Introduction to Aspen

Plus
Short Courses on Computer Applications for ChE
Students
Speaker: Yi-Chang Wu (
)
d98524013@ntu.edu.tw

PSE Laboratory
Department of Chemical
 Extractive Distillation
 What is Aspen Plus
Aspen Plus is a market-leading process
modeling tool for conceptual design,
optimization, and performance monitoring
for the chemical, polymer, specialty
chemical, metals and minerals, and coal
power industries.

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Ref: http://www.aspentech.com/products/aspen-plus.cfm
 What Aspen Plus
provides
Physical Property Models
Worlds largest database of pure component and phase equilibrium
data for conventional chemicals, electrolytes, solids, and polymers
Regularly updated with data from U. S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
Comprehensive Library of Unit Operation Models
Addresses a wide range of solid, liquid, and gas processing
equipment
Extends steady-state simulation to dynamic simulation for safety
and controllability studies, sizing relief valves, and optimizing
transition, startup, and shutdown policies
Enables you build your own libraries using Aspen Custom
Modeler or programming languages (User-defined models)

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Ref: Aspen Plus Product Brochure
 More Detailed
Properties analysis
Properties of pure component and mixtures (Enthalpy,
density, viscosity, heat capacity,etc)
Phase equilibrium (VLE, VLLE, azeotrope calculationetc)
Parameters estimation for properties models (UNIFAC
method for binary parameters, Joback method for boiling
pointsetc)
Data regression from experimental deta
Process simulation
pump, compressor, valve, tank, heat exchanger, CSTR,
PFR, distillation column, extraction column, absorber,
filter, crystallizeretc

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What course Aspen Plus
can be employed for
MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
THERMODYNAMICS
CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING
UNIT OPERATIONS
PROCESS DESIGN
PROCESS CONTROL

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 Lesson Objectives
Familiar with the interface of Aspen Plus
Learn how to use properties analysis
Learn how to setup a basic process
simulation

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 Problem Formulation 1:
Calculation the mixing
properties of two stream

1 2 3 4
Mole Flow kmol/hr
WATER 10 0 ? ?
BUOH 0 9 ? ?
BUAC 0 6 ? ?
Mass Balance
Total Flow kmol/hr 10 15 ? ?
Temperature C 50 80 ? ? Energy Balance
Pressure bar 1 1 1 10 Enthalpy
Enthalpy kcal/mol ? ? ? ? Entropy
Entropy cal/mol-K ? ? ? ?
Density kmol/cum ? ? ? ?
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 Problem Formulation 2:
Flash Separation

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T-x
T-y
115

T=105 C

T ( C)
110

o
Saturated Feed P=1atm
105
P=1atm
F=100 kmol/hr 100
zwater=0.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

zHAc=0.5 xWater and yWater

What are flowrates and compositions of the two

outlets?
 Problem Formulation 3:
Dehydration of Acetic Acid by
Distillation
(Optional) Column

1.0

0.8
Reflux
ratio ? 0.6

yWater
0.4

0.2
Duty ?
0.0
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
xWater
 Outline
Startup in Aspen Plus (Basic Input) (45 min)
User Interface
Basic Input: Setup, Components, Properties.
Properties Analysis (1 hour)
Pure Component
Mixtures (phase equilibrium)
Running Simulation (1 hour)
Blocks (Unit Operations)
Streams (flow streams)
Results

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Introduction to Aspen Plus Part 1
Startup in Aspen Plus
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Start with Aspen Plus

Aspen Plus User Interface

Aspen Plus Startup

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 Interface of Aspen Plus

Process Flowsheet Windows

Model Library (View| Model Library )

Stream
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Status message
 More Information

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Help for Commands for Controlling Simulations
 Data Browser
The Data Browser is a sheet and form
viewer with a hierarchical tree view of the
available simulation input, results, and
objects that have been defined

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 Basic Input
The minimum required inputs to run a
simulation are:
Setup
Components Property Analysis

