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Slide 1
Notes:
Welcome! Welcome to the Getting Started with AVEVA™ PRO/II™ Simulation
Duration: online training series.
00:00:37 Getting Started with AVEVA™ PRO/II™ Simulation – Part 2 is the
Advance mode: second of a three-part online training series.
Auto
In Part 1, we introduce the basics of using the software.

In Part 2, we review the most commonly used features and discuss

Global Simulation Defaults.

In Part 3, we review the various ways data can be reported and

displayed.

Your completion of this course is dependent upon a Final Quiz at the end
of this module.
This module was recorded using AVEVA™ PRO/II™ Simulation version
2022.

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Slide 2
Notes:
Module To demonstrate the concepts in this course, this module assumes that
Description you are a new process engineer in a gas processing plant. The plant
Duration: uses an expander operation to feed expanded gas to a demethanizer
00:00:38 column, which removes methane from a product gas stream.
Advance mode:
Auto If you have worked through Getting Started with AVEVA™ PRO/II™
Simulation – Part 1, you will have already simulated a partial set of
process units for this plant.

This course uses the seven simulation steps to continue to build upon
the flowsheet and concepts from the previous module.

By working through this module, you will gain familiarity with some of the
most commonly used features in the software.
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Notes:
Your Recent changes in the upstream process units have resulted in
Objective: fluctuations in the composition of the inlet gas stream to the expander
Introduction plant.
Duration:
00:00:13 Your job is to ensure the liquid product purity specifications are
Advance mode: maintained.
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Notes:
Tips and Here are some helpful tips and tricks when going through this module:
Tricks
Duration: • You can quickly advance to the next slide, by clicking at the end
00:00:23 of the Timeline
Advance mode: • To readily move around the module, use the Navigation Pane on
Auto the left
• To view the audio script, select Notes, located above the
Navigation Pane
• Under Resources, you can download a printable version of the
audio script

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Notes:
Course This course has been designed to gain familiarity with the most
Description commonly used features and to modify Global Simulation Defaults.
Duration:
00:00:22 This course assumes that you have completed Getting Started with
Advance mode: AVEVA™ PRO/II™ Simulation – Part 1 and continues with the flowsheet
Auto from that module.

If you have not completed Part 1, you will be directed to the Resources
section, where you can download the starting flowsheet.

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Slide 6
Notes:
Resource Resources contain the script of this module, an image of the Overall
Files Expander Plant Flowsheet, and an Excel file of the input data. You will
Duration: need this information as you work through this tutorial.
00:00:19
Advance mode: Under Resources, download the Getting Started Part 2 Input Data Excel
By user file.

Click Next when you are ready to continue.

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Notes:
Course This course is comprised of two sections:
Outline
Duration: Most Commonly Used Features and Modifying Simulation Defaults
00:00:07
Advance mode:
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Notes:
Most
Commonly
Used
Features
Duration:
00:00:03
Advance mode:
Auto

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Notes:
Learning By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Objectives • Display multiple, unique views of a single flowsheet, such as full
Duration: and magnified views
00:00:25 • Use the Specification and Define features
Advance mode: • Specify a column by providing all necessary data
Auto • Use the Copy and Paste feature
Your completion of this course will be dependent upon you viewing every
slide and passing a Final Quiz located at the end of this module.

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Slide 10
Notes:
Getting To start, open your simulation file from Getting Started Part 1, or start
Started (1/2) from one of the following files.
Duration:
00:00:51 Since this module is based on version 2022:
Advance mode: • If you are using version 2022 or above, download the .prz file
By user • If you are using a version before version 2022, download the .inp
file
To open the .prz file:
• Download SESSION1.prz, and save under the recommended
folder
• In the software, from the File tab, click Open
• From the files listed, select SESSION1.prz

To open the .inp file:

• Download SESSION1.inp, and save under the recommended
folder
• In the software, from the File tab, click Import
• From the files listed, select SESSION1.inp

Click Next when you are ready to continue.

