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HYSYS Course Level 1: November 2018
HYSYS Course Level 1: November 2018
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Contents
1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 5
2. Objectives............................................................................................................................................ 5
10.2. Add an Object from the Palette to the Flowsheet ................................................................. 19
11. Specifying Flowsheet Objects–The Aspen HYSYS Solver and Convergence .................................... 20
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11.2. Specify Composition Manually.............................................................................................. 21
12.1.1. Add Connections using the unit operation Form ....................................................... 23
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19. Aspen HYSYS Upstream:Pipeline and Hydraulics Operations ........................................................... 32
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1. Introduction
Aspen HYSYS is the industry leading simulation software for oil & gas, refining,
and engineering processes. With an extensive array of unit operations,
specialized work environments, and a robust solver, modeling in Aspen HYSYS
enables the user to:
• Improve equipment design and performance.
Aspen HYSYS builds upon the legacy modeling environment, adding increased
value with integrated products and an improved user experience. The ease of use
and flexibility of model calculations have been preserved, while new
capabilities have been added.
2. Objectives
– Learn to build, navigate and optimize process simulations using Aspen
HYSYS
– Learn the efficient use of different HYSYS functions to build steady
state process simulations
4. Prerequisites
Figure 1
• Run LicGen.(Figure 2)
Figure 2
– Creates C:\AspenONE folder
• Folder contains LIC file
– Takes a few minutes to run (Figure 2)
Figure 3
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Figure 5 Overview of UI
The navigation pane shows the hierarchy of and provides access to all available
forms. Environment buttons allow for easy navigation between case properties
and simulation. Contextual ribbons bring the most commonly used commands to
the surface of the workspace.
Some of the ribbon tabs are contextual. These tabs are only shown when the
commands they contain are relevant. For instance, the Flowsheet/Modify tab is
only visible when the flowsheet is the active window. The environment ribbons
themselves are also contextual. Switching between the Properties and
Simulation environments will switch to the associated ribbon.
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) appears at the left side of the title bar (Figure
11). The Undo, and Next commands are located here, along with other
customizable options. The QAT makes it easy to get to the commands you use
most frequently because this toolbar remains visible at all times. To add other
commands, right-click on any ribbon icon and select “Add to Quick Access
Toolbar.” For example, adding the “Solver Active” and “Solver Inactive”
buttons to the QAT will make the solver controls readily available without
having to navigate to the Home ribbon tab. Check items to add to the toolbar.
Grids forms in the Aspen HYSYS user interface support copy and paste and drag and
drop functions for variables from the workbook and object worksheets to forms
that require input variables such as case studies and data tables. Copy and paste
can be done by right-clicking or using the Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V shortcuts. To drag
and drop, click and hold the mouse button over the grey tile of the variable you
wish to transfer and drag to the grey tile of the location you wish to add it to. A
plus sign will appear next to the mouse when you are able to move or drop a
variable (Figure 14). For certain forms, you may need to click the “Add” button
before you can drop a variable.
When switching between the two environments, the state of each is preserved,
including the active ribbon tab and any forms, plots, and other windows that may
be open. Some of the forms and folders in the Properties environment have been
reorganized for easier access. Find more information on the Properties and
Simulation environments in the following sections.
On a Windows 7, we recommend that you pin Aspen HYSYS to the Start Menu by
right clicking on the Aspen HYSYS item from the All Programs list and choosing
“Pin to Start Menu.” This will make it easy to access Aspen HYSYS directly .
When Aspen HYSYS opens, you will see the Start Page as well as Recent Cases and
Get Started Materials. To create a new case, click on New in the top, left box or
File > New.
component list for that stream. It may be helpful to create multiple component lists
in cases where streams have very different compositions. Aspen HYSYS supports
components both from its own databank and Aspen Properties. To create an Aspen
HYSYS component list, click on the Add Button at the bottom of the grid. To create
an Aspen Properties component list, click on the dropdown arrow and choose
“Aspen Properties” (Figure 15).
Now, use the search form to select which type of components to add to the list.
When you type in the “Search For” box, Aspen HYSYS will automatically
populate matches in the grid below. Hitting Enter or clicking Add will add the
selected component to the list. You can use the shift and control keys to add
multiple components at a time and you can reorder the list by dragging and
dropping cells (Figure 16).
Next, click on the dropdown arrow for the additional options of Aspen Properties
and COM Thermo (Figure 17).
