Aspen Polymer Plus

ASPEN Polymer Plus

Training Course

R. Sotudeh
N. Mostoufi
S.Mirzaei
M.Hejazi

2013

Process Design and Simulation Research Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering,

Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Tel: (021) 6696-7781.
http://process.ut.ac.ir E-mail: process@ut.ac.i

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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Lectures
Lecture 1: Component Classification 5
Lecture 2: Polymer Structural Properties 13
Lecture 3: Thermodynamic Properties 16
Lecture 4: Polymerization Reactions 23
Chapter 2: Tutorials
Tutorial 1 28
Tutorial 2 104
Tutorial 3 194
Chapter 3: Trainings
Training 318

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Introduction

About Polymers Plus

Polymers Plus is a general-purpose process modeling system for the simulation of polymer
manufacturing processes. The modeling system includes modules for the estimation of
thermophysical properties, and for performing polymerization kinetic calculations and associated
mass and energy balances.
Also included in Polymers Plus are modules for:
Characterizing polymer molecular structure
Calculating rheological and mechanical properties
Tracking these properties throughout a flowsheet
There are also many additional features that permit the simulation of the entire manufacturing
processes.

Defining a Model in Polymers Plus

In order to build a model of a polymer process you must already be familiar with Aspen Plus.
Therefore, only the steps specific to polymer systems will be described in detail later in this User
Manual. The steps for defining a model in Polymers Plus are as follow sheet:

Step 1. Specifying Global Simulation Options

The first step in defining the model is the specification of:
Global simulation options, i.e. simulation type
Units to be used for simulation inputs and results
Basis for flowrates
Maximum simulation times
Diagnostic options

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