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Sulsim Integration
Sulsim Integration
Use the rigorous HYSYS simulation to accurately model the reaction furnace,
reactors, incinerator, and other related operations of the sulfur recovery plant
Meet stringent environmental regulations and standards in flare gases,
especially H2S, COS, CS2, and SO2 emissions limits
Optimize acid gas cleaning and sulfur recovery design and operations
Operate reliably, avoiding shutdown by satisfying air permits during operational
changes
Select the correct SRU equipment configuration to meet plant demands
Minimize capital expenditures and operating expenses for SRUs to maximize
plant profitability
Simulate what-if scenarios in order to optimize conditions and energy while
meeting sulfur removal needs
Sulsim integration includes a new Sulsim (Sulfur Recovery) property package. When
you add a Sulsim (Sulfur Recovery) property package to your simulation, the
component list will automatically include the required components and supported
components, allowing you to easily integrate your sulfur recovery simulation with other
gas processes.
HYSYS also features new sulfur components: S1 through S8 and Liquid Sulfur.
Note: The new Sulsim (Sulfur Recovery) property package can only be used with the
SRU subflowsheet.
HYSYS also features new models not previously implemented in SULSIM, which have
been developed in conjunction with Sulphur Experts:
Sulsim Converter
AspenTech offers a new Sulsim Converter, letting you convert your existing Sulsim
cases to HYSYS cases quickly and easily.
For more information about the Sulsim Converter, refer to the Sulsim Converter Help.
BLOWDOWN Technology
BLOWDOWN, industry’s proven depressurization technology developed by Doctor
Graham Saville and Professor Stephen Richardson, is now available within Aspen
HYSYS V9. Use the new BLOWDOWN Technology in Aspen HYSYS to:
Vessel (required)
Restriction orifice (required)
Inlet line (optional)
Vapor outlet line (optional)
Liquid outlet line (optional)
Blowdown line (optional)
Tail pipe (optional)
Junction/Mixer/Tee (optional)
Plots
Major Findings
Unit Minimum Temperatures
Orifice Results
Minimum Discharge Temperature
In addition, results pages are provided for individual BLOWDOWN Technology unit
operations.
The Heat Transfer page of the Depressuring Utility was updated in order to help
users avoid common errors when specifying the heat transfer model.
You can now specify Valve Hysteresis options for the Relief Valve Vapor
Flow equation.
Column Analysis
The Column Hydraulic Analysis capability in HYSYS V9 represents a major upgrade to
the Tray and Packing sizing and rating functionality available in previous versions.
Column Analysis lets you analyze different column Internals configurations. The
workflow and the underlying calculations have been improved significantly.
Updated calculations for valve trays that account for leg length, valve material,
and valve thickness
Support for “high capacity” tray modification. The area under the downcomers
can be treated as the active area.
The Downcomer Relative Froth Density is now used in backup calculations.
Weeping/dumping calculations, liquid entrainment calculations, and weir loading
calculations
Updated correlations for Raschig packings
Support for additional packings (Jaegerring, Intalox-A, and Raschig Pak)
Starting in HYSYS V9, a new Acid Gas – Liquid Treating property package is
available to model acid gas removal from LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) and NGL
(Natural Gas Liquids). Since the main hydrocarbon components are ethane and
propane and the typical process operates at low temperatures and high pressures, a
special thermodynamic package is required to properly model the liquid-liquid equilibria
involved. The same thermodynamic framework used for the Acid Gas – Chemical
Solvents package is used here, but with binary and electrolyte pair parameters
optimized for liquid-liquid applications. In addition to modeling the liquid-liquid extractor,
the package can also be used to model the regenerator. The package should not be
used to model a traditional Gas-Liquid Absorber.
The Acid Gas – Liquid Treating property package supports the following amines and
amine blends:
MEA
DEA
MDEA
DGA
MDEA + PZ
It also supports the main LPG and NGL components (ethane and propane), other light
and heavy hydrocarbons, BTX, COS, CS2, and light mercaptans.
The Acid Gas property package was renamed as Acid Gas – Chemical
Solvents to distinguish it from the Acid Gas – Liquid Treating package.
The Acid Gas - Chemical Solvents property package was extended to support
the following amine combinations:
o MDEA + MEA
o MDEA + DEA
You can use the new Column Analysis workflow to rate and design Acid Gas
Cleaning columns.
The Parameters tab | Acid Gas page of Acid Gas columns has been
streamlined and improved for enhanced usability.
The DBR Amines Converter now supports conversion of Liquid-Liquid Extractor
columns.
Reactor Enhancements
The new HYPlan Model Utility lets you generate and tune non-linear models that can be
exported for use in PIMS-AO.
HYPlan Models are pre-built using Aspen IQ technology from training on thousands of
simulation results generated from in-house Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining rigorous
reactor models.
