker, Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining, Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator, Aspen Icarus Project Manager, Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator, Aspen Kbase, Aspen MINLP Optimization, Aspen Mixed Integer Optimizer, Aspen Model Runner, Aspen MPIMS, Aspen MUSE, Aspen Online Deployment, Aspen OnLine, Aspen OnLine, Aspen OTS Framework, Aspen PIMS Advanced Optimization, Aspen PIMS Submodel Calculator, Aspen PIMS, Aspen Plate Exchanger, Aspen Plate+, Aspen Plus Optimizer, Aspen Plus, Aspen Plus CatCracker, Aspen Plus Dynamics, Aspen Plus Hydrocracker, Aspen Plus Hydrotreater, Aspen Plus Reformer, Aspen Polymers, Aspen Polymers Plus, Aspen Process Economic Analyzer, Aspen Process Manual, Aspen Process Tools, Aspen Properties, Aspen Rate-Based Distillation, Aspen RateSep, Aspen Reaction Modeler, Aspen RefSYS Catcracker, Aspen RefSYS Hydrocracker, Aspen RefSYS Reformer, Aspen RefSYS, Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger, Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical, Aspen Simulation Workbook, Aspen Solubility Modeler, Aspen Split, Aspen Tasc+, Aspen Teams, Aspen Utilities On-Line Optimizer, Aspen Utilities Operations, Aspen Utilities Planner, Aspen Zyqad, SLM, SLM Commute, SLM Config Wizard, the Aspen leaf logo, and Plantelligence are trademarks or registered trademarks of Aspen Technology, Inc., Burlington, MA. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. This documentation contains AspenTech proprietary and confidential information and may not be disclosed, used, or copied without the prior consent of AspenTech or as set forth in the applicable license agreement. Users are solely responsible for the proper use of the software and the application of the results obtained. Although AspenTech has tested the software and reviewed the documentation, the sole warranty for the software may be found in the applicable license agreement between AspenTech and the user. ASPENTECH MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THIS DOCUMENTATION, ITS QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Aspen Technology, Inc. 200 Wheeler Road Burlington, MA 01803-5501 USA Phone: (1) 781-221-6400 Toll Free: (1) (888) 996-7100 URL: http://www.aspentech.com
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Contents..................................................................................................................1 Introduction ............................................................................................................7 aspenONE V7.0 and V7.1 ................................................................................ 7 Introduction to Aspen Engineering .................................................................... 8 Product Name Changes in aspenONE V7.0 ......................................................... 9 Aspen Engineering Workflows...............................................................................13 Aspen Process Engineering Console .................................................................13 Product Description .............................................................................13 More Information ................................................................................13 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1................................................15 Compatibility Notes .............................................................................16 Integrated Sizing and Costing .........................................................................16 Product Description .............................................................................16 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1................................................18 Common Model Environment ..........................................................................20 Common Model Environment (CME) Framework Compatibility ....................20 Summary Integrated Workflows ...................................................................23 Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) .............................................................................25 Aspen Plus ...................................................................................................25 Product Description .............................................................................25 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0................................................26 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1................................................33 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 .................................................................36 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 .................................................................40 Whats Fixed in V7.0 ............................................................................46 Whats Fixed in V7.1 ............................................................................49 The OLI Interface ..........................................................................................53 Product Description .............................................................................53 New Features and Enhancements for V7.0 ..............................................54 New Features and Enhancements for V7.1 ..............................................54 Compatibility Notes .............................................................................54 Aspen Properties ...........................................................................................54 Product Description .............................................................................54 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0................................................55 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1................................................58
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Compatibility Notes for V7.0 .................................................................59 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 .................................................................62 Whats Fixed in V7.0 ............................................................................67 Whats Fixed in V7.1 ............................................................................69 Advanced Simulation Options (Aspen Plus)...........................................................74 Aspen Custom Modeler ..................................................................................74 Product Description .............................................................................74 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0................................................74 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1................................................75 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 .................................................................76 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 .................................................................77 Aspen Model Runner ......................................................................................79 Product Description .............................................................................79 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 ..................................79 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 .................................................................80 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 .................................................................80 Aspen Plus Dynamics (formerly Aspen Dynamics) ..............................................81 Product Description .............................................................................81 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0................................................81 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1................................................85 Compatibility Notes .............................................................................86 Aspen Adsorption (formerly Aspen Adsim) ........................................................87 Product Description .............................................................................87 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0................................................87 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1................................................88 Compatibility Notes .............................................................................89 Aspen Utilities Planner ...................................................................................90 Product Description .............................................................................90 New Features and Enhancements for V7.0 and V7.1 .................................90 Compatibility Notes .............................................................................91 Aspen Reaction Modeler .................................................................................91 Product Description .............................................................................91 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1................................................92 Compatibility Notes .............................................................................93 Process Modeling (HYSYS) ....................................................................................94 Aspen HYSYS................................................................................................94 Product Description .............................................................................94 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0................................................94 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 102 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 ............................................................... 104 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 ............................................................... 105 Whats Fixed in V7.0 ..........................................................................105 Whats Fixed in V7.1 ..........................................................................111 Aspen HYSYS Upstream ............................................................................... 119 Product Description ...........................................................................119 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 120 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 120 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 121 Whats Fixed in V7.0 ..........................................................................122 Whats Fixed in V7.1 ..........................................................................125
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Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining (formerly Aspen RefSYS) ............................... 126 Product Description ...........................................................................126 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 126 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 131 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 135 Whats Fixed in V7.0 ..........................................................................135 Whats Fixed in V7.1 ..........................................................................142 Exchanger Design and Rating..............................................................................146 Product Name Changes and Abbreviations ...................................................... 146 Aspen EDR General Enhancements ................................................................ 146 New On-Line Help ............................................................................. 147 Copy/Paste Functionality Added for Aspen Simulation Workbook .............. 147 Aspen Properties Package Displays Component Names ........................... 147 Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger (formerly ACOL+)................................................ 151 Product Description ...........................................................................151 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 152 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 153 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 156 Aspen Fired Heater (formerly Aspen FiredHeater) ............................................ 156 Product Description ...........................................................................156 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 157 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 160 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 161 Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (formerly Aspen TASC+) ................................... 161 Product Description ...........................................................................161 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 162 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 167 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 174 Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical (formerly Aspen Teams) ................................... 174 Product Description ...........................................................................174 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 175 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 177 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 179 Aspen Plate Exchanger (formerly Aspen Plate+) .............................................. 179 Product Description ...........................................................................179 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 180 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 180 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 184 Aspen HTFS Research Network...................................................................... 184 Product Description ...........................................................................184 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 185 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 185 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 185 Aspen MUSE ...............................................................................................186 Product Description ...........................................................................186 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 ................................ 186 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 186 Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger............................................................................ 186 Product Description ...........................................................................186 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 187 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 189
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Whats Fixed in V7.0....................................................................................190 Whats Fixed in V7.1....................................................................................200 Economic Evaluation ...........................................................................................207 Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (formerly Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator) ...... 207 Product Description ...........................................................................207 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 208 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 209 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 211 Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator (formerly Aspen Icarus Project Manager) ............. 211 Product Description ...........................................................................211 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 211 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 213 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 215 Aspen Capital Cost Estimator (formerly Aspen Kbase) ...................................... 215 Product Description ...........................................................................215 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 216 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 219 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 221 Icarus Evaluation Engine .............................................................................. 222 Technology Description ...................................................................... 222 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 222 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 226 Energy and Flare Analysis ...................................................................................227 Aspen Energy Analyzer (formerly Aspen HX-Net) ............................................. 227 Product Description ...........................................................................227 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 227 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 228 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 228 Whats Fixed in V7.0 ..........................................................................228 Whats Fixed in V7.1 ..........................................................................229 Aspen Flare System Analyzer (formerly Aspen FLARENET)................................. 230 Product Description ...........................................................................230 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 230 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 232 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 ............................................................... 232 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 ............................................................... 232 Whats Fixed in V7.0 ..........................................................................233 Whats Fixed in V7.1 ..........................................................................233 Aspen HYSYS Thermodynamics COM Interface (formerly Aspen COM Thermo) ..... 235 Product Description ...........................................................................235 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 ................................ 235 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 235 Aspen Simulation Workbook ...............................................................................236 Product Description .....................................................................................236 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 ....................................................... 236 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1 ....................................................... 237 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 ......................................................................... 238 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 ......................................................................... 238
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Process Development ..........................................................................................239 Aspen Batch Process Developer (formerly Aspen Batch Plus) ............................. 239 Product Description ...........................................................................239 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 240 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 241 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 ............................................................... 242 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 ............................................................... 242 Aspen Solubility Modeler ..............................................................................242 Production Description ....................................................................... 242 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 243 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 ............................................................... 244 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 ............................................................... 244 Advanced Modeling Options (Process Development)...........................................248 Aspen Batch Distillation (formerly Aspen BatchSep) ......................................... 248 Product Description ...........................................................................248 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 248 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 249 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 ............................................................... 251 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 ............................................................... 251 Aspen Chromatography................................................................................252 Product Description ...........................................................................252 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 252 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 252 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 253 Aspen Process Tools .................................................................................... 255 Product Description ...........................................................................255 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 ................................ 255 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 255 Aspen Process Manual.........................................................................................256 Product Description .....................................................................................256 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 .......................................... 256 Compatibility Notes .....................................................................................256 Aspen Basic Engineering (formerly Aspen Zyqad) ...............................................257 Product Description .....................................................................................257 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 ....................................................... 257 Interfaces with Detailed Design Programs Using the ISO 15926 Standard .. 257 Extended Interfaces to Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger and Aspen Plate Exchanger ........................................................................................ 258 Management of Basic Engineering and Design Data (BEDD)..................... 258 Additional Out-of-the-Box Datasheets Based on Industry Standards ......... 258 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1 ....................................................... 258 Milestone-Based Interdisciplinary Workflow ........................................... 259 Excel-Based Datasheet Editor Client..................................................... 259 Out-of-the-Box Expansion Templates ................................................... 259 Out-of-the Box P&ID Symbols ISO 10628:1997 ..................................... 260 Optional Import of Simulation Diagram from Aspen Plus and HYSYS .........260 Compatibility Notes .....................................................................................260
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Operations Support .............................................................................................261 Aspen Online Deployment ............................................................................ 261 Product Description ...........................................................................261 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0.............................................. 261 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 262 Specification of Simulator Version ........................................................ 262 Compatibility Notes for V7.0 ............................................................... 263 Compatibility Notes for V7.1 ............................................................... 263 Aspen OTS Framework................................................................................. 264 Product Description ...........................................................................264 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1.............................................. 264 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 265 Aspen OnLine ......................................................................................................266 Product Description .....................................................................................266 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 .......................................... 266 Compatibility Notes .....................................................................................266 Aspen Plus Based Refinery Reactors ...................................................................267 Aspen Plus Catcracker (formerly Aspen FCC)................................................... 267 Product Description ...........................................................................267 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 ................................ 267 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 267 Aspen Plus Hydrocracker (formerly Aspen Hydrocracker) .................................. 267 Product Description ...........................................................................267 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 ................................ 268 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 268 Aspen Plus Hydrotreater (formerly Aspen Hydrotreater).................................... 268 Product Description ...........................................................................268 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 ................................ 268 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 268 Aspen Plus Reformer (formerly Aspen CatRef) ................................................. 269 Product Description ...........................................................................269 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1 ................................ 269 Compatibility Notes ........................................................................... 269 Aspen Open Object Model Framework .................................................................270 Product Description .....................................................................................270 New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 ....................................................... 270 New Features and Enhancements in V7.1 ....................................................... 271 OOMF Simulations and Blocks ............................................................. 271 Compatibility Notes .....................................................................................271
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Introduction
aspenONE V7.0 and V7.1

As shown in the figure below, aspenONETM unifies all of the AspenTech products and capabilities into a single cohesive system that allows users in each process industry vertical to safely and predictably manage and improve the performance of their enterprise operations.
Key capabilities:
Use consistent models to design, optimize, and improve your plant operations Design and de-bottleneck plants and processes for maximum performance Gain control of plants and processes from a business perspective
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Look ahead to capitalize on opportunities and identify problems before they occur Measure plant performance Estimate capital and operation costs
Introduction to Aspen Engineering

Aspen Engineering is an integrated engineering environment that provides business value through the creation, management, and deployment of process knowledge throughout the engineering enterprise. The V7.0 and V7.1 releases of Aspen Engineering offer exciting new functionality and key enhancements that further advance AspenTechs products, helping customers to make faster decisions and operate more efficiently and profitably within the areas of engineering design, simulation, and optimization. The figure below provides a quick highlight of the some of the new capabilities that the release provides.
This document provides an overview of product functionality and details the new capabilities and major enhancements for each product in the Aspen Engineering Suite.
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Product Name Changes in aspenONE V7.0

With the release of aspenONE V7.0, AspenTech has made the decision to provide more functional names to several of its Process Engineering products. The new names will reflect the function/role that product performs as part of the overall Aspen Engineering. The installation has also been re-organized to reflect functional groups. Use the chart below to see the new product names and their corresponding installation selections.
Product Name Release 2006.5 Aspen Acol+ Aspen Adsim Aspen Batch Plus Aspen BatchSep Product Name V7.0 Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger Aspen Adsorption Aspen Batch Process Developer Aspen Batch Distillation Install Mapping (What to Install) Exchanger Design And Rating Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Development Process Development Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Aspen CatRef Aspen Chromatography Aspen COMThermo Aspen Custom Modeler Aspen Plus Reformer Aspen Chromatography Aspen HYSYS Thermodynamics COM Interface Aspen Custom Modeler Aspen Plus Based Refinery Reactors Process Development Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Aspen Dynamics Aspen FCC Aspen FiredHeater Aspen FLARENET Aspen Plus Dynamics Aspen Plus CatCracker Aspen Fired Heater Aspen Flare System Analyzer Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Aspen Plus Based Refinery Reactors Exchanger Design And Rating Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Aspen HTFS Research Network Aspen HX-Net Aspen HTFS Research Network Aspen Energy Analyzer Exchanger Design And Rating Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Modeling Required Install Option Selection --Advanced Simulation Options --Advanced Modeling Options Advanced Simulation Options --Advanced Modeling Options Energy and Flare Analysis Advanced Simulation Options Advanced Simulation Options Advanced Simulation Options ----Energy and Flare Analysis Energy and Flare Analysis --Energy and Flare Analysis Energy and Flare
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Product Name Release 2006.5 Aspen Hydrocracker Aspen Hydrotreater Aspen HYSYS Aspen HYSYS Amines Aspen HYSYS Dynamics Aspen HYSYS OLGAS Aspen HYSYS OLGAS 3-Phase Aspen HYSYS PIPESYS Aspen HYSYS RTO Offline Aspen HYSYS Upstream Aspen HYSYS Upstream Dynamics Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator Aspen Icarus Project Manager Aspen Kbase Aspen MPIMS Aspen Model Runner Aspen MUSE Aspen OnLine Aspen Online Deployment Aspen PIMS Aspen PIMS Advanced Optimization Aspen PIMS Submodel Calculator
Product Name V7.0 Aspen Plus Hydrocracker Aspen Plus Hydrotreater Aspen HYSYS Aspen HYSYS Amines Aspen HYSYS Dynamics Aspen HYSYS Pipeline Hydraulics - OLGAS 2-Phase Aspen HYSYS Pipeline Hydraulics - OLGAS 3-Phase Aspen HYSYS Pipeline Hydraulics - PIPESYS Aspen HYSYS Offline Optimizer Aspen HYSYS Upstream Aspen HYSYS Upstream Dynamics Aspen Process Economic Analyzer Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator Aspen Capital Cost Estimator Aspen MPIMS Aspen Model Runner Aspen MUSE Aspen OnLine Aspen Online Deployment Aspen PIMS Aspen PIMS Advanced Optimization Aspen PIMS Submodel Calculator
Install Mapping (What to Install) (HYSYS) Aspen Plus Based Refinery Reactors Aspen Plus Based Refinery Reactors Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Economic Evaluation Economic Evaluation Economic Evaluation Aspen PIMS Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) ----Operations Support Aspen PIMS Aspen PIMS
Required Install Option Selection Analysis -------------
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Aspen PIMS
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Product Name Release 2006.5 Aspen Plate+ Aspen Plus Aspen EO Model Library (EquationOriented HYSYS) Aspen Plus Optimizer
Product Name V7.0 Aspen Plate Exchanger Aspen Plus Aspen EO Model Library (EquationOriented HYSYS) Aspen Plus Optimizer
Install Mapping (What to Install) Exchanger Design and Rating Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Modeling (HYSYS)
Required Install Option Selection ----Advanced Simulation Options
Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Modeling (HYSYS)
--Advanced Simulation Options -----
Aspen Polymers Plus Aspen Process Manual Aspen Process Tools Aspen Properties
Aspen Polymers Aspen Process Manual Aspen Process Tools Aspen Properties Aspen solubility modeler functionality
Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Development (Server Installation only) Process Development Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Development
Advanced Modeling Options -----
Aspen RateSep Aspen RefSYS Aspen RefSYS Catcracker Aspen RefSYS Hydrocracker Aspen RefSYS Reformer Aspen Simulation Workbook
Aspen Rate-Based Distillation Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining Aspen HYSYS CatCracker Aspen HYSYS Hydrocracker Aspen HYSYS Reformer Aspen Simulation Workbook
Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Process Modeling (HYSYS) Operations Support Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Modeling (HYSYS)
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Advanced Simulation Options Advanced Simulation Options Advanced Simulation Options Aspen Simulation Workbook Aspen Simulation Workbook Aspen Simulation Workbook ------Advanced Simulation Options
Aspen Split Aspen Tasc+ Aspen Teams Aspen Utilities Operations
Aspen Distillation Synthesis Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical Aspen Utilities OnLine Optimizer
Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Exchanger Design And Rating Exchanger Design And Rating Process Modeling (Aspen Plus)
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Product Name Release 2006.5 Aspen Utilities Planner Aspen Zyqad NEW
Product Name V7.0 Aspen Utilities Planner Aspen Basic Engineering Aspen OTS Framework
Install Mapping (What to Install) Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Aspen Basic Engineering Operations Support
Required Install Option Selection Advanced Simulation Options --Aspen OTS Framework
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Aspen Engineering Workflows
Aspen Process Engineering Console

Product Description
AspenTechs Process Engineering Console is a framework for organizing data from various programs associated with a project and for sharing that data between AspenTech programs. Version V7.1 of Process Engineering Console is updated to work with the V7.1 versions of AspenTech products. Aspen Process Engineering Console organizes the tasks associated with a project into the following activities: Properties Setup, using Aspen Properties or Aspen HYSYS Process Simulation, using Aspen Plus or Aspen HYSYS Economic Analysis, using Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (formerly Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator) Simulation Workbook, using Aspen Simulation Workbook to collect and process data from the models in this project
Aspen Process Engineering Console stores all the data from these programs in a folder named for the project and lets you organize your projects so you can find the data you need quickly and easily.
More Information
Aspen Process Engineering Console works with version V7.1 of the above AspenTech products. It does not work with earlier versions. Aspen Process Engineering Console is included and installed with Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS; it does not consume tokens. The Aspen Process Development Console is included and installed with Aspen Batch Process Developer; it does not consume tokens.
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Aspen Process Engineering Console is a desktop-based program. To share projects over a network, you can save an entire project as an .aoprj file containing all the files associated with the project. This file can be shared or stored in standard document management systems such as SharePoint or Documentum. Aspen Process Engineering Console stores data in projects. A project contains: Standard physical property data (components, thermodynamics, etc.) Equipment models (heat exchangers) Simulation case files Analysis files (energy analysis, economic analysis, etc.)
Aspen Process Engineering Console is workflow-oriented. It is set up to allow you to develop a project by: Specifying properties Creating simulations Running analysis against the simulation files Extracting data for detailed equipment analysis
Activities in Aspen Process Engineering Console have specific actions for creating and editing models. The Project Explorer lets you manage files related to your project, and sort them by case or by activity. Icons in the console indicate the status of applications, and link to the product information pages on AspenTech's Web site. You can open multiple economic analyses and compare them side by side. Most importantly, Aspen Process Engineering Console automates the flow of data between applications. For example, you can extract all the heat exchangers from a simulation model and easily model them in heat exchanger design tools.
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New Features and Enhancements in V7.1

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: File management improvements Support for Aspen Plus compound files New From Existing File renamed Import Support for the Process Development workflow Customization of activities and workflows
File Management Improvements

Energy Analysis and Flare Analysis activities now allow you to create multiple files and use the new/copy/import/edit operations as other activities do.
Support for Aspen Plus Compound Files

The Edit | Preferences command now lets you choose the file format to use when saving Aspen Plus files in the project. The compound file format is now available, making it easier to include Aspen Plus files with user subroutines and other external files within a project.
New From Existing File Renamed Import

The operation New From Existing File was renamed Import, to make its meaning clearer to users, and to introduce an operation New From Existing File (Copy) which copies one of the existing files already in the project.
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Support for the Process Development Workflow

Version V7.1 of Aspen Process Engineering Console introduces the concept of workflows. A workflow is the collection of activities available within a project. The activities available in previous versions now comprise the Conceptual Engineering workflow. A second workflow, Process Development, is available. Selecting this workflow allows access to all activities in Aspen Process Development Console.
Customization of Activities and Workflows

Users can now define new activities to incorporate other types of files into their projects, and can modify the workflows to include these activities.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Process Engineering Console V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version V7.0 of Aspen Process Engineering Console. Each version works with other AspenTech engineering applications of the same version.
Integrated Sizing and Costing

Product Description
The Costing toolbar in Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS allows easy, powerful, integrated sizing and costing using Aspen Process Economic Analyzer.
Use this command Unit Operation Summary Grid or this button To Display a summary of important variables for unit operation blocks. The status indicator that appears between these two buttons indicates the state of the costing calculation. Activate/Deactivate Costing Start or stop Aspen Process Economic Analyzer running in the background. It must be started to enable subsequent functions. If you stop it in this way, the files produced are retained and can be reused later. Write out the variables in a file (overwriting any previous version of this file) and send it to Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. View or modify the mapping of unit operation models into equipment for Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. If data is not loaded, load it.
Load Simulation Data
Map
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Use this command Size
or this button
To Perform sizing calculations in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. If needed, also load data and generate and use default mappings. Perform costing calculations in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. If needed, also load data, generate and use default mappings, and size equipment. Display a summary of the results from Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. Stop Aspen Process Economic Analyzer and discard the files produced. Open the Investment Analysis spreadsheet produced by Aspen Process Economic Analyzer.
Evaluate
Equipment Summary Deactivate and Clear Open Economics Report
This interface provides an interactive method of selecting which data to send to the costing analysis, and options for selecting equipment to represent the unit operation models. The unit operation summary grid presents all relevant data from unit operation models in a convenient grid, using the same interface in both Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS:
Aspen HYSYS Unit Operation Summary Grid
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Aspen Plus Block Summary Grid

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Unit Operation Summary and Equipment Summary Improved integration with Aspen Process Economic Analyzer Improved short-cut workflow
Unit Operation Summary and Equipment Summary

The Unit Operation Summary provides a summary of data for all unit operation models, with each model type on a separate tab. You can easily review data for many blocks using this feature. This grid is always available, even if you are not using the costing feature. The Equipment Summary grid displays the results from Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. New buttons at the top of the Unit Operation Summary grid and Equipment Summary grid allow you to perform common operations quickly.
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Unit Operation Summary Buttons

Click this button Copy Map Unmap Browse To Copy the data from the grid Map selected blocks to equipment for Aspen Process Economic Analyzer Delete the mappings for selected blocks Open the Data Browser (Aspen Plus) or Properties (Aspen HYSYS) for selected unit operation model
Equipment Summary Buttons

Click this button Size Evaluate To Size selected blocks Evaluate selected blocks
The following features are available in both the Equipment Summary and the Unit Operation Summary. Hold the Shift or Control key to select multiple blocks for use with the buttons. The Group field for each unit operation model lets you enter a text label to describe each block. You can right-click in the list of variable names to access additional commands for sorting, changing units, and filtering data. You can sort the blocks in any tab by the value of any field (including Group). You can select the units of measure for any set of variables. Toggle Filters enables a filter feature which allows you to only show blocks matching a chosen filter value on any given field(s). The filtering options include specific values, Blanks, Non-Blanks, and Custom filters which can contain a combination of equalities, inequalities, substrings at start/end/anywhere, and regular expressions. In Aspen Plus, these grids are both included under the Results Summary in the Data Browser.
Improved Integration with Aspen Process Economic Analyzer

The help now has links to relevant portions of the Aspen Process Economic Analyzer help. The new Open Economic Report command displays the Investment Analysis spreadsheet produced by Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. Equipment Direct Cost and Installed Cost are shown in the Equipment Summary Grid. Files used with this feature are now saved in compound files in Aspen Plus.
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Improved Short-Cut Workflow

The workflow has been improved by the addition of extra status messages and short-cut actions. After activating Aspen Process Economic Analyzer, the short-cut workflow will complete the additional actions for you. For example, after activating, you can press the evaluate button immediately the new short-cuts will perform the prerequisite steps for you: load simulation data, map using default mappings, size and evaluate.
Common Model Environment

Common Model Environment (CME) Framework Compatibility
CME is a new model centric capability that allows process engineering, planning and scheduling experts to share common model instances. In this environment, compliant models may be authored in the appropriate application and used by other applications subscribing to the CME requirements. CME is based on Open-Equation model technology and the Open Object Model Framework (OOMF) executive. Models must be open equation models persisted in a format acceptable by the AspenTech Open Object Model Framework (OOMF). Additionally, there is specific OOMF based structural information about model variables that is persisted with the model to enable easy re-use. This could be information such as a specific variable is of type Sulfur Content (for example). Such models can be opened by any application supporting CME. This also provides automatic access to any of a wide variety of supported solvers and optimizers via the Aspen Open Solvers (AOS) interface. The front end for CME is the CME Visual Executive which enables users to open, review and execute models. It also provides limited model editing capabilities.
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Figure: CME Visual Executive capabilities
The objectives of the CME framework are: CME will enable the use of Rigorous Engineering Models in Planning, Scheduling to facilitate greater accuracy and range of prediction. It will also enable use of simplified model types from Planning applications to be used in Engineering applications to increase scope of the engineering model, for example, users will be able to create a Refinery-wide simulation by using models derived from Planning applications and Engineering applications. Allow extensions to the model format. This enables more information to be authored and persisted with the model to assist incorporation of CME models authored in one application into another host application. Reduce or eliminate effort required for mapping of inputs/outputs of integrated model instances. CME model instances are self-contained and can be run in a standalone mode within applications with CME capability. These applications include:
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In Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining V7.1 the capability of authoring a CME model is introduced. A new utility Common Model Utility allows users to generate in simulation environment CME models which can then be imported into other applications such as Aspen PIMS and Aspen Refinery Scheduler. It is useful to build such CME models in HYSYS for complex models such as
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refinery reactors (Hydrocracker, FCC, Reformer, etc) which are typically based on several tens of thousands of equations and variables. These models are usually calibrated to fit the plant data. The CME model would try to represent such a complex system in a simplified form in terms of user selected model independent and dependent variables. The CME models built in V7.1 are linear models representing the dependent model variables (product flow rates, product properties, etc) as a linear combination of independent variables (feed flow rates, feed properties, reactor parameters, etc). The coefficients in these models are calculated based on derivatives calculated automatically by the program.
Figure: CME model authoring capabilities in Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining V7.1
The other way in which a CME model can be generated is from PIMS submodels or ACM models using the CME-Visual Executive. However when using the Visual Executive, the user needs to manually assign attributes (such as physical type, units, connection types, etc) to the variables and organize variables into standard CME ports. The advantage when generating the CME model in HYSYS is that the model variables are automatically assigned the right attributes and organized into the standard CME ports, thus making the model ready to be seamlessly loaded into PIMS and Refinery Scheduler.
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Summary Integrated Workflows

Besides the key new workflows defined in the sections above, Aspen Engineering supports several more integrated workflows. A summary of all the integrated workflow is presented in the table below. The table also describes the cross-version support of the integrated workflows.
Calling Product (V7.1) Aspen Plus
Connected Product (Functionality) EDR Economic Evaluation Send To Economic Evaluation Int Sizing/Costing ACM Exported Models
Supported Versions (QE) V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1, V7.0, 2006.5, 2006, 2004.1, 2004 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1, V7.0 V7.1, V7.0 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1, V7.0, 2006.5 V7.1, V7.0, 2006.5 V7.1, V7.0, 2006.5 V7.1, V7.0, 2006.5 V7.1, V7.0, 2006.5
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EDR Icarus Send To Icarus Int Sizing/Costing ACM Exported Models Aspen Properties
Icarus
Aspen Plus HYSYS EDR
EDR
Aspen Properties HYSYS
Batch Process Developer
Aspen Properties Aspen Plus Dynamics
Basic Engineering
HYSYS Capital Cost Estimator EDR ACM Aspen Plus
ASW
HYSYS Aspen Plus ACM EDR
AOD
HYSYS
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Calling Product (V7.1)
Connected Product (Functionality) Aspen Plus ACM EDR
Supported Versions (QE) V7.1, V7.0, 2006.5 V7.1, V7.0, 2006.5 V7.1, V7.0, 2006.5 V7.1 V7.1
ACM/AD HYSYS
DMCplus DMCplus
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Process Modeling (Aspen Plus)
Aspen Plus
Product Description
Aspen Plus is the AspenTech state-of-the-art steady-state simulation system that can be used for modeling a variety of industrial processes including chemical, petrochemical, energy, metals, and refining. Aspen Plus contains a comprehensive library of unit operation models and allows you to easily plug in proprietary custom models. In addition, Aspen Plus provides full Windows interoperability to facilitate the process and design engineers work processes. Aspen Plus with the Aspen Plus Optimizer and Aspen OnLine modules provides the framework to make optimization (including closed loop real-time optimization) a natural extension to simulation, process control, and decision making. Aspen Plus automatically installs and works with the following separatelylicensed sub-products: Aspen Distillation Synthesis, formerly the Aspen Split feature in Aspen Plus, allows you to construct ternary maps and do azeotrope searches on multi-component mixtures, as well as use the ConSep unit operation model for distillation design. Aspen Rate-Based Distillation, formerly Aspen RateSep, allows you to perform rate-based distillation calculations using the RadFrac unit operation model. Aspen Plus Optimizer allows you to perform optimization calculations in the equation-oriented environment. Aspen Polymers allows you to model processes involving polymers and oligomers. It includes databases, property methods and models, and reaction kinetics models required to simulate polymerization reactors and processing plants. Aspen Plus Dynamics, which enables dynamic simulation. This product is installed with the Advanced options.
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Aspen Plus is a mixed simulation and optimization environment supporting both sequential modular and equation-oriented solution techniques for process flowsheets.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Engineering Workflow and documentation Physical properties
In addition to these changes, you may also wish to browse the lists of features added in versions 2006.5, 2006, 2004.1 and 2004.
Engineering Enhancements
Column Models
Thermosiphon reboilers of RadFrac columns can now be simulated rigorously using Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (formerly Tasc+). Specify height of liquid level, height of exchanger inlet, height of return to column, fraction of head lost in inlet and outlet piping, and column pressure. Aspen Plus determines exchanger inlet pressure and allowable cold side pressure drop. Also specify cold stream flow rate and outlet vapor fraction.
The Reboiler sheet allows you to enter these specifications. Reboiler Wizard on this sheet allows you to link to a heat exchanger block. The new RadFrac | Setup | Thermosiphon Config sheet allows you to specify one of several possible configurations for the thermosiphon reboiler.
Tray and packing improvements (see Appendix A: Advanced Distillation Features in the Unit Operation Models Reference in online help for details on the new models):
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Wallis-Aspen pressure drop/flood model available for all packings except those from vendors Sulzer and Raschig, and these types: RALU-RING, RALU-FLOW, SUPER-RING, TORUSSADDL, STORUSSDDL, RALU-PAK, SHEET-PACK, WIRE-PACK, GRID-PACK and SUPER-PAK Kister & Haas entrainment flood correlation for sieve trays Better values for bubble cap and sieve trays via Glitsch eq. 13 correlation New packing types/sizes added to packing database: -ETA Ring #1 and #2 in metal and plastic, Tellerette #1, #2K, #2R, #3K, and #3R in plastic, GEMPAK 2A and 3A in metal FLEXIPAC 700Y, 500X, 500Y, 1.4X (350X), 1.6X, 250X, 250Y, 2.5X, 1YHC, and 2YHC in metal Koch-Glitsch CMR NO-1A, NO-2A, and NO-3A in plastic; NO-1, NO-2, and NO-3 in metal Raschig CMR #1, #1.5, #2, #2.5, #3, #4 in metal Koch-Glitsch added as vendor for IMTP, Snowflake, and Glitsch Grid New packing factors, areas, void fractions, and Stichlmair constants for new packings
RadFrac, MultiFrac, and PetroFrac now generate results for maximum liquid superficial velocity and profiles for liquid velocity.
Equation-Oriented Modeling
The following enhancements have been made to the equation-oriented models: Support for 3-phase electrolyte calculations using the true components approach Support for heat of reaction in RStoic Support for CISOLID substreams in Analyzer and Pump Improvements to the Analyzer Prop-Set handling:
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Support for multiple Phase qualifiers, including the phase qualifier TOTAL Multiple liquid volume percents for distillation curve points More consistent results between SM and EO A substantial improvement in execution speed for distillation curves A reduction in the number of closed flashes
Consistency in error messaging from Calculator and Design spec HeatX will run in Open mode if a rigorous method is chosen and the EO Option for On-SMEO-Diff is set to Use-Open
Rigorous Heat Exchanger Modeling Speed Improvements

Performance of heat exchangers using rigorous heat exchanger models such as Aspen Shell and Tube (Formerly Aspen TASC+) has been greatly improved. In most situations, execution of rigorous shell and tube, plate and frame, and air cooled exchangers inside Aspen Plus can be as much as four times faster.
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Other Engineering Enhancements

In RStoic you can now specify the numbers of reactions. When specifying series reactions, reactions are processed in ascending order; changing reaction numbers allows you to change the order of the reactions. Reaction numbers need not be consecutive. In FSplit you can now make duty or power specifications for outlet streams when splitting heat or work streams, respectively. Flash2 and Flash3 now report calculated temperature, pressure, and vapor fraction as results and accessible variables. Decanter now supports chemistry with true-species electrolytes. ClChng can now convert heat streams to work streams and vice-versa. Select the appropriate icon when placing the block, as for streams. LHHW and Powerlaw reactions now support reaction activities, as General reactions have in the past. LHHW, Powerlaw, and General reactions now support reversible reactions.
Workflow and Documentation Improvements

Block Summary Grid
The new Block Summary Grid is available by clicking on the Costing toolbar. This grid displays a summary of the data for unit operation models, highlighting input values and allowing you to change them in one convenient place. This is available to all users, even those who don't use Aspen Process Economic Analyzer.
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Sizing and Costing

V7.0 includes the first phase of a project enabling a new integrated sizing and costing workflow using Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. You can now interactively choose the mapping of unit operation models to equipment models. This workflow is accessible via the Costing toolbar and menu. See the Integrated Sizing and Costing section for details on this feature.
Process Flowsheet
Design Spec, Calculator, and Transfer blocks can now be placed on the flowsheet using icons on the Manipulators tab of the Model Palette. Dashed connection lines will indicate the unit operation models affected by these blocks. Display Design-Spec, Transfer, and Calculator connections on the Tools | Options | Flowsheet tab allows you to turn off display of these blocks and their connections.
Other Workflow and Documentation Improvements

Several new application examples are now included with Aspen Plus: cogeneration, sulfuric acid, urea, ammonia, Integrated Coal Gasification Combined-Cycle Power (IGCC), and a set of examples for CO2 removal using various amines and other solvents. When using the View | Report command, you can now select checkboxes to choose any combination of sections to be displayed in the report. New function UpdateIdleStatus() is intended to be called from automation functions that override the OnIdle() function. This function ensures that the status indicator in the lower right of the main window is updated appropriately when Aspen Plus is called from such automation programs.
Physical Property Enhancements

Enhancements to Property Data
The NIST-TRC databank has been updated with thousands of new components and updated data. NIST-TRC in the Aspen Physical Property System V7.0 contains 18840 components. Several updates for NIST ThermoData Engine (TDE):
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Parameter estimation of user-defined components using NIST TDE now uses vapor pressure, liquid density, ideal gas heat capacity, and normal boiling point data if it is specified, in addition to the molecular structure. Literature citations for raw NIST data are now available in the Properties from NIST/TDE Dialog Box and are saved as comments to the Properties | Data | Pure-Comp forms when saving data to forms. On the Evaluated Results tab of the Properties from NIST/TDE Dialog Box, you can click Reevaluate to regenerate these results for a different range of temperature or number of points. Compound classes (such as alcohols and ketones) have been added for components in NIST database.
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New property method REFPROP provides extremely accurate equations of state for mixtures of 84 common components, based on NIST data. See the help for REFPROP for a list of the components which can be used with this method. More information has been added in help for TDE, including a summary of its capabilities and details on the consistency checks TDE performs on the raw data.
New PURE22 databank with the latest component data updates from DIPPR, including 50 the following new components. This is included in new enterprise database APV70 and legacy databanks.
Alias C40H80 C9H18-D4 C9H18-D5 C8H8-D1 C18H30-D2 C15H24-D1 C15H12-D1 C6H14O-D8 C7H16O-D4 C9H10O-D1 C33H54O6 CH4O2 C2H6O2-D1 C16H18O C9H12O2-D1 C10H14O2-D1 C3H4CL2-D1 C3H4CL2-D2 C8H9CL-D1 C8H9CL-D2 C3H3F5O-D1 C3H2F6-D1 C4F6 Name 1-TETRACONTENE CIS-2-NONENE TRANS-2-NONENE 1,3,5,7-CYCLOOCTATETRAENE 1,3,5-TRI-TERTBUTYLBENZENE 1,3,5-TRIISOPROPYLBENZENE 4-METHYLPHENANTHRENE 3-HEXANOL 3-HEPTANOL P-ISOPROPENYL-PHENOL TRIOCTYL-TRIMELLITATE METHYL-HYDROPEROXIDE ETHYL-HYDROPEROXIDE BIS-ALPHA-METHYLBENZYL-ETHER N-PROPYLBENZENE-HYDROPEROXIDE N-BUTYLBENZENE-HYDROPEROXIDE CIS-1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE TRANS-1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE 3-CHLORO-O-XYLENE 4-CHLORO-O-XYLENE PENTAFLUOROETHYL-METHYL-ETHER 1,1,1,3,3,3-HEXAFLUOROPROPANE HEXAFLUORO-1,3-BUTADIENE
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Alias C9F20 C12F26 FNO C4H10ALCL C8H18ALCL C4H6O3-D2 C8H8O2-M C8H14O3-D1 C7H14O2-D11 C24H38O4-D4 C8H6O2-D1 C6H12S-D1 C11H12S C12H14S C5H12S-D4 C6H14S-D4 C6H12O2-D9 C9H19NO3SI C11H24O6SI C4H12O4SI C3H7CLO C8H8O2-D6 C8H16O3-D1 C7H16O2-D3 C10H22O3-D3 C4H10O4S-D1 C22H42O6
Name PERFLUORO-N-NONANE PERFLUORO-N-DODECANE NITROSYL-FLUORIDE DIETHYLALUMINUM-CHLORIDE DIISOBUTYLALUMINUM-CHLORIDE ACETOACETIC-ACID M-TOLUIC-ACID ISOBUTYRIC-ANHYDRIDE ETHYL-TRIMETHYL-ACETATE DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL-TEREPHTHALATE PHTHALIDE 2-ETHYL-TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE 2-PROPYLBENZOTHIOPHENE 2-BUTYLBENZOTHIOPHENE ETHYL-PROPYL-SULFIDE METHYL-PENTYL-SULFIDE PROPYLENE-GLYCOL-MONOALLYL-ETHER 3-TRIETHOXYSILYL-PROPIONITRILE TRIS-2-METHOXYETHOXY-VINYLSILANE METHYL-SILICATE 1-CHLORO-2-PROPANOL PHENYL-ACETATE 4-HYDROXYBUTOXYTETRAHYDROFURAN PROPYLENE-GLYCOL-N-BUTYL-ETHER DIPROPYLENE-GLYCOL-N-BUTYL-ETHER MONOBUTYL-SULFATE PEG-3-DI-2-ETHYLHEXANOATE
Aspen Properties Enterprise Database

The enterprise database is now selected when you install Aspen Plus, the legacy databanks can still be selected using the Database Selector.
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It is now possible to configure APED so that the registered databanks are selected for each user, rather than for all users on one computer. See the Aspen Properties Database Manager help for configuration instructions. A testing program is available to troubleshoot problems with accessing the Aspen Properties Enterprise Databank. Run Start | Programs | AspenTech | Process Modeling V7.0 | Aspen Properties | Aspen Properties Database Configuration Tester, and click the Start button. New security option for the enterprise database allows you to distribute copies of the database which can be used in Aspen Plus without exposing any of the parameter values in the database.
Properties Usability Enhancements

On the Properties | Specifications | Global sheet, the default process type is now COMMON rather than ALL. This reduces the Base Method list to 16 commonly used methods. To access other methods, select a relevant Process type, or ALL. The Properties | Parameters | Binary Interaction forms now have a Search button. Use this button to select any component pair and jump to where the data for that pair is specified.
Physical Property Model Enhancements

The Chung-Lee-Starling viscosity model has an alternate correlation applicable to heavy petroleum fractions (specific gravity greater than 1). To select this correlation, set option code 1 to 1. New option code allows the Jones-Dole electrolyte viscosity model to be used with the Aspen liquid mixture viscosity model.
Polymer Model Enhancements

The Copolymer PC-SAFT model, originally released in version 2006.5 with the ability to handle copolymers and the association term, has been expanded with the addition of a term for handling polar materials, making this model applicable to a very wide variety of mixtures. Parameters for additional components have been added for the PC-SAFT and Copolymer PC-SAFT models. These are now stored in the PC-SAFT and POLYPCSF databanks, which should be used with these models.
New Prop-Set Properties

New Prop-Set properties implement the entire set of Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining Correlation Manager properties. Some of these properties duplicate existing Aspen Physical Property System Prop-Set properties. To eliminate confusion over which property to select, these properties are only accessible when Aspen Plus is running under Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining. The complete list of properties is available in help as Table 4.10 in the Physical Property Data Reference. A new enthalpy flow Prop-Set HFLMX is available which only represents enthalpy flow rate, never enthalpy per mass or volume. A new Prop-Set GAMUSAQ represents the unsymmetric activity coefficient based on infinite dilution in the aqueous reference state. This differs from
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GAMUS in that GAMUS is based on the actual solvent mixture, while GAMUSAQ is based on pure water. New Prop-Set properties added for total true species molar and mass flow rates, total apparent components molar and mass flow rates, and total apparent components 2nd-liquid molar and mass flow rates.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Unit Operation Summary and Equipment Summary Physical property enhancements Integrated Costing Analysis updates Engineering enhancements Workflow and documentation improvements NIST-TDE performance enhancements
Unit Operation Summary and Equipment Summary

The Results Summary | Unit Operation Summary form provides a summary of data for all unit operation models, with each model type on a separate tab. You can easily review data for many blocks using this feature. New buttons at the top of the Unit Operation Summary grid allow you to copy the data from the grid, map selected blocks to equipment for use with Integrated Costing, unmap selected blocks, or open the data browser to this block's forms. Buttons on the Equipment Summary grid allow you to size and evaluate selected blocks. Hold the Shift or Control key to select multiple blocks. The following features are available in both the Equipment Summary grid displaying the results of Integrated Costing, and the Unit Operation Summary (always available). The Group field for each unit operation model lets you enter a text label to describe each block. You can right click in the list of variable names to access additional commands for sorting, changing units, and filtering data. You can sort the blocks in any tab by the value of any field (including Group). You can select the units of measure for any set of variables. Toggle Filters enables a filter feature which allows you to only show blocks matching a chosen filter value on any given field(s). The filtering options include specific values, Blanks, Non-Blanks, and Custom filters which can contain a combination of equalities, inequalities, substrings at start/end/anywhere, and regular expressions.
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New simulation options for checking phase equilibrium results on the Setup | Simulation Options | Check Results sheet. New enterprise databases APV71, NISTV71, and FACTV71. The databank names within the databases are not changed. A new NRTL-SAC databank was added to APV71 containing solvent segment parameters for the NRTLSAC model. Solid molar volume parameters (VSPOLY) for 114 components in the INORGANIC databank have also been updated. Aspen Plus now supports CAPE-OPEN flash. If you import a CAPE-OPEN 1.0 property package containing a flash model, Aspen Plus will now use that model instead of using its own flash, though an option is available on the Properties | CAPE-OPEN Packages form to use the Aspen Plus flash. In addition, options are now available to specify the default Henry components ID, free-water method, water solubility method, solution chemistry ID, and true or apparent component approach. These defaults are used when a package does not provide a method for calculating properties required by the simulation. New version of the NRTL-SAC model is available as the NRTL-SAC property method. This model supersedes the NRTLSAC and ENRTLSAC models, which require that pure components be defined as oligomers, making them difficult to use. In addition, NRTLSAC and ENRTLSAC require an Aspen Polymers license. The new NRTL-SAC property method does not require an Aspen Polymers license.
Integrated Costing Analysis Updates

When you activate the costing engine in V7.1 it will query you to select the costing basis. The action buttons on the costing and sizing toolbar have been modified to allow them to be used to perform multiple steps in the workflow. For example, if you click the evaluate button immediately after activating the costing engine, the system will perform the intermediate steps (load, map, size) in addition to performing the evaluation. The help now has links to relevant portions of the Aspen Process Economic Analyzer help. The new Open Economic Report command displays the Investment Analysis spreadsheet produced by Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. Unit Operation Summary and Equipment Summary forms are now included in the Data Browser. These forms have additional features, as noted above. Equipment Direct Cost and Installed Cost are shown in the Equipment Summary Grid. Files used with Integrated Cost Analysis are now saved in compound files.
Measurement blocks now support the Solution Method and Always Instantiate EO-Options. The Generate Estimates feature of RCSTR will now include polymer class 1 and 2 component attributes in the estimates.
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MCompr now reports profiles of head developed and volumetric flow rate in each stage. Pressure Relief can now handle solids (only in referenced streams), including CISOLID and NC substreams, and reactions involving solids, including reactions across different substreams. In Compr and MCompr, when extrapolating beyond surge/stonewall for tabular performance curve data, the default is to extend the spline method used for interpolation. When extrapolating far beyond the given data, this can lead to undesirable behavior, such as curves trending in the wrong direction. A new option on the Performance Curves | Curve Setup sheet in Compr and the Performance Curves | Options sheet in MCompr allows you to instead extrapolate using the tangent to the end of the curve.
Workflow and Documentation Improvements

New COM-based version of the Excel Calculator block add-in resolves many of the difficulties users have experienced using this feature in the past. You can use the tool in the Start menu to choose between the COM and XLA versions of the Excel Calculator block add-in. See Compatibility Notes for important information for users of the old version. The Bioethanol from corn and IGCC examples in the application library have been updated to use the Excel Calculator block. Four new CO2 capture examples have been added using mixed amines: MEA+MDEA, DEA+MDEA, piperazine (PZ), and PZ+MEA. The tolerance for checking mass balances around blocks can now be adjusted on the Setup | Simulation Options | Check Results sheet. The option for checking mass balances has also been moved to this sheet. A new feature in RadFrac lets you control the memory allocated. This can help in very large problems (equilibrium and rate-based) with many components where a small subset of the components are actually present in the column, for users encountering errors indicating not enough memory is available. User2 blocks can now reference additional streams not connected to the block, for convenience. These streams are passed to the subroutine as inlet streams. When such a stream is specified, you can run the block with no actual inlet streams connected. The FRACS variable for all components of a single substream of a single stream in Sep and Sep2 blocks can now be accessed as a vector in operations such as Calculator blocks. Also, the integer parameter list and the real parameter list of User and User2 blocks can be accessed as vectors. When you use the Block Options | EO Var / Vec sheet to expose as EO variables the Integer and Real parameters of User and User2 blocks run in the perturbation layer, you can now specify whether the EO variables should be Calculated or Constant. They are Calculated by default. The Database Configuration Tester can now automatically fix the authentication mode of the local SQL Server used by Aspen Properties Enterprise Database when run by an administrator.
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NIST-TDE Performance Enhancements

The speed with which the experimental data are saved to the Properties | Data form has been significantly enhanced.
Compatibility Notes for V7.0

Here are the differences that you might encounter between Aspen Plus V7.0 and Aspen Plus 2006.5. In most cases, previous Aspen Plus input files and backup files are completely compatible with Aspen Plus V7.0. When you open a file from a previous version, Aspen Plus displays the Upward Compatibility dialog box. If you select Maintain Complete Upward Compatibility, then Aspen Plus ignores the new features in all the areas mentioned on the dialog box (which may include new pure component databanks, property methods, built-in parameters, ADA/PCS procedures, calculated molecular weights obtained from formulas, and checking of userspecified sequence, depending on the version of Aspen Plus used to create the file). New features in other areas, as noted below, might cause different results in the new version. These changes might have greater impact in flowsheets with loose tolerances due to convergence paths being different. AspenTech makes every effort to avoid making changes that result in incompatibilities with previous versions. The changes discussed in this section were necessary to correct problems (such as wrong results), to implement new features, or to improve ease-of-use. The most important areas where you might encounter differences between Aspen Plus V7.0 and earlier versions are:
Fortran Compiler
Aspen Plus V7.0 was compiled with the Intel Fortran compiler version 9.1 build 33 and Microsoft Visual studio 2005 SP1. User Fortran models compiled with different compilers or compiler versions might not work, or might run but not be able to write to the Aspen Plus history file, report file, and control panel. See Chapter 1 of Aspen Plus User Models on the Documentation DVD for more details.
Reboiler Return
The default feed convention for reboiler returns has been changed from Onstage to Above-stage, as on-stage is rarely used in practice. Important: This might lead to different results in cases where the reboiler return convention was left unspecified. If you require the old behavior, specify On-stage explicitly.
User Models
The length of IRETN in the flash utility FLSH_FLASH has been changed from 6 to 2*NCC+16 (NCC is the number of conventional components, available as
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NCOMP_NCC in common DMS_NCOMP). Code which relied on this vector being a fixed length might need to be updated.
Retired Models
The BatchFrac, RateFrac, Hetran, Aerotran, and HTRI-Xist unit operation models are no longer supported, and no longer available as of version V7.0. When you open files from previous versions containing these blocks: Hetran and Aerotran blocks are converted to rigorous HeatX blocks using Aspen Hetran or Aspen Aerotran. This conversion should generate the same results as past versions. A button on the HeatX | Setup | Specifications sheet will allow you to convert these blocks (as well as HeatX blocks using Aspen TASC) to use the newer Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (Shell & Tube, formerly Aspen Tasc+) and Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger (AirCooled, formerly Aspen Acol+) programs. This change will cause different results, but the results are based on updated heat exchanger research and should be more accurate than the results of the older programs. Note: TASC, Hetran, and Aerotran will be discontinued in the next version of Aspen Engineering. We strongly encourage you to upgrade to Shell & Tube and AirCooled now. BatchFrac, RateFrac, and HTRI-Xist models present in the flowsheet will be deleted. Please convert these models to supported models (such as BatchSep, rate-based RadFrac and rigorous HeatX) in version 2006.5 before upgrading to V7.0.

