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7. Click OK.
The Aspen Properties Data Browser window now appears - in Aspen Properties there is
of course no need for a flowsheet.
Aspen Properties can also be opened from Aspen Plus. When the New dialogue box
opens in Aspen Plus, simply click the Down arrow in the Run Type field and select
“Aspen Properties”.
2. In the Title Field area of the sheet type Tutorial 1 - Properties of Water.
3. In the Units of Measurement area of the sheet click the Down arrow alongside
Input Data and select SI-CBAR. The Output Results field should change
automatically to the same SI-CBAR unit set.
4. In the Global Settings and Valid Phases area of the sheet click the Down arrow and
select Vapor-Liquid.
In this case, the other sheets, i.e. Description, Accounting and Diagnostics can all be left
at their default settings.
2. In the Component Name edit field type Water and press the Enter key. The
formula for water will appear, as will the designation “Conventional” - Non-
conventional substances are composite materials such as, for instance, coal or
wood pulp.
By clicking on the Databanks sheet you can view the order in which Aspen Properties
searches its selected databanks – this search order may be changed.
3. Type “WATER” into the Component ID field then press the Enter key.
Notice how the currently active sheet appears highlighted in the data browser menu tree.
Also in the right hand panel the currently active sheet will appear with a highlighted
heading.
Notice that when the “Review” button was pressed a large number of files were created
inside the Properties/Parameters/Pure-Component folder. The “Review-1” file
contains a selection of scalar parameters for water, i.e. Tc, Pc, NBP, etc.
The “CPIGDP-1” file contains all the elements needed to fully specify a constant-
pressure heat capacity correlation for water: “CP” – constant pressure; “IG” – ideal gas;
“DP” – denotes DIPPR correlation type. See help for algebraic form of this correlation.
3. The file opens at the scalar parameter list for water - these parameters are constants
and are not temperature-dependent. Some or all of these parameters may be
exported to Excel as required.
4. Scroll down the list until MW is on screen: left click the little box to the left of
“MW” to highlight the line; Shift-Click on a similar small box to the left of “Zc” to
highlight the entire block of parameters from MW through to Zc; click on the Edit
menu; and then select Copy from the dropdown list.
5. Click on the main windows Start button and then click on Programs and Excel.
Anew untitled spreadsheet opens in front of the existing Aspen window.
6 On the blank spreadsheet select cell B8 to make it the active cell. In Excel go to the
Edit menu and select Paste from the dropdown list. The copied list of Aspen scalar
parameters now appears on the spreadsheet.
11. To deselect the scalar parameters list simply click away to a blank area.
2. Select Parameters from the View drop down list. A table of all the non-
temperature dependent constants – such as, critical, temperature, critical pressure,
acentric factor, standard enthalpy of formation, etc. A second sheet is also available
for all T-dependent (temperature dependent) parameters.
3. Select Status from the View drop down list. A table of the status of all scalar
opens. The status is denoted by one of three symbols: ( × ) meaning that the
parameter is available; (D) meaning a default parameter is used and (0) meaning
that the parameter is missing.
A second sheet is also available for all temperature dependent parameters and the status
of these parameters can also be checked
1. Click on the T-Dependent tab and select Status from the dropdown list in the
View Area. Scroll down the list of T-dependent properties to PLXANT (vapour
pressure correlation). Note that there is a cross marked against PLXANT, which
means that all the “elements” for this correlation are available for water. Hence,
accurate vapour pressure prediction for water should be possible.
In order to “hand calculate” vapour pressure for water over a specified temperature range,
it is necessary to first identify the correct algebraic form that the correlation takes, then it
is necessary to correctly identify the units involved.
1. The algebraic form of “PLXANT” used by Aspen, for which the “elements” for
water have been regressed, is given below:
C2
ln P sat = C 1 + + C 4 T + C 5 ln T + C 6 T C 7
T +C3
2. To correctly identify the
above expression, go to
Properties, then Pure
Components, then click on
the “PLXANT-1” file.
3. A table of “elements” or
constants for PLXANT are
listed – remember, these have
already been pasted into
Excel.
7. The constants for this equation are the “elements” C1 through C7 – the other
constants C8 & C9 are simply the temperature range over which the correlation is
valid. The temperature must be in Kelvin and correlation returns Psat in bar.
