Preliminary Agenda*
*revised 4//16/09
May 4 - 7, 2009
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott
Houston, Texas
more details to come; subject to change
AES = Aspen Engineering Suite
AC&O = Advanced Control & Optimization
ATIMUS = AspenTech Information Management User Society
Monday, May 4h
Time
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Product
Line
ATIMUS
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Aspen
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Aspen
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Aspen
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Aspen
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Aspen
Session
New Release TrainingIP.21 Family - Jim Musselman, AspenTech
Integration Infrastructure - Alan McKee, AspenTech
NEW & UPDATED!
Navigating Uncertainty Panel Lunch Moderated by Ric Jackson, Director FIATECH
PANEL Participation: Axel Polt, BASF, Venky Chittur, ExxonMobil. Taher Al-Nemer, Saudi
Aramco, Srinivasan Vanchinathan, Sunoco
John Rizopoulos, Technip
NEW! Meet The Experts
(Product Management, Development, CS&T and Support Staff)
NEW! Virtual Training Test Lab
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Training
Break
NEW! AspenTech Welcome & Conference Keynote
Mark Fusco
President & Chief Executive Officer
Aspen Technology
Keynote - James T. Hackett
Chairman, President & CEO Anadarko
Solutions Showcase Reception
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Aspen
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Aspen
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
AC&O
NEW! Virtual Training Test Lab
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Training
AC&O Board Meeting
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Aspen
Welcome Dinner
1
Time
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Product Line
Aspen
AES
Joint Session for
AES
ATIMUS
AC&O
Aspen
Aspen Process
Modeling
Joint Session –
Aspen Plus and
Aspen HYSYS
Product Families
Aspen
Economic
Evaluation
Tuesday May 5th
Session
Session Speakers
Continental Breakfast
Aspen Engineering
Vikas Dhole, AspenTech
Plenary
ATIMUS
Conference Plenary
Chair: Sean DuClaux
This session will provide a
combined vision from
Microsoft and AspenTech
for positioning your
business to compete in a
fast changing world
economy with particular
interest on lowering costs,
adopting best practices
and improving
performance
AC&O User Conference
Plenary
Presentation Title
AspenTech Process
Engineering Update &
Product Strategy
Axel Polt, BASF
Value Based Engineering BASF Experience
Taher Nemer, Saudi
Aramco
Saudi Aramco Modeling &
Simulation Strategies
Ashish Shah, Fluor
aspenONE Engineering
Adoption - Fluor Experience
Manufacturing Excellence in
a global, volatile economy
Sam Youness, Microsoft
Keynote Address: Microsoft’s
vision for enabling
manufacturing excellence in
the process industry
Break
Using Models in
Operations
Economic Evaluation
Customer Successes
2
Alison Smith, Aspen
Technology
Aspen Technology will
provide its vision of the future
for manufacturing operations
management
Robert Golightly,
AspenTech
John Campbell,
AspenTech
Welcome
Kheng Lau, BP
Equation-Based Modeling in
Aspen HYSYS
Dan Cutting, Pioneer
Resources & James
Holoboff, Process Ecology
Benefits of an Aspen HYSYSBased Pipeline Surveillance
System
David Schuman, Valero
Application of Simulation
Models in Operations - A
Success Story
Leo Bonnell, SNC-Lavalin
Engineering Estimates for
gasification plants
Sadiq Zaveri, KNPC
Significance of Establishing
Uniform Cost Estimating
Process
Joe Rosenthal, Linde
Using Aspen Capital Cost
Estimator for Process Plants
and Proposals
V7.1 Overview
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Aspen Basic
Engineering
(ABE)
Aspen
Exchanger
Design & Rating
(EDR) – (HTFS)
ABE Business-Level
FEED Benefits
Customer Speaker, (TBD)
Ron Beck, Aspentech
EDR Welcome and
Overview
Chair: Tom Ralston
Tom Ralston, AspenTech
Methodology for evaluating
before/after and ROI from
ABE
Welcome and Introductions
Tom Ralston, AspenTech
EDR (HTFS) Progress
ATIMUS
Enterprise Visibility
Chair: Steve Lorenz
Julien Cazenave,
AspenTech
Patrice Collie and Rosie
Estrada, Dow
Demo: Optimized design for
Thermosiphon Reboiliers
Applying the ISA S95
Manufacturing Operations
Management Model to an
Order Execution
Management Solution
John Tobin, Orbis
Realizing the Perfect Plant at
Glanbia Food Ingredients
APC Roadmap
AOD Integration
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
AC&O
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Aspen
Aspen Process
Modeling
Joint Session Aspen Plus and
Aspen HYSYS
Product Families
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Aspen
Economic
Evaluation
AC&O User Conference
Plenary Cont.
