Process engineers have traditionally had to wait for exchanger designs to be provided by their thermal expert group before they can evaluate their impact on a process. This limits the process engineer's ability to fully explore alternate equipment configurations and stream sequencing for process optimization. The workflow leaves the process engineer out of the equipment design process and inhibits his ability to evaluate the impact of heat exchanger performance on the overall process.

This tutorial will demonstrate an automated approach to improve collaboration between process engineers and thermal equipment experts. The workflow provides a means by which the process engineer can independently obtain a highly accurate exchanger design for process evaluation whilst supporting the role of a company's thermal expert group and their responsibility for final exchanger designs. Consistency of process and property data is maintained between both groups through automated transfer of key data between Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger.

In this animated tutorial you will learn how to:

?         Use the Aspen HYSYS Export feature to transfer process & property information to Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger

?         Produce a preliminary design using Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger

?         Review the shell & tube design details

Links to previous tutorials for alternate collaborative workflows for process engineers and thermal exchanger specialists:

?         HYSYS / Shell & Tube design utility

?         Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating Import from HYSYS

?         Index of similar EDR tutorials

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