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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net An Overview of Process Simulation What is needed? What are the steps?
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Lean Oil Absorption System – What do we need to simulate? Data on the materials being processed - Physical properties – vapor pressure density heat capacity etc. Transport properties – viscosity thermal conductivity etc. For pure components and distillation curves (DB or input)
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Lean Oil Absorption System – What do we need to simulate? Models of the equipment – Unit Operations Distillation Heat exchangers Pumps Reactors Pipes Compressors Etc. 56 in Chemcad Can add own
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Lean Oil Absorption System – What do we need to simulate? Models of behavior of materials (laws of thermodynamics) - Phase behavior Reaction behavior Heat flow behavior Momentum behavior Can be calculated based on equilibrium or rate based – mass transfer heat transfer reaction rates pressure drops
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Numerical methods – modular sequential equation based combination Calculation mode – steady state dynamic Lean Oil Absorption System – What do we need to simulate?
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 1: Draw the flowsheet Graphics mode – UnitOps Streams Text Symbols
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 2: Select engineering units
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 3: Define components (data) Pure components from the database, crude distillation curves from the database, or, user input distillation curve(s).
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 4: Select thermodynamic options K-value (phase equilibrium) options, Enthalpy (heat balance) options.
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 5: Specify feed streams
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 6: Specify the equipment
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 7: Run the simulation
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 8: Draw the PFD Stream data boxes UnitOp data boxes T, P, F boxes
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 9: Size equipment
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Chemstations, Inc – Houston, TX – 800.243.6223 – http://www.chemstations.net Step 10: Generate a report
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