PRO/II to Aspen HYSYS

Converter

November 18, 2010

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 Why Should I Move to Aspen HYSYS?

 Aspen HYSYS is the leading modeling tool in the oil & gas
and petroleum refining markets
 Aspen HYSYS is easier to use than PRO/II
– The HYSYS user interface is far more interactive
– Aspen HYSYS uses a unique interactive solver
 Aspen HYSYS enables better crude characterization
– Use the petroleum refining option to evaluate different crudes
– Characterize many crudes with one set of pseudo-components
 Aspen HYSYS is integrated with:
– Aspen Process Economic Analyzer for CAPEX and OPEX analysis
– Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating tools
 Aspen HYSYS makes it easy to update PIMS planning
models using rigorous refinery reactor models

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Using the PRO/II Converter
Step 1 – Select a PRO/II case

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Using the PRO/II Converter
Step 2 – Select Target

Select Aspen Plus or HYSYS

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Using the PRO/II Converter
Step 3-Select Conversion Options

Select the property method,

and heat exchanger type

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Using the PRO/II Converter
Step 4-Start Conversion

Push ‘Play’ to convert

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Using the PRO/II Converter
Conversion will take a few minutes…

PRO/II Input Conversion status

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Using the PRO/II Converter
Checking Results

The PRO/II input is documented in the

notes section for each unit operation.

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Using the PRO/II Converter
Addressing Exceptions

Controllers and calculators are not

translated automatically – you may need
to add adjust blocks and worksheets to
your model to capture behaviors from
the original PRO/II model

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 Using the PRO/II Converter
Addressing Recycle Streams

How to handle the recycles:

• An intelligent recycle placement algorithm with place recycles in the

Aspen HYSYS flowsheet.

• If there are estimates for the recycles in the PRO/II input file, the
program will use these estimates to initialize the recycle streams in
Aspen HYSYS.

• If there are no estimates for the recycle streams, the program will
add estimates to the streams.

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 Using the PRO/II Converter
Addressing ‘global defines’

 Use HYSYS “SET” to handle variable define of the same type

of Unit Operation objects or streams if they are in a liner
relationship.
Example: DEFINE DUTY(BTU/HR) AS HX=C-H5, DUTY(BTU/HR), TIMES,-
0.185635

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 Using the PRO/II Converter
Addressing ‘global defines’

 Use a HYSYS “Spreadsheet” to relate different types of

variables to each other except the variable was not
translated to HYSYS.
Example: DEFINE CDP(PSI) AS VALVE=V1, PRES(PSIG), MINUS,36.765

Note: A message should be output in the main window if the define was not translated.

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Using the PRO/II Converter
Addressing Column Convergence

For best results, use temperature profiles from the PRO/II

report file to initialize the columns in HYSYS.

You can use the ‘Reset’ button to rerun the column after
entering temperature data.

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 Comparing Results

How to export stream results from HYSYS?

 1. click on the tool bar to open the HYSYS workbook

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 Comparing Results

 2. select “Material Streams” tab.

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Comparing Results

 3. Customize report.

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Comparing Results

 4. Export to Excel.

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Comparing Results

 5. Export the results from PRO/II output file and compare.

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Technical Details and
Q&A
PRO/II File Converter

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 How are Physical Properties mapped from
PRO/II to Aspen HYSYS?

Activity
EOS Properties
PRO/II input files Properties
Converted To:
Converted To:
Aspen
Normal cases Properties/Heritage Aspen Properties
HYSYS properties
Cases containing
unmapped Heritage HYSYS Heritage HYSYS
traditional properties properties
components
Cases containing Heritage HYSYS Heritage HYSYS
assays properties properties
If importing BKP file Heritage HYSYS Heritage HYSYS
failed properties properties

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 How is UOM mapped from PRO/II to Aspen
HYSYS?

 If certain UOM is available in both PRO/II and HYSYS, it will

be mapped directly. For example, 1 SEC in PRO/II will be
mapped to 1 seconds in HYSYS. If a PRO/II UOM is not
available in HYSYS, it will be converted to HYSYS default
UOM. For example, 1 KTONM in PRO/II will be converted to
1000 tonne in HYSYS.
 The “OutDimension” of PRO/II won’t be translated to HYSYS
automatically. Therefore, the displayed units in HYSYS may
be different from those in PRO/II. However, the quantities
are always correct and user can change the display units
manually when the conversion is done.