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Slide 11
Notes:
Getting If you are building off of the simulation file you saved while completing
Started (2/2) Part 1, you are ready to start.
Duration:
00:00:26 If you downloaded the .prz file, notice that the unit operations and
Advance mode: streams will appear in dark blue, as they have already been solved.
Auto
If you imported the .inp file, all unit operations and streams appear as a
green-gray color. This indicates that the flowsheet has not yet been
solved. We do not need to solve the flowsheet at this time.

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Notes:
Laying
Down Unit
Operations
Duration:
00:00:03
Advance mode:
Auto

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Slide 13
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Laying In order to meet the objective, we must complete building the flowsheet
Down Unit by adding the remaining unit operations to the existing flowsheet:
Operations • Two simple heat exchangers,
(1/3) • One compressor, and
Duration: • One distillation column
00:00:35
Advance mode: To add multiple unit operations of a particular type, such as the two heat
Auto exchangers:
• On the PFD Palette under the Heat Exchanger tab, click the unit
icon (in this case, Simple HX)
• Then, hold down the Shift-key while clicking on the PFD

If the PFD Palette is not displayed, select the View tab | Show or Hide
PFD Palette.

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Notes:
Laying To add the column unit operation to the PFD:
Down Unit • On the PFD Palette under the Column tab, select Distillation
Operations Column
(2/3) • Click on the PFD
Duration:
00:00:33 The Distillation Column is the most commonly used column. Depending
Advance mode: on how it is configured, it can be made to behave like various column
Auto types, such as an absorber, extractor, or vacuum crude column.

The Side Column is used in conjunction with the Distillation Column to

model side strippers.

The Shortcut Column is predominantly used for preliminary design of a

column.

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Notes:
Laying When a column is placed on the PFD, a configuration window displays,
Down Unit requiring data entry.
Operations
(3/3) In our simulation, when you configure the Distillation Column:
Duration: • Un-check the Condenser check box
00:00:30 • Check the Reboiler box
Advance mode: • Specify 10 theoretical trays
Auto
Note that the columns in the software use theoretical trays for their
definition. If you have an actual number of trays, use estimated tray
efficiencies to convert to the theoretical number of trays, and enter that
value.

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Notes:
Try It Perform these steps on your own. Click Next when you are ready to
Yourself continue.
Duration:
00:00:04
Advance mode:
By user

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Slide 17
Notes:
Video 1: Your PFD should now appear similar to that shown. Your placement of
Changing the unit operation icons will likely be different, depending upon where
Flowsheet you placed them.
View Title
Duration: The default title of the PFD window is Flowsheet, but this can be
00:01:03 changed:
Advance mode: • Right-click the PFD
Auto • Click Set Title to open the Set Window Title window
• Enter your new title and click OK

For this tutorial, we will leave the name unchanged.

Slide 18
Notes:
Knowledge
Check
Duration:
00:00:03
Advance mode:
By user

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Notes:
Multiple
Flowsheet
Views
Duration:
00:00:03
Advance mode:
Auto

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Notes:
Video 2: The software allows you to open multiple windows with various views of
Multiple the PFD. By opening multiple windows, you can focus on specific
Flowsheet sections of the PFD and easily switch between views, which can overall
Views increase efficiency and productivity.
Duration:
00:01:14 To open a second view of the flowsheet: Select Window | Duplicate
Advance mode: View.
Auto
Each new view created becomes a new tab in the flowsheet.

The Window tab contains options for cascading and tiling your flowsheet
views.

From the Window tab, select Cascade Windows, Tile Horizontally, or Tile
Vertically. In addition, you can switch between views by clicking on the
name of the view from Arrange Windows.
For practice, we will arrange our screen to Tile Horizontally, focusing on
the two heat exchangers and the compressor in Flowsheet 1, and
viewing the bottom portion of the flowsheet in Flowsheet 2.