Properties
Streams Process Simulation
Blocks

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Setup Specification
Run Type

Input mode

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Components
Specification

Input components
with Component name or Formula

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Input components

Remark: If available, are

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 Specification
To do this Click this
button
Find components in the Find
databanks
Define a custom component that User Defined
is not in a databank
Generate electrolyte components Elec Wizard
and reactions from components
you entered
Reorder the components you Reorder
have specified
Review databank data for Review 22
components you have
Find Components

Click Find

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Find Components
(contd)

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Properties

Process type(narrow the number of

methods available)

Base method: IDEAL, NRTL, UNIQAC

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Property Method Selection
Assistant

Interactive help in choosing a property method

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Assistant Wizard

Specify Component type

Chemical Systems

Is the system at high

pressure?
(NO)
Two liquid phases

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Reference: http://www.et.byu.edu/groups/uolab/files/aspentech/
Thermodynamic Model NRTL

NRTL

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NRTL Binary
Parameters

Click NRTL and then built-in binary parameters

appear automatically if available.

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Access Properties Models
and Parameters

Review Databank Data

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Review Databank Data
Including:
Ideal gas heat of formation at 298.15 K
Ideal gas Gibbs free energy of formation at
298.15 K
Heat of vaporization at TB
Normal boiling point
Standard liquid volume at 60F
.

Description of each param

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 Pure Component
Temperature-Dependent
Properties

CPIGDP ideal gas heat

-1 capacity
CPSDIP- Solid heat capacity
1
DNLDIP Liquid density
-1
DHVLD Heat of vaporization
P-1
PLXANT Extended Antoine
-1 Equation
MULDIP Liquid viscosity
KLDIP Liquid thermal
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conductivity
 Example: PLXANT-1
(Extended Antoine
Equation)
Corresponding Model

Click ? and then click where you dont know

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 Example: CPIGDP-1
(Ideal Gas Heat Capacity
Equation)
Corresponding Model

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Summary

So far, we have finished the basic

settings including setup, components,
and properties.
This is enough to perform properties
analysis.

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 File Formats in Aspen
Plus

File Type Extensio Forma Description

n t
Document *.apw Binary File containing simulation input and
results and
intermediate convergence information
Backup *.bkp ASCII Archive file containing simulation input
and
results
History *.his Text Detailed calculation history and
diagnostic 37
messages
 Introduction to Aspen Plus Part 2
Properties Analysis in Aspen Plus
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 Overview of Property
Analysis
Use this
To generate
form
Tables and plots of pure component properties as a function of
Pure
temperature and pressure
Binary Txy, Pxy, or Gibbs energy of mixing curves for a binary system
Residue Residue curve maps
Ternary maps showing phase envelope, tie lines, and
Ternary
azeotropes of ternary systems
This feature locates all the azeotropes that exist among a
Azeotrope
specified set of components.
Ternary diagrams in Aspen Distillation Synthesis feature:
Ternary
Azeotropes, Distillation boundary, Residue curves or distillation
Maps
curves, Isovolatility curves, Tie lines, Vapor curve, Boiling point

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 Reminding
When you start properties analysis,
you MUST specify components ,
properties model, and
corresponding model
parameters. (Refer to Part I)

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 Properties Analysis Pure
Component
Use this
To generate
form
Tables and plots of pure component properties as a function of
Pure
temperature and pressure
Binary Txy, Pxy, or Gibbs energy of mixing curves for a binary system
Residue Residue curve maps
Ternary maps showing phase envelope, tie lines, and
Ternary
azeotropes of ternary systems
This feature locates all the azeotropes that exist among a
Azeotrope
specified set of components.
Ternary diagrams in Aspen Distillation Synthesis feature:
Ternary
Azeotropes, Distillation boundary, Residue curves or distillation
Maps
curves, Isovolatility curves, Tie lines, Vapor curve, Boiling point

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Properties Analysis Pure
Component

