Process Simulation

Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining

Course Overview Learn to create, evaluate and optimize refinery models including complicated refinery reactors Learn to perform case studies, trace petroleum properties, and evaluate profit for steady-state models of refining processes Course Objective Rapidly create flowsheets for fractionation columns and refinery reactors such as FCC units Evaluate the performance of existing refinery models with the Case Study feature Insert assay data to track over 50 major petroleum properties such as sulfur and octane number Learn how the complex, rigorous reactor models can streamline and organize simulation efforts

Audience Process engineers performing refinery design and optimization for projects and studies Plant engineers checking plant performance under different operating conditions Prerequisites Familiarity with the petroleum refining industry A functional knowledge of Aspen HYSYS is needed