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 • Let’s keep the flowsheet view in the Flowsheet 1 window
• Select View | Zoom Area
• In the Flowsheet 2 window, select F1, V1, and the bottom portion
of T1. The area bounded by the selection rectangle zooms to fill
the entire Flowsheet 2 window

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Notes:
Try It Perform these steps on your own. Click Next when you are ready to
Yourself continue.
Duration:
00:00:04
Advance mode:
By user

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Slide 22
Notes:
Navigation Another helpful feature is the Hand tool, which can be found under the
Mode View tab | Navigate.
Duration: When in Navigation mode, the mouse cursor will change to a hand
00:00:16 symbol when you click and hold the left-mouse button. Click, hold, and
Advance mode: move the cursor on the flowsheet to navigate through the flowsheet.
Auto

Slide 23
Notes:
Knowledge
Check
Duration:
00:00:03
Advance mode:
By user

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Entering
Stream Data
Duration:
00:00:03
Advance mode:
Auto

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Reminder on Let’s now enter the stream data. Here are a few reminders:
Stream
Names To define the stream numbers when laying down the stream:
Duration: • Select the Options tab | Drawing Defaults | General
00:00:23 • Check the Request Unit/Stream Names box
Advance mode: To re-name streams after they have been defined, either:
Auto • Right-click the stream and select Rename, or
• Double-click the stream, and enter a new name

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Slide 26
Notes:
Try It Perform these steps on your own. Click Next when you are ready to
Yourself continue.
Duration:
00:00:04
Advance mode:
By user

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Notes:
Video 3: As an efficient option, you may lay down streams while using multiple
Entering flowsheet views, by pulling the stream from one flowsheet view to the
Stream Data other. This is especially helpful for large flowsheets.
Duration: Assuming you have already connected the streams, we will go through
00:00:45 this step quickly.
Advance mode:
Auto In Flowsheet 1, we connect our streams to the top of the column, the
heat exchangers, and the compressor.

And lastly, in Flowsheet 2, we connect stream S11 from the reboiler on

the column unit.

The PFD should look as shown, after all the unit operations and streams
have been added.

You may now close Flowsheet 2 and maximize Flowsheet 1.

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Slide 28
Notes:
Entering
Feed Stream
Data
Duration:
00:00:03
Advance mode:
Auto

Slide 29
Notes:
Video 4: In Getting Started Part 1, we reviewed how to enter feed stream data
Gas-Gas using the Data Entry Window.
Heat
Exchanger In this section, we will learn a quicker way to add feed streams when
Feed Stream streams of identical or similar composition have already been defined.
Duration:
00:01:54 Looking at the Overall Plant Flowsheet, the composition of the feed
Advance mode: stream to the gas-gas heat exchanger is identical in composition to the
Auto stream already laid down as the feed to the flash drum, S1. As a
reminder, this stream was defined in Part 1.

To avoid repeating all data entry steps, we will disconnect this stream
from the flash drum, and reconnect it to the first heat exchanger.

• Move the mouse to the end of stream S1, that is attached to the
flash drum. The mouse arrow should change from a left-arrow to
a right-arrow when it is very close to the end of the stream.
• Click and hold the left mouse button, and move the end of
stream S1, to the inlet of the first heat exchanger E1.

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 • Release. The feed stream should now be reconnected to the
heat exchanger E1.

We now have moved S1 by clicking on the end of the stream attached to

a unit operation.

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Now we will connect the remaining streams to the column to complete
the flowsheet.

There are 3 streams that need to be connected:

• S4, the outlet stream from the expander, EX1, to the column
• S5, the outlet stream from the valve to the column, and
• S8, the outlet of the second heat exchanger, E2, to the inlet of
the flash drum
Note that S4 and S5 may simply be attached to the column. Tray
numbers will be specified later.

This completes the flowsheet for the total demethanizer. There are now
no stream identifiers bordered in red, since we merely reconnected the
previously defined flash drum feed to the gas–gas heat exchanger.

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Slide 30
Notes:
Try It Perform these steps on your own. Click Next when you are ready to
Yourself continue.
Duration:
00:00:04
Advance mode:
By user

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Notes:
Video 5: While moving the feed stream from the flash drum to the gas-gas heat
Modifying exchanger provided an easy way to add a feed stream of the same
Stream Data composition, these streams have different temperatures and pressures.
Duration: Therefore, we need to change the temperature and pressure of stream,
00:01:08 S1.
Advance mode: As a reminder, we elected the English UOM set as our default for this
Auto exercise. In Section 2, we will cover how to change global-level input
data UOM, and how to customize global-level input data UOM sets.
Let’s now change the temperature of the streams from -84°F to 120°F,
and the pressure from 587.7 psig to 602.7 psig.
• Double-click stream S1. The Stream Data window appears
• Change the temperature in the First Specification field from -84
to 120
• Change the pressure in the Second Specification field from
587.7 to 602.7

The modified Stream Data window should now appear as shown.

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Slide 32
Notes:
Find and If you are working with a large flowsheet and not able to find a stream on
Rename the PFD, you may search for it using Find and Rename Streams, located
Streams under the View tab.
Duration: Using our last example, we want to find stream S1 to change the
00:00:32 pressure.
Advance mode: • Click Find and Rename Streams
Auto • Type S1 and click Search or press the Enter-key
• Double-click S1
You are now able to make the temperature adjustments.
Similarly, Find and Rename Units is available to find a unit operation on
the PFD.

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Notes:
Try It
Yourself
Duration:
00:00:04
Advance mode:
By user

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Notes:
Specifying
Process Unit
Data
Duration:
00:00:03
Advance mode:
Auto

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Notes:
Specificatio Before this simulation can be run, you will need to provide data for the
n and Define four units whose identifiers are bordered in red:
Duration: • the two simple heat exchangers,
00:00:44 • the compressor, and
Advance mode: • the column
Auto To do this, we need to specify the process data. In Part 1, we entered
this data directly into the Data Entry Window. In this module, we will use
the Specification and Define features to input data.
The Define feature will be used while inputting data in the compressor,
C1.
Specifications are imposed on a column, so that product stream flows or
properties, column internal flows, or column tray temperatures, are at
desired values in the solution. Specifications set the targets for the
conditions to be met by the column.

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Slide 36
Notes:
Video 6: Let’s start by specifying process data for heat exchanger, E1.
Specifying
Heat Double-click E1. In the Heat Exchanger Data Entry Window, optionally
Exchanger type in GAS-GAS HX as the description.
Data, E1
Duration: Use Process Stream to specify whether the process inlet and outlet
00:01:42 streams are on the cold or hot side.
Advance mode:
Auto In the Hot Side field, click Process Stream. The Heat Exchanger-Process
Streams Data Entry Window appears.

Note that S1 is the hot-side feed, and stream S9 is the hot-side product.
S6 is the cold-side feed, and S7 is the cold-side product. Although in the
video, selecting the streams is shown, no action is necessary here.

Click OK to return to the main Data Entry Window.

The hot side inlet-cold side outlet stream temperature approach is
required to be 10°F.

On the far right of the Heat Exchanger Data Entry Window, select
Specification. Note that it’s bordered in red.

The Heat Exchanger Specifications window appears.

From the Specification drop-down list, select the specification option Hot
Inlet-Cold Outlet Temperature Approach and enter a value of 10°F.

Click OK to return to the main Data Entry Window for E1.

In the main Heat Exchanger Data Entry Window, in the appropriate

Pressure Drop data entry fields, input a hot-side pressure drop value of
10 psi and a cold-side pressure drop value of 5 psi.

Notice that the fields turn from having a green border (default data) to a
blue border (user-input data).

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 Click OK to return to the main PFD.

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Notes:
Try It Perform these steps on your own. Click Next when you are ready to
Yourself continue.
Duration:
00:00:04
Advance mode:
By user

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Notes:
Video 7: Enter the data for the second heat exchanger, E2. Type CHILLER for the
Specifying description.
Heat
Exchanger This heat exchanger is required to further cool the gas feed, S9, down to
Data, E2 -84°F with a pressure drop of 5 psi across the hot-side of the heat
Duration: exchanger.
00:00:31
Advance mode: After all the required data has been entered, the Data Entry Window for
Auto heat exchanger E2, should appear as shown.