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Available Properties
Property
Property (thermodynamic)
(transport)
Thermal
Availability Free energy
conductivity
Constant pressure
Enthalpy Surface tension
heat capacity
Heat capacity Fugacity
Viscosity
ratio coefficient
Fugacity
Constant volume coefficient
heat capacity pressure
correction
Free energy
Vapor pressure
departure
Free energy
departure
Density
pressure
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correction
 Example1: CP (Heat
Capacity)

1. Select property (CP)

4. Specify range of temperature

2. Select phase
5. Specify pressure
Add N-butyl-acetate

3. Select component 6. Select property method

7. click Go to generate the results

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Example1: Calculation
Results of CP

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Data results
 Example2: H (Enthalpy)

1. Select property (H)

4. Specify range of temperature

2. Select phase
5. Specify pressure

3. Select component
6. Select property method

7. click Go to generate the results 46

Example: Calculation
Results of H

Data results

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 Properties Analysis Binary
Components
Use this
To generate
form
Tables and plots of pure component properties as a function of
Pure
temperature and pressure
Binary Txy, Pxy, or Gibbs energy of mixing curves for a binary system
Residue Residue curve maps
Ternary maps showing phase envelope, tie lines, and
Ternary
azeotropes of ternary systems
This feature locates all the azeotropes that exist among a
Azeotrope
specified set of components.
Ternary diagrams in Aspen Distillation Synthesis feature:
Ternary
Azeotropes, Distillation boundary, Residue curves or distillation
Maps
curves, Isovolatility curves, Tie lines, Vapor curve, Boiling point

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Properties Analysis Binary
Components
Binary Component Properties
Analysis

Use this Analysis To generate

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

2. Select two component 5. Specify pressure

3. Select compositions basis

6. Select property method

4. Specify composition range

7. click Go to generate the results

Example: calculation
result of T-XY

Data results
 Example: Generate XY
plot

Click plot wizard to generate XY plot

Example: Generate XY plot
(contd)
 Property Analysis
Generic
Use this
To generate
form
Tables and plots of pure component properties as a function of
Pure
temperature and pressure
Binary Txy, Pxy, or Gibbs energy of mixing curves for a binary system
Residue Residue curve maps
Ternary maps showing phase envelope, tie lines, and
Ternary
azeotropes of ternary systems
This feature locates all the azeotropes that exist among a
Azeotrope
specified set of components.
Ternary diagrams in Aspen Distillation Synthesis feature:
Ternary
Azeotropes, Distillation boundary, Residue curves or distillation
Maps
curves, Isovolatility curves, Tie lines, Vapor curve, Boiling point

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Properties Analysis Ternary
 Ternary Map

1. Select three component

4. Select phase (VLE, LLE)

2. Specify number of tie line 5. Specify pressure

6. Specify temperature
3. Select property method (if LLE is slected)

7. click Go to generate the results

Calculation Result of Ternary
Map (LLE)

Data results
Property Analysis Conceptual
Design
(Optional)

Use this
To generate
form
Tables and plots of pure component properties as a function of
Pure
temperature and pressure
Binary Txy, Pxy, or Gibbs energy of mixing curves for a binary system
Residue Residue curve maps
Ternary maps showing phase envelope, tie lines, and
Ternary
azeotropes of ternary systems
This feature locates all the azeotropes that exist among a
Azeotrope
specified set of components.
Ternary diagrams in Aspen Distillation Synthesis feature:
Ternary
Azeotropes, Distillation boundary, Residue curves or distillation
Maps
curves, Isovolatility curves, Tie lines, Vapor curve, Boiling point

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Conceptual Design
Azeotrope Analysis
 Azeotrope Analysis

1. Select components (at least two) 2. Specify pressure

3. Select property method

6. click Report to generate the results

4. Select phase (VLE, LLE)

5. Select report Unit

 Error Message

Close analysis input dialog box (pure or b

Azeotrope Analysis Report
Ternary Maps
 Ternary Maps
3. Select property method
1. Select three components 4. Select phase (VLE, LLE)