The SQL user account created when the database is installed is now named apeduser. Version V7.0 no longer uses MSDE due to problems users have experienced with this SQL server. Now Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 SP1 is installed and used, unless Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005 is found. The AspenTech Installer will not uninstall MSDE, since you may be using it with other programs. You must uninstall it separately from Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs, where it is called Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Edition. If this registry entry exists, the AspenTech Installer will not install the SQL server: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AspenTech\Setup] "NOSQLExpress"=dword:00000001 If only Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (but neither of the 2005 versions) is found, then you will be asked only once whether you want to install Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 SP1 for use with APED. If you have created databases in an MSDE server, you will need to back those up from the Aspen Properties Database Manager from the previous version and restore them in the Aspen Properties Database Manager V7.0 in order to use them.
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If you have created databases in a previous version of the Aspen Properties Enterprise Database, and they are on the same SQL server as in the previous version, you do not need to back up and restore them, but you do need to register them in the new version of Aspen Properties Database Manager in order to use them in version V7.0 products. The Aspen Properties Enterprise Database and legacy databanks were rigorously checked to ensure that they contain the same data (except for new features such as NIST-TRC only present in the enterprise database). In doing so, some errors were detected and fixed. This may result in differences from previous versions if you were using any of the erroneous data. Changes in the legacy databanks: Pure component parameters for component HE-4 (helium) used with the PENG-ROB, RK-SOAVE, PR-BM, and RKS-BM methods were missing. The values for NOATOM and ATOMNO for component AIR were missing from PURE11 and newer versions of the pure component database. For components with CPIG, UFGRP, UFGRPD or UFGRPL available from more than one databank, if some elements were missing in the first databank searched, past versions would fill these in with values from a subsequent databank. Now it properly preserves the complete parameter vector, including reporting missing values as missing. When one of the Pitzer binary parameters GMPTB0 or GMPTTH is specified, the other parameters from GMPTB0, GMPTB1, GMPTB2, GMPTB3, GMPTC, and GMPTTH for this component pair should not be retrieved from databanks by the Aspen Plus simulation engine. Previous versions were retrieving this data when it was not specified in the simulation. Now this works as intended. Electrolyte pair parameters GMELCC, GMELCD, GMELCE, and GMELCN always behaved correctly. In certain cases when binary parameters were available for the same pair from multiple databanks, past versions of APED would not always follow the database search order, and in some cases would use the data from a less-preferred databank. Now it follows the search order in all cases. This may cause different results if you were using APED and you have different data for a pair in different databanks. The last element of THRSWT was missing for component HNO3 in the ELECPURE databank. This caused some data for some components to appear missing. The UNIFAC-DMD groups (UFGRPD) for 20 aldehyde components were incorrect in the PURE93, PURE10, and PURE11 databanks. This problem occurred because multiple input files were used to generate these databanks, and the same parameters appeared for these components in multiple input files, partly missing in some files, with the intent of merging them. Note: This type of merge of data does not work when loading legacy files into Aspen Properties Enterprise Database. Each parameter for each component should be specified only once across the entire set of input files for a databank, including missing specifications. Be aware of this when loading your own custom databank files into the enterprise database.
Changes in the Aspen Properties Enterprise Database:
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While the enterprise database and the legacy databanks contain the same data, since the SQL database and the legacy databanks store numbers in different ways, there may be differing round-off error in the last digit (specify nth digit) of some values. In most cases, this will not make any difference in simulations. In certain borderline cases (particularly in rigorous distillation) which barely converge, this may cause them to not converge, and some cases which did not converge may now converge.
Other Physical Property Updates

The VLE data for the binary system cyclopentane/2,3-dimethyl butane was incorrect, leading to incorrect binary parameter values for NRTL, NRTL-HOC, NRTL-RK, UNIQUAC, UNIQUAC-HOC, UNIQUAC-RK, WILSON, WILSON-HOC, and WILSON-RK. These parameters have been regressed with the correct data. Simulations using these components and one of these methods will produce different results. The Gibbs energy and entropy calculated by the WILS-GLR method for some components with liquid reference state was being calculated incorrectly. The new version may generate slightly different results. UNIFAC groups for tripropylene-glycol were corrected in parameters UFGRP-1, UFGRPD-1, and UFGRPL-1. Component (NH4)2S2O8 appeared in the databanks incorrectly, in single quotes. These quotes are required in input language due to the parentheses in the component name, but the user interface adds them automatically when required, and they should not appear in the component names in the databanks. This has been fixed. The NIST-TRC databank has been updated, with thousands of new components and much additional data. Property parameters for some components have changed as a result of new regressions with additional data. This may cause different results when using these components. In addition, a large number of components in the NIST-TRC databank have been assigned new names. Component names are limited to 32 characters, and when long names that must be truncated are alike in the first 32 characters, the naming convention used in version 2006.5 for distinguishing components truncated it far enough to put the CAS number at the end of the name. This resulted in some strange names, so now these components are named with simply -NIST1, -NIST2, etc. at the end of the names. The old names have been added as synonyms. The component aliases (based on the chemical formula) have not changed, so you should not experience any issues with this change unless you have set Generate input language using to Component names on the Tools | Options | Component Data tab. If you have done so, you may need to manually change component names, or simply change this option to Component formula.
Tray Rating and Sizing

In past versions, the Glitsch method for calculating entrainment flooding was used with a 15% de-rating for bubble-cap trays and 5% de-rating for sieve trays. This de-rating is not justified by the literature, so it is no longer
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performed, and instead the full flooding capacity predicted by the equation is used. This may cause different results if you use this method.
IDs for Design Specs, Calculators, Transfers

Design Spec, Calculator, and Transfer blocks can now be placed on the flowsheet. A side-effect of this is that they must have unique IDs. When opening backup files from previous versions where Design Specs, Calculators, Transfers, and unit operation models do not all have unique IDs within a hierarchy level, the Resolve ID Conflicts dialog box will appear to let you rename the conflicting items.
Hardgrove Grindability Index

The Hardgrove Grindability Index specification for coal feeds to Crusher was improperly using units for bond work index. It is now properly dimensionless. If you were using this specification with input units other than ENG or MET (KWhr/ton) then you will see different results for Crusher work requirements. The units for bond work index are now displayed (and changeable) on the Input form, but unchanged from past versions.
RCSTR Two-Liquid Behavior

In cases where RCSTR is set to model two liquid phases and no key component for the 2nd liquid phase is specified, it is supposed to set the denser phase as the second liquid phase. It did not always do this. It now does. This might cause different results if you had a reaction specified for either the L1 or L2 phase, did not specify key components, and past versions generated the denser phase as L1.

Here are the differences that you might encounter between Aspen Plus V7.1 and Aspen Plus V7.0. In most cases, previous Aspen Plus input files and backup files are completely compatible with Aspen Plus V7.1. When you open a file from a previous version, Aspen Plus displays the Upward Compatibility dialog box. If you select Maintain Upward Compatibility for Features Listed Below then Aspen Plus ignores the new features in all the areas mentioned on the dialog box (which may include new pure component databanks, property methods, built-in parameters, ADA/PCS procedures, calculated molecular weights obtained from formulas, and checking of user-specified sequence, depending on the version of Aspen Plus used to create the file). New features in other areas, as noted below, may still cause different results in the new version. These changes may have greater impact in flowsheets with loose tolerances due to convergence paths being different. AspenTech makes every effort to avoid making changes that result in incompatibilities with previous versions. The changes discussed in this section were necessary to correct problems (such as wrong results), to implement new features, or to improve ease-of-use.
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The most important areas where you might encounter differences between Aspen Plus V7.1 and earlier versions are:
Fortran Compiler and User Flash Models

Aspen Plus V7.1 was compiled with the Intel Fortran compiler version 9.1 build 33 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1. User Fortran models compiled with different compilers or compiler versions (including Intel Fortran version 10) may not work, or may run but not be able to write to the Aspen Plus history file, report file, and control panel. See Chapter 1 of Aspen Plus User Models on the Documentation DVD for more details. The integer retention vector IRETN in user flash models has been increased in length by 8, to 2*NCC+24. This may require some models with fixed array allocations to be updated.
Retired Models
A converter available from the AspenTech Support web site will allow you to convert HeatX blocks using Aspen TASC and Aspen Hetran to use the newer Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (Shell & Tube, formerly Aspen Tasc+) and convert blocks using Aspen Aerotran to use Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger (AirCooled, formerly Aspen Acol+). This change will cause different results, but the results are based on updated heat exchanger research and should be more accurate than the results of the older programs. Important: This (V7.1) is the last version of Aspen Plus and Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating that will support TASC, Hetran, and Aerotran. We strongly encourage you to upgrade to Shell & Tube and AirCooled now. Aspen TASC is not included with the current version of Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating. In order to use the legacy TASC program with HeatX in Aspen Plus V7.1, you must install Aspen TASC 2006.5. In order to use the converter, you must install both the program you are converting from (Aspen TASC 2006.5, Aspen Hetran, or Aspen Aerotran) and the program you are converting to (Shell & Tube or AirCooled).
All settings in TASC and most settings in Hetran and Aerotran can be represented precisely in Shell & Tube and AirCooled. The following features of Hetran and Aerotran are not supported (along with the result after using the converter):
Hetran To EDR Shell & Tube
Heat exchanger standards design is not supported. (Design mode is selected.) Wolverine Turbo tubes and Wolverine Korodense tubes are not supported. (You must specify enhancement data under Methods | Correlation input.) Rotated baffle cut is not supported. (Horizontal cut is selected.) Strip baffles are not supported. (Must select alternative.) V type shell is not supported. (J shell is selected.) Non-isobaric curve is not supported. (Isobaric curve type is selected.)
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Aerotran to EDR AirCooled
Outside flow specified heat transfer coefficient is not supported. (Flow must be specified based on bare tube surface area.) Non-isobaric curve is not supported. (Isobaric curve type is selected.)
New COM Add-In for Excel Calculator Blocks

The Excel Add-In for Calculator blocks has been rewritten as a COM Add-In. This resolves many problems users experienced with the old XLA version of the add-in. The new COM version is the default. A utility named APCalcExcelSelector.exe is available in the Aspen Plus\gui\xeq folder to switch between the new and old versions of the add-in. Users of the old add-in who are not experiencing any problems may wish to continue using the old version. To do so, they merely need to run this utility and select the XLA version before opening any files with Excel Calculator blocks in Aspen Plus V7.1. Users who want to use the new add-in in new files do not need to do anything. However, Excel files created with previous versions of Aspen Plus using the XLA version of the add-in contain references to this version of the add-in. When they are opened, Excel will try to use the XLA add-in if it is active, and thus the files will not work properly, as Aspen Plus will be trying to use the COM version. The XLA version will be active on computers where it has been used with previous versions of Aspen Plus, even if the utility has been used to set the COM version to be used. To update these files, first disable the old version in Excel by selecting Tools | Add-ins, and clear the checkbox next to Calcexceladdin. Then close Excel entirely before opening your Aspen Plus files containing Excel Calculator blocks. With the XLA add-in disabled, Aspen Plus will be able to update the references in these files to use the COM add-in.
CAPE-OPEN Improvements
Aspen Plus now supports CAPE-OPEN flash as part of a CAPE-OPEN Property Package when performing flash calculations for streams, property-sets, Flash blocks and other unit operation models. If you import a CAPE-OPEN 1.0 property package containing a flash model, Aspen Plus will now use that model instead of using its own routines. This may produce different results if you were using such CAPE-OPEN packages with previous versions of Aspen
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Plus. An option on the Properties | CAPE-OPEN Packages form for the package allows you to use the Aspen Plus flash model instead of the one from the package. Important: Calculations within a CAPE-OPEN unit operation model always use the flash model of the CAPE-OPEN thermo package, even if you selected the Aspen Plus flash on the CAPE-OPEN Packages form. Aspen Plus now provides improved support for importing CAPE-OPEN packages generated from Aspen Plus and Aspen Properties. It is no longer necessary to specify the correct Property Method on the CAPE-OPEN Packages form to fully reproduce the behavior of the package in these cases. All the property specifications (property methods, Henry components ID, freewater method, water solubility method, solution chemistry ID, and true or apparent component approach), property parameter values, and other user modifications are fully imported into the current simulation. If you were using a CAPE-OPEN package generated by Aspen Plus or Aspen Properties within an Aspen Plus simulation in past versions without matching the property method on the CAPE-OPEN Packages form to the method used in the package, you may see different results in V7.1.
STMNBS2 Corrections
Some errors were corrected in the property calculations of the STMNBS2 steam table method. The changes include: Correct formulation of Helmholtz energy (used to calculate Gibbs energy and entropy) Rigorous fugacity coefficient calculation from Gibbs energy. This property used to be "ideal" in past versions.
The changes affect calculation of fugacity coefficient (PHI, PHIMX), enthalpy (H, HMX), entropy (S, SMX), and Gibbs energy (G, GMX) and their derivatives. Different values of these properties should be expected: In simulation models using the STMNBS2 method In simulation models with STMNBS2 as free-water method, if free-water phase is present, or when water solubility option 0 or 5 is selected (in which case the free-water method is used to calculate fugacity coefficients of water, even if free-water is not selected in Valid Phases)
This may lead to different phase equilibrium and compressor/turbine results in these simulations. Enthalpy values calculated by the old version were valid. Every effort was made to keep the enthalpy values unchanged. Entropy results may differ by 1-10% in some simulations. Compressor power output (due to the entropy change) may be affected up to 10%. K-values of water (due to the fugacity change) may be affected 2-3%. A second option code has been added to the ESSTEAM and ESSTEAM0 models, with default value = 1, which includes all of the above corrections when these models are used by STMNBS2. With this option code set to 0, only the Helmholtz energy is corrected; this means that, with this option code, the entropy and Gibbs energy will be different but the enthalpy and fugacity coefficient from STMNBS2 will be the same as in previous versions. Setting this 2nd option code to 0 will allow you to reproduce old simulation
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results in most cases, except entropy of the streams will be different. Compressor/turbine results may be different than in past versions even with this option, due to the changed entropy.
Property Data Updates

Solid molar volume parameters (VSPOLY) for the following 114 components in the INORGANIC databank have been updated.
AG AL AGBR AGCL AGI AL2O3 AS AU BACO3 B2O3 BA BAF2 BE BASO4 BI C CACO3 CACL2 CA CACO3-A CAMG(CO3)2 CAH2 CA(OH)2 CAO CASO4 CD CE COBALT CR CR2O3 CS CU CUO CU2O CUSO4 CU2S FE FEO FE2O3 FECL2 FECL3 FE3O4 FESIO3 FES FES2 GAN H2O H3PO4 HG I2 KCL K KBR KNO3 K2O KOH LI K2SO4 LIALO2 LIOH MGO MG MGCO3 MGCL2 MG(OH)2 MGWO4 MN MNBR2 MNCO3 MNCL2 MO NH4CL (NH4)2SO4 NA NA3ALF6 NAHCO3 NA2CO3 NACL NAF NANO3 NA2O NAOH NA2SO4 NI NICL2 P4O10 P-W P2O5 PB PBCL2 PBS PBSO4 PT RB S SI SIO2 SNBR2 SRBR2 SRF2 SR2SIO4 SRS TI TIO2 TL2S TL2SO4 TL2SE W WO2 WO3 ZNO ZN ZNSO4 ZRO2
Cost Estimation Form

The old Cost Estimation form under Model Analysis has been removed. The Integrated Cost Analysis feature in the Costing toolbar and menu provide an enhanced, easier-to-use interface to performing costing calculations with Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (formerly Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator).
Property Parameter Estimation

In past versions, it was possible for SIGDIP (DIPPR liquid surface tension coefficients) to be estimated as missing the first element and small values for the remaining elements, causing problems in subsequent runs. In the cases where this occurred, now it will not be estimated. Also, estimation could incorrectly set DHVLWT/3 (the ai term in the Watson heat of vaporization equation) to zero when insufficient data was available. It will now properly be set to the default value of 0.38 in these cases. In addition, it was possible in the past for users to incorrectly specify only the first element of DHVLWT, resulting in an incorrect and usually very small value for heat of vaporization. Due to better checking of input, this will now
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be flagged as incorrect, but only by the engine, where it will result in an input translation error. If you encounter this error, you should specify element 2 of DHVLWT, the temperature corresponding to the heat of vaporization value provided in element 1. Future versions will catch this error on the form and mark it incomplete when element 2 is missing. A problem that can occur with very large infinite dilution activity coefficients was fixed. This problem usually led to a Fortran error, but if your model was set to continue after such errors, you would get wrong results which have been corrected in this version. A problem that can occur when estimating binary parameters using the SRPOLAR property method was fixed. This may give different results for components with very low vapor pressure.
Hayden-O'Connell Equation of State

Molecules with large RGYR (radius of gyration) can cause some terms in this model to become negative, leading to erratic results and errors. The model now limits these calculations to avoid these problems, and may give different results than past versions when RGYR is more than 10 angstroms.
SR-POLAR Equation of State with Helium

The SR-POLAR equation of state in past versions uses the Boston-Mathias alpha function for all components. This gives poor results for helium, so it has been modified to use the standard alpha function for helium only. Results of simulations containing helium using SR-POLAR will be different in V7.1, but the new ones should be more accurate.
PC-SAFT Enthalpy for Association Compounds

Aspen Plus V7.0 and later versions deliver four Aspen Plus models of the CO2 capture process by physical solvents, DEPG, MEOH, Propylene Carbonate (PC), and N-methyl 2-pyrrolidone (NMP). All these models use PC-SAFT for vapor pressure, density, enthalpy, and phase equilibrium calculations. PC-SAFT has a specific association contribution to describe association compounds like DEPG and MEOH. The temperature derivative of the association term is required for the enthalpy calculation for each association compound in a mixture. There is a bug in the implementation for the temperature derivative of the association term that will result in the wrong enthalpy calculation for association compounds except when the association compound is in the first row in the component order. The bug does not affect the vapor pressure, density, and phase equilibrium calculations. The bug is fixed in V7.1.
Pressure Relief
Pressure Relief now handles solids correctly when they appear in referenced streams, including CISOLID and NC substreams, and reactions involving solids, including reactions across different substreams. In some cases it may
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have been possible to run Pressure Relief with solids in the past, but the results may not have been correct.
Copying Data from Grids

When copying data from a grid, to avoid excessively long delays and memory usage when copying large amounts of data, a maximum of 4000 cells may be copied at one time. If your grid is larger than this, consider copying only the part you need or copying it in sections, or save a file and extract the data from the saved file. In past versions, there was no limit to the amount of data that may be copied, but the assembly of data onto the clipboard in extreme cases may take such a long time that it appears Aspen Plus has frozen, or may consume more memory than is available, resulting in a crash.
Whats Fixed in V7.0

The following issues were fixed in release V7.0.
Issue Number CQ00252473 Issue Description "Cost" property disappears from Custom Stream Summary File converged in 2004.1 does not converge in 2006 and 2006.5 Aspen Plus internal errors occur when mixing two streams each with a different assay and petroleum properties GUI Bug in V12.1? Issue Resolution Added Cost into properties available in Custom Stream Summary Added checking if upper temperature limit TH=0, if yes, give the error message and stop Fixed so this works as expected
CQ00311645
CQ00313773
CQ00165410
Fixed KL2RDL model to allow user to input the second data set for KLDIP Added MASSRHO into properties available in Custom Stream Summary Adjusted ideal gas enthalpy and Gibbs free energy of formation of diacetone The Duplicate Method of the Cape-Open Material Object Implementation was incorrect. This issue has now been fixed. Fixed UNIFAC group count information for TripropyleneGlycol Fixed incorrect copying of THRSWT/TRNSWT when user only inputs some elements
CQ00225305
How do you get mass density of a pure component in the custom stream summary DHFORM and DGFORM of diacetone alcohol (C6H12O2D3) problems with CAPE OPEN (duplicate function)
CQ00229308
CQ00273078
CQ00297156
wrong unifac groups for tripropylene-glycol PPDS equation
CQ00300999
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Issue Number CQ00305795
Issue Description Information on the experimental data used to regressed binary interaction paramters set
Issue Resolution New binary parameter values for NRTL, NRTL-HOC, NRTL-RK, UNIQUAC, UNIQUAC-HOC, UNIQUAC-RK, WILSON, WILSONHOC, WILSON-RK were obtained by regression with correct experimental data set for binary system CYCLOPENTANE/2,3DIMETHYL-BUTANE at 25C Fixed crash when using Tools |
CQ00311647
Get system error when generating property report
Retrieve Parameter Results

when there are only anions and not cations (or vice versa)
CQ00312631
Electrolyte inserts ehotde.bkp and hotdea.bkp
Descriptions of the hotdea and ehotde inserts were fixed to remove references to H2S, which it does not support Fixed incorrect results for Clarke model when the quadratic mixing rule was used If you had very long file names or folder names that were several sub-folders deep, it caused 3rd party property packages to fail loading Aspen Properties as a CapeOpen server. This issue is now fixed. Added documentation for the UNIFPS group binary parameters for the special UNIFAC model used in the PSRK property method Fixed undefined variable in property monitor clmon5 Fixed incorrect check for missing IK-CAPE polynomials parameters for vapor thermal conductivity and solid entropy. Now you can create databanks with names INHSPCD, INHSSOL, INHSBIN in the enterprise database. Fixed incorrect initialization of default values for missing ternary parameters for the Pitzer model Expanded description for TBPrelated prop-set properties from TBP to "True boiling point" so that they can be found easily when the Search button is used to locate a prop-set property
CQ00314987
Incorrect results in the Clarke model Very long folder names for saving COTA files have issues
CQ00316025
CQ00302674
No Documentation on UNIFPS Parameters
CQ00318380 CQ00303590
Fix undefined variables in property monitors Using a polynomial for thermal conductivity gas
CQ00305541
Inhouse databanks built with APED cannot be used in Aspen Plus WrongResults: Ternary Electrolyte Parameters PITZER TBPTWT and TBPWT are not found using the search
CQ00290887
CQ00299715
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Issue Description Calculation of HIG and GIG with WILS-GLR
Issue Resolution Fixed default for liquid Gibbs energy reference state (DGLFRM) for WILS-GLR property method. The previous default used was missing the vapor Gibbs energy departure term. Fixed incorrect activity coefficient property calculations for PSRK, RKSMHV2 and PRMHV2 methods. This fix affects this property as reported in Prop-Sets and in Data Regression reports, not the values used in the equation of state mixing rules, which are correct. COTA files located in folders with very long folder names or folder names containing the character & could not be loaded. This fix will allow users to use the & character as well as long folder names The MaterialObject Duplicate function had an incorrect implementation leading to erroneous behavior with 3rd party CapeOpen unit operations that called the Duplicate function. This issue is now resolved. The MaterialObject that is passed to a CapeOpen unit operation contains the Overall Enthalpy, thereby enabling several more CapeOpen unit operations to function more easily with Aspen Plus A key issue that was addressed in Aspen Plus is that now we can have component names with longer than 8 characters allowed for components belonging to the CapeOpen property package.
CQ00306888
Incorrect activity coefficients and Gibbs free energy of mixing calculated from the PSRK property method
Cape-Open Defects CQ00316025 Very long folder names for saving COTA files have issues
CQ00273078
Problems with CAPE OPEN (duplicate function)
CQ00273066
Problems with CAPE OPEN (overall enthalpy)
CQ00117874
Various issues with CAPE-OPEN Packages in MM
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Whats Fixed in V7.1

ID CQ00057809 Issue Description Estimation of NRTL binary parameters can cause Fortran errors if the estimated activity coefficient (by e.g., UNIFAC) is very large. SoftGrid V7.0: spurious invalid operation error in APED caused by _clearfp() function not being supported in .NET CAPE-OPEN: CAPE-OPEN property package not always used when selected Issue Resolution Fixed to avoid Fortran errors.
CQ00328836
Fixed so this error does not occur.
CQ00317720
Fixed problems to ensure that the selected CAPE-OPEN property package is always used in CAPE-OPEN unit operations and in other parts of the simulation, when applicable.
CQ00327423, CQ00323366
Can't find critical pressure for acetone or vapor-liquid equilibrium of water and acetone mixture in Detherm Internet Aspen Plus crashed when trying to view stream results of a stream containing only N2 and O2. Propset property RVP-ASTM gives Fortran errors for such streams. CAPE-OPEN: EO mode solution fails when using a CAPE-OPEN property package
This problem was fixed on the Detherm Internet web site (3rd party).
CQ00333876
Return RMISS for RVP-ASTM for such streams to avoid the Fortran error and crash.
CQ00144106
Fixed memory allocation problem that caused the problem. In addition, ensured that we only use default Aspen Plus methods to calculate those properties that cannot be calculated by the CAPE-OPEN package. Nominal value of Tc (used when not present in databanks) for a non-volatile component is ensured to be larger than Tb
CQ00048235
Unreasonable Critical Temperature of SrF2 (smaller than its normal boiling point)
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ID CQ00111961
Issue Description Partially missing Barin model parameters (such as CPLXP1) were not properly detected, and the calculation continues with invalid values, resulting in erroneous values for properties such as molar enthalpy. Estimation of SR-POLAR binary parameters can run into numerical problems if the component involved is non-volatile (i.e., has extremely low vapor pressure). CAPE-OPEN: Enhancement request - add support for additional properties
Issue Resolution Now these parameters are properly detected as missing.
CQ00115455
This problem has been fixed.
CQ00206926
(1) Added new CAPE-OPEN properties: "criticalCompressibilityFactor", "energyLennardJones" and "lengthLennardJones" (2) Return binary diffusion coefficient for "diffusionCoefficient" according to the definition of "diffusionCoefficient" in CAPEOPEN Thermo Standards. Aspen Plus used to return diffusion coefficients of components in the mixture.
CQ00230232
CAPE-OPEN: RMISS incorrectly reported as a property value, contrary to the standards. Possible bug with SIGDIP parameter form when PCES writes to it.
Return CapeDoubleEmpty instead of ASPEN_RMISS Fixed erroneous estimation of surface tension cause by an unintended method. The unintended method was removed. The problem was caused by the estimation of heat of vaporization when user-supplied vapor pressures are unreasonable. Fixed the program to avoid Fortran errors. Added support for "overall" mixture properties.
CQ00311548
CQ00313797
Severe Fortran error with user defined component
CQ00319345
CAPE-OPEN: Impossible to obtain overall mixture density through the Interface CAPE-OPEN: Flow property not supported
CQ00319371
Added support for properties that include "flow".
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ID CQ00319682
Issue Description CAPE-OPEN: Issue with Aspen Properties CAPE-OPEN property package when used in Aspen Plus
Issue Resolution (1) Add 6 new fields for COPACKAGE to input all properties specifications required in Aspen Properties CAPE-OPEN package (2) Make Aspen Plus and Aspen Properties really able to use Aspen Properties CAPE-OPEN package (3) Add option to allow user to specify Aspen flash or CAPEOPEN flash
CQ00321191
Solid Density for TIO2 and other solid components in inorganic databank is incorrect CAPE-OPEN: AvailableProps method not implemented (CAPEOPEN 1.0 Standards) Make application file names consistent in Amines and Physical Solvents folders Corrections to Koch routines for Flexipac 1.4X and 1.6X packings
Correct solid density of TiO2 and many other solid components (114 components) in the Inorganic databank. Implemented the AvailableProps method
CQ00321609
CQ00322019
Make all application file names for Amines and Physical Solvents consistent. Flexipac 1.4X and Flexipac 1.6X now give proper results when selected and the default Koch sizing/rating routines are used. Fixed the crash which was caused by the excessive length path name of the Engine user databank file (usrpp1a.dat), which is referenced in the bkp file. Fixed errors caused by components with radius of gyration that is very large (> 10 angstroms). Return RMISS when failing to calculate the correlation properties. Henry's constants written to DFMS input file now contain the correct number of elements. Prompts for primary pure component property models, such as PL0XANT, have been improved to cover the pertinent submodels.
CQ00322444
CQ00324178
Problems installing Unifac databanks - customization using files from the UNIFAC-Consortium
CQ00324520
Fortran errors when using the Hayden-OConnell model
CQ00324801
Reliability of octane number calculations from composition in Aspen Plus 2006.5 DFMS export from Aspen Plus for HENRY data missing input (7th element) Incorrect prompt for the NIST Wagner vapor pressure parameters
CQ00327701
CQ00330198
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ID CQ00334244
Issue Description Estimation of T-dependent properties of salts can return missing values to the GUI. This can cause simulation errors.
Issue Resolution Fixed problems such that "missing" values are not returned for these parameters (such as SIGDIP). In addition, the problem with DHVLWT/3 not correctly set for salts is also fixed. Avoid crashing or hanging during such an estimation.
CQ00334924
Estimation of binary interaction parameters for SRK using Property Estimation System does not work if the two components form ideal solution (gamma infinity = 1.0) CAPE-OPEN: Error returned by Terminate method in Aspen Properties CAPE-OPEN: Issue with COMThermo Property Package the COMThermo license server was not released causing the application to hang. CAPE-OPEN: GetNumComponents method is called twice Input form for electrolyte pair parameters for electrolyteelectrolyte pair does not check / enforce ion type Property Plot Wizard may miss some steps on Vista Cannot copy-paste prop-set that has a comment Opening bkp file that references user databank that is stored in a directory with full path name longer than 80 characters crash the application. Electrolyte wizard does not generate reactions with H+ ions when the H+ ion option is selected. Loading a bkp file that has databanks which cannot be located (e.g., user databanks that no longer exist on the machine) will cause the other valid databanks to be ignored, resulting in the loss of component names and aliases
CQ00324173
Changed appropriate methods in ICapeUtilities functions to return S_OK Fixed the problems such that the license server is properly released. We also fixed a number of memory leak issues. Fixed duplicated call of GetNumComponents method The form was fixed so that the electrolyte pair must share either one common cation or one common anion. Fixed this problem.
CQ00319687
CQ00323292 CQ00322619
CQ00324066
CQ00333795 CQ00334189
Fixed this problem. Fixed the problem. The full path name can now be 256 characters long.
CQ00348253
Fixed this problem.
CQ00348854
Fixed the problem. The databanks that cannot be found will be ignored. The valid databanks are retained.
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ID CQ00108926
Issue Description Properties | Data form for properties such as GAMMA, GAMMAS, KVL, or KLL requires the property values to be entered for all components. However, the simulation engine is more reasonable it requires only one value to be entered. CAPE-OPEN: Importing property package from Multiflash that contains pseudo components into Aspen Plus caused it to crash when run. APED: Application.exe.config files do not work on Windows Server operating systems. This problem caused the enterprise database to stop working when multiple versions of Aspen Plus are installed. Units conversion of SRKKIJ is incorrect Pressure Derivatives of Enthalpy and Entropy are Zero for pure water, using the STMNBS2 property method Property-report params is executed too soon resulting in the report not reflecting the parameter values that are regressed. NIST TDE: The unit of density is wrong. Find Compounds dialog box cannot be resized
Issue Resolution Fixed the form to remove the restrictions.
CQ00334975
Fixed the crash, which was caused by improper handling of the formula information
CQ00326582
These files were renamed to Application.config to solve this problem.
CQ00333863 CQ00335620
Fixed this problem. Fixed this problem.
CQ00313952
Moved the parameter reporting step to after the regression is complete. Fixed this problem. Fixed this problem.
CQ00326362 CQ00350010
The OLI Interface

Product Description
Aspen OLI Interface is a layered product that lets you make full use of the OLI Engine, Chemistry Wizard, and Chemistry Generator products from OLI Systems Inc. within the Aspen Engineering Suite environment. The Aspen OLI Interface enables process engineers to quickly and reliably perform process modeling and analysis of aqueous electrolyte systems. Together with Aspen Plus-based solids and electrolytes modeling technology, Aspen OLI Interface provides the chemical process industries with comprehensive capability to model aqueous electrolyte systems over the complete concentration range,
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including most of the elements in the periodic table. The OLI property method provides accurate results for the thermodynamic and transport properties of aqueous mixtures and associated immiscible organic mixtures. Aspen OLI Interface refers to the interface that enables you to use OLI products and capabilities within the Aspen Engineering Suite environment. This manual provides instructions on how to use the combined features of the Aspen OLI Interface and the software you license separately from OLI Systems Inc. We refer to these combined products as Aspen OLI.
New Features and Enhancements for V7.0

Release V7.0 includes the following new features and enhancements: OLI physical property databanks and calculation engine. Easier installation.
OLI Physical Property Databanks

Release V7.0 includes the latest OLI physical property databanks and calculation Engine (Version 7.0).
Easier Installation
There is no longer a need to install the OLI alliance files from the Aspen Plus Simulation Engine window. This is now handled automatically when you install the files. You still need to install the OLI Alliance Suite from the installer delivered in the Aspen OLI Interface installation folder.
New Features and Enhancements for V7.1

Release V7.1 includes the following new features and enhancements: Latest OLI physical property databanks and calculation Engine (Version 8.1.60).
Compatibility Notes
Aspen OLI Interface V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen OLI Interface.
Aspen Properties
Product Description
Aspen Properties is AspenTech's physical property calculation and analysis tool. You can use Aspen Properties to prepare a complete property package to represent an industrial process for use with Aspen Plus, Aspen Plus Dynamics (Aspen Dynamics), Aspen Custom Modeler, and Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining (RefSYS), and Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating (HTFS+). Batch
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Process Developer (Batch Plus) also uses Aspen Properties to model non-ideal solutions for vapor emissions calculations. You can use Aspen Properties to estimate a wide range of properties from molecular structure, regress parameters from laboratory data, and analyze the behavior of chemical and petroleum systems.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Property data Aspen Properties Enterprise Database Usability Physical property models Polymers models Prop-Set properties
Property Data Enhancements

The NIST-TRC databank has been updated with thousands of new components and updated data. NIST-TRC in the Aspen Physical Property System V7.0 contains 18840 components. Several updates for NIST ThermoData Engine (TDE):
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Parameter estimation of user-defined components using NIST TDE now uses vapor pressure, liquid density, ideal gas heat capacity, and normal boiling point data if it is specified, in addition to the molecular structure. Literature citations for raw NIST data are now available in the Properties from NIST/TDE Dialog Box and are saved as comments to the Properties | Data | Pure-Comp forms when saving data to forms. On the Evaluated Results tab of the Properties from NIST/TDE Dialog Box you can click Reevaluate to regenerate these results for a different range of temperature or number of points. Compound classes (such as alcohols and ketones) added for components in NIST database. New property method REFPROP provides extremely accurate equations of state for mixtures of 84 common components, based on NIST data. See the help for REFPROP for a list of the components which can be used with this method. More information has been added in help for TDE, including a summary of its capabilities and details on the consistency checks TDE performs on the raw data.
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New PURE22 databank with the latest component data updates from DIPPR, including 50 the following new components. This is included in new enterprise database APV70 and legacy databanks.
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Alias C40H80 C9H18-D4 C9H18-D5 C8H8-D1 C18H30-D2 C15H24-D1 C15H12-D1 C6H14O-D8 C7H16O-D4 C9H10O-D1 C33H54O6 CH4O2 C2H6O2-D1 C16H18O C9H12O2-D1 C10H14O2-D1 C3H4CL2-D1 C3H4CL2-D2 C8H9CL-D1 C8H9CL-D2 C3H3F5O-D1 C3H2F6-D1 C4F6 C9F20 C12F26 FNO C4H10ALCL C8H18ALCL C4H6O3-D2 C8H8O2-M
Name 1-TETRACONTENE CIS-2-NONENE TRANS-2-NONENE 1,3,5,7-CYCLOOCTATETRAENE 1,3,5-TRI-TERTBUTYLBENZENE 1,3,5-TRIISOPROPYLBENZENE 4-METHYLPHENANTHRENE 3-HEXANOL 3-HEPTANOL P-ISOPROPENYL-PHENOL TRIOCTYL-TRIMELLITATE METHYL-HYDROPEROXIDE ETHYL-HYDROPEROXIDE BIS-ALPHA-METHYLBENZYL-ETHER N-PROPYLBENZENE-HYDROPEROXIDE N-BUTYLBENZENE-HYDROPEROXIDE CIS-1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE TRANS-1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE 3-CHLORO-O-XYLENE 4-CHLORO-O-XYLENE PENTAFLUOROETHYL-METHYL-ETHER 1,1,1,3,3,3-HEXAFLUOROPROPANE HEXAFLUORO-1,3-BUTADIENE PERFLUORO-N-NONANE PERFLUORO-N-DODECANE NITROSYL-FLUORIDE DIETHYLALUMINUM-CHLORIDE DIISOBUTYLALUMINUM-CHLORIDE ACETOACETIC-ACID M-TOLUIC-ACID
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Alias C8H14O3-D1 C7H14O2-D11 C24H38O4-D4 C8H6O2-D1 C6H12S-D1 C11H12S C12H14S C5H12S-D4 C6H14S-D4 C6H12O2-D9 C9H19NO3SI C11H24O6SI C4H12O4SI C3H7CLO C8H8O2-D6 C8H16O3-D1 C7H16O2-D3 C10H22O3-D3 C4H10O4S-D1 C22H42O6
Name ISOBUTYRIC-ANHYDRIDE ETHYL-TRIMETHYL-ACETATE DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL-TEREPHTHALATE PHTHALIDE 2-ETHYL-TETRAHYDROTHIOPHENE 2-PROPYLBENZOTHIOPHENE 2-BUTYLBENZOTHIOPHENE ETHYL-PROPYL-SULFIDE METHYL-PENTYL-SULFIDE PROPYLENE-GLYCOL-MONOALLYL-ETHER 3-TRIETHOXYSILYL-PROPIONITRILE TRIS-2-METHOXYETHOXY-VINYLSILANE METHYL-SILICATE 1-CHLORO-2-PROPANOL PHENYL-ACETATE 4-HYDROXYBUTOXYTETRAHYDROFURAN PROPYLENE-GLYCOL-N-BUTYL-ETHER DIPROPYLENE-GLYCOL-N-BUTYL-ETHER MONOBUTYL-SULFATE PEG-3-DI-2-ETHYLHEXANOATE

The enterprise database is now selected when you install Aspen Plus, though the legacy databanks can still be selected using the Database Selector. It is now possible to configure APED so that the registered databanks are selected for each user, rather than for all users on one computer. See the Aspen Properties Database Manager help for configuration instructions. A testing program is available to troubleshoot problems with accessing the Aspen Properties Enterprise Databank. Run Start | Programs | AspenTech | Process Modeling V7.0 | Aspen Properties | Aspen Properties Database Configuration Tester, and click the Start button. New security option for the enterprise database allows you to distribute copies of the database which can be used in Aspen Plus without exposing any of the parameter values in the database.
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Usability Enhancements
On the Properties | Specifications | Global sheet, the default process type is now COMMON rather than ALL. This reduces the Base Method list to 16 commonly used methods. To access other methods, select a relevant Process type, or ALL. The Properties | Parameters | Binary Interaction forms now have a Search button. Use this button to select any component pair and jump to where the data for that pair is specified.
Physical Property Model Enhancements

The Chung-Lee-Starling viscosity model has an alternate correlation applicable to heavy petroleum fractions (specific gravity greater than 1). To select this correlation, set option code 1 to 1. New option code allows the Jones-Dole electrolyte viscosity model to be used with the Aspen liquid mixture viscosity model.
Polymer Model Enhancements

The Copolymer PC-SAFT model, originally released in version 2006.5 with the ability to handle copolymers and the association term, has been expanded with the addition of a term for handling polar materials, making this model applicable to a very wide variety of mixtures. Parameters for additional components have been added for the PC-SAFT and Copolymer PC-SAFT models. These are now stored in the PC-SAFT and POLYPCSF databanks, which should be used with these models.
New Prop-Set Properties

New Prop-Set properties implement the entire set of Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining Correlation Manager properties. Some of these properties duplicate existing Aspen Physical Property System Prop-Set properties. To eliminate confusion over which property to select, these properties are only accessible when Aspen Plus is running under Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining. The complete list of properties is available in help as Table 4.10 in the Physical Property Data Reference. A new enthalpy flow Prop-Set HFLMX is available which only represents enthalpy flow rate, never enthalpy per mass or volume. A new Prop-Set GAMUSAQ represents the unsymmetric activity coefficient based on infinite dilution in the aqueous reference state. This differs from GAMUS in that GAMUS is based on the actual solvent mixture, while GAMUSAQ is based on pure water. New Prop-Set properties added for total true species molar and mass flow rates, total apparent components molar and mass flow rates, and total apparent components 2nd-liquid molar and mass flow rates.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1:
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Physical property enhancements Database Configuration Tester enhancement

New enterprise databases APV71, NISTV71, and FACTV71. The databank names within the databases are not changed. A new NRTL-SAC databank was added to APV71 containing solvent segment parameters for the NRTLSAC model. Solid molar volume parameters (VSPOLY) for 114 components in the INORGANIC databank have also been updated. Aspen Properties now supports CAPE-OPEN flash. If you import a CAPEOPEN 1.0 property package containing a flash model, Aspen Properties will now use that model instead of using its own flash, though an option is available on the Properties | CAPE-OPEN Packages form to use the Aspen Properties flash. In addition, options are now available to specify the default Henry components ID, free-water method, water solubility method, solution chemistry ID, and true or apparent component approach. These defaults are used when a package does not provide a method for calculating properties required by the calculation. In the Excel property calculator, the option to Suppress error messages related to invalid input is now enabled by default, due to the large number of messages it can generate. New version of the NRTL-SAC model is available as the NRTL-SAC property method. This model supersedes the NRTLSAC and ENRTLSAC models, which require that pure components be defined as oligomers, making them difficult to use. In addition, NRTLSAC and ENRTLSAC require an Aspen Polymers license. The new NRTL-SAC property method does not require an Aspen Polymers license. NIST-TDE performance enhancements: the speed with which the experimental data are saved to the Properties | Data form has been significantly enhanced.
Database Configuration Tester Enhancement

The Database Configuration Tester can now automatically fix the authentication mode of the local SQL Server used by Aspen Properties Enterprise Database when run by an administrator.

