Optimize Plant Utilities to Reduce Energy Consumption using Aspen Utilities Planner

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Develop the skills and techniques required to create a utilities system flowsheet with Aspen Utilities Planner. Learn methods of minimizing total utilities operating cost by accounting for economic, operation, and environmental constraints simultaneously. Gain knowledge on methods of analyzing and optimizing typical business processes within the energy management domain.

Audience:

Process and Design Engineers

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    EAU026

  • Duration:

    1 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    0.7

  • Level:

    Introductory

Benefits

Optimize utility variability by adopting a consistent methodology to model, simulate and analyze energy management business processes

Approach

  • Clear guidance on fundamental topics
  • Industry workflows
  • Hands-on workshops
  • Experienced instructor-guided demonstrations
  • Q&A on student-specific problems

Pre-requisites

None

Subsequent Courses

SUS-U101

Agenda

Workshop 1: Introduction to Aspen Utilities Planner: 

- Demonstrate how to access and navigate through Aspen Utilities Planner graphical interface.

- Explain how to set up Feeds, components, and degrees of freedom.


Workshop 2: Build a Simple Utilities Flowsheet with AUP: 

- Demonstrate how to use the different library blocks and streams connection.


Workshop 3: Define Utilities Optimization Problem

- Define the optimization problem using the Aspen Utilities Excel Add-In for Data Editors (demands, availabilities, tariffs) 

- Demonstrate how to use the wind turbine and solar panel.


Workshop 4: Advanced topics of optimization

- Setup multiperiod optimization.

- Define environmental and custom constraints to modify the objective function.


Workshop 5: Online optimization of Utilities Flowsheet: 

- Demonstrate how to define online set up for monitoring real-time optimization.

Register for a Class

Date Class Type Location Price Language
Date(s): 05/14/2026 - 05/14/2026 Type: Public Classroom Location: 2500 Citywest Blvd, Suite 1600
Houston , Texas USA 77042 		Price: (USD) 700.00 Language: English Register

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.