Using
Process Simulators in Chemical Engineering Software
Self-extracting file
Introduces students to
the use of the two most popular commercially available simulators--ASPEN PLUS
and HYSYS/UNISIM, as well as MATLAB. An excellent supplement for core chemical
engineering courses, this multimedia includes tutorials complete with voice
segments, animations, and video segments that assist students in completing the
input forms, in using models of the process units (including videos of the
process units in a petrochemical complex), and in using the physical-property
estimation systems.
The multimedia is
organized both by content and by index, and driven by a Web-browser. The
multimedia materials are designed to be used in parallel with ASPEN PLUS, Version
7.3, HYSYS/UNISIM, or MATLAB with one window open to the instructional
materials and one to the simulator.
The multimedia is a resource for the core courses in chemical
engineering where instructors wish to introduce students to the use of ASPEN
PLUS, HYSYS, and MATLAB. Courses where this material could serve as a supplement
include:
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* Material and Energy Balances |
* Reactor Design |
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* Thermodynamics |
* Process Dynamics and Control |
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* Heat Transfer |
* Process Design |
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* Separations |
* Numerical Methods |
The multimedia includes tutorials for the core courses, is organized
both by content and by index, and is driven by a Web-browser. It is intended
that the multimedia materials be used in parallel with ASPEN PLUS, Version 11
or higher, HYSYS (ASPEN HYSYS or UNISIM), or MATLAB, with one window open to
the instructional materials and one to the commercial software in question.
For ASPEN PLUS only, the user interface was modified for Version
8.2 and later. Most of the multimedia
materials are applicable, especially descriptions of the modules for the
process units, the design specifications, methods for recycle convergence,
methods for sensitivity analysis, and so on.
However, the images of the input forms have been modified. In our experience, students continue to find
the multimedia helpful in learning to use ASPEN PLUS.
Table of Contents:
ASPEN and HYSYS
* Principles of Flowsheet Simulation
* Separators
* Heat Exchangers
* Pumps, Compressors and Expanders
* Chemical Reactors
* Physical Property Estimation
* Dynamic Simulation (HYSYS only)
* Tutorials
MATLAB
* Getting Started in MATLAB
* Numerical Methods (Solution of nonlinear equations,
Function minimization and linear programming)
* Dynamics and Control (Introduction to SIMULINK, and Root
Locus Design)
Hallmark Features:
* Self-paced instruction - The multimedia package is
organized in an encyclopedic fashion, providing self-paced instruction in the
use of the commercial process simulators. The use of a web-browser to drive the
multimedia presentations permits access on a campus-wide network. This
organization allows students to access any item of interest from the contents
page or index for the simulators supported (ASPEN PLUS or HYSYS), as well as
MATLAB.
* Information is provided on the equipment items and their
models in the simulators, as well as instruction on the step-by-step usage of
the simulators, presented using animation and voice.
* Tutorials for Process Simulator use -- The multimedia
package includes several self-contained tutorials that provide support for the
use of the process simulators in conjunction with the core courses in chemical
engineering. These help to introduce the simulators early in the chemical
engineering curriculum. The tutorials are integrated with reference modules in
an encyclopedia, which is hyperlinked from the tutorials.