Paul Turner, AspenTech
Glen Dissinger,
AspenTech
Lunch
Energy Management
Chair: Sanjeev Mullick
What's New Overview and
Roadmap
Chair: Ed Mazzorana
Aspen Basic
Engineering
(ABE)
ABE Technical
Implementation Papers
Chair: Andy McBrien
Aspen
Exchanger
Design & Rating
(EDR) – (HTFS)
EDR Best Practices Customer Case Studies
Chair: Steve Noe
Brian Finnegan,
LyondellBasell
Online Energy Management
with Aspen Utilities On-Line
Optimizer
Bob Townley-Smith &
Robert McMahon,
Huntsman Corp
Advanced Modeling for
Energy Reduction and Other
Process Improvements
Hanskarl Borck, KBR
Improving Steam System
Design through Dynamic
Modeling
Ed Mazzorana,
AspenTech
Dan McCarthy,
AspenTech
Doug Weerts, UOP
What's New in V7
Customer Speaker 2
Customer Speaker 3
Len Fabiano, CDI
Peter Ellerby, Cal Gavin
3
V8 Roadmap
UOP Philosophy on Aspen
Basic Engineering backups &
Information Security
TBD
TBD
Improving Work Flow
Efficiency for Heat Exchanger
Design Using Aspen Plus and
Shell&Tube Exchanger
Designing Enhanced Heat
Exchangers using hiTRAN®
Wire Matrix Tube Inserts
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
ATIMUS
AC&O
Aspen
Aspen Process
Modeling
Joint Session for
Chemicals Track
Aspen Process
Modeling
Joint Session for
Energy Track
Aspen
Economic
Evaluation
Aspen Basic
Engineering
(ABE)
Aspen
Exchanger
Design & Rating
(EDR) – (HTFS)
Continuous Improvement
and Batch Quality
Management
Chair: Barbara Solomon
John Knapp, AspenTech
V7 New Release Training
What's New in PM&E for
Batch
To Be Announced
Achieving Business Value
from Batch Management
AC&O User Conference
Plenary
Chair - Venky Chittur
David Stanley
Systems Issues & Best
Practices
Training Strategy
Ruth Fradenburg,
AspenTech
Break
Conceptual Design for
Chemicals
Chair: David Tremblay
Dynamic Modeling &
Operator Training
Modeling & Operator
Training
Chair: Glenn Dissinger
Dr. Robert Chirico, US
NIST
Extension of NIST TDE to
Binary Mixture and Phase
Equilibrium Data
Dr. Dorothea Schwartz,
Evonik
Back to the future - 20 years
with AspenTech
PANEL
Panel Discussion: Chemical
Industry in 2020
Applications of Dynamic
Simulation for Brownfield
Engineering Work
Adam Wood, AMEC
Paragon
Dean Jones, Hyperion
Lifecycle Modeling with
Aspen HYSYS
Ahmed Hamdan, OnSpec
Development of an Operator
Training Simulator (OTS) and
the Benefits of Using
Dynamic Modeling and
Simulation for OTS in the Oil
and Gas Industries
How Aspen Capital Cost
Estimator Calculates
Tips & Tricks – PANEL
Discussion
Chair: Dan McCarthy
Harvey Welker, WRE
What's New & Overview ABE
Chair: Andy McBrien
Siva Natarajan,
AspenTech
Tips and Tricks to Create
Good Estimates
Panel:
Comprehensive coverage of
new features in V7.0 & V7.1
Andy McBrien, AspenTech
Roadmap and Plans for V8.0
Andy McBrien & Ron
Beck, AspenTech
Vishwas Wadekar,
AspenTech
Open Standards, ISO 15926
and integration
Aspen HTFS Research
Progress
Ray Sacks, Air Products
HTFS Member Meeting
PANEL
Aspen HTFS Research
Progress
Chair: Tom Ralston
4
3:30PM -4:30 PM
ATIMUS
Tech Briefs
Chair: Doug Foulds
ATIMUS Business
Meeting:
Chair: Lee Richards
Lynn Broomfield, Valero
Applications Using Custom
Records and SQL
Dave Bowman, Dow
Upgrading 150 Servers and
3000 Clients… in 3 Weeks
ATIMUS annual business
meeting
- Meet your new board - Lee
Richards
- Enhancement priorities John Everitt
4:30PM -5:30 PM
ATIMUS
