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Getting Started

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Workshop
The Getting Started module introduces you to some of the basic
concepts necessary for creating simulations in HYSYS. Some of the
things you will learn from this module are:

• Methods for moving through different environments

• Selecting property packages and components
• Adding streams
• Attaching utilities

You will use HYSYS to define three streams. You will learn how to
determine the properties of these streams by using the Property Table
utility.

Learning Objectives
Once you have completed this section, you will be able to:

• Define a Fluid Package (Property Package and Components)

• Add Streams
• Understand Flash Calculations
• Attach Stream Utilities
• Customize the Workbook

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Building the Simulation

The Simulation Basis Manager
HYSYS uses the concept of the Fluid Package to contain all necessary
information for performing flash and physical property calculations.
This approach allows you to define all information (property package,
components, interaction parameters, reactions, tabular data,
hypothetical components, etc.) inside a single entity. There are three
key advantages to this approach:

• All associated information is defined in a single location,

allowing for easy creation and modification of the information
• Fluid Packages can be stored as a completely separate entity
for use in any simulation
• Multiple Fluid Packages can be used in the same simulation;
however, they are all defined inside the common Basis
Manager.

The Simulation Basis Manager is a property view that allows you to

create and manipulate every Fluid Package in the simulation.
Whenever you begin a New Case, HYSYS places you at this location.
The opening tab of the Simulation Basis Manager, Fluid Pkgs, contains
the list of current Fluid Package definitions. You can use multiple Fluid
Packages within one simulation by assigning them to different
flowsheets and linking the flowsheets together.

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Inside the Current Fluid Packages group, there are a number of

buttons:

• View - this is only active when a Fluid Package exists in the

case. It allows you to view the property view for the selected
Fluid Package.
• Add – allows you to create and install a Fluid Package into the
simulation.
• Delete – removes the selected Fluid Package from the
simulation.
• Copy – makes a copy of the selected Fluid Package.
Everything is identical in the copied version, except the name.
This is useful for modifying fluid packages.
• Import – allows you to import a predefined Fluid Package from
disk. Fluid Packages have the file extension.fpk.
• Export – allows you to export the selected Fluid Package to a
disk. The exported Fluid Package can be retrieved into another
case, by using the Import function.

You can use the <Ctrl><B> hot key to re-enter the Simulation Basis
Manager from any point in the simulation or choose the Enter Basis
Environment button from the button bar.
Basis Environment button

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Defining the Simulation Basis

1. Start a new case by selecting the New Case button.
2. Create a Fluid Package by selecting the Add button from the
Simulation Basis Manager.
New Case button 3. Click the Activity Model radio button and choose NRTL as the
Property Package.

4. Change the Name from the default Basis-1 to Stripper. Do this by

clicking in the "Name" cell, and typing the new name. Hit the
<Enter> key when you are finished.
5. Switch to the Components tab. From this tab, you add
components to your case.

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You can select components for your simulation using several different
methods:

To Use… Do This…

Match Cell 1. Select one of the three name

formats, SimName, Full Name/
Synonym, or Formula by
selecting the corresponding
radio button.
2. Click on the Match cell and
enter the name of the
component. As you start to
type, the list will change to
match what you have entered.
3. Once the desired component is
highlighted either:
• Press the <Enter> key
• Press the Add Pure button
• Double click on the component to
add it to your simulation.

Component List 1. Using the scroll bar for the

main component list, scroll
through the list until you find
the desired component.
2. To add the component either:
• Press the <Enter> key
• Press the Add Pure button
• Double click on the component to
add it to your simulation

Family Filter 1. Ensure the Match cell is empty,

and press the Family
Filter…button.
2. Select the desired family from
the Family Filter to display only
that type of component.
3. Use either of the two previous
methods to then select the
desired component.
4. To add the component either:
• Press the <Enter> key
• Press the Add Pure button
• Double click on the component to
add it to your simulation

Note: You can add a range of components by highlighting the entire

range and pressing the Add Pure button.

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5. Select the library components Chloroform, Toluene, Ethanol,

H2O, Oxygen and Nitrogen.

6. Go to the Binary Coeffs tab. Press the Unknowns Only button to

estimate missing coefficients. View the Aij, Bij and αij matrices by
selecting the corresponding radio button. The Aij matrix is shown
below:

To view the Bij or αij

coefficients, click the
appropriate radio button in
the Coefficient Matrix to View
group.

