Aspen Plus - Intermediate Process Modeling

Learn how to model more Complex Industrial and Chemical Processes!

What you'll learn
Model more advanced unit operations and more complex chemical processes
Simulate various unit operations in industrial processes
Rigorous Unit Operation Simulation
Improve Flowsheet Manipulation (Hierarchy Levels, Sub-flowsheets)
Logical Operators and Flowsheet Manipulators
Increase knowledge and application in the Physical Property Environment (Methods, Analysis Tools, Binary Diagrams, NIST TDE Databases)
Simulation Environment Analysis Tools: Sensitivity Analysis & Optimization with Constraints
Reporting Relevant Results (Graphs, Charts, Tables, etc…)
Heat Exchanger and Pump/Compressor curves
Distillation Column Profiling (Temperature, Pressure, Concentration, Purity)
Three in-depth Case Studies Analysis
Requirements
Chemical Engineering Basics
Elementary Principles of Plant Operation/Design (Recommended)
Aspen Plus (Version 7 at least)
Aspen Plus - Basic Process Modeling (Recommended)
Description
The INTERMEDIATE Aspen Plus Course will show you how to model and simulate more complex ProcessesAnalysis of Unit Operation will help you in order to simulate more complex chemical processes, as well as to analyse and optimize existing ones.
You will learn about:
Better Flowsheet manipulation Hierarchy, Flowsheeting, Sub-flowsheet creation Logical Operators / Manipulators Understand Property Method Selection and its effects on simulation results Study of more rigorous unit operations Model Analysis Tools such as sensitivity and optimizationReporting Relevant Results Plot relevant data for Heaters, Columns ,Reactors, PumpsTemperature Profiles, Concentration Profile, Pump Curves, Heat Curves, etc… Up to 3 Case Studies (in-depth analysis)All theory is backed up by more than 30 Practical Workshops!At the end of the course you will be able to setup more complex processes, increase your simulation and flow sheeting techniques, run it and debugging, get relevant results and make a deeper analysis of the process for further optimization.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome to the Course!

Lecture 2 Course Content

Lecture 3 Course Objectives

Lecture 4 Requirements & Recommendations

Lecture 5 Benefits of the Course

Lecture 6 Material and Resources

Lecture 7 Join the Aspen Plus & HYSYS Forum (Unofficial)

Lecture 8 Quick Review - Aspen Plus

Lecture 9 Please be part of the discussion!

Lecture 10 Navigation Panes, Folders and Forms

Lecture 11 I really appreciate this!

Section 2: Flowsheet Manipulation

Lecture 12 Flowsheet Manipulation Introduction

Lecture 13 Flowsheet Modification (2A)

Lecture 14 Flowsheet Options

Lecture 15 Workshop: Explore Flowsheet Options

Lecture 16 Scrolling&Typing too fast?

Lecture 17 Viewing the Flowsheet

Lecture 18 Workshop: Find Object

Lecture 19 Workshop: Bookmark

Lecture 20 Workshop: Pan

Lecture 21 Modifying Flowsheet

Lecture 22 Workshop: Connectivity

Lecture 23 Workshop: Improve Appearance

Lecture 24 Copy & Pasting in the Flowsheet

Lecture 25 Workshop: Copy&Pasting in the Flowsheet

Lecture 26 Locking the Flowsheet

Lecture 27 Workshop: Lock Screen

Lecture 28 Flowsheet Sections

Lecture 29 Flowsheet Annotations

Lecture 30 Workshop: Flowsheet Annotations

Lecture 31 Templates, Sub-flowsheets & Hierarchy (2B)

Lecture 32 Templates

Lecture 33 Workshop: Create, Save and Open Templates

Lecture 34 Hierarchy Blocks

Lecture 35 Workshop: Hierarchy Blocks

Lecture 36 Flowsheet Manipulation Closure

Section 3: Physical Property Environment

Lecture 37 Property Methods Introduction

Lecture 38 Property Methods - Introduction (3A)

Lecture 39 Why Property Method?

Lecture 40 Ideal vs. Nonideal Modeling

Lecture 41 Workshop: Ideal Property Method

Lecture 42 Equation of State Models vs. Activity Models

Lecture 43 Activity Coefficient Methods

Lecture 44 NRTL Activity Model

Lecture 45 UNIFAC Activity Model

Lecture 46 Workshop: Activity Coefficient Methods

Lecture 47 Equation of State Methods

Lecture 48 Peng Robinson (PR) - EOS Model

Lecture 49 Workshop: Equation of State Models

Lecture 50 Introduction to Property Sets (3B)

Lecture 51 Property Sets

Lecture 52 Workshop: Defining your own Property Sets

Lecture 53 Introduction to NIST TDE (3C)

Lecture 54 What is NIST TDE?

Lecture 55 Workshop: Retrieving Binary Data from NIST TDE

Lecture 56 Take a break!

Lecture 57 Introduction to Analysis Tools (3D)

Lecture 58 Pure Component

Lecture 59 Workshop: Single Point Analysis

Lecture 60 Workshop: Multiple Point Analysis

Lecture 61 Binary Analysis

Lecture 62 T-xy Diagrams

Lecture 63 Workshop: T-xy Diagrams

Lecture 64 P-xy Diagrams

Lecture 65 Workshop: P-xy Diagrams

Lecture 66 Physical Property Environment Closure

Section 4: More Unit Operations

Lecture 67 More Unit Operations Introduction

Lecture 68 Separators (4A)

Lecture 69 Flash2

Lecture 70 Flash 3

Lecture 71 Decanter

Lecture 72 Workshop: Decanter

Lecture 73 Sep1

Lecture 74 Sep2

Lecture 75 Workshop: Using Sep1 and Sep2

Lecture 76 Heat Exchangers (4B)