2. Specify pressure 5. Select report Unit

6. Click Ternary Plot to generate the results

6. Specify temperature of LLE

(If liquid-liquid envelope is selected)
 Ternary Maps
Change pressure or
temperature

Ternary Plot Toolbar:

Add Tie line, Curve,
Marker
 Introduction to Aspen Plus Part 3
Running Simulation in Aspen Plus
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Example 1: Calculate the
mixing properties of two
stream

1 2 3 4
Mole Flow kmol/hr
WATER 10 0 ? ?
BUOH 0 9 ? ?
BUAC 0 6 ? ?
Total Flow kmol/hr 10 15 ? ?
Temperature C 50 80 ? ?
Pressure bar 1 1 1 10
Enthalpy kcal/mol ? ? ? ?
Entropy cal/mol-K ? ? ? ?
Density kmol/cum ? ? ? ?
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Setup Specification

Select Flowsheet

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 Reveal Model Library

View|| Model Library

or press F10

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Adding a Mixer

Click one of icons

and then click again on the flowsheet window

Remark: The shape of the icons are meaningless

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Adding Material Streams

Click Materials and then click

again on the flowsheet window

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Adding Material Streams
(contd)

When clicking the mouse on the flowsheet window,

arrows (blue and red) appear.

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 Adding Material Streams
(contd)
When moving the mouse on the arrows, some description appears.

Red arrow(Left) Feed Red arrow(Right): Blue arrow: Water

(Required; one ore more Product (Required; if decant for Free water
if mixing material mixing material streams) of dirty water.
streams)

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Adding Material Streams
(contd)

After selecting Material Streams, click and pull a stream line.

Repeat it three times to generate three stream lines.

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Reconnecting Material
Streams (Feed Stream)

Right Click on the stream and

select Reconnect Destination

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Reconnecting Material
Streams (Product
Stream)

Right Click on the stream and

select Reconnect Source

B1

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Specifying Feed
Condition

Right Click on the stream

and select Input

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 Specifying Feed
Condition

You must specify two of the following

conditions:
Temperature
Pressure
Vapor fraction

You can enter stream composition in terms of component flows,

fractions, or concentrations.
If you specify component fractions, you must specify the total mole,
mass, or standard liquid volume flow.
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 Specifying Feed
Condition (contd)
1 2

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Specifying Input of Mixer

Right Click on the block and select Input

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Specifying Input of Mixer
(contd)

Specify Pressure and valid phase

The corresponding description about this blank:

Outlet pressure if value > 0
Pressure drop if value 0
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 Run Simulation

Click to run the simulation

Run Start or continue calculations

Step Step through the flowsheet one block
at a time
Stop Pause simulation calculations
Reinitializ Purge simulation results
e

Check simulation status

Required Input Complete means the input is ready to run simualtion

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Status of Simulation
Results
Message Means
Results The run has completed normally, and
available results are present.
Results for the run are present.
Results with Warning messages were generated
warnings during the calculations. View the
Control Panel or History for messages.
Results for the run are present. Error
Results with messages were generated during the
errors calculations. View the Control Panel or
History for messages.
Results for the run are present, but you
have changed the input since the
Input Changed results were generated. The results
may be inconsistent with the current
input.
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Stream Results

Right Click on the block and

select Stream Results

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 1 2 3
Substream: MIXED
Mole Flow kmol/hr
WATER 10 0 10
BUOH 0 9 9
BUAC 0 6 6
Total Flow kmol/hr 10 15 25
180.15 1364.0 1544.2
Total Flow kg/hr
28 66 18
0.1858 1.7402 1.8705
Total Flow cum/hr
2 1 09
70.087
Temperature C 50 80
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Pressure bar 2 1 1
Pull down the list and select Vapor Frac 0 0 0
Full to show more properties Liquid Frac 1 1 1
Solid Frac 0 0 0
results. - -
Enthalpy kcal/mol -67.81 94.372 83.747
6 6
- - -
Enthalpy kcal/kg 3764.0 1037.7 1355.8
Enthalpy and Entropy 3 7 2
- - 87
Enthalpy Gcal/hr -0.6781 1.4155 2.0936
Change Units of Calculation
Results