Here are the differences that you might encounter between Aspen Properties V7.0 and Aspen Properties 2006.5. In most cases, previous Aspen Properties input files and backup files are completely compatible with Aspen Properties V7.0. AspenTech makes every effort to avoid making changes that result in incompatibilities with previous versions. The changes discussed in this section were necessary to correct problems, to implement new features, or to improve ease-of-use. The most important areas where you might encounter differences between Aspen Properties V7.0 and earlier versions are:
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Fortran Compiler
Aspen Properties V7.0 was compiled with the Intel Fortran compiler version 9.1 build 33 and Microsoft Visual studio 2005 SP1. User Fortran models compiled with different compilers or compiler versions might not work, or might run but not be able to write to the Aspen Plus history file, report file, and control panel. See Chapter 1 of Aspen Plus User Models on the Documentation DVD for more details.
User Models
The length of IRETN in the flash utility FLSH_FLASH has been changed from 6 to 2*NCC+16 (NCC is the number of conventional components, available as NCOMP_NCC in common DMS_NCOMP). Code which relied on this vector being a fixed length may need to be updated.

The SQL user account created when the database is installed is now named apeduser. Version V7.0 no longer uses MSDE due to problems users have experienced with this SQL server. Now Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 SP1 is installed and used, unless Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005 is found. The AspenTech Installer will not uninstall MSDE, since you may be using it with other programs. You must uninstall it separately from Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs, where it is called Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Edition. If this registry entry exists, the AspenTech Installer will not install the SQL server: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AspenTech\Setup] "NOSQLExpress"=dword:00000001 If only Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (but neither of the 2005 versions) is found then you will be asked only once whether you want to install Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 SP1 for use with APED. If you have created databases in an MSDE server, you will need to back those up from the Aspen Properties Database Manager from the previous version and restore them in the Aspen Properties Database Manager V7.0 in order to use them.
If you have created databases in a previous version of the Aspen Properties Enterprise Database, and they are on the same SQL server as in the previous version, you do not need to back up and restore them, but you do need to register them in the new version of Aspen Properties Database Manager in order to use them in version V7.0 products. The Aspen Properties Enterprise Database and legacy databanks were rigorously checked to ensure that they contain the same data (except for new features such as NIST-TRC only present in the enterprise database). In doing so, some errors were detected and fixed. This may result in differences from previous versions if you were using any of the erroneous data.
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Changes in the legacy databanks: Pure component parameters for component HE-4 (helium) used with the PENG-ROB, RK-SOAVE, PR-BM, and RKS-BM methods were missing. The values for NOATOM and ATOMNO for component AIR were missing from PURE11 and newer versions of the pure component database. For components with CPIG, UFGRP, UFGRPD or UFGRPL available from more than one databank, if some elements were missing in the first databank searched, past versions would fill these in with values from a subsequent databank. Now it properly preserves the complete parameter vector, including reporting missing values as missing. When one of the Pitzer binary parameters GMPTB0 or GMPTTH is specified, the other parameters from GMPTB0, GMPTB1, GMPTB2, GMPTB3, GMPTC, and GMPTTH for this component pair should not be retrieved from databanks by the Aspen Plus simulation engine. Previous versions were retrieving this data when it was not specified in the simulation. Now this works as intended. Electrolyte pair parameters GMELCC, GMELCD, GMELCE, and GMELCN always behaved correctly. In certain cases when binary parameters were available for the same pair from multiple databanks, past versions of APED would not always follow the database search order, and in some cases would use the data from a less-preferred databank. Now it follows the search order in all cases. This might cause different results if you were using APED and you have different data for a pair in different databanks. The last element of THRSWT was missing for component HNO3 in the ELECPURE databank. This caused some data for some components to appear missing. The UNIFAC-DMD groups (UFGRPD) for 20 aldehyde components were incorrect in the PURE93, PURE10, and PURE11 databanks. This problem occurred because multiple input files were used to generate these databanks, and the same parameters appeared for these components in multiple input files, partly missing in some files, with the intent of merging them. Note: This type of merge of data does not work when loading legacy files into Aspen Properties Enterprise Database. Each parameter for each component should be specified only once across the entire set of input files for a databank, including missing specifications. Be aware of this when loading your own custom databank files into the enterprise database. While the enterprise database and the legacy databanks contain the same data, since the SQL database and the legacy databanks store numbers in different ways, there may be differing round-off error in the last digit (specify nth digit) of some values. In most cases, this will not make any difference in simulations. In certain borderline cases (particularly in rigorous distillation) which barely converge, this may cause them to not converge, and some cases which did not converge may now converge.
Changes in the Aspen Properties Enterprise Database:
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Other Physical Property Updates

The VLE data for the binary system cyclopentane/2,3-dimethyl butane was incorrect, leading to incorrect binary parameter values for NRTL, NRTL-HOC, NRTL-RK, UNIQUAC, UNIQUAC-HOC, UNIQUAC-RK, WILSON, WILSON-HOC, and WILSON-RK. These parameters have been regressed with the correct data. Simulations using these components and one of these methods will produce different results. The Gibbs energy and entropy calculated by the WILS-GLR method for some components with liquid reference state was being calculated incorrectly. The new version may generate slightly different results. UNIFAC groups for tripropylene-glycol were corrected in parameters UFGRP-1, UFGRPD-1, and UFGRPL-1. Component (NH4)2S2O8 appeared in the databanks incorrectly, in single quotes. These quotes are required in input language due to the parentheses in the component name, but the user interface adds them automatically when required, and they should not appear in the component names in the databanks. This has been fixed. The NIST-TRC databank has been updated, with thousands of new components and much additional data. Property parameters for some components have changed as a result of new regressions with additional data. This may cause different results when using these components. In addition, a large number of components in the NIST-TRC databank have been assigned new names. Component names are limited to 32 characters, and when long names that must be truncated are alike in the first 32 characters, the naming convention used in version 2006.5 for distinguishing components truncated it far enough to put the CAS number at the end of the name. This resulted in some strange names, so now these components are named with simply -NIST1, -NIST2, etc. at the end of the names. The old names have been added as synonyms. The component aliases (based on the chemical formula) have not changed, so you should not experience any issues with this change unless you have set Generate input language using to Component names on the Tools | Options | Component Data tab. If you have done so, you may need to manually change component names, or simply change this option to Component formula.

Here are the differences that you might encounter between Aspen Properties V7.1 and Aspen Properties V7.0. In most cases, previous Aspen Properties input files and backup files are completely compatible with Aspen Properties V7.1. AspenTech makes every effort to avoid making changes that result in incompatibilities with previous versions. The changes discussed in this section were necessary to correct problems, to implement new features, or to improve ease-of-use. The most important areas where you might encounter differences between Aspen Properties V7.1 and earlier versions are:
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Fortran Compiler and User Flash Models

Aspen Properties V7.1 was compiled with the Intel Fortran compiler version 9.1 build 33 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1. User Fortran models compiled with different compilers or compiler versions (including Intel Fortran version 10) may not work, or may run but not be able to write to the Aspen Properties history file, report file, and control panel. See Chapter 1 of Aspen Plus User Models on the Documentation DVD for more details.
CAPE-OPEN Improvements
Aspen Properties now supports CAPE-OPEN flash. If you import a CAPE-OPEN 1.0 property package containing a flash model, Aspen Properties will now use that model instead of using its own routines. This may produce different results if you were using such CAPE-OPEN packages with previous versions of Aspen Properties. An option on the Properties | CAPE-OPEN Packages form for the package allows you to use the Aspen Properties flash model instead of the one from the package. Aspen Properties now provides improved support for importing CAPE-OPEN packages generated from Aspen Plus and Aspen Properties. It is no longer necessary to specify the correct Property Method on the CAPE-OPEN Packages form to fully reproduce the behavior of the package in these cases. All the property specifications (property methods, Henry components ID, freewater method, water solubility method, solution chemistry ID, and true or apparent component approach), property parameter values, and other user modifications are fully imported into the current simulation. If you were using a CAPE-OPEN package generated by Aspen Plus or Aspen Properties within an Aspen Properties simulation in past versions without matching the property method on the CAPE-OPEN Packages form to the method used in the package, you may see different results in V7.1.
STMNBS2 Corrections
Some errors were corrected in the property calculations of the STMNBS2 steam table method. The changes include: Correct formulation of Helmholtz energy (used to calculate Gibbs energy and entropy) Rigorous fugacity coefficient calculation from Gibbs energy. This property used to be "ideal" in past versions.
The changes affect calculation of fugacity coefficient (PHI, PHIMX), enthalpy (H, HMX), entropy (S, SMX), and Gibbs energy (G, GMX) and their derivatives. Different values of these properties should be expected: In simulation models using the STMNBS2 method In simulation models with STMNBS2 as free-water method, if free-water phase is present, or when water solubility option 0 or 5 is selected (in which case the free-water method is used to calculate fugacity coefficients of water, even if free-water is not selected in Valid Phases)
This may lead to different phase equilibrium and compressor/turbine results in these simulations. Enthalpy values calculated by the old version were valid. Every effort was made to keep the enthalpy values unchanged.
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Entropy results may differ by 1-10% in some simulations. Compressor power output (due to the entropy change) may be affected up to 10%. K-values of water (due to the fugacity change) may be affected 2-3%. A second option code has been added to the ESSTEAM and ESSTEAM0 models, with default value = 1, which includes all of the above corrections when these models are used by STMNBS2. With this option code set to 0, only the Helmholtz energy is corrected; this means that, with this option code, the entropy and Gibbs energy will be different but the enthalpy and fugacity coefficient from STMNBS2 will be the same as in previous versions. Setting this 2nd option code to 0 will allow you to reproduce old simulation results in most cases, except entropy of the streams will be different. Compressor/turbine results may be different than in past versions even with this option, due to the changed entropy.
Property Data Updates

Solid molar volume parameters (VSPOLY) for the following 114 components in the INORGANIC databank have been updated.
AG AL AGBR AGCL AGI AL2O3 AS AU BACO3 B2O3 BA BAF2 BE BASO4 BI C CACO3 CACL2 CA AG AL AGBR AGCL AGI AL2O3 AS AU BACO3 B2O3 CACO3-A CAMG(CO3)2 CAH2 CA(OH)2 CAO CASO4 CD CE COBALT CR CR2O3 CS CU CUO CU2O CUSO4 CU2S FE FEO CACO3-A CAMG(CO3)2 CAH2 CA(OH)2 CAO CASO4 CD CE COBALT CR FE2O3 FECL2 FECL3 FE3O4 FESIO3 FES FES2 GAN H2O H3PO4 HG I2 KCL K KBR KNO3 K2O KOH LI FE2O3 FECL2 FECL3 FE3O4 FESIO3 FES FES2 GAN H2O H3PO4 K2SO4 LIALO2 LIOH MGO MG MGCO3 MGCL2 MG(OH)2 MGWO4 MN MNBR2 MNCO3 MNCL2 MO NH4CL (NH4)2SO4 NA NA3ALF6 NAHCO3 K2SO4 LIALO2 LIOH MGO MG MGCO3 MGCL2 MG(OH)2 MGWO4 MN NA2CO3 NACL NAF NANO3 NA2O NAOH NA2SO4 NI NICL2 P4O10 P-W P2O5 PB PBCL2 PBS PBSO4 PT RB S NA2CO3 NACL NAF NANO3 NA2O NAOH NA2SO4 NI NICL2 P4O10 SI SIO2 SNBR2 SRBR2 SRF2 SR2SIO4 SRS TI TIO2 TL2S TL2SO4 TL2SE W WO2 WO3 ZNO ZN ZNSO4 ZRO2 SI SIO2 SNBR2 SRBR2 SRF2 SR2SIO4 SRS TI TIO2 TL2S
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BA BAF2 BE BASO4 BI C CACO3 CACL2 CA
CR2O3 CS CU CUO CU2O CUSO4 CU2S FE FEO
HG I2 KCL K KBR KNO3 K2O KOH LI
MNBR2 MNCO3 MNCL2 MO NH4CL (NH4)2SO4 NA NA3ALF6 NAHCO3
P-W P2O5 PB PBCL2 PBS PBSO4 PT RB S
TL2SO4 TL2SE W WO2 WO3 ZNO ZN ZNSO4 ZRO2
Property Parameter Estimation

In past versions, it was possible for SIGDIP (DIPPR liquid surface tension coefficients) to be estimated as missing the first element and small values for the remaining elements, causing problems in subsequent runs. In the cases where this occurred, now it will not be estimated. Also, estimation could incorrectly set DHVLWT/3 (the ai term in the Watson heat of vaporization equation) to zero when insufficient data was available. It will now properly be set to the default value of 0.38 in these cases. In addition, it was possible in the past for users to incorrectly specify only the first element of DHVLWT, resulting in an incorrect and usually very small value for heat of vaporization. Due to better checking of input, this will now be flagged as incorrect, but only by the engine, where it will result in an input translation error. If you encounter this error, you should specify element 2 of DHVLWT, the temperature corresponding to the heat of vaporization value provided in element 1. Future versions will catch this error on the form and mark it incomplete when element 2 is missing. A problem that can occur with very large infinite dilution activity coefficients was fixed. This problem usually led to a Fortran error, but if your model was set to continue after such errors, you would get wrong results which have been corrected in this version. A problem that can occur when estimating binary parameters using the SRPOLAR property method was fixed. This may give different results for components with very low vapor pressure.
Hayden-O'Connell Equation of State

Molecules with large RGYR (radius of gyration) can cause some terms in this model to become negative, leading to erratic results and errors. The model now limits these calculations to avoid these problems, and may give different results than past versions when RGYR is more than 10 angstroms.
SR-POLAR Equation of State with Helium

The SR-POLAR equation of state in past versions uses the Boston-Mathias alpha function for all components. This gives poor results for helium, so it has been modified to use the standard alpha function for helium only. Results of
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simulations containing helium using SR-POLAR will be different in V7.1, but the new ones should be more accurate.
PC-SAFT Enthalpy for Association Compounds

Aspen Plus V7.0 and later versions deliver four Aspen Plus models of the CO2 capture process by physical solvents, DEPG, MEOH, Propylene Carbonate (PC), and N-methyl 2-pyrrolidone (NMP). All these models use PC-SAFT for vapor pressure, density, enthalpy, and phase equilibrium calculations. PC-SAFT has a specific association contribution to describe association compounds like DEPG and MEOH. The temperature derivative of the association term is required for the enthalpy calculation for each association compound in a mixture. There is a bug in the implementation for the temperature derivative of the association term that will result in the wrong enthalpy calculation for association compounds except when the association compound is in the first row in the component order. The bug does not affect the vapor pressure, density, and phase equilibrium calculations. The bug is fixed in V7.1.
Copying Data from Grids

When copying data from a grid, to avoid excessively long delays and memory usage when copying large amounts of data, a maximum of 4000 cells may be copied at one time. If your grid is larger than this, consider copying only the part you need or copying it in sections, or save a file and extract the data from the saved file. In past versions, there was no limit to the amount of data that may be copied, but the assembly of data onto the clipboard in extreme cases may take such a long time that it appears Aspen Properties has frozen, or may consume more memory than is available, resulting in a crash.
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Whats Fixed in V7.0

The following issues were addressed in release V7.0.
Issue Number CQ00165410 Issue Description GUI Bug in V12.1? Issue Resolution Fixed KL2RDL model to allow user to input the second data set for KLDIP. Adjusted ideal gas enthalpy and Gibbs free energy of formation of diacetone The Aspen Properties Excel Calculator add-in tried to add an "Aspen Properties Help" command to the Help menu. This failed on non-English systems when that menu was called by a local name. Now the command is in the Aspen Properties menu, so the problem does not occur. Fixed UNIFAC group count information for TripropyleneGlycol Fixed incorrect copying of THRSWT/TRNSWT when user only inputs some elements. New binary parameter values for NRTL, NRTL-HOC, NRTL-RK, UNIQUAC, UNIQUAC-HOC, UNIQUAC-RK, WILSON, WILSONHOC, WILSON-RK were obtained by regression with correct experimental data set for binary system CYCLOPENTANE/2,3DIMETHYL-BUTANE at 25C. Fixed crash when using Tools |
CQ00229308
DHFORM and DGFORM of diacetone alcohol (C6H12O2D3) Problems in Excel on nonEnglish systems
CQ00230796
CQ00297156
wrong unifac groups for tripropylene-glycol PPDS equation
CQ00300999
CQ00305795
Information on the experimental data used to regressed binary interaction paramters set
CQ00311647
Get system error when generating property report
Retrieve Parameter Results

when there are only anions and not cations (or vice versa)
CQ00312631
Electrolyte inserts ehotde.bkp and hotdea.bkp
Descriptions of the hotdea and ehotde inserts were fixed to remove references to H2S, which it does not support Fixed incorrect results for Clarke model when the quadratic mixing rule was used.
CQ00314987
Incorrect results in the Clarke model
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Issue Description Very long folder names for saving COTA files have issues
Issue Resolution If you had very long file names or folder names that were several sub-folders deep, it caused 3rd party property packages to fail loading Aspen Properties as a CapeOpen server. This issue is now fixed. Added documentation for the UNIFPS group binary parameters for the special UNIFAC model used in the PSRK property method Fixed undefined variable in property monitor clmon5 Fixed incorrect check for missing IK-CAPE polynomials parameters for vapor thermal conductivity and solid entropy. Now you can create databanks with names INHSPCD, INHSSOL, INHSBIN in the enterprise database. Fixed incorrect initialization of default values for missing ternary parameters for the Pitzer model Expanded description for TBPrelated prop-set properties from TBP to "True boiling point" so that they can be found easily when the Search button is used to locate a prop-set property Fixed default for liquid Gibbs energy reference state (DGLFRM) for WILS-GLR property method. The previous default used was missing the vapor Gibbs energy departure term. Fixed incorrect activity coefficient property calculations for PSRK, RKSMHV2 and PRMHV2 methods. This fix affects this property as reported in Prop-Sets and in Data Regression reports, not the values used in the equation of state mixing rules, which are correct.
CQ00302674
No Documentation on UNIFPS Parameters
CQ00318380 CQ00303590
Fix undefined variables in property monitors Using a polynomial for thermal conductivity gas
CQ00305541
Inhouse databanks built with APED cannot be used in Aspen Plus WrongResults: Ternary Electrolyte Parameters PITZER TBPTWT and TBPWT are not found using the search
CQ00290887
CQ00299715
CQ00304703
Calculation of HIG and GIG with WILS-GLR
CQ00306888
Incorrect activity coefficients and Gibbs free energy of mixing calculated from the PSRK property method
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Whats Fixed in V7.1

ID CQ00057809 Issue Description Estimation of NRTL binary parameters can cause Fortran errors if the estimated activity coefficient (by e.g., UNIFAC) is very large. Issue Resolution Fixed to avoid Fortran errors.
CQ00328836
SoftGrid V7.0: spurious invalid operation error in APED caused by _clearfp() function not being supported in .NET CAPE-OPEN: CAPE-OPEN property package not always used when selected
Fixed so this error does not occur.
CQ00317720
Fixed problems to ensure that the selected CAPE-OPEN property package is always used in CAPE-OPEN unit operations and in other parts of the simulation, when applicable.
CQ00327423, CQ00323366
Can't find critical pressure for acetone or vapor-liquid equilibrium of water and acetone mixture in Detherm Internet Unreasonable Critical Temperature of SrF2 (smaller than its normal boiling point)
This problem was fixed on the Detherm Internet web site (3rd party).
CQ00048235
Nominal value of Tc (used when not present in databanks) for a non-volatile component is ensured to be larger than Tb
CQ00111961
Partially missing Barin model parameters (such as CPLXP1) were not properly detected, and the calculation continues with invalid values, resulting in erroneous values for properties such as molar enthalpy. Estimation of SR-POLAR binary parameters can run into numerical problems if the component involved is non-volatile (i.e., has extremely low vapor pressure).
Now these parameters are properly detected as missing.
CQ00115455
This problem has been fixed.
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ID CQ00206926
Issue Description CAPE-OPEN: Enhancement request - add support for additional properties
Issue Resolution (1) Added new CAPE-OPEN properties: "criticalCompressibilityFactor", "energyLennardJones" and "lengthLennardJones" (2) Return binary diffusion coefficient for "diffusionCoefficient" according to the definition of "diffusionCoefficient" in CAPEOPEN Thermo Standards. Aspen Plus used to return diffusion coefficients of components in the mixture.
CQ00230232
CAPE-OPEN: RMISS incorrectly reported as a property value, contrary to the standards. Possible bug with SIGDIP parameter form when PCES writes to it.
Return CapeDoubleEmpty instead of ASPEN_RMISS Fixed erroneous estimation of surface tension cause by an unintended method. The unintended method was removed. The problem was caused by the estimation of heat of vaporization when user-supplied vapor pressures are unreasonable. Fixed the program to avoid Fortran errors. Added support for "overall" mixture properties. Added support for properties that include "flow". (1) Add 6 new fields for COPACKAGE to input all properties specifications required in Aspen Properties CAPE-OPEN package (2) Make Aspen Plus and Aspen Properties really able to use Aspen Properties CAPE-OPEN package (3) Add option to allow user to specify Aspen flash or CAPEOPEN flash
CQ00311548
CQ00313797
Severe Fortran error with user defined component
CQ00319345
CAPE-OPEN: Impossible to obtain overall mixture density through the Interface CAPE-OPEN: Flow property not supported CAPE-OPEN: Issue with Aspen Properties CAPE-OPEN property package when used in Aspen Plus
CQ00319371
CQ00319682
CQ00321191
Solid Density for TIO2 and other solid components in inorganic databank is incorrect CAPE-OPEN: AvailableProps method not implemented (CAPEOPEN 1.0 Standards)
Correct solid density of TiO2 and many other solid components (114 components) in the Inorganic databank. Implemented the AvailableProps method
CQ00321609
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ID CQ00322019
Issue Description Make application file names consistent in Amines and Physical Solvents folders Problems installing Unifac databanks - customization using files from the UNIFAC-Consortium
Issue Resolution Make all application file names for Amines and Physical Solvents consistent. Fixed the crash which was caused by the excessive length path name of the Engine user databank file (usrpp1a.dat), which is referenced in the bkp file. Fixed errors caused by components with radius of gyration that is very large (> 10 angstroms). Return RMISS when failing to calculate the correlation properties. Henry's constants written to DFMS input file now contain the correct number of elements. Prompts for primary pure component property models, such as PL0XANT, have been improved to cover the pertinent submodels. Fixed problems such that "missing" values are not returned for these parameters (such as SIGDIP). In addition, the problem with DHVLWT/3 not correctly set for salts is also fixed. Avoid crashing or hanging during such estimation.
CQ00324178
CQ00324520
Fortran errors when using the Hayden-OConnell model
CQ00324801
Reliability of octane number calculations from composition in Aspen Properties 2006.5 DFMS export from Aspen Properties for HENRY data missing input (7th element) Incorrect prompt for the NIST Wagner vapor pressure parameters
CQ00327701
CQ00330198
CQ00334244
Estimation of T-dependent properties of salts can return missing values to the GUI. This can cause simulation errors.
CQ00334924
Estimation of binary interaction parameters for SRK using Property Estimation System does not work if the two components form ideal solution (gamma infinity = 1.0) CAPE-OPEN: Error returned by Terminate method in Aspen Properties CAPE-OPEN: Issue with COMThermo Property Package the COMThermo license server was not released causing the application to hang. CAPE-OPEN: GetNumComponents method is called twice Revise the help message at bottom of the MIXTURE property function for Excel
CQ00324173
Changed appropriate methods in ICapeUtilities functions to return S_OK Fixed the problems such that the license server is properly released. We also fixed a number of memory leak issues. Fixed duplicated call of GetNumComponents method Fixed description of Aspen Properties Excel Add-In function for Mixture Properties. Add description about Shift-CtrlEnter for partial properties.
CQ00319687
CQ00323292 CQ00285989
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ID CQ00133186
Issue Description Import of Aspen Plus bkp file with stream class=mixcisld into Aspen Properties makes Aspen Properties incomplete Input form for electrolyte pair parameters for electrolyteelectrolyte pair does not check / enforce ion type Property Plot Wizard may miss some steps on Vista Cannot copy-paste prop-set that has a comment Opening bkp file that references user databank that is stored in a directory with full path name longer than 80 characters crash the application. Electrolyte wizard does not generate reactions with H+ ions when the H+ ion option is selected.
Issue Resolution Fixed the problem so that stream class information is ignored.
CQ00322619
The form was fixed so that the electrolyte pair must share either one common cation or one common anion. Fixed this problem.
CQ00324066
CQ00333795
Fixed this problem.
CQ00334189
Fixed the problem. The full path name can now be 256 characters long.
CQ00348253
Fixed this problem.
CQ00348854
Loading a bkp file that has databanks which cannot be located (e.g., user databanks that no longer exist on the machine) will cause the other valid databanks to be ignored, resulting in the loss of component names and aliases Properties | Data form for properties such as GAMMA, GAMMAS, KVL, or KLL requires the property values to be entered for all components. However, the simulation engine is more reasonable it requires only one value to be entered. CAPE-OPEN: Importing property package from Multiflash that contains pseudo components into Aspen Plus caused it to crash when run.
Fixed the problem. The databanks that cannot be found will be ignored. The valid databanks are retained.
CQ00108926
Fixed the form to remove the restrictions.
CQ00334975
Fixed the crash, which was caused by improper handling of the formula information
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ID CQ00326582
Issue Description APED: Application.exe.config files do not work on Windows Server operating systems. This problem caused the enterprise database to stop working when multiple versions of Aspen Plus are installed. Units conversion of SRKKIJ is incorrect Pressure Derivatives of Enthalpy and Entropy are Zero for pure water, using the STMNBS2 property method Property-report params is executed too soon resulting in the report not reflecting the parameter values that are regressed. NIST TDE: The unit of density is wrong. Find Compounds dialog box cannot be resized
Issue Resolution These files were renamed to Application.config to solve this problem.
CQ00333863 CQ00335620
Fixed this problem. Fixed this problem.
CQ00313952
Moved the parameter reporting step to after the regression is complete. Fixed this problem. Fixed this problem.
CQ00326362 CQ00350010
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Advanced Simulation Options (Aspen Plus)
Aspen Custom Modeler

Product Description
Aspen Custom Modeler enables you to quickly create custom models to incorporate your companys unique expertise and knowledge, enabling you to fully leverage the benefits of process simulation throughout your company. Aspen Custom Modeler is designed to enable the quick and easy development and deployment of custom process models. Aspen Custom Modeler models can be used within AspenTechs other simulation tools, such as Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, and Aspen Plus Dynamics (Aspen Dynamics), making innovation fully available and part of standard process design and operations studies. This enables you to fully leverage your existing models, and helps to ensure consistency of simulation results.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Model Library Menu Examples of using Visual Basic .NET 2005
Model Library Menu

The new model library menu makes it easier to visualize the contents of a model library and to instance blocks and streams on the flowsheet. Its appearance and behavior is very similar to the model library menu in Aspen Plus. To use the menu, go to the View menu and select Toolbars. Then select the box for Model Libraries and click OK.
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Examples of Using Visual Basic .NET 2005

The existing FiveTank and ACMEvents demonstration examples have been updated to include example code written in Visual Basic .NET 2005 in addition to the existing sample code in Visual Basic 6.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Finding non-default values with Variable Find An improved Model Library Menu An improved handling of regional number formats
Finding Non-Default Values with Variable Find

The Variable Find dialog box has two new options to find: Variables and parameters whose values are not at their default Variables and whose specifications are not at their default
These options make it easy for you to find all changes to the default values and specifications that you have made for review, reporting, or other purposes.
An Improved Model Library Menu

The Model Library Menu introduced in Aspen Custom Modeler V7.1 has the following new features: You can now drag and drop models from the Model Library Menu onto the flow sheet You can now use the Model Library Menu to view the contents of your Custom Modeling folder, as well as model libraries.
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An Improved Handling of Regional Number Formats

Some regions use the comma as a decimal separator, for example Germany and France. All forms and dialogs now use the Windows regional setting for number format to display numbers in the required format. Also dialogs that sort numbers will correctly account for regional settings to produce the correct sort order.

Aspen Custom Modeler V7.0 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Custom Modeler. However, please note the following compatibility issues when upgrading your existing simulations to V7.0: The Export Compiled Flowsheet command enables you to create a dll containing a compiled form of an Aspen Custom Modeler flowsheet, and to use this flowsheet in Aspen Plus. If you used this feature in a version before V7.0, the compiled flowsheet may not run in Aspen Plus V7.0. You will need to export the flowsheet again in Aspen Custom Modeler V7.0 before you can use it in Aspen Plus. If possible we recommend that you use the more powerful Model export capability rather than continue to use Flowsheet export. Model export enables the model configuration to be changed within Aspen Plus. Also exported models can be used in HYSYS and Aspen Dynamics. Exported flowsheets can only be used in Aspen Plus. The ImpEuler (11.), VSIE (11.1) and Gear (11.1) integrators were old implementations that have been superseded by the Implicit Euler and Gear integrators that were introduced in the 12.1 release. They were included in the 12.1, 2004, and 2004.1 versions to give time for transition of existing simulations to the new integrators. These integrators have been withdrawn from version 2006 and later. If you load a simulation that uses one of these integrators it will automatically switch to using the equivalent newer integrator, and will select option and tolerance values that match the old integrator as closely as possible. ACM Language (.acmf) files generated using previous versions of Aspen Custom Modeler are compatible with V7.0. You may see some warning messages when loading .acmf files created with previous versions. This is a result of some solver options that have become obsolete or have been renamed. Saving the file from version V7.0 eliminates these warnings. ACM Document (.acmd) files exported from previous versions of Aspen Custom Modeler cannot be loaded in V7.0. Load these files into the previous version and export them as .acmf files, which can then be loaded into version V7.0. ACM Library (.acml) files generated from previous releases of Aspen Custom Modeler cannot be loaded in V7.0. Load the source .acmf version of these files into V7.0 and regenerate the library file. Aspen Plus .appdf files created with earlier versions of Aspen Plus are not compatible with Aspen Custom Modeler V7.0. If you try to load a physical
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properties file (.appdf) that was generated using an earlier version of Aspen Plus, the following error message appears: SAIPIN-F-Error loading Aspen your .appdf File. Please refer to the Aspen Properties error messages first, or it may be due to an incompatible PDF file version. After you receive this error, exit Aspen Custom Modeler before loading any further simulations. To continue, you must regenerate the .appdf file using Aspen Plus V7.0. Aspen Properties .aprpdf files created with earlier versions of Aspen Properties are not compatible with Aspen Custom Modeler V7.0. If you try to load a physical properties file (.aprpdf) that was generated using an earlier version of Aspen Properties, the following error message appears: SAIPIN-F-Error loading Aspen your .appdf File. Please refer to the Aspen Properties error messages first, or it may be due to an incompatible PDF file version. After you receive this error, exit Aspen Custom Modeler before loading any further simulations. To continue, you must regenerate the .aprpdf file using Aspen Properties V7.0. To avoid this issue in future we recommend that you embed the Aspen Properties .aprbkp file within your Aspen Custom Modeler simulation. To do this, within Aspen Custom Modeler, in Simulation Explorer go to Component Lists, Configure Properties and select Import Aspen Properties file.

Aspen Custom Modeler V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V7.0 and other previous versions of Aspen Custom Modeler. However, please note the following compatibility issues when upgrading your existing simulations to version V7.1. The Export Compiled Flowsheet command enables you to create a .dll containing a compiled form of an Aspen Custom Modeler flowsheet, and to use this flowsheet in Aspen Plus. If you used this feature in a version earlier than V7.1, the compiled flowsheet may not run in Aspen Plus V7.1. You will need to export the flowsheet again in Aspen Custom Modeler V7.1 before you can use it in Aspen Plus V7.1. If possible, we recommend that you use the more powerful Model export capability rather than continue to use Flowsheet export. Model export enables the model configuration to be changed within Aspen Plus. Also, exported models can be used in HYSYS and Aspen Dynamics. Exported flowsheets can only be used in Aspen Plus. The ImpEuler (11.1), VSIE (11.1) and Gear (11.1) integrators were old implementations that have been superseded by the Implicit Euler and Gear integrators that were introduced in the 12.1 release. They were included in the 12.1, 2004 and 2004.1 versions to give time for transition of existing simulations to the new integrators. These integrators were withdrawn at version 2006. If you load a simulation that uses one of these integrators, it will automatically switch to using the equivalent newer
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integrator, and will select option and tolerance values that match the old integrator as closely as possible. ACM Language (.acmf) files generated using previous versions of Aspen Custom Modeler are compatible with version V7.1. You may see some warning messages when loading .acmf files created with previous versions. This is a result of some solver options that have become obsolete or have been renamed. Saving the file in ACM V7.1 eliminates these warnings. ACM Document (.acmd) files exported from previous versions of Aspen Custom Modeler cannot be loaded in version V7.1. Load these files into the previous version and export them as .acmf files, which can then be loaded into version V7.1. ACM Library (.acml) files generated from previous releases of Aspen Custom Modeler cannot be loaded in version V7.1. Load the source .acmf version of these files into Aspen Custom Modeler V7.1 and regenerate the library file. Aspen Plus .appdf files created with earlier versions of Aspen Plus are not compatible with Aspen Custom Modeler V7.1. If you try to load a physical properties file (.appdf) that was generated using an earlier version of Aspen Plus, the following error message appears: SAIPIN-F-Error loading Aspen your .appdf File. Please refer to the Aspen Properties error messages first, or it may be due to an incompatible PDF file version. You should leave the application and reload your input file once you have rectified the problem. After you receive this error, exit Aspen Custom Modeler before loading any further simulations. To continue, you must regenerate the .appdf file using Aspen Plus V7.1.
Supported Compilers in V7.0

You do not need any compilers installed on your computer to use most of the features of Aspen Custom Modeler. However, some optional capabilities do require a compiler. Below is a summary of capabilities that require a compiler:
Activity Creating procedures in Fortran Supported Compiler(s) Intel Fortran 9.0 or 9.1. The compiler must be configured so that it can be used from the command line. Creating procedures in C++ Exporting flowsheets for use in Aspen Plus Exporting models for use in Aspen Plus or HYSYS Creating custom forms Microsoft Visual Basic 6, or .NET 2005. Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2005 The compiler must be configured so that it can be used from the command line.
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Supported Compilers in V7.1

You do not need any compilers installed on your computer to use most of the features of Aspen Custom Modeler. However, some optional capabilities do require a compiler. Below is a summary of capabilities that require a compiler:
Activity Creating procedures in Fortran Supported Compiler(s) Intel Fortran 9.0 or 9.1. The compiler must be configured so that it can be used from the command line. Creating procedures in C++ Exporting flowsheets for use in Aspen Plus Exporting models for use in Aspen Plus or HYSYS Creating custom forms Microsoft Visual Basic 6, or .NET 2008. Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2008 The compiler must be configured so that it can be used from the command line.
Aspen Model Runner

Product Description
Aspen Model Runner enables you to distribute completed simulation models within your company and to your customers and collaborators. Aspen Model Runner provides control over changes to the model and protects the intellectual property within the model. To use it, export your simulation from Aspen Custom Modeler as an Aspen Model Runner simulation. The contents of the simulation file are encrypted to prevent viewing or editing of the contents. You then distribute the Aspen Model Runner file to the end user. The end user needs to install and license Aspen Model Runner. They can then open and run the simulation. Within Aspen Model Runner, they can use all of the Aspen Custom Modeler features relevant to running a simulation, but they cannot edit the simulation or view the content of the models. Aspen Model Runner also supports Aspen Plus Dynamics (Aspen Dynamics) simulations. It is also supported by Aspen Simulation Workbook, which can be used to develop a customized user interface for your simulation.
New Features and Enhancements in V7.0 and V7.1

There are no new features and enhancements in Aspen Model Runner V7.0 and V7.1.
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Aspen Model Runner V7.0 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 of Aspen Model Runner. However, please note the following compatibility issues when upgrading your existing simulations to V7.0: If your Aspen Model Runner simulation uses a custom model library (.acml file) generated from a previous release of Aspen Custom Modeler, it cannot be loaded in Aspen Model Runner V7.0. Load the source .acmf version of these files into Aspen Custom Modeler V7.0 and regenerate the library file. To avoid this issue in future we recommend that you copy the relevant models and other types from the library in to the Aspen Model Runner simulation so that it no longer requires the library to run. Aspen Plus .appdf files created with earlier versions of Aspen Plus are not compatible with Aspen Model Runner V7.0. If you try to load a physical properties file (.appdf) that was generated using an earlier version of Aspen Plus, the following error message appears: SAIPIN-F-Error loading Aspen your .appdf File. Please refer to the Aspen Properties error messages first, or it may be due to an incompatible PDF file version. After you receive this error, exit Aspen Model Runner before loading any further simulations. To continue, you must regenerate the .appdf file using Aspen Plus V7.0. Aspen Properties .aprpdf files created with earlier versions of Aspen Properties are not compatible with Aspen Model Runner V7.0. If you try to load a physical properties file (.aprpdf) that was generated using an earlier version of Aspen Properties, the following error message appears: SAIPIN-F-Error loading Aspen your .appdf File. Please refer to the Aspen Properties error messages first, or it may be due to an incompatible PDF file version. After you receive this error, exit Aspen Model Runner before loading any further simulations. To continue, you must regenerate the .aprpdf file using Aspen Properties V7.0. To avoid this issue in future we recommend that you embed the Aspen Properties .aprbkp file within your Aspen Model Runner simulation. To do this, within Aspen Custom Modeler, in Simulation Explorer go to Component Lists, Configure Properties and select Import Aspen Properties file. Then Save your simulation as an Aspen Model Runner file.

Aspen Model Runner V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V7.0 and other previous versions of Aspen Model runner. There are no new compatibility issues with Aspen Model Runner V7.1.
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Aspen Plus Dynamics (formerly Aspen Dynamics)

Product Description
Aspen Plus Dynamics complements the steady-state simulation capabilities of Aspen Plus, and delivers the benefits of dynamic modeling to the Petrochemicals, Chemicals, and Specialty Chemicals industries throughout plant operation and engineering organizations. Aspen Plus Dynamics advances the use of Aspen Plus for dynamic modeling of plant operations and process design. It enables users to study and understand the dynamics of real plant operations, thereby achieving increased operability, safety, and productivity. Aspen Plus Dynamics is closely integrated with other AspenTech products. With Aspen Plus Dynamics you can transform an Aspen Plus steady-state simulation into a rigorous dynamic simulation within a few minutes. You can also use Aspen Custom Modeler to customize the Aspen Plus Dynamics models. The topics listed in New Features describe the new capabilities in Aspen Plus Dynamics and also summarize compatibility considerations in migrating from previous Aspen Plus Dynamics versions.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Workflow and ease of use
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Model Library with same look and feel as Aspen Plus Radfrac Option to convert to using external condenser for detailed control studies Radfrac selection of default controllers / configuration Radfrac Option to display stage results on a mass basis Improve Dynamic Simulation Performance Using Stream Tearing PID support vendor specific control algorithms Default performance curve in turbine (COMPR) Solid-Only support for True Component Electrolytes
Robustness/performance
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Workflow/Ease of Use Enhancements

Model Library with Same Look and Feel as Aspen Plus
To make Aspen Plus Dynamics more intuitive for Aspen Plus users and to improve the workflow for all users, a Model Library toolbar has been added.
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As in Aspen Plus, the Model Library toolbar appears docked to the bottom of the Aspen Plus Dynamics application window and organizes the model library into tabs. It behaves just like the Aspen Plus model library and improves the workflow for creating control schemes, adding pressure relief equipment, and making other changes to the flowsheet. Only models which are self initializing should be created within Aspen Plus Dynamics (for example, controllers, pressure relief equipment, pipe). Distillation columns should be created within Aspen Plus; you can then use Update Dynamics to add the new block to an existing flowsheet.
Radfrac Option to Convert to Using External Condenser for Detailed Control Studies
Automatically reconfigure a Radfrac column with a condenser into an external condenser in Aspen Plus Dynamics. Key benefits of external condenser: Allows detailed modeling of the overhead system without having to configure it in Aspen Plus (which may be difficult to converge). Use only the Radfrac block in Aspen Plus and then use this new feature to expand the overhead system. Users can then add pumps, heat exchangers, etc. to expand the overhead system Note: adding instantaneous models in standalone dynamics is straightforward if you set flashbasis to procedure. Allows detailed control system to be modeled, accessing the PVs/MVs in the expanded overhead system.
To use this feature, select External_Condenser from the column scripts menu. (See the following screen capture.) This results in a fully specified multi-block Radfrac model with an external condenser. No additional initialization efforts are required.
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Radfrac Selection of Default Controllers/Configuration

RadFrac in Aspen Plus Dynamics (AD) will now allow users to choose between different control schemes from the Dynamics form for RadFrac in Aspen Plus. A new controllers tab is now available in the RadFrac Dynamics form, which allows the user to choose from a set of manipulated variables for a given controlled variable. Users can also delete any control loop not needed in the AD flowsheet, from the Aspen Plus form. Any control scheme different from the ones available through the Dynamics form in Aspen Plus can be configured in AD, as before. Additionally, we have introduced two new control loops that can be included in your dynamic simulation: the top tray temperature and the bottom tray temperature controllers.
Radfrac/Petrofrac Option to Display Stage Results on a Mass Basis

Radfrac and Petrofrac Tables and plots display flows and compositions on a mole basis. To display results on a mass basis set the parameter EvaluateMassFractions to "Yes" on the RadFrac configure form and rerun the simulation.
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Robustness/Performance Enhancements
Improve Dynamic Simulation Performance Using Stream Tearing
For flow driven simulations with recycle streams and for all pressure driven simulations, dynamic simulation performance can be improved by using stream tearing. In Aspen Plus Dynamics, stream tearing has been incorporated into the MaterialStream stream type and the Valve model. Tearing in the MaterialStream is activated via a check box on the Configure form. This should ONLY be used for recycle streams in flow driven. For pressure-driven simulations, you must use a Valve model to tear the stream. The Valve model includes the pressure/flow derivatives to update the torn stream flow variable. The TearStream parameter on Valves Configure form has 3 options: No (default) Deactivate stream tearing Full Tear recycle streams PF-Only Tear the pressure-flow network in non-recycle streams
For details and examples on how to use this new feature, see Improve Dynamic Simulation Performance Using Stream Tearing in the online help.
PID Support Vendor Specific Control Algorithms
Aspen Plus Dynamics now supports some of the key industrial vendors PID algorithms. The implementation has been given to PIDIncr model within ControlModels. This means the same tuning parameters used in the model can be used directly with the actual controllers (and visa versa). As the model is using the documented algorithms, its behavior should match the real controller behavior. The implemented vendor specific control algorithms and their PID equation types are: Foxboro algorithm
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Proportional only (P) Integral only (I) Proportional and Integral (PI) Proportional and Derivative (PD) Proportional, Integral and Derivative (PID) Non-Interacting PID (NI-PID) Interactive form Equation A (Interactive A) Interactive form Equation B (Interactive B) Interactive form Equation C (Interactive C) Interactive form Equation D (Interactive D)
Honeywell algorithm
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Non-Interactive form Equation A (Non-Interactive A) Non-Interactive form Equation B (Non-Interactive B) Non-Interactive form Equation C (Non-Interactive C) Non-Interactive form Equation D (Non-Interactive D) Proportional, Integral and Derivative (PID) PV proportional and derivative type PID (I-PD) PV derivative type PID (PI-D)
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Default Performance Curve in Turbine (COMPR)

Aspen Plus Dynamics now supports a default performance curve for the turbine to give a more realistic dynamic simulation. If you did not enter performance and efficiency curves in Aspen Plus, then the curves Head vs. suction volumetric flow rate and Efficiency vs. suction volumetric flow rate for a turbine are used to give realistic behavior during a dynamic simulation. These typical curves are fitted around the operating point calculated in Aspen Plus. The default performance curve allows the Aspen Plus Dynamics user to change the output of the turbine by varying the turbine shaft speed from the turbine configure form. The user has the option of not using the default performance curves by changing the value of the parameter UseCurves to False, in the Turbine Configure form.
Solid-Only Support for True Component Electrolytes

Aspen Plus Dynamics now supports Solid-Only for models including: Mixer, FSplit, Sep, Sep2, Heater, HeatX, MHeatX, RStoic, RYield, and Feedstream. The Aspen Plus users can export dynamic model with Solid-Only as the validphase. This enhancement has been done as a part of true-component electrolytes supports in Aspen Plus Dynamics.
Miscellaneous Enhancements
TimeData model includes the option to repeatedly cycle through the data. To activate, set Cycle to yes on the Configure form. Stream Sensor now allows user to calculate the gross and net heating values. Select Low heating value from the Available properties window in the ConfigureSensor form to obtain the stream gross heating value (QVALGRS) and the net heating value (QVALNET), respectively.