By default the fluid package created will be of the Aspen HYSYS type. Use the
Selection dropdown box to choose another list. In the Property Package Selection
box, click on the fluid package that you want to use to complete this property
package setup (Figure 18). To specify another fluid package, click on the folder
from the navigation pane or the icon on the ribbon.
You will see the object palette appear on top of a blank flowsheet. You can start by
adding either a material stream or a unit operation from the palette.
To place a unit or material stream on the flowsheet, click the icon in the palette and
move the mouse over the flowsheet to where you would like to place the object.
You will see that the mouse has a plus sign next to it, indicating that when you
click the mouse again, the object will be added.
Red: The object is missing a basic requirement or the object contains errors.
Yellow: All connections are complete but the block is underspecified or
contains warnings.
Green:This unit has solved without errors.
If a stream is over-specified you will likely see a dialogue box that reports a
consistency error. If a unit is over-specified you will see a warning appear in the
status bar.
Open the material stream form by double-clicking on the stream arrow. The form
will open to the Workbook tab > Conditions form. On the Worksheet tab,
enter enough parameters to fully define both the stream’s composition and its
thermodynamic state. You can input information in any order; Aspen HYSYS
will automatically respond to new information and update other conditions
that it calculates (Figure 22).
Click on the Composition form in the Worksheet list. Type a value into any cell and
the Input Composition form will appear. On the right, you can select which unit
of data to enter and on the bottom you can use the controls to erase or normalize
values entered. Type the values for each component in the cell next to their names
(Figure 23).
You also have the option to define a stream’s conditions from another stream. Click
the “Define from other stream” button on the stream form to enable this. Choose
which stream to transfer from in the Available Streams box. You can transfer all
data from another stream or choose specific information to transfer (Figure 24).
Double click on any unit to open the form. You will see that the status indicator, as
well as the object itself, is red. Add connections for input and output on the
Design > Connections tab. Then move to the Design > Parameters tab to specify
size, pressure drop, duty, and whatever else is required for that particular unit.
11.4. Step 1. Add Connections
Click inside the Inlets grid and type the name of the inlet stream. Repeat for Vapor
and Liquid Outlets. This is one way to create and connect a stream (Figure 25).
(1) Make sure all other objects are deselected and add a unit operation. When the
operation is added to the flowsheet, new streams will be defined for the
input and output of that object.
(2) Before adding your unit, select a stream or object that you would like
connected to it. The stream will automatically be connected as the input to
that operation. For a connected object, a dialogue box will appear asking
which stream from the first object you would like to connect to the newly
added one. This is particularly useful if you have many streams as the input
to a new object, such as a mixer.
Open the form for the selected object in the Unit Operations list.
12.1.7. Locate:
Navigate to the selected Unit Operation in the flowsheet. This command will move the
flowsheet within the visible area to the location of the selected object.
Heater can also be embedded inside a HYSYS simulation. To utilize EDR design,
choose EDR – Plate Fin or EDR – Fired Heater from the Model Selection dropdown
list on the exchanger Parameters form.
16.1. Dynamics
Dynamic simulation mode addresses non-steady-state processes, such as plant start-
up and shut-down (Figure 34). It can be used to test control systems, monitor
safety considerations, and assess performance problems. In Aspen HYSYS
Dynamics V8, controls are located on the Dynamics contextual ribbon.
Converting your model from steady-state to dynamic requires additional input
on the unit operation forms. Refer to Additional Resources for more information.
and contextual palette; therefore, all upstream operations are contained within
upstream sub-flowsheets (Figure 37). To add an Aspen Hydraulics subflowsheet
to an Aspen HYSYS case, click on the Upstream tab on the main palette and then
click on the Aspen Hydraulics icon and add the block to the flowsheet. Double-
click on the Hydraulics block to open the form and click on the “Show
Flowsheet” button on the bottom.
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Figure 41 Search
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By the aid of HYSYS method assistance (figure…..) or using (table….) you can
select the suitable fluid package FP
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Select the cycle components from the pallet and follow the steps as illustrated in
the following figures
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Now you can view the results by double clicking on the separator, in the
worksheet tab:
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21.2. Simulation
Access Optimizer F5
Start/Stop Integrator F9
21.3. Flowsheet
21.4. Tools
Access Help F1
21.5. Column
21.6. View
Ctrl + Shift + F6 or
Go to Previous View
Ctrl + Shift + Tab
21.7. Editing
Edit Cell F2
Undo Ctrl + Z
Cut Ctrl + X
Copy Ctrl + C
Paste Ctrl + V
21.8. PFD
Zoom in Page Up
Rotate 90 1
Rotate 180 2
Rotate 270 3
To default orientation N