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This document provides instructions for a simulation case study of a refrigerated gas plant using Aspen HYSYS. The plant cools incoming natural gas using a gas-gas heat exchanger, chiller, and low temperature separator to meet a sales gas dew point specification. Students are asked to simulate the baseline design, calculate energy and material balances, and modify the design by adding a heat exchanger to further reduce chiller duty. Key objectives include modeling heat exchangers, using stream analysis, and optimizing the process.

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Tutorial 4

This document provides instructions for a simulation case study of a refrigerated gas plant using Aspen HYSYS. The plant cools incoming natural gas using a gas-gas heat exchanger, chiller, and low temperature separator to meet a sales gas dew point specification. Students are asked to simulate the baseline design, calculate energy and material balances, and modify the design by adding a heat exchanger to further reduce chiller duty. Key objectives include modeling heat exchangers, using stream analysis, and optimizing the process.

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Institut

Supérieur des Sciences


Appliquées et Économiques
Département de Génie des Procédés
Printemps 2019/2020

CGP241 - Procédés de séparation de l'industrie pétrochimique

Tutorial 4: Refrigerated Gas Plant


In this simulation, a simplified version of a refrigerated gas plant is going to be modeled. The
purpose is to find the LTS (Low Temperature Separator) temperature at which the hydrocarbon
dew point target is met. The Sales Gas hydrocarbon dew point should not exceed -15°C at
6000kPa. The incoming gas is cooled in two stages—first by exchange with product Sales Gas in a
gas-gas exchanger (Gas-Gas) and then in a propane chiller (Chiller), represented here by a Cooler
operation. The stream analysis will be used to evaluate the hydrocarbon dew point of the product
stream.
Learning Objectives
• Add a hypothetical component
• Install and converge heat exchangers.
• Use the Adjust logical operations.
• Use the stream analysis tool to plot the PT diagram in order to check the dew point
constraint.

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Example:
Part 1:


The feed stream enters an inlet separator, which removes the free liquids. Overhead gas from the
Separator is fed to the Chiller where it is cooled to -20°C, which will be modeled simply as a Cooler
(Pressure Drop=35 kPa). The cold stream is then separated in a low-temperature separator (LTS).
Overhead gas from the LTS is fed to the heater (Pressure drop=5kPa) where it is heated to 10°C to
meet Sales Gas Specifications.
Feed Stream:
Temperature Pressure Molar Flow rate

15°C 6200 kPa 1440 kgmole/h

Composition:
Component N 2 H2S CO2 CH4 C 2H 6 C 3H 8 i-Butane n-Butane

Mole fraction 0.0066 0.0003 0.0003 0.7575 0.1709 0.0413 0.0068 0.0101


Component i-pentane n-pentane n-hexane H2O C7+(NBP=110°C)

Mole fraction 0.0028 0.0027 0.0006 0.0000 0.0001



Simulate this process using Aspen HYSYS and use Peng Robinson as a fluid package.

Answer the following question:


1. Calculate the duty rejected from the chiller in kJ/h.
2. Calculate the duty Absorbed inside the Heater in kJ/h.
3. What are the flow rate and molar compositions of the product stream (Sales Gas)?
4. Plot the PT diagram of the Feed and Sales Gas streams. Make a conclusion.

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Part 2:

The design is modified to reduce the operating cost represented in Chiller & Heater duties, by
adding a Heat Exchanger before the Chiller where the overhead from the inlet separator is pre-
cooled by already refrigerated gas from LTS.

Heat Exchanger Design Specifications:


- Sales Gas Temperature= 10°C
- Tube side Pressure drop=35kPa
- Shell side Pressure drop= 5kPa
- No heat losses inside the heat exchanger.
- Choose Weighted Exchanger as Model
Simulate this process using Aspen HYSYS and use Peng Robinson as a fluid package.

Answer the following question:


Calculate the duty rejected from the chiller after this modification
Give the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient (UA) for the Heat Exchanger.

Heat Exchanger Models:
Weighted: The heating curves are broken into intervals, which then exchange energy individually.
An LMTD and UA are calculated for each interval in the heat curve and summed to calculate the
overall exchanger UA. The Weighted method is available only for Counter-Current exchangers.

Endpoint: A single LMTD and UA are calculated from the inlet and outlet conditions. For simple
problems where there is no phase change and Cp is relatively constant, this option may be
sufficient.

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