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Setup Defining Your Own
Units Set

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Setup Report Options

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 Stream Results with
Format of Mole Fraction

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Add Pump Block

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Add A Material Stream

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Connect Streams

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Pump Specification

1. Select Pump or turbine

2. Specify pump outlet specificatio

(pressure, power)

3. Efficiencies (Default: 1)

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Run Simulation

Click to generate the results

Check simulation status

Required Input Complete

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 Block Results (Pump)

Right Click on the block and select Results

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98
Streams Results

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Calculation Results
(Mass and Energy
Balances)

1 2 3 4
Mole Flow kmol/hr
WATER 10 0 10 10
BUOH 0 9 9 9
BUAC 0 6 6 6
Total Flow kmol/hr 10 15 25 25
Temperature C 50 80 70.09 71.20
Pressure bar 1 1 1 10
Enthalpy kcal/mol -67.81 -94.37 -83.75 -83.69
Entropy cal/mol-K -37.50 -134.95 -95.62 -95.46
Density kmol/cum 969.50 783.85 825.56 824.29
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 Exercise

1 2 3 4 5 6
Mole Flow kmol/hr
Water 10 0 0 ? ? ?
Ethanol 0 5 0 ? ? ?
Methanol 0 0 15 ? ? ?
Total Flow kmol/hr 10 15 15 ? ? ?
Temperature C 50 70 40 ? ? ?
Pressure bar 1 1 1 1 4 2
Enthalpy kcal/mol ? ? ? ? ? ?
Entropy cal/mol-K ? ? ? ? ? ?
Density kmol/cum ? ? ? ? ? ?

Please use Peng-Robinson EOS to solve this problem. 101

 Example 2: Flash
Separation
120
T-x
T-y
115

T=105 C

T ( C)
110

o
Saturated Feed P=1atm
105
P=1atm
F=100 kmol/hr 100
zwater=0.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

zHAc=0.5 xWater and yWater

What are flowrates and compositions of the two

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

1. Select analysis type (Txy) 2. Select phase (VLE, VLLE)

2. Select two component 5. Specify pressure

3. Select compositions basis 6. Select property method

4. Specify composition range

7. click Go to generate the results

Calculation Result of T-xy

Data results
Generate xy plot
Generate xy plot (contd)
 Flash Separation

120
T-x
T-y
115

T=105 C

T ( C)
110

o
Saturated Feed P=1atm
105
P=1atm
F=100 kmol/hr 100
zwater=0.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

zHAc=0.5 xWater and yWater

What are flowrates and compositions of the two

outlets?
Add Block: Flash2
Add Material Stream
Specify Feed Condition

Saturated Feed
(Vapor fraction=0)

P=1atm
F=100 kmol/hr
zwater=0.5
zHAc=0.5
Block Input: Flash2
Flash2: Specification

T=105 C
P=1atm
Required Input
Incomplete

Connot click to run simulation

Close binary analysis

window
Required Input Complete

Click to run simulation

Stream Results
Stream Results (contd)

42.658 kmol/hr
zwater=0.501
zHAc=0.409

T=105 C
Saturated Feed P=1atm
P=1atm
F=100 kmol/hr
zwater=0.5 57.342 kmol/hr
zHAc=0.5 zwater=0.432
zHAc=0.568
Distillation Separation
There are two degrees of
freedom to manipulate
distillate composition and
bottoms composition to
RR ? manipulate the distillate
and bottoms
compositions.
If the feed condition and
the number of stages are
QR ? given, how much of RR
and QR are required to
achieve the specification.
Add Block: Radfrac
Add Material Stream
Connect Material Stream
Specify Feed Condition