Aspen Plus Dynamics V7.1 is a maintenance version and there are no major new features or enhancements in this version.
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Compatibility Notes
Here lists problems you may encounter with release V7.0 and V7.1 when opening dynamic simulations created by earlier versions of the software. Rstoic and Ryield "CSTR" option - Run "upgrade" script for each old snapshot in V7.0 and V7.1 Rgibbs does not support "CSTR" Option in V7.0 and V7.1 Flash 2 does not use the Out_Relief Port in V7.0 and V7.1
Rstoic and Ryield CSTR Option Run Upgrade Script for Each Old Snapshot
In earlier releases, CSTR option was modeled by mixing the feed streams into a dynamic vessel. The mixed output of the vessel was then fed into an instantaneous adiabatic reactor. In 2006, the dynamic vessel follows the instantaneous reaction so that the products from the reactor are at the same conditions as the dynamic vessel. Thus when opening an existing dynamic simulation in 2006 the vessel will be initialized at the feed conditions, but in order to reach steady state, the tank conditions must change to the product conditions. We have provided an Upgrade script for Aspen Dynamic 2006 which will operate on all Rstoic and Ryield models in the flowsheet (including those in hierarchies) calculating the initial conditions of the vessel using the results from the older simulation. Run the script prior to performing an Initialization run so that the script can use the results from the previous simulation. You can also run the script immediately after applying a snapshot saved from the existing simulation. The script is invoked simply by double-clicking Upgrade in the scripts folder of the Aspen Dynamics library.
Rgibbs Does Not Support CSTR Option User Must Add a Dynamic Mixer to Simulate a Tank
In earlier releases Rgibbs supported the CSTR option. As with Rstoic and Ryield this option was modeled by mixing the feed streams into a dynamic vessel, the mixed output of the vessel was then fed into an instantaneous adiabatic reactor. The CSTR option has been withdrawn from Rgibbs at 2006. If you wish to model an Rgibbs reactor dynamically you should add a mixer to the product stream(s) and specify the mixer vessel geometry on its dynamic form.
Flash2 Does Not Use the Out_Relief Port

We have changed the ports in Flash2 as follows:
Prior to Release 2006 Out_V (vapor port only 1 stream) Out_L (liquid port only 1 stream) Out_WD (Water decant port 0 or more Release 2006 and later 1 or more streams allowed 1 or more streams allowed No change
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streams allowed) Out_Relief (Vapor relief port 0 or many streams allowed) Not supported
In version 2006, we have removed the Out_Relief port and made it possible for you to connect multiple streams to the Out_V port to connect to relief devices. We have also made it possible to connect multiple streams to the Out_L port. The Out_Relief port is still included in the model allowing simulations which used the Out_Relief port to load correctly but the problem will be underspecified. Users must reconnect relief streams from the Out_Relief port to the Out_V port in order to be able to run the simulation.
Aspen Adsorption (formerly Aspen Adsim)

Product Description
Aspen Adsorption is a comprehensive Flow sheet simulator developed for the optimal design, simulation, optimization, and analysis of adsorption processes. The application addresses the need of engineers and end users to simulate a wide and varied range of industrial gas adsorption processes with additional support for liquid adsorption processes. It can be used to develop and identify optimal adsorbents, design better adsorption cycles and improve general plant operations.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Model Library Menu
Model Library Menu

The new model library menu makes it easier to visualize the contents of the model library and to instance blocks and streams on the flowsheet. Its appearance and behavior is very similar to the model library menu in Aspen Plus. To use the menu, go to the View menu and select Toolbars. Then select the box for Model Libraries and click OK.
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The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: The Variable Find dialog has two new options The Model Library Menu has new features V7.1 now has an improved handling of regional number formats
The Variable Find Dialog Has Two New Options

The Variable Find dialog has two new options to find: variables and parameters whose values are not at their default variables whose specifications are not at their default
These options make it easy for you to find all changes to the default values and specifications that you have made for review, reporting, or other purposes
The Model Library Menu Has New Features

The Model Library Menu introduced in V7.1 has the following new features: You can now drag and drop models from the Model Library Menu onto the flow sheet
Improved Handling of Regional Number Formats in V7.1

Some regions use the comma as a decimal separator, for example, Germany and France. All forms and dialogs now use the Windows regional setting for number format to display numbers in the required format. Also dialogs that sort numbers will correctly account for regional settings to produce the correct sort order.
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Compatibility Notes
Aspen Adsorption V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Adsorption. However, observe following compatibility issues when upgrading your existing simulations to V7.0 or V7.1: The ImpEuler (11.), VSIE (11.1), and Gear (11.1) integrators were old implementations that have been superseded by the Implicit Euler and Gear integrators that were introduced in the 12.1 release. They were included in the 12.1, 2004, and 2004.1 versions to give time for transition of existing simulations to the new integrators. These integrators have been withdrawn from version 2006 and later. If you load a simulation that uses one of these integrators it will automatically switch to using the equivalent newer integrator, and will select option and tolerance values that match the old integrator as closely as possible. Aspen Adsorption Language (.ada) files generated using previous versions of Aspen Adsorption are compatible with V7.0 and V7.1. You may see some warning messages when loading .ada files created with previous versions. This is a result of some solver options that have become obsolete or have been renamed. Saving the file in Aspen Adsorption V7.0 or V7.1 eliminates these warnings. Aspen Adsorption Document (.adb) files exported from previous versions Aspen Adsorption cannot be loaded in Version V7.0 or V7.1. Load these files into the previous version and export them as .ada files, which can then be loaded into V7.0 or V7.1. Note when using Aspen Properties/Aspen Plus property package: If your Aspen Adsorption V7.0 or V7.1 input file includes the Aspen Properties property package, you can load it directly into Aspen Adsorption V7.0 or V7.1. If you are using an external property package in the form of an Aspen Plus .appdf file or an Aspen Properties .aprpdf file, then these files created with earlier versions of that software are not compatible with Aspen Adsorption V7.0 or V7.1. If you try to load a physical properties file (.appdf or .aprpdf) that was generated using an earlier version of Aspen Plus or Aspen Properties, the following error message appears: Aspen Properties abort Unable to open properties definition file "n2psa.appdf" The file may need to be regenerated from a compatible version of Aspen Plus After you receive this error, exit Aspen Adsorption before loading any further simulations. To continue, you must regenerate the .appdf or .aprpdf file using Aspen Plus V7.0 or V7.1 or Aspen Properties V7.0 or V7.1.
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Supported Compilers in V7.0 and V7.1

You do not need any compilers installed on your computer to use most of the features of Aspen Adsorption. However, some optional capabilities do require a compiler. Below is a summary of capabilities that require a compiler:
Activity Creating procedures in Fortran Supported Compiler(s) Intel Fortran 9.0 or 9.1. The compiler must be configured so that it can be used from the command line.
Aspen Utilities Planner

Product Description
Aspen Utilities Planner is a tool for optimizing fuel, steam, and power processes. These utility processes often represent significant operating costs, sometimes second only to the purchase of raw materials. In Aspen Utilities Planner, a single rigorous model of the utilities system is used to address all the important business processes associated with the purchase, generation, use, and distribution of utilities on industrial sites. This approach ensures that all decisions are made on the same basis, and are therefore mutually consistent and compatible.
New Features and Enhancements for V7.0 and V7.1

Aspen Utilities Planner V7.1 is the same as Aspen Utilities V7.0. The new features and enhancements for Aspen Utilities Planner V7.0 and V7.1 are:
Model Library
A NOXEstimator model was added to estimate the non-linear NOX emission from combustion models such Boiler, Gas turbine, HRSG, etc. The non-linearity is handled by piecewise linearization in the optimization. AS_HeatEx model allows shutdown and startup. UpdateContract and UpdateAvailability scripts were added to allow model to update the contract and availability profiles respectively in online optimization. Related variables for availability profiles and contract information are added in the On_Line form for each block. The Psout(*) and Tsout(*) variables were added to the summary table in DriveList model. Corrected a defect in the Stm_turb model: when the constant efficiency method is selected the coefficient a in the optimization equation of Power = a * Steam is wrong.
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Corrected a defect in the pump block for zero flow rate.
Compatibility Notes
There are no database changes in Aspen Utilities Planner V7.1 compared to version V7.0, version 2006.5 or version 2004.2 CP2. Therefore, there is no need to run the Database Converter.
Aspen Reaction Modeler

Product Description
Aspen Reaction Modeler enables you to identify reaction kinetics models using experimental measurements from reaction calorimeters. Key features of Aspen Reaction modeler are: An easy to use user interface that fully supports the model identification workflow, and enables easy copying of experimental data from Excel. Powerful numerical solvers for finding the best fit to your data. Kinetic models consistent with other AspenTech products such as Aspen Plus, Aspen Plus Dynamics and Aspen Batch Distillation, enabling you to use the fitted parameters directly within these products. Use of Aspen Properties for estimating physical properties required for the model identification process. Using the exact same physical property methods and data that you use when running reactor simulations in other AspenTech tools ensures consistency of results.
Aspen Reaction Modeler is included as part of Aspen Batch Distillation. It can also be used by licensees of Aspen BatchCAD. When you run Aspen Reaction Modeler it will look for an Aspen Batch Distillation license, and if it can find one it will use this. If it cannot find one it will then look for an Aspen BatchCAD license and use this. If neither license is found it will not start. Aspen Reaction Modeler includes access to Aspen Properties for physical property calculations, this does not require a separate Aspen Properties license. For systems which contain new molecules that are not included in the Aspen Properties databanks, you have the option to estimate properties using a simpler method that only requires basic data such as density and heat capacity.
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The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Support for additional phase options Choice of Estimation Solvers Usability improvements Three new examples
Support for Additional Phase Options

Kinetic fitting of reaction systems containing only vapor can now be done using the newly added Vapor-Only valid phases option. Kinetic fitting of reaction systems containing vapor, liquid and soluble solids can now be done using newly added Vapor-Liquid-Solid valid phases option.
Choice of Estimation Solvers

Aspen Reaction Modeler V7.1 now allows a choice of 4 solvers for performing the estimation: NL2SOL is a variation on Newton's method in which part of the Hessian matrix is computed exactly and part is approximated by a secant (quasiNewton) updating method. To promote convergence from a poor initial point, a trust-region is used along with a choice of model Hessian. Nelder is a direct search solver based on the simplex algorithm. This method is relatively slow, but can sometimes solve when other solvers fail. HYPSQP is a feasible path successive quadratic programming optimizer. It evaluates the objective variable at the current point and moves the decision variables to take the objective variable towards its optimum value. After solving with the new values of the decision, initial, and control variables, HYPSQP re-evaluates the objective variable. In this way, HYPSQP steps towards the optimum solution. VF13 is a feasible path successive quadratic programming optimizer using the original VF13 code from the Harwell Subroutine Library. You can use the new methods if the default solver (NL2SOL) cannot find a solution.
Usability Improvements
Aspen Reaction Modeler V7.1 contains the following enhancements to improve usability:
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Fitting runs can now be interrupted using the Interrupt button on the Fitting Cases form. A Fitting Progress node has now been added to tree browser to enable easy monitoring of diagnostic messages from the calculation engine. The copy/paste functionality has been improved to enable easy transfer of data between any table on the user interface and Excel.
Three New Examples

Three new examples have been added to illustrate the usage of Aspen Reaction Modeler: Fitting Power Law Rate Constant and Heat of Reaction in the Hydrolysis of Acetic Anhydride. Fitting Power Law Rate Constants in Aspirin Synthesis by Assuming a Fixed Ratio Between Them. Fitting Arrhenius Constants in a High Temperature Shift Reaction Using Simple Properties.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Reaction Modeler V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V7.0 and other previous versions of Aspen Reaction Modeler. There are no known compatibility issues with Aspen Reaction Modeler.
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Process Modeling (HYSYS)
Aspen HYSYS
Product Description
Aspen HYSYS is AspenTechs process modeling tool for steady-state simulation, design, performance monitoring, optimization, and business planning for oil and gas production, gas processing, and petroleum refining industries. HYSYS is built upon proven technologies, with more than 25 years experience supplying process simulation tools to the oil and gas and refining industries. It provides an intuitive and interactive process modeling solution that enables engineers to create steady-state models for plant design, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, operational improvement, business planning, and asset management. Aspen HYSYS offers significant advancement in simulation technology. As with every AspenTech product, it reflects our commitment to delivering Process Asset Lifecycle Management within a platform that is the world leader in ease of use and flexibility and sets the standard for an open engineering environment.

Aspen HYSYS V7.0 includes the following new features and enhancements in the following areas: Enabling Aspen Properties compounds and property methods for simulations APV70 and NISTV70 compound databases New thermodynamic property models Electrolyte capabilities Process Economic Evaluation Hydrates Utility Process Utilities Improved Input Summary Unit Operation Enhancements Aspen Custom Models (ACM) enhancements HYSYS
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Additional CapeOpen 1.1 Support PID support vendor specific control algorithms Calculated residence time for every tray of the tray section Level Tap option now available for the Sump Bottom tray of columns Rigorous heat exchanger modeling speed improvements
Additionally, HYSYS now supports Equation-Oriented (EO) modeling as a new licensable option.
Enabling Aspen Properties Compounds and Property Methods

A major enhancement to Aspen HYSYS includes access to the Aspen Properties chemical compound databases and physical and chemical property calculation methods, more than doubling the thermodynamics capabilities of HYSYS. Aspen Properties contains an extensive component library and built-in binary interaction parameters that make these types of property methods very effective. The enabled property methods can be used in HYSYS process calculations, thus extending the types of components and processes that can be modeled using Aspen HYSYS. For example, you can use the NRTL property methods in Aspen Properties to model highly non-ideal chemical systems, or the electrolyte NRTL property methods to model electrolyte systems.
APV70 and NISTV70 Compound Database

The NIST and the traditional Aspen Properties databases are available to Aspen HYSYS users in the new Enterprise Database architecture only. The new database is a major enhancement to our library of physical property parameters for pure components. Approximately 13,000 new compounds (mostly organic) have been introduced. In addition, the traditional Aspen Properties database (APV70) also contains approximately 2000 compounds. The new database is provided under an agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Standard Reference Data Program (SRDP). The property parameters and the experimental data used were collected and evaluated by the Thermodynamics Research Center (TRC) using the NIST ThermoData Engine (TDE) and the NIST/TRC Source Data Archival System for experimental thermophysical and thermochemical property data. The NIST/TRC Source data is one of the worlds most comprehensive collections of such data.
New Thermodynamic Property Models

Aspen Physical Property System thermodynamic property models include classical thermodynamic property models, such as activity coefficient models and equations of state, as well as solids and electrolyte models. The models are grouped according to the type of property they describe. While there is some overlap between the methods available in traditional HYSYS and methods enabled through Aspen Properties, several new methods are
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available to users now. Some key examples of additional thermodynamic calculation capabilities include Benedict-Webb-Rubin-Lee-Starling, Electrolyte NRTL, and Electrolyte NRTL with HF.
Electrolyte Capabilities
Several chemical process calculations involve electrolytic applications. The new capabilities enable the user to analyze and optimize processes involving ionic species, complex ions, and salt precipitation, with strong acids, weak acids, and bases. Examples of applications for electrolyte process calculation with the Aspen Physical Property System include: Sour water stripping Caustic brine evaporation and crystallization Acid gas removal Nitric acid separation Black liquor evaporation
Process Economic Evaluation

Economic Evaluation lets process engineers obtain relative cost estimates using Aspens Economic Modeling technology from within the Aspen HYSYS environment. Once enabled, the Economic Evaluation toolbar allows process engineers to Size equipment Map conceptual unit operation models to equipment models Review and edit key unit operation and equipment model parameters Estimate the capital and installed cost of the equipment Estimate the overall capital and operating costs of the plant
The Economic Evaluation features can also be accessed via Tools | Aspen Economic Evaluation in the tools menu. (An Aspen Process Economic Analyzer license is required to enable the commands.) See the Integrated Sizing and Costing section in chapter 2, Aspen Integration Projects, and the online help Tools and Utilities section for details on this feature.
Hydrates Utility
The Hydrates Utility has been enhanced to support Structure H hydrates in addition to Structures I and II. The Structure H hydrate requires two types of molecules in its formation: A small Structure H former (methane, nitrogen, or xenon) A large Structure H former (isopentane, neohexane, 2,3-dimethylbutane, 2,2,3-trimethylbutane, 2,2-dimethylpentane, 3,3-dimethylpentane, 2,3dimethyl-1-butene, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butene, cyclooctane, cycloheptane, methylcyclopentane, ethylcyclopentane, methylcyclohexane, cis-1,2dimethylcyclohexane, 1,1-dimethylcyclohexane, ethylcyclohexane, ciscyclooctene, or cycloheptene)
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Therefore, to obtain the Structure H prediction, the given stream must consist of at least one small Structure H former and one large Structure H former. In addition, Structure H hydrates can only form under the Vapor-Liquid-Aqueous condition. This enhancement is based the work of Mehta and Sloan [E.D. Sloan, Clathrate hydrates of natural gases, 2nd edition, 1998, 705pp].
Process Utilities
In this version, HYSYS introduces the concept of process utilities. Users can tag and designate material and energy streams as utilities. With this information HYSYS can calculate the utility consumption per utility type as well as total hot/cold utility consumption in the flowsheet. This new functionality is provided through the flowsheet summary and it can be done at the flowsheet level or for a selected-flowsheet scope. To support this new function a process utility manager user interface is provided (Tools | Process Utility Manager). HYSYS provides a number of built-in utilities with defined heat capacity and temperature range as well as other physical properties. Users can customize it by adding user-defined utilities. The process utility manager has full automation support as well with integration with HX-Net, namely utilities defined in the HYSYS utility manager can be exported to HX-Net and vice-versa.
Improved Input Summary

The input summary has an enhanced user interface that significantly improves its presentation and usability. The output has also been filtered, and default and calculated values that used to appear in the input summary have been eliminated.
Unit Operation Enhancements

Column Enhancements
Column input expert supports thermosiphon reboilers A new page is added to the column input expert for distillation and reboiled absorber to guide the user through the selection of different reboiler configurations. It will automatically create a column sub-flowsheet with the desired reboiler configuration and pre-define the specifications needed to run the simulation. Three pre-defined reboiler configurations are available: once-through, circulation without baffle, and circulation with baffle. The new Reboiler Config sheet allows you to specify one of several possible configurations for the thermosiphon reboiler.
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The reboiler can be a regular HYSYS reboiler, a heater, or a heat exchanger. A new page is added to the Performance tab to report the key reboiler/condenser results.
Heat Exchanger Integrated with the Column

The heat exchanger is integrated with the column so that rigorous calculations can be done in both the column and the reboiler. The heat exchanger is treated as part of the column and both the column and the heat exchanger are solved simultaneously. Thermosiphon reboilers can now be simulated rigorously using Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (formerly Tasc+). Different types of EDR-Shell and Tube heat exchangers can be selected, such as thermosiphon, kettle, and forced circulation. For a thermosiphon reboiler, both fixed-flow and find-flow options are implemented. The user can switch back and forth between a regular heat exchanger and an EDR-Shell and Tube heat exchanger. Some specs related to the EDR-Shell and Tube heat exchanger are automatically defined to minimize the user input. A damping factor is added for EDR-Shell and Tube heat exchangers inside the column sub-flowsheet to improve the convergence of the solver.
Rigorous Heat Exchanger Modeling Speed Improvements

Performance of heat exchangers using rigorous heat exchanger models such as Aspen Shell and Tube (Formerly Aspen TASC+) has been greatly improved. In most situations, execution of rigorous shell and tube, and air cooled exchangers inside HYSYS can be as much as two times faster.
Centrifugal Compressors
Head Calculation Methods In this version, HYSYS introduces two new approaches for the polytropic head calculation: the Huntington and Reference Methods. Both are described in detail in R.A. Huntington, Journal of Engineering for Turbines and Power,
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1985. Both methods are applicable when performance curves are defined and when they are not used. Huntington Method Unlike the Schultz method this method does not assume a polytropic path of the form PV = C . This method uses the definition of the polytropic path H = Vdp (where H is compressor Head) combined with the Maxwell equation
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dh = Tds + Vdp . This yields the general relationship of the entropy derivative 1 e dP along the polytropic path dS = R . Z e P
To integrate this equation, Huntington found that a relationship of the form Z = a + b(P / P1 ) + c ln (P / P1 ) yields results that are more accurate than the Schultz method. Huntington compared the results against those obtained using the reference method (see below). Currently, this method is supported only in HYSYS Steady-State. Reference Method This method is based on the numerical integration of the equations that define a polytropic path H = Vdp and H = edh , without any assumption regarding the form of the polytropic path or the compressibility factor dependency on pressure. The integration method requires the polytropic efficiency to be constant so it can be used only when the user specifies a value for the polytropic efficiency or when the performance curves have been defined for polytropic efficiency. HYSYS currently supports this method only in Steady State. Performance Curves: Off-Design Corrections Based on dimensional analysis, the performance curves can be corrected due to departures in temperature, pressure, and molecular weight relative to the values at design conditions. Two new parameters can be entered for the performance curves: Design Temperature and Design Molecular Weight. When these are supplied, HYSYS then corrects the inlet volumetric flow rate to the equivalent design conditions flow rate. Using the curves, one obtains a design-conditions Head that can be converted to a working-conditions Head based again on non-dimensional analysis. OffDesign Corrections are supported in both steady-state and dynamics.
Steady State Fired Heater

The Fired Heater can now solve in Steady State using a pure thermodynamic model. The Fired Heater supports the specification of combustion efficiency and flue gas temperature. It solves based on these parameters and fullydefined feed and fuel/air streams. In steady state mode, the fired heater supports multiple fuel and air streams. To facilitate the transition, steady state dynamics HYSYS will automatically merge the fuel streams in steady
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state into one fuel and air stream in Dynamics. It will also split the same stream into air and one fuel stream when returning to steady state.
Optimizer
Hyprotech SQP Optimizer Monitor Users can now monitor the convergence of the Hyprotech SQP solver in HYSYS Optimizer. The Monitor tab displays the summary of convergence by providing the Iteration number, the Objective Function value, and Variable values with names and appropriate units after completion of each major optimization iteration during the convergence of the algorithm. Min/Max of the Objective Function Users can now specify the direction of optimization (Min/Max of Objective Function) within the Optimizer window of Hyprotech SQP and MDC Optimizers.
Pipe Segment
Working in pipe segments you now can: Create a new pipe segment by cloning existing segments. Show absolute values for friction pressure drop, static pressure drop and acceleration pressure drop in Performance/Profiles. Show the following heat transfer coefficients in the Rating Page: Heat transfer coefficients of internal film, external film, pipe wall and external insulation.
Aspen Custom Models (ACM) Enhancements in HYSYS

To improve the workflow and ease of use of ACM models in HYSYS, the following enhancements have been made to the HYSYS ACM Operation: The ACM Op Configuration tab allows you to select from all installed ACM models. Custom ACM tables exported with the model now appear on the Variables and Parameters tabs. ACM variables can be selected to appear on the variable navigator and therefore become available on dynamic strip charts, spreadsheets, and case-studies.
Additional CapeOpen 1.1 Support

HYSYS 2006.5 enabled the use of CapeOpen 1.1 property packages in both client and server form. In this version of HYSYS, we have extended this support to enable users to use CapeOpen unit operation models that use CapeOpen 1.1. Thermodynamics.
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PID Support Vendor Specific Control Algorithms

The Aspen-HYSYS PID controller now offers the PID algorithms used by three of the most popular Distributed Control Systems in the market: Honeywell TDC 3000, Foxboro I/A Series System, and Yokogawa Centum CS3000. This is part of an ongoing effort to provide the same functionality as the actual control system of the plant, so that the tuning constants of the simulation can be directly mapped to real controllers. The new algorithms available are the following: Honeywell Interacting, Form A (P, I, and D actions on the error signal) Interacting, Form B (P and I actions on the error, D on the process variable PV) Interacting, Form C (I on the error, P and D on PV) Non-Interacting, Form A (P, I, and D on the error) Non-Interacting, Form B (P and I on the error, D on PV) Non-Interacting, Form C (I on the error, P and D on PV) Pure Integral (on the error signal)
Foxboro Interacting PID Non-Interacting PID Pure Integral
Yokogawa PID (P, I, and D act on the error) I-PD (I acts on the error, P and D on PV) PI-D (P and I act on the error, D on PV)
Calculate Residence Time for Every Tray of the Tray Section

The tray residence time in seconds is now reported for every stage of an unpacked Tray Section in the corresponding Performance/Hydraulics page from within the Column Subflowsheet. This number is important as the dynamic simulation results will be unreliable if the tray residence time is small compared to the composition integration step size for the same column. An empirical rule requiring that a residence time of at least four times the composition integrating step is adopted, so an alerting message to the user will be issued when this condition is not satisfied.
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Level Tap Option Now Available for the Sump Bottom Tray of Columns
Current Level Taps functionality of vessels is now also available for the Sump tray type of columns. Before the implementation of this feature, a custom calculation in a spreadsheet was required to accomplish it. Connectivity to other blocks -in particular to the PID controller- is also possible from the Level Tap.

Aspen HYSYS V7.1 includes the following new features and enhancements in the following areas: Cost analysis Aspen properties EO modeling Workbook usability Integration with the OTS Framework EDR models General Engineering enhancements XML support
Costing Analysis Updates

The Integrated Cost Analysis feature from V7.0 has an improved workflow. The new Investment Analysis command displays the Investment Analysis spreadsheet produced by Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. Equipment Direct Cost and Installed Cost are shown in the Equipment Summary Grid.
HYSYS - Aspen Properties Integration

When using Electrolyte Property Packages HYSYS now shows electrolyte properties such as pH, Osmotic Coefficient, and Ionic Strength in the stream property forms. When importing an Aspen Plus bkp file the chemistry is also imported. Salt and Ions are filtered out from binary parameter forms (such as NRTL). The Property Definition File (APPDF) is saved with the HYSYS case file. This avoids the need to regenerate the APPDF file on loading and it significantly accelerates loading HYSYS cases that use Aspen Properties property packages. New preferences were added for the Valid Phases and Water Solubility methods. Use Tools | Preferences | Property System and select Aspen Properties as the default property system. This enables the option to select defaults for Valid Phases and Water Solubility. For Refinery applications, Valid Phases=Vapor-Liquid-Freewater is recommended. For
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Chemical, Petrochemical, Gas processing and other applications, Valid Phases = Vapor-Liquid or Vapor-Liquid-Liquid is more appropriate. The Water Solubility should be set to a value different from 3 (No Correction) for a Refinery application depending on your needs. The default value of 3 is appropriate for all other applications.
Equation Oriented Modeling
.HYSYS EO Analyzer can now be connected with inlet and outlet streams.
In EO Mode, connection equations to the properties calculated by the analyzer and the down stream block property variables are automatically built. Blocks, such as the EOSMC, that use these property values in their calculations are now complete in their EO formulations. The RateSep unit operation has been added to HYSYS EO. This allows use of the Aspen Plus Rate Based column in HYSYS EO. True and Apparent component approaches are supported by streams and blocks inside the HYSYS EO subflowsheet. True component compositions can be viewed in the outlet streams of blocks using True component approach.
Export to Excel from the Workbook

In V7.1 it is possible to export to Excel directly from the HYSYS Workbook. With the workbook visible go to Workbook | Export | To Excel. There you can select the workbook pages you want to export as well as the maximum number of columns. HYSYS exports each Workbook page to a different Excel Worksheet. As in the HYSYS user interface, calculated values are shown in black and specified in blue.
NPSH Calculations in Pumps: The Thoma method was added as a new option for the calculation of the Required NPSH. In Steady State Required NPSH values are automatically calculated after each solver execution. Fitting Multiplier in Pipe Segment: When modeling a pipe it is common practice to lump all fittings of a certain type together. HYSYS now supports this workflow allowing you to enter the number of occurrences of a fitting rather than adding each fitting individually. The Process Utility Manager supports a new view showing all of the streams associated with a given utility. This eliminates the need to open each stream view to check for a given utility tag.
HYSYS Run Time Version

A new HYSYS Run time license was introduced in this version. Only the Aspen OTS Framework is able to activate a HYSYS case in Runtime mode. This enables process trainers and Operator Training Simulators (OTS) to be deployed with a runtime license. In Runtime mode a new HYSYS_RUNTIME license is checked out in dynamics mode. If the HYSYS_RUNTIME license is
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not available, the standard HYSYS_Process license will be checked out. While running dynamics in RUNTIME mode, there is no need for a HYSYS_Dynamics license. All other licenses will be checked out the same as standard HYSYS. In Runtime mode the following restrictions apply: Users cannot create/delete unit operations or streams. Users cannot change stream connectivity. Users cannot enter the basis environment.
HYSYS XML Support

Significant enhancements were introduced to the XML support in HYSYS V7.1: Aspen Properties fluid packages, Equation Oriented Subflowsheets and Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR) models (in Heat Exchangers and Air Coolers) all support XML saving. Also numerous defects were fixed in the XML area for both steady-state and dynamic variables.
Retired Models
A converter available from the AspenTech Support web site will allow you to convert from a Heat Exchanger using Aspen TASC to the newer Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (Shell & Tube, formerly Aspen Tasc+) and convert Air Coolers using Aspen ACOL to the Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger (AirCooled, formerly Aspen Acol+). This change will cause different results, but the results are based on updated heat exchanger research and should be more accurate than the results of the older programs. Important: This (V7.1) is the last version of Aspen HYSYS that will support TASC and ACOL. We strongly encourage you to upgrade to Shell & Tube and AirCooled now. Aspen TASC is not included with the current version of Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating. In order to use the legacy TASC program with HYSYS in V7.1, you must install Aspen TASC 2006.5. In order to use the converter to convert TASC to Shell & Tube, you must install Aspen TASC 2006.5 and Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger. Aspen ACOL is not included with the current version of Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating. In order to use the legacy ACOL program with HYSYS in V7.1, you must install Aspen ACOL 2006.5. In order to use the converter to convert ACOL to Shell & Tube, you must also install Aspen ACOL 2006.5 and Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger.
All settings in TASC and most settings in ACOL can be represented precisely in Shell & Tube and AirCooled.

Aspen HYSYS V7.0 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen HYSYS.
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Pressure Drop Calculations in Heat Exchangers tubes: A defect was corrected in the calculation of tube pressure drop using the Hysim Correlations in the laminar and transition regime. This change affects the steady-state and dynamic rating method (in steady state) as well as dynamic simulations. Notice that this change does not affect calculations in the turbulent regime.
Whats Fixed in V7.0

Unit Operation/General Issues
Issue Number CQ00244839 Issue Description On loading from a XML file, checkboxes present in various tabs of recycle operation are erroneously activated/deactivated Cannot add ACM operation to the HYSYS flowsheet Copy and Paste Column Objects from HYSYS to ASW via ASI does not work properly Copy/paste for material stream in the ASW variable organizer does not work correctly On loading from an XML file, the checkboxes in the Worksheet tab PF Specs of Expander are erroneously activated/deactivated HYSYS may stop responding if the user tries to cut an object in the column environment. Slip-Based Holdup option is not provided for OLGAS-3P Holdup calculations in the HYSYS steadystate pipe segments. HYSYS may stop responding if the user tries to access Performance | Plots page | Transport Properties | View Table while there is no result in the table. Spurious inconsistency error is observed in Air Coolers. ACM operation variables are not correctly imported into HYSYS spreadsheets. Issue Resolution The issue is resolved
CQ00245507 CQ00248896
The issue is resolved The issue is resolved
CQ00250382
The issue is resolved
CQ00251483
CQ00256212
CQ00255758
This is now shown in the performance page of the pipe segment operation when using OLGAS-3P correlation. The issue is resolved
CQ00259278
CQ00262156 CQ00274957
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Issue Description The drag and drop functionality for spreadsheets does not work properly for streams with black oil substances. Sparse continuation solver in a column creates a heat and material balance when water and hydrocarbon are drawn from the stage. AspenSplash.exe does not disappear in the running processes after launching HYSYS Refrigeration Loop imported from version 3.2 does not converge in version 2006 and higher. EO sub flowsheet fails to solve when using ACM models in EO.
Issue Resolution The issue is resolved
CQ00287240
CQ00292892
CQ00294504
CQ00295592
ACM objects and valve will get the right property values for the components and the EO subflowsheet correctly solves. The issue is resolved
CQ00296397
On loading from a XML file, the checkboxes in the Worksheet tab | PF Specs of PFR operation are erroneously activated/deactivate On loading from a XML file, the checkboxes in the Worksheet tab | PF Specs of CSTR operation are erroneously activated/deactivated Unit conversion of empty temperatures in petroleum column assay curve plots causes bogus numbers. In LL column, transport properties of heavy liquid are not displayed in the plot. Also plots of K values are not updated if user picked a component which was not chosen originally. Pressure drop in the tube side of heat exchanger for flows in the laminar regime is giving wrong results. The problem affects steady state problems when using the dynamic in steady state rating mode and dynamics. Dynamic page display in the reactor view is not correct. On loading from a XML file, the checkboxes in the Worksheet tab | PF Specs of relief valve are erroneously activated/deactivated
CQ00296410
CQ00297108
CQ00297350
CQ00297529
CQ00297595 CQ00297610
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Issue Description When printed from a report, the font size of heat exchanger data is very small and difficult to read LNG (steady-state) solves instantaneously in 2004 but not in 2006 or higher.
CQ00300028
Caused by the new option to add mixed liquid phase properties to heat exchanger performance curves. The problem has been fixed and the LNG solution time is comparable with the times obtained in version 2004.2 The issue is resolved
CQ00300866
Std Gas Flow on stream property page is empty after the mass flow rate of the stream was modified property Mismatched fluid packages errors in the balance operation when doing an energy balance only. Data in Rating | Carry Over Setup page of separator is not read properly when loaded from an XML file Input summary fails to display. An error message is displayed when the box "Input Summary format" in Simulation -> View XML menu is checked HYSYS freezes when adding hypothetical components to a component list already in use in a flowsheet containing adjust operations. Expander - Multiple IGV option creates a new curve data when changing expander speed Property Plot bug in Oil Environment. Whenever we change plot types in blend plots the plots were not getting updated. HYSYS may stop responding if the user tries to enter the column environment after saving and reopening the case file. File conversion from Aspen HYSYS 2006.5 to Aspen HYSYS 2006: XML conversion cannot be read properly into previous versions of Aspen HYSYS.
CQ00302662
CQ00303496
CQ00304229
CQ00306050
CQ00307239
CQ00307245
CQ00307976
CQ00309201
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Issue Description When using the Glycol Property Package copy and paste object in the flowsheet freezes HYSYS. In version 2006.5 loading cases including Acol heat exchangers can fail. When a column has ranged specifications of top and bottom temperatures and the values are negative, HYSYS incorrectly shows an error telling "Spec value should be inside min-max range". The View button of the Petroleum Assay Balance does not work In the HYSYS Input Summary, a entry has been wrongly labeled as Temperature instead of vapor fraction The Balance operation cannot be copied and pasted without a crash if the attached streams are not selected. Condenser Plot/Table Error: Incorrect phase type (vapor, liquid and aqueous) were found, when calculating the performance of a sub cooled condenser, Print Preview Slow Loading: HYSYS is taking up to 10 minutes to load the property data for some streams. This happens only when using the DBR Amines property package. The fluid packages of subflowsheet items are not properly assigned when a subflowsheet is copied/pasted. Missing 2nd liquid phase properties cause problems for TASC+ Heat Exchangers even when they are present in very small amounts.
CQ00310524
CQ00312374
CQ00312408 CQ00312758
CQ00313388
CQ00313429
CQ00313536
CQ00316961
CQ00318100
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Properties/Basis Environment
ID CQ00265041 Issue Description Problem in PRSV property package results in incorrect water dew point calculations Errors when calculating liquid surface tension using Aspen Properties CAPE-OPEN package from Aspen HYSYS With the General NRTL property package, changing the binary interaction parameters (BIPs) of two components having zero flow rates does affect the flash calculation. HYSYS shows -3.2767e6 instead of empty in mass flow for OLI components Change of fluid package to a sub flow sheet object through the Object Inspection menu is not supported. CAPE-OPEN unit ports and unit variables are not registered properly resulting in errors when placing a CAPE-OPEN unit operation Property Plot bug in Oil Environment. Whenever we change plot types in blend plots the plots were not getting updated. Tabulator K-Values: K-values calculated from the tabular equation POLY4 was incorrect. Conditions for the Higher Heating Value, and Wobbe. Issue Resolution The issue is resolved
CQ00285488
CQ00289610
This is incorrect. This problem has been fixed by implementing the correct zero-value assignment in the activity coefficient calculation The issue is resolved
CQ00295337
CQ00295518
HYSYS still does not support this functionality but now a warning message is issued. The issue is resolved
CQ00306177
CQ00307245
CQ00311625
CQ00312822
Fixed incorrect calculation of Gas Properties Correlations for Reference Temperature as 0C in HYSYS. The issue is resolved
CQ00315394
Surface Tension problem in CAPE OPEN 1.0. The problem is in the calculation of the surface tension using the Aspen Properties CAPEOPEN interface. Problem using CAPE-OPEN 1.1 COMThermo server in COFE Issue with VMGThermo 1.1 in Aspen HYYSYS: Problem reloading a saved case with CAPE-OPEN 1.1 property package
CQ00316192 CQ00316556
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ID CQ00316731
Issue Description CAPE-OPEN: Two gas phases with TEA in Aspen HYSYS: CAPE-OPEN Thermo 1.1 Interface returns incorrect phases in the material object to 3rd party property package Aspen COMThermo CAPE-OPEN 1.1 server does not support ICapeUtilities interface
CQ00318811
Utilities
ID CQ00287231 Issue Description 1) Units are not displayed correctly in all 7 types of plots in envelope utility; 2) Units are not displayed and updated correctly in heat exchanger plots. CQ00299944 Dynamic Depressuring utility shows mass imbalance The "Close component material and energy balance" option is checked automatically when you run a Dynamic Depressuring case. The depressuring utility can now accept zero or non-zero molar flow rate for its feed stream. The warning of "Metal Thickness is Empty" has been removed. This warning applies only when using the Detailed Heat Loss model. Unit of critical point in Envelope Utility plots was not updated correctly. The issue is resolved Issue Resolution The issue is resolved
CQ00300158
HYSYS depressuring utility changes the feed flow rate to zero when calculation starts When running the depressuring utility in Fire mode (and heat loss = none) it shows an unnecessary warning metal thickness is empty. Incorrect phase envelopes.
CQ00307280
CQ00315388
CQ00316759
Hydrate Curves are automatically calculated in envelope utility even if hydrate option is unchecked
HYSYS Dynamics
ID Issue Description Detailed heat loss model for vessels in Dynamics does not work properly when small time steps are used Issue Resolution The issue is resolved.
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ID CQ00265387
Issue Description Total component holdups changing in closed loop
Issue Resolution The option "Close material and energy balances" was not working properly and the final effect was to the expected behavior. During the computation of the liquid level for the 3 possible phases inside the vessel, a tolerance not tight enough was giving wrong values for the spherical- and elliptical- head designs only. There is a negligible increase in computational effort when the new tighter tolerance is introduced. The issue is resolved.
CQ00293774
Vessel calculates wrong material balance in dynamics when ellipsoidal heads are used
CQ00297508
Curves calculated based on fan laws are not correctly calculated when HYSYS is in dynamic mode. Dynamic-composition step failed when heat exchanger flow rates are changed to zero HYSYS dynamics 2006.5 crashes with old file saved in this version HYSYS freezes when a controller tries to update its attachment status upon closing. When using property correlations attached to streams in dynamic mode - there was a memory leak. This led HYSYS to exit after running for some time. HYSYS exits when going to Auto tuner page of the controller
CQ00298872
Zero flow was not accepted on inlet/outlet streams of heat exchangers The issue is resolved The issue is resolved
CQ00311131 CQ00312991
CQ00314005
CQ00318408
Whats Fixed in V7.1

ID CQ00147567 Issue Description Real Separator Calculations: Inconsistencies generated when the inlet pressure drop calculations are active. Sparse solver does not converge when the product rate is specified together with the rigorous flash option. Liquid-Liquid Absorber for NGL Treating with LiMather does not solve and HYSYS freezes. Issue Resolution
CQ00150903
CQ00222868
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ID CQ00223268
Issue Description Reboilers performance table shows wrong heat flow when using DBR Amines Property Package. Component efficiencies calculated incorrectly in L-L amine columns. H2S efficiencies show values larger than 1. Inconsistency error occurs in contactor when switching to DBR Amines Property Package When using DBR Amines package in gas sweetening columns and separation units inconsistency errors are observed. When enabling MPC modifications in the MPC controller the control interval change to incorrect values and no further modifications are possible. HYSYS crashes when disconnecting a reflux stream and then connecting the stream to a pump. Counterintuitive effect in MEA extraction of H2S from LPG
Issue Resolution
CQ00226220
CQ00237325
CQ00246464
CQ00250666
CQ00256023
CQ00257488
Stream was calculated as vapor instead of liquid, and mole fraction of H2S increased with MDEA flow.
CQ00264232 CQ00265387
HYSYS Property Wizard fails to launch Total component holdups changing in closed loop. The option "Close material and energy balances" was not working properly and the final effect was the opposite of the expected behavior.
CQ00295528
Can not reload cases saved with separators using the tube bundle option. Case crashes on loading when using separators with the tube bundle option in dynamics Status bar of the EDR Design utilities does not show OK even when the execution finishes without errors. Critical point is shown outside the phase envelope when loading cases saved in previous versions of HYSYS. User properties still show in the correlation manager after being deleted in the basis environment
CQ00295528
CQ00297039
CQ00304817
CQ00312302
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ID CQ00317019
Issue Description In the EO subflowsheet unconverged problems show product streams as solved (dark blue). When a utility is used to tag an energy stream the utility mass flow does not change when the heat flow varies during a dynamic simulation. In the Microsoft Vista Operating System HYSYS crashes when appending a new correlation to a stream. This problem occurs only when HYSYS is dynamic mode. When using a CAPE-OPEN COM Thermo property package in Simulis Thermodynamics it gives a sever error. Placing a column template in PFD is extremely slow.
Issue Resolution
CQ00318081
The problem is resolved and the utility mass flow is updated with changes in energy flow in dynamic mode.
CQ00318615
CQ00318810
To solve this problem the overall phase was added as a supported phase and phase fraction are calculated only for existing phases. To make visible the PVT environment button HYSYS checks for an upstream license when creating a new case or when dropping a column template in the PFD. This button is now visible and the license check is done when the user tries to enter the PVT environment.
CQ00319087
CQ00319335
HYSYS does not solve when the ACM input file is changed in an ACM operation. HYSYS crashes when deleting subflowsheet streams having property correlations. HYSYS may crash when entering the build environment after the Aspen Properties Electrolyte Wizard is run for a second time. The Electrolyte Wizard dialog cannot be resized. Electrolytes calculations using Aspen Properties give different results in HYSYS and Aspen Plus. In HYSYS ice formation was treated as equilibrium reaction while in Aspen Plus is treated as a salt formation. Now HYSYS also treats this chemistry as salt formation.
CQ00319504
CQ00319752
CQ00319752 CQ00320211
CQ00320529
The Aspen Properties Find Compound Dialog shows incorrect caption.
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ID CQ00320529
Issue Description The Aspen Properties Find Compound Dialog shows incorrect caption. When having 2 EDR Design utilities in the same case the selection of the flag copy stream data from exchanger in one utility seems to affect the behavior of the other utility too.
Issue Resolution
CQ00320905
CQ00320944
When running in dynamics, the pump indication that there is vapor in the inlet stream will not automatically update. New Unit Operation Grid Display Not Working as Planned The Unit Operation and Equipment Summary views are now saved with the workspace and now remain open when switching workspaces or environments
CQ00321359
CQ00321876
When using Aspen Properties Electrolyte property packages HYSYS generates incorrect electrolyte pairs for the pair interaction parameters GMELCC, GMELCD, GMELCE and GMELCN. HYSYS crashes when saving a case with the Flowsheet Summary | Mass and Energy Balance page opened. HYSYS crashes when importing a template and selecting to reuse the existing case Fluid Package fails for Aspen Properties based fluid packages. HYSYS fails to export mole fraction based composition from the spreadsheet. Aspen HYSYS Dynamics: Valves do not predict the same flow rate for direct and reverse flow conditions under the same pressure drop. Aspen HYSYS Dynamics: Incorrect/misleading warning message when the column tray residence time is less than four times the integration time step. The warning message says one quarter instead of four times
CQ00321879
CQ00321910
CQ00322037
CQ00322138
CQ00322187
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ID CQ00322220
Issue Description HYSYS freezes if setting the cost coefficients A2 and A3 both as 0 in Vessel Sizing Utility HYSYS Freezes when trying to change to EO mode and EO subflowsheet containing a balance operation.
Issue Resolution
CQ00322550
CQ00322739
Error when using COMThermo CAPE-OPEN 1.1 property package that contains only one component. CAPE-OPEN Unit operation cannot be used in Windows Vista. When installing Aspen HYSYS V7.0 in a system where HYSYS 2006.5 is installed HYSYS fails to register HYSYS V7.0 as the Version Independent Automation Server. Restore file association does not the registration HYSYS either. Cases that require an upstream license cannot be loaded when the upstream license becomes unavailable. Cases that have an Infochem Multiflash fluid package will not crash when opened without an Upstream license. Although the case will open, the case will not solve if the fluid package is being used on the flowsheet. The problem has been resolved and now these messages are also sent to the HYSYS trace window. The Economic Evaluation Equipment Grid now updates automatically.
CQ00322747 CQ00322876
CQ00322950
CQ00323093
COMThermo/CAPEOPEN error messages that are sent to the log file are not making it into the HYSYS trace window. HYSYS: Integrated Sizing/Costing Equipment Grid does not update after running a cost evaluation. The user needs to close and reopen the grid in order to see the updated values. Changing the kinetic parameters of a reaction does not trigger the regeneration of the Aspen Properties APPDF file. Add Hypothetical components to an Aspen Properties component list and fluid package and the stream flashes will not converge.
CQ00323103
CQ00323298
CQ00323306
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ID CQ00323323
Issue Description Column calculations will not work any more when changing an EDR Heat Exchanger in thermosiphon mode from fixed flow to find flow specification.
Issue Resolution
CQ00323542
Importing EDR geometry file into HYSYS causes some problem with Pass Partitions in HYSYS EDR interface. The data for pass partition is labeled incorrectly or imported into the wrong cells. Template Parameters cannot be used as independent variables in case study. Honeywell PID Algorithms Do Not Take Derivative Parameter =0 Incorrect ft factor warning message when using EDR model in HYSYS Heat Exchanger. In the Basis Environment | Fluid Package View click the Edit Properties Button. Then modify the properties of any component and click Reset Properties for all users of this Fluid Package, HYSYS crashes. Column Crashes when deleting a tee in the column subflowsheet, and then open the equipment view of the column flowsheet Heater and Coolers that converged appear as not converged when the case is reloaded. Water mixed with a liquid stream of CO2 does not show the presence of the aqueous phase (in a range that it should show it) Inconsistent thermal conductivity values observed the feed stream property data and the values shown in the performance table of the heat exchanger. HYSYS will not crash when the user tries to view the Rating | Equipment tab for column after an object has been deleted from the column subflowsheet. Variables exported by a subflowsheet can now be added as independent variables to a case study
CQ00323877
CQ00324103 CQ00324381
CQ00324503
CQ00324504
CQ00324641
CQ00324662
CQ00324750
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ID CQ00324810
Issue Description Oil Output Settings ASTM D86 conversion Method changes from API 1994 to API 1974 automatically. Aspen HYSYS Dynamics: Pipe segment shows an incorrect warning message in the status windows saying heat transfer information is under specified. This message applies only to steadystate simulations and it is irrelevant in dynamic simulations. Aspen HYSYS Dynamics: Pipe segment shows an incorrect warning message in the status windows saying heat transfer information is under specified. This message applies only to steadystate simulations and it is irrelevant in dynamic simulations. HYPROTECH SQP Optimizer crashes when switching to the Monitor tab. HYSYS does not filter out (not applicable) salt species from electrolyte pair interaction parameters (GMELCC, GMELCD, GMELCE and GMELCN). Property table utility displays mass density value for both Mass Density and Std. Ideal Liq. Mass Density HYSYS will crash when click Override Model of Envelope Utility. HYSYS crashes when closing a dynamic case containing a separator with a tube bundle option on. Liquid-Liquid Hydrocyclone: Droplet Sauter Mean error value entered by the user is not saved. HYSYS crashes when adding a boiling point utility. HYSYS does not run correctly when using Aspen Properties PCSaff property package.
Issue Resolution
CQ00324875
CQ00324875
CQ00325688
CQ00326926
CQ00327362
Std. Ideal Liq. Mass Density was not calculated correctly in Property Table utility.
CQ00327652 CQ00327774
CQ00329564
CQ00331144 CQ00335147
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ID CQ00337426 CQ00338465
Issue Description All the variable definitions in EO measurements disappear on recall. PVTSim database text file import does not read in critical properties.
Issue Resolution
The critical properties of pseudo-components defined in a PVTSim database text file will be read-in correctly to HYSYS
CQ00339005 CQ00349496
Removing global correlation set crashes HYSYS Settings of the trail on compressor performance plot are not stored/retrieved properly, limits are constraining as well Compressor Trail information will now get saved when the user saves the case as both binary or XML.
Equation Oriented Modeling

This is a new licensable option available with HYSYS. Equation Oriented (EO) Modeling is a different strategy for solving your flowsheet simulations in HYSYS. A specific flowsheet type is enabled called the EO Flowsheet wherein you choose a different solution strategy for your models. EO Modeling is a very effective way of solving certain kinds of problems, such as: the simulation of highly heat-integrated or recycled processes; process optimization; model tuning via parameter estimation and data reconciliation.
In HYSYS, the standard modeling approach is Sequential Modular (SM). The SM strategy solves each block in the flowsheet in sequence, where given its inlet streams, each block computes its outlet streams. When recycles are present, flowsheet iteration is required. Although effective for many types of simulations, the SM strategy can be very time-consuming for certain types of problems. EO modeling is an alternate strategy for solving flowsheet simulations. Instead of solving each block in sequence, EO gathers all the model equations together and solves them at the same time. For this reason, EO modeling is sometimes called equation-based or simultaneous equation modeling. The EO strategy can be very effective for the kinds of problems for which SM is weakest, such as: highly heat-integrated processes highly recycled processes processes with many design specifications process optimization process model tuning through data reconciliation and parameter estimation
Usually, these types of problems are difficult to solve with SM strategy, because they require many successive solutions to the flowsheet and might
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contain many nested convergence loops. Although the number of variables and equations can be very large, EO solves the entire flowsheet simultaneously without nested convergence loops and utilizes analytical first order derivatives. As a result, EO strategy can solve much larger problems using the same computational effort. In this version, EO capabilities are available as a licensable option of Aspen HYSYS. Also, several enhancements have been added to the previous version only available in Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining and Aspen HYSYS Upstream. Several EO unit operations have been enabled: Splitters/Mixers Heaters/Coolers/Heat Exchangers Heat Exchanger Modeling: HXFlux (LMTD model) Distillation columns and liquid-liquid extraction Pumps/Compressors Plug Flow Reactor: RPlug Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor: RCSTR
Some of the common HYSYS workflow features are continually supported within the EO Flowsheet such as: Copy and Paste are now supported in the HYSYS EO subflowsheet. Multiple fluid packages are supported within the subflowsheet. Users can define component groups to select a smaller set of components to be applied for certain EO blocks. Default names for EO Blocks consistent with the way default names for unit operations are assigned in HYSYS.
Aspen HYSYS Upstream

Product Description
HYSYS Upstream extends the upstream capabilities of the HYSYS simulation environment in two main areas: Thermodynamics: HYSYS Upstream extends HYSYS capabilities using the key upstream thermodynamic methods, Black Oils and PVT. Hydraulics: HYSYS Upstream delivers mechanisms for integrating with production field models with built-in industry-leading well and flowline modeling tools including PIPESIM from Schlumberger, Aspen Hydraulics, and OLGA 2000 from Scandpower.
Using the HYSYS Upstream option allows consistent thermodynamics and models across an integrated asset. These holistic models create powerful tools to make better decisions on Oil and Gas assets to improve the return on capital.
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Aspen HYSYS Upstream V7.0 includes the following new features and enhancements in the following areas: Production Allocation Utility Hydraulics Subflowsheet
Production Allocation Utility

The Production Allocation Utility tracks the movement of components through the flow network. Specifically, the utility calculates the amount of each component in a selected stream that originated from one or more userspecified source streams. In this version, the dynamic algorithm of this utility for the pipe segment and tank was improved to account for the possible holdup volume in these unit operations. In addition, the ease of obtaining results from the production allocation utility has been improved by adding the Variables ply of the Results tab in the utility view. On this tab, users can create a list of variables in the Report Variable List box that becomes available in the Databook. By making these variables accessible through the Databook, users can create process data tables and strip charts that display results from the production allocation utility. In addition, the user can quickly create a strip chart from the utility view by clicking the Create Stripchart button on the Variables tab. By clicking this button, any variable that has been checked will be added to a new stripchart.
Aspen Hydraulics
There are two new steady-state unit operations available in the Aspen Hydraulics subflowsheet: (1) an orifice plate and (2) a bend. The orifice plate operation lets users model the effect of a sudden change of velocity in a pipeline, while the bend enables modeling of the effect of a change in flow direction. In v7.0, these new operations are only supported in steady-state simulations, the ability to model these fittings in dynamic simulations will be available in the coming release.

