ENGI 7623: Process Simulation

Salim Ahmed
Process Engineering
Spring 2014
Sec. 1 Tutorial 1: Getting started, uid package and stream specication 1
1 Tutorial 1: Getting started, uid package and stream specication
1.1 Getting started with HYSYS
1. From your desktop, select Start and
then select All Programs.
2. Select AspenTech Process
Modeling V7.3 Aspen HYSYS
Aspen HYSYS.
The HYSYS Desktop appears.
3. In HYSYS every simulation is called a
case. To start a new case, select File
New Case or press Crtl+N or click
on .
This opens the simulation basis manager. To start with you need to know and specify which
components you will be using. Also what are the physical properties of the streams. The
properties of the streams are dictated by the the uid packages. Components along with their
uid packages form the basis of a simulation.
Simulation basis manager is
the window through which you specify
the components, relevant uid packages
and thermodynamic models. Before
that donot forget to save the simulation.
4. Select File Save as or click on
and save the simulation at your
preferred directory.
1.2 Adding components
1. Click on the Add tab in the simulation basis manager. This will bring
the list of all available components. You can browse through the entire
list or can shorten the list by ltering.
2. The components are listed with their Full name, Sim name and Formula. Check the appro-
priate radio button you want to search by and then type the name in the text box on the right
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of Match. A list with possible matches will appear.
3. Once the desired component
are located, either double click on the
component or click < Add Pure to
add it to the list of components.
4. At the bottom of the components page,
you can give your component list a
name.
5. Once the components are selected,
simply close the window and this will
return you to the simulation basis
manager.
1.3 Selecting a uid package
The uid package is used to estimate the thermodynamic and uid properties of the components and
the mixtures involved in the simulation. Choice of the uid package is essential for the simulation
to result in meaningful solution.
1. Click on the Fluid pkgs tab in the
simulation basis manager and then click
the Add button to bring the available
packages.
2. The list of available packages can
be narrowed by selecting a lter to
the left of the list (such as EOSs,
activity models etc.). From the list
of uid packages, select the desired
thermodynamic package. The desired
package can be selected it by clicking
on it once.
3. At the bottom of the components page,
you can give your component list a
name.
4. Once the components are selected,
simply close the window and it will
return to the simulation basis manager.
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1.4 The simulation environment
The selection of components along with the uid package completes the necessary inputs for
simulation. To start the simulation
1. Click on
the Enter Simlation Environment tab
in the right bottom corner of simulation
basis manager window.
Notes: Sometimes you might need to
enter a new component or change the
property package. This will require to
bring back the simulation basis manager
window. This can be done by clicking
on the icon in the menu bar.
2. At this point you may want to save your case. This may be done by clicking on the save icon
in the menu bar and giving a suitable name for your case in your preferred directory.
Note: On the right hand side of the simulation window, you will notice a vertical toolbar.
This is known as the Object Palette. If for any reason this palette is not visible, got to the
Flowsheet pull down menu and select Palette or press F4 to display the palette. It is from this
pallete that you will add streams and unit operations to your simulation.
1.5 Adding material stream
The rst item within the simulation environment may be to install a material stream. This can be
done by
1. Click on the blue arrow button on the
Object Palette and then clicking on the
simulation window where the crosshair
cursor is placed.
2. Selecting the Flowsheet menu and
selecting Add Stream
3. Pressing F11
Using any of the above methods will create a new material stream (a Blue arrow) on the owsheet.
The HYSYS default names the stream in increasing numerical order (i.e. the rst stream created
will be given the name 1). This name can be modied at any time.
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1.6 Specifying material stream
1. To enter information about the material
stream, double click on
the stream to show the window shown
the specication window. It is within
this window that the user species the
details regarding the material stream.
For material stream that will be used
as an input, we need to specify four
variables.
Within HYSYS environment, input material stream always have four degree of freedoms.
Meaning, we need to supply four information in order to fulll the requirement for HYSYS
to start its calculations. Four variables needed for input stream are composition, owrate, and
two from temperature, pressure or vapor/phase fraction.
2. To enter the composition of the stream,
select the Composition option from this
list to display the composition window.
Note that only the components that
you specied in the simulation basis
manager will appear in this list.
Note: You can add components through
the simulation basis manager at any
time during the process.
3. To enter temperature, pressure or vapor
fraction click on the conditions option
to get into the conditions window and
specify the values of the variables.
Note: When entering the conditions for
a stream, it is not necessary to enter the
values in the default units provided.
When the user begins to enter a value in one of the cells, a drop down arrow appears in the
units box next to the cell. By clicking on this drop down arrow, the user can specify any unit
for the corresponding value and HYSYS will automatically convert the value to the default
unit set.
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Sec. 2 Tutorial 2: Pipe segments and pumps 5
2 Tutorial 2: Pipe segments and pumps
2.1 Pressure drop in a pipe segment
Water is owing in a 10m horizontal smooth pipe at 4m/s and 25
o
C. The density of water is
1000kg/m
3
and viscosity of water is 0.001kg/m.s. The pipe is schedule 40, 1 in. nominal diameter
(2.66 cm ID). Water inlet pressure is 2 atm. Calculate the pressure drop in the pipe.
