equipement design in HYSYS ?

[Dimmethylamine]

Hello guys,
I would like to design or verify the performances of equipements like heat exchangers, adsorption and distillation towers ? I wonder if I can do that with hysys ? if yes, I will appreciate if you can provide me with some insight ! thanks in advance.

 

[apetri]

for that I prefer a different solution based on Excel (or Mathcad)
and PRODE PROPERTIES which does all process calc's ,
this solution (Excel + simulator) offers several advantages,
you may follow a similar way...

 

[Dimmethylamine]

WELL, THANK YOU APETRI
do you have some examples of equipement sizing or rating done with hysys or just with excel ? I want to learn how to do that ?
I thought hysys would be a better choice because of its incorporated properties library, isnt it

 

[MortenA]

I would use this for early stage cost estimation only (no matter what software) where time may lmit your options for checking actual prices. Its (usually) not rocket science anyway.

I wouldnt want to invest in a new simulator just for this and would rely on HYSYS if i get this piece already.

Best regards, Morten (not an employee of Aspen or other software vendors)

 

[apetri]

as said I have Prode Properties which, for Excel applications,
offers advantages as a very low cost and a immediate interface
over other tools,
however you can easily link Excel with Aspen or other software if you have access to one of these...

Excel includes a programming language, VBA, with VBA users can automate tasks in Excel solving simple and even complex problems, you may find several examples of VBA applications in eng-tips forum or cheresourses forum,
for a simple VBA application with Prode see

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=329093

in the same way you can find examples for a different software...

 

[MortenA]

As i said i would not buy (and learn) new software for this considering that i would only rely on these features during early stages of project definition.

But im on the client side and engineering companies who does this more frequently may see things differently.

 

[apetri]

of course, that depends from the kind of problems you have to solve,
in many cases you may not need a complex simulator
and, as discussed in my previous posts, there are competitive alternatives,
but of course everyone has to decide which is the best solution...

 

[Dimmethylamine]

I have really enjoyed the debate guys , But that still doesn't fully answer to my question ? Do you have some detailed examples with hysys on equipement sizing or rating with hysys (shell & tube, vessels and columns), I wd really appreciate it gentelmen !

 

[apetri]

then you may find some answers in linkedin where exactly the same question was posted recently

https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/961347-6011846103639560196

for the obvious reasons discussed in my previous posts I think that if one decides to spend all that money for a license sure he can contact aspen assistance for help (as suggested by several others in that linkedin's thread),
differently, better to consider alternatives