equipement design in HYSYS ?
equipement design in HYSYS ?
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Hello guys,
I would like to design or verify the performances of equipements like heat exchangers, adsorption and distillation towers ? I wonder if I can do that with hysys ? if yes, I will appreciate if you can provide me with some insight ! thanks in advance.
I would like to design or verify the performances of equipements like heat exchangers, adsorption and distillation towers ? I wonder if I can do that with hysys ? if yes, I will appreciate if you can provide me with some insight ! thanks in advance.





RE: equipement design in HYSYS ?
and PRODE PROPERTIES which does all process calc's ,
this solution (Excel + simulator) offers several advantages,
you may follow a similar way...
RE: equipement design in HYSYS ?
do you have some examples of equipement sizing or rating done with hysys or just with excel ? I want to learn how to do that ?
I thought hysys would be a better choice because of its incorporated properties library, isnt it
RE: equipement design in HYSYS ?
I wouldnt want to invest in a new simulator just for this and would rely on HYSYS if i get this piece already.
Best regards, Morten (not an employee of Aspen or other software vendors)
RE: equipement design in HYSYS ?
offers advantages as a very low cost and a immediate interface
over other tools,
however you can easily link Excel with Aspen or other software if you have access to one of these...
Excel includes a programming language, VBA, with VBA users can automate tasks in Excel solving simple and even complex problems, you may find several examples of VBA applications in eng-tips forum or cheresourses forum,
for a simple VBA application with Prode see
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=329093
in the same way you can find examples for a different software...
RE: equipement design in HYSYS ?
But im on the client side and engineering companies who does this more frequently may see things differently.
RE: equipement design in HYSYS ?
in many cases you may not need a complex simulator
and, as discussed in my previous posts, there are competitive alternatives,
but of course everyone has to decide which is the best solution...
RE: equipement design in HYSYS ?
RE: equipement design in HYSYS ?
https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/961347-601184610...
for the obvious reasons discussed in my previous posts I think that if one decides to spend all that money for a license sure he can contact aspen assistance for help (as suggested by several others in that linkedin's thread),
differently, better to consider alternatives