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Exporting Fluid Packages

HYSYS allows you to export Fluid Packages for use in other simulations.
This functionality allows you to create a single common Fluid Package
which you may use in multiple cases.

1. On the Fluid Pkgs tab highlight the Stripper Fluid Package.

2. Press the Export button.

3. Enter a unique name (Stripper) for the Fluid Package and press
the OK button.

HYSYS will automatically add

the file extension .fpk when it
saves your Fluid Package. The
file is automatically saved to
the \HYSYS\paks
subdirectory.

Now that the Fluid Package is now fully defined, you are ready to move
on and start building the simulation. Press the Enter Simulation
Environment button or the Interactive Simulation Environment
button in the Button Bar.

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Selecting a Unit Set

In HYSYS, it is possible to change the unit set used to display the
different variables.

1. From the Tools menu, choose Preferences.

2. Switch to the Variables tab, and go to the Units page.

3. If it is not already selected, select the desired unit set. Both Field
and SI units will be given in this course; you are free to use
whichever is more comfortable for you.
4. Close the window to return to the simulation.

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Changing Units for a Specification

To change the units for a specification, simply type the numerical value
of the specification and press the space bar or click on the unit drop
down box. Choose the units for the value you are providing. HYSYS will
convert the units back to the default units.

You can scroll through the

unit list by starting to type the
units, by using the arrow keys
or by using the scroll bar.

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Adding Streams
In HYSYS, there are two types of streams, Material and Energy. Material
streams have a composition and parameters such as temperature,
pressure and flowrates. They are used to represent Process Streams.
Energy streams have only one parameter, a Heat Flow. They are used to
represent the Duty supplied to or by a Unit Operation.

There are a variety of ways to add streams in HYSYS.

To Use This… Do This…

Menu Bar Select Add Stream from the

Flowsheet menu.
Or
Press the <F11> Hot Key.
The Stream property view will open.

Workbook Open the Workbook and go to the

Material Streams tab. Type a stream
name into the **New** cell.

Object Palette Select Object Palette from the

Flowsheet menu or press <F4> to
open the Object Palette. Double
click on the stream icon.

In this exercise, you will add three streams to represent the feeds to an
air stripper. Each stream will be added using a different method of
installation.

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Adding a Stream from the Menu Bar

This procedure describes how to add a stream using the <F11> hot key.

1. Press the <F11> hot key. The Stream Property view is displayed:

You can change the stream name by simply typing in a new name in the
Stream Name box.

2. Change the stream name to Eth rich.

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Entering Stream Compositions

There are two different methods to enter stream compositions from the
Worksheet tab.

When Using the… Do This…

Conditions page Double click on the Molar Flow cell

to enter mole fractions.
Or
Double click on the Mass Flow cell to
enter mass fractions.
Or
Double click on the LiqVolFlow cell
to enter volume fractions.
The Input Composition for Stream
dialog is shown.

Composition page Press the Edit button.

The Input Composition for Stream
dialog is shown.

3. Double click on the Mass Flow cell. The Input Composition for
Stream view displays.
4. We want to define the composition of this stream by specifying
the mass flows for each component. By default, HYSYS has
chosen the basis for defining the composition as mass fraction.
Press the Basis button and select the Mass Flows radio button in
the Composition Basis group. You are now able to enter the data
in the desired format.

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5. Enter the following compositions:

For This Component… Enter This Mass Flow, kg/h (lb/hr)

Chloroform 2.5 (5.0)

Toluene 0

Note: If there are <empty> Ethanol 300 (600)

values, either enter 0 or press
the Normalize button. H2O 100 000 (200, 000)

Oxygen 0

Nitrogen 0

6. Press the OK button when all the mass flows have been entered.
7. Close the Stream Property view.

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Adding a Stream from the Workbook

To open or display the Workbook, press the Workbook button on the
Button Bar.

Workbook button 1. Enter the stream name, Tol rich in the **New** cell.
2. Enter the following component mass flow rates. You will have to
change the basis again.

For This Component… Enter This Mass Flow, kg/h (lb/hr)

Chloroform 1.5 (3.0)

Toluene 140 (280)

Ethanol 0

H2O 100 000 (200, 000)

Oxygen 0

Nitrogen 0

3. Close the Stream Property view.

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Adding a Stream from the Object Palette

1. If the Object Palette is not open on the Desktop, press the <F4>
hot key to open it.
2. Double Click on the Material Stream button. The Stream
Property view displays.
Material Stream button (Blue)
3. Change the name of the stream to Strip Air.
4. Double click on the Molar Flow cell and enter the following
stream compositions:

For This Component… Enter This Mole Fraction…

Chloroform 0

Toluene 0

Ethanol 0

H2O 0

Oxygen 0.21

Nitrogen 0.79

Saving your case

You can use one of several different methods to save a case in HYSYS:
Save your case often to avoid
losing information. • From the File menu select Save to save your case with the
same name.
• Form the File menu select Save As to save your case in a
different location or with a different name.
• Press the Save button on the button bar to save your case with
the same name.
Save button

Save your case!

