Aspen Engineering Suite

We click on Start and select Programs, Aspen Tech, Aspen Engineering Suite, Aspen Plus 2004, and Aspen Plus User Interface. The window shown in Figure 2.26 opens. A Blank Simulation is selected, and clicking OK opens a blank flowsheet shown in Figure 2.27. 

Aspen Engineering Suite (e.g. Aspen Custom Modeler ) (Aspen Technology, Inc., USA) http / /www.aspentech.com... 

Select Programs AspenTech Aspen Engineering Suite Aspen HYSYS 2004.1 Aspen HYSYS 2004.1... 

Aspen Engineering Suite 11.1 (includes ASPEN PLUS, ASPEN DYNAMICS, ASPEN PINCH, ASPEN SPLIT, BATCH PLUS, etc.) and HYSYS.Plant... 

As discussed below in Section 16.7, the Aspen Engineering Suite provides methods more accurate than the six-tenths factor method of Equation (16.3) for determining the effect of scale on capital cost. The Aspen methods apply engineering-based scale-up rules to each piece of process equipment and to buildings, site development, and other items of capital cost. 

If the process is well known, having been verified by one or more commercial operating plants, only estimate levels 3 and 4 are necessary. Methods for making capital investments at the first three levels are discussed next. This chapter is concluded with an example of a definitive estimate using the Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator (IPE), which is part of the Aspen Engineering Suite that includes ASPEN PLUS. 

Be able to use Aspen IPE in the Aspen Engineering Suite and an economics spreadsheet to carry out a profitability analysis for a potential process. 

The chapter concludes with a discussion of the use of the Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator (IPE) in the Aspen Engineering Suite and an economics spreadsheet to calculate profitability measures. As described in the previous chapter. Aspen IPE can be used in connection with a simulation program, such as ASPEN PLUS, CHEMCAD, HYSYS.Plant, or PRO/II, and it can be used independently. 

We start by opening Aspen HYSYS. The typical path to Aspen HYSYS is to enter the Start > Programs > AspenTech > Aspen Engineering Suite > Aspen HYSYS. Early versions may include a menu entry titled Aspen RefSYS. We dismiss the Tip dialog and select File > New > Case. We wish to include fractionation, so we do not choose FCC alone. 

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