Aspen Plus V11 : Beginner to Advanced Course
Aspen Plus Introduction Module
1. What is Aspen Plus?
2. Why is Aspen Plus so important?
3. Who uses Aspen Plus?
4. How can we translate a chemical process into an Aspen Plus simulation model?
Aspen Plus Simulation Training Module
1. Starting up Aspen Plus
2. Preparing to begin a simulation
3. Search, find, select and enter your components
4. Specify the most relevant property method for your process
5. Improving the accuracy of a property method
6. Save your file and learn about the different formats
7. A couple of advices
8. Practice session #1
9. Objectives of the next videos
10. Creating a new case, entering and renaming compounds
11. Checking the binary interactions
12. Entering the simulation environment
13. Adding a process equipment
14. Adding a material stream
15. More Aspen Plus features
16. Entering stream properties
17. Aspen Plus report options
18. Running the simulation
19. Discussing the results and viewing the report general settings
20. How the different recommended property methods impact the simulation results
21. Objectives of the next videos
22. Resetting the simulator
23. Modifying a property set
24. Displaying stream properties on your process flowsheet
25. Printing from Aspen Plus
26. Viewing your results summary
27. Generating your report
28. Stream analysis: Stream properties
29. Stream analysis: Additional features
30. Adding a flash separation unit
31. Specifying input data for a flash separation process
32. Running the simulation and checking the results
Aspen Plus Advanced Topics Module
1. Learning objectives
2. Adding a second mixer and a flash separation unit
3. Design specifications / Sensitivity analysis
4. Distillation column options
5. DSTWU distillation column
6. Distl distillation column
7. RadFrac distillation column
8. Some interesting graphic features
9. Section wrap-up
Aspen Plus Liquid-Liquid Extraction Module
1. Learning objectives
2. Selecting a property method for extraction processes
3. Setting up our model for a single stage extraction unit
4. Defining a new property set
5. Property methods vs experimental data using sensitivity analysis
6. Multistage extraction columns
7. Checking for azeotropic conditions using the triangle diagram
8. Practice session #2
Aspen Plus Reaction Engineering Module
1. Introduction
2. Reaction kinetics in Aspen Plus environment
3. Entering components and property method
4. Reactor options in Aspen Plus
5. Adding a Plug Flow Reactor
6. Setting up the reactor model for a Plug Flow Reactor
7. Running the RPlug model and discussing the results
8. Adding a compressor and a rectifying column
9. Running the Reactor + Compressor + Column model and discussing the results
10. Pure component analysis
11. Adding a RadFrac distillation column
12. Analyzing the results
13. Adding the RCSTR reactor
14. Running the global model and discussing the results
15. Complex reactor kinetics
16. LHHW type reaction
17. Specifying the driving force for a non-reversible reaction
18. Specifying the driving force for a reversible reaction
19. Specifying the adsorption term
20. Determining kinetic parameters for the methanol reaction
21. Determining kinetic parameters for the water-gas shift reaction
22. Methanol process description
23. Entering components and selecting a property method
24. Entering input parameters
25. Entering kinetic parameters for the methanol reaction
26. Entering kinetic parameters for the water-gas shift reaction
27. A couple of advices
28. Running the RPlug model and discussing the results (final)
29. Determining the reactor’s optimum operating temperature and pressure
Aspen Plus Piping System Modeling Module
1. Learning objectives
2. Piping system description
3. STEAMNBS
4. Setting the flowsheet
5. Entering piping system specifications
6. Pipe results
7. Pump results
8. Valve results
9. Tank results
10. Determining the onset of cavitation and valve choking
Aspen Plus Optimization & Sensitivity Analysis Module
1. Introduction
2. Piping system description
3. Setting the flowsheet
4. Entering piping system specifications
5. The Optimization tool
Aspen Plus Heat Exchanger Design Module
1. Introduction
2. Process description
3. Heat Exchanger models
4. The "Heater" model
5. The "HeatX" model
6. The Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR)
7. The EDR Exchanger Feasibility Panel
8. Useful EDR Exchanger features
9. The "HeatX" rigorous mode for heat exchanger design
10. Section wrap-up