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
AC&O
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Aspen
ATIMUS Board
representatives:
Lee Richards, Owens
Corning, John Everitt, ITS
Chad Cronce, Sasol
Doug Foulds, AspenTech
AC&O - Business Meeting Bruce McFarlin,
AspenTech
Solutions Showcase Reception
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Aspen
Buffet Dinner
5
Time
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Product Line
Aspen
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Aspen
Process
Modeling Energy
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Aspen
Economic
Evaluation
Wednesday May 6th
Session
Session Speakers
Continental Breakfast
What's New - Aspen Plus
Family
Chair: David Tremblay
Emerging Energy 1: Power
Generation
Chair: Chai Bhat
Presentation Title
Selim Anavi/Suphat
Watanasiri, AspenTech
What's New - Aspen Plus and
Aspen Properties V7.0 & V7.1
James Goom, AspenTech
What's New - Aspen Plus
Dynamics and ACM V7.0 &
V7.1
David Tremblay,
AspenTech
Dr. Randall Field, MIT
Estimating Relative Costs
During Conceptual Design
Analysis of Low-Carbon Power
Cycles: Geothermal and
Pressurized Oxy-Fuels
Dave Litzen, KL Energy
Corp
Benefits of System-Wide
Analysis in Ethanol Processes
Y Tom XU, DuPont
Capacity Optimization of
Distillation columns of a Dry
Grind Ethanol Purification
Process
What's New in the Aspen
HYSYS Product Family - V7.0 &
V7.1
What's New - Aspen HYSYS
Family & Common Modeling
Environment (CME)
Chair: Glenn Dissinger &
Steve Dzuik
Dealing with UncertaintyCustomer Presentations
Glenn Dissinger & Steve
Dzuik, AspenTech
Rick Richison, S&B
Engineering
Change Management Using
Aspen Capital Cost Estimator
Chair: Dan McCarthy
Daryle Barnhart, CB&I
Preparing for an Estimate
Review
D. Scott McGeoch,
Analytiq
What Information is Really
Required to Prepare an
Estimate?
Panel of Top Level Owner
Operators
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Aspen Basic
Engineering
(ABE)
PANEL - Owner Operators
Chair: Ron Beck
TBD
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Aspen
Exchanger
Design &
Rating (EDR)
– (HTFS)
Compact Exchangers
Chair: Tom Ralston
Vishwas Wadekar,
AspenTech
Compact Exchangers (Aspen
PlateFin & Aspen Plate)
Julien Cazenave,
AspenTech
Demo: Aspen PlateFin
Exchanger Program
6
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
ATIMUS
AC&O
AC&O
AC&O
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Aspen
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
Session Product Directions
Chair: Sean DuClaux
Real-Time Optimization
Track Chair: Srinivasan
Vanchinathan
APC Applications I
Track Chair: Venky
Venkatraman
APC Techniques II
Track Chair: Rob Hawkins
Doug Foulds, AspenTech
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Family
Barbara Solomon,
AspenTech
Aspen Production Record
Manager and Execution
Manager
Phil Stanhope, AspenTech
David Starks, Dow
Chemical
Aspen Integration Infrastructure
An Update on Dow Chemical's
Experience with Real-Time
Optimization in Ethylene Plants
Jeff Pauls & Rahul
Bindlish, Dow Chemical
Robert Martin, Petroplus
Makeup Purge System
Modeling using Tier Models
Revamp of an FCC unit DMC
controller
Ngoc Le, BP
BP Texas City PX1 and PX2
DMCplus Revamp
Closed Loop Testing and
Subspace ID
Hong Zhao, AspenTech
Sandeep Lal, Chevron
Phillips Chemical Co.
Model Mismatch and MPC
Industrial Case Studies
Chair: David Tremblay
Shashank Kapare,
Deepak Fertilizers
Optimization of a C3 Splitter
using Steady-State Simulation
in Aspen Plus
Emerging Energy 2: Carbon
Capture
Chair: Chai Bhat
James Ellis, QNP & Milo
Meixell, AspenTech
Josh Stanislowski, Energy
& Environmental
Research Center
Ammonia Plant Real-Time
Closed Loop Optimization
Development of Process Models
for CO2 Capture Technologies
Debangsu Bhattacharyya,
West Virginia University
Plant-Wide Dynamic Simulation
of an Integrated Gasification
Combined Cycle (IGCC) Plant
with Carbon Capture
David Vickery, Dow
Modeling CO2 Removal
Processes with Aspen RateBased Distillation
Aspen Reaction Modeler:
Demonstration and Overview
Batch Distillation Predictive
Break
Batch Process Modeling
Chair: Jerry Wareck
James Goom, AspenTech
Eric Cordi, Pfizer
Tools for Pharmaceutical
Process Development
Kedar Gidh, Air Products
A System for Simulating Batch
Distillation as part of the Overall
Process
7
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM – 12:00
PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Aspen
Process
Modeling Energy
Aspen
Process
Modeling Energy
Aspen
Economic
Evaluation
Aspen Basic
Engineering
(ABE)
Aspen
Exchanger
Design &
Rating (EDR)
– (HTFS)
Refining - Industrial
Examples
Chair: Joe Sieben
Oil & Gas - Digital Oil Fields
Chair: Dave Bleackley
Customer Presentations Mega Projects
Best Practices for
Implementing ABE
Chair Siva Natarajan
Tubular Exchangers
Chair: Tom Ralston
Alex Velikoff, Marathon Oil
Extending Aspen HYSYS
Simulations to non-HYSYS
users with Aspen Simulation
Workbook
Tony Chen, Jacobs
Canada & Levia Wiley,
AspenTech
Generate Overall H&M Balance
for Bitumen Upgrading & Oil
Refining Project using Aspen
HYSYS & RefSYS
Sander Groenendijk, Fluor
Quick Presentation & Evaluation
of Aspen HYSYS Simulation
Results
Saudi Aramco Modeling &
Simulation Strategies –
Integrated Oil & Gas Model
Example
Graham Jones, Saudi
Aramco
Chuck Stewart, BP
The BP Trinidad Field Optimizer
Ed Hernandez,
Schlumberger
Art Byram, KBR
Upstream-Downstream
Integrated Simulation Workflow
Adding User Attributes to Aspen
Capital Cost Estimator
Waymon Lofton, Fluor
How Aspen Capital Cost
Estimator Aids in Development
of Mega Project Estimates
Jim Leatherwood, SNCLavalin
Drew Dietrich, Worley
Parsons
Creating Custom Reports
Amy Beall, Shaw Group
Status of Global Engineering
Design Integration Initiative at
the Shaw Group
Ramman Korpal, IPPD
Services
Configuring Aspen Basic
Engineering for effective
implementation
Tubular Exchangers (Aspen
Shell&Tube, Air-Cooled &
Mechanical)
Steve Noe, AspenTech
Steve Noe, AspenTech
8
Lessons Learned & Metrics
attained in the continuing
production use of Aspen Basic
Engineering
Demo: Aspen Shell&Tube
Condensation Mass Transfer
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
ATIMUS
ATIMUS
AC&O
Integration with 3rd Party
Solutions
Geoffery Thornton, BASF
& Dan Lessen, Orobin
Low Cost LIMS Solution
Chair: Steve Lorenz
Pat Grimm, International
Environmental Associates
(IEA)
Environmental Reporting,
Sustainability and Carbon
Footprint Monitoring
Louis Van Wyk - BluESP
MES implementation for the
Implats Mineral Processing
Plant - current deployment and
global rollout plans.
Virtual Machine technology is
finding its way to the shop floor
Discussion Group Virtualization
Chair: Doug Foulds
Larry Becker, Dow
Moderator-led group
discussion
Group Discussion on
Virtualization
Tech Brief
Eduardo Gruber & Noel
Phillips - Aspen
Technology
Real-Time Optimization
Track Chair: Srinivasan
Vanchinathan
Paul Witt, Dow Chemical
Using SQLPlus to
Determine Tradeoffs in
Efficiency and Cost Benefits vs.
Data Accuracy
The Importance of Accurate
Heat Transfer predictions in
Exothermic Plug Flow Reactors
for use in AC & O Projects
Unmesh Taskar, CPChem
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
AC&O
APC Applications I
Track Chair: Venky
Venkatraman
Dennis Cima, Chevron
Products Co.
Kai Dadhe, Evonik
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
AC&O
APC Techniques I
Track Chair: Rob Hawkins
Generating real-time automated
Process Monitoring information
from on-line optimization models
in an ethylene unit.
Rapid DMCplus Controller
Refits After Unit Turnarounds
Using SmartStep
Doug Robertson,
Marathon Oil
AspenTech ACP and SSC test
at Arkema and Evonik
A Rotation Factor for SteadyState Variables
Leonardo Vladimir,
PEMEX
Maximizing Benefits with PID
Watch at PEMEX
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Aspen
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CSN
CSN Technology Roundtable Lunch – Members Only
9
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM – 3:00 Pm
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
Safety & Controllability
Chair: James Goom
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
Simulation Tips & Tricks
Chair: David Tremblay
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
Specialty Chemicals &
Pharmaceuticals
Chair: Brian Kurowski
Dr. Rama Kumar Allada,
Jacobs Engineering
Designing Closed Loop Air
Systems for the Orion/Altair
Lunar Vehical
Kevin Seavey, Dow
Dynamic Optimization in Dow –
User Experiences, Tips, and
Case Study
Modeling the Coal Gasification
Processes at Sasol’s South
African plants using Aspen Plus
and other Modeling
Technologies
Ralph Grob, Sasol
Dr. Paul Mathias, Fluor
Using Visualization Tools for
Column Conceptual Design
Hongyi Dang, AspenTech
Common Tips & Tricks for
Aspen Plus
Aspen Solubility Modeler V7.1:
Demonstration and Overview
Chau-Chyun Chen,
AspenTech
Jerry Wareck, AspenTech
What's New - Aspen Batch
Process Developer
Jerry Wareck, AspenTech
Roadmap for Aspen Batch
Process Development
Hydrocracking Unit Monitoring
using the Aspen
Hydroprocessing Models
Aspen
Process
Modeling Energy
Refining Track - Reactor
Modeling
Chair: Steve Dziuk & Darin
Campbell
Kheng Lau, BP Products
North America
Aspen
Process
Modeling Energy
Oil & Gas - Industrial
Examples
Chair: Wim van Wassenhove
David Francis, PSN
Aspen
Economic
Evaluation
Aspen
Economic
Evaluation
Aspen Basic
Engineering
(ABE)
Graham Jones, Saudi
Aramco
High Severity Fluidized Catalytic
Cracker (HSFCC) Model
Development
Achieve a Dynamic Step
Improvement in Safety
Ahmed Hamdan, OnSpec
The Benefits of Dynamic
Simulation in the Design,
Operation, and Troubleshooting
of Compressors System
Megan Evans,
ConocoPhilips
Discipline Focus - Electrical
Chair: Dan McCarthy
Dan McCarthy,
AspenTech
Optimizing LNG Plant Design
and Operations with Aspen
HYSYS and MUSE
Using Electrical with Aspen
Capital Cost Estimator
Tutorial on Using Aspen
Economic Evaluation
Reporter
Chair: Ed Mazzorana
Implementation Strategies
for ABE
Chair: Ron Beck
Mukesh Nagar,
AspenTech
Tutorial on Creating and Using
Reports
Rebecca Ward, AVEVA
Electronic handoff between
FEED and detailed design
10
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 AM - 3:00 PM
1:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Aspen
Exchanger
Design &
Rating (EDR)
– (HTFS)
ATIMUS
AC&O
AC&O
Value Added Applications Industrial Examples
Chair: Steve Noe
Enterprise Visibility
Chair: Steve Lorenz
Controller Performance
Monitoring
Track Chair: Srinivasan
Vanchinathan
APC Applications II
Track Chair: Venky
Venkatraman
Tom Rodman, Beaumont
Machine Works
Advantages of Using Aspen
Exchanger Design Programs
Nathalie Schmidt, Air
Liquide
Plate Fin Reboilers
Robert Pincus, Dow
Trouble Shooting Process
Exchangers using Aspen
Shell&Tube
An enterprise Manufacturing
Intelligence Solution for Visibility
of Performance at the Guinness
Brewery
John Tobin -Orbis
Speaker and Company to
be announced
Doug Robertson,
Marathon Oil Co.
Jeff Varner, Lyondell
Chemical Co.
Ray Coker, BP
Laurent Ferrari, Total
1:30 AM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
AC&O
Aspen
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
Aspen
Process
Modeling Chemicals
APC Techniques II
Track Chair: Rob Hawkins
Break
Best Practices
Chair: Chai Bhat
PANEL Discussions
Chair: David Tremblay
MES Chemicals Presentation
One Engineer’s Experiences
with DMC Performance
Monitoring
APC KPI Aggregation
Use of the latest features of
DMCplus in 2006.5 in the
project
Mark Darby, University of
Houston
Implementation of DMC on 2
parallel PP splitters
Optimization-based test signal
design for MIMO Control
Andrew McIntosh,
AspenTech
Improving Inferential Models Data Processing Tips
Steve Zitney, NETL
Progress Report: Advanced
Process Engineering CoSimulator (APECS)
Dr. Michael Dry,
Arithmetek, Inc.
Modeling the Thermodynamic
Behavior of Aqueous
Magnesium Chloride at High
Concentrations and
Temperatures
Dr. Stephan Petersen,
GTT-Technologies
The Aspen/FACT/ChemApp
interface and its application in
modeling industrial hightemperature processes
Addressing Climate Change
Improving the Engineering
Workflow
Panel 1
Panel 2
11
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Aspen
Process
Modeling Energy
Aspen HYSYS Product
Family Roadmap
Round Table Feedback
Discussion
Anjani Singh, AspenTech
Common Tips and Tricks for
Aspen HYSYS
Glenn Dissinger & Steve
Dziuk, AspenTech
Overview of Aspen HYSYS
Product Family Roadmap
ALL
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Aspen
Economic
Evaluation
Discipline Focus Instrumentation
Chair: Dan McCarthy
Dan McCarthy,
AspenTech
Customer Feedback/Discussion
of Roadmap Content and
Priorities
Using Instrumentation with
Aspen Capital Cost Estimator
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Aspen
Economic
Evaluation
Modular Construction
Techniques
Chair: Ed Mazzorana
Sameer Marathe,
AspenTech
Modular Construction
Techniques
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Aspen Basic
Engineering
(ABE)
PANEL – EPC Companies
Chair: Andy McBrien
Earl Tipton - Technip
Topic TBD
Aspen
Exchanger
Design &
Rating (EDR)
– (HTFS)
ATIMUS
Aspen Fired Heaters
Chair: Vishwas Wadekar
Tom Ralston, AspenTech
Aspen Fired Heaters
Tom Ralston, AspenTech
Discussion Group - Multi-site
MES deployments
Multi-company panel to
share key learnings
Tech Briefs
Chair: Steve Lorenz
Chad Cronce, Sasol NA
Demo: Aspen Fired Heater Improved Wall Temperature
Calculations
TBD Panel Discussion with
several companies sharing
practical experiences
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Statical Process Control in
Process Explorer
Ron Ristich, Dow
3:30 PM - 5:45 PM
AC&O
Controller Performance
Monitoring
Track Chair: Srinivasan
Vanchinathan
Christopher Johnson,
Chevron
Process to provide a Remote
server accessible crossreference capability
AspenWatch for the Multitasking Control Practitioner
Altaf Khan, KNPC
KNPC Refinery controller and
IQ models are maintained using
AspenWatch based KPIs. The
approach resulted in enhanced
performance and improved
utilization.
Eduardo Arrieta, Dow
Oxygen Control and Balancing
on Furnaces with Multiple
Separate O2 Meters
12
3:30 PM - 5:45 PM
3:30 PM – 5:45 PM
AC&O
AC&O
APC Applications II
Track Chair: Venky
Venkatraman
APC Techniques II
Track Chair: Rob Hawkins
Andre Kilian, Applied
Manufacturing
Technologies
Success of DMCplus in a
challenging non-linear control
problem: Stabilizing the quench
system on an ethylene unit
Siva Brahmam, ATME
Implementing DMCplus on
Ammonia Plants
Mayankumar Shah,
RasGas
Srinivas Karra, Texas
Tech University
TBD
Presenter: Rahul Bindlish,
Dow Chemical
Application of Digital Filtering for
Stable AC&O Results
Minh Q. Tran, Wison
Srisiriwilaikun
Lube Oil (Solvent Dewaxing
Unit) APC project at Thai Lube
Base Refinery – Thailand
Modeling, Identification and,
Control of Complex Systems –
A New Paradigm
Thursday, May 7th
Time
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Product Line
Aspen
8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
AC&O
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Aspen
Process
Modeling
Aspen
Exchanger
Design &
Rating (EDR)
– (HTFS)
Aspen
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
10:00 AM – 10:30
AM
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Aspen
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Aspen
Process
Modeling
Aspen
Exchanger
Design &
Rating (EDR)
– (HTFS)
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Time
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Product Line
Aspen
Process
Modeling
Session
Breakfast
AC&O New Release Training
V7.1 Training
Process Modeling Working Group
Aspen EDR (HTFS) Introductory Training: New Aspen PlateFin Exchanger Program
Break
Grab & Go Box Lunches
Process Modeling Working Group
Aspen EDR (HTFS) Introductory Training: New Aspen PlateFin Exchanger Program
Friday, May 8th
Session
Process Modeling Working Group
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