Plate-fin heat exchangers are critical to many cryogenic gas separation processes and are increasingly found in many processing plants. Significant capital and operational savings can be realized with the high thermal effectiveness provided by this technology. Plate fin exchangers can handle many process streams in a single exchanger to provide for a high degree of thermal integration. This not only minimizes consumption of primary energy but also brings benefits in modular construction and plant layout.
Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger performs a detailed simulation of multi-stream plate-fin heat exchangers made from brazed aluminum, stainless steel or titanium. The models and correlations within the program are recognized as the industry standard, based on over 40 years of Aspen HTFS research. It can be used standalone by the thermal specialist for exchanger design or as an integrated product with AspenTech's steady-state process simulation program, Aspen HYSYS?
This animated tutorial shows an example where a company benefited from collaboration between thermal equipment specialists and process engineers through the integration of the Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger and Aspen HYSYS programs..
In this animated tutorial, you will learn how to: