Dhoni Hartanto

Chemical Engineering Department

Semarang State University

Feed Extractive
Distillation Column
Preheater

Steam in

Concentrated
Evaporator
Buffer Solution
Buffer recycle

Condense out
T2
Hartanto, 2013
D1

T1

Pump Feed

Organic solvent

Water

Altway, 2012 T3
 Open ASPEN Plus V8.0
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1. Go to Windows icon
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2. Click Aspen Tech
3. Process Modeling V8.0
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4. Aspen Plus
5. Aspen Plus V8.0

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 Welcome Screen of ASPEN Plus

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1. Click Open New Project

2. Open File Existing
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3. Recent Cases which opened before
Welcome Screen of ASPEN Plus

Double Click Blank Simulation to Open

Or click Create tool

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Define Components

1. Add component
1 2. Search for
Component

It’s mean component

is not ready to
use 5
 Define Components

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1. Click “Find”
2. Write Component Name
(in English) “Aceton”
3. Click “Find Now”
4. Choose Aceton and 4
Double Click or Click
“Add Selected
Component”
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Define Components

Component “Aceton” is ready to use

See check list image 7

Compare with step before component defined

 Define Components

1. Click “Find”
1 In second row
2. Write Component
Name (in English)
“methanol”
3. Click “Find Now”
2 3 4. Choose Methanol and
Double Click or Click
“Add Selected
Component”

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Define Components

Two component is ready to use

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 Define Methods

3 to use
Two component is ready
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1. Click “Methods” then Click “Specifications”

2. Method filter use “COMMON” 10
3. Base Method choose “Wilson” for Wilson Calculation
Define Methods

1. Click “Parameters”
1 2. Choose and Click “Binary Interactions”
3. Double Click “WILSON-1”
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Define Methods
Results

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 Input Data

1. Click “Data”
2. Double Click “New”
3. Double Click “MIXTURE”

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Input Data

Click “>>” to add component

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Input Data

Choose Data
type :
PXY

Fill in temperature
:
328,15 K
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Input Data

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Input Data

Copy the data

from M. Excel
for :
1. Pressure
2. X aceton
3. Y aceton

Note : X and Y
methanol will
calculated
automatically

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Input Regression
Click “Regression”

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 Input Data

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 Input Regression

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3 Input Regression

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Input Regression

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 Results

View parameter

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Results

View consistency tests

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Results
View profile : data experimental and calculated

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Results

Plot graph

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Results

graph

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1. Try with other model :
a. NRTL
b. UNIQUAC

2. Try isobaric VLE for other

binary system such as
ethanol + water at 101,3 kPa,
ethanol + tert-butanol at
101,3 kPa etc.
and correlate with Wilson,
NRTL, and UNIQUAC 28
Have a Nice Try

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