Integrating Aspen Fired Heater with Aspen HYSYS

Technical Solution Review Aspen Engineering Excellence Webinar

Host: Steve Noe, Industry Marketing, AspenTech Presenter: Julien Cazenave, Business Consultant, AspenTech 29 November 2011

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Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating Products

Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical

Aspen Fired Heater

Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger

Aspen HTFS Research Network

Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger
Aspen Plate Exchanger

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Aspen Fired Heater

New product replacing Aspen FIHR

First release: FIHR in 1989, Aspen Fired Heater in 2007 New Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating user interface
Flexibility and interactive data checking
For designers and operators

Simplified geometric specifications

For firebox and convection section tubes, and tube arrangements

Expanded property capabilities

COMThermo, B-JAC databanks, and Aspen Properties Handling one, two and three phase (with two liquid phases)

Modern flexible output reports (incl. API 560 datasheet)

Tabulated results for:
Overall performance Combustion Streams Tubes

Categorized errors and warnings

For rapid assessment of modeling accuracy

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Aspen EDR Common User Interface (UI)

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Aspen Fired Heater Overall Arrangement

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Aspen Fired Heater Functionality

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Aspen Fired Heater Firebox Models

Long Furnace Model (LFM)
More realistic variation in combustion gas temperature Hence variation of heat flux on tubes

Bridge-wall

Hence tube metal temperature

Needs burner heat release characteristic

Well-Stirred Model (WSM)

Considers single combustion gas temperature Hot gas at exit from firebox below mean radiating temperature Hottel model Proportional to firebox load

LFM
Long Furnace Model

Tg

WSM
Well-Stirred Model

To model operating heater can specify bridge-wall temperature

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Aspen Fired Heater Flow Stability Warnings

9 Warnings for:

Slug flow in firebox

Slug flow in convection bank Two-phase flow at exit from two-path convection bank Based on HTFS two-phase flow patterns Avoid flow instabilities (pre-cursors to tube over-temperature and/or coking)

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Aspen Fired Heater

User-specified operational limits Specify limits for Firebox tube temperature

avoid tube failure

Firebox tube heat flux

avoid tube failure, avoid coking

Firebox process fluid outlet temperature

Avoid coking

Convection section fluid outlet temperature

Avoid acid gas condensation

Convection section gas velocity

Convection section gas pressure drop

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Aspen Fired Heater Diagrams

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Aspen Fired Heater V7.2 Improvements

Improved gas emissivity model
Improved 4-grey gas emissivity model

Option to select peak tube temperature calculation methods

New Adjusted Heat Flux Ratio better for very high tube temperatures

Changes to input and output items and some calculation defaults

In convection banks, radiative heat transfer is now on by default

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Aspen Fired Heater V7.3 Improvements

Specification of fouling factors for tube-groups and convection banks
Tube-side and gas-side fouling factors can now be specified separately for each tube-group and convection bank Industry recognised correlation

AspenTech Research based correlation

Additional correlations for gas-side heat transfer

An option to select the ESCOA or HTFS3A correlations in addition to the pre-existing PFR correlation for gas-side heat transfer to high finned tubes

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Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Fired Heater Link

Rigorous Model

EDR UI inside Aspen HYSYS

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Demonstration

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Aspen Fired Heater Demo Outline Set up an Aspen Fired Heater model in both stand alone mode and in Aspen HYSYS Import the Aspen Fired Heater rigorous model Explore detailed modelling results Change the crude to a heavy blend Consider potential revamp options and associated economics

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Case Study Results

100% Iranian 10% Soroosh Warm Crude Temp. 254.7 C 249.3 C

Revamp 249.3 C

Duty
Fuel Flow Rate Fuel Cost

63.91 MW
5606 kg/h 80.7 k$/day

68.95 MW
5873 kg/h 84.6 k$/day

68.89 MW
5688 kg/h 81.9 k$/day

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Aspen Fired Heater Summary

Release V7.3 allows rigorous fired heater models in Aspen HYSYS Allows effect of crude switching to be modelled

Explore revamp option

For more information: AspenTech support website Knowledge Base solution No. 131572

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Just Released! Aspen Fired Heater V7.3.2

aspenONE 28-Nov-2011 Update

Calculation of flue gas properties using Aspen Properties

Detailed reporting of draft calculation and flue gas properties

Improved treatment of the air pre-heater Detailed reporting of peak tube calculation parameters Improvements to firebox diagrams (inclusion of roof tubes) Increased allowance for pressure losses in U-bends and fittings
aspenONE V7.3.2 Now Available! Innovations to Make Optimization Faster and Easier

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Want to see similar results?

Consider a training class from AspenTech

http://support.aspentech.com/training
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Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating (EDR) Training

Design and Simulation of Fired Heaters

Using Aspen Fired Heater (EHX1031)

January 17, 2012 Virtual- Americas February 9, 2012 Virtual-Americas http://support.aspentech.com/supportpublictrain/CourseInfo.asp?course=EHX1031 Learn the fundamentals of rating and simulating a fired heater

Understand the requirements for design checking and simulation of fired heaters
Efficiently use the Aspen Fired Heater application to evaluate: Vertical Cylindrical Unit (VCU) with convection bank Twin cabin firebox Single cabin fired heater with roof tubes
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Aspen HYSYS Training

Aspen HYSYS: Process Modeling (EHY101)

December 5, 2011 Jakarta, Indonesia December 5, 2011 Virtual-Latin America December 5, 2011 Houston, TX December 6, 2011 Reading, UK December 12, 2011 Calgary AB, Canada http://support.aspentech.com/supportpublictrain/CourseInfo.asp?course=EHY101 Optimize engineering work processes using the full power and flexibility of Aspen HYSYS to build, evaluate and optimize flowsheets. Learn the shortcuts for efficient use of the software to build steady state simulations processes.
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Aspen Online Training

Fast, easy access to training content Convenient, on-demand access from inside the product
Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS Aspen EDR, Aspen Economics Aspen Basic Engineering

New in aspenONE 28-Nov-2011 Update

Library of rich training content

Superior user experience

Getting Started Whats New Multiproduct Integration Best Practices

Links to additional support and training resources

All from within the product!

For more information: http://www.aspentech.com/v7/aspen-online-training.aspx
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Aspen Search Process Industry First

Search, navigate and filter for information
Benefits:

New in aspenONE 28-Nov-2011 Update

Quickly find the best model

Reuse of intellectual and informational assets Solve design, operational, business problems faster Enterprise-wide collaboration and consistency

Currently available with Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS

Links models, people and data

http://www.aspentech.com/v7/aspen_search.aspx
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Questions?

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Contact Information

Steve Noe, Industry Marketing, AspenTech Email: Steve.Noe@aspentech.com Julien Cazenave, Business Consultant, AspenTech Email: Julien.Cazenave@aspentech.com For any Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating communication: Email: AspenEDR@aspentech.com THANK YOU!

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