HYPlan Models:
The HYPlan Model Utility provides an un-tuned template library, so you have pre-made
template configurations readily available.
The EO formulation allows direct use of these models in PIMS-AO, so you can set up
and solve HYPlan models in your planning model.
You can also choose to import the tuned model into the new HYPlan Model unit
operation in HYSYS.
You can create an ASW (Aspen Simulation Workbook) Front-End to the simulation
model of Hydrocracker, FCC, and Catalytic Reformer reactor models that is easily
customizable and able to be delivered to other users.
Within the ASW Front-End, you can:
From the Calibration Environment of the FCC, Hydrocracker, and Reformer models, you
can create an ASW Dataset Editor that links directly to calibration variables in HYSYS,
making it easy to bulk-edit calibration data sets in HYSYS.
Characterization
Molecular Modeling
The following new molecular classes were added to enable predictions of olefins and
metals:
Olefins
Nickel Porphyrins
Vanadium Porphyrins
The model compounds for other classes have also been significantly expanded to
provide more meaningful distribution of compound types. Advances in analytical
measurements provide detailed data related to distributions of different compound
classes (aromatics, thiothenes, basic nitrogen, and so on) as functions of ring numbers
and carbon numbers. These data have been used to improve the distribution function
parameters, resulting in more meaningful molecular profiles. A new set of molecular
profiles has been optimized based on the new information, resulting in more meaningful
molecule distribution and improved accuracy of elemental properties, such as sulfur
content and nitrogen content. These profiles have been added to the assay library.
The molecular components used to represent the assay data can also be reviewed
using the Molecular Information button accessible from the Molecular Methods group
on the Assay Managementribbon. The form shows the compounds, their mole
fractions, and other properties, such as Molecular Weight and Carbon Content.
In V9, in addition to the Nested and Discrete options, you can now select the following
case study types:
You can copy and paste relief devices from the navigation pane.
When performing line sizing for PSVs, there are now three options for the Flow Rate
Method, similar to options available for rupture disks. You can choose to:
Use the Required flow from the scenario.
Use the Rated flow based on the selected and required orifice area from the
scenario.
-or-
Manually type in a value use to calculate the pressure drop and other line
parameters.
The Worksheet tab | Oil & Gas Feed page for material streams was updated for
improved usability in HYSYS V9. In addition, you can now:
In HYSYS V9, the characterization algorithm for the Oil & Gas Feed was improved so
that the Actual Volume Flow for the Liquid Phase calculated by HYSYS more
accurately matches the Oil Flow Target.
PVT Analysis
DBR PVTPro: DBR PVTPro was updated to the newest version of the PVT
analysis engine.
PVTSim: The PVTSim database text file import now supports importing the
Peneloux volume translation constant. This leads to much better consistency
between PVTSim and HYSYS flash and property calculations. To further improve
consistency between HYSYS and PVTSim, the default setting of the importing tool
was modified.
Mercury Partitioning
Mercury is a contaminant that poses a major risk when present in a process. It has the
potential to cause equipment failures and accumulate in the system; it is also very toxic.
HYSYS V9 contains improvements that enable accurate calculations of mercury phase
equilibria in the mixture with water, hydrocarbons, methanol and glycols. Interaction with
hypothetical components is also considered.
New binary interaction parameters for mercury with water, hydrocarbons, methanol and
glycols have been implemented in HYSYS V9 for the Peng-Robinson, SRK,
and CPA property packages. These binary parameters are used automatically when
these packages are selected.
Mercury can form a separate pure liquid phase when present in a stream containing
hydrocarbons and water. This phase is the fourth phase if the vapor, hydrocarbon, and
aqueous phases are also present. Since HYSYS stream flash can handle only three
fluid phases, a new Free Mercury Stream Analysis was added, enabling you to monitor
the fourth pure mercury phase. The analysis also allows you to analyze mercury
partitioning among the other fluid phases.
Aspen Hydraulics
In HYSYS V9, when running an Aspen Hydraulics subflowsheet in Dynamics, if you
click the Analyze Model button on the Dynamics tab of the Aspen Hydraulics Sub-
Flowsheet, you can access theDynamics Analysis form. The Dynamics
Analysis form indicates potential issues that may cause problems with the dynamic
simulation, allowing you to adjust your model accordingly. Since improper discretization
can lead to solver failure, HYSYS performs a pipeline spatial discretization check.
Starting in V9, the Aspen Flash method is available for the following HYSYS property
packages and equations of state: BWRS, CPA, GCEOS, Glycol Package, Kabadi-
Danner, Lee-Kesler-Plocker,MBWR, Peng-Robinson, PR-Twu, PRSV, SRK, Sour
PR, Sour SRK, SRK-Twu, Twu-Sim-Tassone, and Zudkevitch-Joffee. HYSYS
Flash continues to be used as the default flash method and is very reliable. However,
there may be situations where HYSYS flash does not converge or converges to the
wrong solution. In that case, Aspen Flash, which is used in Aspen Plus, provides you
with an excellent alternative that may help overcome the issue.