Saturated Feed
(Vapor fraction=0)

P=1.2atm
F=100 kmol/hr
zwater=0.5
zHAc=0.5
Block Input: Radfrac
Radfrac: Configuration
Radfrac: Streams (Feed
Location)
Radfrac: Column
Pressure
Run Simulation

Click to run simulation

Check Convergence
Status
Stream Results
D B
Change Reflux Ratio

Click to run simulation

Increase RR from 2 to 2.5

D B
 Again

You can iterate RR until the specification is achieved.

 Smarter Way

Aspen Plus provides a convenient function (Design Specs/Vary)

which can iterate operating variables to meet the specification.
Add New Design Specs
 Design Specs:
Specification

Input current mole purity first

Design Specs:
Components
Design Specs: Feed/Product
Streams
Add New Very
 Very: Specifications

Specify the range of the adjusted variable

Not all variables cane be selected.

In this case, only reflux ratio and reboiler duty can be used.
Selection of Adjusted
Variables

The options of adjusted variables must

correspond to the operating specification.
Run Simulation

Click to run simulation

Check Convergence
Status
Change Target of Mole
Purity
Click to run simulation

Increase Target from 0.95229424 to 0.99

Check Convergence
Status
D B
Column Performance
Summary
Summary of Condenser

Include condenser duty, distillate rate, reflux rate, reflux ratio

Summary of Reboiler

Include reboiler duty, bottoms rate, boilup rate, boilup ratio

Column Profile: TPFQ
Column Profile: Vapor
Composition
Column Profile: Liquid
Composition
Plot Wizard for Column
Profile
Plot Wizard for Column
Profile (contd)

After entering the block, Plot appears.

Plot Wizard
Plot Types
Steps for Composition
Plot
Composition Profiles
Temperature Profiles
INTRODUCTION TO ASPEN PLUS
More Complex System

Examples:

1.IPA-Water-DMSO
Isopropyl Alcohol
Water
Dimethyl Sulfoxide
INTERFACE OF ASPEN PLUS
COMPONENTS SPECIFICATION

Input components
with Component name or Formula

Click Find

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RENAME COMPONENTS ID

Isopropyl Alcohol
Water
Dimethyl Sulfoxide

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Thermodynamic Model NRTL

NRTL

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NRTL Binary Parameters

Click NRTL and then built-in binary parameters

appear automatically if available.

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NRTL Binary Parameters

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NRTL Binary Parameters-USER
Comp,i IPA IPA H 2O

Comp,j H 2O DMSO DMSO

aij 0 0 -1.2449
aji 0 0 1.7524
bij 185.4 115.2787 586.801
bji 777.3 -25.0123 -1130.215
cij 0.50 0.3 0.30

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Ternary Maps
 Ternary Maps

1. Select three components

3. Select property method

4. Select phase (VLE,
LLE)
5. Select report Unit
2. Specify pressure

6. Click Ternary Plot to generate the results

 Ternary Maps

Change pressure

Ternary Plot Toolbar:

Add Tie line, Curve,
Marker
How to finish the relative volatility
curve
IPA Water -DMSO System
4.5

DMSO
4.0
Relative Volatility (IPA/H2O)

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Entrainer / Azeotrope Feed Ratio

ADD BLOCK: FLASH2
ADD MATERIAL STREAM
ADD MATERIAL STREAM
ADD MATERIAL STREAM
SPECIFY FEED CONDITION
Saturated Liquid Feed
(Vapor fraction=0)

P=1 atm
F=10 kmol/hr
zDMSO=1

Saturated Liquid Feed

(Vapor fraction=0)

