Perform Overpressure Protection

Analysis in Aspen HYSYS

Dynamics and Safety Webinar Series

Presenters:
Ron Beck, Marketing Director, Introduction and Summary
Wilfried Mofor, Product Manager, Solution Overview
Nicholas Brownrigg, Marketing Manager, V8.3 Demonstration
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aspenONE Engineering

Conceptual
Engineering

Process
Development

Basic
Engineering

Aspen HYSYS

Relief Valve
Sizing and
Rating in
Aspen HYSYS
V8.3

Safety
Analysis

&
Aspen Plus
Operations
and Planning
Support

Equipment
Design
Economic
Evaluation

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aspenONE Engineering Today:

Facilitates Collaboration
Mechanical Engineer

Process Engineer

Conceptual
Engineering

Basic
Engineering

Safety Specialist

Chemist

Process
Development

Aspen HYSYS
&
Aspen Plus

Operations
and Planning
Support

Equipment
Design
Equipment Engineer

Safety
Analysis

Economic
Evaluation

Production Engineer

Cost Estimator

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Engineering Innovations

Introduced by AspenTech in Last 18 Months

New Aspen HYSYS

Online Training

New Aspen Licensing

Dashboard

New Aspen Plus

Plant View in
Simulation

New HYSYS Teaching

Modules

Solids Simulation

Activation

Search in Simulation & Aspen

InfoPlus.21

aspenONE
Exchange

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New Aspen Deployment

Assistant

New aspenONE

Recent Acquisitions

Released in Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus

Optimize entire
process including
solids and fluids
Released Dec 2012

Analyze complete
overpressure
protection system
Released Aug 2013

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Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus are Central

Environments for aspenONE Engineering
New Aspen Plus

Analysis & Safety

Energy

Capital

Equipment
Analysis and Safety
Energy

Capital

Equipment

New Aspen HYSYS

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Relief Valve Sizing in Aspen HYSYS v8.3

(PSV Plus)

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What is an Overpressure Protection System?

Relief valve relieves pressure

Flare safely burns excess

Flare header directs gas to flare

Equipment builds up pressure

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Overpressure Protection Analysis

2
Size relief valves

Design / rate flare system

1
Identify relief scenarios
calculate relief loads

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Overpressure Protection Analysis

2
Size relief valves

Design / rate flare system

1
HYSYS model equipment/plant

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Overpressure Protection Analysis

2
Size relief valves

Flare System Analyzer

models flare

1
HYSYS model equipment/plant

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Overpressure Protection Analysis

2
Size relief valves

Flare System Analyzer

models flare

Third party or
in-house product

1
HYSYS model equipment/plant

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Overpressure Protection Analysis

2
Size relief valves

Flare System Analyzer

models flare

1
HYSYS model equipment/plant

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Relief Valve Sizing

Relief Valve

Aspen Flare System Analyzer

Acquired in Sept 2012

Aspen HYSYS

Part of every project

Multiple scenarios evaluated
Safety is highest priority

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Relief Valve Sizing: BEFORE

MS Excel

Aspen HYSYS

Manual workflow. Limited scenarios. Sub-optimal results

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Relief Valve Sizing in Aspen HYSYS

Single environment. Multiple Scenarios. Safer Designs.

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Challenges with Relief Valve Sizing

1. Ensure Data
Accuracy

2. Incorporate
Standards

3. Consider
Multiple
Scenarios

4. Develop
Regulatory
Reports

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1st Challenge: Ensure Data Accuracy

1. Ensure Data
Accuracy

Automated Relief Valve Sizing

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2nd Challenge: Incorporate Standards

2. Incorporate
Standards

Automated Relief Load Calculation

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3rd Challenge: Consider Multiple Scenarios

Choose from 25 Contingencies

3. Consider
Multiple
Scenarios

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4th Challenge: Develop Relief Valve Reports

Library of Reports
Automated Relief Valve Documentation

4. Develop
Regulatory
Reports

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ONE Environment for Inherently Safer Design

ASPEN HYSYS v8.3

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Challenges with Relief Valve Sizing