The new features and enhancements for V7.1 are described in the following subjects: Aspen Hydraulics
Aspen Hydraulics: Bend and Orifice in Dynamics

The 2 new fittings (pipe bend and orifice plate) introduces in V7.0 only for steady state simulation, now they are also supported in Dynamics. As with the current fittings (valve and swage), the orifice plate and pipe bend will be modeled as a face between pipe segments in dynamics. Consequently, these operations do not have volume. By representing these fittings as faces, the flow in bends and orifices can be altered through two mechanisms:
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By modifying the flow area at the face By adding an irrecoverable loss term to the momentum equation that is proportional to a form-loss coefficient K ( ~ K v2).
For dynamic simulations in Aspen Hydraulics, the user now has the option of modeling a fitting through one, none, or both of these mechanisms. The modeling techniques for these fittings can be selected on the Dynamics tab of the specific fitting view with two new checkboxes: Model as an area change Model as a form loss
If the Model as an area change is selected, then the numerical flow area of the face representing the fitting will be modified as appropriate. For example, for an orifice plate, the flow area of the face that represents the orifice will be set to the cross-sectional area of the throat. If the Model as a form loss is selected, then a form loss factor will be estimated using the method selected in the Pressure drop selection box on the Data tab and the K v2 term is included in the momentum equation. Important: To include this additional form loss mechanism, form losses must be included globally with the Wall Friction option of the dynamic solver. If both of the checkboxes are selected, then both of these methods are included in the model. If both boxes are not checked, then the dynamic simulation will proceed as if the fitting does not exist. As a final note, care must be taken when modeling the area change at a fitting. If the area change is included in the model, then the size of the pipe cells adjacent to the fitting can have a significant impact on the pressure drop calculated across the fitting. It may be necessary that the length of the pipe cells be of the same order as the diameter of the fitting before the dynamic solution converges.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen HYSYS Upstream V7.1 and V7.0 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen HYSYS Upstream.
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Whats Fixed in V7.0

ID CQ00241776 Issue Description Phase slip calculations in the hydraulics subflowsheet are not transferred to the main HYSYS flowsheet. Issue Resolution The phase flow rates calculated by Aspen Hydraulics that account for phase slip can be transferred to connected streams in the HYSYS main flowsheet. To use this option, the "Synthetic Component Balance" checkbox must not be checked on the "Dynamics" tab of the Hydraulics The issue is resolved
CQ00275626
The estimation method for the inner heat transfer coefficient in HYSYS pipe segments does not work properly for black oil substances. The volumetric flow rates are not calculated correctly for black oil output streams in Hydraulics sub flowsheets. The values of the mass, molar, and volume flowrates for the "Mixed Liquid" are not properly returned to the Databook for Aspen Hydraulics streams. If a user types in the name for a stream on the Connections tab of the multi-segment pipe in Aspen Hydraulics, the stream is not created on the flowsheet and attached to the multi-segment pipe. Using the compositional solver in Aspen Hydraulics, cases with multi-segment pipes does not run properly in dynamics. For certain Hydraulics flowsheets containing tee operations, the case does not successfully re-start in dynamics mode if it has been saved and re-loaded in dynamics mode.
CQ00296292
CQ00296311
CQ00296436
The issue is resolved.
CQ00297204
CQ00297225
The issue is fixed.
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ID CQ00297517
Issue Description Segments inserted in the Hydraulics complex pipe are correctly named.
Issue Resolution When a segment is inserted into a multi segment pipe in Hydraulics, the name of the segment will be assigned the number that represents its location in multi segment pipe. For example, the first segment will be named "1" and the second segment will be named "2". The issue is resolved
CQ00298466
Streams on the main flow sheet cannot be connected to the Hydraulics operation using the drag-and-drop method. Profiles are not automatically named in Hydraulics
CQ00298467
When a profile is added on the "Profiles" tab in Aspen Hydraulics, a default name is given. This makes it easier for the user to create a quick profile. The production allocation will work properly for the heat exchanger and lng operations. Previously, the utility calculated the allocations for the output streams of these operations as if the input streams mix.
CQ00298487
The Production Allocation Utility does not work correctly when heat exchangers are within the utility scope.
CQ00299770
Inconsistency error when adding a heater or a valve in flowsheet using a black oil property package.
The water density of a black oil substance will not be automatically set to 998 kg/m3 when the property package is changed to the Neotech black oil in the simulation environment. This will avoid inconsistency errors in certain situations. The issue is resolved
CQ00304098
OLGA Link does not support single phase flow
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ID CQ00304599
Issue Description PVT environment: "Launch Engine" button inactive for DBRpro and InfoChem Multiflash engine.
Issue Resolution The user can now view a fluid package that has been created by DBR PVT Pro. A dialog box will appear when the user selects to view the fluid package in the basis environment. This window allows the user to launch DBR PVT pro or view the advanced COM Thermo settings. The issue is resolved
CQ00310597
For certain cases, the copy and paste functionality would cause a crash in Aspen Hydraulics. This has been fixed. The pressure drop calculation for inclined pipes using the HTFS method in Aspen Hydraulics is incorrect. Upstream Compositional Dynamics could not run in Vista.
CQ00312510
CQ00313498
The compositional solver in Aspen Hydraulics should work properly in the Vista operating system The issue is resolved
CQ00315453
Pop-up errors appear when loading certain cases that contain DBR PVT Pro fluid packages. Hydraulics sub-flowsheet unnecessarily re-solves when an object is added to the main flowsheet even when the object is not connected to the subflowsheet.
CQ00315458
An Aspen Hydraulics subflowsheet only re-solves if a flowsheet object is added to Hydraulics. This removes the behavior of the Hydraulics subflowsheet unnecessarily resolving when an object is added to the main flowsheet. The issue is resolved
CQ00317771
The hydraulics compositional solver does not work correctly if hydraulics is not installed in the c:\Program Files\AspenTech directory. Problem using Multiflash 3.7 in Aspen HYSYS via CAPE-OPEN 1.1
CQ00319717
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Whats Fixed in V7.1

ID CQ00348346 Issue Description Aspen hydraulics cases with black oil streams do not properly handle reverse flows. Issue Resolution
CQ00338226
The crane pressure drop method does not work correctly for the aspen hydraulics valve unit operation. HYSYS crashes when closing an OLGA link case Cases with many input streams (>~10) to an OLGA-link operation will not crash when closed The pressure drop calculated across a Hydraulics orifice now correctly supports the Crane method in steady-state In the Aspen Hydraulics multisegment pipe, the inner and outer insulation layer selected by the user will be tracked correctly. Dynamic cases will run successfully if they contain more than 4 hydraulics subflowsheets The valve, orifice, and bend fittings in Aspen Hydraulics can handle negative flows. The solver will not stop when in the presence of flow reversal. Including form losses for a Hydraulics pipe segment during a dynamic simulation gives the correct result. (For a pipe segment, including form losses should not have an effect in the pressure drop.) A trace message will appear if the reference conditions of boundary streams are not set correctly.
CQ00328100
CQ00328006
Hydraulics: Crane Pressure drop not functioning for orifice
CQ00327730
Aspen Hydraulics issues: The control on the table for the outer insulation layer is not working properly. Dynamics does not run when many Hydraulics subflowsheets are present in the HYSYS flowsheet.
CQ00324091
CQ00323231
Hydraulics - Problem with Flow reversal in Valve
CQ00322571
Dynamic Form Losses not correct in Hydraulics.
CQ00322429
Need more descriptive "Incomplete" message in Hydraulics
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Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining (formerly Aspen RefSYS)

Product Description
Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining provides an integrated multi-user environment allowing engineers to store, share, and process multiple unit petroleum refinery simulation data. Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining adds new features to HYSYS that dramatically improve refinery simulation and refinery wide simulation. Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining provides the technology framework to support steady state process design, dynamic operability and management, asset planning and utilization.

The new features and enhancements for V7.0 are described in the following subjects: Petroleum Shift Reactor Petroleum Assays Petroleum Distillation Isomerization Unit Operation Hydroprocessor Bed Unit Consistency in usage of Properties and compounds
Petroleum Shift Reactor

The Petroleum Shift Reactor (PSR) in V7.0 is designed to support Common Model Environment (CME) framework compliant PIMS submodels. This is in addition to the smc format of submodels that the PSR supported before. The smc format submodels are also internally converted into an Open-Equation model. The PIMS submodels are less rigorous nonlinear models for refinery operations like FCC, Hydrocracker, etc. These submodels calculate products yields and properties using feed flow rates and properties as model inputs. When a CME file is loaded, the PIMS submodel mapping wizard of the PSR automatically maps the CME model variables (based on their attributes and values) and the Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining variables (stream flow rates, compositions, properties, etc). PSR also now allows the user to recalibrate a submodel by adjusting its parameters, so the user can match the yields and properties calculated by the submodel with those obtained from a rigorous model. This re-fitted model can be saved back into a cme or xlp file
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that can be used in planning and scheduling applications like PIMS-AO, Aspen Refinery Scheduler (formerly OrionXT), etc. The objective behind facilitating recalibration and exchange of submodels is that non-Engineers in Planning and Scheduling domains can use these refitted accurate models in their plant optimization analysis. The internal architectural layout of the PSR has also been re-designed, allowing the unit to solve much faster. This is a big advantage when loading and solving large refinery wide flowsheets containing many PSR units. Notes: Support of CME framework needs a new license enabled to work with HYSYS Petroleum Refining. Products such as PIMS-AO do not have the corresponding functionality enabled until a future release (i.e. aspenONE V7.1).
Petroleum Assays
The interface for the petroleum assay manager has been simplified in order to tighten the link between Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining and Aspen PIMS. PIMS formatted assays can now be easily imported and exported (new feature) from Petroleum Assay Manager. In the previous versions, user required a text based input file for mapping PIMS assay with petroleum assays. Now a simple step-by-step graphical wizard is implemented for mapping purposes which makes PIMS assay import/export easier to use.
Figure: Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining Petroleum Assay Manager Environment
Additionally, a new user interface has been implemented in order to characterize the petroleum assay from Macro-cut data. This interface requires distillation curve (TBP/D86/D1160/D2887 in different basis) and light end
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information in order to generate the petroleum assay for any granularity. For assay properties it can take in properties curve (Boiling Point vs. Property value), bulk properties and extrapolation options in order to distribute properties among its components. The property characterization functionality mentioned above is also available on manipulator unit operation in order to shift properties using given property curve. This interface is also available on every stream and it can be exported to HYSYS spreadsheets, OLE, and Aspen Simulation Workbook (through HYSYS spreadsheet).
Petroleum Distillation
Aspen PIMS is well known for its enterprise-wide optimization capabilities. Aspen PIMS has two ways of modeling distillation process: (1) swing cut modeling and (2) short cut distillation (SCD) modeling. Swing cut modeling is a flow optimization problem that requires the product yields (sometimes referred to as LP vectors) for each main product as well as swing products. Whereas, the short cut distillation model is a proprietary method that calculates the product yield as a function of its effective cut points. The main reason to integrate the PIMS distillation operation with the Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining is to update the LP vectors in the swing cut utility modeling and to update the tuning parameters in the SCD modeling through rigorous HYSYS distillation column. For swing cut modeling approach in PIMS, Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining has a swing cut utility. This utility can now be run over a petroleum column as well as a rigorous distillation column. When this utility is applied to a petroleum column, it manipulates the TBP End Points for swing cuts and calculates the product yields and properties. On the other hand, when this utility is applied over a rigorous column, it calculates the flow specification value from TBP End Points specified in utility and rigorous column will be executed for different flow specifications in order to generate produce yields and properties.
Figure: Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining Short Cut Column Integration with PIMS
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For the short cut distillation column modeling approach, a PIMS-generated SCD file can now be imported into Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining, and the Petroleum column will automatically be configured with equivalent information. The main purpose of importing PIMS SCD file into Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining is to determine its tuning parameters from the mass and energy balanced calibration data generated from rigorous distillation column. If the data generated from a rigorous column is reconciled and of good quality, the calibration performance is improved. The PIMS SCD can now be updated with these tuning parameters. Using these tuning parameters in overall refinery optimization problem will provide improved results. One of the barriers in using petroleum distillation column in Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining was its lengthy setup processes. Now the setup procedure for a petroleum distillation column has been simplified. The user will have two modes of setting up a petroleum column: (a) a simplified process (this does not require: a product draw stage/return stage, stripping steam data, reboiler data, and many other inputs) (b) a detailed process (this opens up input experts and the user can specify detailed information which is approximated in the simplified process). A stage-by-stage approach is not supported from this release; the user can always use the rigorous distillation column for this purpose.
Isomerization Unit Operation

A new unit operation for modeling isomerization reactors has been added. This unit operation models isomerization of butanes, pentanes, and hexanes. Therefore, it can be used to model any isomerization unit typical in a refinery. The isomerization reactors are important for modeling the gasoline production in a refinery. The user may select this from the Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining object palette or from the Flowsheet | Add Unit Operation menu item. When an isomerization unit operation is added, the user can connect feed streams (combined liquid feed and hydrogen) to the isomerization unit. Any feed stream attached to the isomerization unit must use the components from the CatRefIsom.cml file and the REFSRK basis which is automatically created when importing CatRefIsom.cml. The user can use a stream cutter to get a stream on the correct component basis. The user can tune the model manually to match plant data by adjusting the basic tuning parameters or the advanced tuning parameters. The isomerization unit may also be placed within an EO flowsheet that uses the fluid package and components from CatRefIsom.cml. Within the EO flowsheet environment, the isomerization unit can be placed from the EO palette or from the Flowsheet | Add Operation menu item.
Hydroprocessor Bed Unit

In the Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining simulation environment, a new unit operation called hydroprocessor bed (HBED) will be available. The user may select this from the Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining object palette or from the Flowsheet | Add Unit Operation menu item.
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When a hydroprocessor bed is added, the user can connect feed streams (combined liquid feed and hydrogen) to the hydroprocessor bed. Any feed stream attached to the hydroprocessor bed must use the components from the hcr.cml file and the HCRSRK fluid package that is created when importing hcr.cml. The user can use a stream cutter to get a stream on the correct component basis. The user can tune the model manually to match plant data by adjusting the basic tuning parameters or the advanced tuning parameters. The hydroprocessor bed may also be placed within an EO flowsheet that uses the fluid package and components from hcr.cml. Within the EO flowsheet environment the hydroprocessor bed can be placed from the EO palette or from the Flowsheet | Add Operation menu item.
Consistent Properties and Chemical Compounds

Aspen Properties based calculation methods and chemical compound databases have been much more tightly integrated in the V7.0 release of HYSYS. The reactor models (Reformer, FCC, and Hydrocracker) have always used these methods from Aspen Properties. However, these properties were always loaded and used separately from other units operations, even within the reactor environments. For V7.0, the hydrocracker and reformer unit operations have been upgraded to work completely using a consistent set of calculation methods (based on Aspen Properties) (for the reactor, streams, and distillation columns). Furthermore, all three reactor models will now function in a flowsheet where the user has specified Aspen Properties based fluid package for the main flowsheet environment. The FCC can now work with either Aspen Properties or HYSYS based property methods. When the user imports an assay to define the basis environment, either Aspen Properties or HYSYS Properties may be selected. In the main environment, the FCC can be connected to a stream on either basis and the model should solve provided the feed rate, distillation, and composition are suitable for the FCC unit. The Reformer is now fully using Aspen Properties. Any stream or distillation column within the reformer environment will use Aspen Properties and the components and fluid package from CatRefIsom.cml. In the main environment, the user may connect a stream that is using an Aspen Properties basis or a HYSYS properties basis. The model should solve when connected to a stream using Aspen Properties or HYSYS properties, as long as the feed rate, distillation, and composition are suitable for the reformer unit. The hydrocracker is also fully defined using Aspen Properties. Any stream or distillation column within the hydrocracker environment will use Aspen Properties and the components and fluid package from hcr.cml. In the main environment, the user may connect a stream that is using an Aspen Properties basis or a HYSYS properties basis. The model should solve when connected to a stream using Aspen Properties or HYSYS properties, as long as the feed rate, distillation, and composition are suitable for the hydrocracker unit. Furthermore, the user can build an entire flowsheet around the hydrocracker model using the same consistent set of property methods, which was not possible before.
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The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1. Common model environment (CME) framework compatibility Petroleum shift reactor Petroleum Assays Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining Recycle Petroleum Distillation Hydrocracker unit operation new limits on beds Hydrocracker calibration of narrow cuts Extended hydrocracker component slate and transition FCC calibration light ends basis
Common Model Environment (CME) Framework Compatibility

CME is a new model centric capability that allows Process Engineering, Planning and Scheduling domains to share common model instances. In this environment compliant models may be authored in the appropriate application and used by other applications subscribing to the CME requirements. CME is based on Open-Equation model technology and the Open Object Model Framework (OOMF) executive. Models must be open equation models persisted in a format acceptable by the AspenTech Open Object Model Framework (OOMF). Such models can be opened by any application supporting OOMF. This also provides automatic access to any of a wide variety of supported LP, NLP and MINLP solvers and optimizers via the Aspen Open Solvers (AOS) interface. The front end for CME is the CME Visual Executive which enables users to open, review and execute models. It also provides limited model editing capabilities.
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Figure: CME Visual Executive capabilities
The objectives of the CME framework are: CME will enable the use of Rigorous Engineering Models in Planning, Scheduling to facilitate greater accuracy and range of prediction. It will also enable use of simplified model types from Planning applications to be used in Engineering applications to increase scope of the engineering model, for example, users will be able to create a Refinery-wide simulation by using models derived from Planning applications and Engineering applications. Allow extensions to the model format. This enables more information to be authored and persisted with the model to assist incorporation of CME models authored in one application into another host application. Performance, Accuracy comparison utility for different levels of model fidelity (e.g. conversion units, crude units, etc.) Reduce or eliminate effort required for mapping of inputs/outputs of integrated model instances. CME model instances are self-contained and can be run in a standalone mode within applications with CME capability. These applications include:
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Aspen PIMS Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining (formerly Aspen RefSYS) Aspen Refinery Scheduler (formerly Aspen ORIONXT)
In Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining V7.1 the capability of authoring a CME model is introduced. A new utility Common Model Utility allows users to generate in simulation environment CME models which can then be imported
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into other applications such as Aspen PIMS and Aspen Refinery Scheduler. It is useful to build such CME models in HYSYS for complex models such as refinery reactors (Hydrocracker, FCC, Reformer, etc) which are typically based on several tens of thousands of equations and variables. These models are usually calibrated to fit the plant data. The CME model would try to represent such a complex system in a simplified form in terms of user selected model independent and dependent variables. The CME models built in V7.1 are linear models representing the dependent model variables (product flow rates, product properties, etc) as a linear combination of independent variables (feed flow rates, feed properties, reactor parameters, etc). The coefficients in these models are calculated based on derivatives calculated automatically by the program.
Figure: CME model authoring capabilities in Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining V7.1
The other way in which a CME model can be generated is from PIMS submodels or ACM models using the CME-Visual Executive. CME Visual Executive is available to all users and can be accessed through the Start | AspenTech. However, when using the Visual Executive, the user needs to manually assign attributes (such as physical type, units, connection types, etc) to the variables and organize variables into standard CME ports. The advantage when generating the CME model in HYSYS is that the model variables are automatically assigned the right attributes and organized into the standard CME ports, thus making the model ready to be seamlessly loaded into PIMS and Refinery Scheduler.
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Petroleum Shift Reactor

The Petroleum Shift Reactor in V7.1 allows the user to specify Calculated Feeds. This feature is very useful for models such as Hydrotreater or Hydrocracker where the amount of Hydrogen consumed for a given feed to react is usually calculated by the model itself. For a calculated feed, the user needs to specify the base yields/flowrates and shift vectors along with the regular product streams. The user also needs to specify the temperature, IBP an FBP of the calculated feed streams in order to calculate its composition and conditions. In V7.1 the petroleum shift reactor allows the user to select the Distillation curve type (TBP, ASTM D86, D2887, D1160) and the composition basis (Mass, Volume) when calculating the product composition after specifying the distillation cut points. It also allows the user to specify the light end composition for the products when calculating composition based on the distillation cut points.
Petroleum Distillation
The Petroleum Column in V7.1 now also has an option to generate PIMS format SCD file using a step-by-step wizard. While writing a PIMS format SCD file, user can also add assays stored in petroleum assay manager. Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining now uses the OOMF framework for petroleum column simulation and calibration. This enables petroleum column to generate consistent simulation result as PIMS SCD and calibration results in petroleum column has been improved.
Hydrocracker Unit Operation New Limits on Beds

The Hydrocracker Unit operation has been modified so that each reactor can now have from 1 to 6 beds. For previous versions, there was a minimum of 2 beds and a maximum of 4 beds. The added flexibility will allow for modeling more real units. The user will be able to specify these using the configuration wizard for the hydrocracker.
Hydrocracker Calibration of Narrow Cuts

Narrower square cuts for the naphtha and the distillate cuts have been added to the hydrocracker calibration. There are a total of six narrow cuts: light naphtha, heavy naphtha, kerosene, distillate, gasoil, and resid. The added flexibility will allow the user to more closely match yields for narrow cuts.
Extended Hydrocracker Component Slate and Transition

An extended hydrocracker component slate has been created which has a higher resolution of components for better fractionation. The component slate is available by importing the hcr_extended.cml file in the basis environment. The base hydrocracker component slate can be mapped to this expanded component slate by using the new hydrocracker product transition. This can
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be selected from the connections page on the hydrocracker as the transition for the HPS liquid, or the user can add a stream cutter and select the hydrocracker product as the transition type there. If the hydrocracker has no recycle, it is recommended that the extended HCR transition be mapped to an assay basis for fractionation and product properties. However, if there is a recycle stream coming back to the hydrocracker, it is recommended that the extended component slate be used for fractionation since the hydrocracker product transition can be used to map this back to the base hydrocracker component slate.
FCC Calibration Light Ends Basis

The FCC calibration has been modified so that the light ends can be input on a mass basis. For V7.0 and earlier, it was required that all fuel gases use a molar basis and LPG and naphtha streams use a volume basis.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining.
Whats Fixed in V7.0

Issue Number CQ00318283 Issue Description Exporting manipulator's shift properties' target values from spreadsheet does not work as designed. Bug on GetCorrelation Issue Resolution Manipulator's product target value for shift property was not properly exported from spreadsheet before. Now it does. When user property correlations were attached to streams in dynamic mode - there was a memory leak. Now this problem is solved. The issue is resolved Petroleum assay balance can now be displayed in flowsheet environment. The issue is resolved
CQ00314005
CQ00312511 CQ00312408
Not able to shift hydrocracker outlet properties in manipulator The View button of the Petroleum Assay Balance does not work When you "push" a kinetic lump defined feed from calibration to simulation, it does not update the new Volume/Weight flag in simulation
CQ00310266
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Issue Description Mass flow rate gets incorrectly recalculated when I change product composition.
Issue Resolution Composition changes to the product measurements for the reformer calibration no longer recalculate volume flowrate or mass flowrate if one of those is specified. In 2006.5, it always assumed the standard gas flow was specified. The hydrocracker no longer requires you to normalize all of the light end products individually to run a calibration. In 2006.5, you would get an error message about product mass biases not being calculated if these were not all normalized. The issue is resolved.
CQ00308935
Hydrocracker calibration doesn't run if light ends compositions not normalized.
CQ00308439
Stream ports have changed for eocsplit. As a result, the internal connection between recspl and psep is wrong. Volume percent conversion is wrong.
CQ00307987
The volume percent conversion no longer contains C2 and lighter components. In 2006.5, these were included, but not on an FOE basis, so conversions were too high. hcrcalib.cpp was modified so that the correct index is used. The feed blender is now single phase which improves stability of the model. Default viscosity blending mixing rule is modified - this works for most of the cases. Whenever we change plot types in blend plots - the plots were not getting updated. They are updated now. HYSYS Petroleum Refining will not crash if you select "revert to default input and results" when it fails to solve for the reformer. For previous versions, the incorrect restore command would cause a crash. EOC deactivation rates are now reported correctly. In 2006.5, there was a units issue, so that values were off by a factor of 1.8.
CQ00307980 CQ00307979
Problem with calibration of Hydrocracker. High pressure feed flash fails.
CQ00307920
Change Default Viscosity Blending Rule Property Plot bug in Oil Environment
CQ00307245
CQ00307223
The attached case crashes when trying to solve.
CQ00304079
Baseuom is incorrect for catalyst deactivation rates in RefSYS Hydrocracker.
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Issue Description Manipulator: supply a tool to provide user supplied shape of the curve
Issue Resolution Manipulator has new functionality to take in End Point vs. Property value curve and use this to determine output stream's property vector. FCC now calculates a total nitrogen and a basic nitrogen curve. This allows external recycles to be handled correctly. In Petroleum column, the plots in manual calibration mode were not updating after changing tuning parameters. It is fixed now. HYSYS Petroleum Refining will no longer crash if you add a reformer with a stabilizer to a flowsheet. When the user changes basis of the PetShiftReactor, the dropdown list for IBP and FBP was not updated with new components. Fixed now. Modified code so that the petroleum transition doesn't require a different component slate between the inlet and the outlet stre When cancelling copy properties view - petroleum assay view was getting closed. This is fixed now. Macro-cut table is now able to characterize petroleum assay. So there is no need to characterize oil first and then transfer it Added a trace warning to show the reason when RVP calculation fails. When assay composition gets modified - initial and final boiling point of assay will get updated. For PIMS submodels that have recursed calculated composition of feed streams (e.g., unsat. Propane in C4 mix in Sulfur Alky. Model), those compositions can now be mapped as a feed/product property in PIMS mapping wizard of PetShiftReactor. A PIMS submodel where one of the yields is consumed rather than generated, it will appear as Supplementary Feed stream rather than Product stream.
CQ00298365
FCC only calculates a basic nitrogen curve and not a total nitrogen curve. Petroleum column - Plots in manual calibration mode do not update after changing tuning parameters RefSYS crashes when adding a reformer with a stabilizer to a flowsheet with an assay. The options for IBP and FBP do not change with the Basis
CQ00297898
CQ00296250
CQ00296126
CQ00294782
If a hydrocracker template is placed in a flowsheet with hcr components, it doesn't try to solve. The Petro Assay View is shut down when canceling Copy Properties WrongResult: Aspen RefSYS Distillation curve for HGO and RC Calculating RVP
CQ00293727
CQ00292996
CQ00292985
CQ00286315
Update IBP and FBP of Assay When Composition is Modified WrongResults: Petroleum Yield Shift Reactor: Does not compute yields correctly when a stream with recursed composition is a feed
CQ00284799
CQ00284785
Petroleum Yield Shift Reactor: Material consumed from a material balance row (VBAL) cannot be designated as a feed on the Product
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Issue Description WrongResults: The Composition in Feed 3 dose not changed when unchecking Use GC Data in Reformer Reactor Section FW: PC RefSYS evaluation yield shift reactor modeling Shortcut column does not solve with Aspen Prop FP RefSYS Submodel calculator reader. Let user specify product properties Current isomerization model is too slow and sometimes unstable.
Issue Resolution Solver was not called when reformer feed data was changed. Now it is called. In V7.0, the Petroleum shift reactor created before 2006.5 had some recall issues. Fixed now. Petroleum column will now work with Aspen Properties property package. Previously in petroleum shift reactor, if a PIMS smc is loaded, user cannot add more product properties to shift. A new isom unit operation has been created which is more stable and faster than previous isom templates created for HYSYS. The new unit is based on Aspen EO Reactors and can be used in a regular flowsheet or an EO flowsheet. A new unit operation, hydroprocessor bed, has been created. This can be used to model any hydroprocessor bed (hydrotreating or hydrocracking). Proper error message is displayed when IBP and FBP of petroleum feeder are outside the range. TBP End Points were not getting exported to HYSYS spreadsheet. Now they are getting exported. Crude name gets carried over once exported filename is selected. Recycle will now have a functionality to initialize the property vectors of its output stream. These initial values will be used in the first iteration. So that we can start calculation with nonempty values and hence ensuring property propagation. After transferring tuning parameters - petroleum column is reset - so that new input is accounted. Display of yield and temperatures are modified.
CQ00268017
CQ00267707
CQ00264795
CQ00261954
CQ00261945
There is no separate unit op for hydrotreater.
CQ00251350
Ad hoc: warning message error in trace window about Feeder IBP and FBP ranges RefSYS export from spreadsheet to petroleum column spec does not work Crude Tag name doesn't carry over automatically when saving Properties mixing
CQ00218421
CQ00214474
CQ00202977
CQ00191879
Petroleum Column Defect
CQ00185920
Switch Yield and Temperature on composition page of Assay Manipulator
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Issue Description LHSV calculation is off if there are fewer than 4 beds in a reactor. Problem with calibration of Hydrocracker.
Issue Resolution LHSV for reactors with fewer than 4 beds is now correct. Light Ends yields on the Analysis | Calib Summary page now show up correctly. For 2006.5, the index was off and the values were shifted so they didn't match what was shown on the Product Yields page. Underlying connections around the product separator are now correct. For 2006.5, the port names changed, so some connections were not being made properly. This bug caused a slight error in the flowrates of Net H2 and Net Liquid. HYSYS now checks to make sure a fluid package has been added when creating a new FCC before entering the basis environment. Variables for the Treating Bed to Cracking Bed ratio for the hydrocracker now show up properly for ASW or for HYSYS spreadsheets. Recycle Compressor T is now available for ASW or for a HYSYS spreadsheet. In Manipulator, change property option should change only product property, but it was changing feed property for the first component which is being changed. Now it is fixed. Composition view was not able to expand - it can be expanded now. Appropriate naming is provided for petroleum column exported variables Display of yield and temperatures are modified. After transferring tuning parameters, petroleum column is reset so that new input is accounted. Crude name gets carried over once exported filename is selected.
CQ00307980
CQ00308439
Stream ports have changed for eocsplit.
CQ00316212
Crash: EOS Flowsheet doesn't check for null fluidpkg or null property pacakge when leaving basis environment Some RefSYS Hydrocracker variables are mislabeled for ASW.
CQ00318286
CQ00318287
Recycle compressor T from Hydrocracker not available in ASW. Some problems in Assay Manipulator
CQ00293806
CQ00151261 CQ00151888
View items on petroleum assay properties view TBP Spec Variable name for RefSYS Shortcut Column Misleading Switch Yield and Temperature on composition page of Assay Manipulator Petroleum Column Defect
CQ00185920
CQ00191879
CQ00214474
Crude Tag name doesn't carry over automatically when saving
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Issue Description RefSYS export from spreadsheet to petroleum column spec does not work Trouble shifting liquid density using the Manipulator
Issue Resolution Petroleum column inputs can now be exported to spreadsheet cell. Some of the manipulator properties (e.g. Density, RON) were not able to shift - they are shifted now. Manipulator will give a warning when supplied Light ends are not consistent with supplied D86 curve. Diagnostic error/warning message implemented.
CQ00228180
CQ00234494
WrongResult: Poor pseudocomponent distribution in Manipulator Insufficient information in error message for errors in Petroleum Distillation Column Calibration function Calculating RVP
CQ00239825
CQ00292985
Added a trace warning to show the reason when RVP calculation fails. Macro-cut table is now able to characterize petroleum assay. So there is no need to characterize oil first and then transfer it as petroleum assay. When cancelling copy properties view - petroleum assay view was getting closed. This is fixed now. When importing PIMS assays Smoke Point Property was not imported, now it is imported. In Petroleum column, the plots in manual calibration mode were not updating after changing tuning parameters. It is fixed now. Stream's OLE interface is expanded to take in a shape of the curve for property vectors. (Function Name = ShiftStreamProperty). After adding a correlation (Aniline Point for example) on a stream and deleting that stream was causing a crash. Product Fractions and Cut Point Specification in petroleum column were not exported to HYSYS spreadsheet cell. It is exported now. Whenever we change plot types in blend plots - the plots were not getting updated. They are updated now.
CQ00292996
WrongResult: Aspen RefSYS Distillation curve for HGO and RC
CQ00293727
The Petro Assay View is shut down when canceling Copy Properties Smoke Point in Petroleum assay is empty after import assay Petroleum column - Plots in manual calibration mode do not update after changing tuning parameters Stream interface: expand stream OLE interface to take in a shape of the curve for property vectors Crash happens when delete a stream with some new Property Correlations applied Petroleum Column: Product Fractions are not being exported to HYSYS spreadsheet
CQ00297059
CQ00297898
CQ00300131
CQ00303896
CQ00307204
CQ00307245
Property Plot bug in Oil Environment
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Issue Description Copy and Paste streams having added correlations properties are not working. All the properties in the copied streams are empty. Bug on GetCorrelation
CQ00314005
When user property correlations were attached to streams in dynamic mode - there was a memory leak. Now this problem is solved. HYSYS flowsheet with PFR was crashing after click View XML - it is resolved now. Petroleum assay utility was giving different result than stream's correlation for TBP and other distillation curves when hypo components were not sorted by their boiling points. In petroleum shift reactor, the base yield values and independent values on model data page could not be exported from the spreadsheet. Fixed now. If cells are added to the parameter or simulation worksheet, the combotables now get updated properly when the macro is run. Feed nitrogen is now available in the picklist for LP vectors if the feed nitrogen is specified.
CQ00314069
HYSYS crash after click View XML Petroleum Assay Utility Gives Different result than stream's correlations
CQ00317679
CQ00306830
Petroleum Shift Reactor: Cannot export base yield values and ind. parameters from spreadsheet Not all combo-boxes get updated properly if you add rows to the ComboTables worksheet. Feed Nitrogen should be available in LP vectors and case study pick list.
CQ00308962
CQ00272584
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Whats Fixed in V7.1

Issue Number CQ00328173 Issue Description There is a problem with Editing/Deleting Independent Variables on Model Data page in Petroleum Shift Reactor The Petroleum Shift Reactor status bar color remains yellow even after completion of solving. User has to explicitly click ignored and unignored to change the color. In Petroleum Shift Reactor with an SMC/CME loaded in it, the flowrate values shown on Product Specs->Results page different from Worksheet page In Petroleum Shift Reactor with an SMC/CME loaded in it, the model independent variables on Model Data page are not exposed to ASW In Petroleum Shift Reactor when user changes product stream name, the IBP, FBP and Temp become empty and noneditable. In case with EOSubmodel, after synching to EO if the user closes the case HYSYS will crash. In vista, when an smc/cme is loaded into a petroleum shift reactor the case will crash. In Petroleum Shift Reactor, if the fluid package is changed case won't solve. Cannot import shift property's product target values correctly to spreadsheet Cannot export shift property's product target values from spreadsheet Cannot export shift property's product-feed delta values from spreadsheet Issue Resolution The Model Data page view is modified and all the problems are fixed now.
CQ00324785
After the petroleum shift reactor is solved, status bar turns green.
CQ00324694
The Results page and Worksheet page shows same flowrates now.
CQ00324670
The submodel/CME independent variables on the model data page are now exposed to ASW.
CQ00323752
User cannot change product stream's name without losing anything on PSR.
CQ00323448
The crash is resolved.
CQ00323046
The crash is resolved. It is due to vista's directory protection issue. The PSR will solve now. User needs to re-specify IBP, FBP. Will be able to import the target values to spreadsheet. Will be able to export target values from spreadsheets Will be able to export delta values from spreadsheets
CQ00323011
CQ00347858
CQ00347860
CQ00347871
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Issue Description Manipulator in a subflowsheet gives inconsistency error, and so eventually the flowsheet is not solved. Error in conversion TBP > ASTM
Issue Resolution The inconsistency errors are resolved.
CQ00323742
Choice of linear interpolation method has been exposed to users, using this method there is no discontinuity in distillation curves User can now specify the negative deltas to specific gravity The crash is resolved. Trace error message "manipulate composition disabled" will not be shown, as this was confusing to many users. The crash is resolved. Viscosity @ 100 C is able to shift now in assay manipulator Math Error is resolved.
CQ00334537
RefSYS Assay Manipulator: I cannot use negative deltas to shift specific gravity Case is crashing with error message Manipulator error message.
CQ00323976 CQ00350025
CQ00327977 CQ00347886 CQ00267804
Attached RefSYS case does not open in v2006.5 Manipulator in RefSYS - defect4 Why do we have problem "A math error..." after column calibration (part 2, page 38) in Training Manual Refsys Calibration does not converge
CQ00324231
While using OOMF based rigorous optimization approach calibration converges. Fixed now.
CQ00315673
On FCC calibration page the petroleum Feed Blend data cannot be copy/pasted into ASW. FCC may fail to solve when opened for a second time in the same HYSYS session.
CQ00323564
There is still a limit on how many times (probably 6 or 7) an FCC can be opened within the same session, but it can be open 2 or 3 times with no problem. For V7.0 and earlier FCC would crash if you deleted the feed type that was already associated with a feed. This has been fixed now. The unit for FOEB needed to match the base HYSYS unit, but did not for V7.0 and earlier. This has been fixed for V7.1 so the FOE yields reported on the yields page should now be correct. This is now reported on the configuration page.
CQ00325044
Crash in FCC
CQ00338498
FOEB value is not transferred correctly from HYSYS to OOMF.
CQ00309648
The configuration page doesn't report how many treating beds were specified.
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Issue Description The H2 consumption calculation is slightly off for the hydrocracker calibration "model" value. Gas to oil ratio enter for the hydrocracker doesn't match calculated value. When the user has 3 reactors and creates a feed, it only allows feed to go to the 3rd reactor from the split option. Mass balance issues for hydrocracker.
Issue Resolution Volume flow for plant and measured values now use same basis and can be matched exactly (theoretically). Gas to oil ratio now matches what you would calculate by dividing the gas rate by the feed rate. Feed can now be specified as going to the 3rd reactor of a 3 reactor hydrocracker.
CQ00323660
CQ00324795
CQ00326548
The base unit for standard gas flow was defined from SCMH. However, this unit in Aspen Plus actually uses normal conditions and not standard conditions. The unit has been redefined for V7.1 to use standard conditions so that what is reported in the interface matches what is calculated by the model. The fraction of recycle H2 to the amine scrubber can now be specified. Alternatively, the percent of H2S in the recycle H2 can be specified. For V7.0 and earlier, modifications to the feed fingerprint didn't change some of the calculations for the feed adjust. As a result, the adjusted feed could be a bit off. This has been fixed for V7.1. When importing an older template into a V7.0 flowsheet, some parts of the reactor were not getting recalled properly. This has been fixed for V7.1. All adjusted kinetic lumps are now showing up for V7.1. Some were missing for V7.0. When weight basis is selected for a feed connected to the reformer, the PNA will be passed on a mass basis now. Fixed now.
CQ00323885
User can't specify how much H2 goes to amine scrubber.
CQ00333431
WABP calculations don't get done when the feed fingerprint composition changes.
CQ00339238
PostSolverRecallFixup is not called for templates imported into a flowsheet.
CQ00339224
Some of the adjusted kinetic lumps are not showing for the total blend. Composition incorrectly set from external streams if Weight basis is selected for PNA basis. Open HYSYS, then go to Help\Training\HYSYS Petroleum Refining Training. Warning message" Training and Support Materials are not available" shows up.
CQ00324342
CQ00317057
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Exchanger Design and Rating
Product Name Changes and Abbreviations

The Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating (formerly HTFS+) Product Names have been changed to more closely reflect the actual function of the programs. The table below reflects the name changes you will see in the V7.0 and V7.1 releases. Please note that there will be a new long name and a new short name which will be used when screen space is in short supply.
Old Name Aspen HTFS+ Aspen Tasc+ Aspen Acol+ Aspen Teams Aspen Plate+ Aspen FiredHeater New Long Name Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical Aspen Plate Exchanger Aspen Fired Heater New Short Name EDR Shell & Tube AirCooled Shell & TubeMech Plate FiredHeater
Aspen EDR General Enhancements

Aspen EDR products consist of a number of products which all run from within a common EDR User Interface Environment. New features applied to this environment are therefore available to all the common EDR products. These products are: Shell & Tube Exchanger Shell & Tube Mechanical Air Cooled Exchanger Plate Exchanger Fired Heater Plate Fin Exchanger
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New On-Line Help

The on-line help that supports the EDR programs has been restructured for the V7.0 release. This involves dividing the help text for each application into logical chapters that reflect the structure used within each application. For example: Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (Shell & Tube) Shell & Tube Input - Information about all of the inputs Shell & Tube Results - Information about each results screen Shell & Tube Getting Started Guide - A tutorial to take you through a thermal design Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers - General background information
Within each application, Overview sections have been added containing hyperlinks to other sections of the help that will aid the navigation of the help file. More use has been made of the Appendix section of the EDR Help file, which now includes the Physical Property Data and a new Shell and Tube Geometry appendix that will contain generic information applicable to the geometry of shell and tube heat exchangers.
Copy/Paste Functionality Added for Aspen Simulation Workbook

A new Copy/Paste functionality has been added to the Shell & Tube, AirCooled, Plate, FiredHeater, and Shell & TubeMech programs, allowing input and result variables shown in the EDR user interface to be copy/pasted into Aspen Simulation Workbook.
Aspen Properties Package Displays Component Names

When Aspen Properties is used as the physical property package, the Component names as well as the component formula is shown in the component list.
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Aspen Properties Places Components in all Atreams as They are Selected

In order to speed execution of Aspen Properties and make component selection faster and easier for the user, Aspen Properties components are now automatically placed in all stream lists that use Aspen Properties. If the component does not exist in the stream, just leave the composition field blank or specify 0 and the program will ignore its presence in the list. COMThermo and B-JAC component selection will remain on a per stream basis.
Using Aspen Properties no Longer Requires External APRBKP Files

Using the Aspen Properties Package inside the EDR programs previously required that an external APRBKP file be created by the program. We have now eliminated the need for this external file and will be storing this information in the .EDR file. We have also provided the option to import existing APRBKP files which can then be stored in the EDR file. We will continue to allow external APPDF and APRPDF files to be referenced. All options are shown in the screen shot below:
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Physical Properties Phase Compositions now Includes Liquid/Vapor/Liquid2 Phases

The physical property phase composition table has been expanded to show the mole fraction of each component in each of the liquid, the vapor, and the 2nd liquid phase when it is present.
Plots of Physical Properties Now Available on Properties Form

