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Need to get stream data from your Aspen Hysys simulation into another format;

say Microsoft Excel? It could be for a heat and material balance table, an
equipment datasheet, or just data for a calculation. Try one of the following
approaches to copy out the Hysys data.

Note: The program UniSim Design by Honeywell is, at the time of writing, almost
identical to Hysys. Except for tip #5, most of these approaches should work just as
well for UniSim.

1. For small amounts of data you can copy and paste directly out of Hysys
windows. Use the copy with labels command (shortcut Crtl-Shift-C) to copy
both the data and the row/column heading names
2. Go to Tools>Workbooks or hit Crtl-W. Create a workbook customized to
show the data you want. Copy and paste into Excel. Crtl-shift-C works again
3. Print the workbook instead of copying. When printing, select the Hysys
workbook checkboxes text-to-file and delimited. When selected, instead
of sending a report to the printer, Hysys will instead create a delimited text
file that you can open in MS Excel. (In Excel, use Data>Text to columns
to interpret the delimited data, and select commas to create new cells)
4. Go to Tools>Reports or hit Crtl-R. and create a report displaying the data
you need. Again use delimited text files to create a report you can read with
spreadsheet programs
5. Download the Hysys Stream Reporter (HSR). This is a sample Excel
Macro, that uses Visual Basic coding to reach into the Hysys file and extract
stream data. It is very easy to use and has instructions built right into the file.
At time of writing you would use HSR 1.6 but you should search the
Aspentech Support database for the latest version. You should note that as a
demo file HSR is not subject to the same quality controls as normal Hysys
features, and there is no technically no guarantee it will be available in future
versions of Hysys. (Although unofficially, I have been told it is so popular
they will likely be built for future versions of Hysys). I find it very convenient,
but there is a risk that for very large files or simulations you have to upgrade
to new versions that something will go wrong. I wouldnt rely on HSR for
major projects that will last several years. Also, be aware that the program
can be slow if you have a lot of stream data, and that it ties up both Excel and
Hysys. You may want to test it by first writing a report with only a single
stream property for all the streams of interest, to make sure that the
connection to each stream is working correctly, before trying to get your full
report out.
6. You can use the Spreadsheet unit operation. Using the" Add Import" button
in the "Connections" of your spreadsheet tab, you can pull in any variables
(including stream or equipment properties) into a spreadsheet in any cells
that you choose. Shortcut: You can also add variables to the spreadsheet by
opening a Hysys window (say a stream or unit operations window), holding
control, and using the right mouse button to drag the variable from the
Hysys window and dropping it into your spreadsheet. Either way you add the
variables, it is a little time consuming, but you can bring key data together in
the orientation/order you like, and then copy and paste it to other programs.
(Also, sometimes it is good to get an executive summary or dashboard of
key data immediately within your simulation, as you try to tune the
simulation).
7. Create your own custom solution with Visual Basic programming to get data
out of Hysys. You can also use it to pull data in, if you need to have Hysys
interface to an external spreadsheet or program
8. See if Aspen Simulation Workbook, which helps you create linkages between
Hysys and Excel, can help you

Personally, I find Option #5 is the easiest, quite flexible and powerful. Option #5
also makes it very easy to mix and match streams from multiple simulation files or
sub-flowsheets (like a columns streams) into a single report.

Option #2 is also very flexible, takes a little longer to set up but youll get the
reports faster and its less buggy. So Id prefer option #5 for one-off problems and
option #2 for lengthy problems where I can set up the Hysys file properly and keep
developing the file going forward.

Option #6 is a good choice if you only need a tiny handful of variables, but many
different types of variables from different places in the simulation. Note that you
could also use the spreadsheet approach to bring together the variables that you
might want to change as you tune a program, as well as the variables you want to
copy and paste to an outside program.
Option #7 is the most powerful but requires programming knowledge and work.

P.S. The techniques in this post have been used with Hysys 2004-V7.1 and UniSim
2004-2006, and may not work with older or newer versions.

Edits:

2011-03-23 - Added option #8, Aspen Simulation Workbook

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