Simulation to Assist in Process Creation

After studying this chapter, and the associated CD-ROM, the reader should 

Understand the role of process simulators in process creation and be prepared to lean about their roles in equipment sizing and costing, profitability analysis, optimizatira, and dynamic simulation in the chapters that follow. 

For steady-state simulation, be able to create a simulation flowsheet, involving the selection of models for the process units and the sequence in which process units associated with recycle loops are solved to obtain converged material and energy balances. 

Understand degrees of freedom in modeling process imits and flowsheets, and be able to make design specifications and follow the iterations implemented to satisfy them. When using HYSYS-Plant, the reader will learn that its implementation of bidirectional information flows is very efficient in satisfying many specifications. 

Learn the step-by-step procedures for using ASPEN PLUS and HYSYS.Plant. The CD-ROM covers many of these steps. Additional assistance is available by consulting the extensive user manuals distributed with the software. 

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