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Part Number: Aspen Engineering Suite 10.2

February 2000
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Contents
1 Introduction 1-1
Enhanced Engineering Workflow Support throughout the Engineering Lifecycle .........1-2
Integrated Engineering .........................................................................................1-2
Enhanced Integration of AES Products................................................................1-2
Enhanced Workflow Features ..............................................................................1-2
Enhanced Model Deployment throughout the Enterprise ................................................1-3
Extended Properties Usage...................................................................................1-3
Extended Process Model Usage ...........................................................................1-3
Open Standards Support.......................................................................................1-3
Web Deployment..................................................................................................1-3
PlantelligenceTM Compliance...........................................................................................1-3
Technical Support ............................................................................................................1-4
2 Aspen Properties 2-1

New Capabilities ..............................................................................................................2-1
Standalone Aspen Properties Application............................................................2-2
Excel Property Calculator ....................................................................................2-2
Web-Based Application .......................................................................................2-3
Open Systems.......................................................................................................2-3
Compatibility Notes .........................................................................................................2-3
Toolkit Number ....................................................................................................2-3
File Extension.......................................................................................................2-4
3 Aspen OLI 3-1

New Viscosity Model...........................................................................................3-2
Flexibility in Dealing with Salt Precipitation.......................................................3-2
Consistent Installation with Other AES Products ................................................3-2
New On-Line Documentation ..............................................................................3-2
4 Aspen Plus 4-1

Engineering Workflow.........................................................................................4-2
Open Systems.......................................................................................................4-3
Integration with AES Products.............................................................................4-4
What's New in AES 10.2 Contents • iii

Engineering Capabilities ......................................................................................4-6
GUI Usability .......................................................................................................4-6
Saving Simulations...............................................................................................4-7
Subflowsheet Block..............................................................................................4-7
Valve Model.........................................................................................................4-7
Flowsheet Hierarchy ............................................................................................4-7
Physical Properties ...............................................................................................4-8
OLE Automation Methods ...................................................................................4-9
Fortran Error Handling.........................................................................................4-9
New Binary Parameter Systems.........................................................................4-10
Revised Binary Parameter Systems....................................................................4-11
5 Aspen Dynamics 5-1

Integration with Polymers Plus ............................................................................5-2
Estimation of Kinetic Parameters.........................................................................5-2
Support for Pump Performance Curves ...............................................................5-2
Petroleum Property Calculations..........................................................................5-2
Increased Model Robustness................................................................................5-2
Other Model Enhancements .................................................................................5-2
On-line Links Using OLE for Process Control (OPC).........................................5-2
Streamlined Snapshots and Use ...........................................................................5-3
Automatic DMCplus Model Generation ..............................................................5-3
.dynf Files.............................................................................................................5-3
.dynd Files ............................................................................................................5-3
Coexistence with Aspen Dynamics 10.1..............................................................5-3
Compatibility with Aspen Plus ............................................................................5-3
6 Aspen Custom Modeler 6-1

Easier Formulation of PDE Models .....................................................................6-2
Extensions to Dynamic Optimization ..................................................................6-2
Parameter Estimation GUI and Other Extensions................................................6-2
On-line Links Using OLE for Process Control (OPC).........................................6-3
Streamlined Snapshots and Use ...........................................................................6-3
Automatic DMCplus Model Generation ..............................................................6-3
Open Non-linear Algebraic Equation Solver Interface ........................................6-3
.acmf Files ............................................................................................................6-3
.dynd Files ............................................................................................................6-3
Dynamic Optimization .........................................................................................6-4
Coexistence with ACM 10.1 ................................................................................6-4
Compatibility with Aspen Plus ............................................................................6-4
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7 Aspen B-JAC 7-1
Aspen Hetran........................................................................................................7-1
Aspen Aerotran ....................................................................................................7-1
Aspen Teams ........................................................................................................7-1
User Interface .......................................................................................................7-2
Aspen Hetran........................................................................................................7-3
Aspen Teams ........................................................................................................7-6
Aspen Aerotran ....................................................................................................7-8
Aspen Hetran........................................................................................................7-9
Aspen Teams ......................................................................................................7-10
Aspen Aerotran ..................................................................................................7-12
8 Aspen Pinch 8-1

9 Aspen Split 9-1

Split Component...................................................................................................9-1
10 Aspen Water 10-1

New Capabilities ............................................................................................................10-1
Compatibility Notes .......................................................................................................10-1
11 Aspen Zyqad 11-1

Intergraph Product Interfaces .............................................................................11-1
ICARUS Interface ..............................................................................................11-1
HTRI, HTFS Interface........................................................................................11-2
Excel-based Datasheet Definer ..........................................................................11-2
License Manager ................................................................................................11-2
Datasheets...........................................................................................................11-2
12 Aspen Adsim 12-1

2-D Adsorbent Bed Model .................................................................................12-2
Particle Material Balance ...................................................................................12-2
New Mass Transfer Coefficient Models ............................................................12-2
Additional Isotherms ..........................................................................................12-2
Internal/external Column Heat Exchangers .......................................................12-2
Enhanced Reporting ...........................................................................................12-2
Cycle Organizer Enhancements .........................................................................12-2
What's New in AES 10.2 Contents • v

Batch Run Toolkit ..............................................................................................12-3
Easier Formulation of PDE Models ...................................................................12-3
On-line Links Using OLE for Process Control (OPC).......................................12-3
Streamlined Snapshots and Use .........................................................................12-3
Automatic DMCplus Model Generation ............................................................12-4
Open Non-linear Algebraic Equation Solver Interface ......................................12-4
13 Aspen Chromatography 13-1

Rigorous Pressure Drop Calculation ..................................................................13-2
Additional Isotherm............................................................................................13-2
Enhanced Reporting ...........................................................................................13-2
New Unit Operations..........................................................................................13-2
Cycle Organizer Enhancements .........................................................................13-2
Easier Formulation of PDE Models ...................................................................13-2
On-line Links Using OLE for Process Control (OPC).......................................13-3
Streamlined Snapshots and Use .........................................................................13-3
Automatic DMCplus Model Generation ............................................................13-3
Open Non-linear Algebraic Equation Solver Interface ......................................13-3
14 Batch Plus 14-1

Route Selection for Chemical Development......................................................14-2
Equipment Independent Recipe .........................................................................14-2
Expanded Comments for Steps and Operations.................................................14-2
Vapor Emission Calculations .............................................................................14-3
Custom Excel/VBA Model ................................................................................14-3
Models and Operations.......................................................................................14-3
Batch Plus as an Automation Server ..................................................................14-4
Enhancements to Simulation Engine..................................................................14-4
Ease-of-Use ........................................................................................................14-4
Project Files........................................................................................................14-5
Additional Products Required ............................................................................14-5
15 Polymers Plus 15-1

Integration of Polymers Plus with Aspen Dynamics .........................................15-1
Expanded Polymer Databank .............................................................................15-1
Integration of Polymers Plus with Third Party Software ...................................15-2
Four-phase Equilibrium (TP-Flash) Model........................................................15-2
Properties and Property Analysis .......................................................................15-2
Step-growth Model.............................................................................................15-2
vi • Contents What's New in AES 10.2

Emulsion Model .................................................................................................15-2
Ziegler-Natta Model...........................................................................................15-2
Streams ...............................................................................................................15-3
Unit Operation Models.......................................................................................15-3
Applications Examples.......................................................................................15-3
16 Aspen PEP Process Library 16-1

Models in Aspen PEP Process Library ..............................................................16-2
What's New in AES 10.2 Contents • vii

viii • Contents What's New in AES 10.2
1 Introduction
The Aspen Engineering Suite (AES) is an integrated engineering

environment that provides business value through the creation,
management, and deployment of process knowledge throughout
the engineering enterprise.
AES 10.2 provides, on a single CD, the latest versions of the
following AspenTech design, simulation, and optimization
technologies:
Physical Properties:
Aspen Properties Chapter 2
 Chapter 3
Aspen OLI
Simulation:
Aspen Plus® Chapter 4
 Chapter 5
Aspen Dynamics
 Chapter 6
Aspen Custom Modeler
Design and Synthesis:
Aspen B-JAC Chapter 7
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(Aspen Hetran , Aspen Teams , Aspen Aerotran )
 Chapter 8
Aspen Pinch
 Chapter 9
Aspen Split
Aspen Water Chapter 10
Engineering Workflow:
 Chapter 11
Aspen Zyqad
Vertical Applications:
 Chapter 12
Aspen Adsim
 Chapter 13
Aspen Chromatography
Batch Plus® Chapter 14
®
Polymers Plus Chapter 15
 Chapter 16
Aspen PEP Process Library
What's New in AES 10.2 Introduction • 1-1

AES 10.2 provides a number of exciting new advances:
Enhanced Engineering Workflow

Support throughout the Engineering
Lifecycle
Integrated AES 10.2 supports the integration of engineering work processes,
Engineering from conceptual design to process design to detailed design, and
into operations. Using Aspen Zyqad as the integration platform,
AES products such as Aspen Plus and Aspen Hetran can work
together with in-house tools and 3rd party products such as detailed
design programs from Intergraph, and ICARUS cost estimation
tools. Integrated engineering enhances the quality and
effectiveness of engineering, resulting in lower costs and better
operations.
Enhanced Integration AES 10.2 provides tighter integration among the AES products.
of AES Products Enhanced integration exists between:
• Aspen Split and Aspen Plus. The Aspen Split component can
now be launched from within the Aspen Plus environment, to
perform azeotrope analyses and distillation boundary
calculations.
• Aspen OLI and AES. Aspen OLI is now available as part of the
AES Suite CD, thereby reducing the effort required to install
the Aspen OLI product for use with AES.
• Aspen Dynamics and Polymers Plus. Aspen Dynamics and
Polymers are now integrated, allowing you to convert a
Polymers Plus steady-state model to run in dynamics in a
matter of minutes.
• Aspen Pinch and Aspen Hetran. You can now use Aspen
Hetran to design or rate a heat exchanger from within the
Aspen Pinch environment.
These integration enhancements greatly facilitate the work
processes in the different phases of the engineering lifecycle.
Enhanced Workflow AES 10.2 provides a number of features to support the engineering
Features workflow in a multi-user engineering environment. For example,
Aspen Plus provides support for hierarchical flowsheets and the
capability to pre-configure process flowsheet sections. These
features enable the development, use, and distribution of pre-
engineered and standardized plant sections as templates throughout
a company, thereby reducing duplication and enhancing
engineering productivity.
1-2 • Introduction What's New in AES 10.2

Enhanced Model Deployment
throughout the Enterprise
Extended Properties Consistent representation of thermodynamic properties is key for
Usage accurate engineering results. AES 10.2 premieres a new product,
Aspen Properties. Aspen Properties allows all AES products, as
well as other common engineering tools (such as Excel) to use a
consistent set of property models wherever engineering
calculations are performed.
Extended Process AES 10.2 features an unprecedented capability for utilizing
Model Usage process models throughout the suite. Process models developed
using Excel or Visual Basic can now be used in Aspen Plus and
Batch Plus. In addition, Aspen Plus can run models developed
using the Aspen Custom Modeler as part of an Aspen Plus
simulation.
Open Standards AES 10.2 takes a major step forward in supporting open standards:
Support Aspen Plus includes new COM interfaces for unit operations and
physical property models based on the CAPE-OPEN interface
standards. Aspen Properties supports the CAPE-OPEN-based
interfaces to enable plug-and-play use in process simulators or
other applications, such as spreadsheets. Aspen Properties and
Aspen Plus include interfaces for incorporating external property
models that are CAPE-OPEN compliant.
In addition, Aspen Dynamics and Aspen Custom Modeler provide
support for OPC to facilitate the deployment of process models in
plant operation. Aspen Zyqad supports the pdXi standards to
facilitate data exchange between AES products and third-party
programs. Finally, Aspen Custom Modeler has a new interface
allowing users to supply external non-linear algebraic equation
solvers.
Web Deployment AES 10.2 takes a first step toward providing support for the
deployment of AES products via the Web. Aspen Properties
provides a Web-based property calculator, enabling users access to
a subset of the Aspen Properties functionality.
PlantelligenceTM Compliance
AES 10.2 is the first AES release that is compliant with
AspenTech’s new Plantelligence™ software. Compliance with
Plantelligence ensures that the entire Aspen Engineering Suite has
been designed and developed to use the same installation,
licensing, and integration framework. In addition to providing an
integration platform for these and other AspenTech tools, it also

ensures that the products are thoroughly tested to work together on
the same computer system.
Each of the individual products in AES 10.2 also has substantial
functionality enhancements. These are described in the remaining
chapters of this guide.
Technical Support
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2 Aspen Pr operties
Aspen Properties is AspenTech's physical property data and

analysis tools. You can use Aspen Properties to prepare a complete
property package to represent an industrial process for use with
Aspen Plus, Aspen Dynamics, Aspen Custom Modeler and Aspen
B-JAC. It is also used to provide rigorous physical properties for
Batch Plus.
You can use Aspen Properties to estimate a wide range of
properties from molecular structure, regress parameters from
laboratory data, and analyze the behavior of chemical and
petroleum systems. You can also use the Aspen Properties Excel
Property Calculator to develop specialized Excel applications. The
Excel Property Calculator provides rigorous thermodynamic and
transport properties as well as phase equilibrium calculations using
data you define in Excel.
This chapter describes the key capabilities in Aspen Properties
10.2.
New Capabilities
Aspen Properties 10.2 is a major new product with key features in
the following areas:
1 Standalone application
2 Excel property calculator
3 Web-based application
4 Open systems
The following sections detail the new features in each of these
areas. Please see the Aspen Properties on-line help for further
details of these new features.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Properties • 2-1