9. In E32 type in the heading “Temp (K)”. In F32 type in the heading “ln Psat
(bar)”. In G32 type in the heading “Psat (kPa)”. In H32 type in the heading
“Temp (oC)” In E30 type “Hand Calculated Psat Results Using Excel:”
12. Complete programming for cells G34 through G39 to get the vapour pressure in
(kPa) and then for H34 through H39 to return the temperature in (oC). A full table
of vapour pressures for water, 0 oC through 100oC, should now have been “hand
calculated” by Excel from an Aspen derived correlation and its “elements”.
13. This type of vapour pressure hand calculation need only be done once in a Design
Project presentation – the remaining results could then be displayed concisely as an
Excel graph. Click on Save then Minimise the Excel file.
1. Collapse the Pure Component and then the Parameter folders to make the Data
Brower Menu Tree more manageable. The Properties folder should still be
expanded. Click on Specification file which should open at the Global sheet.
2. In the Property Methods and Models Area of this input sheet locate Process Type
Area. Click on the Down arrow and select All; this means that all available
methods will be listed, irrespective of the type of process.
3. In the Base Method area of this sheet select STEAM-TA which of course, since
this is water, is the very appropriate Steam Table property method.
Notice that all the red warning signals have now disappeared and are replaced by blue
“ticks”. At the same time the note in the Status Bar changes to Results Available – also
written in blue.
1. Expand the Parameters folder, then expand the Results folder - finally click on
Pure-Component file.
2. Left click on the blank rectangle on the immediate left of the “Parameters”
heading at the top left hand side of the table - the entire table should now have
been selected.
3. In the Edit Menu pull down to Copy. Keep Aspen open and then start Microsoft
Word by clicking on Start, then Programs, then Word to open a new untitled
Word document.
6. Save the Word document as “Word Results – Tutorial 1” into the “Aspen
Tutorial 1” folder that was previously created on the desktop. Minimise the Word
file.
The next step is to carry out a Property Analysis and also save these Property Analysis
results to the above Word file.
1. In the main Aspen Properties window click on Tools and then pull down to
Analysis followed by Pure – a “Pure-Component” Property Analysis.
2. In the Property area of the sheet, click the Down arrow next to Property Type and
see which properties are available – select Thermodynamic.
3. Still in the Property area, click on the Down arrow next to Property in order to
select which thermodynamic property is required – select Molar Volume ( v ).
4. Still in the Property area, click on the Down arrow next to Units in order to select
the required units for molar volume – select cum/kmol ( m 3 / kmol ).
5. In the Phase area of the sheet select Liquid - in this case neither vapour phase nor
two-phase properties will be not needed.
7. Again in the Temperature area select the radio button for List: the List option
allows thermodynamic properties to be evaluated at specific temperatures, whereas
the Range option allows the thermodynamic property to be evaluated over a range
of temperatures (evaluating a property over a range enables a plot to be produced).
8. In the vacant Temperature edit field type in 293. Notice that more than one
temperature may be specified in the “List” area.
9. In the Pressure Area click the Down arrow next to Units and select (bar). This
specifies that the number to be entered for pressure will have units of (bar)
assigned to it. In the vacant Pressure edit field type in 1 – meaning 1 bar.
10. In the Components area, there is a list of “Available” components and a list of
“Selected” components. The arrows enable components to be moved, either singly
or together in either direction. Since water was the only component specified at the
“Component” stage, it is now the only component listed as being “Available”. If
more components had been specified earlier, then these components would now be
available at this stage. Move water from the “Available” list to the “Selected” list
by highlighting it and by pressing > button.
14. Click the Close button. The table duly closes and the Pure-Component Property
Analysis input sheet opens again. Follow exactly the same procedure again to
calculate the pure-component molar volume of water this time at 303K/1 bar – the
molar volume should be 0.0180911 cum/kmol.
% change in volume between states 1&3 = -3.594 % (error = -1.5%, w.r.t Aspen)
Difference attributed to the fact that average β and average κ values were used in the
hand calculations (small, constant compressibility). Aspen uses property calculation
methods that produce answers equivalent to those given in steam tables.
1. Check the tabbed sheets currently open in the workbook – there should be two
open (Data Browser and Property Analysis Input sheet). Close any unwanted
worksheets by clicking on the grey close button.