Ensure Data
Accuracy

Incorporate
Standards

ASPEN HYSYS v8.3

Develop
Regulatory
Reports

Consider
Multiple
Scenarios

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Benefits
Save up to 70% in man-hours per overpressure protection
project
Develop inherently safer design by analyzing multiple
overpressure scenarios
Automate the generation of PSV documentation
Easily maintain and locate process relief information
PSVPlus released in 2005; trusted and used by over 20
companies

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Demonstration of Aspen HYSYS v8.3

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AMEC

Pre-Release Review

Safety Analysis in HYSYS v8.3 provides a pragmatic means of estimating relief

loads, PSV relieving area and Inlet/outlet line sizes in a quick and productive
manner. The scenario management system in HYSYS v8.3 allows the review of relief
contingencies and the expected back pressure all in one place. This addition to
aspen HYSYS may be used both as a design and as an educational tool.

Hamid Arabshahi, PhD, P.Eng. Process Dept Lead, AMEC In-Situ

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Petrofac

Pre-Release Review

The new Aspen HYSYS safety analysis functionality is great for the relief analysis
of the process unit. We can now quickly estimate relieving fluid properties /
conditions, size the relief valves and produce required documentation all
without leaving HYSYS! This will minimize errors, improve the quality and speed
up our work significantly.
Nitesh Jain (Graduate Engineer)
Mehul Gandhi (Sr. Process Engineer)
Lakshmi Venkatesh (Dy General Manager-Process), Petrofac

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InProcess

Pre-Release Review

The most important utility of this incorporation for the user is that he does not
have to transfer data from one software to the other since it takes the needed
data directly from the Aspen HYSYS stream The interface created for this utility
in Aspen HYSYS is fast, clear and comfortable for the user. It permits him to
be flexible and to have a fast overview of the different PSVs, scenarios and data
in sizing the PSVs
Stefano Signor (Lead Services Engineer) and
Jordi Guerrero (Simulation Engineer) at INPROCESS Cons.& Tech.

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Save The Dates! Upcoming Webinars

Engineering Webinars for education and best practices

UPCOMING WEBINARS OF INTEREST:

Optimize Acid Gas Cleaning in Aspen HYSYS - Sept 12th
New Solids Unit Operations in Aspen Plus featuring Fluidized Beds and Pneumatic
Conveyors Sept 24th
Dynamic Modeling of Overpressure Protection with HYSYS Dynamics and
PSV Sizing Oct 22nd
Dynamic Column Modeling in Aspen HYSYS Oct 24th
Billington Process Technology Presents use of Aspen HYSYS, HYSYS Dynamics and
OLGA for optimizing designs of wells, pipelines and processing facilities Nov 12th

ON DEMAND WEBINARS OF INTEREST:

Reactor Relief Analysis with Aspen Plus Dynamics, June, 2013
Modeling, Rating and Debottlenecking Flare Systems with Aspen Flare System
Analyzer, May, 2013
Solving Design and Operational Challenges Using Dynamic Simulation, Sept 2012
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AspenTech at MEPEC 2013

29 September 2 October, Bahrain

Optimize Profitability in a
Changing Global Market.

(MEPEC) Middle East Process Engineering

Conference + Exhibition is the major international
forum for discussion and exchange of practical
experience in all aspects of process engineering

AspenTech is a platinum sponsor joining other

industry innovators and thought leaders

Make plans to attend our many sessions and

meet with our experts in Bahrain

18 Aspen Presentations
including 8 customer
presented papers
Keynote Speaker
Manolis Kotzabasakis
EVP of Products

Visit the Optimization Theater featuring 12 product demos

New aspenONE + aspenONE Exchange PSV Sizing in Aspen HYSYS
Refinery Planning
Acid Gas Cleaning in Aspen HYSYS
And More!
IP.21 Mobile

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Questions?
http://www.aspentech.com/products/HYSYS-Relief-Valves/

Video: Relief Valve Sizing in Aspen HYSYS v8.3

JumpStart: Relief Valve Sizing in aspen HYSYS
Sample Models
CBT: Getting Started with Relief Valve Sizing
in Aspen HYSYS v8.3

For more information, contact:

Wilfried.Mofor@aspentech.com
Nick.Brownrigg@aspentech.com
Ron.Beck@aspentech.com
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