The standalone Aspen Properties product is a new 32-bit Windows
Standalone Aspen
application, which can be run on your desktop PC or can be run as
Properties
a client/server application. Aspen Properties is based on Aspen
Application
Plus 10.2. It contains all the physical property capabilities of
Aspen Plus, including:
• Databanks
• Property methods and models
• Electrolyte
• Reactions
• Property estimation
• Data regression
• Property analysis and table generation
• Petroleum assay data analysis
Aspen Properties can be used in many diverse ways, including:
• Perform tasks such as component data look up, and generation
of pure component property tables and plots
• Analyze behavior of a system of components, such as phase
equilibrium behavior, azeotrope formation, or residue curve
maps
• Estimate property and parameters from group-contribution
methods
• Regress parameters from laboratory data
• Prepare a complete property package to represent the behavior
of a set of components over the conditions relevant to a
process. The property package can then be used in other
modeling tools such as Batch Plus and Aspen B-JAC.
Aspen Properties can import and export data in the backup file
format used by Aspen Plus.
Excel Property Aspen Properties 10.2 provides a powerful set of Excel Add-In
Calculator capabilities, which allow rigorous thermodynamic, transport and
phase-equilibrium calculations using Excel functions. The property
calculations are defined for a cell using input data such as
components, compositions, temperature and pressure, which have
been defined in other cells.
This capability allows specialized engineering models to be built
using Excel while accessing the rigorous properties provided by
Aspen Properties.
2-2 • Aspen Properties What's New in AES 10.2

Aspen Properties 10.2 provides a Web-based property calculator,
Web-Based
which consists of a subset of the full capabilities of the standalone
Application
desktop application. The Web-based property calculator has the
following features:
• Select components
• Select property methods
• View pure component data
• Generate tables and plots of pure component properties
The Web-based calculator is a first step in the development of an
enterprise-wide property calculation application intended for
Intranet deployment. We expect to extend this application to
include the full capabilities of Aspen Properties in the future.
Open Systems Aspen Properties 10.2 has an open architecture, which allows
complete flexibility in the customization of property methods,
models, and databanks. Aspen Properties also provides support for
COM-based interfaces for physical properties, based on the
standard interfaces developed by the CAPE-OPEN consortium.
The COM interfaces provide additional flexibility for development
and re-use of property models.
Compatibility Notes
Aspen Properties will be delivered to existing customers of
Properties Plus. There are two key compatibility issues with Aspen
Properties that affect customers who use the Properties Plus
toolkit. These are:
Toolkit Number Current Properties Plus customers use a license key 110 that has a
unique property toolkit number assigned by Aspen Technology.
Starting with this version of Aspen Properties, the toolkit number
must be 400. You will get a 110 license key that has been
generated with the toolkit number of 400. For your applications,
you will need to change your existing toolkit numbers in the
Properties Plus initialization routine (PPEXEC_APINIT) to 400.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Properties • 2-3

The file extensions used by Aspen Properties are different from
File Extension
those used in Properties Plus. In particular, when calling
PPEXEC_APINIT to initialize Aspen Properties, the new file
extension, aprpdf, must be used for the problem definition file.
File Type File Extension for File Extension for
Properties Plus Aspen Properties
Problem Definition Appdf Aprpdf
Document Apw Aprop
Backup Bkp Aprbkp
Input Inp Aprinp
Application Template Apt Aprt
2-4 • Aspen Properties What's New in AES 10.2

3 Aspen O LI
Aspen OLI, is a software solution that enables process engineers to

quickly and reliably perform process modeling and analysis of
aqueous electrolyte systems within the Aspen Engineering suite.
Together with AspenTech’s in-house solids and electrolytes
modeling technology, Aspen OLI provides the chemical process
industries with comprehensive capability to model and design
aqueous electrolyte systems over the complete concentration range,
including most of the elements in the periodic table. The Aspen
OLI property method provides accurate results for the
thermodynamic and transport properties of aqueous mixtures and
associated immiscible organic mixtures.
The significant features of Aspen OLI include:
• The chemistry model is automatically and reliably generated
for a broad range of species in water, including a significant
fraction of elements in the periodic table.
• The parameter database is comprehensive so that accurate
results are expected for most aqueous applications.
• Many customers, particularly in the R&D and environmental
areas, have relied on the power of the OLI Engine (chemistry
generation model, thermodynamic framework, and database).
Aspen OLI now permits access to the same capabilities to the
entire research and engineering community within the powerful
and familiar environment of the Aspen Engineering Suite.
• Aspen OLI is complementary to AspenTech’s in-house
electrolyte capability. In particular, AspenTech’s in-house
capability is the preferred choice for the following cases:
• Highly concentrated electrolytes (xH2O < 0.65) such as
sulfuric acid
• Mixed-solvent systems
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen OLI • 3-1

• Cases where in-house experts have developed specialized
fits of data
• Cases where one of AspenTech’s Electrolytes Inserts
applies
The combination of Aspen OLI and AspenTech’s in-house
capability provides unrivaled electrolyte modeling and simulation
capability to customers of the Aspen Engineering Suite.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in Aspen OLI 10.2. It
also summarizes compatibility considerations in migrating from
the previous version of Aspen OLI, which was delivered by OLI
Systems, Inc. as part of their software suite.
New Capabilities
Aspen OLI is a major release. Considerable effort was devoted to
fixing bugs reported by customers; all known bugs have been
resolved. Special focus was devoted to the following areas:
1 New viscosity model
2 Flexibility in dealing with salt precipitation
3 Consistent installation with the other AES products
4 New on-line documentation
areas. Please see the Aspen Plus on-line help for further details in
using these Aspen OLI features in Aspen Plus.
New Viscosity Model OLI’s viscosity model has been added to the OLI option set. The
OLI option set now includes OLI’s proprietary models for the
thermodynamic properties as well as one transport property
(viscosity). The other transport properties in the OLI option set are
standard models in Aspen Properties.
Flexibility in Dealing The chemistry paragraph for use with the OLI option now permits
with Salt Precipitation flexibility in dealing with precipitation of salts; the salts may be
treated as dissociated (that is, no precipitation occurs) or as
standard precipitated salts. These options are available in the OLI
setup program. The options are useful in simulating salt
precipitation in distillation simulations.
Consistent Aspen OLI is now installed as an integral part of the Aspen
Installation with Engineering suite. In previous versions, Aspen OLI was delivered
Other AES Products as a separate add-on layered product by OLI Systems, Inc.
New On-Line On-line documentation on the use of Aspen OLI within Aspen Plus
Documentation has been added to the Aspen Plus on-line help.
3-2 • Aspen OLI What's New in AES 10.2

Compatibility Notes
There are no significant compatibility differences between Aspen
OLI 10.2 and the previous version of the software.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen OLI • 3-3

3-4 • Aspen OLI What's New in AES 10.2
4 Aspen Pl us
Aspen Plus is AspenTech's state-of-the-art steady-state simulation

system that can be used for modeling a variety of industrial
processes including chemical, petrochemical and refining. Aspen
Plus contains a comprehensive library of unit operation models and
also allows you to easily plug in proprietary custom models. In
addition, Aspen Plus provides full Windows® interoperability to
facilitate the process and design engineer’s work processes.
Aspen Plus also supports the following layered products:
BatchFrac™ is AspenTech’s batch distillation model that
simulates the operation of a multi-stage batch column. It models
the batch distillation process as a series of operation steps.
BatchFrac handles all types of column systems, ranging from ideal,
highly-nonideal, three-phase and reactive systems.
RateFrac™ is AspenTech’s non-equilibrium distillation model
that simulates the behavior of a distillation column using the rate-
based approach. RateFrac is applicable to reactive distillation,
absorption, and stripping columns, with a variety of trays and
packings.
Aspen Plus 10.2 is an important new release that provides
significant new engineering workflow support and increased
usability. In addition, Aspen Plus 10.2 takes a major step forward
in support of open system standards with the introduction of the
CAPE-OPEN consortium’s Unit and Thermo interfaces.
This chapter provides an overview of the new capabilities in Aspen
Plus 10.2. It also summarizes compatibility considerations in
migrating from previous Aspen Plus versions.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Plus • 4-1

New Capabilities
Aspen Plus 10.2 contains new features in the following areas:
• Improved engineering workflow support
• Open Systems support
• Integration with other products in the Aspen Engineering Suite
(AES)
• Engineering capabilities
• GUI usability
areas. Please see the Aspen Plus on-line help for further details of
these new features.
Engineering Aspen Plus 10.2 offers several exciting features to provide
Workflow improved engineering workflow support.
Hierarchy Aspen Plus 10.2 fully supports hierarchical flowsheets to enhance
ease-of-use with large flowsheets and support the engineering
workflow in a multi-user engineering environment. Hierarchy
provides containers for simulation objects and can consist of
flowsheet objects (such as streams, unit operation blocks, other
hierarchies, etc.) as well as non-flowsheet objects (such as Design-
Spec, Calculator blocks, convergence blocks, etc.). A simulation
may contain up to ten hierarchy levels, each appearing as a single
block in its parent and each capable of being used as a standalone
simulation by other users. Hierarchies can be nested; multiple
Process Flowsheet windows can be opened to view different parts
of the flowsheet concurrently.
Flowsheet Templating Aspen Plus 10.2 supports the capability to pre-configure process
flowsheet sections, and distribute for re-use as a “template”. This
feature enables the use and distribution of pre-engineered and
standardized plant sections as templates throughout a company,
thereby reducing duplication and enhancing engineering
productivity. The flowsheet templating capability in Aspen Plus
10.2 builds on the model templating capability delivered with
Aspen Plus 10.1. Any flowsheet can now be saved in an Aspen
Plus model library as a single unit operation model; this model can
then be used in any Aspen Plus 10.2 simulation. This flowsheet
templating capability, combined with hierarchy, greatly facilitates
the creation and analysis of simulations modeling large, complex
processes.
Flowsheet De-activation In Aspen Plus 10.2, you can activate and deactivate simulation
objects. This feature allows you to focus on problem areas of a
simulation by modifying or converging parts of a flowsheet at a
time. You can also use this capability to easily simulate alternative
4-2 • Aspen Plus What's New in AES 10.2

process configurations. Simulation objects that can be deactivated
include unit operation blocks, streams, convergence blocks, etc.
Aspen Plus intelligently deactivates other objects which reference
deactivated blocks or streams. Deactivated objects do not take part
in a simulation; they can still be examined and modified.
Stream Selector A new unit operation model has been added to allow switching
between different inlet streams. The selected inlet stream is copied
to the outlet stream. The stream selector block can be used with
material, heat or work streams. You can use the selector block
when examining different feed options for a process or analyzing
different process configurations.
Open Systems Aspen Plus 10.2 takes a major step forward to supporting open
systems.
Calculator Aspen Plus 10.2 features an expanded flowsheet Calculator block
that supplements and replaces the existing Fortran block. This
capability allows you to use either an embedded Excel 97
spreadsheet in an Aspen Plus flowsheet or in-line Fortran to
perform user-defined calculations and then write the results to any
flowsheet variable. With the new Excel option, the Calculator
block eliminates the need for Aspen Plus users to have knowledge
of Fortran or to have Fortran installed on their computer. The
Calculator supports the full functionality of Microsoft Excel 97,
including support for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
CAPE-OPEN Unit Aspen Plus 10.2 uses the CAPE-OPEN unit operation interface
Operation Interfaces standards to provide support for custom unit operation models
developed using Microsoft Component Object Model (COM)
development tools such as Visual Basic, Visual C++ and Visual
J++. This capability allows you to create unit operation models that
are open and portable components and plug them into Aspen Plus.
Access to Aspen Plus stream data and thermodynamic properties
for the COM models is provided through support for the CAPE-
OPEN Thermo interfaces.
CAPE-OPEN Aspen Plus 10.2 supports the standards for CAPE-OPEN
Thermodynamic Thermodynamic Interfaces. CAPE-OPEN compliant physical
Interfaces property system and property packages can be used in Aspen Plus
to perform property calculations. A CAPE-OPEN compliant Unit
Operation Model will request all property and phase equilibrium
calculations using the CAPE-OPEN Thermodynamic Interfaces.
You can also use Aspen Plus 10.2 to prepare a CAPE-OPEN
property package for use in other applications, such as a
spreadsheet, an in-house program, or another process simulator
which is CAPE-OPEN compliant.

