Alternatives to Aspen Technologies HYSYS

[zdas04]

After nearly 2 weeks of voice mail, non-returned e-mail, etc. I finally got a price for a single-user HYSYS license. I think the numbers must be confidential (or they wouldn't have been so difficult to acquire), but they work out to 5 figures/year.

The project I've been asked to bid on is evaluating outgassing potential for gas well condensate stock tanks. Does anyone know of a competing product that will do this analysis without that magnitude of up-front commitment?

David

 

[EmmanuelTop]

It is still not clear what are you looking for. Is it process design evaluation, or something else?

 

[zdas04]

It is an outgassing analysis to determine VRU load with various wellsite gaswell condensate tanks.

David

 

[CJKruger]

David, I have no specific experience on gaswell tanks. However, it sounds like light hydrocarbon gas/liquid/sour water service, for which many simulators will be fine.

I suspect you will get a much quicker reply from Lynn McGuire at Winsim or someone at PROII, BRE, VMG (Canada) or Prosim (France).

If these are still to dear, try PD-Plus (Deerhaven).

Ask them if their simulator support this application, and I suspect some will even give you a trial license to test it.

 

[EmmanuelTop]

HYSYS will work just fine, as well as other simulators mentioned by CJ Kruger.
I don't know what is the price for HYSYS, but I know you can get the same stuff (or almost the same) from Honeywell - as UNISIM thing, at a much lower cost.

I have been working 7 years with HYSYS, and I never got any bad experience with it.

 

[dcasto]

WinSim is the way to go

http://www.winsim.com

 

[zdas04]

I'll take a look at it, their web site looks reasonable. It doesn't seem to list the price you pay after the 2 weeks expire, maybe that comes up when you download. Anyway, I told my client that I couldn't do their job and found out it was only 2 days work anyway so I couldn't have afforded to learn a new software package let alone pay for it.

David

 

[MortenA]

Or - outsource it to somebody who already has a license...

Best regards

Morten

 

[zdas04]

I thought about that too, but I'm not sure there is enough space in this project for both of us (i.e., why the heck would they need me).

David

 

[Aggie87]

ProMax is the way to go.

http://www.bre.com

 

[tgmcg]

How much does a single user license for ProMax cost?

 

[dcasto]

Just call WinSim and ask, they are easy to work with. Here is snapshoot of a simple task you are looking at. If you decide to go with them, I'll help you for the modest fee of a couple of pints.