Lecture 77 Heater

Lecture 78 Heat-X (Shortcut)

Lecture 79 Heat-X – Rigorous Shell&Tube

Lecture 80 Workshop: Heat-X

Lecture 81 Heat Curves

Lecture 82 Workshop: Heat Curves

Lecture 83 More on Heat Exchanger - EDR

Lecture 84 Columns (4C)

Lecture 85 DSTWU

Lecture 86 Workshop: DSTWU-1 Benzene & Toluene Min. Recycle Rate, Feed Tray, Compositions

Lecture 87 Workshop: DSTWU-2 Analysis of the theoretical stages vs. reflux ratio in a hydro

Lecture 88 RadFrac

Lecture 89 Workshop: RadFrac1 - Recycle Ratio of a C3-C4 Distillation

Lecture 90 Workshop: RadFrac2 - C4-C7 Separation and Recoveyr of C4

Lecture 91 Workshop: RadFrac 3

Lecture 92 Absorber

Lecture 93 WKS: Absorber (Tray Column)

Lecture 94 Extract

Lecture 95 Workshop: Extraction in a Ethylacetate-Acetone-Water system

Lecture 96 More on Columns?

Lecture 97 Reactors (4D)

Lecture 98 R-Stoic

Lecture 99 Workshop: R-Stoic For an Isothermal Reactor with Recycled Stream

Lecture 100 R-Yield

Lecture 101 R-Equil

Lecture 102 Workshop: R-Equil for Isothermal Reactor using UNIFAC, UNIQUAC and IDEAL Mod

Lecture 103 R-Gibbs

Lecture 104 Workshop: R-Gibbs - Competing Reactions

Lecture 105 Workshop: R-Equil vs. R-Gibbs

Lecture 106 R-CSTR

Lecture 107 Workshop: R-CSTR1 - Isothermal

Lecture 108 Workshop: R-CSTR2 - Adiabatic

Lecture 109 R-Plug

Lecture 110 Workshop: R-Plug1 – Adiabatic Liquid Reaction

Lecture 111 Workshop: R-Plug2 – Isothermal Reaction

Lecture 112 R-Batch

Lecture 113 Workshop: Isothermal Batch Reactor

Lecture 114 Workshop: Kinetic Reactors- Comparison

Lecture 115 Need more Reactor Engineering?

Lecture 116 Pressure Changers (4E)

Lecture 117 Work Streams

Lecture 118 Pump

Lecture 119 Workshop: Pumps & Turbines

Lecture 120 Pump Performance Curves

Lecture 121 Workshop: Pump Curves

Lecture 122 Compressor

Lecture 123 Valves

Lecture 124 Workshop: Valve

Lecture 125 Pipes & Pipelines

Lecture 126 Workshop: Pipe

Lecture 127 Workshop: Rankine Cycle

Lecture 128 Unit Operations Closure

Section 5: Model Analysis Tools

Lecture 129 Model Analysis Tools Introduction

Lecture 130 Getting Results (5A)

Lecture 131 Stream Results; Block Results & Results Summary

Lecture 132 Workshop: Stream, Block & Summary Results

Lecture 133 Adding T/P/M labels on flowsheet

Lecture 134 Workshop: Adding T/P/F conditions

Lecture 135 Adding Results Table

Lecture 136 Workshop: Adding Table of Results

Lecture 137 Plotting Data (5B)

Lecture 138 Plotting Tool

Lecture 139 Workshop: Column - RadFrac Plots

Lecture 140 Workshop Plotting Data - PFR

Lecture 141 Design Spec (5C)

Lecture 142 What are Manipulators?

Lecture 143 Design Specification

Lecture 144 Converging Tips for Design Specification

Lecture 145 WKS Design Spec 1 - RadFrac Reflux Ratio to meet Product Specification

Lecture 146 WKS Design Specification 2 - R-Gibbs Reactor Yields

Lecture 147 Workshop: Design Spec 3

Lecture 148 Sensitivity Analysis (5D)

Lecture 149 Sensitivity Analysis

Lecture 150 Methodology for Sensitivity Analysis

Lecture 151 Plotting Sensitivity Analysis Results

Lecture 152 Workshop Sensitivity Analysis based on Compressor and Heater of a Hydrocarbons

Lecture 153 Workshop Sensitivity Analysis of Feed, Reflux Ratio & Pressure in a RadFrac

Lecture 154 Workshop Sensitivity Analysis tools on an Adiabatic and Isothermal Reactor

Lecture 155 Optimization & Constraints (5E)

Lecture 156 Optimization Function

Lecture 157 Workshop: Optimization of Product Yield in Equilibrium and Gibbs Reactor

Lecture 158 Optimization with Constraints

Lecture 159 Workshop: Optimization of a RadFrac Distillation Column

Lecture 160 Model Analysis Tools Closure

Section 6: Case Studies

Lecture 161 Case Study Introduction

Lecture 162 Case Study Goals

Lecture 163 Case Study 1 - Hydroalkilation of Toluene - Problem Statement

Lecture 164 Case Study 1 - Hydroalkilation of Toluene - Flowsheeting

Lecture 165 Case Study 2 - Nitric Oxide Plant - Problem Statement

Lecture 166 Case Study 2 - Nitric Oxide Plant - Flowsheeting

Lecture 167 Case Study 3 - Isobuthene Production - Problem Statement

Lecture 168 Case Study 3 - Isobuthene Production - Flowsheeting

Lecture 169 Case Study Closure

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 170 Course Closure

Lecture 171 Course Wrap-up

Section 8: Bonus & Surprises!

Lecture 172 Continue with your Aspen Tech Training

Chemical Engineers,Process Engineers,Students related to engineering fields,Teachers willing to learn more about process simulation,Petrochemical Engineers