Simulating a pipe segment involves
specication of an inlet and an outlet
stream plus an energy stream that
reects the pressure drop in a pump.
So simulation of the pipe segment
to calculate the pressure drop will
involve the stream specication and the
specication for the pipe segment.
2.1.1 Starting HSYSY
1. Start a new case in HYSYS following the procedure in Sec. 1.1 and choose the SI units from
Tools | Preferences | Variables.
2. Add water as the component for this simulation following the procedure in Sec. 1.2.
3. Choose the ASME Steam as the uid package following the procedure in Sec. 1.3.
2.1.2 Adding the streams
1. Select a material stream by double clicking on the blue arrow in from the object palette (Refer
to Sec. 1.5).
2. Specify the name as Inlet. Specify the volumetric ow rate of the stream based on the velocity
of 4m/s and the inner pipe diameter of 0.0266 m. You should have it as 8.03m
3
/h.
3. Enter the composition of the stream as water with a mole fraction of 1. Enter the values for
the feed pressure and temperature.
4. Add a second material stream as the product stream and enter its composition as pure water
and temperature of 25
o
C (isothermal operation). Specify the name as Outlet.
5. Add an energy stream by double clicking on the red arrow in the object palette.
2.1.3 Adding the pipe segment
1. Add a pipe segment by double clicking on the pipe segment in the object palette.
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2. Click on the Rating tab and then on Append segment. The pipe length is 10m; specify the
pipe material as smooth by choosing this value from the drop down menu.
3. Click on View Segment and select schedule 40. To choose the nominal diameter choose
25.4mm (1 in) from the tabulated values and select specify.
4. Double click on the pipe segemnt and from the connection tab specify the inlet, outlet and the
energy stream appropriately.
5. With the specication complete, the pressure drop can be read from the parameters tab given
as Delta P.
2.1.4 Effect of liquid ow rate on pressure drop
In this part we will look at the effect of uid ow rate on the pressure drop. A useful tool in HYSYS
is the DataBook. We will use DataBook to get the plot of uid ow versus pressure drop. The
procedure is given below:
1. From the menu select Tools| DataBook. A new window appears.
2. Click on Insert and select Feed in the object column and Std Ideal Liquid Flow in the variable
column and click Add to select the liquid owrate as a variable in the in the study. Click on the
PIPE-100 on the object column and select Std Ideal Liquid Flow in the variable column and
then press Add. Close the window by pressing Close. This takes you back to the DataBook
window.
3. Click on Case Studies tab at the bottom of the window. The case studies window appears.
Click on Add to add a case study. Give it a suitable name e.g. DpvsQ. Check the ind checkbox
beside pressure drop to declare the pressure drop as the independent variable and check the
box Dep beside Pressure Drop to declare the Pressure Drop as the dependent variable.
4. Click on View to specify the lower and upper bound as well as the step size for liquid ow
over which you want to study the effect.
5. Click on Start and when the calculation is completed, click on Results after checking the
radio button Graph to display the graph between liquid ow and pressure drop.
2.2 Simulating a pump
Water at 120
o
C and 3 bar is fed to a pump with a efciency of 10%. The ow rate of water
is 100kmol/h and its pressure at the outlet is 84 bar. Determine the outlet temperature of water.
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Like the pipe segment, simulating a
pump involves specication of an inlet
and an outlet stream plus an energy
stream that reects the work done on
the pump. So simulation of the pump
to calculate the exit temperature will
involve the stream specication and the
specication for the pump.
2.2.1 Starting HSYSY
1. Start a new case in HYSYS following the procedure in Sec. 1.1 and choose the SI units from
Tools | Preferences | Variables.
2. Add water as the component for this simulation following the procedure in Sec. 1.2.
3. Choose the ASME Steam as the uid package following the procedure in Sec. 1.3.
2.2.2 Adding the streams
1. Select a material stream by double clicking on the blue arrow in from the object palette (Refer
to Sec. 1.5).
2. Specify the name as Inlet. Specify the molar ow rate of 100kmol/h.
3. Enter the composition of the stream as water with a mole fraction of 1. Enter the values for
the feed pressure and temperature.
4. Add a second material stream as the product stream and enter its composition as pure water
and pressure of 84 bar. Specify the name as Outlet.
5. Add an energy stream by double clicking on the red arrow in the object palette and specify it
as Work.
2.2.3 Adding the pump
1. Add a pump by double clicking on the pump in the object palette.
2. Click on the Design tab and then from Connections option specify the proper streams as inlet,
outlet and the energy stream.
3. From the Parameters option in the Design tab, specify the efciency of the pump as 10%.
4. Once all are specied, the pump calculations are carried out. You can now check the
temperature of the outlet stream from the Worksheet tab.
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