COM Interfaces for Oil Aspen Plus 10.2 has implemented a COM Interface and methods
Characterization and for updating pseudocomponent characterization parameters and
Blending petroleum properties during the simulation. This feature is
important in modeling petroleum refining reactor units. Typically
pseudocomponents in a reactor effluent undergo changes which
need to be reflected in their characterization parameters and
petroleum properties. You can use this capability within a CAPE-
OPEN model to manipulate the characterization parameters of
pseudocomponents and the petroleum properties of the outlet
streams of a CAPE-OPEN block.
OLE Automation Interfaces and methods have been added or enhanced in the
Interfaces and Methods following areas to improve the usability of running Aspen Plus
from external applications using the OLE automation server:
• The Automation server now supports an outgoing dispatch
interface that provides events to support control panel
messages, warning messages, and data changes.
• Most warning messages and option dialogs can be suppressed
when running Aspen Plus 10.2 as an automation server.
• All file formats available from the File/Export dialog are now
available for export through automation
• Selective User Interface Menu items and their hot keys can be
disabled with an automation method.
• An ActiveX interface has been added to Aspen Plus 10.2 to
allow selection and manipulation of user model libraries for a
simulation problem.
• Full access to the flowsheet, including flowsheet connectivity,
is now possible through OLE Automation. Using this
capability, you can construct a simulation from scratch using
Visual Basic, Excel VBA, or a C/C++ program.
Integration with AES Aspen Plus 10.2 provides enhanced integration with other AES
Products products.
Integration with Aspen A steady-state simulation can be exported from Aspen Custom
Custom Modeler Modeler (ACM) 10.2 and used as a custom unit operation in Aspen
Plus 10.2. This feature allows you to easily develop custom models
using the ACM modeling language and deploy them in Aspen Plus
simulations. ACM compiles the model to a dynamic link library
(DLL) and generates an Aspen Plus User Model Library (.apm)
file to allow the simulation to be available as a unit operation in the
Aspen Plus Model Library. Selected input and result variables can
be defined in ACM for presentation on Aspen Plus forms.
Integration with Aspen Aspen Plus 10.2 calculates mixture properties when there are
Pinch multiple feeds to a block. The Aspen Pinch interface will then
use these mixture properties rather than performing the stream

mixing itself. This feature is useful when you have distillation
models with interheaters or intercoolers or feeds to condensers or
reboilers where the heating or cooling curve is non-linear. You can
activate this feature on the Startup tab of the Tools/Options menu
in the Aspen Plus User Interface.
Integration with Aspen Aspen Split™ is AspenTech’s state-of-the-art software for the
Split synthesis and conceptual design of distillation processes. A new
analysis component in Aspen Split 10.2 enables the user to:
• Locate all the azeotropes (homogeneous and heterogeneous)
present in any multicomponent mixture
• Automatically compute distillation boundaries and residue
curve maps for ternary mixtures
• Compute multiple liquid phase envelopes (liquid-liquid and
vapor-liquid-liquid) for ternary mixtures
This new Aspen Split component has been fully integrated with
Aspen Plus 10.2 so that these powerful analyses can be performed
directly in the flowsheeting environment. The results can then be
used to:
• Assess separation feasibility in azeotropic mixtures
• Synthesize feasible separation sequences for achieving a
desired separation
• Develop strategies for retrofit of existing separation sequences
• Identify potential operating problems for distillation columns
and strategies for correcting them
The Aspen Split analyses can be launched directly from the Aspen
Plus Tools menu.
Integration with Aspen Aspen OLI enables process engineers to quickly and reliably
OLI model aqueous electrolyte systems by providing an interface
between Aspen Plus and the thermodynamic framework and
database for aqueous electrolytes developed by OLI Systems, Inc.
Aspen OLI has been fully integrated into the Aspen Engineering
Suite.
OLI’s viscosity model has been added to the OLI option set in
Aspen Plus 10.2. The OLI option set now includes OLI’s
proprietary models for the thermodynamic properties as well as
one transport property (viscosity). In addition, the chemistry
paragraph for use with the OLI option set permits flexibility in
dealing with precipitation of salts; the salts may be treated as
dissociated or as standard precipitated salts.

Engineering Aspen Plus 10.2 contains new features in the HeatX model and a
Capabilities new vapor phase association model.
LMTD Correction Factor The Shortcut option in the HeatX model will now calculate an
for HeatX LMTD correction factor for multiple-tube-pass heat exchangers
and a number of identical single shell-passes in series. You will
need to supply the number of shells in series. The heat transfer
coefficient will be taken as identical for each shell.
Physical Properties A new Vapor Phase Association (VPA) model of IK-CAPE (a
consortium of German companies which cooperate to define key
standard property models and data exchange format for use in
Computer-Aided Process Engineering) has been added to Aspen
Plus. This VPA model is more general than the existing vapor
phase association models, such as the Nothnagel, Hayden-
O’Connell, and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) hexamerization models.
The new VPA model can account for the formation of dimers,
trimers, and hexamers.
GUI Usability Aspen Plus 10.2 contains several new features to improve the
usability of the Aspen Plus User Interface. Some of them are:
• You can now disable a warning message when saving
simulations in bkp format. The warning message indicates that
bkp format does not support restart.
• When connecting to the Simulation Engine, the Connect OK
message box that appeared before the simulation was opened
has been removed.
• A “Purge Messages” button has been added to the Control
Panel. This feature can be used to reduce the size of the Aspen
Plus Document (.apw) file, for very large simulations, by
purging the Control Panel messages without re-initializing the
simulation.
• Time stamps that are inserted in the Process Flowsheet and
Plots can now be optionally inserted as symbols, rather than as
text strings. This will allow the time stamps to be updated
automatically, based on the current date, time, run ID, version,
and user.
• The user can now control the line thickness in the Process
Flowsheet drawing.
• Improvements have been made to reduce the automatic stream
routing that is done when a connected block is moved in the
Process Flowsheet. If possible, only the last leg of the stream
will be adjusted.

Compatibility Notes
This section describes the differences that you might encounter
between Aspen Plus 10.2 and Aspen Plus 10.1. In almost all cases,
previous Aspen Plus input files and backup files are completely
compatible with Aspen Plus 10.2. AspenTech makes every effort
to avoid making changes that result in incompatibilities with
previous versions. The changes discussed in this section were
necessary to correct problems, to implement new features, or to
improve ease-of-use.
The most important areas where you might encounter differences
between Aspen Plus 10.2 and Aspen Plus 10.1 are:
Saving Simulations When you save a simulation as an Aspen Plus Document (.apw)
file, the default behavior on installation has been changed to also
save the simulation as an Aspen Plus Backup (.bkp) file. This was
done since the .bkp files are saved in ASCII format that is
compatible across versions of Aspen Plus. You can change the
default behavior by selecting the Tool/Options menu item and un-
checking Always Create A Backup Copy on the General tab.
Important: When you save a simulation as an .apw file, the .bkp

file is saved in the same directory. If you want to save a previous
version of the .bkp file for a simulation, rename it or move it to
another directory.
Subflowsheet Block The Subflowsheet block from Aspen Plus 10.1 is no longer
supported in Aspen Plus. This capability has been replaced and
enhanced by the Hierarchy block. If you have used the
Subflowsheet block for simulations, you will need to delete the
Subflowsheet block and save the bkp file in Aspen Plus 10.1. You
can then open the bkp file in Aspen Plus 10.2 and use the
Hierarchy block to build flowsheets with a hierarchical structure.
Valve Model The built-in Valve Library has been corrected to display the valve
factors correctly. The pressure drop ratio factor (Xt) and pressure
recovery factor (Fl) data were juxtaposed in the previous versions
of Aspen Plus. If you used a valve from the built-in Valve Library
in your simulation, you should open the simulation and re-select
the valve from the built-in Library. This will likely cause some
changes in the results of your simulation.
Flowsheet Hierarchy Aspen Dynamics™, Aspen Zyqad™, and Aspen Plus’ Summary
File Toolkit do not currently support flowsheet hierarchies.
Simulations run in Aspen Plus 10.2 will still work properly in
Aspen Dynamics, Aspen Zyqad, and the Summary File Toolkit as
long as the Aspen Plus flowsheet does not contain any Hierarchy

blocks. The Aspen Engineering Suite will fully support flowsheet
hierarchies in the future.
Physical Properties The following are some of the changes and bug-fixes in the
Physical Property system that may lead to differences in results
with previous Aspen Plus versions:
• Binary parameters for the Wilson, NRTL, and UNIQUAC
models have been revised for 24 systems. Parameters for 14
systems have also been added. The revision was part of the
systematic review of built-in binary parameters to remove
unreasonable parameters, which produce incorrect phase
diagrams, such as false azeotropes. See lists of systems with
new and revised binary parameters at the end of this chapter.
• Corrected usage of the Pitzer ternary parameters (GMPTPS)
• Corrected the temperature used to compute the RT term in the
solubility parameter (DELTA) estimation method. The
temperature should be 25 C if the critical temperature is above
25 C, and should be the normal boiling point, if the critical
temperature is below 25 C. Estimated DELTA can be different.
This change can affect the results of the Scatchard-Hildebrand
activity coefficient model, and the results of property methods
that use the Scatchard-Hildebrand model, e.g. Chao-Seader and
Grayson-Streed property methods.
• Fixed UNIFAC group definition for trans-2-butene in
ASPENPCD, PURE10, PURE93 and PURE856 databanks.
• Corrected UNIFAC R and Q parameters for groups 2000 and
2450
• Corrected UNIFAC group interaction parameters for 10 pairs.
Corrections were made for consistency with published data.
• Fixed incorrect name for component therminol 60 in the User
Interface. Changed name from THERMINOL-66 to
THERMINOL-60.
• Fixed incorrect calculation of compressibility factor (Z and
ZMX) in the HF model
The true molecular weight parameter (TRUEMW) can no longer
be entered as PROP-DATA. This parameter was not intended for
use by the users of Aspen Plus but rather to be used as private data
by Polymers Plus models. You will need to remove this parameter
from any input files that contain it.

OLE Automation Some of the potential compatibility issues when using the OLE
Automation interface in Aspen Plus 10.2 are:
Methods
• The name of the node for Fortran blocks has changed to
“Calculator” to be consistent with new Calculator functionality.
Any references to “Fortran” nodes for OLE Automation or
VBA should be changed to “Calculator”.
• The method IHapp::Restore() has been deprecated and replaced
with Happ::Restore2().
• The updated version of the ActiveX Automation type library,
supplied with Aspen Plus 10.2, is 1.3, “ASPEN PLUS GUI
10.2 Type Library”. Version 1.3 is backward compatible with
version 1.1; any client program compiled against version 1.1
will run with version 1.3. Recompiling client programs written
for version 1.1 using version 1.3 may require some
modifications. Existing programs that are to be recompiled
should also be checked for any deprecated interfaces.
Fortran Error Fortran error handling has been implemented in the Windows
Handling version of Aspen Plus for the first time in Aspen Plus 10.2. This
behavior is consistent with previous versions of Aspen Plus on
non-Windows platforms, but may result in differences in the
behavior of certain simulations compared to that in previous
versions of Aspen Plus on Windows:
• Fortran error messages (for instance, division by zero) which
were not tracked and logged in the history file in earlier
versions may appear in the control panel and history file.
• Aspen Plus will now terminate execution when a number of
Fortran errors (by default, 100) occur while performing
calculations for a single block. This default value can be
changed using the Maximum number of Fortran errors field on
the Setup/Simulation Options/Limits sheet.

New Binary
Parameter Systems
Alias 1 Alias 2 Name 1 Name 2 Comment
C2H4O2-1 C6H14-1 ACETIC-ACID N-HEXANE new
C4H6O2-D5 C8H14O2 METHACRYLIC-ACID N-BUTYL-METHACRYLATE new
C2H4CL2-2 C4H6O2-D5 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE METHACRYLIC-ACID new
CH2O2 C8H10-3 FORMIC-ACID P-XYLENE new, based on
LLE data
C4H6O2-B1 H2O 2,3-BUTANEDIONE WATER new, based on
LLE data
C4H10O2-D4 H2O 2-ETHOXYETHANOL WATER new, based on
LLE data
C4H10O2-D4 C4H6O-D1 2-ETHOXYETHANOL TRANS-CROTONALDEHYDE new
C6H7N-D1 C6H12O3-D2 2-METHYLPYRIDINE PARALDEHYDE new
C7H8 C4H6O-D1 TOLUENE TRANS-CROTONALDEHYDE new
C10H22-1 C6H14O3-D1 N-DECANE DIETHYLENE-GLYCOL-DIMETHYL-ETHER new
C6H14O-D1 C4H10O2 DI-N-PROPYL-ETHER 1,2-DIMETHOXYETHANE new
C8H18O C5H8-6 DI-TERT-BUTYL-ETHER 2-METHYL-1,3-BUTADIENE new
CH3NO2 C2CL3F3 NITROMETHANE 1,2,2-TRICHLORO-1,1,2-TRIFLUOROE new
C8H12O4-E2 C5H10O2-3 DIETHYL-MALEATE N-PROPYL-ACETATE new

Revised Binary
Parameter Systems
Alias 1 Alias 2 Name 1 Name 2 Comment
C2H4O2-1 C10H22-1 ACETIC-ACID N-DECANE
C5H10O2-D1 CH2O2 N-BUTYL-FORMATE FORMIC-ACID
C4H8O2-1 C8H10-2 N-BUTYRIC-ACID M-XYLENE
C5H10O-B2 H2O 2-METHYL-3-BUTEN-2-OL WATER Revised based on
LLE data
C5H11N H2O PIPERIDINE WATER
C6H15N-2 H2O TRIETHYLAMINE WATER
C8H16-16 C5H10O-1 1-OCTENE VALERALDEHYDE
C4H8O2-2 C4H10O-3 1,4-DIOXANE ISOBUTANOL
C6H12O-1 C6H10O CYCLOHEXANOL CYCLOHEXANONE
C6H10O C6H11NO-D1 CYCLOHEXANONE CYCLOHEXANONE-OXIME
C7H14-7 C4H8O-3 1-HEPTENE METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE
C3H6O-2 C4H10O-2 ALLYL-ALCOHOL 2-BUTANOL
C12H24-2 C9H20O-D2 1-DODECENE 1-NONANOL
C8H10-4 C4H10O-3 ETHYLBENZENE ISOBUTANOL
C2H6O2 C7H13NO-B3 ETHYLENE-GLYCOL N-METHYL-6-CAPROLACTAM
C9H12-2 C5H12O-2 ISOPROPYLBENZENE 2-METHYL-1-BUTANOL
C8H16O4-B1 C6H14O4 TRIETHYLEN-GLYCOL--MONOVINYL-ETHER TRIETHYLENE-GLYCOL
C7H13NO-B3 C10H12 N-METHYL-6-CAPROLACTAM 1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENE
C6H12-3 C6H10-E2 1-HEXENE 1-HEXYNE
C3H5BR-B1 C6H12-3 3-BROMO-1-PROPENE 1-HEXENE
C4H7N C7H14-6 BUTYRONITRILE METHYLCYCLOHEXANE
C7H16-1 C8H18-13 N-HEPTANE 2,2,4-TRIMETHYLPENTANE
C8H18O-1 C10H22O 1-OCTANOL 1-DECANOL
C8H8 C9H12-1 STYRENE N-PROPYLBENZENE