For the property packages that support it, the Aspen Flash option can be selected from
the Stability Test Parameters group on the StabTest tab. When this option is
selected, valid phases, flash convergences, and other parameters are available and can
be changed if needed.
Note: For CPA, we recommend that you always use Aspen Flash.
A new Use Modified TRAPP Viscosity Model check box was added to let you
customize the TRAPP model.
On the Fluid Packages Set Up tab, in the Options section, if you
select HYSYS Viscosity from the Indexed Viscosity drop-down list, a new Use
Modified TRAPP Viscosity Model check box is available. By default, this check box is
cleared, allowing you to replicate results from previous versions of Aspen HYSYS.
Under certain conditions, the existing liquid viscosity model can calculate results that
are discontinuous due to the inherent model limitation. The new option is provided to
smooth out the results. The modified model is only applicable to the following property
packages:
Peng-Robinson
PR-Twu
Sour SRK
Sour PR
SRK-Twu
Twu-Sim-Tassone
On the Fluid Packages Set Up tab, in the Options section, if you select the Peng-
Robinson Options field, a new Smooth Water Alpha Function check box is available.
This check box is applicable only for Peng-Robinson and Sour PR property packages
and is cleared by default, allowing you to replicate results from previous versions of
Aspen HYSYS.
The Peng-Robinson and Sour PR property packages use special alpha functions for
water in order to closely match vapor pressures calculated by steam table correlations.
Two alpha functions were required for reduced temperature (Tr) < 0.85 and Tr >= 0.85.
Unfortunately, the two alpha functions are not continuous at Tr = 0.85. This can cause
the water dew point curve to become discontinuous if the stream temperature
corresponds to Tr = 0.85, as shown in the figure below.
To avoid this problem, the alpha functions can be formulated to remove the
discontinuity. When the Smooth Water Alpha Function check box is selected,
continuous dew point curve is obtained, as shown below.
In HYSYS V8.8 and earlier, the Glycol Package underestimated the water content. In
HYSYS V9, a new set of Kijs for water-hydrocarbon (C1 - C8) were set and regressed
to resolve this issue. Aij, Aji, Bij, and Bji were also regressed for water-hydrocarbon (C6,
C7, and C8).
In HYSYS V9, the binary parameters for H2O-Phenol in the Peng-Robinson and Sour
PR packages were re-regressed. This change has improved the Vapor-Liquid
Equilibrium results for systems containing these two components.
In V9, the HYSYS databank was updated with newly regressed values using published
experimental data for CPA, PR, and PR binary parameters for the following:
Custom models and structures created in ACM are now exported without the
need for Visual Studio to be installed. The only exception is for custom reactions,
which still need the Visual Studio compiler for V9.
Exported ACM models and reactions are packaged in the new ATMLZ file type,
which can now be installed on the model user’s system without requiring
administrative rights.
Custom Help for an ACM model can be created in ACM and viewable in Aspen
HYSYS.
ACM models exported from V9 now persist in the Aspen HYSYS compound
case files (.hscz) and are automatically installed when the case is opened on
another user’s system.
ACM models exported from earlier releases are fully supported (without the new
features) and work alongside the new V9 models.
For the Optimizer, you can now select DMO (Dynamic Matrix
Optimizer), LSSQP (Large-scale Sparse Successive Quadratic Programming
algorithm), and BOBYQA (Bound Optimization BY Quadratic Approximation) solvers.
The DMO and LSSQP solvers implement a variant of the successive quadratic
programming (SQP) algorithm to solve small or large-scale optimization problems.
Both perform the optimization by solving a sequence of quadratic programming sub-
problems.
BOBYQA is a derivative free optimization method to solve constraint
optimization problems. It offers a robust alternative for cases where derivative based
method fail due to numerical problems.
HYSYS V9 features a new Screw Compressor model, which also accounts for the oil
feed. Similar to the Reciprocating Compressor, it is a positive displacement machine.
Based on geometric inputs, the volumetric efficiency is evaluated for calculation of gas
molar flow rate. It supports both Steady State and Dynamic modes.
In HYSYS V9, the HEM method was implemented for the calculation of relief valve flow
rate in both Steady State and Dynamics mode. The HEM method is more accurate and
conservative for modeling two-phase flow through a relief valve.
In HYSYS V9, you can select the Turbo Start option on the Simulation Options form
(accessed by clicking File | Options). When you select this new option, HYSYS is
preloaded when you login, resulting in a 50% or greater improvement in startup time on
a typical machine.
HYSYS Extensions
Starting in HYSYS V9, you can register HYSYS extensions without administrative
permissions, including:
Note: When using non-administrative registration, the extension is registered only for
the individual user, rather than for all users on the machine.
HYSYS Automation