AUS101 Introduction to Aspen Unified Scheduling

• Gain familiarity with key AUS features and tools.
• Develop skills in AUS work area and flowsheet creation and management.
• Execute Aspen Unified Planning to Scheduling data sharing through Site Catalog.
• Perform schedule simulation and optimization evaluations with advanced analysis functions in AUS.

• Instruction on principle topics
• Hands-on problem-solving approach allows the student to gain an understanding of the most important Aspen Unified Scheduling interface and functions.
• The class problems are designed to illustrate create real world scheduling problems and how to interpret and troubleshoot solutions with advanced AUS tools.

• This course is recommended for schedulers with some knowledge of refinery scheduling.
• Attendee should have a basic understanding of refinery operations and of the basics needed to operate scheduling models in APS or AUS.

• Aspen Unified and Aspen Unified Scheduling

Introduce Aspen Unified and Aspen Unified Scheduling 

Setup of Aspen Unified Scheduling

Understand Aspen Unified Homepage Functionalities 

Workshop: Explore Aspen Unified Homepage Options

• Aspen Unified Site Catalog

Setup an Aspen Unified Site Catalog

Get familiar with Site Catalog features

Publish Data to the Site Catalog

Workshop: Share model data using Site Catalog

• Create AUS model and Flowsheet

Create an Aspen Unified Scheduling Model

Add Scheduling Elements to the Flowsheet

Understand Flowsheet Basic Interactions

Import Data from the Site Catalog

Workshop: Create a new crude scheduling model

• AUS Work Area

Create AUS Work Area

Add Resources and Trend Charts

Create AUS Model Baseline

Workshop: Create a New Work Area

• AUS Gantt Chart and Events

Manage Gantt Chart

Create Events in AUS Models

Workshop: Import and create events in AUS

• Built-in Scheduling Logics

Understand differences in Event Delivery Strategies

Analyze Movement Results from different Event Strategies

Workshop: Create Event Strategies

• AUS Simulation Modes and Results

Understand two simulation modes in AUS

Visualize simulation results in AUS Flowsheet

• AUS Reconciliation

Understand Reconciliation Mode

Run Automatic Schedule Reconciliation

Workshop: AUS Reconciliation

• AUS Case Management

Create new cases

Turn on/off Case comparison mode

Identify case differences

Merge scheduling cases

Workshop: Create and Compare Cases in AUS

• AUS Multi-User Workflow

User Roles

Concept of Sandbox

AUS Multi-User Workflow and reconciliation process

Workshop: Aspen Unified Multi-User Workflow

• AUS Crude Schedule Optimization

Create Scheduling Envelope

Define AUS optimization scope

Run AUS Optimization to create schedule automatically

Workshop: AUS Schedule Optimization

• AUS Planning Targets Sharing

Publish Planning Targets from AUP

Import Planning Targets to AUS

Demo: Planning Targets Sharing in AUS

• AUS Pipeline Scheduling

Check Pipeline Scheduling View

Create Pipeline Trend

Review Pipeline Movements

Overwrite Batches Specs

Workshop: Create Pipeline Scheduling in AUS

• AUS Process Unit Scheduling

Publish Process Units from AUP

Import and configure process units in AUS

• Day in Life of a Scheduler Using AUS

Understand Daily Working Process for AUS Schedulers

Summarize Roll Forward Process