2. Navigate to the Properties folder within the data browser tree and expand it. Click
on the Specifications file - this should open the Global sheet. Change the Base
Method from Steam-TA to Ideal using the dropdown list (a shortcut is to select
the current base method then simply type “Ideal”). Navigate back to the last Pure
Component Property Analysis input sheet using the workbook tabs.
3. In the “Property area” of the sheet, click the Down arrow next to Property Type
and see which properties are available – select Thermodynamic.
4. Still in the Property area, click on the Down arrow next to Property in order to
select which thermodynamic property is required – select PL which is vapour
pressure (literally Pressure exerted by Liquid)
5. Still in the Property area, click on the Down arrow next to Units in order to select
the required units for vapour pressure– select (kPa).
6. In the Phase area of the sheet select Liquid. In this case the vapour properties are
not needed.
10. Set the pressure to 1.01325 bar (1 atmosphere) then in the “Property Method” area
select Ideal from the dropdown list. This is one of the methods that must be used to
find vapour pressure using the PLXANT-1 correlation The PLXANT correlation is
not used to find vapour pressure when any Equation of State Method, say Redlich-
Kwong or Peng- Robinson, is selected.
13. Select the Temperature column only and Copy/Paste it into Excel Results
spreadsheet – cell H43. Select the Vapour Pressure column only and Copy/Paste
it into Excel Results spreadsheet – cell G43. Print a heading into cell E41 “Aspen
Generated Vapour Pressure Results:”
All intermediate and final results, together with units, must then be verified using a
hand calculator. Only one hand written calculation of each property type is
needed. Graphs can then be prepared, either in Aspen or Excel, for the value of the
same property at other temperatures and/or pressures.
A record of the Excel spreadsheet is not required – only the hand calculation sheet
and an annoted graph or table stating the source of the data. Mixture properties
likewise must be laid out by hand for a typical stream - mixtures will be handled in
subsequent tutorials.
18. Finally, Save/Close the Word document (use as the title Word Results – Tutorial
1) to the “Aspen Tutorial 1” folder, which should still be on the desktop. Then
Save/Close the Excel document (use as the title Excel Results – Tutorial 1) to the
same “Aspen Tutorial 1” folder on the desktop.
19. Close Aspen Properties – the Save As Dialogue Box appears. Save the Aspen
document to the same “Aspen Tutorial 1” folder. The File Name can be simply
“Tutorial 1” and the Save As Type file format should be Aspen Property
Document Format (.aprop)*.
21. Transfer the completed “Aspen Tutorial 1” folder from the desktop to your personal
portable USB drive.
Delete the remaining “Aspen Tutorial 1” folder, with all associated files, from the
desktop.
It is good practice to clear the desktop of all personal materials and not to save files
to the hard drive, where they can be accessed, copied, tampered with, altered or
accidentally deleted!
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Parameter Component
Unit Data set
WATER
API 1 10
CHARGE 1 0
CHI 1 0
DGFORM J/KMOL 1 -228590000
DGSFRM J/KMOL 1 -236760000
DHAQFM J/KMOL 1 0
DHFORM J/KMOL 1 -241814000
DHSFRM J/KMOL 1 -292920000
DHVLB J/KMOL 1 40799200
DLWC 1 1
DVBLNC 1 1
FREEZEPT C 1 0
HCOM J/KMOL 1 0
HCTYPE 1 0
MUP (J*CUM)**.5 1 5.8493e-25
MW 1 18.01528
OMEGA 1 0.344861
PC BAR 1 220.55
RHOM KG/CUM 1 0
RKTZRA 1 0.243172
S025E J/KMOL-K 1 0
SG 1 1
TB C 1 100
TC C 1 373.98
TREFHS C 1 25
VB CUM/KMOL 1 0.0188308
VC CUM/KMOL 1 0.0559478
VCRKT CUM/KMOL 1 0.0559478
VLSTD CUM/KMOL 1 0.01805
ZC 1 0.229
% change in volume between states 1&3 = -3.594 % (error= -1.5%, w.r.t Aspen)
Difference attributed to the fact that average β and average κ values were used in the
hand calculations (small, constant compressibility). Aspen uses property calculation
methods that produce answers equivalent to those given in steam tables
.