5 Aspen Dy namics
Aspen Dynamics is AspenTech's easy-to-use dynamic modeling

tool for plant operations and process design. It enables users to
study and understand the dynamics of real plant operations,
thereby achieving increased operability, safety and productivity.
Aspen Dynamics is closely integrated with other AspenTech
products. With Aspen Dynamics you can transform an Aspen Plus
steady-state simulation into a rigorous dynamic simulation within a
few minutes. You can also use Aspen Custom Modeler to
customize the Aspen Dynamics models.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in Aspen Dynamics
10.2. It also summarizes compatibility considerations in migrating
from previous Aspen Dynamics versions.
New Capabilities
Aspen Dynamics 10.2 contains new features in the following areas:
• Integration with Polymers Plus
• Estimation of kinetic parameters using calorimeter results
• Support for pump performance curves
• Petroleum property calculations
• Increased model robustness
• Other model enhancements
• On-line links using OLE for process control (OPC)
• Streamlined Snapshots and Use
• Automatic DMCplus® model generation
areas. Please see the Aspen Dynamics on-line help for further
details of these new features.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Dynamics • 5-1

Integration with You can now use Aspen Dynamics to create rigorous dynamic
Polymers Plus simulations from steady state simulations that you have created
using Aspen Plus and Polymers Plus. This represents a major step
forward in ease of use for dynamic simulation of polymer
processes.
Estimation of Kinetic A new model is included for use in estimating kinetic parameters
Parameters using results from reaction calorimeter experiments.
Support for Pump In the Pump model, support for the existing Aspen Plus pump
Performance Curves performance curve capability has been added. In addition a default
curve is used when none is specified in Aspen Plus. This
development increases both the realism and robustness of dynamic
simulations.
Petroleum Property Support for the calculation of selected petroleum properties has
Calculations been added to the Stream Sensor.
Increased Model A number of changes have been made to fine tune both the models
Robustness and the flash algorithms that they use. These are designed to
improve robustness, particularly in simulations that move through
a wide range of operations, such as simulation of start-up and shut-
down.
Other Model A number of models have been enhanced:
Enhancements • The option to select Constant Temperature or LMTD heat
transfer options when using instantaneous dynamics has been
added to the Flash2, Flash3 and Heater models.
• A global switch for liquid head calculations has been added.
This enables you to switch on calculations for the effect of
liquid head in a vessel on liquid outlet pressure for all blocks in
the flowsheet.
• The liquid level controllers that are added automatically when
you create the dynamic simulations now manipulate mass flow
instead of molar flow.
On-line Links Using OPC is a Windows based standard for communicating with process
OLE for Process control systems. Many control vendors and third parties supply
Control (OPC) OPC servers. Aspen Dynamics 10.2 is an OPC client. This enables
Aspen Dynamics to exchange data with any control system or
other application that has an OPC server, without the need for any
custom interface programming. This capability can be used to help
build applications for:
• Training
• Inferential measurement and state estimation
• Dynamic look-ahead models which are automatically
initialized from current plant conditions
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A number of changes have been made to simplify the use of
Streamlined
Snapshots, and the Use environment. These include:
Snapshots and Use
• Integration of the Use and Snapshots dialogs
• A single list of all available Snapshots and Results
• Ability to specify which snapshots are saved
Automatic DMCplus The existing integration between Aspen Dynamics and DMCplus®
Model Generation has been further extended to allow automatic creation of a
DMCplus linear model (.mdl file) from an Aspen Dynamics non-
linear dynamic model. This removes the need to perform step
testing on the model. The DMCplus linear model can then be used
to develop a DMCplus controller. This approach does not remove
the need for plant step testing, but can be used for applications
such as:
• Benefits studies to predict the benefits from using a DMCplus
controller
• Testing alternative combinations of dependent and independent
variables for the DMCplus controller
• Training staff in the development and use of DMCplus
controllers
Compatibility Notes
.dynf Files Aspen Dynamics Language (.dynf) files generated using Aspen
Dynamics 10.0 and 10.1 are compatible with Aspen Dynamics
10.2, and do not need to be re-exported from Aspen Plus. You may
see some warning messages when loading an Aspen Dynamics
10.0 or 10.1 .dynf file into Aspen Dynamics 10.2. This is a result
of improvements to some of the Aspen Dynamics models, and
should not be cause for concern.
.dynd Files Aspen Dynamics Document (.dynd) files exported from previous
releases of Aspen Dynamics cannot be loaded in Aspen Dynamics
10.2. Please load these files into the previous release and export
them as .dynf files, which can then be loaded into Aspen Dynamics
10.2.
Coexistence with This version can be installed and used at the same time as Aspen
Aspen Dynamics 10.1 Dynamics Version 10.1.
Compatibility with Aspen Dynamics 10.2 is compatible with Aspen Plus 10.2. Aspen
Aspen Plus Dynamics 10.2 is not compatible with earlier versions of Aspen
Plus.
An .appdf file is created when you export a dynamic simulation
from Aspen Plus. This contains all of the physical property
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Dynamics • 5-3

information required for the dynamic simulation. The .appdf files
are not compatible between different versions of Aspen Plus.
If you try to load a physical properties file (.appdf) which was
generated using an earlier version of Aspen Plus you will get the
following error:
SAIPIN-F-Error in APPDF file handling.
Please refer to the Properties Plus error
messages first or it may be due to an
incompatible APPDF file version.
After you receive this error you will need to exit Aspen Dynamics
before you can load any further simulations.
To continue you must regenerate the .appdf file using Aspen Plus
10.2. To do this:
1 Make a copy of your .dynf file.
2 Load the simulation backup file into Aspen Plus 10.2.
3 Run the simulation.
4 Export the dynamic simulation.
5 Delete the .dynf file created and replace it with your saved
copy.
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6 Aspen Cu stom Modeler
Aspen Custom Modeler (ACM) is an easy-to-use tool for creating,

editing and re-using models of process units. You build simulation
applications by combining these models on a graphical flowsheet.
Models can use inheritance and hierarchy and can be re-used
directly or built into libraries for distribution and use. Dynamic,
steady-state, parameter estimation and optimization simulations are
solved in an equation-based manner which provides flexibility and
power.
ACM uses an object-oriented modeling language, editors for icons
and tasks, and Microsoft Visual Basic for scripts. ACM is
customizable and has extensive automation features, making it
simple to combine with other products such as Microsoft Excel and
Visual Basic. This allows you to build complete applications for
non-experts to use.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in ACM 10.2. It also
summarizes compatibility considerations in migrating from earlier
versions.
New Capabilities
ACM 10.2 contains new features in the following areas:
• Easier formulation of PDE models
• Extensions to dynamic optimization
• Parameter estimation GUI and other extensions
• Automatic DMCplus model generation
• Open non-linear algebraic equation solver interface
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Custom Modeler • 6-1

areas. Please see the Aspen Custom Modeler on-line help for
further details of these new features.
Easier Formulation of This new capability supports easy formulation of models solving
PDE Models partial differential equations (PDEs) in 1, 2, or 3 dimensions, using
either rectangular or polar coordinates.
The available discretization methods are:
• 4th order Central finite differences (CFD4)
• 1st order Backward finite differences (BFD1)
• 4th order Upwind-biased finite differences (UBFD4)
• 2nd order Orthogonal collocation on finite elements (OCFE2)
• 4th order Orthogonal collocation on finite elements (OCFE4)
You can use different discretization methods in different
dimensions, e.g. a collocation method for the radial direction in a
reactor, and a finite difference method for the axial direction. Node
spacing can be either constant or variable. It is very easy to switch
between different discretization methods to see which is best suited
to your application.
Extensions to The new features added to the existing dynamic optimization
Dynamic capabilities are:
Optimization • Minimization of final time
• Option of variable control element sizes
• Option of piecewise linear control elements - control variable
values are linearly interpolated between control elements
• Option to restrict maximum move of control variable between
elements
• Final time equality constraints
• Easier formulation of inequality constraints using >=, <=
operators
Parameter Estimation ACM 10.2 features a full GUI for steady state and dynamic
GUI and Other estimation, and data reconciliation. This GUI supports:
Extensions • Easy entry of experimental data
• Selection of run options
• Display of results, including comparison of measurements and
fitted values
A Maximum Likelihood estimation option has been added to the
existing least squares option.
Additional statistics are provided, including confidence intervals
for estimated parameters, and F-values for use in comparing
different models.
6-2 • Aspen Custom Modeler What's New in AES 10.2

Control (OPC) OPC servers. ACM 10.2 is an OPC client. This enables ACM to
exchange data with any control system or other application that has
an OPC server, without the need for any custom interface
programming. This capability can be used to help build
applications for:
• Training
Streamlined A number of changes have been made to simplify the use of
Snapshots and Use Snapshots, and the Use environment. These include:
Automatic DMCplus The existing integration between ACM and DMCplus has been
Model Generation further extended to allow automatic creation of a DMCplus linear
model (.mdl file) from an ACM non-linear dynamic model. This
removes the need to perform step testing on the model. The
DMCplus linear model can then be used to develop a DMCplus
controller. This approach does not remove the need for plant step
testing, but can be used for applications such as:
controller
controllers
Open Non-linear This interface enables users to add their own preferred non-linear
Algebraic Equation algebraic equation solver to those already built into ACM.
Solver Interface
Compatibility Notes
.acmf Files Aspen Custom Modeler Language (.acmf) files generated using
Aspen Custom Modeler 10.0 and 10.1 are compatible with ACM
10.2.
.dynd Files Aspen Custom Modeler Document (.dynd) files exported from
previous releases of ACM cannot be loaded in ACM 10.2. Please
load these files into the previous release and export them as .acmf
files, which can then be loaded into ACM 10.2.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Custom Modeler • 6-3

If you used the dynamic optimization capability in ACM 10.1, you
Dynamic
may need to make some small changes to your input file to use it in
Optimization
ACM 10.2. Please see the help topic. Upgrading from ACM 10.0
or ACM 10.1 for more details.
Coexistence with This version can be installed and used at the same time as ACM
ACM 10.1 10.1.
Compatibility with If you are using Properties Plus with ACM 10.2, you must use
Aspen Plus Aspen Plus 10.2. ACM 10.2 is not compatible with earlier versions
of Aspen Plus.
Physical properties files (.appdf) created with earlier versions of
Aspen Plus cannot be used with ACM 10.2. If you try to load an
.appdf which was generated using an earlier version of Aspen Plus
you will get the following error:
SAIPIN-F-Error in APPDF file handling.
Please refer to the Properties Plus error
messages first or it may be due to an
incompatible APPDF file version.
After you receive this error you will need to exit Aspen Custom
Modeler before you can load any further simulations. You must
regenerate the .appdf file using Aspen Plus 10.2.
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7 Aspen B-J AC
Aspen B-JAC is a suite of integrated programs for the thermal and

mechanical design of process heat exchangers. The Aspen B-JAC
programs are used to evaluate design alternatives, minimize capital
costs, and expedite heat exchanger fabrication. Together with
Aspen Plus process simulator and Aspen Pinch network analysis,
the Aspen B-JAC programs help companies reduce operating
costs, minimize process downtime, and utilize process resources
more effectively. Aspen B-JAC uses its own physical property
databanks for chemical compounds and materials of construction
as well as the Aspen Properties databanks.
B-JAC consists of 3 programs:
Aspen Hetran Aspen Hetran is a software tool for the thermal design, rating, and
simulation of shell and tube heat exchangers. It covers all major
industrial shell and tube heat exchanger types and applications
including single phase, condensation, and vaporization. Aspen
Hetran can be used as a stand-alone program for the analysis of
individual exchangers. In addition, it is integrated with the Aspen
Plus simulator and the Aspen Pinch network analysis tools to
enable the detailed analysis of exchangers in a process flowsheet.
Aspen Aerotran Aspen Aerotran is a software tool for the thermal design, rating,
and simulation of air-cooled heat exchangers, economizers and the
convection section of fired heaters. It covers heat exchangers
consisting of a rectangular tube bank with gas flowing across the
outside of the tubes. It can design air-coolers and economizers for
single phase, condensation, and vaporization. Aspen Aerotran can
be used as a stand-alone program for the analysis of individual
exchangers. In addition, it is integrated with the Aspen Plus
simulator to enable the detailed analysis of exchangers in a process
flowsheet.
Aspen Teams Aspen Teams is a software tool for the complete mechanical
design and rating of shell and tube heat exchangers and basic
pressure vessels. It covers a wide range of construction alternatives
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen B-JAC • 7-1

including most types of heads, flanges, nozzles, and expansion
joints. Aspen Teams conforms to the TEMA standards and
international mechanical engineering codes including ASME,
CODAP, and AD Merkblatter. In design mode, Aspen Teams
determines the optimum dimensions for all components based on
the specified design conditions. In rating mode, Aspen Teams
checks the specified dimensions of each component for compliance
with the applicable codes and standards.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in the Aspen B-JAC
programs. It also summarizes compatibility considerations in
migrating from previous B-JAC versions.
New Capabilities
Aspen B-JAC 10.2 contains new features in the following areas:
• User interface
• Aspen Hetran
• Aspen Teams
• Aspen Aerotran
areas. Please see B-JAC on-line help for further details of these
new features.
User Interface User interface enhancements include the following:
Customization of Reports New customization features for the program printout have been
added. You can now define the heading format to appear on each
page of output. Items such as date, time, filename, page numbers,
or customized heading lines containing the company name and
address can now be specified.
Input Summaries Input summaries can now be printed or viewed regardless of
whether the calculation program has been executed successfully.
Previous versions would not allow printing or viewing the
summary until the program had been executed successfully.
User Defined Chemical Added the capability to permit you to construct lists of frequently
Compound and Materials used construction materials or chemical compounds. These lists
of Construction Lists would contain only those materials or compounds typically used in
your work. These lists can be accessed from the databank search
utilities and will make specification of construction materials and
chemical compounds quicker and easier. A utility has been
provided under “Tools – Data Maintenance – Frequently used
materials” and “Tools – Data Maintenance – Frequently used
chemical compounds”.
7-2 • Aspen B-JAC What's New in AES 10.2