A new tab has been added to the Physical Properties forms to show plots of all physical properties at all pressure levels. Properties can be plotted against
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temperature or specific enthalpy. Various controls are available for zoomin/out, printing, copying, or saving the plots. Plots can be immediately viewed by merely selecting the desired X and Y variables shown on the left hand side of the form.
Component Properties Now Available on Properties Form

A new tab has been added to the Physical Properties form to show component properties. These properties include: molecular weight, critical pressure, critical temperature, liquid molar volume, normal boiling point, accentric factor, and dipole moment.
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New Plots for Interval Analysis

A new tab on the interval analysis result forms allow the user to view plots of the values displayed in the interval analysis tables. The plot below shows 2 exchangers in series with each unit having 2 tube passes. A variety of parameters listed on the left hand side of the form can be plotted against the physical location in the exchanger(s) or the heat load. Various controls are available for zoom-in/out, printing, copying, or saving the plots.
Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger (formerly ACOL+)

Product Description
Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger is a program for the Design, Rating/Checking, and Simulation of air coolers and other tubular crossflow heat exchangers. The program can be used standalone by the thermal specialist for exchanger design or as an integrated product with AspenTech's steady-state process simulation programs Aspen Plus and HYSYS. When used as a stand-alone program in design mode, Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger can determine the optimum heat exchanger configuration that satisfies the specified heat duty, allowable pressure drop, and/or maximum velocity. The program can also be used to check and rate heat exchangers for required process duties. When integrated with Aspen Plus or HYSYS, Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger provide engineers with the ability to rigorously model heat exchanger operation and identify capital saving opportunities in the overall process configuration. Bottlenecks can be identified, process improvements modeled
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for various process operating scenarios, and costly maintenance schedules optimized.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: New HTFS3-AC heat transfer correlation added in V7.0 Radiation heat transfer option extended in V7.0 Maximum tube per row increased from 99 to 200 ASME and ISO nominal nozzle sizes can be selected from a list
New HTFS3-AC Heat Transfer correlation added

HTFS3-AC is a version of the general HTFS heat transfer and pressure drop method for finned tube bundles that has been optimized specifically for application to air cooler tube bundles. It is relevant to geometries and process conditions in the following ranges: Tube outside diameter: Fin height: Fin frequency: Fin thickness: Fin tip clearance: 25.4 and 31.75 mm 10.55 to 15.9 mm 350 to 433 fpm 0.28 to 0.47 mm 3 to 10 mm
Air face velocity between 1 and 9.5 m/s Air temperature between 0 and 100 deg C HTFS3-AC is the default method for air cooler geometries and process conditions within the above ranges. The pressure drop predictions of the HTFS3-AC method are on average about 4% lower than those of the general HTFS3a method, but larger differences are possible depending on air velocity and temperature. Heat transfer predictions of the HTFS3-AC method are on average with 2% of the HTFS3a method, but larger differences arise at the extremes of the air face velocity range.
Radiation Heat Transfer Option Extended

A new input for the radiation heat transfer calculation in flue gas economizers allows the user to specify the mole fraction of radiating gas in the flue gas. In previous versions of ACOL+ a default value of 0.22 was used in the calculations. The value of the input mole fraction will affect the radiation heat transfer coefficient. Input options are shown in the following figure.
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Maximum Tube per Row Increased from 99 to 200

The previous program versions limited the number of tubes per row to 99. We have expanded this limit to now allow up to 200 tubes per row. We have also incorporated some additional error checking into the program to catch geometry combinations which the program may not be able to accommodate.
ASME and ISO Nominal Nozzle Sizes Can Now be Selected from a List
A new input item has been provided to allow users to select nominal nozzle sizes from a list of all standard ASME and ISO pipe sizes. This input will be used to set the actual outside diameters of the nozzles.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Cumulative heat load input option Improved Setting Plan Drawing
Cumulative Heat Load Input Option

The new cumulative heat load option will allow users to specify a cumulative heat load versus temperature profile for a stream rather than use specific
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enthalpy data. This option can be selected from the pull down list for the physical property package as shown below. When selected an additional input field will appear to allow the user to specify a reference flow rate for the heat load to be specified. In this way, the program will be able to adjust the heat load for the stream if the process flow rate should be different than that of the reference flow.
Once selected, the physical property input screen will be displayed, showing cumulative heat load rather than specific enthalpy. When the heat load option is selected, the user must specify all pertinent physical properties and the pressure levels are restricted to a single pressure level.
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Improved Setting Plan Drawing

The Air Cooled Exchanger setting plan drawing has been improved by adding a frame, title block, file heading lines, and slots to insert design codes and customer specifications.
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Compatibility Notes
Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger.
Aspen Fired Heater (formerly Aspen FiredHeater)

Product Description
Aspen Fired Heater is for the simulation and rating of furnaces and fired heaters. The program calculates heat transfer and other key parameters in a variety of tube configurations in both box and cylindrical fireboxes using the well stirred, imperfectly stirred or long-furnace models. In addition the heat transfer in up to nine convection banks can be handled. Aspen Fired Heater uses the standard user interface adopted by other EDR programs and replaced the FIHR program in 2007.
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The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Aspen properties package option added Fired Heater inlet pressure and checking calculation options Fired Heater diagram
Aspen Properties Package Option Added

The Aspen Properties Package has been added as an option for accessing stream properties for Aspen Fired Heater. FiredHeater can now access stream properties from Aspen Properties, COMThermo, and B-JAC properties packages or allow user specified properties.
Fired Heater Inlet Pressure and Checking Calculation Options

For Fired Heater V7.0, in addition to the existing calculation where outlet pressure is calculated from a specified inlet pressure, there are several new pressure calculation options for each process stream. These are: Calculation of inlet pressure given a specified outlet pressure Checking of pressure change (inlet and outlet pressures fixed) Calculation of inlet pressure given a specified outlet pressure and a specified maximum pressure drop Calculation of outlet pressure given a specified inlet pressure and a specified maximum pressure drop.
These options are specified on the Problem Definition | Process Data form in the Pressure drop calculation option.
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Figure 1 New Pressure Calculation Options.
The inlet pressure, outlet pressure, and maximum pressure loss are set as required on the same form. The ability of calculating the inlet pressure of any process stream in the fired heater given a specified outlet pressure will be important for users needing to supply the process fluid to an upstream unit (e.g., a vacuum column) at a particular pressure. In the Checking calculation, the calculated pressure change is scaled when determining outlet pressure from inlet, so that the outlet pressure remains at the initially specified value. The result of such a Checking calculation is a ratio of the calculated to the specified pressure change. The benefit of a Checking calculation is that it safeguards against the case where the calculated pressure change is much larger than anticipated, maybe approaching, or even larger than, a specified inlet pressure. This would have the effect of introducing pressure values into the calculation which are either impossible, or which would lead to other properties which would severely distort the thermal calculations. For this reason, two further pressure calculation options are available. These are to do simulation calculations (outlet from inlet or inlet from outlet) as long as the pressure changes are small, but should the pressure change exceed the (user-specified) maximum pressure drop, the calculation reverts to Checking the pressure change. It reports the ratio of the predicted change to
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the maximum value, but never allows calculated pressures fall below the limit defined by the maximum pressure drop.
Fired Heater Diagrams

Three types of diagrams have been added to FiredHeater for V7.0. These are similar to the diagrams seen in the heritage FIHR program. a) Overall layout diagram is located on the Heater Geometry | Gas Flow | Heater diagram tab showing basic firebox layout, number of convection banks, presence of stack and air-preheat. b) Connections diagram, located on the Heater Geometry | Convection Banks | Connections diagram tab, shows the flow of each process stream through the firebox and convection banks (e.g., Figure 2). c) Firebox diagram, located on the Heater Geometry | Firebox | Firebox diagram tab is a detailed, scale diagram of the tube arrangement in the firebox which shows tube diameter, number, location, orientation, and separation (e.g., Figure 3)
Figure 2 Typical Connections Diagram
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Figure 3 Typical Firebox Diagram views

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Improved peak tube temperature calculation. API 560 Data Sheet Excel template Changes to input and output items
Improved Peak Tube Temperature Calculation

The models in Aspen Fired Heater provide good resolution of (circumferentialmean) tube temperature and heat flux along the firebox. In addition, the method described in API530 is used to calculate circumferential peak heat flux and peak tube temperature. An improved method of determining the temperature correction factor in API530 has been introduced in V7.1. This
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gives better predictions of peak tube temperature and avoids the excessively high tube temperatures which can be predicted with the previous method.
API 560 Data Sheet Excel Template

For V7.1 and Excel template has been added which allows users to exported results from Aspen Fired Heater directly to an API560 style datasheet. The template can be further customized by users as required.
Changes to Input and Output Items

Aspen Fired Heater input and outputs item are continually reviewed and updated on the recommendations of our Fired Heater Review Panel. Changes to the input and output for V7.1 include: Process stream mass velocity; Sensible defaults for tube-to-tube losses.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Fired Heater V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Fired Heater
Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (formerly Aspen TASC+)

Product Description
Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (formerly Aspen Tasc+) is a program for the Design, Rating/Checking, and Simulation of shell and tube, double pipe, and multitube hairpin heat exchangers. The program can be used standalone by the thermal specialist for exchanger design or as an integrated product with AspenTech's steady-state process simulation programs Aspen Plus and HYSYS. When used as a stand-alone program in design mode, Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger can determine the optimum heat exchanger configuration that satisfies the specified heat duty, allowable pressure drop, and/or maximum velocity. The program can also be used to check and rate heat exchangers for required process duties. When integrated with Aspen Plus or HYSYS, Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger provides engineers with the ability to rigorously model heat exchanger operation and identify capital saving opportunities in the overall process configuration. Bottlenecks can be identified, process improvements modeled for various process operating scenarios, and costly maintenance schedules optimized.
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The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Interface to Aspen Plus and HYSYS column for reboiler calculations Thermosiphon reboiler options hiTRAN Wire Matrix inserts De-resonating Baffles Baffle cut alignment option Improved Tie Rod location KHT twisted tube improvements Stream compositions output Rod baffles with two phase flow correlations added Condensation of over a temperature range Shell side visions flow KHT twisted tube improvements ASME and ISO nominal nozzle sizes can be selected from a list
Interface to Aspen Plus and HYSYS Column for Reboiler Calculations

A new interface has been provided within the Aspen Plus and HYSYS simulators to allow the EDR Shell & Tube program to perform rigorous reboiler calculations for the simulator column calculations. These calculations allow for both kettle and thermosiphon calculations in design, simulation, and rating modes. Details on how the interface operates can be found in on-line help and the Whats New for Aspen Plus and HYSYS.
Thermosiphon Reboiler Options

Thermosiphon reboiler calculations have been improved, and a number of new calculation options added, including Checking (Rating) mode, and most importantly Design Mode. The new modes all operate with a fixed thermosiphon flowrate. In Simulation mode, there continue to be both a Fixed Flow option, and a Find Flow option, to determine the flow giving a pressure balance around the thermosiphon circuit. In addition to the current option to specify the inlet and outlet pipework in detail, there is a new option to specify the losses in this pipework as a fraction of the driving head. This simplifies use of the Design Option, at a stage where piping information is not available. Default values are now provided for the key heights giving the head driving the flow through a thermosiphon. If these heights are unknown, it is easy to run the program with different exchanger inlet heights to evaluate the effect of this parameter on performance.
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When Fixed Flow thermosiphon calculations are performed, any pressure inconsistencies around the thermosiphon loop are reported, both by a Results Warning and in the Thermosiphon Piping output, so you can evaluate their significance, and either re-specify the thermosiphon to eliminate the inconsistencies, or run in Find Flow mode which converges to a balanced loop with no inconsistencies. The main Thermosiphon Piping output tab has also been improved, showing for conditions at both the exchanger outlet and at return to the column, so any flashing in the return line will be evident.
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hiTRAN Wire Matrix Inserts

The proprietary hiTRAN wire matrix inserts, made by Cal Gavin can be modeled using Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger, if this company makes their software component (dll) for these inserts available to you. There are two calculation options; one is Find Insert, which identifies the particular insert appropriate to your tube size and exchanger duty. The other is to use a given insert type, found in this way, or directly specified in the input, in any other calculation mode. The inserts are primarily intended for single phase duties. Approximate results are also provided, however, when some or all of the duty is two-phase.
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De-Resonating Baffles
You can now explicitly specify the number and location of De-resonating baffles, which can protect against any acoustic resonance, one of the conditions reported in the vibration output. These baffles do not appear on the tube layout output, but are handled fully in the internal calculations. If tubes need to be removed to make space for these baffles, you can simply specify the remaining number of tubes in the input.
Baffle Cut Alignment Option

Normally the baffle cut you specify is taken as an approximation, and adjusted slightly so that it lies along a line of tube centers, or for square layouts, between tube lines, in conformance with normal manufacturing practice. There is now an input to over-ride this facility, so that the program uses exactly the cut you specify. This can be valuable in exchangers with very small numbers of tubes, where different manufacturing practice may apply.
Improved Tie Rod Location

The algorithm for locating tie rods within a tube bundle has been improved, so that it is less likely that tubes will be removed to make way for tie-rods. The default set of tie rod and spacer tube sizes has also been slightly adjusted, so that spacer tubes smaller than tubes may be selected. There is also a new input option not to use any tie-rods. Facilities remain in the Tube Layout graphical input, to convert tubes to tie rods.
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KHT Twisted Tube Improvements

There have been a number of improvements to the interaction between Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger and the software component (dll) supplied by Koch Heat Transfer, for modeling their proprietary twisted tubes. In particular the wall temperature dependence of both shell side and tube side pressure drop has been introduced, and the shell side in-bundle pressure drop is now incorporated into the program output.
Stream Compositions Output

When stream physical properties are calculated using one of the internal properties packages, phase composition information is generated at each of the property points. This information is used to produce new output information, giving the stream compositions at both inlet and outlet as both mass and mole fractions, and mass flows, of each phase and of each component in each phase.
Rod Baffles with Two Phase Flow Correlations Added

The program now allows condensation or boiling applications on the shell side of rod-baffle heat exchangers in both horizontal and vertical units.
Condensation of Over a Temperature Range

In condensation over a temperature range, previous Tasc+ versions determine the surface area required to cool the vapour-gas to the required
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outlet temperature. This continues to be the default method in Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger V7.0. However, in practice, when the outlet temperature is above the bubble point, the vapour-gas and condensate outlet temperatures can be different. Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger V7.0 provides a new option in which the calculation is weighted towards the area required to cool the condensate to the required outlet temperature. This will usually give higher overall heat transfer coefficients than the default method, and is similar to the method used by the Hetran program. There is a new input item in the Program Options form to allow selection of the appropriate method.
Shell Side Viscous Flow

On the basis of recent research data, a correction has been incorporated in the shell side heat transfer coefficient for viscous flows at crossflow Reynolds numbers less than 30. The correction allows for the cumulative effect in a tube bundle of ineffective mixing between the bulk of the flow and the fluid close to the tube wall. It has the effect of reducing the heat transfer coefficient. The correction is typically a factor between 0.7 and 0.9 on the shell side heat transfer coefficient. However smaller values are possible with large tube bundles and very low Reynolds number.
KHT Twisted Tube Improvements

There have been a number of improvements to the interaction between Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger and the software component (dll) supplied by Koch Heat Transfer, for modeling their proprietary twisted tubes. In particular, the wall temperature dependence of both shellside and tubeside pressure drop has been introduced, and the shellside in-bundle pressure drop is now incorporated into the program output.
ASME and ISO Nominal Nozzle Sizes Can now be Selected from a List
A new input item has been provided to allow users to select nominal nozzle sizes from a list of all standard ASME and ISO pipe sizes. This input will be used to set the actual outside diameters of the nozzles.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Cumulative heat load input option Added new Mass Transfer model Added option for more than 16 tube passes Inter-shell process condition results for multiple shells in series Improved tube layout drawing
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Cumulative Heat Load Input option

The new cumulative heat load option will allow users to specify a cumulative heat load versus temperature profile for a stream rather than use specific enthalpy data. This option can be selected from the pull down list for the physical property package as shown below. When selected, an additional input field will appear to allow the user to specify a reference flow rate for the heat load to be specified. In this way, the program will be able to adjust the heat load for the stream if the process flow rate should be different than that of the reference flow.
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Mass Transfer Model

A new Mass Transfer model has been added as an option for calculating condensation heat transfer. This model requires a more extensive set of physical property data for components in the streams as well vapor and liquid compositions along the temperature profile. For this reason its use is currently restricted to applications in which a Physical property system has been used to retrieve properties. This method should be considered when condensing a mulitcomponent stream. It is somewhat comparable to the mass transfer model provided in the Hetran program however the new model is much more rigorous and should be more accurate. It treats each component in the stream separately and does not make the gross assumptions that Hetran used to lump all components into either a condensable or noncondensable group.
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For those users who still prefer the Hetran multi-component condensation model, we have added the option to access the Hetran calculation engine from inside the Aspen Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger UI. In the screen above, you will see a tab for the Hetran Condensation Model which will allow you to launch the Contran utility which uses the Hetran calculation engine. This option will only work for multi-component condensation applications. If an existing input file is opened which contains Hetran data, this data will be read into the Contran utility automatically. Input data specified in the Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger UI cannot be transferred to the Contran utility, however input data specified in the Contran utility can be transferred back to the Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger UI input using the Run | Transfer operation.
Allow More than 16 Tube Passes

A new input has been provided to allow evaluation of exchangers with more than 16 tube passes. For example, to model an exchanger with 20 passes, you could specify 10 passes and a tube pass multiplier of 2. The exchanger geometry will be based 10 passes and this is what you will see in the Tube Layout. The thermal performance, however, will be calculated for an exchanger with 20 passes. The tube side mass flux, used to calculate tube side heat transfer coefficients
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and frictional pressure gradients, will be based on 20 passes, as will the flow length along which the tube side pressure drop is based. You should explicitly specify the total number of tubes in the exchanger, to make sure this is correct, since a tube layout with 20 passes will often have slightly fewer tubes than one with 10. The pass multiplier does not have to be an integer. For example, 20 passes could be modeled as 16 passes and multiplier of 1.25. A multiplier of 2, however, would mean that you could edit the tube layout, removing a line of tubes in the middle of each of the 10 passes, to give a tube layout that appeared to have 20 passes. Whenever you specify a pass multiplier, you will get a Results Warning, reminding you that the geometry is based one number of passes, while the performance is based on a different number. There is a further warning should the multiplier give you a non-integral number of passes. The multiplier is not applied if the basic exchanger has a single pass. Modeling 20 passes by specifying a 2-pass exchanger with a multiplier of 10 is possible but unwise, since temperature difference effects may not be modeled accurately. Once the number of passes exceeds 4 or 6, there is usually little change in multi-pass temperature difference effects. The multiplier can be used in Design mode; a multiplier of 2 is recommended, but check any Design carefully, to get the number of tubes correct. The input can be found in Calculations Options as shown below:
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Inter-Shell Process Condition Results for Multiple Shells in Series

A new result form has been added to show inter-shell process conditions (temperatures, vapor fractions, pressures) for each shell for multiple shells in series. It can be found under the Thermal/Hydraulic Summary section in the Performance form under tab Inter-Shell Conditions. A sample of the new result form is shown below.
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Tube Layout Drawing Improvements

The Tube Layout Drawing shown in the results has been improved by providing a frame, a title block, a list of relevant layout data, a tube pitch/pattern sketch, and a tubes per pass sketch. The interactive tube layout drawing in the input has not been changed so that we could maintain its maximum size.
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Compatibility Notes
Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger
Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical (formerly Aspen Teams)

Product Description
Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical (formerly Aspen Teams) is a comprehensive set of tools for the complete mechanical design or rating of shell & tube heat exchangers and basic pressure vessels. When used with Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (formerly Tasc+) or Hetran, Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical provides bi-directional data transfer, eliminating the need for data re-entry and ensuring consistency between thermal and mechanical designs. This enables engineers to both optimize and efficiently validate the thermal and mechanical designs of shell and tube heat exchangers.
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When used as a stand-alone program in design mode, Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical can optimize the design of most components including flanges, tube sheets, expansion joints, supports, shell, and nozzle reinforcement. They conform to TEMA standards and several international codes including, including ASME Section VIII, Div.1, CODAP, AD Merkbltter, and EN13445.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Stress analysis has been improved Added calculation of maximum Positive/Negative axial expansion Expanded Design/Operating load conditions to 13 Wind and seismic load calculations updated Improved tube-to-tubesheet joint load calculations
Stress Analysis Has Been Improved

The stress analysis of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger has been improved with these ASME code changes: The assembly tubesheet/shell/tubes is now analyzed for shell compression stresses. Prior models only included the calculation and analysis of shell tension stresses. The calculation of tube stresses across the tubesheet diameter has been expanded. Tension and compression stresses are shown as well as the location of such stresses in reference to parameter Xa (periphery). Added tubesheet shear stress calculations across the bundle diameter. Similar to the tube stresses and tubesheet bending stresses, the shear stresses are now calculated at all locations across the tubesheet diameter.
Added Calculation of Maximum Positive/Negative Axial Expansion

The program can now calculate the maximum positive and negative axial expansion In fixed tubesheet units without expansion joints, the program can now provide the maximum positive and negative axial expansion (the amount the tubes can move in reference to the shell without the exchanger being overstressed). The input selection is in Tubesheets | Miscellaneous tab, shown below:
The output will show all calculated stresses for these two conditions. A message will also be provided in the results section as shown here:
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Expanded Design/Operating Load Conditions to 13

The design/operating load conditions have been expanded to 13. Three pressure only load cases Ten operating conditions load cases. The user can now enter operating pressures and temperatures to cover a range of conditions that an exchanger will experience during operation. The input selection is under Design Specifications > tab - Heat Transfer Data and Operating Loads. The user must select the option of Yes under the question ASME for thermal cases use operating loads for the program to use these data. See screen shot below for a representative example.
The resulting design will satisfy all stated conditions of pressures and temperatures. This capability will greatly simplify designs that need to comply with many different conditions. The overall mechanical design quality is highly dependent on the correct thermal data transferred to Shell & Tube Mechanical, thus it is very important to have data transferred from our thermal program (Shell & Tube Exchanger).
Wind and Seismic Load Calculations Updated

The wind and seismic loads calculation methods have been updated to the latest standards, the International Building Code (2006) and the Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE 7-05). See representative screen below:
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Improved Tube-to-Tubesheet Joint Load Calculations

The tube-to-tubesheet joint loads calculations for floating tubesheet exchangers have been improved in completeness and presentation. Also, factor fT, used to account for the relative thermal expansion of the tubes and tubesheet, has been further refined to model when an expanded-only joint can weaken to the point of not providing adequate joint strength. In such cases, a message will be issued to alert the user of this potential danger.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: The 2008 Addenda of the ASME Section VIII Division 1 code. TEMA standards 9th edition (except FEA). New nozzle reinforcing calculation method. New option to calculate the tubesheet thickness of the unperforated area.
2008 Addenda ASME Section VIII Div 1

The addenda changes also include the 2008 ASME materials database.
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TEMA Standards 9th Edition

Release V7.1 does not include the FEA expansion joint design method. However, it still includes the analytical design method from the 8th edition.
New Nozzle Reinforcing Calculation Method

Openings in pressure vessels subject to internal pressure can now be designed using an alternate method to the area replacement method currently in the code. This option can be invoked here:
New Option to Calculate the Tubesheet Thickness of the Unperforated Area

The user can now use the flat cover formulas to calculate the thickness of the unperforated section in any tubesheet. This option can be invoked here:
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Compatibility Notes
Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical V7.0 and V7.1.can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical.
Aspen Plate Exchanger (formerly Aspen Plate+)

Product Description
Aspen Plate Exchanger (formerly Aspen Plate+) is concerned with the thermal design of Plate Heat Exchangers. The program checks whether a heat exchanger of specified geometry achieves a specified duty, or specified stream outlet conditions. The result of this calculation is the ratio of the actual to the required surface area. The program provides one or more designs, based on a notional set of plates held within the program (Design), or on one specified plate (Design (given plate)), and one or more designs, based on a notional set of plates held within the program. Aspen Plate Exchanger is completely integrated with the Aspen Plus process simulation software. When integrated with Aspen Plus or HYSYS, Aspen plate exchanger provide engineers with the ability to rigorously model heat exchanger operation and identify capital saving opportunities in the overall process configuration. Bottlenecks can be identified, process improvements
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modeled for various process operating scenarios, and costly maintenance schedules optimized.

There are no new features and enhancements in release V7.0.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Cumulative heat load input option More metals for construction of plates added Residence time and residence volume calculated Costing algorthim for plate exchangers has been added
Cumulative Heat Load Input option

The new cumulative heat load option will allow users to specify a cumulative heat load versus temperature profile for a stream rather than use specific enthalpy data. This option can be selected from the pull down list for the physical property package as shown below. When selected. an additional input field will appear, the user can specify a reference flow rate for the heat load to be specified. In this way, the program will be able to adjust the heat load for the stream if the process flow rate should be different than that of the reference flow.
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Additional Metals
More metals have been added to the construction materials as shown in the figure below. The following metals have been added: SS-304 (replaced for Stainless Steel option), SS-304L, SS-316, SS-316L, Hastelloy along with Titanium and along with User Specified Material option. Even though different stainless steel materials have similar thermal and physical properties, their costs are very different.
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Residence Volume and Residence Time

The fluid residence volume and residence time are calculated for each stream based on the flow area on each side, fluid flow velocity and plate dimensions. They can be found in Results | Thermal / Hydraulic Summary | Performance as shown in the following figure.
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Plate Heat Exchanger Costing

An algorithm to estimate the cost of the plate exchanger has been added to the Aspen plate exchanger. The equipment cost can be found in Results | Mechanical Summary | Exchanger Geometry | Basic Geometry as shown in the figure below. When the User specified metal option is chosen in the Materials of construction input, the default value of cost per pound of the metal (SS-304) is chosen for the exchanger costing.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Plate Exchanger V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Plate Exchanger.
Aspen HTFS Research Network

Product Description
The Aspen HTFS Research Network provides a comprehensive reference to the science and technology supporting the Aspen HTFS suite of thermal design programs. It provides online access to a number of features including: HTFS Handbook: a comprehensive reference to heat exchanger theory and practice.
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HTFS Design Reports: detailed derivation and comparisons of design methods; validation of design procedures and description of the technical methods used in the HTFS programs. HTFS Research Reports: generated from our extensive research program since 1971. HTFS Review Panel: minutes of meetings from the three panels (Tubular Heat Exchangers, Compact Heat Exchangers and Furnaces & Fired Heaters) at which Research Network members discuss the ongoing development of software and research before it reaches the wider customer base, are posted on the website. HTFS HEATFLO: a bibliographic reference database containing references to over 120,000 high quality experimental and theoretical research papers in the field of applied heat transfer and fluid flow relevant to the needs of the chemical process and power industries.
Searching the Aspen HTFS Research Network

To enable fast and easy retrieval of the relevant information the contents can be searched using the powerful Google Search Application.

The search facility has been enhanced to allow the user to target their search to specific document types such as the Handbook, Research Reports, and Design Reports. Navigation of the Research Reports has been improved. The website is continually updated. Items added include: Review Panel meeting minutes from meetings that took place in February & June/July. 11 new Research Reports for 2007 (now a total of 1203). Aspen HTFS 2007 Annual Report.

There are no new features or enhancements added in release V7.1.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen HTFS Research Network V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen HTFS Research Network.
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Aspen MUSE
Product Description
Aspen MUSE performs detailed simulation of multi-stream plate-fin heat exchangers made from brazed aluminum, stainless steel or titanium. It can be used standalone by the thermal specialist for exchanger design or as an integrated product with AspenTech's steady-state process simulation program, HYSYS. When used as a stand-alone program, Aspen MUSE can be used for both first pass calculations and detailed layer-by-layer analysis to evaluate new uses, revamps, process conditions and fouling cases. It can also perform full thermosyphon modeling, where one or more exchanger streams are subject to natural circulation, as well as crossflow streams. When integrated with HYSYS, Aspen MUSE provides engineers with the ability to rigorously model processes that use multi-stream plate-fin heat exchangers, such as LNG, ethylene, or air separation. It can be used to identify capital saving opportunities in the overall process configuration. Bottlenecks can be identified, process improvements modeled for various process operating scenarios.

There are no new features or enhancements added to MUSE in release V7.0 and V7.1. However, these releases will allow current users to maintain compatibility with Aspen HYSYS. The V7.1 release includes Aspens new application, Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger, which will replace MUSE (subject to customer contract amendment). This new application includes capabilities that surpass those of MUSE, including the EDR user interface and access to Aspen Properties. The architecture of PlateFin will enable robust solution of many plate fin configurations outside the capability of MUSE.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen MUSE V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen MUSE.
Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger

Product Description
Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger is a new product which will supersede the Aspen MUSE program. It enables you to simulate the performance of plate-fin heat exchangers, either the large brazed aluminum cores used for cryogenic duties, with up to 20 process streams, or units in other metals used for duties
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at ambient temperatures and above. It also provides facilities for doing a first shot design of this type of exchanger, and for modeling thermosiphon reboilers.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Simulation on either a stream-by-stream or layer-by-layer basis Specification in terms of the layout of each layer type Calculations based on HTFS technology New user interface, with active input checking Additional design options New calculation options Additional thermosiphon options Extensive output
Simulation
The new Simulation options provide the same fundamental facilities as Aspen MUSE, with modeling based on either the common wall temperature assumption (stream by stream) or full modeling of each of the layers in the exchanger, which permits the layer pattern (stacking pattern) to be assessed, both in terms of performance and structural implications due to thermal stressing. A new calculation procedure gives more flexibility in modeling the full geometric complexity of these exchangers, and in achieving solutions for exchangers with very tight temperature pinches. At present the calculation focuses on standard counter-flow geometries, including draw on/off at any point along the exchanger, and combining or dividing redistributors. Crossflow geometries will be added in the next release.
Layer Types
The new facility for specifying the geometry of each layer type provides a significant advance on the stream-based geometry specification in MUSE. Not only is the specification easier, being more closely related to the information available on an exchanger drawing, but restrictions implicit in the streambased specification, such as all layers for a stream having the same fin types and distributor layout, are removed. The input provided is also shown in a diagram, on both an overall exchanger and individual layer basis, providing an additional check on the consistency and correctness of the data supplied.
HTFS Methods
The methods for heat transfer and pressure drop in plate fin exchangers uses HTFS technology for these exchangers, for both single phase and two-phase flows. This builds on many years of experimental research and development which gives HTFS unique experience on plate fin exchangers. All the options in Aspen MUSE are available in Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger, including accessing fin data banks used with MUSE, and switching between versions of
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methods. Some new features, such as user-specification of nozzle losses, are introduced.
User Interface
The new user interface in Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger means that all the programs in the Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating (EDR) family now share a common structure. This provides access to the extensive range of Aspen Properties options, and facilities for linking input and output data to Excel. An option to import process and properties data from an Aspen HYSYS LNG block is available, and full links permitting the program to be used as part of a HYSYS simulation are planned for a future release. The new user interface includes Active Input Checking, so that every unset input item either shows a default value, or indicates that an input is mandatory, or is grayed out to indicate it is not needed in the current context. All defaults and input indicators are revised after each new input item is specified, and an indication is given when an item is in error. These input facilities, together with extensive Help text, make specification of even complex multi-stream exchangers and their operating conditions relatively straightforward. The new User Interface can import Aspen MUSE input data files, and translate them into the new data format for Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger.
Design
The new Design option relies on the same well-established logic as Aspen MUSE, but provides additional features. The first shot design needs only process data as input. The logic provides heuristics for selecting fin and distributor types, followed by an optimization for the length, width and number of each layer type, to give the required duty for each stream, consistent with specified pressure drop constraints. There is then a very flexible facility to do a more detailed design, specifying some parts for the exchanger geometry, such as fins or distributors to be used, and leaving the program to determine any unset geometry. New features not in MUSE include design with multiple fin types for each stream, and more control over redistribution and multiple streams in a layer. After a Design, the results can be used to update the exchanger geometry, ready for a Simulation calculation.
Calculation Options
New calculation options include the ability to perform Checking calculations, as well Simulation, and heat transfer in distributors. Checking calculations (on a stream by stream basis) provide a broad indication of how the surface area of each stream compares with that needed for a specified duty. Distributor heat transfer, which is optional, allows distributors to be explicitly included in the exchanger thermal performance, rather than ignoring them, and treating any heat transfer there as simply providing a margin. There are also options to specify the resolution of the calculation grid along the exchanger, convergence parameters, and the convergence levels
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required. There is a monitor reporting the progress of the iterations, including a facility to intervene and stop calculations before they are complete.
Thermosiphons
The new features for thermosiphons include additional calculation options, and improved pipework specification. It is possible either to calculate the change in inlet resistance needed for a specified thermosiphon flow and head, or the flow produced by a specified heat and inlet and outlet pipework. A simpler option, in which the head, resistances and flow are all fixed, is also possible, leaving the program to predict the any pressure inconsistencies around the thermosiphon loop. Pipework can now either be specified in full detail, indicating, individual pipe lengths, bends, diameter changes manifolds, for both inlet and outlet, or at a very simple level, specifying pipework losses as a percentage of the driving pressure head, removing the need for any pipework geometry to be specified. Internal reboilers, where the exchanger is located within the column sump, can also be modeled.
Output
There in extensive new tabular and graphical output. The performance and geometry of the exchanger is recorded, as is the overall performance of each stream in terms of inlet and outlet conditions. Pressure losses are reported for nozzles, distributors and main fin, with an analysis of variation across layers, and the risk of flow mal-distribution. There are detailed output tables recording the state of each stream at each calculation point along the exchanger, together with key parameters such as heat flux, cumulative load, heat transfer coefficients, fin efficiency and pressure gradients. All these parameters can be displayed in graphical form for each stream. The graph showing the temperature of all the streams, together with a mean wall temperature, is a very helpful indicator of exchanger performance. There is a diagram of the exchanger in the output, including in Design mode. Unlike in MUSE, the same output is provided for Simulation and Design modes. A zigzag diagram is produced whenever a layer pattern is specified, including sub-diagrams for a set of sections along the length of the exchanger. A range of error and warning messages are produced, indicating actual or potential problems with either the input or calculated results. Even after errors as many results as possible are displayed, to provide information which may help avoid the problem in subsequent runs. There is a table giving information on a set of measures of convergence accuracy for each stream.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V7.0 and other previous versions of Aspen EDR products, including Aspen MUSE.
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Whats Fixed in V7.0

Issue Number CQ00272304 Product Area AirCooled Issue Resolution Generate messages if tube side or outside tube pressure drop is greater than maximum allowable in rating or simulation modes. Generate warning if actual heat transfer area is less than required area in rating mode. The tube OD, ID, and Tks were not being defaulted correctly for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th tube if 1st tube dimensions were set and other were not. ACX file converter fixed to handle Cold tube side process enthalpy data and to correct air side property transfer. Viscosity and thermal conductivity not transferred properly. Vapor fraction also needs to be set. Also set NumcurvTS and NumCurvOT variables. Added warning messages 8002,8003,8004,8007 which are sometimes generated from the physical property package. The message number but no text was showing in the results. Corrected detailed results for condensing coefficient. Huge number sometimes appeared when desuperheating occurs at some point in the xchanger. Array value was not being initialized properly. Problem did not affect overall design. Corrected heading for Header depth in input summary. Was showing fan diameter. Revised search limits to avoid excessive oversurfaced units which result in iteration steps arriving at ridiculous results Design with varying air flow was not updating the selected air flow when the file is updated with the final design. If performance data input was indicated but no performance data was specified, the program would fail trying to interpolate into the data. Revised code, templates and DB's to store correct Bare service U, correct template description for Transfer Rate Finned. Revised code for calculating bolted flat cover and tubesheet thickness. We changed joint efficiency to 1 and corrected formula which was using shorr and long side lengths in meters rather than mm. Thicknesses will now be much thinner for higher pressures.
CQ00297628
AirCooled
CQ00298176
AirCooled
CQ00298313
AirCooled
CQ00298316
AirCooled
CQ00298373 CQ00316270
AirCooled AirCooled
CQ00309973
AirCooled
CQ00307281
AirCooled
CQ00309642
AirCooled
CQ00310153
AirCooled
190
Product Area AirCooled
Issue Resolution The Acol+ result summary page would not print if the user selected that Headings be included at the top of the page. Corrected code for allowing user to specify inlet and outlet mass fraction instead of temperatures. Revised code to handle multiple tube types when the row numbers do not correspond to the overall geometry. Added error messages. Also revised code to handle calculation for more than 2 tube types correctly. Corrected setting of default value for fin type. Resized bottom panel of bundle layout drawing to show bundle width and height Allow for more than one page of output when showing results in HYSYS Corrected reported %Excess oxidant if %O2 in stack is specified. Corrected logic for determining nozzle locations beyond U-bends so that pressure drops entering/exiting u-bends was calculated correctly. Also revised algorithm for determining u-bend flow area. Revised the McNaught vertical tube side condensing heat transfer correlation. Previous release was using an outdated correlation. Corrected a problem with license checkout in interface between Aspen Plus and HTFS+ applications. Two instances of a license were being checked out instead on one. Added new feature to Version Control Utility to permit fixing of the current version by registering its components. Also revised the unregistration process to make sure all HTFS+ components in registry are removed before registration of new component is done. Updated the flange temperature-pressure ratings per ANSI B16.5 2003. Updated ANSI flange rating IDs. Updated HTFS+ material price file with current market prices. Fixed program crash if user clicks the view menu when case is loading. Legacy files using Aspen Properties opened with 2006.5 would sometimes misinterpret the flash calculation method.
CQ00264908
AirCooled
CQ00312939
AirCooled
CQ00296017 CQ00314940 CQ00310619 CQ00312370 CQ00299853
AirCooled AirCooled AirCooled FiredHeater Hetran
CQ00309962
Hetran
CQ00298187
EDR
CQ00302768
EDR
Update Update Update CQ00316662 CQ00305535
Shell & TubeMech Shell & TubeMech EDR EDR EDR
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Product Area EDR
Issue Resolution Revised code for Aspen Properties to flash at slightly above dew pt and flash slightly below bubble point to get enthalpy data so that Flash does not get confused over whether it should be all vapor or liquid at that temperature. Fixed import from HYSYS Errors. Multiple problems were resolved. Mass flowrates were missing. Property units were incorrect. Property data sets were missing. Fixed multiple problems with adding and deleting pressure levels from physical properties screens. After importing a PSF file, a stream shows no vapor properties for most of the 2-phase temperature points. Fix crash when attempting run while viewing input summary Corrected size of EDR drawings shown within the HYSYS environment. Corrected units conversion for port velocity on performance result screen. Tasc+ to Aspen Plus interface was changed to pass uncorrected LMTD to A+ to be consistent with LMTD using shortcut and rigorous methods. Corrected the results values for twisted tape inserts. Results form showed a twisted tape ratio value which was actually the twist pitch without the units of measure. Corrected the description and added the correct units of measure. Corrected to vibration results with Advanced Method when multi segmental baffles were used or when X-flow fractions were specified. Fix correct number of nozzles with I/J shells in Design mode Corrected Tasc+ setting plan which was inverting the vertical exchanger drawing after the file was saved and then reopened. Also corrected tube side axial nozzles which were located in same position. Nozzles were shown as appended to one another rather than on top of one another. Corrected Tasc+ setting plan which was showing an extra vertical line through the center of the shell for all floating head exchangers. Corrected Tasc+ Results template so they are now up to date with latest result screens. All screens except Tasc+ summary and Tasc+ detailed calculations should be in template.
CQ00309168
EDR
N/S
EDR
CQ00310489
EDR
CQ00305350 N/S CQ00297427 CQ00294777
EDR EDR Plate Shell & Tube
CQ00299620
Shell & Tube
CQ00300507
Shell & Tube
CQ00302168 CQ00302765
Shell & Tube Shell & Tube
CQ00302766
Shell & Tube
CQ00302767
Shell & Tube
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Product Area Shell & Tube
Issue Resolution Corrected logic for extracting the triple segmental baffles cuts from the tubesheet layout diagram. Removed restriction on tube patterns for Mshells. Correction to Vibration analysis for I and J shells with Advanced calculation method. Corrected the end length defaults in H-shell when central length is specified. Setting plan was losing the distributor belts after a file is with belts is saved, closed, and then reopened. The belts would appear again after running the program. Corrected location of full supports at the u-bend and calculate the correct unsupported spans for the vibration analysis. Revised code to allow user to specify the number of tie rods for a designed layout. Program would not accept 0 tie rods previously. Setting for condensate subcooling for horizontal heat exchanger was showing as blank field instead of actual default. Error message for missing a viscosity and/or thermal conductivity for the 2nd liquid phase was indicating the incorrect property to be missing. The shell inlet and outlet RhoV2 and flow areas were incorrect when distributor belts are used for the entrance and exit. Corrected vibration analysis with multiple Eshells in series and different end lengths. Corrected vibration checks when Advanced Method is used for F-shells. Corrected default end lengths at U-bend when no blanking baffle is specified. Correction to solve heat imbalance problems with single phase streams, no outlet conditions defined but with out of range dew and bubble points defined, which were incorrectly being used to define heat loads Revised code to handle missing property for 2nd liquid phase. Program was terminating but now will continue execution. Corrected the selection of the number of supports under the central nozzle for I, J, G, H shells. Corrected the default value the number of supports in the center of an H shell.
CQ00304283 CQ00317617 CQ00303576 CQ00309976
Shell & Tube Shell & Tube Shell & Tube Shell & Tube
CQ00305300
Shell & Tube
CQ00297513
Shell & Tube
CQ00304693
Shell & Tube
CQ00309966
Shell & Tube
CQ00309967
Shell & Tube
CQ00305846 CQ00309970 CQ00309975 CQ00307840
CQ00307839
Shell & Tube
CQ00309978
Shell & Tube
CQ00309979
Shell & Tube
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Issue Resolution Simulation mode calculation was indicating a temperature cross which it could not resolve. This was apparently due to some comb. Corrected mapping of a number of central Hshell intermediate supports in output. Twisted tubes tubeside pressure drop - wall temperature correction implemented. Set intermediate nozzles for multiple shells in series. Corrected intermediate and outlet nozzle pressure losses in multiple J-shells in series Corrected problem with setting plan not showing design data after opening a saved file. Corrected problem with small shells not showing setting plan drawing. Corrected transfer of pressure levels to Tasc+ from Hetran when applications were not complex condensation or vaporization. Corrected problem with setting plan not showing for X type shell with 4 inlet and 8 outlet nozzles Revised code to handle Other as design code in Tasc+. Added EN13445 code as option. Teams sheet was retaining previous drawing if current run doesn't produce a drawing. This was corrected. Corrected logic for setting nozzle elevations for vessel in which shell and head ODs are much different. Corrected initialization of flange tks so when geometry is changed lengths are calculated properly. Corrected incorrect warnings during tubesheet design. Added better warnings showing values that are over the allowables. Corrected an infinite loop when the program automatically increases the tubesheet thickness in an attempt to alleviate exchanger stresses. Added new warning. Corrected a problem with the fixed tubesheet thickness optimization algorithm. Under certain conditions the tubesheet thickness calculated was unreasonable. Corrected several warnings and added new ones. This change improves tubesheet optimization results when the program re-starts a calculation based on new optimization criteria. Corrected message 177 showing a discrepancy between a Tasc+ generated OTL and a Teamsgenerated OTL to fit into the available space.
N/S CQ00317622
N/S CQ00312768 CQ00315498 CQ00314072
CQ00304971
Shell & Tube
CQ00300713 CQ00308247
CQ00314638
Shell & Tube
CQ00295716
Shell & Tube
CQ00297469
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00297501
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00297532
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00297796
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00297887
Shell & TubeMech
194
Issue Number CQ00297963 CQ00297968
Product Area Shell & TubeMech Shell & TubeMech
Issue Resolution Corrected a problem with nozzle domes not being calculated. Corrected and improved the design of TEMA expansion joints when the User wants to include the operating loads in the design calculations. Added flange input for ASME rigidity factors. Corrected a problem in the calculation of tubesheets. The optimization routine was not handling the corrosion allowances correctly. Added new warnings. Corrected a problem with a nozzle offset dimension being negative. This negative dimension resulted in incorrect nozzle reinforcement calculations. Corrected issues and improved processing of clad material for bolted flat covers. Corrected a problem with distributor belts. The distributor belts were no longer available to be designed. Corrected a problem with the calculation of the Minimum Design Metal Temperature for distributor belts. The program was not calculating the reduction in MDMT per UCS-66.1 Corrected a problem with the program issuing a shell stress warning when in fact the shell was OK. Corrected a problem with a nozzle reinforcement calculation when the nozzle is located on a flat cover. The program was not adding the corrosion allowance to the flat cover thickness in the UG-45(b)(1) calculation. Corrected a problem with the calculation of the rear cone weight. Corrected several problems with designing pressure vessels with a cone at the rear head. Problems with cylinder design, cone design, nozzles and nozzle flanges. Corrected reinforcement area 'Ap' in large nozzle App. 1-7(b) section. Ap was zero when it should not have been. Corrected a problem with non-standard corrosion allowances and rounding of final geometry values in floating head assemblies. Corrected a problem with the calculation of body flange hub thickness under UG-27 under certain conditions. Corrected a problem when a nozzle is made of alloy and is located on a steel component. The program was using corrosion allowance to design the alloy nozzle.
CQ00297987 CQ00298143
Shell & TubeMech Shell & TubeMech
CQ00298178
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00298221 CQ00298326
CQ00298567
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00299619
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00300083
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00300230 CQ00300304
CQ00000000
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00000000
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00305401
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00305467
Shell & TubeMech
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Issue Number CQ00000000 CQ00305685
Issue Resolution Corrected the pricing of clad material in the Bill of Materials. Corrected a problem with the calculation of the yield ratio used in the tube-to-tubesheet joint allowable stress according in ASME appendix A. Corrected support plate thickness at bundle end. Program was not using TEMA RCB-5.15. Corrected a problem with the flange rigidity calculation under certain rating conditions. Corrected a warning for a shell flange loose tangential stress when the flange is an integral type. Corrected a problem with the program zeroing the default material for the backing flange for 'S' type rear heads. Corrected a problem when the program was reducing the tubesheet thickness by twice the corrosion allowance during the flanged portion thickness verification. External pressure charts NFZ-1 and NFZ-2 were off by 1 in the index. This caused an incorrect retrieval of the external pressure values. For the Hydro test conditions, the pressure displayed in the Summary section was incorrect. Corrected and improved seismic calculations per ASCE to avoid an unreasonable vertical force under some conditions. Corrected a problem with one-pass 'W' rear head types with a nozzle on the rear head. The program was calculating the external pressure requirements for the nozzle when in fact there was no external pressure specified. Corrected a problem with the clearance tubesheet OD to backing ring ID for floating heads of the TEMA style 'A'. The program was using 1/32" diametrical when it should have been 1/32" radial. Corrected a problem with the fixed tubesheet kettle setting plan. Drawing was corrupted. File B_ANSIRT.PDA. Added 3 additional pressure-temperature flange ratings per B16.5 2003 that was never included. Corrected a problem with external pressure calculation for certain nozzles that was causing the program to loop. Corrected position of longitudinal baffle in the Teams setting plan and in the Tasc+ setting plan generated by Teams. This fix requires using a fix in S_PROG.LIB when creating FABEX.DLL.
CQ00306070 CQ00306113 CQ00306192
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CQ00308119 N/S
CQ00308969
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Issue Number N/S
Product Area Shell & TubeMech
Issue Resolution Corrected the location of longitudinal baffle for 'G' shells for floating heads in Teams setting plans. Entered pipe OD not used in Teams/AD calculations. Incorrect treatment of the floating head flange parameters of outside corrosion allowance and forming allowance with a 2:1 elliptical head. Incorrect warning issued concerning the tube metal temperature. The user-specified saddle location is being ignored in Teams. Reinforcement area 'Ap' in large nozzle App. 17(b) section showing up as zero. The program does not correctly calculate the unsupported tube span per TEMA table RCB4.52 under certain material classes and under certain material classes and unit types (Utubes). Program hangs when a user enters a generic material designator and there is no corresponding specific material in the default materials tables. Program does not provide enough clearance for some tube-to-tubesheet welds. COST.DLL fails when trying to read a corrupted G_COMPNA.PDA file. Tube Layouts with Rotated Square pattern not working correctly because of faulty cleaning lanes logic. The external pressure operating moment is not being calculated correctly for lap joint body flanges. Corrected problem with small shells not showing setting plan drawing. Corrected problem with setting plan not showing design data after opening a saved file. Corrected problem with the display of compressive tube stresses when compared against allowable. Added warning if calculated stress exceeds allowable. Corrected problem with initializing userspecified body flanges allowable stresses Corrected a problem with the calculation of body flanges hub thickness. Under certain conditions the calculated hub thickness was too small
CQ00312809 CQ00311540
CQ00305980 CQ00310260 CQ00310244 CQ00310437
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CQ00310525
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CQ00310870 CQ00310947 CQ00311753
CQ00312643
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CQ00315498 CQ00312768 CQ00320569
CQ00319872 CQ00319166
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Issue Resolution Corrected a problem with warning 798 being issued incorrectly. The unnecessary message was confusing some customers as to the adequacy of the design. Corrected a problem with the calculation of the axial expansion/contraction for a bellows expansion joint. Instead of the absolute value of the movement, the program was using a negative value when the axial movement was in compression Corrected a problem with the selection of external pressure charts. The program was ignoring note G9 in Table 1B. Now the program provides a note that it is using note G9. Corrected a problem with the tubesheet thickness for U-tubes. The program was ignoring the flanged extension thickness under certain conditions. Corrected a problem with the display of the tubesheet allowable stress in the MAWP calculation section. Corrected the Maximum Allowable Working Pressures for nozzles on Torispherical Heads. Corrected a problem with the program logic in which a double tubesheet calculation was using some of the UHX procedures (not applicable). Corrected several problems with Teams/AD (German code) when used with US customary units. Changed AD/DIN default support material so greater allowable design temperatures can be used. Added membrane and bending stress concentration factors, Kn and Kb, as new input variables for WRC-107 external nozzle load calculation procedure Changed the tube-to-tubesheet joint type descriptions to better reflect the geometry and not to rely on joint labels such as 'strength weld'. Improved program flow control by allowing users to run when the material allowable design temperatures have been exceeded. The program will issue error warnings for the affected materials. Corrected a logic problem with the calculation of the allowable stress for large-diameter nozzles. The allowable stress should be lower of vessel wall or nozzle wall materials. Program was using the vessel wall material. Added the dish-only head lever arm (hr) and inside dish radius from results to input when the User updates the design (makes it a rating).
CQ00317830
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00317768
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00317511
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CQ00317462
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CQ00314043 CQ00316480
CQ00314510
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CQ00317200
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Issue Number N/S N/S
Issue Resolution Corrected the calculation of the tubes MAWP when the tubes specification is 'average wall'. Added the dish-only offset distance to the gasket face in floating heads. Now the User can specify the lever arm 'hr' or the dish offset distance from the flange gasket face. This value was also added to the Update design feature for rating runs. Corrected an issue with lap joining body flanges in which the corrosion allowance was being incorrectly applied to the lap joint when the User specified a corrosion allowance. Added the flange ID to the input side when populating the input from Results when the User selects Update file with geometry. Corrected input values for bolt circle for vertical vessel supports. The bolt circle was not being properly updated during one of the optimization loops when seismic loads were being used. Corrected various thicknesses for weld-cap heads when the user entered the corrosion allowance and forming tolerance. The program was not accounting for these tolerances correctly. Corrected the formulas for the calculation of stresses S5 and S6 in the bellows expansion joint design procedure. The denominator was not correctly formatted. Corrected a problem when the User specifies the wind/seismic loads to be applied to the body flange designs. The program was ignoring inputted flange rating information, if any Corrected the calculation of nozzle MAWPs. Under certain conditions the program was calculating nozzles MAWPs as if the nozzles had internal projections when in fact they did not Corrected length of kettle with floating tubesheet. Under certain conditions the kettle shell cover and the floating head cover could touch at the shell cover end Updated the calculation of the hub length using corroded thickness. This was done before but was lost due to another change. Teams/AD - Corrected the full weight and added the test pressures to the setting plan Teams/CODAP - Corrected various values not being shown on drawings
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Whats Fixed in V7.1

