Thinking is Good

Double-Checking is Better

Only SIMULATION will show you the real benefits

and limitations of your plant.
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PRESENTED BY:

HAFIZ QAMAR ABBAS

PROJECT ENGINEER,
VITAL ENGINEERING XPERTS,
LAHORE.

PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION

To present on different Design & Simulation

softwares available in market.

To build a software Platform to enhance our

business.

To select the best softwares that suit to our business

requirements.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Gate Cycle

Aspen HYSYS

Aspen Plus

Aspen EDR

CAMduct

TANK

PV Elite

CAESAR-II

PRO-II

AFT Fathom

Instrucalc

KORF

GATE CYCLE

GATE CYCLE

Power Plant Thermodynamics Modeling

Includes a reference library of over 50 plant models, and
libraries of data for Gas Turbines & Steam Turbines.
Gate Cycle software is a powerful tool for both the gas and
steam sides of power plant design and analysis

USES
Detailed engineering design of Power Plants
Retrofitting, re-powering and acceptance testing.
Heat balance calculations in any type of thermal power plant.
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INTERFACE
It uses ASME GT 2003 38568

APPLICATIONS

AREAS OF APPLICATION

Predicts design and off-design performance of

fossil boiler plants,
nuclear power plants,
cogeneration systems (CHP): combined heat-andpower plants,
advanced gas turbine cycles

FEATURES

Analyze an overall cycle for a proposed power system or

cogeneration system.

Simulate the performance of existing systems at "off-design"

operating conditions

Predict the effect of proposed changes or enhancements to

existing plants.

Analyze advanced gas turbine designs

Model any power plant with one program, from prefeasibility study to plant acceptance test

ASPEN

A
SPEN
HYSYS
HYSYS

Model and optimize any hydrocarbon process

FEATURES

Can handle very complex processes including

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multiple-column separation systems,

chemical reactors,
distillation of chemically reactive compounds,
electrolyte solutions like mineral acids and sodium
hydroxide solutions.

characterize reservoir fluids,

model pipeline hydraulics for multiphase flow,
analyze and solve potential flow assurance issues,
Process simulation of heat exchangers, separators,
mixers, storage vessels.

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ASPEN PLUS

Material and heat balance Solve stream

compositions and state variables.

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ASPEN PLUS

USES

For designing a new process, troubleshooting a

process unit or optimizing operations of a full
process.

Predict the behavior of a process using basic

engineering relationships such as
mass and energy balances,
phase and chemical equilibrium,
and reaction kinetics.
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FEATURES

The built-in database contains parameters for more

than 8,500 components, covering organic,
inorganic, aqueous, and salt species and more than
37,000 sets of binary interaction parameters for
4,000 binary mixtures.

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CONTD

Sensitivity Analysis to conveniently generate tables and plots

showing how process performance varies with changes to
selected equipment specifications and operating conditions.

Case Study Feature to run multiple simulations with different

input for comparison and analysis.

Design Specification capabilities to automatically calculate

operating conditions or equipment parameters to meet specified
performance targets.

Data-Fit to fit process model to actual plant data and ensure an

accurate, validated representation of the actual plant.

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APPLICATION

Mass and energy balances

Chemical engineering thermodynamics

Chemical reaction engineering

Unit operations

Process design

Process control

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COMPARISON

COMPARISON

Aspen HYSYS is a process modeling tool for

steady state simulation, design, performance
monitoring, optimization, and business planning for
oil & gas production, gas processing, and
petroleum
refining
industries.

Aspen Plus is a process modeling tool for

conceptual design, optimization, and performance
monitoring for the chemical, polymer, specialty
chemical, metals and minerals, and coal power
industries.
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ASPEN EDR

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FEATURES

EDR designs all major industrial shell & tube

exchanger equipment types.

It provides cost optimized equipment designs for a

given set of process conditions, resulting in typical
savings of 10-30% on cost per exchanger.

It also handles single phase heating and cooling,

boiling and condensing, and thermosiphon
reboiling.
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CONTD

EDR optimizes the entire design of exchangers,

minimizing the thicknesses of all major components.

It integrates closely with Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger,

allowing users to optimize both thermal and mechanical
requirements efficiently and provides accurate stress
calculations conforming to internationally accepted code
standards including ASME and others.

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PV ELITE

PV ELITE

To design pressure vessel as per ASME Sec vii

Div 1

PV Elite includes a wealth of localized content to

address most any vessel project.

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INTERFACE

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FEATURESS
Vessel Analysis
PV Elite performs all the calculations necessary for
the

Stress analysis of vertical columns, horizontal vessels

and heat exchangers
Design Evaluate and Re-rate Modes
Wall Thickness for Pressure Vessels
Wall Thickness for Total Load
Fitness for Service Assessment

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APPLICATION
Vessel

Design and Analysis

Exchanger Design and Analysis

Tube-sheet Design and Analysis
Rectangular and Non-Circular Vessel Analysis
Design Tools and Wizards

Comprehensive Error Checking

Saddle, Leg and Skirt Design
Analysis for Horizontal Shipping of Vertical Vessels
User-definable Reports
Wind Analysis
Vibration Analysis
International Vessel Codes

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CAESAR II

CAESAR II from Intergraph Corporation has

become the worlds most widely used pipe stress
analysis software.