“Insert” key Usage Added the capability to toggle between insert mode and overwrite
mode using the “insert” key for all B-JAC input fields.
Redesigned the cost database maintenance utility to make it more
user-friendly and to comply with the standard guidelines
established for the other user interfaces.
Aspen Hetran Aspen Hetran enhancements include the following:
Interface to Aspen Pinch Aspen Hetran now has an interface to Aspen Pinch. Aspen
Hetran’s rigorous heat exchanger analysis techniques can be used
to design or simulate the exchanger. This capability extends
beyond the interface currently available for Aspen Plus in that you
can also design the heat exchanger from within Aspen Pinch. An
abbreviated set of design constraints can be specified from within
Aspen Pinch and fed to the Hetran program running in design
mode. The Hetran program will establish a Hetran input file,
design the exchanger, and set the resulting design geometry in the
Hetran input file. Subsequent calls to Hetran will use this geometry
for a simulation analysis of the exchanger.
“Select from Standard Added a new program mode to Aspen Hetran. The “Select from
Table” Design Mode standard table” mode allows you to specify a predefined table of
exchanger configurations from which Aspen Hetran can select the
optimum design. This feature is very useful for designers who
must select designs from a series of standard configurations.
A utility has been provided under “Tools – Data Maintenance –
Heat Exchanger Standards” to allow you to define any number of
standard heat exchanger configurations which could be evaluated.
You can specify the standard rating parameters such as shell ID,
OD, tube passes, tube number, baffle spacing, tube length, etc. as
well as different head types, shell types, baffle types, tube patterns,
tube pitches, and tube ODs.
You may create one or more standard files, which can be specified
in the Aspen Hetran input. Aspen Hetran evaluates each exchanger
in the specified standard file. If an exchanger meets the specified
physical design constraints, Aspen Hetran will determine its
thermal and hydraulic performance for the given application.
Aspen Hetran will then select the optimum price exchanger that
meets all process design constraints.
Thermosiphon Piping Added detailed thermosiphon piping specification to the Hetran
Specification Options program. The actual pipe inside diameter, horizontal length,
vertical length, number/type of elbows, and valve types can now be
specified for the inlet and outlet piping. For shell side
thermosiphons using the TEMA J, H, or X type shells with a
manifold, the manifold inside diameter can also be specified. You
still have the option of using the program default piping or specify
equivalent piping lengths for both inlet and outlet piping.

However, if the piping inside diameter and any actual pipe lengths
are specified, they will override any equivalent piping lengths
specified.
The 1999 Addenda of the The 1999 Addenda of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
ASME Boiler and Section II Part D Properties of Materials has been incorporated into
Pressure Vessel Code Aspen Hetran. In this addenda the allowable stress calculation
Section II Part D factor has been changed from 4.0 to 3.5 for many materials. This
Properties of Materials change has resulted in approximately 15% higher allowable
stresses, which in turn allows the designer to use thinner and less
expensive equipment components.
TEMA 1999 Eighth The new TEMA 1999 eighth edition standards have been
Edition Standards incorporated into Aspen Hetran. The most significant change
affecting Aspen Hetran are the revisions to the vibration analysis.
New vibration analysis criteria have been added and a number of
revisions have been made to the previously published methods.
The vibration analysis output has been expanded to include these
new parameters.
Enhanced Tubing Improved the tube costing correlations for enhanced tubing. The
Costing Correlations costing correlation will provide an improved basis for comparing
alternative designs. However detailed costing of enhanced tubing
should always be obtained from the manufacturer.
Non-condensable Added logic to determine which components should be considered
Components in Aspen as non-condensables for the mass transfer analysis when the Aspen
Properties Interface Properties interface is used. Aspen Hetran now extracts those
components defined as Henry components within Aspen Plus and
consider them as non-condensables. Previous Aspen Hetran
version did not attempt to make this distinction and program
results would have been conservative.
Non-condensable Revised logic for determining which components should be
Component considered non-condensables when B-JAC vapor-liquid-
Determination equilibrium calculations are selected. Aspen Hetran now evaluates
the amount of each component that has condensed at the inlet
temperature of the cold side to determine if the component should
be considered as a non-condensable.
Bundle Entrance/Exit The shell/bundle entrance and exit area calculations have been
Area Calculations revised to conform to the TEMA 1999 eighth edition standards.
This change may result in a different shell side velocity, RhoV2,
and pressure drop for these areas. Most likely candidates for
significant changes in results are very large nozzles with respect to
the shell size.
Stream Diffusivity for Added the capability to specify the stream diffusivity for complex
Complex Condensation condensation applications in which the condensing curve is
specified in the input. Previous versions estimated the diffusivity
from other stream properties. The stream diffusivity is an

important parameter used in the mass transfer analysis and some
in-house vapor-liquid equilibrium programs provide it in their
output.
Vaporization Curves Added the capability to adjust vaporization curves for pressure
Adjusted for Pressure when the inlet pressure on the cold side is specified. Since the
pressure is reduced along the length of the exchanger from
entrance to exit, the bubble point in the exchanger will be
somewhat lower than that specified at the inlet pressure. As the
pressure continues to drop, the stream will begin to flash. If this is
considered, the calculated MTD may be somewhat higher,
resulting in lower heat transfer area requirements. This option
should be used with some caution however since two-phase
pressure drop correlations are not 100% accurate.
Control Number of Added the capability to specify the number of design iterations
Design Iterations Aspen Hetran attempts prior to stopping and asking if optimization
should continue. Aspen Hetran now defaults to 30 for the
maximum number of iterations.
Falling Film Allowable Changed the default setting for the allowable pressure drop for
Pressure Drop falling film exchanger. Aspen Hetran now uses the specified
allowable pressure drop to design the unit. The previous Aspen
Hetran version selected an allowable pressure drop based on the
operating pressure on the tube side.
Shell Side Nozzle Added a warning message to indicate that shell side nozzles
Placement located on the sides of the exchanger have been moved to either
the top or bottom of the exchanger. This will occur when
impingement protection is specified for nozzles placed on the side
of exchanger. Currently, Aspen Hetran cannot accommodate
removing tubes for an impingement plate on just one side of the
exchanger. To provide a reasonable answer, Aspen Hetran now
moves these nozzles to either the top or bottom of the exchanger
where tubes can be removed on just one side. Additional program
revisions must be made to accommodate tube removal on just one
side of the exchanger.
New Error Messages Added an error message if falling film vaporization is specified for
the shell side of the exchanger. This is not a valid
application/equipment arrangement for Aspen Hetran at this time.
Added error messages if the specified allowable pressure drop is
greater than the operating pressure for the shell or tube side of the
exchanger. The previous Aspen Hetran version only checked this
inconsistency for complex condensation applications.

Aspen Teams Aspen Teams enhancements include the following:
The 1999 Addenda of the The 1999 Addenda of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
ASME Boiler and Section VIII Division 1 has been incorporated into Aspen Teams.
Pressure Vessel Code Among the significant changes affecting Aspen Teams are:
• Section UG-37. The nominal and specified thicknesses in the
reinforcement calculations for openings in pressure vessels
have been redefined. The nominal corroded thickness less
manufacturing under tolerance is now used except in the area
calculations. Nozzle weld calculations may now result in
different weld sizes.
• Section UG-99. The standard hydrostatic test pressure
multiplier has been changed from 1.5 to 1.3.
• Section UCS-66. The reduction in temperature for the
minimum design metal temperature calculation has been
changed. New charts and equations have been provided.
• Mandatory appendix 2: Equations in the calculation of the
flange design factors have been changed.
• Appendix A. New rules for tube-to-tubesheet shear load testing
have been provided.
In addition, the 1999 Addenda of the ASME Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Code Section II Part D Properties of Materials has been
incorporated into Aspen Teams. In this addenda, the allowable
stress calculation factor has been changed from 4.0 to 3.5 for many
materials. This change has resulted in approximately 15% higher
allowable stresses, which in turn allows the designer to use thinner
and less expensive equipment components.
TEMA 1999 Eighth The new TEMA 1999 eighth edition standards have been
Edition Standards incorporated into Aspen Teams. Among the significant changes
affecting Aspen Teams are:
• The maximum unit size covered by the standards has been
increased from 60 inches to 100 inches.
• The maximum acceptable product covered by the standards
(nominal pressure x diameter in psi and inches) has been
increased from 60,000 to 100,000.
• The recommended maximum shell wall thickness covered by
the standards has been increased from 2 inches to 3 inches.
• The design temperature calculation procedure for parts in
contact with both fluids has been changed.
• A new section for the design of floating head backing rings has
been added. Now Aspen Teams will design floating head
backing rings per the ASME code rules and per TEMA
standards.

• The mandatory TEMA R confined gasket joint construction
can now be satisfied with flat flange faces using spiral wound
gaskets with outer metal rings. Aspen Teams has three new
gasket materials to be used for this purpose. The material
numbers for the new gaskets are 1383, 1384, and 1388 (spiral
wound CS, SS, and Nickel alloy, respectively).
• The formula for the tubesheet flange extension in RCB-7.1341
has been revised.
• A new section for the design of double tubesheets has been
added. Three full design cases are included: integral double
tubesheets, connected double tubesheets, and separate double
tubesheets. Several new geometry configurations are available
for fixed tubesheet and U-tube exchangers. The double
tubesheets have not been included in the drawings. Single
tubesheets will appear in the drawings for this release.
• A new elastic modulus calculation for kettle type shells has
been added.
• The calculation of the flexible element stiffness in expansion
joints has been modified. The spring rate calculation now has a
stiffness multiplier factor, which is a function of the flexible
shell element geometry.
Detailed Calculations in Added the capability to export the Teams detailed calculation
.RTF Format output to a file in Rich Text Format (.RTF). This Rich Text Format
retains the text formatting shown in the Teams output and the file
can be easily edited from most standard word processing programs.
The export function can be accessed from the “Files – Export”
menu.
Hub Flange Design Added a new input parameter for hub flanges. Now the user can
specify either the flange hub height or the flange hub slope. The
User Interface will gray-out the input not used to avoid over-
specifying the flange geometry.
Wind and Seismic Loads The wind and seismic loads calculated by the program can now be
applied to the design of the vertical supports. Previous Aspen
Teams versions would display the result but would not
automatically modify the vessel geometry to withstand the
additional loads.
Nozzle External Loads Expanded the user interface with an input grid for individual
nozzle external loads and moments. For each of the maximum ten
nozzles, the user can enter 3 external loads and 3 external
moments. Previous Aspen Teams version had one input set of three
external loads and three external moments for all nozzles.