Click OK to return to the main PFD.

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Slide 39
Notes:
Try It Perform these steps on your own. Click Next when you are ready to
Yourself continue.
Duration:
00:00:04
Advance mode:
By user

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Notes:
Video 8: Let’s now specify the data for the compressor.
Specifying
Compressor • Double-click the compressor C1
Data • In the Description field, type COMPRESSOR
Duration: • Under Efficiency or Temperature Specification, enter the
00:02:11 Adiabatic Efficiency as 75 percent
Advance mode: • Under Pressure, Work, or Head Specification, select Shaft Work
Auto from the drop-down list
Since the work done on the compressed gas in compressor C1 should
equal the work done by the gas in expander EX1, we can use the Define
feature for this specification.
The Define feature provides a method of setting a unit operation
parameter in terms of other unit operation or stream parameters in the
flowsheet.

The defined parameter may be set equal to another flowsheet

parameter, or it may be the sum, difference, product, or quotient of any
two flowsheet parameters or constants.
The parameters on which the defined parameter is based are called

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 Reference Parameters. If the values of the reference parameters
change, the defined parameter will automatically be changed as well.
To use the Define feature for the compressor, click the data entry field
directly beside the Pressure, Work or Head Specification drop-down box.
This action activates the UOM, Define, and Range features on the menu
bar.
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Let’s now configure this specification.
• On the menu bar, click Define
• Select the check box for Set Up Definition for Compressor Work
• Click the red-linked text Parameter to open the Parameter
window
• In the Parameter window, in the Constant/Stream/Unit drop-
down list, select Expander
• Click the red-linked text Parameter to open the Parameter
Selection window
• From the Parameter data entry field, select Actual Work
• Click OK. The Parameter field now displays Actual Work in
horsepower
• Click OK to return to the Definition window

The completed Parameter Definition can now be seen.

• Click OK to return to the main Compressor Data Entry Window.
Notice that the word DEFINED appears, noting there is a
Parameter Definition
• Click OK to save the data and return to the main PFD window

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Slide 41
Notes:
Try It Perform these steps on your own. Click Next when you are ready to
Yourself continue.
Duration:
00:00:04
Advance mode:
By user

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Notes:
Video 9: Finally, let’s specify the column.
Specifying
Column A quick tip: If your flowsheet is large, it can be difficult to see whether all
Data (1/2) units and streams are specified. An easy way to determine whether any
Duration: units require additional data is to click Run. A window will appear
00:02:28 informing you if there is incomplete data.
Advance mode:
Auto Here, the red around the name T1 indicates that data entry is required.

Double-click on the column to open the main Data Entry Window.

Note that Feeds and Products, Pressure Profile, and Performance

Specifications are red, indicating that user-input is required.

Let’s start with Feeds and Products. This window allows us to specify the
phase and tray location of the feed and product streams.

Specify that:
• Stream, S4 (the expander product) is fed to Tray 1, and

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 • Stream, S5 (the valve product) is fed to Tray 3

For a two-product column, we need to provide an estimate flowrate for

one of the product streams. We will provide this for the overhead vapor,
stream S6, of 2000 lb-mol/hr.
Now that the Feeds and Products data has been entered, click OK.
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The Transfer to Specification window appears.

This gives you the option to use the overhead rate just entered for
stream S6, as a performance specification. Saying Yes to this default
now provides an acceptable, initial specification that can be edited later.

Since we are interested in the purity of the liquid bottoms product

(stream S11, in this example), we will modify this performance
specification later. So, click Yes to accept this option and to return to the
main Column Data Entry Window.
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Next let’s look at the Pressure Profile. This window allows us to specify
the pressure of the top tray.

In the Overall Specification field, for top tray pressure, specify a value of
125 psig. By accepting the default setting of no pressure drop per tray,
no other data is required.

Now that the Pressure Profile data has been entered, click OK.
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In the next video, we will cover Performance Specifications. Note that
initially, the button is bordered in red. Once Performance Specifications
is clicked, the border automatically turns to blue, indicating the
transferred flowrate specification from earlier is inputted, which you will
notice in the next video.

