Introduction to HYSYS Process Simulation for Oil Refinery & Gas Plant.

Course Objective:

• Learn to build, navigate and optimize process simulations using Aspen HYSYS
• Learn the efficient use of different HYSYS functions to build steady state process simulations
• Leverage the intuitive bi-directional solver and other key features of Aspen HYSYS that allow for rapid flowsheet construction
• Use the Workbook and Process Flow Diagram (PFD) interfaces for quick and effective modeling
• Discover how multi-flowsheet integration can streamline and organize simulation efforts
• Explore different means of reporting results, including the use of Microsoft Excel VB macros
• Evaluate the performance of existing equipment by leveraging the rating capabilities of Aspen HYSYS
• Improve the convergence characteristics of columns and flowsheets; troubleshoot common problems
• perform Case studies to determine the optimum operating point for a process
• Understand the pipeline hydraulics calculations used to assess the sizing requirements for a gas gathering system.

Course Content

• Tutorial 1: Introduction to HYSY
• Tutorial 2: Gas Gathering System
• Tutorial 3: Refrigerated Gas Plant
• Tutorial 4: NGL Fractionation Train
• Tutorial 5: Natural Gas Dehydration with TEG
• Tutorial 6: Oil Characterization and HP Separation

Tutorial 1: Introduction to HYSYS

• Getting Started
• Create and define a fluid package
• Select components, including hypotheticals
• Install streams and attach stream utilities
• Workshop: Introduce basic concepts necessary for creating simulations in Aspen HYSYS®.

Tutorial 2: Gas Gathering System

• Simulate a gas gathering system located on varied terrain using the steady state capabilities of Aspen HYSYS
• Workshop: Use the pipe segment and the Hydraulics subflowsheet to model a piping network in Aspen

Tutorial 3: Refrigerated Gas Plant –

• Install and converge heat exchangers
• Use logical operations: Adjust and Balance
• Workshop: Model a simplified version of a refrigerated gas plant.

Tutorial 4: NGL Fractionation Train

• Model distillation columns with the assistance of the Column Input Expert
• Manipulate column specifications to better represent process constraints
• Workshop: Model a two column natural gas liquid (NGL) recovery plant

Tutorial 5: Natural Gas Dehydration with TEG

• Review the recommended methods to saturate single phase and two phase hydrocarbon streams
• Model a typical TEG dehydration unit

Tutorial 6: Oil Characterization and HP Separation

• Introduce Oil Characterization in Aspen HYSYS
• Use the Aspen HYSYS Spreadsheet and Case Study functionality
• Workshop: Use the Oil Environment to characterize a crude assay and then employ the Case Study and
• Spreadsheet operation to determine how the Gas Oil Ratio (GOR) varies with pressure

Who Should Attend

• New engineering graduates/technologists who will be using Aspen HYSYS in their daily work
• Process engineers doing process design and optimization projects and studies
• Plant engineers checking plant performance under different operating conditions
• R&D engineers and researchers using Aspen HYSYS for process synthesis
• Course Instructor: Dr. Abdul-Ameer Bandar