Corrosion Allowances Changed default corrosion allowance for code-only vessels to 1/8
inch or 3 mm. Previous Aspen Teams version used the TEMA
defaults even if the vessel was non-TEMA.
Pipe Tables Expanded Improved processing for pipe materials with vessel diameters up to
42" OD. Now Aspen Teams accepts all pipe diameters and pipe
thickness shown on TEMA table D-1, including 42" OD. Aspen
Teams also automatically switches to equivalent plate material (if
available) or carbon-steel plate if a pipe thickness is not available.
Previous Aspen Teams version would switch to plate material for
pipe diameters greater than 24” OD.
Compression Rings Added the calculation of compression rings for cones in kettles,
fixed tubesheet with kettle shells and channel cones. Added
compression ring and stiffening ring pricing to the cost module.
Saddle Placement on Improved the placement logic for saddles in horizontal vessels.
Horizontal Vessels Aspen Teams now attempts to place the saddles as close as
possible to adjacent stiffening elements. This placement will
minimize stresses on the shell caused by the saddles.
Shell Compressive Stress Changed the shell thickness to calculate the maximum shell
compressive stress in the tubesheet design section. Previous Aspen
Teams versions used the calculated shell minimum thickness. Now
Aspen Teams uses the actual shell thickness. This change will
result in higher shell compressive allowable stresses.
Saddle Design Improved the method to calculate the vessel weight allocated to
each saddle. Aspen Teams now uses the method based on the
relative position of each saddle with respect to the center of
gravity.
Aspen Aerotran Aspen Aerotran enhancements include the following:
Non-condensable Added logic to determine which components should be considered
Components in Aspen as non-condensables for the mass transfer analysis when the Aspen
Properties Interface Properties interface is used. Aspen Aerotran now extracts those
components defined as Henry components within Aspen Plus and
consider them as non-condensables. Previous Aspen Aerotran
versions did not attempt to make this distinction and program
results would have been conservative.
Non-condensable Revised logic for determining which components should be
Component considered non-condensables when B-JAC vapor-liquid-
Determination equilibrium calculations are selected. Aspen Aerotran now
evaluates the amount of each component that has condensed at the
inlet temperature of the cold side to determine if the component
should be considered as a non-condensable.
Extended VLE Extended the detailed vapor-liquid-equilibrium calculation results
Calculations down to the inlet temperature of the opposite side. The previous
Aspen Aerotran version limited the calculation to the specified

outlet temperature of the stream. In simulation mode, the program
would sometimes have to extrapolate the heat release curve beyond
the last point calculated.
Compatibility Notes
This section describes the differences that you might encounter
between B-JAC 10.2 and earlier versions. The changes discussed
in this section were necessary to correct problems, to implement
new features or to improve ease of use.
Aspen Hetran Changes for Aspen Hetran include the following:
Baffle Space Selection Corrected the selection of the viable baffle spacings for an
when Intermediate exchanger when intermediate supports were specified at inlet,
Supports are Specified outlet, or center to center. Aspen Hetran did not take the supports
into account when selecting the spacings, which met maximum
unsupported spans. This would only occur in design mode.
U-bend Bundle Entrance Revised the U-bend bundle entrance area calculation for nozzles
Areas entering beyond the U-bend of a U-tube unit. In the previous
Aspen Hetran version, entrance area estimation was too
conservative. Aspen Hetran now calculates the entrance area on the
same premise TEMA uses for entrance areas when nozzles are
normal to the bundle axis.
Extrapolation of Physical Corrected a problem in determining stream physical properties for
Properties property curves that must be extended beyond the temperature
points supplied. This would normally only occur in simulation
mode when Aspen Hetran attempted to extrapolate property data
beyond that specified in the input. The previous Aspen Hetran
version would sometimes maintain constant physical properties
beyond the last specified temperature point.
Falling Film Vaporizers Revised the static head pressure drop calculation for tube side
Static Head Pressure falling film vaporizer exchangers. New pressure drop calculation
Drop will give results that are somewhat less than those in the earlier
Aspen Hetran versions.
Shell Inside Diameters Corrected a problem with determining the correct shell inside
diameter when both the shell outside and inside diameter are
specified. Aspen Hetran would sometimes allow the front head
inside diameter to override the specified shell inside diameter if the
head inside diameter were less than the shell inside diameter. The
incorrect shell inside diameter would appear in the output.
Vapor Belt Diameters Corrected a problem associated with specifying the vapor belt
inside or outside diameters. Aspen Hetran would sometimes use
the calculated diameter rather than the specified vapor belt
diameter.

Setting Plan Drawing for Corrected the setting plan drawing for shell-side pool boiling units
Pool Boilers with different numbers of inlet and outlet nozzles. Aspen Hetran’s
thermal and hydraulic calculation were correct but the setting plan
drawing would show the same number of nozzles entering and
leaving the exchanger or show extra inlet nozzles entering the top
of the exchanger.
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Corrected the calculation of vapor-liquid equilibrium curves using
Calculation with Aspen the Aspen Properties interface when running under units other than
Properties US. Aspen Hetran would determine erroneous dew and bubble
points unless the input was supplied in US units. Also corrected the
vapor-liquid equilibrium calculation details output. Details on
amounts of each component condensed at each temperature point
were not available.
Aspen Teams Aspen Teams changes include the following:
MAWP for U-tubes Corrected the MAWP (maximum allowable working pressure)
calculation for U-tubes when the user specified TEMA-only
tubesheet design. Previous Aspen Teams versions used the ASME
U-tube design method and consequently did not find a proper
MAWP when the user specified the TEMA design method. Now
the program uses the TEMA method to calculate the MAWP for
TEMA-only cases.
MAWP for Flanges Corrected a problem with the calculation of the MAWP for the
front shell flange in certain U-tube units. Aspen Teams decreased
the pressure used in the search for the front shell flange MAWP
without a proper exit of the loop.
Liners Corrected a problem with the generic material specification
(material numbers less than 50) for liner material. Aspen Teams
did not convert the generic material specification to the proper
4-digit designator. The costing module might fail because it could
not find the material for the liner.
Corrected a problem with calculating the liner thickness for a
bolted flat cover with a user-specified liner material.
Wind & Seismic Analysis Corrected the display unit magnitude for wind and seismic
moments in US units. The calculation engine sent lbf-ft and the
user interface converted this number to lbf-in but displayed lbf-ft
units.
Nozzle Welds Changed the nozzle thickness used in the nozzle fillet weld size
calculation. The nozzle thickness is now corroded but with the
material (pipe) tolerance included.
Corrected a problem with the calculation of the weld size between
the reinforcing pad and the vessel wall. The previous Aspen Teams
version included the nozzle cylinder thickness in the minimum
weld size search when in fact the nozzle cylinder is not applicable

for this weld (only the vessel wall thickness and the reinforcing
pad thickness are applicable).
Reinforcement Pad Areas Corrected a problem with the calculated reinforcement pad area. If
you entered a pad OD greater than the maximum allowable by the
code, the program used the entered OD even though it was greater
than the maximum OD allowed by the ASME code. Now Aspen
Teams uses the entered pad OD or the maximum pad OD allowed
by the ASME code.
Large Nozzles Offset Corrected a problem with large nozzles on heads with user-
from C/L of Heads specified non-center nozzle locations (angles other than 360
degrees). The offset calculation formula used a number greater
than 1 for the calculation of the arccosine.
U-tube Tubesheet Flange Corrected the logic for calculating the U-tube tubesheet flanged
Extension extension per TEMA RCB-7.1342. The previous Aspen Teams
version exits when the argument of the square root for Tr is
negative. New logic makes a negative argument in this area
impossible.
Changed the logic in the calculation of the flanged extension for
integral U-tube units. Now Aspen Teams only uses the side that is
gasketed to calculate the flanged extension thickness. Prior logic
reviewed both sides (the gasketed side as well as the welded side)
and selected the larger thickness. It was determined that the welded
side should not contribute to the calculation of the flanged
extension thickness.
Vessel Volumes Corrected a problem in the vessel volume calculation routine. If
hub flanges were welded to the channel or shell cylinders, the
flange lengths were not included in the cylinder volume
calculation.
Corrected a problem with the calculation of torispherical head
volumes. The program used the dish-only head volume formula.
Bellows Expansion Joints Corrected a problem related to the specification of bellows
expansion joints. Aspen Teams calculated an un-reinforced
bellows type even if the user selected a reinforced bellows type.
Flange Design Corrected a problem with the calculation of the allowable flange
stresses when factor B was less than 20×g1. The ASME code
allows the calculation of the longitudinal flange stress using factor
B1 instead of B when B is less than 20×g1. The other stresses,
tangential and radial, should still use B. The program used B1 for
all stresses when B was less than 20×g1 (it should only use B1 for
the longitudinal stress, not the tangential and radial stresses).
Dished Head External Corrected a problem with the external pressure calculation for the
Pressure dished-only head in a floating head. Aspen Teams used the

torispherical head formulas when it should have been using the
hemispherical head formulas.
Aspen Aerotran Aspen Aerotran changes include the following:
Extrapolation of Physical Corrected a problem in determining stream physical properties for
Properties property curves that must be extended beyond the temperature
points supplied. The previous Aspen Aerotran version would
sometimes fail to extrapolate the physical properties and maintain
them constant based on the last specified temperature point.

8 Aspen Pi nch
Aspen Pinch is a powerful tool for designing minimum-cost

processes for chemical plants and refineries. It can be used to
retrofit existing plants as well as to develop new designs. Aspen
Pinch incorporates into one integrated system all the tools you
need to develop the most cost-effective design - pinch technology,
heat recovery network design, heat and power models, and
simulation capabilities.
Aspen Pinch can query an Aspen Plus simulation model and
automatically create the stream and physical property data needed
for a pinch study – ensuring consistent handling of data. Aspen
Pinch has a heat exchanger network design option for interactively
creating the heat recovery scheme. As an option, heat exchangers
can be simulated or designed using Aspen B-JAC. This interface
bridges the gap between simple, short-cut heat exchanger
calculations and detailed ones by calculating heat transfer
coefficients, pressure drops, detailed costs and so on, thereby
enabling the creation of realistic designs.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in Aspen Pinch 10.2. It
earlier versions.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Pinch • 8-1

New Capabilities
New capabilities in Aspen Pinch 10.2 include:
• Hierarchical flowsheet support. Aspen Plus 10.2 supports
hierarchical blocks which contain flowsheet sections or entire
flowsheets. The data extraction interface with Aspen Plus fully
supports hierarchical flowsheets nested at any number of
levels.
• Performance improvements for:
• Data extraction interface with Aspen Plus
• Stream data editor
• Network simulation
• Improved heat exchanger summary table in Network Design
• Improved text handling in Network Design
Compatibility Notes
With one exception, Aspen Pinch 10.2 is fully compatible with
Aspen Pinch 10.1. The format of one Aspen Pinch table – Stream
Data source – has been changed to support hierarchical
flowsheets. Any Aspen Pinch case that contains stream data from
the Aspen Plus interface (using File→Import→Aspen Plus…)
must be converted to the new format. To convert a case:
1 Select (click on) the case in Aspen Pinch.
2 Select Manager→Convert Data…
8-2 • Aspen Pinch What's New in AES 10.2

9 Aspen Sp lit
Aspen Split is a state-of-the-art program for the synthesis and

conceptual design of distillation processes. It can be used to assess
separation feasibility in azeotropic mixtures, synthesize new
separation sequences that achieve a desired separation, and
develop strategies for the retrofit of existing distillation processes.
Aspen Split’s conceptual design capabilities can be used to quickly
and efficiently design optimal distillation columns for binary and
ternary homogeneous mixtures. Aspen Split can also be used to
screen and identify feasible entrainers for separating azeotropic
mixtures.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in Aspen Split 10.2.
New Capabilities
Split Component Aspen Split 10.2 introduces the first Aspen Split component that is
hosted by and seamlessly integrated with Aspen Plus 10.2. The
following sections detail the new features of the Aspen Split
component. Please see the Aspen Plus on-line help for details on
using the Aspen Split component in Aspen Plus.
Engineering Features The engineering features of this component include:
• Locating all the azeotropes (homogeneous and heterogeneous)
present in any multicomponent mixture. In addition, the
azeotropes are also classified as stable nodes, unstable nodes,
or saddles.
• Automatically compute distillation boundaries for ternary
mixtures. These boundaries are impassible barriers for
distillation and are used to assess separation feasibility.
• Interactively compute residue and distillation curves and add
them to the ternary maps.
• Computing multiple liquid phase envelopes (liquid-liquid and
vapor-liquid-liquid) for ternary mixtures. The envelopes can
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Split • 9-1

also be superimposed on the residue curve maps. This is useful
in determining if decanters are required for achieving a desired
separation as well as the manner in which they are coupled
with distillation columns.
• Interactively adding liquid-liquid-equilibrium tie lines to the
multiple liquid phase envelope.
Usability Features The component has a number of usability features to enhance the
engineering productivity. These include:
• The ternary diagrams and plots can be copied to other
Windows applications (e.g. Microsoft Word) as a Windows
metafile. Consequently these plots can be further edited in an
appropriate drawing program.
• The azeotrope search results are presented in a spreadsheet
format and can be sorted by temperature, miscibility,
classification, composition, etc. The results can also be copied
to Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet programs.
• The azeotrope search report can be saved as either a Web
document or a standard text file, or sent directly to the printer.
• As the mouse is moved over the ternary diagram, the
composition and boiling point temperature are displayed on the
screen.
• Initial conditions for residue and distillation curves can be
input either by using the mouse or by specifying the
composition directly.
• The ternary diagrams can be plotted either in equilateral or
right-angled triangular coordinates. Both modes support a true
zoom facility, and the ability to rotate and/or flip the diagrams.
• Graphic properties (e.g., color, line thickness, etc.) of the
ternary map and its components are fully customizable.
• Markers and material balance lines can be interactively added
to the residue curve maps.
Access to Aspen Plus Since the Aspen Split component is hosted by and seamlessly
Capabilities integrated with Aspen Plus, it can be accessed directly from within
the Aspen Plus environment. Consequently the Split component
automatically has access to all relevant information (e.g.,
component list, physical property models, etc.) that is already
present in an Aspen Plus run. It is also possible to have multiple
instances of the Aspen Split component running simultaneously
within the same Aspen Plus session.
9-2 • Aspen Split What's New in AES 10.2

