Introduction to Aspen Adsorption

• Gain first-hand experience and confidence in working within the Aspen Adsorption simulation environment
• Apply Aspen Adsorption to build and execute simulations rapidly
• Enhance the customer’s ability to succeed in their application of Aspen Adsorption, and thus reap the technical and business benefits as soon as possible

• Instructions on basic topics
• Demonstrations of general features
• Instructor-guided exercises
• Hands-on workshops that apply learned concepts
• Detailed course notes

Overview of Aspen Adsorption

·        Review the fundamentals of adsorption process (definitions, isotherm models, kinetic models of adsorption)

·        Discuss how adsorption is being used in industry

·        Access and navigate the Aspen Adsorption graphical user interface

·        Create plots and tables to analyze simulation results

·        Access solver and simulation options

·        Workshop: "Hands-on" Guided Demonstration to Run the Air Breakthrough demonstration case

Introduction to the Heritage Gas Model Library

·        Identify and explain the heritage gas phase models available in Aspen Adsorption

·        Discuss and review the reversible flow convention used

·        Discuss and review the recommended strategy to adopt when constructing new simulations

·        Learn to specify components and physical properties

·        Configure the flowsheet

·        Workshop: Building a Flowsheet

The Simple Flowsheet (Breakthrough Study)

·        Discuss and review the simple flowsheet strategy in Aspen Adsorption

·        Discuss and review the gas_bed, gas_feed and gas_product models

·        Complete the workshop to do a simple Breakthrough Study in Aspen Adsorption

·        Workshop: Building Simple Breakthrough Model

The Intermediate Flowsheet

·        Discuss and review the intermediate flowsheet strategy in Aspen Adsorption

·        Discuss and review the gas_tank_void and gas_valve models

·        Complete the workshop to gain familiarity with building on the simple flowsheet to construct, run and review results of an intermediate flowsheet

·        Workshop: Building Intermediate Flowsheet

The Full Cyclic Flowsheet

·        Discuss and review the interacting single bed approach to simulating multiple bed processes

·        Show how to define cyclic operation

·        Complete the workshop to gain familiarity with creating and running a full cyclic flowsheet using the single bed approach

·        Workshop: Fully Cyclic Flowsheet

Defining Custom Isotherms

·        Discuss and review the use of custom isotherms

·        Describe and review the modeling language for user equations

·        Complete the workshop to gain familiarity with creating the extended Langmuir isotherm as a flowsheet constraint

·        Workshop: Create the Extended Langmuir isotherm as a flowsheet constraint

Cyclic Steady State Models

·        Discuss and review the cyclic steady state library models

·        Discuss and review the construction of a flowsheet using cyclic steady state models

·        Complete the workshop to gain familiarity with building a pressure swing adsorption flowsheet using the cyclic steady state models

·        Workshop: Cyclic Steady State Model (2 Bed N₂ PSA Process)

Parameter Estimation

·        Discuss and review parameter estimation

·        Estimate isotherm parameters using steady-state estimation

·        Complete the workshop to gain familiarity with steady-state estimation of isotherm parameters from static measurements

·        Estimate parameters using dynamic estimation

·        Complete the workshop to gain familiarity with dynamic estimation of mass transfer coefficient from breakthrough measurements

·        Workshop: Dynamic Estimation of MTC from Breakthrough Measurement

Diagnostic and Solution Methods

·        Explain the equation solver group decomposition and variable equivalencing

·        Explain non-linear system resolution

·        Discuss and review best practices for user defined equations

·        Introduce troubleshooting techniques and diagnostic tools