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Slide 43
Notes:
Try It Perform these steps on your own. Click Next when you are ready to
Yourself continue.
Duration:
00:00:04
Advance mode:
By user

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Notes:
Video 10: As a reminder, due to the recent fluctuations in the composition of the
Specifying inlet gas stream, it is your job, as the new process engineer, to ensure
Column that the liquid product purity specifications in S11 are maintained.
Data (2/2) To do this, you must specify that the methane, C1, to ethane, C2, ratio in
Duration: the bottoms-product equals 0.015.
00:06:01 First, click Performance Specification.
Advance mode:
Auto Note that the checkbox for Add Specifications and Variables and the
Active check box to the right of the specification are checked and that we
already have a specification defined.

This is because we transferred the flowrate estimate when we defined

the Feeds and Products. The checkmark in the Active box means that
this specification will be used in its calculations.

To use our desired performance specification, we need to add a

specification.

To add a new specification, click the 1 to the left of the first specification,

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 then click Insert. A new blank specification is now created.

We will look at the variables after we have entered our new performance
specification.

In the newly created specification, click the red-linked text Parameter.

• From the Stream/Unit drop-down list, select Stream
• Under Stream Name, select the column bottoms product stream,
S11
• Click Parameter
• Under Parameter, select Flowrate
• Under Flowrate, select Selected Components
• From both the Starting Component and Ending Component
drop-down lists, select METHANE
• Click OK

Notice that we now see the completed specification for this parameter:
Flowrate of component METHANE on a Wet basis in lb-mol/hr. Click OK.
• In the Specifications field, click the green-linked = sign
• Select the division sign
• Click Parameter
• Under Constant/Stream/Unit, select Stream
• Under Stream Name, select stream S11, the bottom product
• Under the Constant/Stream/Unit, click the red-linked text
Parameter
• Under Parameter, select Flowrate
• Under Flowrate, select Selected Components
• From both the Starting Component and Ending Component
drop-down lists, select ETHANE
• Click OK

The completed specification can now be seen Flowrate of component

ETHANE on a Wet basis in lb-mol/hr. Click OK.

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Reviewing our specification, we can see that only one element remains

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 in red and that is “value”.

As the desired purity for the liquid bottoms product, stream S11, we also
want the ratio of methane (C1) to ethane (C2) to equal 0.015.

Click the red-linked text value and type a value of 0.015.

On your keyboard, press <Enter> to input this value.

We have now completely specified the column purity specification on the

bottoms product.

Notice that at the bottom of the window, it states that the number of
active Specifications of 2, does not equal the number of Variables of 1.

This is a warning that the Degrees of Freedom must be properly

specified.
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For each specification, a degree of freedom, or variable, is calculated.
Variables may include column feed stream rates, column heat duties, or
the draw rates for column "fixed rate draw" products. There must be a
calculated variable corresponding to each specification. Furthermore, the
collective variables defined for a column must have a direct effect on all
of the specifications for convergence to be achieved.
The column requires a specific number of degrees of freedom before it
can solve successfully, and the Data Entry Windows are designed to
help ensure that the number of degrees of freedom is correct. The
software adds variables automatically.

Each specification that is declared removes one degree of freedom.

Each variable that is declared adds one degree of freedom.

When the number of variables equals the number of specifications, the

model is properly defined and can solve to a unique solution.

Since we only want our purity specification, uncheck the Active box of
the Stream 6 specification that was transferred.

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 It is best to not cut or delete the first specification, the transferred
specification. Transferred specifications will typically solve, and so it can
be useful should the column not solve with other defined specifications.

Now that we have our desired specification, the purity performance

specification, a variable is also required.

We see that by default, the reboiler duty is added as a variable. Also

note that the number of active specifications, 1, equals the number of
Variables, 1.

To view the options for this variable, click the blue-linked text Column T1
Duty of Heater REBOILER. This opens the Variable window.

Click the blue-linked text Duty of Heater REBOILER.

