Aspen HYSYS Training Course

Introduction to Aspen HYSYS:

The Process Modeling MBA in Aspen HYSYS training course is for individuals with a chemical or process engineering background, those in the oil and gas industry, or petroleum refining.

This Aspen HYSYS basics training emphasizes the foundational knowledge and skills for handling steady-state simulation within the Aspen HYSYS environment, preparing participants for an Aspen HYSYS certification course.

Participants will gain comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience with Aspen HYSYS training, ensuring they learn Aspen HYSYS both theoretically and practically. Thus, they will be well-prepared for various industrial applications this powerful simulation software uses.

Targeted Groups:

• Process Engineers with experience in Process simulation.
• New engineering graduates/technologists will use Aspen HYSYS in their daily tasks.
• Process engineers engaged in process design and optimization projects and studies.
• Plant engineers monitor plant performance under varying conditions.
• R&D engineers and researchers are employing Aspen HYSYS for process synthesis.

Course Objectives:

By the conclusion of this Aspen HYSYS course, participants will acquire the ability to:

• Build, navigate, and optimize process simulations using Aspen HYSYS, enhancing their Aspen HYSYS training.
• Employ different HYSYS functions to construct advanced steady-state process simulations efficiently.
• Leverage the intuitive solving capabilities and other critical features of Aspen HYSYS for quick and effective Flowsheet construction.
• Engage with the Workbook and Flowsheet interfaces for rapid and efficient modeling.
• Understand how the multi-flowsheet integration can streamline and organize simulation efforts within Aspen HYSYS.
• Utilize various approaches to result reporting, including Microsoft Excel VB macros.
• Leverage the rating capabilities of Aspen HYSYS to assess the performance of existing equipment.
• Tackle and troubleshoot common problems and improve the convergence of columns and flowsheets.
• Conduct Case studies to find the optimal operating conditions for processes.
• Comprehend pipeline hydraulics calculations for sizing gas gathering systems.

Targeted Competencies:

After this Aspen HYSYS training, participants' competencies will:

• Understand process simulation fundamentals.
• Know how to be proficient in the Aspen HYSYS user interface.
• Learn about the ability to create and manipulate process simulations.
• Understand Competence in building and modifying process flowsheets.
• Skill in using thermodynamic models and property methods.
• Explore the capability to perform heat and material balances.

Course Content:

Unit 1: Propane Refrigeration Loop:

• Construct flowsheets by adding and connecting operations.
• Manipulate the graphic interface to clarify process representation.
• Understand forward and backward information propagation.
• Transform simulation cases into templates.
• Workshop: Building and analyzing a propane refrigeration loop simulation.

Unit 2: Refrigerated Gas Plant:

• Install and converge heat exchangers.
• Utilize logical operations such as Adjust and Balance.
• Workshop: Modeling a simplified version of a refrigerated gas plant.

Unit 3: NGL Fractionation Train:

• Model distillation columns with the Column Input Expert.
• Tailor column specifications to process constraints.
• Assess utility requirements with the Process Utility Manager.
• Workshop: Modeling an NGL recovery plant with two distillation columns.

Unit 4: Oil Characterization and HP Separation:

• Intro to Oil Characterization in Aspen HYSYS.
• Implement the Aspen HYSYS Spreadsheet and Case Study functionalities.
• Workshop: Characterize crude oil and study the GOR variation with pressure using the spreadsheet operation.

Unit 5: Gas Gathering System:

• Simulate a gas gathering system using the steady-state capabilities of Aspen HYSYS.
• Workshop: Utilizing the pipe segment and Hydraulics subflowsheet for modeling a piping network.

Unit 6: Two-Stage Compression:

• Intro to the use of recycling operations within simulations.
• Recognize appropriate locations for recycling.
• Apply performance curves to rotating equipment.
• Workshop: Implementing a two-stage compression flowsheet with active compressor curves.

Unit 7: Natural Gas Dehydration with TEG:

• Review methods to saturate hydrocarbon streams.
• Discuss hydrate formation and inhibition techniques.
• Model a TEG dehydration unit.
• Workshop: Investigating the impact of methanol injection on hydrate formation using a TEG dehydration model.

Unit 8: Rating Heat Exchangers:

• Explore heat transfer calculations in Aspen HYSYS.
• Configure shell and tube heat exchangers to employ Rating models.
• Integrate EDR calculations into flowsheets.
• Workshop: Assessing if heat exchangers meet process requirements using Rating models and EDR within Aspen HYSYS.

Unit 9: Troubleshooting / Best Practices:

• Highlight best practices for product integration and automation.
• Investigate simulation issues and troubleshoot them.
• Identify suitable thermodynamic models.
• Learn about tips for debugging simulations and columns.
• Workshop: Troubleshooting Aspen HYSYS cases and identifying common issues.

Unit 10: Reporting in Aspen HYSYS:

• Create custom reports using the Report Manager.
• Access and use Excel utilities for simulation data extraction.
• Employ the Aspen Simulation Workbook to integrate models with Excel.
• Workshop: Generating custom reports using Report Manager, Excel utilities, and Aspen Simulation Workbook.