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Aspen HYSYS Certified User Program (User Certification Exam Preparation)

Training Mode :  Online Courses  
Duration :  24 Hours   Fee :  400 USD  

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

 

Audience

  • New engineering graduates/technologists who will be using Aspen Hysys in their daily work
  • Process engineers doing process design and optimization projects and studies
  • Plant engineers checking plant performance under different operating conditions
  • R&D engineers and researchers using Aspen Hysys for process synthesis
  • Engineers preparing for the Aspen HYSYS User Certification exam

 

Benefits
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Build and optimize steady state simulation models
  • Define and manage crude oil assay information and properties
  • Generate rigorous heat exchanger models from Aspen HYSYS to produce the most optimal designs at the right economics
  • Model pipeline networks and mitigate the risk for flow assurance issues
  • Design, revamp and debottleneck process equipment
  • Troubleshoot common convergence problems and use best practices

 

Pre-requisites
A background in chemical/process engineering, oil/gas industry, or in petroleum refining

Key Features

  • Live, online expert-led sessions, hands-on workshops and interactive online discussion
  • Get internationally recognized certificate
  • Life time access to video recording and study material

 

Agenda


Process Simulation Overview
Identify the benefits of process simulation
Describe the capabilities of Aspen HYSYS
Introduce the Aspen HYSYS graphical user interface
Workshop: Introduce basic concepts necessary for creating simulations in Aspen HYSYS


Properties Environment
Component List
Create a component list
Identify the different component databases available
Add hypothetical components


Physical Property Package
Define a fluid package
Identify the different property methods databases available
Assign component list to specific property method

Petroleum Assays
Identify the methods available in Aspen HYSYS for characterizing crude assay
Necessary steps to characterize a crude assay
Recognize the differences between the two methods available for characterizing crude assay
Workshop: Use the Assay Management tools to characterize a crude assay

Simulation Environment

Unit Sets
Recognize the default unit sets
Customize unit sets

 

Manipulate Flowsheet
Connect material streams to unit operations
Illustrate flowsheet object color scheme
Display stream labels
Configure and customize user preferences, options and default settings
Illustrate case management options
Create and install a template file
Workshop: Build and analyze a propane refrigeration loop and incorporate multiple flowsheet architecture


Mathematical / Logical Operations

Identify various logical operations available
Optimize the simulation by using adjust operation and other logical operations
Workshop Gas Dehydration (O&G Focus): Model a typical gas dehydration unit and study gas saturation, hydrate formation conditions, and unit operation performance throughout the model


Unit Operations
Separation Operations
Identify the key differences in the three separator operations
Illustrate pressure drop specifications across the vessel
Specify and calculate heat loss in the vessel
Configure and calculate the carry over model in separator operations
Define and specify geometry and orientation of vessel
Configure a component splitter to separate component steams based on split fractions specified

 

Heat Transfer Operations
Identify various heat transfer operations
Determine parameters required to solve a cooler
Describe the different heat exchanger models
Analyze the performance of the heat exchanger
Identify the heat transfer operations that can be integrated with Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating (EDR) tools
Work Shop: Perform rigorous heat transfer calculations using EDR


Piping Operations
Recognize pressure drop correlation options for different phases
Identify different heat transfer options for pipe segment
Identify different flow assurance for pipe segment
Build a piping network using pipe segments
Workshop Gas Gathering (O&G Focus): Use the Pipe Segment and its built-in Flow Assurance tools to model and study a piping network in Aspen HYSYS


Column Operations
Column templates
Determine parameters required to solve a column
Identify different types of column specifications available
Analyze the Degrees of Freedom (DOF) of different column
Identify the side operations available to be added to a column
Function of column internal analysis
Build different types of columns using column input expert and manipulate the column specification to meet the process objective
Develop the column using Sides Ops input expert
Workshop: Model an LNG production process
Workshop: Model an LPG production process
Workshop Atmospheric Crude Column (Refinery Focus): Construct, run, manipulate, and analyze an atmospheric crude distillation column

Rotating Equipment
Identify the rotating equipment in HYSYS
List the different compressor operating modes in HYSYS
Identify what kind of compressor curves can be added in the model
Build a compressor flowsheet using compressor performance curves to simulate an existing compressor
Illustrate linking compressors and expanders
Workshop: Utilize the Recycle operation to build a two stage compression flowsheet; define and activate compressor curves thus modeling a HYSYS compressor with real-world data


Stream Analysis
List the different stream analysis types
Identify the different ways to add the stream analysis
Perform stream analysis to acquire more stream information


Equipment Design
Identify the calculation type for pipe sizing
Identify the available specification for vessel sizing


Case Study
Identify four case study types and their differences
Identify case study reporting tools
Monitor the key process variable response to other changes in process using case study
Workshop: Syngas production from natural gas and Case Study features to determine optimum configuration

Reporting
Common Reporting Options
Common reporting options
Identify what kind of reports can be added to the flowsheet


HYSYS Workbook
Identify the ways of exporting workbook reports
Customize the workbook to view additional properties and add it to the flowsheet
Generate Excel reports from the HYSYS Workbook


Report Manager
List what kind of reports can be exported by Report Manager and Datasheets


Correlation Manager
Identify how to manage the properties/correlations displayed for a stream
Customize properties/correlations for all streams using Correlation Manage


Data Tables
Monitor the key process variables of any type in the simulation by using Data Table
Identify the ways of using Data Table


Troubleshooting
Recognize the various troubleshooting tips
Identify the methods of troubleshooting
Explain the Consistency Error table
Troubleshoot the prepared simulations using common methods
Workshop: Troubleshoot a series of Aspen HYSYS simulations and implement various best practices to get these simulations to solve properly

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