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    Learn how to optimize air cooler designs using

    Aspen EDR
    A self guided demo on designing an overhead air cooled condenser for a crude distillation column
    Objective

    This self-guided demo shows how to design an air cooler


    using Aspen EDR.
    Additionally you would learn how to
    • Import necessary data from an Aspen HYSYS model
    • Find the optimal air flow for the air cooler
    • Export the final air cooler model to Aspen HYSYS

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    Context

    A process engineer undertaking a revamp


    study on a crude distillation unit requires a
    preliminary design of air-cooled overhead
    condenser for the main atmospheric crude
    column.

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    Open Aspen EDR

    Open a new case in


    Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger

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    Import data from HYSYS file

    Integration with Aspen


    HYSYS enables
    transfer of stream data
    directly from the
    process model and
    saves users from
    manual data transfer.

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    Import data from HYSYS file

    From the list of heat transfer units (exchangers,


    heaters, coolers) presented, select the air cooled
    overhead condenser titled AC-101.
    Also change the intermediate and lower pressure
    levels for property and VLE calculations to
    • 1.9 bar (Pressure 2)
    • 1.86 bar (Pressure 3)

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    Import data from HYSYS file

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    Select ‘Run Mode’

    To get the program calculate the amount of air flow, in addition to the air cooler geometry,
    select ‘Design with varying outside flow’ for the run mode.

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    Set Process Data

    Specify a pressure drop of 0.1bar and tube


    side fouling resistance of 0.0001m2 K/W.

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    Set Process Data

    Specify the ambient air temperature as


    25°C. (The aqua colored box shows where
    an entry is required.)
    Set allowable pressure drop to 150 Pa.

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    View Property Data

    Review property data


    imported from HYSYS in
    tabular form or as plots.

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    Set The Air Cooler Geometry

    Here we choose to
    proceed with the
    default geometry
    selections.
    These include
    • Tube OD
    • Fin OD
    • Number of fins
    per meter etc.

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    Specify Process Limits

    Specify the minimum


    and maximum face
    velocity (for air) to
    good practical values.

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    Specify ‘range of search’

    Optionally users can


    specify the range of design
    search amongst key
    geometric variables.

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    Run Sizing Optimization

    Run the design optimization to find the best air flow rate and geometric configuration.

    When the optimization is running, it first explores a range of flow rates evaluating the
    capital cost and operating cost at each possible flow. This allows the program to define the
    optimum air flow rate to perform the final design search.

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    Check Overall Performance

    Process and air side conditions

    Heat Transfer & Pressure Drop

    Geometry of the unit

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    Verify Air Cooler Geometry

    Right-click anywhere in the


    setting plan for a menu of
    options including
    • Print
    • Copy
    • Options on display of
    information.
    Left-click and drag will
    zoom in to the dragged
    portion of the graphic.

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    Verify Air Cooler Geometry

    View the tube arrangement

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    Review other designs considered during sizing run

    Area ratio flagged with asterisks suggests designs constrained by heat transfer capability (Such
    as the tendency for the air outlet temperature to approach the required process stream outlet
    temperature)
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    Review Spec Sheet

    Review air cooler


    specification sheet

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    Save the EDR file

    At this point the process engineer has a preliminary design of the overhead condenser. This is
    useful for initial cost estimation and to simulate how a real condenser would perform within the
    process.

    Often the final design will be done by a specialist manufacturer of air-cooled heat exchangers.
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    Import air cooler model to HYSYS process flowsheet

    To simulate how this air cooler might perform in the HYSYS process flow sheet, prepare a
    rating/checking case.
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    Import air cooler model to HYSYS process flowsheet

    Open the Aspen HYSYS model of the crude distillation unit titled ‘EDR_CDU .hsc’ and click open
    the condenser unit ‘AC-101’.
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    Import air cooler model to HYSYS process flowsheet

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    Import air cooler model to HYSYS process flowsheet

    The process engineer has now incorporated the rigorous heat exchanger model to his process
    flowsheet and has thus enhanced the fidelity of his crude distillation process model.

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    Additional Resources

    • AspenTech support website (http://support.aspentech.com)

    • AspenTech courseware available in classroom and on-line versions

    • AspenTech business consultants.

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