Note that Heat Duty was defaulted in the Parameter list and has entered
REBOILER in the Heater field.

This selection is acceptable for the purpose of this simulation, and

therefore we will retain it.

Click OK to return to the main column data entry window.

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Note that no elements are displayed in red, so the column does not
require more data to be specified.

Click OK to save the data and exit the column.

Note that there are no remaining toolbar icons, unit operation identifiers,
or stream identifiers bordered in red on the main PFD. This means that
all process data required for this flowsheet have been supplied.

Let’s save. Under the Express tab, click Save As. Save the file as
SESSION2.prz.

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Try It Perform these steps on your own. Click Next when you are ready to
Yourself continue.
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Copy and Another helpful feature is being able to copy and paste across models.
Paste This allows users to copy across component data, thermodynamic data,
across just to name a few.
Models
Duration: Under the Edit tab under Paste or when you right-click on the PFD, you
00:00:21 have the options to:
Advance mode: • Paste, which copies across all relevant data, or
Auto • Paste Only Streams and Units

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Video 11: We are now ready to run the simulation and view the results.
Run and
View the The software provides a visual cue that the flowsheet is satisfied and
Results ready to run by turning the border surrounding the Run button from red
Duration: to black.
00:04:11
Advance mode: Also note that unit operations previously solved in your Getting Started
Auto Part 1 flowsheet, or the downloaded SESSION1.prz flowsheet, are blue
or yellow.

New unit operations added to the PFD are gray-green in color. The flash
unit operation also changed to gray-green, since the feed stream to this
unit has been redefined.
A good general practice is to Restore the Input Data. This command can
be found under the Input tab.

Restore the Input Data is used to reset the Flowsheet Calculation Status.
This deletes any previously calculated results for the current flowsheet,
allowing a complete reinitialization of all columns, recycle streams, and

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 calculator results back to their initial input data.

This feature is particularly useful if a what-if scenario involves

substantially different operation from the previous run, or if multiple
calculators need to have their results (or R array) reset.

Also, useful if a unit, such as a column, has not been solved, as it avoids
a potentially bad starting position for the simulation.
To run the simulation: Under the Express or Run tab, click Run. If there
are errors, warnings, or messages, a Message window will display to
inform you prior to running the simulation.

Should that occur, update your flowsheet, if necessary, or, if you

determine the messages to be acceptable, click Continue to proceed
with the simulation.

To quickly pause the calculations, click Pause.

As the flowsheet is calculating, the colors of the unit operations change.

As a reminder, when the flowsheet calculations are completed

successfully, unit operations and streams will be blue. Unit operations
and streams that are unsolved or have errors will appear as red,
indicating a failure to solve. And lastly, when unit operations and streams
are yellow, it means that they have solved successfully but with
warnings. In other terms, heat and material balances have been solved,
but there may be warnings for physical measurements or other situations
that you may need to check out.
In our simulation, we find that the heat exchanger E1 and the expander
EX1 are yellow.
Click Status to view yellow warnings.
We find that E1’s warning is due the zone analysis, and EX1’s warning is
due to one or more vapor phases. For the purpose of this exercise, we
can ignore these yellow warnings.
The Messages window contains a scrollable history of the calculation
steps as each step completes.

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 If the Messages window is not visible, under the Run tab, click
Messages. Note that it can be unpinned to auto-hide to the left of your
window or can be docked on all four sides.

To view the output report: Under the Express or Output tab, click
Generate Text Report.

Once the output report generation is complete, the stream and unit
operation results are saved in file SESSION2.out – which should
automatically open.

Notepad++ is the default editor for viewing output reports.

Scroll down to view the various output data reports, including

thermodynamic data, component data, and data for various unit
operations.

To print the output from within Notepad++ window, select File | Print.

While Notepad++ is the default editor for viewing output reports, this can
be changed. by going to the Options tab in the software’s main window,
then click Editor. Then select Notepad or Wordpad from the drop-down
list or enter the full directory path and file name of any other installed text
editor.

Additionally, you can generate a stream property table that is

continuously displayed on the flowsheet.