It allows quick and accurate analysis of piping

systems subjected to weight, pressure, thermal,
seismic and other static and dynamic loads.

It can analyze piping systems of any size or

complexity.
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TANK

Oil Storage Tank Design, Analysis & Evaluation

Software

TANK software is a comprehensive, easy-to-use

software program for the design, analysis and
evaluation of welded steel oil storage tanks
according to American Petroleum Institute (API)
Standards 650 and 653.
It provides owners, operators and engineering firms
with quick easy and comprehensive design for new
tank construction and evaluation of existing tanks.

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FEATURES
Thickness design and analysis
Design and analysis of supported cone roofs
Material adjustments
Service/maintenance considerations
Bottom plate minimum thickness evaluation
Stainless steel material usage
Nozzle flexibilities with allowable loads and interaction
design,
with built-in curves
Shell settlement evaluation
Internal pressure
Allowed fluid heights, remaining corrosion

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CAMDUCT

Powerful HVAC manufacturing and ductwork

fabrication software, as well as a production
management tool used to efficiently produce HVAC
systems.

Fabrication CAMduct uses comprehensive libraries

of 3D parametric fixtures and fittings to help you
meet manufacturing requirements.

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FEATURES

Autodesk Fabrication CADmep software

supports detailing, fabrication, and installation
workflows for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing
(MEP) contractors. It provides tools that extend
design-intent to create more accurate, intelligent,
constructible models of building services systems.

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CES SELECTOR

Material Selection Software

CES Selector enables materials experts and

product development teams to find, explore, and
apply materials property data.

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INTERFACE

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TYPES

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PRO II

PRO/II process simulation software is a steadystate simulator enabling improved process design
and operational analysis. It is designed to perform
rigorous heat and material balance calculations for
a wide range of chemical processes.

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CONTD

PRO/II offers the chemical, petroleum, natural gas,

solids processing and polymer industries the most
comprehensive
process
simulation
solution
available today.

PRO/II has recently integrated with Spiral Crude

Suite. Integration between SimSci & Spiral
Software products extends the coverage of the
refining value chain that Invensys can provide. This
collaboration provides accurate crude feedstock
information to process design simulations to greatly
increase the accuracy of the models.
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APPLICATION

Refining applications

Oil & Gas Processing applications

Chemicals/Petrochemical applications

Chemical applications

Polymer applications

Pharmaceutical applications
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AFT FATHOM
Pump & Pipe Sizing, Control Valve Design
AFT Fathom is fluid dynamic simulation software for
engineers, used to calculate pressure drop and flow
distribution in liquid and gas piping and ducting systems.

Designed for fluid systems containing

water
petroleum and refined products
chemical products
cryogens
refrigerants
low velocity gases

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AREAS OF APPLICATION
AFT Fathom is particularly useful for:
Pipe Sizing
Pump sizing and Selection
Control Valve sizing and Selection
Simulating System operation and component
interaction
Evaluating heat transfer in pipes and heat
exchangers
Troubleshooting existing systems to determine the
cause of operational problems
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FEATURES

Detailed modeling for centrifugal and positive displacement pumps

NPSH evaluation
Variable speed pumping
Impeller trimming
Viscosity corrections using standards from the Hydraulic Institute
Efficiency calculation
Power usage and motor sizing
Energy cost calculation

Performance curve generation.

Conduct thermal analysis including piping heat transfer and heat exchanger modeling

Calculate the costs of pipes and other components

Supports Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids

Address viscosity and frictional changes associated with pumping non-settling solids

Built-in library of fluids and fittings can be extended and customized

Optional Chempak add-on utility provides a thermophysical database of almost 700 fluids
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INSTRUCALC

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FEATURES

InstruCalc calculates the sizes of

control valves,
flow elements
relief devices

Control Valves:
Gas, liquid and two-phase flow. Noise prediction and
cavitation.

Flow Elements:
ISO and AGA orifice plates, nozzles, venturis; annubars;
integral flow orifice meters; vortex, target, rotameter and
elbow meters.

Pressure Relief Devices:

Valves, rupture disks, tank vents.

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FEATURES

Instrucalc produces data sheets for calculated items,

and prepares instrument summaries and uses data
sheets as a database for generating reports.

InstruCalc will calculate, display and print graphs of its

calculations. Graphs available for Control Valves are:
valve Cv and flow; valve pressure drop and flow; linear
trim; and, equal percent trim. Flow Element graphs
include: flow and differential

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INDUSTRIES

SOFTWARES
USED

PURPOSE

Lotte Chemicals

Aspen Plus

Process Modeling And Simulation

FFBL

Aspen Plus

Process Modeling And Simulation

Descon

HTRI, HYSYS, Plus

Process Modeling And Simulation

H.Ex Design

ILF Consultants

HYSYS

Process Simulation

FFC

HYSYS, Plus

Process Modeling And Simulation

Thermofluid

Control valve sizing

Etimaad Engineering
Consultants

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