P=1 atm
F=10 kmol/hr
zIPA=0.6932
zWATER=0.3068
BLOCK INPUT : FLASH2

Click to run simulation

 CHECK STREAMS RESULT

V L

Entrainer feed
when 1
Azeotrope feed
yIPA / xIPA 0.861/ 0.346
3.23
yH 2O / xH 2O 0.118 / 0.153
 Finish the relative volatility curve
IPA Water -DMSO System

A-F E-F
(A-F)/(E-F) 4.5
(kmol/h) (kmol/h)
DMSO
10 2.5 0.25 1.8 4.0

Relative Volatility (IPA/H2O)

10 5 0.5 2.43
10 7.5 0.75 2.9 3.5

10 10 1 3.23
3.0
10 12.5 1.25 3.5
10 15 1.5 3.7 2.5
10 17.5 1.75 3.86
10 20 2 3.98 2.0

10 22.5 2.25 4.08

1.5
10 25 2.5 4.16
10 27.5 2.75 4.22
1.0
10 30 3 4.28 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Entrainer / Azeotrope Feed Ratio

 Introduction to Aspen Plus

Extractive Distillation
Aspen Plus Startup
INTERFACE OF ASPEN PLUS
SETUP SPECIFICATION

Run Type

Input mode

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Add Units-Sets
Add Units-Sets
REPORT OPTIONS
COMPONENTS SPECIFICATION

Input components
with Component name or Formula

Click Find

192
RENAME COMPONENTS ID

193
Thermodynamic Model NRTL

NRTL

194
NRTL Binary Parameters

Click NRTL and then built-in binary parameters

appear automatically if available.

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NRTL Binary Parameters

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NRTL Binary Parameters-USER
Comp,i IPA IPA H 2O

Comp,j H 2O DMSO DMSO

aij 0 0 -1.2449
aji 0 0 1.7524
bij 185.4 115.2787 586.801
bji 777.3 -25.0123 -1130.215
cij 0.50 0.3 0.30

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ADD BLOCK: RADFRAC
ADD BLOCK: MIXERS
ADD MATERIAL STREAM
ADD MATERIAL STREAM
RENAME STREAM
 Feed
SPECIFY FEED CONDITION (Saturated Liquid Feed)
Vapor fraction = 0
P = 2 atm
F = 100 kmol/hr
z IPA =0.5
z WATER =0.5
 EF
SPECIFY FEED CONDITION
P = 2 atm
T = 184.5 oC
F = 100 kmol/hr
z DMSO =1
 MAKEUP
SPECIFY FEED CONDITION
P = 2 atm
T = 25 oC
F = 0 kmol/hr
z DMSO =1
BLOCK INPUT
BLOCK INPUT
BLOCK INPUT
RUN SIMULATION

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CHECK CONVERGENCE STATUS

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CHECK STREAMS RESULT
DESIGN SPECS/VARY
ADD NEW DESIGN SPECS
DESIGN SPECS: SPECIFICATION
DESIGN SPECS: COMPONENTS
DESIGN SPECS: FEED/PRODUCT STREAMS
ADD NEW VERY
VERY: SPECIFICATIONS
RUN SIMULATION

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CHECK CONVERGENCE STATUS
DESIGN SPECS/VARY
ADD NEW DESIGN SPECS
DESIGN SPECS: SPECIFICATION
DESIGN SPECS: COMPONENTS
DESIGN SPECS: FEED/PRODUCT STREAMS
ADD NEW VERY
VERY: SPECIFICATIONS
RUN SIMULATION

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CHECK CONVERGENCE STATUS
CHECK STREAMS RESULT

D1 D2
RECYCLE STREAM
RECYCLE STREAM
RECYCLE STREAM
TEAR
CHECK STREAMS RESULT
 SUMMARY OF REBOILER

B1 B2

Include reboiler duty, bottoms rate, boilup rate, boilup ratio

TRAY SIZING

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 TRAY SIZING

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TRAY SIZING

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TRAY RATING

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TRAY RATING

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UPDATE PRESSURE DROP OF STAGES

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CHECKS PRESSURE DROP RESULT