2-12 Adding a Sub-Flowsheet

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2.3.1 Read an Existing Template
If you want to use a previously constructed Template that has been
saved on disk, click the Read an Existing Template button on the Sub-
Flowsheet Option view. For more information, refer to Section 3.5.2 -
Creating a Template Style Flowsheet in the User Guide.
2.3.2 Start with a Blank Flowsheet
If you click the Start with a Blank Flowsheet button on the Sub-
Flowsheet Option view, HYSYS installs a sub-flowsheet operation
containing no unit operations or streams. The property view of the sub-
flowsheet appears, and on the Connections tab, there are no feed or
product connections (boundary streams) to the sub-flowsheet.
However, you can connect feed streams in the External Stream column
by either typing in the name of the stream to create a new stream or if
you want to use a pre-defined stream select the stream from the drop-
down list. When an external feed connection is made by selecting a pre-
defined stream from the drop-down list, a stream similar to the pre-
defined stream is created inside the sub-flowsheet environment.
In order to fully define the flowsheet, you have to enter the sub-
flowsheet environment. Click the Sub-Flowsheet Environment button
on the property view to transition to the sub-flowsheet environment
and its dedicated Desktop. Construction of the flowsheet can occur in
the usual manner, and when you return to the Parent environment, you
can connect the sub-flowsheet boundary streams to streams in the
Parent flowsheet.
2.3.3 Paste Exported Objects
If you click the Paste Exported Objects button on the Sub-Flowsheet
Option view, HYSYS imports previously exported objects into a new sub-
flowsheet. The objects that are selected and exported via the PFD can be
imported back into a flowsheet without creating a new sub-flowsheet
first. You can copy and paste selected objects can inside the same
subflowsheet or another sub-flowsheet. You can also copy and paste
Sub-flowsheets and column sub-flowsheets. Objects can also be moved
into a sub-flowsheet or moved from the sub-flowsheet.