10 Aspen W ater
Aspen Water enables companies to reduce operating costs by using

less water and by reducing the capital cost of the effluent treatment
plant. Aspen Water enables you to:
• Define the current operation (by producing a current water and
contaminant balance)
• Identify opportunities for improvement in a systematic way
• Test future scenarios (operational, environmental)
Using Aspen Water, you first produce a model of the site (or plant)
water and effluent system in a flowsheeting environment using a
drag-and-drop system. In constructing the flowsheet, you can
deploy Aspen Water models of water operations such as cooling
towers, boilers, vessels, pumps, and filters. Aspen Water
rigorously models water chemistry and energy issues. It contains
data reconciliation capabilities that produce a water balance when
not all data are available or when some data are conflicting.
Once the balance is complete Aspen Water uses an MILP
optimization routine to define all options for water re-use.
Sensitivity analysis within Aspen Water, linked to a database of
treatment technologies, allows you to define the most appropriate
location (and the benefit) of treatment options within the overall
water and effluent system.
New Capabilities
Aspen Water has been updated to be compatible with other
products in the Aspen Engineering Suite.
Compatibility Notes
There are no compatibility differences between Aspen Water 10.2
and previous versions.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Water • 10-1

10-2 • Aspen Water What's New in AES 10.2
11 Aspen Zy qad
Aspen Zyqad is an integrated multi-user environment that allows

engineers and applications to store, share, and use process data and
knowledge throughout the engineering lifecycle of a process.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in Aspen Zyqad 10.2. It
Aspen Zyqad 10.1 to Aspen Zyqad 10.2.
New Capabilities
Aspen Zyqad 10.2 is an update release with new features in the
area of application interfaces.
Intergraph Product Aspen Zyqad 10.2 provides a number of interfaces with
Interfaces Intergraph’s suite of design products. These interfaces enhance the
front-end engineering & design (FEED) workflow by supporting
the electronic transfer of data between process engineering and
detailed engineering.
The specific interfaces in Aspen Zyqad 10.2 are listed below:
SmartPlant P&ID Aspen Zyqad exports equipment data for

vessels, rotating equipment, heat exchange
equipment, and stream data to SmartPlant
P&ID
PDS P&ID Aspen Zyqad exports stream data to PDS
P&ID
INTools/IDM Aspen Zyqad exports stream data to the
INTools and IDM instrumentation packages
ICARUS Interface Aspen Zyqad 10.2 provides a bi-directional interface with the
ICARUS K-Base server. This interface supports the transfer of
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Zyqad • 11-1

equipment objects and data to and from ICARUS and Aspen
Zyqad.
HTRI, HTFS Interface In addition to the existing Aspen B-JAC interface, Aspen Zyqad
10.2 provides bi-directional interfaces with the HTRI and HTFS
heat exchanger design programs.
Excel-based Aspen Zyqad 10.2 features a new utility that will allow you to
Datasheet Definer define datasheets using Excel as an authoring tool. This new
feature allows companies to more easily convert their existing
Excel-based datasheets into the Aspen Zyqad format.
License Manager Aspen Zyqad 10.2 supports the AspenTech License Manager that
manages simultaneous user access to the Aspen Zyqad server.
Compatibility Notes
The following section describes compatibility issues between
Aspen Zyqad 10.2 and Aspen Zyqad 10.1.
Datasheets
Use of AutoCAD-based Datasheets that were created using the Aspen Zyqad 10.1
Datasheets AutoCAD-based datasheet definer will still be usable in Aspen
Zyqad 10.2. You will still be able to use the AutoCAD-based
datasheet definer to create and modify AutoCAD-based datasheets.
However, you will not be able to edit AutoCAD-based datasheets
with the new Excel-based datasheet definer.
11-2 • Aspen Zyqad What's New in AES 10.2

12 Aspen Ad sim
Aspen Adsim (ADS) is an easy-to-use dynamic tool for the design,

simulation, and operation of adsorption processes. Rigorous
simulations for gas and liquid adsorption and ion-exchange
processes can be rapidly constructed by use of the intuitive
graphical user interface. Dynamic and parameter estimation
simulations are solved in an equation-based manner that provides
flexibility and power.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in ADS 10.2. It also
versions.
New Capabilities
ADS 10.2 contains new features in the following areas:
• 2-D adsorbent bed model
• Particle material balance
• New mass transfer coefficient models
• Additional isotherms
• Enhanced reporting
• Cycle Organizer enhancements
• Internal/external column heat exchangers
• Batch run toolkit
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Adsim • 12-1

areas. Please see the ADS on-line help for further details of these
new features.
2-D Adsorbent Bed For vertical gas adsorbent beds only, it is now possible to model
Model both the composition and temperature distributions in 2
dimensions, axial and radial.
Particle Material For gas phase only, the rigorous calculation of loading profile
Balance within an adsorbent particle has been provided. This is only
applicable if:
• All components are adsorbed
• The mass transfer can be attributed to the adsorbed phase only
• The boundary layer mass transfer resistances are accounted for
New Mass Transfer Additional methods have been provided for supplying mass
Coefficient Models transfer coefficients (lumped resistance models only). These are:
• Arrhenius
• Pressure dependent Arrhenius
These models can be used to account for the variation of mass
transfer coefficients with respect to temperature and pressure.
Additional Isotherms Through on-going development and communications with clients,
2 new isotherms for gas phase models have been introduced. These
are:
• Langmuir 3, improved handling of cases where the effective
transfer decreases with increasing temperature.
• Multi-layer BET, ability to explicitly define the number of
adsorbed layers. It provides a stopgap alternative should either
Langmuir or BET with infinite layers (standard BET) proves
unsuitable.
Internal/external For gas phase models only, internal or external heat exchange with
Column Heat a heating/cooling medium has been provided. The medium can be
Exchangers specified to be either a single or dual phase.
Enhanced Reporting Additional information with respect to the overall energy balance
is now provided in the global report. The report accounts for:
• Total energy passing the flowsheet boundaries
• Energy losses through column and void walls
• Compressor energy requirements
Cycle Organizer Enhancements to the Cycle Organizer include:
Enhancements • Ability to modify the units of measurements
• Should an entered value be beyond the current bounds of the
given variable type, it is now possible to automatically modify
the bounds to take into account the new value.
12-2 • Aspen Adsim What's New in AES 10.2

A toolkit has been provided to simplify the configuration of
Batch Run Toolkit
automated batch runs. The set of common methods can be used
within scripts hosted by the Windows Scripting Host or within
other COM enabled applications. Through the use of VB Scripts
with WSH, it is possible to configure batch runs of ADS problems.
For example if you wish to execute one or more problems
overnight, it is possible to create a batch script that will automate
this process.
PDE Models PDEs in 1, 2, or 3 dimensions, using either rectangular or polar
coordinates.
Control (OPC) OPC servers. ADS 10.2 is an OPC client. This enables ADS to
applications for:
• Training
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Adsim • 12-3

The existing integration between ADS and DMCplus has been
Automatic DMCplus
further extended to allow automatic creation of a DMCplus linear
Model Generation
model (.mdl file) from an ADS non-linear dynamic model. This
controller
controllers
Algebraic Equation algebraic equation solver to those already built into ADS.
Solver Interface
Compatibility Notes
The .ada files created with ADS 10.1 should load into ADS 10.2
after little modification:
• The word EXPERIMENT is now a simulation engine keyword.
If you have used the Estimation Module in 10.1, in conjunction
with a text editor, execute a search and replace for
“EXPERIMENT(” to “EXPERIMENTS(” on the 10.1 input
file to be loaded.
• Owing to modeling enhancements within the gas adsorbent
layer models, please check the initial conditions after loading.
The .adb files created with previous versions are not compatible
with ADS 10.2. You must load these files into the previous
version, and save them as .ada files before loading them into ADS
10.2.
12-4 • Aspen Adsim What's New in AES 10.2

13 Aspen Ch romatography
Aspen Chromatography (CHM) is an easy-to-use dynamic tool for

the design, simulation, and operation of batch and continuous
chromatographic processes. Rigorous simulations of trace liquid
and ion-exchange based chromatographic processes can be rapidly
constructed by the use of the intuitive graphical user interface. The
models can be applied to processes widely found in the high purity
pharmaceutical, biotechnology, sugar, and fine chemicals
businesses.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in CHM 10.2. It also
versions.
New Capabilities
CHM 10.2 contains new features in the following areas:
• Rigorous pressure drop calculation
• Additional isotherm
• Enhanced reporting
• New unit operations
• Cycle Organizer enhancements
areas. Please see the CHM on-line help for further details of these
new features.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Chromatography • 13-1

For trace liquid assumption models, it is now possible to accurately
Rigorous Pressure
predict the pressure drop through the column packing with respect
Drop Calculation
to the change in solvent composition.
Additional Isotherm Through on-going development and communications with clients,
an additional isotherm has been provided for ion-exchange
chromatography. This new isotherm is based on the model
proposed by Yamamoto et al. It relates the loading to the bulk
solvent ionic strength.
Enhanced Reporting The injection unit report is now displayed in the main simulation
messages window.
The overall report provides information with respect to the
recoveries of each product unit and each feed unit, product purities,
and information on the injection or continuous counter-current
separation unit configuration.
New Unit Operations Additional unit operations that have been added to trace liquid
chromatographic processes include:
• Multi-ported splitter
• Multi-ported mixer
• Simple valve
• Alternative injection unit to allow for non-Dirac pulses and
automated repeating of pulses
Cycle Organizer Enhancements to the Cycle Organizer include:
Enhancements • Ability to modify the units of measurement.
• Should an entered value be beyond the current bounds of the
given variable type, it is now possible to automatically modify
the bounds to take into account the new value.
PDE Models PDEs in 1, 2, or 3 dimensions, using either rectangular or polar
coordinates.
13-2 • Aspen Chromatography What's New in AES 10.2

Control (OPC) OPC servers. CHM 10.2 is an OPC client. This enables CHM to
applications for:
• Training
Automatic DMCplus The existing integration between CHM and DMCplus has been
Model Generation further extended to allow automatic creation of a DMCplus linear
model (.mdl file) from a CHM non-linear dynamic model. This
controller
controllers
Algebraic Equation algebraic equation solver to those already built into CHM.
Solver Interface
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Chromatography • 13-3

Compatibility Notes
The .cra files created with CHM 10.1 should load into CHM 10.2
after little modification:
• The word EXPERIMENT is now a simulation engine keyword.
If you have used the Estimation Module in 10.1, in conjunction
with a text editor, execute a search and replace for
“EXPERIMENT(” to “EXPERIMENTS(” on the 10.1 input
file to be loaded.
The .crb files created with previous versions are not compatible
with CHM 10.2. You must load these files into the previous
version, and save them as .cra files before loading them into CHM
10.2.
13-4 • Aspen Chromatography What's New in AES 10.2

14 Batch Plu s
Batch Plus is a process modeling and simulation system for the

batch process industries. While it has been specifically designed
for the simulation of pharmaceutical, biotech, and agricultural
chemical processes, it can also be used to simulate other complex,
recipe-based batch processes.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in Batch Plus 2.1. It
previous versions.
New Capabilities
Batch Plus 2.1 is a major release with special focus in the
following areas:
• Route selection for chemical development
• Equipment independent recipe
• Expanded comments for Steps and Operations
• Vapor emissions calculations
• Models and operations
• Custom Excel/VBA model for the Custom operation
• Batch Plus as an automation server
• Aspen Framework integration
• Simulation Engine
• Ease-of-use
areas. Please see the Batch Plus on-line help for further details of
these new features.
What's New in AES 10.2 Batch Plus • 14-1

Route Selection for A new chemist view is now available. It includes:
Chemical • Process level user interface where a process is represented by a
Development block diagram
• Minimal recipe inputs (no recipe development required)
• Dynamic cost calculations
• Optimal route algorithm
• Set of reports in Excel
• Integration with Batch Plus recipe
Equipment Features to support equipment independent recipe include:
Independent Recipe • A New “Generic” equipment class. Generic equipment has no
detailed input parameters apart from the name. You can:
• Use the Generic class in any Operation in Batch Plus
• Replace Generic equipment with equipment from any other
class and vice versa
• A new "Conceptual" facility that contains equipment in the
Generic class
• Redesigned Data/Equipment dialog which includes a Required
tab, Optional tab, etc.
• Batch Plus recalculates vessel capacity at the end of a
simulation so that Generic vessels are not size limiting
• When user saves the Chemist recipe, Batch Plus automatically
puts all Operations in the Conceptual facility.
Expanded Comments Expanded Comments support allows you to:
for Steps and • Define multiple Comment types for a Project
Operations
• Specify comments of each type for Operations and Steps
• Paste formatted text (or rich text) with different fonts,
bold/italic characters, etc. from Word into the Comments field
• Drag and drop short-cuts from the desktop to the Comments
field
• View one or more of these types of Comments in the Text
Recipe using Tools/Options/Text Recipe.
• Print the different comments in Microsoft Word
14-2 • Batch Plus What's New in AES 10.2

Vapor Emission Features to support vapor emission calculations include:
Calculations • Simplified user interfaces for Emission Control
• Default emission control paths for equipment
• Control efficiencies for each control device either by chemical
or by category
• Generated components for non-condenser emission control
devices
• Process condensers in emission control paths
• Complete implementation of the Pharma. MACT equations
• Activity coefficient models and Henry’s constants from Aspen
Properties
• A list of partially soluble and insoluble HAPs in the regulatory
categories database
• Display of default emission models in Operation dialogs
Custom Excel/VBA Batch Plus now supports a user-written Excel/VBA model for the
Model Custom operation. With this feature, you can:
• Run a custom model that may exist locally or on a network
• Use the custom model to simulate an operation as part of the
Recipe
• Use the custom model to calculate final vessel contents,
streams, utilities, and comments
Models and Batch Plus 2.1 features many enhancements to the models and
Operations operations:
• You can specify measured density for predefined mixtures
• You can specify either the transfer time or rate in Decant and
Extract operations
• Reactor mass is taken into account in Heating/Cooling
• You can specify measured heat capacity for operations
• Extended Measured Amount/Composition to Filter, Filter-In-
Place, and Centrifuge
• Added particle size distribution to Filter, Filter-In-Place, and
Centrifuge
• Added temperature ramp to sublimation/desorption phases of
Freeze-Drying
• Added U-Based model to React and React-Distill
• Added external heat exchanger model to React and React-
Distill