Issue Number CQ00322635 Product Area EDR Issue Resolution Corrected the problem that plotting of physical properties showed legend for non-existent property sets on plot. Corrected the problem that program appears to continue to run even though application has stopped. Corrected the problem that drag and drop functionality for variables in frames and for combo lists appeared to work intermittently. Corrected the problem that temperature points were repeated for some physical properties curves when using Aspen Properties or B-JAC properties packages. This generated some unnecessary warning messages Props utility displayed the correct component names in the column heading showing the amount condensed of each component. File conversion utility now converts all files when large numbers of files were selected for conversion. Aspen Properties method shows up as required input. Red X (incomplete input) for physical properties section forms displays correctly. Aspen Properties results show stream compositions if the streams has no change of phase. Corrected the problem that Aspen Properties import of aprbkp file from folder with & in the name caused a crash.
CQ00322063
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CQ00323559
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CQ00319963
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CQ00338858
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CQ00347948
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CQ00318473
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Issue Resolution Corrected the problem that program was not releasing memory properly when a VB application created a BJACAPP object and then set it to nothing. If done repeatedly application would eventually run out of memory Corrected the problem that Aspen Properties databank method that was specified for the 1st stream would be used for all other streams if those stream methods were not explicitly specified. If no method was set for any stream Ideal would be assumed. Inlet and outlet humidity shown in results agree with results
CQ00328693
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CQ00300377
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CQ00348932
AirCooled
Tube side stream molecular weight and latent heat show correctly in overall summary. Corrected the problem that pressure change (gain) through fans was shown as negative value. Customers requested this be changed to positive value. User specified tube layouts in which there are more than 10 tube rows and more than 1 tube pass would not be misinterpreted when read into V7.0 UI. The pass arrangement would not get corrupted. Corrected the problem that program was using CS density to calculate fin weight when Aluminum fins were specified. Bundle weights and material costs would not be incorrect Bundle face area calculation was slightly off for staggered layouts in which all tubes had same number of tubes. This problem now is resolved.
CQ00350485
AirCooled
CQ00350488
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CQ00350490
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CQ00299687
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Product Area AirCooled
Issue Resolution User specified louver angle is being used in pressure drop calculation. The Clean case resistance distributions of outside film and tube wall were not switched in V7.1. Corrected the problem that input of tube wall thickness when OD and ID are already specified forced used to terminate program. Input of tube OD, ID and tube wall thickness were being updated properly when moving between the Geometry summary and the Tubes input forms. API sheet is displaying the correct molecular weight for the tube side stream. Program would not crash if invalid layout was specified on Geometry summary screen and user tried to display the tube layout drawing. Setting plan drawings would not extend beyond the borders of the drawing space. No crash occurs when adding FiredHeater to Tasc+/Acol+/Plate/Teams case User specified hottel parameter is over-ridden by program and the problem is now resolved. Property data read correctly from edr file Case can converge if there is pressure scaling Corrected the problem about corrupted unit conversion Algorythm for selecting defaults revised to resolve the problem that Default design pressures and temperatures were sometimes impractical.
CQ00328470
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CQ00327524
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CQ00325103
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CQ00290893
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CQ00323299
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CQ00338044
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CQ00349432
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CQ00335422
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CQ00325669
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CQ00325175 CQ00324393 CQ00328493
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Issue Resolution Heat load calculated from inside Aspen Plus simulation different than using standalone application with Aspen Properties. This would sometimes happen on isolated cases due to the different temperature profiles. The potential for this has been minimized The specified tube material thermal conductivity was not ignored in V7.1. The mass flowrates shown in various sections of input and results are consistent. Intermittent problem with interpolation. Area ratio reported on performance results now is correct. Intermittent problem for kettle reboiler units. Correct stream mixture properties used when two liquid phases existed but no vapor phase. The input for General Piping Element in the thermosiphon piping was not being ignored in V7.1. Inconsistent values for velocities and heat transfer coefficients could not display in results if field specific units for groups of values are changed and the user then goes to another form in which those same values are not grouped in the same way. Several problems associated with importing HYSYS data have been resolved. Impingement protection was displayed properly in TEMA sheet The twisted tube inlet/outlet should gaps were defaulting to correct values. Program will generate warning message when it allows a tube pitch to be specified less than TEMA recommended.
CQ00348313
Shell & Tube
CQ00347947
Shell & Tube
CQ00334174
Shell & Tube
CQ00349503
Shell & Tube
CQ00334491
Shell & Tube
CQ00347930
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CQ00327254
Shell & Tube
CQ00275502
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CQ00275505
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CQ00276532
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Issue Resolution The tube layout is correct. Tubes are shown inside of the shell. Rod baffles are shown on the setting plan. TEMA Nozzle data transferred to Excel properly. Multiple shell in series tube side pressure drop distribution screen showed drops which add to total Drag and drop for input combo list inputs always work. Hydrotest pressure shows up on TEMA sheet correctly. Corrected the problem that shell thickness used for shell smaller than 12 in diameter is thicker than required by TEMA Bundle entrance mad exit area calculations were correct Interval analysis property data shows correct surface tension data. Kettle entrainment ratio is reported correctly X type shell flow fractions now add up to 1.0 M-shells surface/unit value was reported correctly now when multiple shells in parallel or series existed. Interactive setting plan would not disappear when an unrealistic value was specified. Setting plan always shows a distributor belt when it was present. Interactive setting plan works properly when changing nozzle locations. Vacuum design pressure appears on TEMA sheet. Intermediate nozzles and shell cover material show on TEMA sheet.
CQ00308248 CQ00335459 CQ00297320
Shell & Tube Shell & Tube Shell & Tube
CQ00307833 CQ00295278 CQ00325102
Shell & Tube Shell & Tube Shell & Tube
CQ00330178 CQ00328672
CQ00274413 CQ00302176
CQ00320241
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CQ00325742
Shell & Tube
CQ00335204
Shell & Tube
CQ00325739
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CQ00284419 CQ00237798
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Issue Resolution Added new enhancement to the calculation of the MDMT for nozzle reinforcing pads in accordance with ASME L-9.3. Added new warning when inputted tubesheet thickness is not sufficient for the flanged extension for U-tubes and floating head exchangers. Corrected the problem with a unit conversion for a diameter and a seismic load factor. Corrected the problem with the conversion of units in SI or metric units when calculating the hydrostatic pressure to be added to the design pressure. New input available for external pressure factor B The warning for a user-specified vertical support geometry is appropriate. Design mode on a BEU exchanger for Teams/EN where the controlling flange gasket OD was being used on the other flange. Corrected the problem with the corrosion allowance in a shell side body flange calculation of hub thickness 'g1'. External pressure calculations is performed for charts HA-1 and HA-2 at 1300 deg F even though charts go up to 1500 F. Changed calculation of hub thickness 'go' to match ASME interpretation. If flange is attached to pipe, go will take into account the pipe material tolerance. Added supports and lift lugs reinforcing pad materials to Design Summary | Materials.
CQ00326922
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CQ00331829
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CQ00333017
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00333678
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00335221
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CQ00335308
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00337425
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CQ00338901
Shell & TubeMech
CQ00348694
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CQ00348999
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Product Area Plate
Issue Resolution No red cross appeared over application options after data transferred from Shell & Tube Exchanger to Plate Exchanger Liquid/Vapor Mole fraction data in Stream Compositions tab has update COMThermo data bank- Can update properties if 'Ideal' package is used once
CQ00255640
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CQ00277310
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Economic Evaluation
Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (formerly Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator)

Product Description
Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (formerly Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator) provides a window into the economic viability of a particular process or project. Aspen IPE automatically selects and creates a sized equipment list. It then develops detailed designs with the associated capital costs and construction and engineering man-hours. It also produces return-oninvestment (ROI) reports. The equipment list, designs, and ROI reports are all directly linked to your flowsheet and /or process simulation output. Most importantly, Aspen Process Economic Analyzer provides these detailed evaluations of process alternatives early in the life of a project. Aspen Process Economic Analyzer enables management to focus the engineering process on business prioritiesby enabling you to integrate business considerations with sophisticated engineering analysis. With more timely and accurate engineering information, management can make faster, better informed, and more confident decisions. Aspen Process Economic Analyzer enables more effective strategic planning, faster reaction to market developments, and improved efficiency, which enhances your competitive position. Aspen Process Economic Analyzer can work from your sized equipment list or can size equipment from your simulator-generated heat and material balance. You can identify the impact of your scope definition on cost and profit early, quickly, and inexpensively, thereby eliminating the need for expensive change orders for revisions that typically arise during later design stages. Pumps, storage tanks, and other offsite equipment are generally disregarded during process simulation. These and other items can be easily added to your scope definition using the graphical interface in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer.
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The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Multiple component copying capabilities Crystal Reports upgrade Data entry for equipment and area specifications via grid mechanism On-line help functionality New reports
Multiple Component Copying Capabilities

This feature enables selecting and copying multiple components and areas from an external project. The same unit and currency conversion capabilities introduced in previous versions are maintained. In addition, target rule behavior regarding copying is the same as previous versions: Areas copied to the Project level will create a new Report Group and Area Areas copied to a Report Group will create new area in the Report Group Areas copied on another Area will copy all components to that area
Note: This feature will not permit simultaneous area and component selections.
Crystal Reports Upgrade

The version of Crystal Reports has been upgraded to Version XI. This will enable users to prepare custom reports using this version of Crystal Reports. No changes to existing Icarus Crystal Reports will result from this upgrade.
Data Entry for Equipment and Area Specifications via Grid Mechanism
A new mode of inputting and/or editing data specifications is available in the GUI. New Grid type (i.e. spreadsheet) layouts enable the following: Modification of Area Specs across all areas by Discipline Modification of Equipment Specs can be made by equipment type (e.g., pumps, vessels, heat exchangers, towers, etc.)
The new grids will expedite data entry, edit, and review in an easier grid layout. From the grid, users will be able to: Access main component forms to access installation bulks, VPIDS, Volumetric Model, etc. Copy and paste data to and from Excel Sort by different equipment type or column (e.g. Materials of Construction, Flowrate, etc.) Add/Delete components
This new feature will help increase data entry speed and review.
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On-Line Help Functionality

Allows users to press F1 on equipment component forms and the help will navigate to the applicable topic in the reference guide. This feature is enabled only for equipment in this release.
New Reports
New Standard Area Reports are included with this release: Component Listings with Equipment Cost (equipment cost was not previously included in the component listings reports). The new reports are located: Full Import_Other Reports_Area_Component Listings_Sorted by ID Full Import_Other Reports_Area_Component Listings_Sorted by Name

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Further improvements for equipment and area data entry via grid mechanism Transfer operating temperature for heat exchanger unit operations
Further Improvements for Equipment and Area Data Entry via Grid Mechanism
Provide additional equipment breakdowns so the equipment grids can display input specifications for more alike component types. From the original View Menu a user will be able to go directly to any category under the spreadsheet view either with a single drop down or dropdown with -> to go to a further level. The breakdowns that will be presented are: Vessels All Horizontal Vertical Pressure (containing models: CYLINDER, MULTI WALL, JACKETED, SPHERE, SPHEROID) Storage (containing models: STORAGE, GAS HOLDER, CRYOGENIC, PLAST TANK, WOOD TANK, CONE BTM, LIVE BTM, SAN TANK) Tile Chest (containing models: CHEST CYL, CHEST RYL, CHEST MTL) Heat Exchangers All Reboilers Heat Exchangers All TEMA (containing models: FIXED T S, FLOAT HEAD, U TUBE, TEMA, PRE ENGR)
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Sanitary (containing models: CORRUGATED, HOT WATER, MULTI P F, STM HE MOD Air Cooler (containing model AIR COOLER) Miscellaneous (containing all models not included above) Compressors All Gas Centrifugal (containing models: CENTRIF, CENTRIF IG) Reciprocating (containing models: RECIP MOTR, RECIP GAS) Air Pumps All Gear Positive displacement Centrifugal All Process (containing models: ANSI, ANSI PLAST, API 610, GEN SERV, API 610 IL, HIGH SPEED, IN LINE, MAG DRIVE) Vertical/Sump (containing models: AXIAL FLOW, CANNED, TURBINE) Sanitary/Stock (containing models: PULP STOCK, SAN PUMP, FLUME PUMP) Towers All Single Double Allow user defined custom attributes to appear on the equipment grids (not area grids). Currently in the V7.0 release, user defined custom attributes will only appear on the standard equipment component input forms and will not be shown on the spreadsheet grids. This prevents a user from exporting all of the information about the equipment. Implementing this capability will enable all fields that appear on the standard input forms to also appear on the equipment grids. Using the ALL COMPONENTS should also include the various equipment spreadsheet views. If a user wants a custom attribute to appear on a specific spreadsheet view, then the MODEL name use should be that shown in the preferences for the view the attribute is to appear in. Allow User Customization of Spreadsheet Forms. Use new options in the Tools/Preferences, a user can now define the desired fields to be visible in the various flavors of Spreadsheet Views in the GUI. The default fields displayed will be predetermined by Aspen and users will be able to make desired modifications.
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Transfer Operating Temperature for Heat Exchanger Unit Operations

Operating temperatures specified in simulator heat exchanger unit ops are now transferred to Aspen Process Economic Analyzer to help in scoping and design of insulation thicknesses.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Process Economic Analyzer V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Process Economic Analyzer.
Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator (formerly Aspen Icarus Project Manager)

Product Description
Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator (formerly Aspen Icarus Project Manager) is a fully-integrated design, estimating, scheduling, cost tracking, and reporting system for plant expansions, renovations, revamps, and retrofits. Aspen InPlant Cost Estimator is the only one of its kind that provides a complete precedence network through an embedded interface to Primavera's Project Planner - P3 for Windows, a premier scheduling package for the Engineering and Construction market. Use Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator to reduce risk in maintenance turnaround planning and maximize the return-oninvestment (ROI) of capital expenditures.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator Escalation Multiple component copying capabilities Crystal Reports upgrade Data entry for equipment and area specifications via grid mechanism Index improvements On-line help functionality New reports
Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator Escalation

In Kbase, system developed four major cost categories - general material, construction man-hour, design engineering, and construction management
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can be adjusted for time-dependent cost variations through an Escalation option. The same feature has been implemented in the Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator product. This enables SPREAD and ACCUM escalation via 3 sets of indices: System base indices (SBI) User base indices (UBI) Escalation indices (EI)
This will enable Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator users to account for time dependent cost effects in these categories within their project estimates.

A new mode of inputting and/or editing data specifications is available in the GUI. New Grid type (i.e. spreadsheet) layouts enable the following: Modification of Area Specs across all areas by Discipline Modification of Equipment Specs can be made by equipment type (e.g. pumps, vessels, heat exchangers, towers, etc.)
The new grids will expedite data entry, edit, and review in an easier grid layout. From the grid, users will be able to: Access main component forms to access installation bulks, VPIDS, Volumetric Model, etc. Copy and paste data to and from Excel Sort by different equipment type or column (e.g. Materials of Construction, Flowrate, etc.) Add/delete components
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Indexing Improvements
Real Number Indexing
This new feature enables Real Number Indexing (XXX.XX format). The indexing can be done on: Project Level Area Level (Replace Model) this option replaces Project Level Indexing Area Level (Multiply Model) this option multiplies the area and project indexing
External Indexing
This new feature externalizes Material and Man-hour indexing. This helps assist users in calibrating to a new cost basis by updating an existing Project Level Index with a new one. Also, external index library file can be created using the library editor. The external index file can be selected, edited, and used at the project level. At the area level, indices may be edited and applied cumulatively or to replace the project level indices.

New Reports

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Further improvements for equipment and area data entry via grid mechanism Updated design bases for Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator
Provide additional equipment breakdowns so the equipment grids can display input specifications for more alike component types. From the original View Menu a user will be able to go directly to any category under the spreadsheet view either with a single drop down or dropdown with -> to go to a further level. The breakdowns that will be presented are:
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Vessels All Horizontal Vertical Pressure (containing models: CYLINDER, MULTI WALL, JACKETED, SPHERE, SPHEROID) Storage (containing models: STORAGE, GAS HOLDER, CRYOGENIC, PLAST TANK, WOOD TANK, CONE BTM, LIVE BTM, SAN TANK) Tile Chest (containing models: CHEST CYL, CHEST RYL, CHEST MTL) Heat Exchangers All Reboilers Heat Exchangers All TEMA (containing models: FIXED T S, FLOAT HEAD, U TUBE, TEMA, PRE ENGR) Sanitary (containing models: CORRUGATED, HOT WATER, MULTI P F, STM HE MOD Air Cooler (containing model AIR COOLER) Miscellaneous (containing all models not included above) Compressors All Gas Centrifugal (containing models: CENTRIF, CENTRIF IG) Reciprocating (containing models: RECIP MOTR, RECIP GAS) Air Pumps All Gear Positive displacement Centrifugal All Process (containing models: ANSI, ANSI PLAST, API 610, GEN SERV, API 610 IL, HIGH SPEED, IN LINE, MAG DRIVE) Vertical/Sump (containing models: AXIAL FLOW, CANNED, TURBINE) Sanitary/Stock (containing models: PULP STOCK, SAN PUMP, FLUME PUMP) Towers All Single Double
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Allow user defined custom attributes to appear on the equipment grids (not area grids). Currently in the V7.0 release, user defined custom attributes will only appear on the standard equipment component input forms and will not be shown on the spreadsheet grids. This prevents a user from exporting all of the information about the equipment. Implementing this capability will enable all fields that appear on the standard input forms to also appear on the equipment grids. Using the ALL COMPONENTS should also include the various equipment spreadsheet views. If a user wants a custom attribute to appear on a specific spreadsheet view, then the MODEL name use should be that shown in the preferences for the view the attribute is to appear in.
Allow User Customization of Spreadsheet Forms. Use new options in the Tools/Preferences, a user can now define the desired fields to be visible in the various flavors of Spreadsheet Views in the GUI. The default fields displayed will be predetermined by Aspen and users will be able to make desired modifications.
Updated Design Bases for Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator

In General Equipment Specs Design Allowance Method and Rotating Equipment Spares Method has been removed. In General Civil Specs Wind Load, Soil Type, and Soil Density have been added and Misc. Concrete allowance method has been removed. In General Instrumentation Specs Control Center Type default has been changed to DGTL (previously ALOG).
Compatibility Notes
Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator.
Aspen Capital Cost Estimator (formerly Aspen Kbase)

Product Description
Aspen Capital Cost Estimator (formerly Aspen Kbase) is the state-of-the-art, fully integrated design, estimating and scheduling system designed to help you evaluate the capital cost of process plants and mills worldwidequickly, accurately and early in the project life cycle. Using as little information as your list of sized equipment and a general arrangement of your project, Aspen Capital Cost Estimator develops a complete, detailed engineering, procurement and construction estimate and critical path method (CPM) schedule. Because Aspen Capital Cost Estimator
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automatically performs mechanical designs for equipment and bulks, using self-contained international design, estimating, and scheduling procedures, you have the accurate, detailed answers you need at the 3-5% stage of engineering. With Aspen Capital Cost Estimator, you profit from early information. You can evaluate projects during the preliminary design phase, evaluate projects during the design and construction phases, and evaluate process/project design alternatives. You can evaluate scope changes, bid tabs, vendor quotes, change orders, as well as offer new services with current resources, making use of time saved by Aspen Capital Cost Estimator.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Plot plan layout Multiple component copying capabilities Crystal reports upgrade Data entry for equipment and area specifications via grid mechanism Index improvements On-line help functionality New reports
Plot Plan Layout

This feature enables a user to generate a graphical representation of a preliminary equipment layout. The equipment arrangement on the layout will be used (in conjunction with Volumetric PID Connectivity) to determine piping lengths in the project estimate. The new lengths will replace the system calculated lengths which will improve piping run estimates since the layout serves as the basis for the length calculations. In order to use this layout feature, Aspen Basic Engineering (formerly Aspen Zyqad) must be licensed and installed. A new plot plan drawing type has been created in Aspen Basic Engineering to support this workflow. The workflow for this feature is described in the following: Aspen Capital Cost Estimator calculates and exports data to Aspen Basic Engineering: Area dimensions (if not specified by user) Equipment footprint dimensions (if not specified by user) Dimensions of exclusion zone around equipment (if not specified by user)
In Aspen Basic Engineering, the new Layout drawing type is accessed in the Drawing Editor application. These functions can be performed to create the project layout: Locate areas defined in the Aspen Capital Cost Estimator project Locate/arrange project equipment within designated areas. Exclusion or safety zones conforming to Industrial Insurance spacing requirements are calculated and shown on the layout drawing (as dashed lines) for each equipment item to assist in arrangement.
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Area dimensions and location can be changed graphically Equipment locations can be changed graphically Equipment within an area will move with the area when the area is relocated on the drawing Update scaling to zoom in/out of layout to fine tune equipment arrangement Printout hard copies of plot plan for areas and project Equipment can not be placed outside an area Equipment can not be placed in areas different from their parent areas (areas they were specified in Aspen Capital Cost Estimator) Equipment can not be placed on each other, which would violate the exclusion zone concept unless the area type is specified as OPEN, EXOPEN or MODULE. If the area type is OPEN, EXOPEN or MODULE, equipment can be placed on each other, which is assumed to be at different levels (or Z height coordinates). However, the layout represents a top down view and, as such, different levels are not isolated within the view. Areas cannot be placed where they will get negative coordinates Piperack symbols can be placed on a drawing for graphical representation only. Note: No data resulting from the layout arrangement for piperacks will be transmitted back to Aspen Capital Cost Estimator.
Note the following restrictions within the layout drawing:
Areas cannot be rotated; equipment can be rotated only through 90 degree increments. Area size can be changed by using top and right handles only Equipment footprint size and safety dimensions cannot be graphically modified in the plotplan. These values (either calculated or inputted by the user) are set in Aspen Capital Cost Estimator. Only equipment coordinates (used to calculate spatial relationships) are modified within the layout. Area dimensions, locations and equipment locations from the user generated plot plan are imported into Aspen Capital Cost Estimator
Import the data back to Aspen Capital Cost Estimator:
In Aspen Capital Cost Estimator, a project evaluation is performed to calculate interconnected piping lengths: Aspen Capital Cost Estimator uses equipment locations to calculate interconnected piping lengths
Note: Use of interconnected VPID feature is necessary to calculate new line lengths. The lengths calculated for Interconnected Lines are composed of two parts: A fixed length determined from the layout using equipment X, Y, Z coordinates to calculate relative distances between the components A variable length calculated from equipment internal volumetric models using equipment parameters (e.g., tower height) Total length is the sum of both parts
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A new mode of inputting and/or editing data specifications is available in the GUI. New Grid type (i.e. spreadsheet) layouts enable the following: Modification of Area Specs across all areas by Discipline Modification of Equipment Specs can be made by equipment type (e.g. pumps, vessels, heat exchangers, towers, etc.)
The new grids will expedite data entry, edit, and review in an easier grid layout. From the grid, users will be able to: Access main component forms to access installation bulks, VPIDS, Volumetric Model, etc. Copy and paste data to and from Excel Sort by different equipment type or column (e.g. Materials of Construction, Flowrate, etc.) Add/Delete components
Indexing Improvements
Real Number Indexing
This new feature enables Real Number Indexing (XXX.XX format). The indexing can be done on: Project Level Area Level (Replace Model) this option replaces Project Level Indexing Area Level (Multiply Model) this option multiplies the area and project indexing
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External Indexing
This new feature externalizes Material, Man-hour, and Location indexing. This helps assist users in calibrating to a new cost basis by updating an existing Project Level Index with a new one. Also, external index library file can be created using the library editor. The external index file can be selected, edited, and used at the project level. At the area level, indices may be edited and applied cumulatively or to replace the project level indices.

New Reports

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Plot plan layout Further improvements for equipment and area data entry via Grid Mechanism
Plot Plan Layout

Performance Improvements
The code has been modified to increase the speed of data transfer from Aspen Basic Engineering (aka Zyqad) to Aspen Capital Cost Estimator (aka Kbase) using ABE Costing Interface (Cost Mapper). Also error messages generated during data transfer are displayed at the end of the transfer so they do not to interrupt the process. This enhances the workflow for transferring data to and from Aspen Basic Engineering. In the Drawing Editor, while drawing the plot plan layout, users can filter the stockpile by Areas (Areas defined in the CCE project that has been transferred for plot plan layout). This improves the workflow by making it easier for users to determine which equipment belongs to which area.
Quoted Cost and Equipment Model Library (EML) Items

Users can now transfer Quoted cost items and EML items from CCE projects to ABE. Users need to enter the desired footprint and safety dimensions on
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these items. The items will be transferred to Mechanical Equipment class objects in ABE.
Plant Bulk Pipe Racks

Users will be able to transfer plant bulk pipe racks (concrete and steel) to ABE to be displayed on plot plan lay out. The drawing editor can be used to graphically change the length and width of the pipe rack(s). Pipe racks can be laid out to span multiple areas and can be placed outside areas. The length, width and location of the pipe rack placed in the plot plan can be imported back to CCE for re-estimation.
Provide additional equipment breakdowns so the equipment grids can display input specifications for more alike component types. From the original View Menu a user will be able to go directly to any category under the spreadsheet view either with a single drop down or dropdown with -> to go to a further level. The breakdowns that will be presented are: Vessels All Horizontal Vertical Pressure (containing models: CYLINDER, MULTI WALL, JACKETED, SPHERE, SPHEROID) Storage (containing models: STORAGE, GAS HOLDER, CRYOGENIC, PLAST TANK, WOOD TANK, CONE BTM, LIVE BTM, SAN TANK) Tile Chest (containing models: CHEST CYL, CHEST RYL, CHEST MTL) Heat Exchangers All Reboilers Heat Exchangers All TEMA (containing models: FIXED T S, FLOAT HEAD, U TUBE, TEMA, PRE ENGR) Sanitary (containing models: CORRUGATED, HOT WATER, MULTI P F, STM HE MOD Air Cooler (containing model AIR COOLER) Miscellaneous (containing all models not included above) Compressors All Gas Centrifugal (containing models: CENTRIF, CENTRIF IG) Reciprocating (containing models: RECIP MOTR, RECIP GAS)
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Air Pumps All Gear Positive displacement Centrifugal All Process (containing models: ANSI, ANSI PLAST, API 610, GEN SERV, API 610 IL, HIGH SPEED, IN LINE, MAG DRIVE) Vertical/Sump (containing models: AXIAL FLOW, CANNED, TURBINE) Sanitary/Stock (containing models: PULP STOCK, SAN PUMP, FLUME PUMP) Towers All Single Double Allow user defined custom attributes to appear on the equipment grids (not area grids). Currently in the V7.0 release, user defined custom attributes will only appear on the standard equipment component input forms and will not be shown on the spreadsheet grids. This prevents a user from exporting all of the information about the equipment. Implementing this capability will enable all fields that appear on the standard input forms to also appear on the equipment grids. Using the ALL COMPONENTS should also include the various equipment spreadsheet views. If a user wants a custom attribute to appear on a specific spreadsheet view, then the MODEL name use should be that shown in the preferences for the view the attribute is to appear in. Allow User Customization of Spreadsheet Forms. Use new options in the Tools/Preferences, a user can now define the desired fields to be visible in the various flavors of Spreadsheet Views in the GUI. The default fields displayed will be predetermined by Aspen and users will be able to make desired modifications.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Capital Cost Estimator V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Capital Cost Estimator.
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Icarus Evaluation Engine

Technology Description
The Icarus Evaluation Engine (Icarus Evaluation Technology) provides stateof-the-art economic evaluation services to the entire Aspen Icarus product suite: Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator (formerly Aspen Icarus Project Manager), Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (formerly Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator), and Aspen Capital Cost Estimator (formerly Aspen Kbase).

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Plant bulk instrumentation Power distribution New graphical drawing 75 Volumetric P&ID changes Piping Default shell materials selection (Capital Cost Estimator and In-Plant Cost Estimator Only)
Plant Bulk Instrumentation

CONDUIT item: a new CONDUIT item has been added in the Plant Bulk Instrumentation menu. This is similar to the CONDUIT item in Plant Bulk Electrical. Users can specify conduit length, diameter, and fittings for the item in the Instrumentation Codes of Accounts.
Power Distribution
New options to delete civil foundation and grounding well & grid is added in the Power Distribution forms for MAIN and UNIT substations. User can now delete system developed substation civil foundations and grounding from the project estimates.
New Graphical Drawing 75

A new graphical and non-graphical P&ID number 75 is created for TEWAC motors.
Volumetric P&ID changes

Updates to the following VPID drawings (internal, external, and non-graphical volumetric models) have been made. As identified in the list, the following loops have been changed from Pneumatic Local Control to Electronic Control Center:
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HT storage FULL 619H: Loop 6 Jacketed HT 3phase separator with baffles 143J: Loop 8 Jacketed HT 3phase separator with boot 142J: Loop 8 Jacketed HT batch 5HJ: Loop 8 Jacketed HT continuous FULL 604J: Loop 7 Jacketed HT continuous STD 4J: Loop 6 Jacketed HT knockout FULL 622HJ: Loop 7 Jacketed HT knockout STD 22HJ: Loop 7 Jacketed HT liquid separator 144J: Loop 6 Jacketed HT liquid separator with boot 144J: Loop 6 Jacketed HT pressure vessel with boot 141HJ: Loop 7 Jacketed HT receiver 10HJ: Loop 10 Jacketed HT storage FULL 619HJ: Loop 6 and Loop 12 Jacketed HT storage STD 19HJ: Loop 6 Jacketed reactor FULL 623: Loop 9 Jacketed VT batch 5VJ: Loop 8 Jacketed VT continuous FULL 606J: Loop 8 Jacketed VT continuous STD 6J: Loop 8 Jacketed VT knockout FULL 622VJ: Loop 7 Jacketed VT knockout STD 22VJ: Loop 7 Jacketed VT receiver 10VJ: Loop 10 Jacketed VT storage FULL 619VJ: Loop 6 and Loop 12 Jacketed VT storage STD 19VJ: Loop 6 Motor TEWAC 75: Loop 1 Non smokeless flare 69: Loop 5 Open top jacketed reactor FULL 623O: Loop 9 Plate and frame filter 30: Loop 1 Smokeless flare 48: Loop 6 Static mixer 88: Loop 2 Static mixer with 316PS pipe material 88S: Loop 2 Vessel heater bare pipe immersion coil 26: Loop 1 VT storage FULL 619V: Loop 6
Piping
Usage of dissimilar materials for small/medium/large pipe for custom pipe specifications is now permitted.
Default Shell Materials Selection (Capital Cost Estimator and In-Plant Cost Estimator Only)
This new feature applies to towers, horizontal vessels, vertical pressure and storage vessels and agitated tanks. In the Project Basis View, users will be able to specify a default design temperature cutoff and shell material that
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should be used above and below the cutoff in Design Basis Equipment Specs. These selections will be applied in the design ONLY when the design temperature value is entered in the equipment form (either by the user or as a result of sizing). If design temperature is not specified for these components, this feature will not be active. The cutoff design temperature and the materials selected by user will be applied in the equipment design as follows: If the user has entered a shell material in the equipment form, the value entered in the equipment form will be used. If the user has NOT entered a design temperature or shell material in the forms, then default design temperature and shell material below cutoff will be used (e.g. 650 F and A285C for shell and tube heat exchangers). If the user has entered a design temperature but NOT entered shell material, then the shell material below cutoff will be used if equip. design temperature < cutoff design temperature. If equip. design temperature > cutoff design temperature, then shell material above cutoff will be used. Furthermore, previously the default shell material for single and double diameter towers was A515. This has been changed to A516 to represent current design specifications. Since the stress properties and costs are similar for these two materials, existing projects wont be unduly impacted.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: 2008 cost basis update pricing changes Mega Project support Update ASME 2008 materials properties Further Electrical Enhancements
2008 Cost Basis Update Pricing Changes

The pricing basis for this release has been updated to the First Quarter 2008. The table below summarizes an approximation of the changes from the 2006.5.0 version of Aspen Icarus (i.e. 2007 pricing basis). These results were obtained by running a general benchmark project containing a representative mix of equipment found in a gas processing plant. In addition to pricing changes, model enhancements and defect corrections have affected overall percentage differences. Your results may differ based on the overall mix of equipment, bulk items, and specified materials contained in your project.
Percent Change from V7.1 (2008 Basis) vs. 2006.5 (2007 Basis) US 10.9% 7.4% 10.5% 7.8% 5.5% UK 11.2% 6.8% 13.6% 15.3% 3.9% JP 2.3% -1.4% 4.4% 10.4% -1.5% EU 12.2% 5.9% 8.7% 11.2% 4.5% ME1 9.0% 3.8% 8.4% 11.0% 4.6%
Category Equipment Piping Civil Steel Instrumentation
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Electrical Insulation Paint
7.9% 7.5% 8.4%
3.5% 5.8% 9.3%
-1.4% 1.1% -3.9%
3.9% 5.6% 3.2%
5.0% 6.1% 5.8%
For the ME basis only, the results shown in the table are changes from V7.1 vs. 2006.5 CP2 In general, the following system pricing changes were observed: Carbon Steel plate pricing has shown large increases of app. 35%. Based on vendor data, Carbon Steel seamless tube pricing has shown a large increase of app. 59%. Based on vendor data, Carbon Steel welded tube pricing has shown a large increase of app. 49%. US Rebar pricing has increased app. 67%. Ready-Mix Concrete Pricing has changed via the following: o o o o o US Basis has increased app. 10%. UK Basis has increased app. 23%. EU Basis has increased app. 6%. JP Basis has increased app. 8%. ME Basis has increased app. 10%.
Pricing for structural steel shapes has increased app. 8% in the US Basis. Continued worldwide demand resulted in significant increases for stainless steel plate (e.g. 304SS app. 30%, 316SS app. 43%). Based on vendor data, pricing for stainless steel welded tubing has decreased by the following: o o o o 304W ~ -6% 316W ~ -7% 321W ~ -6% 2205W ~ -15%
Based on vendor data, pricing for stainless steel seamless tubing has increased by the following: o o o 304S ~ 7% 316S ~ 6% 321S ~ 28%
Titanium pricing has decreased significantly, app. 40%. Nickel prices have decreased significantly resulting in price decreases for such materials as o o o Hastelloy ~ -30% plate, ~-15% tube Inconel ~-35-40% plate, ~-30% tube Monel ~ -30% plate, ~-15% tube
Updates to G&A, Profit, and Overhead has been made to the remote pipe shop labor model resulting in increases from 14-18%. Significant ME construction labor wage rate decreases (>30%) were observed.
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Mega Project Support

Increased Pipe Diameters to 120 inch (from 72-120 only standard diameters are permitted). Pipe diameters greater than 72" are only available for Plant Bulk Pipe Items. These larger diameters cannot be specified in pipe item details or yard pipe forms. Increased substation support to 50 substations and 34.5 KV secondary transmission voltage Performance improvements in handling contractors and custom piping specs
Update ASME 2008 Materials Properties

Further Electrical Enhancements
New electrical plant bulk item has been added - "HIGH MAST" for high mast lighting systems Aluminum Pole selection option for area lighting Include pilot light cost in the pushbutton cost; take out separate pilot light line item cost from reporting. Report NEMA starter size for low voltage motors Add "Red concrete" option for electrical conduit envelope
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Icarus Evaluation Engine V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Icarus Evaluation Engine.
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Energy and Flare Analysis
Aspen Energy Analyzer (formerly Aspen HX-Net)

Product Description
Aspen Energy Analyzer addresses a major aspect of conceptual engineering Heat Exchanger Networks. Aspen Energy Analyzer calculates targets for energy and capital investment and enables the development of better heat integration projects saving operating, capital and design cost, and reducing energy-related emissions. It provides tools for performing process optimization and provides both graphical and algorithmic methods.

V7.0 includes the following new features and enhancements: Improvements to data transfer from Excel Cross-Pinch table functionality improvements Specify Number of Hours per Year
Improvements to Data Transfer from Excel

Previously, in Aspen HX-Net the transfer of an Excel fixed table format for a heat exchanger network only allowed structures without splitters. In Aspen Energy Analyzer V7.0 users can use a fixed table format to indicate the presence of splitters in the heat exchanger network. Heater and cooler units can also be identified and the utilities to which these units will be connected can be specified.
Cross-Pinch Table Functionality Improvements

Previously, no interaction with the Aspen HX-Net Cross-Pinch table was allowed. This table can be accessed by clicking the Open Cross Pinch Load View on the Design Tools window.
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In the Aspen Energy Analyzer V7.0 Cross-Pinch table users can filter the process pinch(es) from the whole set of pinches (i.e. process plus utility pinches) by clicking the icon in the left upper corner of the table. A Sort by Column drop down menu is also available to sort the selected pinch loads by decreasing value. Filtering by type of heat exchanger is also possible using the colored buttons that allow display of Process-Process, Heaters and/or Coolers.
Specify Number of Hours per Year

Previously, in Aspen HX-Net the number of hours of operation per year was fixed to the standard total number of hours per year. In Aspen Energy Analyzer V7.0 Economics tab users can specify a number of hours of operations different than the default standard value.

V7.1 includes the following new features and enhancements: Specification of weights for measured plant temperatures when estimating Heat transfer coefficients.
Specification of Weights for Measured Plant Temperatures When Estimating Heat Transfer Coefficients
Previously, in Aspen Energy Analyzer V7.0 all measured plant temperatures were considered to have the same weight when minimizing the squares of their differences with the calculated temperatures. In Aspen Energy Analyzer V7.1 users can specify different weights for each of the measured plant temperatures.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Energy Analyzer V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and previous versions of Aspen Energy Analyzer.
Whats Fixed in V7.0

Issue Number CQ00311164 Issue Description Data Extraction from Aspen Plus crashes when extracting DSTWU column Issue Resolution Resolved. The issue was related to the estimation of the number of stages done by Aspen Plus instead of the user imputing this number.
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Issue Description Should be able to extract duty from an Aspen Plus Separator Block and Reactor without the need of a Heat stream
Issue Resolution Data Extraction from Aspen Plus was enhanced to allow the transfer of the duty from a Separator Block and/or a Reactor Block without the need of attaching a Heat stream to the block. A defect when overriding the Global dTmin for utility targeting was fixed. The correct targets are now shown when a different dTmin that the Global dTmin is used for each or any of the utility streams. The issue is resolved The issue is resolved
CQ00308163
Error in utility targeting when overriding Global dTmin
CQ00273779
Aspen Energy Analyze shows the wrong unit in Unit Preference.
Whats Fixed in V7.1

Issue Number CQ00347984 Issue Description Client has insufficient licenses to run HX-Net application. Issue Resolution A new OLE application was created to start only Aspen Energy Analyzer when called from Excel. The Visual Basic line CreateObject("HXNet.applicatio n) should be used instead of CreateObject("CONCEPTS.applic ation) when creating the Aspen Energy Analyzer Application. The additional Aspen COMThermo Workbench licenses will no longer be required An existing Hot Utility that has zero duty is now not included in the generation of the Utility Grand Composite Curve. With this fix, the Hot Utility does no longer interfere with the placing of the non-zero utilities on the Utility Grand Composite Curve. When including a Petrofrac column in Aspen Plus, the user should be allowed to specify a number of column stages (e.g. 6 stages) and still provide a feed specification in an additional stage (e.g. feed above stage 7). A fix was introduced to avoid Data Extraction from Aspen Plus to fail in this specific situation.
CQ00322610
Wrong Utility Grand Composite Curve placing of HP Steam Gen utility.
CQ00221936
Data extraction from Aspen Plus fails.
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Aspen Flare System Analyzer (formerly Aspen FLARENET)

Product Description
Aspen Flare System Analyzer enables the engineer to perform steady-state design, rating or de-bottlenecking of single or multiple flare and vent systems. The program can calculate minimum sizes for new flare systems or evaluate alternatives to remove bottlenecks in existing relief networks. Aspen Flare System Analyzer can also be used to identify potentially dangerous relief scenarios during design phase or current operational scenarios. The program can be used to demonstrate regulatory compliance of the flare and vent systems in relation to over pressure and noise regulations. Aspen Flare System Analyzer has an intuitive graphical Process Flow Diagram (PFD) environment that presents a clear and precise representation of the network. A typical model of the flare or vent system may comprise of several hundred interconnected elements including relief valves, control valves, piping, connectors (including expansions, contractions, standard/sweep tees and orifice plates) separators and flare tips. Aspen Flare System Analyzer ensures that model development is made as simple and efficient as possible.

