Energy Management - Optimizing Site Wide Utilities to Save Energy using Aspen Utilities Planner

In this hands-on workshop you will use Aspen Utilities Planner to support decision making related to the purchase, generation, distribution and use of utilities. Aspen Utilities Planner explores the flexibility inherent in the utilities system on industrial sites and advises on the optimum choice available to the user, so that utilities are supplied in a reliable way with a focus on minimizing energy cost. Issues such as; different tariffs, alternative fuels, optimum loading of boilers and turbines, choice of equipment, import, self-sufficiency or export of electricity, choice of drives (motor or turbine) etc. are all taken into account in the optimization.

Audience:

  • Engineers interested in improving and optimizing the purchase, generation, distribution and use of energy and utilities.
  • Engineers interested in applying Aspen Utilities Planner to analyze and improve utilities systems operations and design.
  • Engineers with  limited experience in simulation who wish to use Aspen Utilities Planner

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    EAU901

  • Duration:

    0.5 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    0.4

  • Level:

    Workshop

Approach

  • Hands-on workshop
  • Use a pre-built model of a utilities system which is based on a real application
  • Overview of how to enter inputs, run the model and view results
  • Run the model to perform various tasks, each with a specific objective
  • Provide instructions how to execute each task
  • Review and comment on results

Tasks

  • Optimize Utility Plant Operation:  Obtain advice on the optimum load allocation in boilers and turbines and optimum choice of drives (motor/turbine), to minimize operating cost.
  • Manage New Natural Gas Contract: Evaluate optimum choice of fuels with multi-tier pricing.
  • Forecast Electricity and Gas Demands to Provide Nominations: Optimize in advance, internal power generation versus import, depending on the power price during peak and off peak times. Make “realistic” and “optimal” nominations to your suppliers, which you can fulfill, to avoid penalties.
  • Convert Production Plan to Utilities Plan: Transfer the weekly production plan into Aspen Utilities and convert this into utility demands using demand forecasting correlations. Based on these, produce a utilities production plan, allowing for a turbine to be brought down for maintenance during that week.
  • Evaluate Capital Investment Project: Assess the potential cost savings from investment in a new steam turbo-generator and calculate ROI.

Pre-requisites

You should be familiar with basic modeling concepts.

Subsequent Courses

EAU2831: Introduction to Energy Optimization Using Aspen Utilities Planner
EHX2911: Improved Energy Efficiency through Heat Integration

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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.