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Only 2 of these 4 stream
parameters, Vapour Fraction,
Temperature, Pressure or
Molar Enthalpy can be
supplied.
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Flash Calculations
HYSYS can perform five types of flash calculations on streams: P-T,
Vf-P, Vf-T, P-Molar Enthalpy and T-Molar Enthalpy. Once the
composition of the stream and two of either temperature, pressure,
vapour fraction or molar enthalpy are known, HYSYS performs a flash
calculation on the stream, calculating the other two parameters.
If you try to supply temperature, pressure and vapour
fraction, a consistency error can occur.
With the flash capabilities of HYSYS, it is possible to perform dew and
bubble point calculations. By specifying a vapour fraction of 1 and
either the pressure or temperature of the stream, HYSYS will calculate
the dew temperature or pressure. To calculate the bubble temperature
or pressure, a vapour fraction of 0 and either pressure or temperature
must be entered.
1. Perform a T-P flash calculation on the stream
Tol Rich. Set the pressure to 101.3 kPa (14.7 psia) and
the temperature to 90 °C (200 °F). What is the vapour
fraction? __________
2. Perform a dew point calculation on the stream
Tol Rich. Set the pressure to 101.3 kPa (14.7 psia).
What is the dew point temperature? __________
3. Perform a bubble point calculation on the stream
Tol Rich. Set the pressure to 101.3 kPa (14.7 psia).
What is the bubble point temperature? __________
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Attaching Utilities
The utilities available in HYSYS are a set of useful tools that interact
with your process, providing additional information or analysis of
streams or operations. Once installed, the utility becomes part of the
Flowsheet, automatically calculating when conditions change in the
stream or operation to which it is attached.

As with the majority of objects in HYSYS, there are a number of ways to

attach utilities to streams.

To Use the… Do this…

Menu Bar Select Utilities from the Tools menu.

or
Press the <Ctrl><U> hot key.
The Available Utilities window
displays.

Stream Property View Open the stream property view.

Switch to the Attachments tab and
choose the Utilities page. Press the
Create button.
The Available Utilities window
displays.

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Adding a Utility from the Stream Property

View
The Property Table utility allows you to examine property trends over a
range of conditions in both tabular and graphical formats. The utility
calculates dependent variables for up to two user specified
independent variable ranges or values.

A Property Table utility will be added to the stream Tol rich from the
stream property view.

1. Use the hot key combination <Ctrl><U> to open the Available

Utilities window.
2. Select Property Table from the menu on the right and press the
Add Utility button. The Property Table view displays.
3. Press the Select Stream button and select the stream Tol rich.
4. Press the OK button to return to the Ind. Prop tab.
5. By default, Temperature is selected as Variable 1, and Pressure is
selected as Variable 2.
6. Change the Lower Bound of the Temperature to 85 oC (185 oF)
and change the Upper Bound to 100 oC (212 oF). Set the number
on increments to 5.
7. For the Pressure variable, use the drop down menu to change its
mode to State, and enter the following values: 90 kPa (13 psia),
100 kPa (14.5 psia), 101.3 kPa (14.7 psia), 110 kPa (16.0 psia), and
120 kPa (17.4 psia).

8. Switch to the Dep. Prop page.

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It is possible to choose multiple dependent properties for any of the

single phases (liquid, aqueous or vapour) or for the bulk phase.

9. Select the Bulk radio button and highlight a cell in the Property
matrix.
10. Choose Mass Density from the drop down list.

11. Select the Liquid radio button, and select the Viscosity property.
12. Select the Aqueous radio button, and select the Aq. Mass Fraction
property.
13. Select the Vapour radio button, and select the Vapour Mass
Fraction property.
14. Press the Calculate cell to generate the Property Table.

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You can examine the Property Table results in either graphical or

tabular formats on the Performance tab.

Finishing the Simulation

The final step in this section is to add the stream information necessary
for the case to be used in future modules.

