HYSYS Process Development and Design
- Section Boundary: inlet/outlet flow rates, compositions and conditions
- Separation process selection
- Selection of fluid package (property model) with justification (See Section 4.4, Towler and Sinnott, 2013)
- Specification of operating conditions such as column pressure (See Chapter 17, Towler and Sinnott, 2013)
- Shortcut and rigorous simulations
- Energy requirements
- Optimization of the process
- Selection between packed and tray columns, and their efficiencies (O’Connor correlation)
- Column diameter and height (using methods in a book and also Hysys)
- Column internals, configurations and dimensions
- Material of construction
- Auxiliary Equipment Sizing: Pumps, Condensers and Reboilers
- Process flow diagram including stream data
- Specification/process data sheet for the column designed in detail
- Alternate technologies and/or improvements in the designed process
- Appendix: Highlights of critical/creative ideas (max 1 page)
Section report -Process Development and Design