Batch Plus now exposes:
Batch Plus as an
Automation Server • Key automation functions so that you can start a Batch Plus
session from VBA, open a project, select a
step/process/production plan, run simulation.
• Key data elements of Operations so that you can use VBA to
change parameters from an external program
Enhancements to Simulation enhancements include:
Simulation Engine • Scale-up based on key input intermediate
• Process scale-up
• Advanced scale-up for MultiDrop Centrifuge and Filter
operations
• Improved end-of-simulation message with summary of
warnings and errors
Ease-of-Use Batch Plus 2.1 features many ease-of-use enhancements. These
include:
• Launch of custom reports
• More flexible costing calculations
• Filtering of vent streams in the Material Balance report
• Documentation in PDF format

Compatibility Notes
Project Files Batch Plus 2.1 will convert projects that were created in previous
versions of Batch Plus to the current version.
Additional Products Some of the new Batch Plus capabilities require additional AES
Required and 3rd party products to be installed:
Capability Products Required
Kinetic reactor model Aspen Plus 10.2 and Aspen Dynamics 10.2
BatchFrac Aspen Plus 10.2 with BatchFrac
Property estimation Aspen Properties 10.2 or Aspen Plus 10.2
MACT vapor emission equations (which Aspen Properties 10.2
require Henry’s constants and activity
coefficients)
Importing plant data InfoPlus.21 2.5 and AspenTech Desktop 2.5
Excel reports Microsoft Excel 97 or 2000
Custom Excel/VBA model Microsoft Excel 97 or 2000
Viewing Operating Instructions and formatted Microsoft Word 97 or 2000
Comments
Editing Step, Equipment, Materials, and Microsoft Access 97 or 2000
Results databases
Viewing Project charts MS Project 98
Viewing Equipment and Block diagrams Visio Technical 5.0c or 2000
Viewing Chemist Recipe document ChemDraw 4.5
Administering licenses AspenTech License Manager 2.0-3
Please note that Batch Plus and integrated AspenTech products
must use the same licensing scheme for the integration to work,
that is, they must either all use Activator licensing, or must all use
AspenTech License Manager licensing. Otherwise, you will get a
licensing error when the integrated product is launched from Batch
Plus. In addition:
• Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher is required to install Batch Plus.
• An Aspen Dynamics license is not required to run the Kinetic
Reactor Model
• An Aspen Properties license is required to run properties
estimation, and to compute Henry’s constants and activity
coefficients. However, the Aspen Properties license will be
made available to all Batch Plus users free of cost.
All other products will require the appropriate licenses to run.

15 Polymers Plus
Polymers Plus is a general-purpose process modeling system for

the simulation of polymer manufacturing processes. Polymers Plus
includes models for polymer property estimation, polymerization
kinetics, and mass and energy balance calculations.
This chapter describes the new capabilities in Polymers Plus 10.2.
In addition to the new capabilities in Polymers Plus, you will also
benefit from the new capabilities in Aspen Plus 10.2, such as
flowsheet hierarchy and Excel Calculator. This chapter also
summarizes the compatibility considerations in migrating from
previous versions of Polymers Plus.
New Capabilities
Polymers Plus 10.2 contains new features in the following areas:
• Integration of Polymers Plus with Aspen Dynamics 10.2.
• Expanded polymer databank
• Integration of Polymers Plus with third party software
• Four-phase Equilibrium TP-Flash User Model
Integration of Polymers Plus is now integrated with Aspen Dynamics 10.2. For
Polymers Plus with most Polymers Plus applications, this capability enables you to
Aspen Dynamics rapidly convert your existing steady state model to a dynamic
model. You can then use the dynamic model to improve the
control, operability, and safety of the process, and to help train
plant support engineers.
Expanded Polymer The polymer segment databank has been expanded with the
Databank addition of more than forty segments corresponding to commonly
used monomers and additives for polyester, nylon, and EPDM
processes.
What's New in AES 10.2 Polymers Plus • 15-1

A User2-based Excel User Model template is provided to integrate
Integration of
third party software into Polymers Plus. For example, you can now
Polymers Plus with
Third Party Software integrate Predici into Polymers Plus for detailed polymerization
kinetics modeling. The template calls Predici through a User2
Excel block and passes the basic stream data and polymer
attributes between the two products.
Four-phase A User2 model is provided to address the need to simulate 4-phase
Equilibrium (TP- behavior encountered in polymerization processes. Such processes
Flash) Model may involve four equilibrium phases: a polymer-rich liquid, an
organic (monomer-rich) liquid, and a water-rich liquid, all in
equilibrium with a vapor phase. The User2 model calculates
equilibrium phase composition and amount for a given feed at
constant temperature and pressure.
Compatibility Notes
The following section describes the differences between Polymers
Plus 10.1 and Polymers Plus 10.2. The engine input files and
Model Manager backup files have complete compatibility between
the two versions. However, due to the modification and bug fixes
of physical property models, minor changes may be observed in
your simulation results, especially for enthalpy and heat duty.
Properties and Property changes include:
Property Analysis • POLYNRTL property method. The model was extended to
Henry components for activity coefficient and enthalpy
calculations in a way that is consistent with the classical NRTL
method.
• POLYSAFT property method. Improved heat capacity
calculation with the SAFT EOS.
Step-growth Model Changes for the Step-growth Model include:
• Added an option in ModelManager to enable the switching
between rate constant assignment methods. You can assign rate
constant sets globally or individually and switch between
methods without losing data entries.
• Moved the rate constant summary form for user reactions to a
tab-sheet to improve the usability
Emulsion Model • Improved the model to support the gel effect user subroutine
Ziegler-Natta Model • Improved the model to support the variable access and input
restore when catalyst activation reaction is specified.
15-2 • Polymers Plus What's New in AES 10.2

Changes to the stream attributes include:
Streams
• Component attribute measurement units are now displayed on
the Stream Summary form and the values are reported using
the locally defined units. Previous versions of Polymers Plus
reported attributes using Global out-units.
• A completeness check is implemented for the catalyst
component attributes. Catalyst site fraction must sum to unity.
Unit Operation • Component attribute profiles are now reported in local out-
Models units and the units are displayed. Previous version of Polymers
Plus reported attributes profiles in SI units.
Applications A number of changes have been made to the application examples:
Examples • Heat transfer user subroutine usrhpe.f for LDPE application
example is modified. A viscosity correlation, outside film heat-
transfer coefficient, wall heat-transfer coefficient, and fouling
resistance have been incorporated into this example. The logic
for calculating Nusselt numbers for turbulent or transition flow
regions has been corrected.
• LDPE Process. Modified the flowsheet and parameters to
reflect a “real life” process.
• HDPE Process. Changed the convergence method to improve
the speed of calculation.
What's New in AES 10.2 Polymers Plus • 15-3

15-4 • Polymers Plus What's New in AES 10.2
16 Aspen PE P Process Library
Aspen PEP Process Library is a new product of the Aspen

Engineering Suite. It is a library of individual process modules in
which each module contains a set of pre-built Aspen Plus or
Polymers Plus models representing the various process
technologies used for a particular chemical or polymer product.
These models are based on SRIC’s Process Economics Program
(PEP) process descriptions and flowsheets, which represent the
industry standard for process information derived from public
sources and SRIC’s engineering expertise.
The models give engineers a head start in generating conceptual
design cases and can be customized for specific plants to help
improve the understanding of plant behavior. Aspen PEP Process
Library is designed for decision-makers in planning departments,
front-end engineering and design users, and operational engineers
with little discretionary time for building models from scratch.
New Capabilities
The Aspen PEP Process Library interface provides you with:
• Flowsheet models for existing and emerging process
technologies. The information for units and streams can be
accessed easily by double clicking on the associated graphic
object.
• The ability to quickly run case studies through the power of
Aspen Plus® and/or Polymers Plus®.
• Parameter customization capability to enable non-technical
users to perform case studies by making changes to key
parameters without a detailed working knowledge of Aspen
Plus/Polymers Plus. Variables such as throughput, reactor
conditions, and product purity represent a typical set of
parameters that are accessible through the interface.
What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen PEP Process Library • 16-1

• A margin calculator and economic data which allow basic
economic evaluation of multiple case studies and cross-
technology issues.
• Detailed process description contains a discussion on the
process and key aspects of how the process was modeled.
Models in Aspen PEP
Process Library
Processes Model Names Short Description
Acetic Acid Acetic Acid Production of acetic acid by an Acetica process (Chiyoda/UOP
process)
AcryloNitrile AcryloNitrile1 Production of acrylonitrile by ammoxidation of propylene (SOHIO
Process)
AcryloNitrile2 Production of acrylonitrile by ammoxidation of propane (SOHIO
Process)
AcryloNitrile3 Production of acrylonitrile by ammoxidation of propylene
Cumene Cumene1 Production of cumene using solid phosphoric acid catalyst (UOP
process)
Cumene2 Production of cumene using aluminum chloride catalyst (Monsanto-
Kellogg process)
Cumene3 Production of cumene using zeolite catalyst (Dow-Kellogg Process)
Ethylbenzene Ethylbenzene1 Production of ethylbenzene from benzene and ethylene by vapor-
phase alkylation: third-generation (Badger process)
Ethylbenzene2 Production of ethylbenzene from benzene and ethylene by liquid-
phase alkylation using zeolite catalysts (Lummus/Unocal/UOP
process)
Ethylene Ethylene Production of ethylene from propane by conventional cracking (C.F.
Braun process)
Methanol Methanol1 Production of methanol from natural gas by ICI’s LP process (High
Efficiency Design)
Methanol2 Production of methanol via ICI Leading Concept Methanol (LCM)
Process
Methanol3 Production of methanol from natural gas by Lurgi’s process
Methanol4 Production of methanol from natural gas by Haldor Topsoe's
combined reforming process
Polypropylene Polypropylene1 Production of polypropylene by a slurry stirred tank reactor process
Polypropylene2 Production of polypropylene by a vertical stirred-bed gas phase
reactor
Polypropylene3 Production of polypropylene by a loop reactor process (UCC loop
process)
Polypropylene4 Production of polypropylene by a combination of vertical stirred bed
and gas phase polymerization (Himont process)
Styrene Styrene1 Reduction of styrene by adiabatic dehydrogenation: two reactors with
interstage reheat (Fina/Badger process)
Styrene2 Production of styrene by adiabatic dehydrogenation: a two-stage
reactor with steam reheat (Lummus/Monsanto/UOP process)
Vinyl Vinyl Chloride Production of vinyl chloride from ethylene dichloride by pyrolysis
Chloride Monomer (Hoechst process)
16-2 • Aspen PEP Process Library What's New in AES 10.2

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2 Aspen Properties 2-1

3 Aspen OLI 3-1

4 Aspen Plus 4-1

What's New in AES 10.2 Contents • iii

5 Aspen Dynamics 5-1

6 Aspen Custom Modeler 6-1

iv • Contents What's New in AES 10.2

8 Aspen Pinch 8-1

9 Aspen Split 9-1

10 Aspen Water 10-1

11 Aspen Zyqad 11-1

12 Aspen Adsim 12-1

What's New in AES 10.2 Contents • v

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14 Batch Plus 14-1

15 Polymers Plus 15-1

vi • Contents What's New in AES 10.2

16 Aspen PEP Process Library 16-1

What's New in AES 10.2 Contents • vii

The Aspen Engineering Suite (AES) is an integrated engineering

What's New in AES 10.2 Introduction • 1-1

Enhanced Engineering Workflow

1-2 • Introduction What's New in AES 10.2

What's New in AES 10.2 Introduction • 1-3

1-4 • Introduction What's New in AES 10.2

What's New in AES 10.2 Introduction • 1-5

Aspen Properties is AspenTech's physical property data and

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Properties • 2-1

2-2 • Aspen Properties What's New in AES 10.2

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Properties • 2-3

2-4 • Aspen Properties What's New in AES 10.2

Aspen OLI, is a software solution that enables process engineers to

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen OLI • 3-1

3-2 • Aspen OLI What's New in AES 10.2

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen OLI • 3-3

Aspen Plus is AspenTech's state-of-the-art steady-state simulation

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Plus • 4-1

4-2 • Aspen Plus What's New in AES 10.2

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Plus • 4-3

4-4 • Aspen Plus What's New in AES 10.2

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Plus • 4-5

4-6 • Aspen Plus What's New in AES 10.2

Important: When you save a simulation as an .apw file, the .bkp

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Plus • 4-7

4-8 • Aspen Plus What's New in AES 10.2

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Plus • 4-9

4-10 • Aspen Plus What's New in AES 10.2

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Plus • 4-11

Aspen Dynamics is AspenTech's easy-to-use dynamic modeling

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Dynamics • 5-1

5-2 • Aspen Dynamics What's New in AES 10.2

What's New in AES 10.2 Aspen Dynamics • 5-3

5-4 • Aspen Dynamics What's New in AES 10.2

Aspen Custom Modeler (ACM) is an easy-to-use tool for creating,

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6-4 • Aspen Custom Modeler What's New in AES 10.2

Aspen B-JAC is a suite of integrated programs for the thermal and

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