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 How are Reactions mapped from PRO/II to
Aspen HYSYS?

 In PRO/II input file, if there is reaction data, it could contain

2 kinds of information: equilibrium data and kinetic data.
HYSYS reaction is specified rigorously as conversion
reaction, kinetic reaction, equilibrium reaction and so on.
Therefore, certain reactions in PRO/II input file may be
mapped to multiple HYSYS reactions based on whether it’s
used as an equilibrium reaction or kinetic reaction.
 If certain reaction data is present in the input file, but never
used in the reactors, it won’t be transferred to HYSYS.
 SHIFT and METHANATION reactions are transferred to
HYSYS as normal user defined reactions.

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 How does the converter address PRO/II
reference streams?

 If stream source unit operation is null, the stream data

defined in Property Stream will be converted.
 If stream has source and is in a recycle loop, the data may
be used as estimate values for recycle.
 If reference stream source unit operation is null, HYSYS
Balance, Set & Tee may be used to covert “REFSTREAM”
information (Tee is used only when Rate is specified )
 If reference stream is an internal stream (has source) and
the “REFSTREAM” provides estimate values, it may be only
converted as estimate values for recycle when reference
stream in a circle.

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 How does the converter address heating and
cooling curves?

 Stream HCurve is translated to HYSYS Property Table.

Warning is issued if user needs to add bounds manually.
 Simple/Rigorous HX HCurve uses Plots page in Performance
tab of the HYSYS Heater/Cooler/HX. All the viewing
variables are selected in Set-up page while the phase
viewing options are all enabled in Tables page. If “Steady
State Rating” mode is chosen for Rigorous HX, a warning
message saying “HCurve won’t work in this mode” is
displayed.
 HYSYS Heater is added to handle LNGHX/AirCooler HCurves.
These two objects share the same inlet and outlet streams.
 Column HCurve is handled by its internal heater/cooler
directly.

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What is the mapping between PRO/II and
Aspen HYSYS Unit Operations? (1/2)
PRO/II HYSYS HYSYS Icon
FLASH SEPARATOR
PUMP PUMP
VALVE VALVE
MIXER MIXER
SPLITTER TEE
COMPRESSOR COMPRESSOR
EXPANDER EXPANDER
PIPE PIPE SEGMENT
DISTILLATION CUSTOMER COLUMN
LL Extractor COLUMN
STCALC COMP SPLITTER
HX SIMPLE COOLER, HEATER, HX
HX RIGOROUS HX
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What is the mapping between PRO/II and
Aspen HYSYS Unit Operations? (2/2)
PRO/II HYSYS HYSYS Icon
LNGHX LNG HX
AIR COOLED HX AIR COOLER
FURNACE FIRED HEATER
EQUIL REACTOR EQUIL REACTOR
CONV REACTOR CONV REACTOR
GIBBS REACTOR GIBBS REACTOR
CSTR CSTR
PFR PFR
HYDRATE HYDRATE UTIL HYSYS Utility
PHASE ENVELOPE ENVELOPE HYSYS Utility
BINARY X-Y PLOT PROPERTY TABLE HYSYS Utility
DEPRESSING DEPRESSING HYSYS Utility

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 Unit Operation Conversion Notes

Sometimes, extra equipments are needed in HYSYS to get a

correct mapping to PRO/II input files. For example,
1. If a PRO/II compressor has a cooler associated with it, a
cooler will be added in HYSYS;
2. A valve will be added after a mixer to control the
pressure.
3. A 3-phase separator may be added to some containers to
get W, V, L products.
4. A mixer may be added to mix the feeds of some
equipments to get the DTFEED.
5. A mixer may be added to get a mixed product.
……

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 What PRO/II features are not automatically
converted to HYSYS?

 Unit Operations:
– DRYER, RFILTER, FCENTRIFUGE, CCDECANTER, DISSOLVER,
CRYSTALLIZER, BLEND, MEMBRANE
 Controllers & Execution Control
– Controller, MVC
– Global specifications
– Calculators and procedures
 Obsolete PRO/II keywords normally won’t be converted.
– The converter is based on PRO/II V8.3

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