V7.0 includes the following new features and enhancements: Heat transfer calculation under sea water Rated flow API 520 Data Import/Export enhancement Knock out Drum Sizing Additions to pure component data imported from HYSYS
Heat Transfer Calculation under Sea Water

Flare System Analyzer supports the calculation of heat under sea water. The calculated heat transfer coefficient is a function of the following parameters: External medium Velocity (User input) External medium Temperature (User input) Wall Temperature (Calculated inside the code) External medium Density as a function of temperature (calculated from correlations) External medium Heat Capacity as a function of temperature (calculated from correlations) External medium Thermal Conductivity as a function of temperature (calculated from correlations) External medium Viscosity as a function of temperature (calculated from correlations)
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Rated Flow API 520

Several improvements were done in the rated flow calculation of pressure relief valves. For liquid relief rated flow calculation the procedure described in section 3.8 & 3.9 for API 520 -2000 / section 4.5 & 4.6 for API 520 -1976 was implemented. For steam relief rated flow calculation the procedure described in section 3.7 for API 520 -2000 / section 4.4 for API 520 -1976 was implemented. In the previous version these procedures were not implemented and the procedures described in section 3.6 for API 520 -2000 / section 4.3 were used for API 520 1976, which are applicable for compressible gas/vapor (other than steam). For two-phase relief rated flow calculation for sub-cooled liquid flashing inside the relief valve, Aspen Flare System Analyzer uses a regression formula (for critical pressure ratio calculation) from the data of figure D-3, API 520 RP (2000). The regression formula holds only in a limited region. To extend the range of applicability the equation that was used to generate the original plot was implemented. (Ref:http://committees.api.org/standards/tech/docs/520ati.xls.) Methods of API 520 (1976) & API 520 (1993) do not apply for two-phase flow. Flare System Analyzer now gives a warning when these methods are selected for conditions where 2 phase flows exist.
Data Import/Export Enhancement

The Automation interfaces were extended providing OLE access to the existing import and export capabilities of Aspen Flare System Analyzer since these are reasonably comprehensive. This includes import/export to XML, Access and Excel.
Knock out Drum Sizing

In this version of Aspen Flare System Analyzer you can size horizontal and vertical knock out drums according to the sizing procedure of API 521 RP. Horizontal Knock out drum sizing procedure (Section 5.4.2.1 (API 521 RP)): The final result of the sizing procedure is the length of the knockout drum. This is a function of the flow rate upstream of the drum, conditions (P, T and vapor fraction) in the drum, physical properties of the fluid, average droplet size in the flashing fluid as well as the diameter and liquid level in the drum. Droplet size, diameter and liquid level are user inputs. Vertical Knock out drum sizing procedure (Section 5.4.2.1 API 521 RP): The final result of the sizing procedure is the diameter of the knockout drum. This is a function of the flow rate upstream of the drum, conditions (P, T and vapor fraction) in the drum and physical properties of the fluid.
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Additions to the Pure Component Data Imported from HYSYS:

Lower Heating Value Cp/Cv at standard conditions Chemical formula
Of these, only Lower Heating Value, Cp/Cv at standard conditions, and Chemical formula are present in HYSYS now and can be implemented to in import/export functionality of Aspen Flare System Analyzer.

There are no new features or enhancements in release V7.1.

Aspen Flare System Analyzer V7.0 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Flare System Analyzer.

Rating Calculation
Following defects which have been fixed in this release, may potentially impact the rating calculation. CQ00338487: This fix will affect the pressure drop calculation across a Tee when Gardel method is selected as the fittings loss method. CQ00331121: This fix makes the convergence of adiabatic pressure drop method in a pipe more robust but may also cause a small change in rating calculation when adiabatic pressure drop method is selected
Design Calculation Compatibility

CQ00326949: When, liquid velocity is used as a constraint for a scenario, this fix may potentially impact the design calculation for that scenario.
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Whats Fixed in V7.0

Issue Number CQ00316405 Issue Description Import wizard missing some information when you import an exported file Different results between 2004.1 and 2006 for flash drum. Cloning process is taking the default value as "D" for the orifice size code. Molar Flow units in the Summary tab of Pipes and Nodes Editor are kg / hr. Fixed the units of molar flow. Issue Resolution The issue is resolved
CQ00303218 CQ00308320
CQ00317389
Whats Fixed in V7.1

Issue Number CQ00315252 Issue Description Temperature calculation at zero / no flow in pipe Issue Resolution The temperature solution at the pipe inlet was not realistic before as it should be close to ambient in reality. The issue is fixed in this version Fixed a typo in implementation Fixed a typo in implementation The issue is resolved
CQ00338487 CQ00338487 CQ00338690
Corrected implementation of Gardel equations Corrected implementation of Gardel equations Corrected the rated flow calculation for pure steam relief which made the calculation incorrect above 200 psi & 1100 C Pure Component Data imported from HYSYS is incomplete When Fitting loss methods were selected as "Calculated" for Horizontal & Vertical separators, Flarenet ignored the loss due to vena contracta at the inlet of the separator.
CQ00285835
Now, chemical Formula and Heat of Combustion can be imported from HYSYS User has the option of either using vena contracta or ignoring it.
CQ00322491
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Issue Description Improper warning messages are generated for liquid velocity violation even though liquid velocity is within limit specified for a scenario Warning messages are generated for pressure drop in the inlet pipe according to API guidelines, even in ignored relief valves Inconsistency in pressure drop convergence for adiabatic pressure drop calculation in a pipe for gas relief cases
CQ00327838
Implemented an option to "Ignore Inlet pipe warnings" for ignored sources.
CQ00331121
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Aspen HYSYS Thermodynamics COM Interface (formerly Aspen COM Thermo)

Product Description
Aspen HYSYS Thermodynamics COM Interface is a user-friendly application for advanced thermodynamic calculations. It uses the COMThermo Engine for all thermophysical property and phase equilibrium calculations. Aspen HYSYS Thermodynamics COM Interface provides the essential tools to research and create the best possible Fluid Packages for use in your engineering applications by fitting model parameters to laboratory measurements, and analyzing the quality and suitability of the models.

There are no updates for Aspen COMThermo Workbench for V7.0 and V7.1.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen HYSYS Thermodynamics COM Interface V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen HYSYS Thermodynamics COM Interface.
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Aspen Simulation Workbook
Product Description
Aspen Simulation Workbook (ASW) is a tool for interfacing AspenTech's process simulation models with Microsoft Excel worksheets. Aspen Simulation Workbook also has tools to link model variables to plant data tags imported using third-party applications. These capabilities allow modeling experts to link models and plant data and publish the resulting models as Excel worksheets for use by casual model users.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: You will now be able to change the orientation of variable tables, so that the variables within the tables may be shown as columns and the attributes may be shown as rows. You will now be able to change the orientation of scenario tables, so that the variables within the tables will be shown as rows and the columns will be shown as scenarios. Scenarios may now be specified for dynamic runs; this allows batch dynamic runs where inputs are set at the beginning of the run and the scenario results are the final values of the output variables. Core features have been improved, such as scalability when a large number of tables are present in the workbook and response time when a value is changed in the workbook. You will now be able access equation oriented (EO) model variables in Aspen HYSYS EO subflowsheets You will also be able to submit equation based scripting commands from ASW using VBA macros. You will now be able access equation oriented (EO) model variables in Aspen Plus. You will also be able to submit equation based scripting commands from ASW using VBA macros.
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The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: A new Simulation Management Page in the Organizer A new plotting option for Profile Tables A new feature for copying and pasting variables from summary grids into the Variable Organizer Additional workbook macros and functions Updated Aspen Remote Server configuration information for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
A New Simulation Management Page in the Organizer

The existing Manage Simulations dialog has been replaced by a new Simulations Management page in the Variable Organizer. All simulation management will be done on this new control page. The new control will be more intuitive and will also help users avoid broken simulation variable links.
A New Plotting Option for Profile Tables

A new option has been added to profile tables, which creates Excel plots from profile variable data.
A New Feature for Copying and Pasting Variables from Summary Grids into the Variable Organizer
You may now copy variables from summary grids and paste them into the ASW Variable Organizer in the same way as variables from other simulation forms can be pasted into ASW.
Additional Workbook Macros and Functions

New Workbook Macros and Functions were added, such as ASWHysysStartOptimizer which can start the HYSYS Optimizer, and ASWHysysDoSchedulerSequenceAction which controls HYSYS schedule sequences.
Updated Aspen Remote Server Configuration Information for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
Updated configuration information is provided for using ARSS along with Microsoft Vista and/or Windows 2008 server.
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Aspen Simulation Workbook V7.0 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Simulation Workbook.

Aspen Simulation Workbook V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V7.0 and other previous versions of Aspen Simulation Workbook. There is one known compatibility issue. If you have both V7.0 and V7.1 installed, and then uninstall either of them, then a shared component can inadvertently become unregistered on your system. This will cause a Failed to connect to simulation error to occur when you try to connect to simulations. Solution to Problem: File affected: CxsInteropComV22.dll Default location: C:\Program Files\Common Files\AspenTech Shared To fix the problem, you need to re-register the file on your PC. To Re-register the File: Click Start | All Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt. A command prompt window opens. Type regsvr32 [pathToFile] in the command prompt window. Replace [pathToFile] with the path to the CxsInteropComV22.dll file on your computer. The default location is C:\Program Files\Common Files\AspenTech Shared\CxsInteropComV22.dll. Note: You need to include the quotation marks around the [pathToFile] if there are any spaces in the path. After that, click the Enter key. Close the command window after seeing a dialog confirming that the file was registered successfully. ASW should work fine after that.
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Process Development
The Process Development collection of applications applies to any business that is doing scale-up from the lab to the pilot plant to manufacturing scale for batch processes. Process Development has new functionality with the V7.0 and V7.1 releases: Additional Solubility Modeling support with Aspen Properties for solubility studies Reaction modeling support for reaction kinetics estimation within Aspen Batch Distillation Significant user interface upgrades in Aspen Batch Process Developer A new Process Development Console to manage files associated with a project
The aspenONE Process Development applications support batch process development in two major areas. The first is in managing information associated with batch processes as companies scale their processes from the lab into pilot environments and finally into the plant. This is primarily associated with Aspen Batch Process Developer (formerly Aspen Batch Plus) with additional backing from the Aspen Process Manual. This informationcentric activity is supported by the second element of our process development suite: modeling and simulation tools. These tools enable our customers to do build kinetic models of reactions from laboratory data, explore the solubility characteristics of their new compounds, conduct detailed studies of dynamic distillation, separation and chromatography operations, and run a number of other simulations and studies.
Aspen Batch Process Developer (formerly Aspen Batch Plus)

Product Description
Aspen Batch Process Developer is a recipe-oriented batch process modeling environment that spans the batch process development value chain from discovery through manufacturing, enabling companies to bring new products to market at greater speed and reduced cost.
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Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.0 includes new features and enhancements in the following areas:
Exclude Operations from Scale Up

You can now exclude one or more Operations from scale up when you do not want all Operations in a recipe to scale proportionately. In previous versions of Aspen Batch Process Developer, scale-up was applied to all operations in a Step. Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.0 lets you exclude certain operations from scale-up. This feature works together with existing scale options. Aspen Batch Process Developer provides appropriate warning messages if the scaling target cannot be achieved.
Single-Level Undo Scaling

Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.0 introduces a new single level Undo scaling feature that lets you return to the previous scaling state. This feature makes the scaling process easier. In earlier versions of Aspen Batch Process Developer, if you chose to set scaling to the original scale at time of entry, the text recipe was calculated back to the first laboratory scale. If this option was chosen accidentally, you had to copy it as new Step and delete the original. In Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.0 you can click Undo Previous Scaling and the Step is returned to its previous scaling state; the text recipe is automatically updated.
Custom Scale-Up for Multi-Drop Centrifuge and Multi-Drop Filter Operations

For the Multi-Drop Centrifuge and Multi-Drop Filter Operations, the scaleup algorithm has been modified to maintain the wash liquid/slurry amount ratio during the scale up. These operations have three different cases: 1 2 3 Number of drops are specified and no wet cake mass is specified Number of drops are not specified and the wet cake mass is specified Neither of the two is specified
Improved Step information for Scale-up, Debottlenecking, and Revamping

Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.0 provides useful information for a Step in Notepad | Executive Summary report: Key operation, key vessel / key stream containing the most of amount of key output intermediate for a Step.
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Maximum Size Utilized Equipment, Utilization and Operation Potential Batch Size-Limiting Equipment Minimum Batch Size-L Limiting Equipment as needed

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: New Operations dialog user interface New Data menu dialogs: New Equipment dialog user interface New Pure Components dialog user interface New Predefined Mixtures dialog user interface New Utilities dialog user interface New Predefined Cells dialog user interface Updated icons
The user interface for the Operations dialog has been completely rewritten for Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.1 to address usability issues. The new Operations dialog is accessed the same way as before, by double-clicking on an Operation in the Recipe View in Aspen Batch Process Developer. Here are some of the features and benefits of the new Operations dialog: Consistency in groupings Dynamic updating of recipe text as data is entered Expandable/collapsible sections Expandable/collapsible groups Ease of finding input fields Ease of determining required data Ease of determining default values Ease of determining and setting ranges Ability to search In-place editing directly in the recipe text Data validation
New Operations Dialog User Interface
New Data Menu dialogs

Some of the dialogs launched from the Data menu have been rewritten for Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.1. These are: Equipment Pure Components Predefined Mixtures Utilities Predefined Cells Network Select-Equipment
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Network Select-Materials
The Pure Components, Utilities, Network Select-Equipment, and Network Select-Materials dialogs are essentially the same as in previous versions. The Equipment, Predefined Mixtures, and Predefined Cells dialogs have been expanded to contain pop-up dialogs that were previously launched from the dialog.
Updated Icons
All of the toolbars and icons have been updated in Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.1.

For all Continuous operations prior to V7.0, when the main Continuous operation main equipment surge volume is not specified, the value 0.1 m3 is used as default. This sometimes results in unrealistic operation times, especially when the source material volume is much smaller than the surge volume. From V7.0 on, the surge volume of a Continuous equipment unit in a Continuous operation is set to the total volume of the source material volume. Because of this change, operation times for Continuous operations may vary between Aspen Process Modeler V7.0 and earlier versions of Batch Plus. The density of water is reported when the temperature is greater than a materials critical temperature and no Dippr Density constants are available.

Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V7.0 and other previous versions of Aspen Batch Plus.
Aspen Solubility Modeler

Production Description
Aspen Solubility Modeler allows easy calculation of drug solubility in many common solvents and comparison of different solvents by regressing solubility data for various drugs with selected solvents using the new NRTL-SAC property method in Aspen Properties. The new version of the NRTL-SAC model supersedes the existing NRTLSAC and ENRTLSAC models, which require that pure components be defined as oligomers, making them difficult to use. In addition, both NRTLSAC and ENRTLSAC require an Aspen Polymers license. The new NRTL-SAC property method does not require an Aspen Polymers license. In addition, a new databank NRTL-SAC containing pure NRTL-SAC parameters for over 130
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common solvents is available. The new model in this release supports nonelectrolyte systems only and will be extended to cover electrolyte systems in the future. For more details, please see Aspen Properties Help. Aspen Solubility Modeler consists of two Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and an Aspen Properties file configured to allow you to quickly and easily calculate the solubility information you need using the power of the Aspen Properties engine. The two Excel spreadsheets are: Regression.xls for regressing model parameters Calculation.xls for performing solubility calculations
The regression spreadsheet can be used to determine the NRTL-SAC parameters for a drug through regression of experimental data. The Calculation spreadsheet can be used to predict its solubility based on these parameters. Both Aspen Properties and Aspen Solubility Modeler (both in the Process Development module) must be installed in order to use Aspen Solubility Modeler. While it is running, it uses an Aspen Properties license. Before you use Aspen Solubility Modeler, you should configure Excel as described in the section Configuring Excel for Aspen Solubility Modeler below.

New features and enhancements were added in the following areas in release V7.1: New NRTL-SAC model Spreadsheet files merged
New NRTL-SAC Model

The new NRTL-SAC model replaces the existing NRTLSAC and eNRTLSAC models. The NRTL-SAC model is generally available to other process simulators that use the Aspen Properties Engine, such as Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, and Aspen Custom Modeler.
Spreadsheet Files Merged

Various spreadsheet files are consolidated and merged into two files: Regression.xls and Calculation.xls. The capabilities of the various packages in version V7.0 of Aspen Solubility Modeler have been merged in version V7.1. This eliminates the need to choose between several similar-sounding packages with slightly different capabilities. High throughput and miscibility calculations have been merged into a single data analysis worksheet. Solvents and excipients have been merged into a single list. Solvents and excipients can now both be selected on any of the worksheets interchangeably.
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Aspen Solubility Modeler V7.0 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Solubility Modeler.

Aspen Solubility Modeler V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V7.0 of Aspen Solubility Modeler. However, you must configure Excel to use the V7.1 version of the Aspen Properties Excel add-in before using Aspen Solubility Modeler, as described below. In addition, the files from V7.0 are not compatible with the files for V7.1. This means that any previous data must be manually copied from V7.0 (and earlier research projects) into V7.1.
Upgrading Data Regression Cases

To use the V7.1 data regression files, manually copy all the drug properties, model parameters, options, and experimental solubility data from the existing V7.0 excel data regression files to regression.xls in V7.1.
Upgrading Data Analysis Cases

To use the V7.1 calculation files, first use the new data regression to generate new NRTL-SAC model parameters and update the Aspen Properties file. Then use the calculation file, referencing the updated Aspen Properties file, to generate data analysis results.
Configuring Excel for Aspen Solubility Modeler

To configure Excel to use the Aspen Properties add-in: 1. Start Microsoft Excel from the Start menu. Do not open any existing spreadsheet. 2. In the Excel menu bar, click Tools | Add-Ins. If Aspen Properties appears in the list of Add-Ins and is checked, click Cancel and check which version of Aspen Properties Excel Calculator is installed by selecting Aspen | Aspen Properties | About Aspen Properties. The version number appears below Aspen Properties Excel Calculator near the top of the About message that appears. If the version of Aspen Properties Excel Calculator is equal to or newer than the version of Aspen Solubility Modeler, skip to step 7. If the version of Aspen Properties Excel Calculator is older than the version of Aspen Solubility Modeler, open Tools | Add-Ins again and clear the checkbox by Aspen Properties. Then close all Excel windows and restart this procedure at step 1.
If Aspen Properties appears in the list of Add-Ins and is not checked, or it does not appear in the list of Add-Ins at all, continue with step 3. 3. In the Add-Ins window, click Browse.
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4. Navigate to the Program Files\AspenTech\Aspen Properties V7.1\Engine\xeq folder and select AspenProperties.xla. Click OK. Aspen Properties should be added to the Add-Ins list, with the box next to it checked. Note: If a previous version of Aspen Properties had been installed in Excel but was uninstalled, Excel will prompt you to overwrite the Add-In entry with the new one you selected: A file named '<path>\Engine\xeq\Aspen Properties.xla' already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it? Click Yes. The message seems to indicate Excel is replacing the .xla file you just selected, but actually it is just replacing the entry in the Add-Ins list. 5. Click OK to close the Add-Ins window. The Aspen menu should be added to the Excel menu bar, with Aspen Properties under it. Note: In Excel 2007, the menu appears on the Add-ins tab of the ribbon. 6. Close all Excel windows, then restart Excel from the Start menu. 7. In the Aspen menu, select Aspen Properties | User Options. Check the box Suppress messages related to invalid input. Click OK. 8. When Excel asks whether you want to make these your default settings, click Yes.
Starting Aspen Solubility Modeler

Once you have configured Aspen Solubility Modeler (as above), follow these steps to start and use it. Also note that you can start Aspen Solubility Modeler from the Process Development Console, in which case skip to Step 2. 1. On the desktop, click Start | Programs | AspenTech | Process Development V7.1 | Aspen Solubility Modeler. The Aspen Solubility Modeler V7.1 folder opens. The NRTL-SAC folder contains the Microsoft Excel and Aspen Properties files used with Aspen Solubility Modeler. 2. Open either of the Excel files, as appropriate for your task. The first time you start Aspen Solubility Modeler, the Security Warning window will appear.
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3. Check Always trust macros from this publisher and then click Enable Macros to enable Aspen Solubility Modeler to run. This will prevent the security window from appearing in the future. 4. If this message appears:
Click Don't Update. This message is not related to Aspen Solubility Modeler. 5. Some of the workbooks use ActiveX controls to perform special calculations such as property analysis and phase diagrams. If this window appears:
Click Yes to enable the ActiveX controls supplied with Aspen Solubility Modeler. 6. When the network or local computer is slow, it may take up to a few minutes to check out the license or initialize ActiveX controls. During this time, the following message may appear once or several times:
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Click OK as many times as necessary until the Excel workbook fully initializes.
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Advanced Modeling Options (Process Development)
Aspen Batch Distillation (formerly Aspen BatchSep)

Product Description
Aspen Batch Distillation is an advanced tool for design and optimization of batch distillation columns. Its rigorous simulation capabilities enable you to quickly and cost-effectively determine the optimum design and operating policy for batch distillations. You can use it to help reduce batch times and/or improve product recovery, whilst maintaining required product purities. Benefits that can be achieved by using Aspen Batch Distillation include: Reductions in batch times of 10%, 20%, or more, avoiding the need to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in new batch distillation assets Increases in yield of high value products, directly increasing profits by tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year Faster development and commissioning times, reducing time to market. For some products a few weeks saved represents millions of dollars in sales
Aspen Batch Distillation is also available as the BatchSep unit operation model in Aspen Plus.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Reaction modeling Batch Distillation in Aspen Plus
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Reaction Modeling
New reaction modeling capabilities have been added that enable you to identify reaction kinetics models using experimental measurements from reaction calorimeters. Key features of the new functionality are: An easy to use user interface that fully supports the model identification workflow and enables easy copying of experimental data from Excel. Powerful numerical solvers for finding the best fit to your data. Kinetic models consistent with other AspenTech products such as Aspen Plus, Aspen Plus Dynamics, and Aspen Batch Distillation, enabling you to use the fitted parameters directly within these products. Use of Aspen Properties for estimating physical properties required for the model identification process. Using the exact same physical property methods and data that you use when running reactor simulations in other AspenTech tools ensures consistent results.
The new reaction modeling functionality includes access to Aspen Properties for physical property calculations. This does not require a separate Aspen Properties license. For systems which contain new molecules that are not included in the Aspen Properties databanks, you have the option to estimate properties using a simpler method that only requires basic data such as density and heat capacity. The Reaction Modeling feature can be accessed by selecting Aspen Reaction Modeler in the Process Development V7.0 folder on the Start menu. If you are an existing user of Aspen Batch Distillation and would like to use the reaction modeling functionality, please contact your account manager to obtain a license to use this feature at no additional cost.
Batch Distillation in Aspen Plus

The performance of the BatchSep unit operation model in Aspen Plus has been improved. The BatchSep model runs approximately 20% faster in Aspen Plus V7.0.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: The Operating Steps form has been enhanced Greater flexibility for specifying sub-cooling in a condenser has been provided An additional option when modeling a column using fixed holdups and pressures Molar and mass boil-up rates have been added as new pot heating options The "BatchSep" model in Aspen Plus V7.1 runs 2 to 4 times faster than in Aspen Plus V7.0
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Enhanced Operating Steps Form

The operating steps form has been enhanced to enable greater flexibility to model changes during the distillation: Reflux specification: You can now switch between the available reflux specifications (Distillate mass flow rate/ Distillate mole flow rate/Reflux mass flow rate/Reflux mole flow rate/Reflux ratio) in an operating step. For example, you can start the distillation with a specified Distillate mass flow rate, switch to a Reflux ratio specification in one operating step and then switch to a Reflux mass flow specification in a subsequent operating step. Reflux drum holdup: When pressures and holdups are specified as Fixed, the reflux drum holdup can now be modified in an operating step.
Greater Flexibility for Specifying Sub-cooling in the Condenser

Aspen Batch Distillation V7.1 provides greater flexibility for specifying subcooling in a condenser. The sub-cooled condenser type has been superseded by a sub-cooling specification (sub-cooled temperature or degree of subcooling) which is applicable for Partial and Total condensers. For partial condensers, the sub-cooling specification is equivalent to providing an additional cooling specification for the condensed liquid (if any). Note that old simulations that use the sub-cooled condenser type will be automatically upgraded to use a Total condenser with the appropriate sub-cooling specification.
An Additional Option When Modeling a Column Using Fixed Holdups and Pressures
Aspen Batch Distillation V7.1 provides an additional option when modeling a column using fixed holdups and pressures. The new option (Fixed with flooding calculations) enables flooding calculations for simulations with fixed holdups and pressures. To use this option, you must enter the tray/packing geometry.
Molar and Mass Boilup Rates Added as Pot Heating Options

Molar and mass boil-up rates have been added as new pot heating options.
In V7.1, the BatchSep Model Runs Two to Fourtimes faster Than in V7.0
The BatchSep model in Aspen Plus V7.1 runs 2 to 4 times faster than in Aspen Plus V7.0. Several problems relating to memory management have been addressed to enable better performance when operating within an Aspen Plus optimization or design specification convergence loop.
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If you load a simulation created in Aspen BatchSep 2004, 2004.1 or 2006.5, it will be automatically updated to be compatible with the new capabilities in Aspen Batch Distillation V7.0. The first time you run the simulation, the Operating Steps will be regenerated and the simulation will be re-initialized at time zero. After running for the first time, you should restart the simulation and save the file. This will mean that the simulation will not need to be re-initialized again unless you make any changes to the configuration. If your Aspen BatchSep 2004, 2004.1 or 2006.5 input file includes your Aspen Properties property package, you can load this directly into Aspen Batch Distillation V7.0. If you are using an external property package in an .appdf or .aprpdf file, this file must be re-generated using Aspen Plus or Aspen Properties V7.0. You can then load your Aspen BatchSep 2004, 2004.1 or 2006.5 file into Aspen Batch Distillation V7.0.

If you load a simulation created in Aspen Batch Distillation 2004, 2004.1, 2006, 2006.5 or V7.0 into Aspen Batch Distillation V7.1, it will be automatically updated to be compatible with the new capabilities in Aspen Batch Distillation V7.1 The first time you run the simulation, the Operating Steps will be regenerated and the simulation will be re-initialized at time zero. After running for the first time you should restart the simulation and save the file. This will mean that the simulation will not need to be re-initialized again unless you make any changes to the configuration. If your Aspen Batch Distillation 2004, 2004.1, 2006.5 or V7.0 input file includes your Aspen Properties property package, you can load this directly into Aspen Batch Distillation V7.1. If you are using an external property package in an .appdf or .aprpdf file, this file must be re-generated using Aspen Plus or Aspen Properties V7.1. You can then load your Aspen Batch Distillation 2004, 2004.1, 2006, 2006.5 or V7 file into Aspen Batch Distillation V7.1.
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Aspen Chromatography
Product Description
Aspen Chromatography is a comprehensive flowsheet simulator used for the design and simulation of batch and continuous chromatographic processes. The application addresses the needs of both engineers and scientists to model and understand the separation and purification processes normally found in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, fine chemical and food product businesses. Through the application of Aspen Chromatography, significant benefits in design, yield, product quality, capacity and reduced operating costs are possible.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Model Library Menu
Model Library Menu

The new model library menu makes it easier to visualize the contents of the model library, and to instance blocks and streams on the flowsheet. Its appearance and behavior is very similar to the model library menu in Aspen Plus. To use the menu go to the View menu and select Toolbars. Then tick the box for Model Libraries and click OK.

Aspen Chromatography V7.1 is a maintenance release and does not include any major new features. The following general enhancements were added in release V7.1: The Variable Find dialog has two new options The Model Library menu has been improved
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An improved handling of regional number formats
The Variable Find Dialog Has Two New Options

The Variable Find dialog has two new options to find: variables and parameters whose values are not at their default variables whose specifications are not at their default
These options make it easy for you to find all changes to the default values and specifications that you have made for review, reporting, or other purposes.
Improved Model Library Menu

The Model Library Menu introduced in V7.1 has the following new features: You can now drag and drop models from the Model Library Menu onto the flowsheet
Improved Handling of Regional Number Formats

Some regions use the comma as a decimal separator, for example, Germany and France. All forms and dialogs now use the Windows regional setting for number format to display numbers in the required format. Also dialogs that sort numbers will correctly account for regional settings to produce the correct sort order.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Chromatography V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Chromatography. However, observe following compatibility issues when upgrading your existing simulations to V7.0 or V7.1: The ImpEuler (11.), VSIE (11.1) and Gear (11.1) integrators were old implementations that have been superseded by the Implicit Euler and Gear integrators that were introduced in the 12.1 release. They were included in the 12.1, 2004 and 2004.1 versions to give time for transition of existing simulations to the new integrators. These integrators have been withdrawn from version 2006 and later. If you load a simulation that uses one of these integrators it will automatically switch to using the equivalent newer integrator, and will select option and tolerance values that match the old integrator as closely as possible. Aspen Chromatography Language (.cra) files generated using previous versions of Aspen Chromatography are compatible with V7.0 and V7.1. You may see some warning messages when loading .cra files created with previous versions. This is a result of some solver options that have become obsolete or have been renamed. Saving the file in Aspen Chromatography V7.0 or V7.1 eliminates these warnings. The Export Compiled Flowsheet command enables you to create a dll containing a compiled form of an Aspen Chromatography flowsheet, and to use this flowsheet in Aspen Plus. If you used this feature in a version
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before V7.0 or V7.1, the compiled flowsheet may not run in Aspen Plus V7.0 or V7.1. You will need to export the flowsheet again in Aspen Chromatography V7.0 or V7.1 before you can use it in Aspen Plus. Aspen Chromatography Document (.crb) files exported from previous versions Aspen Chromatography cannot be loaded in V7.0 or V7.1. Load these files into the previous version and export them as .cra files, which can then be loaded into V7.0 or V7.1. Note when using Aspen Properties/Aspen Plus property package: If your Aspen Chromatography V7.0 or V7.1 input file includes the Aspen Properties property package, you can load it directly into Aspen Chromatography V7.0 or V7.1. If you are using an external property package in the form of an Aspen Plus .appdf file or an Aspen Properties .aprpdf file, then these files created with earlier versions of that software are not compatible with Aspen Chromatography V7.0 or V7.1. If you try to load a physical properties file (.appdf or .aprpdf) that was generated using an earlier version of Aspen Plus or Aspen Properties, the following error message appears: Aspen Properties abort Unable to open properties definition file "cornsyrup.appdf" The file may need to be regenerated from a compatible version of Aspen Plus After you receive this error, exit Aspen Chromatography before loading any further simulations. To continue, you must regenerate the .appdf or .aprpdf file using Aspen Plus V7.0 or V7.1 or Aspen Properties V7.0 or V7.1.
Supported Compilers in V7.0 and V7.1

You do not need any compilers installed on your computer to use most of the features of Aspen Chromatography. However, some optional capabilities do require a compiler. Below is a summary of capabilities that require a compiler:
Activity Creating procedures in Fortran Supported Compiler(s) Intel Fortran 9.0 or 9.1. The compiler must be configured so that it can be used from the command line.
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Aspen Process Tools

Product Description
Aspen Process Tools is a collection of software programs focused on solid and separations processes. It is based on over 25 years of experience with research and industrial applications by SPS (Separation Processed Service), WSHP (Wet Solids Handling Project) and EPC (Effluent Processing Club). Besides the chemical and process industries, it is applicable to the pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, minerals processing and manufacturing sectors.

There are no new features or enhancements in this product in release V7.0 and V7.1.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Process Tools V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Process Tools.
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Aspen Process Manual
Product Description
Aspen Process Manual is an Intranet knowledge management tool for the process industries. Process Manual enables chemists and chemical engineers in either plant operation, engineering contracting or equipment supply companies to access valuable chemical engineering knowledge from their desk.

There are no new features or enhancements in release V7.0 and V7.1.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Process Manual V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Process Manual.
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Aspen Basic Engineering (formerly Aspen Zyqad)
Product Description
Aspen Basic Engineering (formerly Aspen Zyqad) provides integration of front-end engineering work processes and management of process data and knowledge throughout the engineering lifecycle.

Release V7.0 includes the following new features and enhancements: Interfaces with Detailed Design programs using the ISO 15926 standard Extended interfaces to Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger and Aspen Plate Exchanger Management of Basic Engineering and Design Data (BEDD) through a single point of entry Additional out-of-the-box datasheets based on industry standards
Interfaces with Detailed Design Programs Using the ISO 15926 Standard
You can export Preliminary P&ID diagrams to detailed design programs that can accept data in the ISO 15926 standard. You can also import diagrams and data from detailed design programs into your workspace.
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Extended Interfaces to Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger and Aspen Plate Exchanger
You can use the Thermal Design Interface to export data to and import data from the Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger and Aspen Plate Exchanger design programs. Equipment items of type AirCooledExchanger can export to and import from the Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger program. Equipment items of type PlateHeatExchanger can export to and import from the Aspen Plate Exchanger program. Equipment items of type ShellAndTubeHeatExchanger can export to and import from the existing Shell and Tube exchanger design programs.
Management of Basic Engineering and Design Data (BEDD)

You can enter basic site and utility information for the project in a single location. This data will be used to initialize data for individual equipment items throughout the project. You can draft Utility Flow Diagrams to make utility connections and define utility conditions.
Additional Out-of-the-Box Datasheets Based on Industry Standards

You can create datasheets from the out-of-the-box workspace libraries set that conform to different industry standards. Aspen Basic Engineering V7.0 contains: Datasheets for the NORSOK standard set of datasheets Datasheets that contain all data from the API and PIP standards

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Milestone-based Interdisciplinary Workflow Excel-based Datasheet Editor Client Out-of-the-box expansion templates Out-of-the-box P&ID symbols ISO 10628:1997 Optional import of simulation diagram from Aspen Plus and HYSYS
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Milestone-Based Interdisciplinary Workflow

You can define discipline-based work areas and pass documents and data between the disciplines. This allows one discipline to work in the traditional environment of Aspen Basic Engineering where updates to data are shown to all users instantly, and a second discipline to receive updates occasionally based on user-driven action. To enable Milestone-based Interdisciplinary Workflow, add the IDWF parameter to either the workspace library configuration file or to the workspace configuration file. The syntax is: IDWF="true"
Excel-Based Datasheet Editor Client

You can edit datasheets using a new client application based on Excel, replacing the existing Datasheet Editor program. This new client contains all the datasheet functionality of the old program, but allows for additional Excellike behavior, including tab navigation and multiple selections for copy and paste. This is an advance technology preview and is not intended for production use. The Excel datasheet editor can only be launched from the Explorer application by selecting an object and right-clicking on Datasheet, creating a new datasheet or opening an existing datasheet. Currently in V7.1, the default is to use the legacy datasheet editor. If you want to use Excel, you must manually change the registry setting for each user. Instructions for changing the Explorer setting are as follows: 1. Open the registry editor: From the Start menu, click on Run In the Run dialog box, enter Regedit 2. Navigate to the Explorer setting that controls which datasheet editor to use: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AspenTech\Aspen Basic Engineering\16.2\AZExplorer\Settings\DatasheetEditor 3. Change Type from 0 (Workbench) to 1 (Excel). 4. Close the registry editor This procedure must be applied one time by all users. We will continue to test and improve the Excel Datasheet Editor and provide a production ready release with the first cumulative patch. If you do use the Excel Datasheet Editor, please send comments to support@aspentech.com.
Out-of-the-Box Expansion Templates

A comprehensive set of out-of-the-box expansion templates is provided allowing: Conversion and data transfer of ProcessUnitOperation objects on Simulation Diagrams to ProcessPlant Equipment objects on PFDs. Expansion of objects on a PFD into objects on a P&ID.
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Out-of-the Box P&ID Symbols ISO 10628:1997

A complete library of P&ID symbols as defined by ISO 10628:1997 is provided as part of the out-of-the-box content.
Optional Import of Simulation Diagram from Aspen Plus and HYSYS

The Simulation Importer now contains a checkbox to allow you to skip the import of the simulation diagram for Aspen Plus and HYSYS simulations.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Basic Engineering V7.0 and V7.1 workspaces are not backwardly compatible with previous versions. Once an existing workspace has been opened using V7.0 or V7.1, it cannot be accessed using previous versions.
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Operations Support
Aspen Online Deployment

Product Description
Aspen Online Deployment enables the use of models in plant operations for a wide range of real-time process monitoring, soft sensor, and operator advisory applications. Models are executed using conditioned on-line plant measurements. Model predictions are published to the historian to populate operator displays or tracked for trend analysis. Aspen Online Deployment is compatible with HYSYS, Aspen Plus, Aspen Custom Modeler, and Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating (formerly HTFS+) simulation cases.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: Dynamic simulation case support Aspen exchanger design and rating support Custom calculations Triggered case execution Other improvements
Dynamic Simulation Case Support

Online execution of dynamic HYSYS simulations is now supported. Results for current time are reported; optionally, results for a future time can also be reported. This support includes fast initialization of the model on startup, avoiding long delays waiting for the simulation dynamics to ring out.
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Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating support

Aspen Online Deployment can execute Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (formerly Tasc+), Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger (formerly Acol+), Aspen Plate Exchanger (formerly Plate+), and Aspen Fired Heater (formerly FiredHeater) models online. The exchanger design and rating file (EDR file) must contain only one heat exchanger definition.
Custom Calculations
Custom calculations can be written to manipulate model input values, simulation results, and other application entries. The calculations are created using Aspen Calcs CalcScript language, and executed in the online application using the Aspen Calc engine. Users can create custom application entries, map them to IO tags as needed, and use them in the custom calculations.
Triggered Case Execution

There is now a mechanism for triggered execution of an online simulation case; the simulation can be triggered by the change in value of an IO tag. Now there are two alternatives for scheduling the simulation case: the original periodic scheduling and the new triggered scheduling.
Other Improvements
An improved variable browser makes it even easier to locate the simulation case variables of interest. Search capability is included. Steady-state applications can use historical data to initialize the steady state detector, avoiding startup delays.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Specification of simulator version Option to close simulation case after solve
Specification of Simulator Version

Multiple versions of the process simulators (e.g. HYSYS, Aspen Plus) can be installed side-by-side on the same computer system. Aspen Online Deployment now requires that a particular version of the simulator be specified in the configuration of each online application. Applications running on the same online server can be using different versions of the process simulator.
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Note: This feature is not supported for HTFS+ simulation cases; the HTFS+ software does not support the specification of a particular version. Aspen Online Deployment will use the default version of HTFS+ to open and execute the simulation case.
Option to Close Simulation Case after Solve

The default behavior of Aspen Online Deployment is to hold the simulation case open between solves. In most cases this behavior makes sense; the time it takes to open the simulation case and the system resources (CPU, memory) consumed during the opening process can be significant. However, keeping the simulation case open also means that the license tokens required by the simulator remain allocated. Simulation case and the system resources (CPU, memory) consumed during the opening process can be significant. However, keeping the simulation case open also means that the license tokens required by the simulator remain allocated. There is now a configuration option that can be used to force the simulation to be closed after each solution. Although this means that the simulation case needs to be opened every time a new solution is required, it does release the license tokens between solutions. This may make sense if a solution is required very infrequently (e.g., once a shift, once a day).

Projects, Applications, and Datasets created with older versions of the product will be automatically upgraded when loaded into Aspen Online Deployment Desktop V7.0. Aspen Online Deployment Desktop V7.0 can be installed side-by-side with older versions. The online server cannot be installed side-by-side with older versions; only one online server installation can be active on any given computer system. HYSYS dynamics support requires HYSYS 2006.5 or later. HTFS+ and Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating support requires HTFS+ 2006.5 or Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating V7.0 or later. Steady state HYSYS, Aspen Plus, or Aspen Custom Modeler support must be version 2004.2 or later.

Projects, Applications, and Datasets created with older versions of the product will be automatically upgraded when loaded into Aspen Online Deployment Desktop V7.1. Aspen Online Deployment Desktop V7.1 can be installed side-by-side with older versions. The online server cannot be installed side-by-side with older versions; only one online server installation can be active on any given computer system. HYSYS support requires HYSYS 2006.5 or later.
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HTFS+ support requires HTFS+ 2006.5 or later. Aspen Plus support requires Aspen Plus 2006.5 or later. Aspen Custom Modeler support requires Aspen Custom Modeler 2006.5 or later.
Aspen OTS Framework

Product Description
Aspen OTS Framework enables a large dynamic simulation to run in real time using parallel processing, and enables the various components of an operator training simulator to link to the simulation via OPC. The Aspen OTS Framework has a configuration mode used to identify the name and location of the partitions, make stream and control signal connections and publish tags. The run mode launches the simulation cases, runs and synchronizes the partitions, exchanges stream data between them, and exposes simulation variables and commands via OPC. This enables simulation data to be displayed on the operator interface, and operator / DCS actions to be immediately sent to the simulator.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: Multiple snapshots Auto map improvements Updated variable browser
Multiple Snapshots
Aspen OTS Framework now supports multiple snapshots. Previously you could only have one snapshot. You can use these to save different starting scenarios, or to save snapshots part way through a training exercise. When you take or restore a snapshot you must now specify a name for the snapshot. You can take and restore named snapshots through the OPC interface.
Auto Map Improvements

Previously if you imported a list of DCS tags, only those which could be mapped to a simulation variable using automap would be added to the tag list. Now all of the tags are added to the tag list. Unmapped tags are given an IOMode of NoMap. You can manually map the NoMap tags by clicking on the button in the tags Tagname field to bring up the Variable Browser.
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Updated Variable Browser

Aspen OTS Framework uses a new version of the Variable Browser. This has the same functionality as the previous version, but with an updated look and feel.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen OTS Framework V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen OTS Framework..
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Aspen OnLine
Product Description
Aspen OnLine allows automation of the transfer of validated plant data to rigorous process models, removing the need for engineers to perform the laborious and repetitive task. It is also closely integrated with DMCPlus. Aspen OnLine provides all the essential capabilities for communicating with any running DMCPlus controllers. It was used in many real-time closed-loop optimization (CLRTO) projects around the world. Besides the CLRTO application, Aspen OnLine has also been used in inferential property calculation, performance monitoring, and open-loop optimization applications. It is the platform for driving various model types in the AES suite of modeling tools. Aspen OnLine can drive Aspen Plus, ACM (Aspen Custom Modeler) and Aspen HYSYS models. It is the enabling technology that provides the means for deploying rigorous process models in plant operations.

Compatibility Notes
Aspen OnLine V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen OnLine.
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Aspen Plus Based Refinery Reactors
Aspen Plus Catcracker (formerly Aspen FCC)

Product Description
Aspen Plus CatCracker, formerly called Aspen FCC, is a member of the AspenTech new generation of refinery reactor models. It rigorously simulates the riser/reactor and regenerator kinetics, accurately predicting yields for a wide range of feedstocks and operating conditions.

Compatibility Notes
Aspen Plus Catcracker V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Plus Catcracker.
Aspen Plus Hydrocracker (formerly Aspen Hydrocracker)

Product Description
Aspen Plus Hydrocracker, formerly called Aspen Hydrocracker, is a member of the AspenTech new generation of refinery reactor models. It accurately predicts yields and product properties for widely different feedstocks and
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operating conditions. An Aspen Plus Hydrocracker flowsheet simulates all sections of the hydrocracking unit. It can include simplified or fully rigorous fractionation models.

Compatibility Notes
Aspen Plus Hydrocracker V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Plus Hydrocracker.
Aspen Plus Hydrotreater (formerly Aspen Hydrotreater)

Product Description
Aspen Plus Hydrotreater, formerly called Aspen Hydrotreater, is a member of the AspenTech new generation of refinery reactor models. It accurately predicts yields and product properties for widely different feedstocks and operating conditions. An Aspen Plus Hydrotreater flowsheet simulates all sections of the hydrocracking unit. It can include simplified or fully rigorous fractionation models.

Compatibility Notes
Aspen Plus Hydrotreater V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Plus Hydrotreater.
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Aspen Plus Reformer (formerly Aspen CatRef)

Product Description
Aspen Plus Reformer, formerly called Aspen CatRef, is a member of the AspenTech new generation of refinery reactor models. It accurately predicts yields and properties resulting from different feedstocks and operating conditions.

Compatibility Notes
Aspen Plus Reformer V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen Plus Reformer.
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Aspen Open Object Model Framework
Product Description
Aspen Open Object Model Framework (OOMF) is an AspenTech corporate component that is used for the configuration, solution and investigation of large-scale numerical problems. It is embedded within several AspenTech products such as Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining, HYSYS Upstream, Aspen Advisor, Aspen PIMS, and Aspen MBO. When OOMF is embedded within a product, users of the product interact with OOMF via that products graphical user interface. OOMF is also available to internal AspenTech developers and services professionals as a DOS executable. These internal users interact with OOMF using the OOMF script language to create and manipulate simulation data. The OOMF script language has many of the features of an advanced programming language, such as mathematical and string functions, if-then-else logic, and for-do loops. Products that embed OOMF also extend the capabilities of the equation based scripting language by providing application-specific commands.

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.0: OOMF simulations and blocks can now be saved to and restored from binary compound storage files. A new custom connection model allows custom connections to be created between ports on different blocks. OOMF V7.0 supports generic global data structures, i.e., an OOMF model can now include equations or inequalities that refer to variables present within another model.
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The following new features and enhancements were added in release V7.1: OOMF simulations and blocks can now be saved to, and restored from, XML files
OOMF Simulations and Blocks

OOMF simulations and blocks can now be saved to, and restored from, XML files.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen OOMF V7.0 and V7.1 can be installed and used at the same time as version 2006.5 and other previous versions of Aspen OOMF.
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Whats New in V7.0 and V7.1

Version Number: V7.1 January 2009

aspenONE V7.0 and V7.1

Introduction to Aspen Engineering

Product Name Changes in aspenONE V7.0

Required Install Option Selection Analysis -------------

--------Advanced Simulation Options ----Aspen Online Deployment -----

Required Install Option Selection ----Advanced Simulation Options

Process Modeling (Aspen Plus) Process Modeling (HYSYS)

--Advanced Simulation Options -----

Advanced Modeling Options -----

Aspen Split Aspen Tasc+ Aspen Teams Aspen Utilities Operations

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Aspen Process Engineering Console

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Aspen Engineering Workflows

New Features and Enhancements in V7.1

File Management Improvements

Support for Aspen Plus Compound Files

New From Existing File Renamed Import

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Support for the Process Development Workflow

Customization of Activities and Workflows

Integrated Sizing and Costing

Load Simulation Data

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Use this command Size

Equipment Summary Deactivate and Clear Open Economics Report

Aspen HYSYS Unit Operation Summary Grid

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Aspen Plus Block Summary Grid

New Features and Enhancements in V7.1

Unit Operation Summary and Equipment Summary

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Unit Operation Summary Buttons

Equipment Summary Buttons

Improved Integration with Aspen Process Economic Analyzer

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Improved Short-Cut Workflow

Common Model Environment

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Figure: CME Visual Executive capabilities

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Summary Integrated Workflows

Calling Product (V7.1) Aspen Plus

Aspen Plus HYSYS EDR

Aspen Properties HYSYS

Batch Process Developer

Aspen Properties Aspen Plus Dynamics

HYSYS Capital Cost Estimator EDR ACM Aspen Plus

HYSYS Aspen Plus ACM EDR

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Calling Product (V7.1)

Connected Product (Functionality) Aspen Plus ACM EDR

Aspen Engineering Workflows

Process Modeling (Aspen Plus)

Process Modeling (Aspen Plus)

New Features and Enhancements in V7.0

Process Modeling (Aspen Plus)

Rigorous Heat Exchanger Modeling Speed Improvements

Process Modeling (Aspen Plus)

Other Engineering Enhancements