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The document discusses various hybrid modeling approaches in chemical engineering, including hybrid automata, optimization, and nonsmooth modeling. It covers plant-wide process simulation, steady-state and dynamic simulation methods, and the use of different software packages. Additionally, it addresses the creation of custom models for unit operations that may not exist in standard simulators, utilizing programming languages and CAPE-OPEN standards for model portability.

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Modeling_Simulation_Lecture18

The document discusses various hybrid modeling approaches in chemical engineering, including hybrid automata, optimization, and nonsmooth modeling. It covers plant-wide process simulation, steady-state and dynamic simulation methods, and the use of different software packages. Additionally, it addresses the creation of custom models for unit operations that may not exist in standard simulators, utilizing programming languages and CAPE-OPEN standards for model portability.

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Ali M. Sahlodin
Department of Chemical Engineering
AmirKabir University of Technology
1397 S.H

 Different hybrid modeling approaches


 Hybrid automata
 Optimization
 Nonsmooth modeling

 Now we hopefully know how to model a


particular process; let’s put the pieces
together

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Plant-wide Process Simulation

https://www.cocosimulator.org/index.html

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 Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of


Chemical Processes
 Turton, R., Bailie, R.C., Whiting, W.B., Shaeiwitz,
J.A., Debangsu Bhattacharyya , 4th Edition,
Prentice-Hall International Series in the Physical
and Chemical Engineering Sciences, 2012.
Chapters 13, 16-17

 Systematic Methods of Chemical
Process Design
 Lorenz T. Biegler, Ignacio E. Grossmann , Arthur W.
Westerberg

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 Steady-state (S-S) simulation


 Different solution methods
 Software packages

 Dynamic simulation
 Different solution methods
 Software packages

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 Sequential-modular (SM)
 Units solved in sequence to calculate their outputs

 Equation-oriented (aka simultaneous) (EO)


 Whole flowsheet is solved simultaneously

 Simultaneous Modular
 A combination of SM and EO

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 Idea
 partition the model into independent blocks
(modules)
 Solve the modules in sequence

Unit A Unit B Unit C Unit D

Inputs required
•Inlet stream to each unit
•Unit parameters

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 Unidirectinal
 Completely specified inlets

 Bidirectional

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 Thermodynamic package

 Unit operations

 Design blocks (controllers)

 Calculators

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 Property package
 Antoine
 Peng-Robinson
 NRTL
 UNIQUAC
 …

 Flash calculation routines


 PT flash
 UV flash
 PH flash

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Eric C. Carlson, Aspen Technology, Inc. CHEMICAL


ENGINEERING PROGRESS • OCTOBER 1996

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 Valves
 Heat exchangers
 Heaters/coolers
 Columns
 Streams(!)
 User-defined (custom) units
…

Each unit is implemented as one or a collection of computer programs


(subroutines or classes)

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 What if a unit operation does not exist in the


simulator?
 Membrane process, solid processing, new distillation
technologies (DWC), etc.
 Develop custom model
 Built-in simulator capabilities
 Fortran, Visual Basic, C++, Python
 Excel linking
 ACM (Aspen Plus)
 CAPE-Open capabilities
 Standard for inter-simulator model portabilty
 Supported in COCO, DWSIM, HYSYS, Aspen Plus

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Model coded in Scilab

Model can be ported to other simulators via CAPE-OPEN standards

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 Setof required inputs as imposed by the developer


 Subroutine calculations may be straightforward or
require iterations (examples?)

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 Design block
(controllers): enforce
design specifications by
adjusting another
process variable

 Calculator
(spreadsheet):
spreadsheet calculations
on process variables
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