Add the following temperatures and pressures to the streams:

Pressure, kPa (psia) Temp., °C (°F)

Eth rich 101 kPa (14.7 psia) 15°C (60°F)

Tol rich 101 kPa (14.7 psia) 15°C (60°F)

Strip Air 101 kPa (14.7 psia) 25°C (77°F)

Add a flowrate of 18 000 kg/h (39, 700 lb/hr) to the stream Strip Air.

Examining the Results

The Stream Property View
Within HYSYS, it is possible to view the properties of the individual
phases for any stream.

1. Open the property view for the stream Tol Rich.

2. On the Worksheet tab, Conditions page, add a Temperature
value of 90°C (195°F) and supply a pressure of 101.3 kPa (14.7
psia).
3. Move the mouse cursor to the left or right side of the view until
the cursor changes to resizing arrows.
4. Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the edge of the
view until all the phases can be seen.

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The pages Properties and Composition also show data for the
individual phases.

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Customizing the Workbook

HYSYS allows you to customize the Workbook at several different levels.
You can add additional pages, change the variables which are displayed
on the current pages, or change the format of the values which are
displayed.

In this exercise a new Workbook tab containing stream properties, Vap

Frac on a Mass Basis, Molecular Weight, Mass Density and Mass
Enthalpy, will be added.

1. Open the Workbook by pressing the Workbook button on the

button bar.
2. From the Workbook menu, select Setup. The Setup window
Workbook button
displays.
3. Under the Workbook Tabs group, press the Add button, and in
the view which appears, select +Stream and press OK.

4. A new Workbook tab, Streams 2, will be listed in the Workbook

Tabs group. Ensure that this new tab is highlighted.
5. Highlight the Name cell in the Tab Contents group, and change
the name to Other Prop.
6. In the Variables group, press the Delete button until all the
default variables are removed.
7. Click the Add button to view the list of variables grouped under
the Select Variable(s) For Main page.
8. From the Variables list, select Vap Frac on a Mass Basis and click
OK.

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9. Repeat 7 and 8 for Molecular Weight, Mass Density and

Mass Enthalpy.

10. Close this view to return to the Workbook.

The Workbook now contains the tab Other Prop which shows the
vapour fraction on a mass basis, the molecular weight, the mass density
and the mass enthalpy for all the components for the three streams.

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Printing Stream and Workbook

Datasheets
In HYSYS you have the ability to print datasheets for Streams,
Operations and Workbooks.

Printing the Workbook Datasheet

1. Open the Workbook.
2. Right click (Object Inspect) the Workbook title bar. The Print
Datasheet or Open Page pop-up menu appears.

To print all streams:

• Customize the Workbook to
contain all the stream info
you want.
• Print the Workbook
Datasheet.

3. Select Print Datasheet and the Select Datablock(s) to Print for

Workbook window is displayed.

4. You can choose to print or preview any of the available datasheets

(press the + collapse button to view all available datasheets).
Clicking on the box will activate or deactivate the datasheet for
printing or previewing.

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Printing an Individual Stream Datasheet

To print the datasheet for an individual Stream, Object Inspect the
stream property view title bar and follow the same procedure as with
the Workbook.

Save your case!

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Exercise 1

A. Use the Workbook to find the following values:

1. The dew point temperature of stream Eth Rich at 101 kPa
(14.7 psia). __________
2. The bubble point pressure of stream Tol rich at 15°C (60 °F).
__________
3. The dew point pressure of stream Strip Air at 25°C (77 °F).
__________
4. The bubble point temperature of stream Strip Air at 101 kPa
(14.7 psia). __________

B. Perform the following flash calculations:

1. The vapour fraction of stream Eth rich at 15°C (60 °F) and 101 kPa
(14.7 psia). __________
2. The temperature of stream Tol rich at 101 kPa (14.7 psia) and 0.5
vapour fraction. __________
3. What is the molar fraction of toluene in vapour phase for stream
Tol rich under the same condition? __________
4. The mass density of stream Strip Air at 25 °C (77 °F) and 101 kPa
(14.7 psia). __________
5. The mass fraction of toluene in the aqueous phase of the stream
"Tol rich" at 15 °C (60 °F) and 101.3 kPa (14.7 psia). __________

Exercise 2
The stream Eth Rich is stored in a 200 m3 (7000 ft3) vessel. Assuming the
storage vessel has a 45 minute hold-up and the vessel is at atmospheric
conditions (1 atm, 25°C, 77 °F):

What is the composition of the vapor space? _________

How full is the storage vessel? __________

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