Heat Transfer Modeling Using Aspen HYSYS

Enhance the process engineer's understanding of the design and operation of heat exchangers. Learn thermal design and optimization of heat exchangers and integrate heat exchanger model into overall process modeling to improve the performance of heat exchangers in the overall process. Investigate the thermal calculations employed by both Aspen HYSYS and the Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating features.

Audience:

  • Process engineers doing process design and optimization projects with Aspen HYSYS in conjunction with Aspen Hetran, Aspen TASC or Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (Aspen Tasc+)
  • Plant engineers checking plant performance under different operating conditions

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    EHY2611

  • Duration:

    1 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    0.7

  • Level:

    Introductory

Benefits

  • Understand heat exchanger geometry and design basics, focusing on shell and tube exchangers
  • Investigate the thermal calculations employed by both Aspen HYSYS and the Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating programs
  • Progress from shortcut modeling of heat exchangers in Aspen HYSYS to using rigorous Aspen EDR models

Approach

  • Course notes containing lecture materials, examples, and workshops are distributed
  • Lecture topics are reinforced with workshops throughout the day
  • Questions relating the course material to real life problems are encouraged

Pre-requisites

  • Working knowledge Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger
  • Familiarity with the Aspen HYSYS graphical user interface

Agenda

Introduction
  • Introductions and course contents
  • Workshop session descriptions
  • Course objectives

Heat Exchanger Unit Operation
  • Review unit operations and calculation options of Aspen HYSYS that perform heat transfer calculations

Heat Exchangers Overview
  • Identify the heat exchanger types that can be interfaced with Aspen HYSYS
  • Compare and contrast the applicability and operation of different types of heat exchangers with a focus on shell & tube and air cooled. Exchangers

Rigorous Heat Exchanger Modeling In Aspen HYSYS
  • Examine how to implement Aspen EDR software in an Aspen HYSYS simulation

Other Heat Transfer Options
  • Utilize Aspen HYSYS to generate physical properties for use in Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating programs
  • Examine the Reboiler Wizard and its ability to simplify more detailed modeling of reboilers in RadFrac models

Hands On Workshops
  • Workshop 1: Design Mode and Rate Checking - Design a heat exchanger using Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger, and then take the Design to create a Rating/Checking case.
  • Workshop 2: Integrating Aspen HYSYS with Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger - Use the heat exchanger design programs as an integrated program run in conjunction with the steady state process simulators.
  • Workshop 3: Vibration - Simulate the effects of operational changes on an exchange. See how vibration issues could be addressed by re-design
  • Workshop 4:  Fouling:  Simulate the effects of fouling during the life of the exchanger. See the impact of fouling of an exchanger for a process.
  • Workshop 5: Thermosyphon - Incorporate a thermosyphon bottoms reboiler in a distillation column. Explore the effect in changes of the column operating conditions on the reboiler.
  • Workshop 6: Air Cooled Exchanger - Design and Air Cooled Exchanger. Import an Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger model into HYSYS Explore the effect of changes in ambient air temperature on your process operations

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Aspen Technology, Inc. awards Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for training classes conducted by our organization. One CEU is granted for every 10 hours of class participation.