SEMINAR 1:- BASED ON CERTIFIED
MOOC’s COURSE ON NPTEL/SWAYAM
Aspen Plus® simulation software - a basic
course for beginners
BY:-Prof. Prabirkumar Saha
IIT Guwahati
PRESENTED BY:- HARSHITKUMAR DINESH PANDIT
Department of Chemical Engineering
B.M.S. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(Autonomous Institution, Affiliated to VTU)
Bengaluru - 560019
CONTENT
1. Certificate
2. Course Layout
3. Course Content
4. Analysis Tools
5. Result
6. Conclusion
7. Motivation
8. References
COURSE LAYOUT
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Week 1:Basic Process Modelling
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Week 2::Basic Process Modelling
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Week 3:Basic Process Modelling
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Week 4:Process and property analysis
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Week 5:Process and property analysis
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Week 6:Process and property analysis
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Week 7:Case studies
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Week 8:Case studies
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Week 9:Case studies
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Week 10:Case studies
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Week 11:Case studies
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Week 12:Case studies
COURSE CONTENT
WEEK 1:- PROCESS MODLELLING INITIATION AND
PROPERTIES
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Significance of software with example - Simulation on pen & paper vs. simulation on Aspen Plus.
• Understanding Resources and My Exchange, Start using Aspen Plus.
• Overview of setting up of property environment.
Week 1: Assignment 1: -
COURSE CONTENT
WEEK 6 :-PROCESS AND PROPERTY ANALYSIS IN DETAIL
AND SIMULATION
• Practice problems on binary mixtures
• Miscellaneous practice problems and case studies
• Model Analysis Tools
Week 6: Assignment 6: 64.0
Analysis tools (Ternary mixtures)
• It is of three component system, there should be A, B and C.
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we have a triangular graph where the corners of the triangular chart have 100% A, 100%
B
and 100% C.
• So, any portion of the chart, it indicates a mole fraction of A, mole fraction of B and mole
fraction of C. So, this is called ternary diagram,
• We can work on valid phases, either it can be vapor liquid or it can be vapor liquid liquid, two
liquids two immiscible liquids something like water and organics.
• Then we can identify the azeotropes.
• Take a system with water, octanol and hexane. Obtain a ternary Diagram at one atmosphere
pressure with 15 tie lines. Valid Phases are V-L-L. Use NRTL property method. Search for binary
Azeotrope.
RESULT
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Phase envelope 1 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 1 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 2 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 3 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 4 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 5 (PRES - 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 6 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 7 (PRES - 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 8 (PRES - 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 9 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 10 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 11 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 12 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
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Tie line 13 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 14 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Tie line 15 (PRES = 1.01325 bar)
Azeotrope 1 (PRES - 1.01325 bar)
Azeotrope 2 (PRES - 1.01325 bar)
CONCLUSION
• Aspen Plus is a process modeling tool used for process monitoring, optimization and
conceptual design, especially by chemical process industries.
• This is a simple course on Aspen Plus Simulation engine that will teach one how to model the
most common unit operations of a chemical plant.
• Basic unit operations such as Pump, Reactor, Valve, Heater, Distillation Column etc. will be
demonstrated which would be helpful for students, teachers, engineers and researchers in the
area of R&D and Plant Design/Operation
MOTIVATION
• Practical Knowledge is the key root of learning and to learn Chemical Plant
Processes Aspen Plus is Best in the Market.
• Learning Plant Unit Processes is fun with Aspen.
• Aspen plus Plays an Tremendous role in Industrial Application.
• Learning Aspen plus Opens further gates in Research and Development field.
• As a Beginners my only motivation was to covert my theoretical knowledge into
practical and Aspen plus helps me a lot to discover various domain of it.
REFERENCE
• Al- Malah, K.I.M (2016),“ASPEN PLUS® Chemical Engineering Applications”, Wiley.
• Schefflan, R. (2016).“Teach Yourself the Basics of Aspen Plus”, AIChE, Wiley.
• https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc22_ch37/course?user_email=harshitkumar.ch19@bmsc
e.ac.in