This functionality can be found under Output | Stream Property Table or

Unit Operations Property Table.

To view more ways on how data can be reported and displayed, please
review the Getting Started with AVEVA™ PRO/II™ Simulation – Part 3
eLearning module.

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Your As the new process engineer, it was your goal to maintain the liquid
Objective: product purity specifications in S11.
Summary To do so, you set the column specification to have the methane to
(1/2) ethane ratio to equal 0.015.
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00:00:13
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Slide 51
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Your And as a result, we find that in S11, the bottoms product, if you divide
Objective: methane by ethane, it is 0.015, and temperature, pressure, and flowrate
Summary are as shown.
(2/2)
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Notes:
Check Your As a final review, you may want to check the results of your simulation
Results against the supplied output file.
Duration: Under Resources, download the output file, open it using Notepad++,
00:00:15 and check the results in this file against the output file of your simulation.
Advance mode:
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Let's Review Multiple Flowsheet Views
(1/3) • The Duplicate View feature (under the Window tab) can be used
Duration: to view full, partial, or magnified sections of a flowsheet
00:00:37 • The Zoom Area feature (under the View tab) displays a
Advance mode: magnifying glass that can be used to magnify a section of the
Auto flowsheet
• These features can be of benefit for large flowsheets
The Define Feature
• Allows a parameter to be specified in terms of another flowsheet
parameter, or it may be the sum, difference, product, or quotient
of any two flowsheet parameters or constants
• Color coding helps guide the user through setting up a definition

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Let's Review Specifying a Column
(2/3) • To specify a column (at a minimum), the Pressure Profile, Feeds
Duration: and Products, and Performance Specifications must be entered
00:00:25 • Performance Specifications may be entered as a flowsheet
Advance mode: parameter at a specified value or entered as a mathematical
Auto expression (sum, difference, product or quotient) between two
flowsheet parameters
• The specification will be displayed in the following form

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Slide 55
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Let's Review Degrees of Freedom
(3/3) • There is always a one-to-one relationship between the number
Duration: of specifications and degrees of freedom, which is the number of
00:00:27 parameters that can be varied to achieve the desired result
Advance mode: • A unique solution is ensured by:
Auto • Removing one degree of freedom for each specification
that is declared
• Adding one degree of freedom for each variable that is
declared
• The simulation will not run if the appropriate degrees of freedom
is not set

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Modifying
Simulation
Defaults
Duration:
00:00:03
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Learning By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Objectives • Input a description for the simulation
Duration: • Change the default UOM set globally or by simulation
00:00:28 • Customize a global input data UOM set
Advance mode: • Change the UOM set for output reports
Auto • Modify the thermodynamic property calculation methods
Your completion of this course will be dependent upon you viewing every
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Slide 59
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Modifying There are a number of options to modify global defaults and customize
Simulation your simulation.
Defaults: Defaults may apply on a global, simulation, or unit level.
Introduction Global defaults for problem descriptions, units of measure and
Duration: thermodynamic systems can be set.
00:00:43 These global defaults apply to all new simulations, unless you
Advance mode: specifically override them either for a particular simulation or unit
Auto operation.
On a simulation level, you can set problem-specific input and output
UOM defaults. Simulation level settings override global defaults.
In addition, you can change UOM settings for a specific stream or unit
operation. This setting overrides both simulation and global defaults.

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Setting the The Problem Description Information appears on each page of a results
Problem printout as a heading. Info such as the project identifier, problem
Description identifier, username, date, and site can be included.
(1/2)
Duration: The Problem Description appears on the first page. All simulations use
00:00:22 the global problem descriptive information unless you override the
Advance mode: defaults for a particular simulation.
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Setting the To set the Global Default for Problem Descriptive Information:
Problem • Under the Options tab, select Simulation Defaults | Problem
Description Description
(2/2) • Complete the window. Enter up to ten problem description lines
Duration: (80 characters each)
00:00:15 • Click OK
Advance mode:
Auto

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Changing While it can be entered anytime, we would recommend updating the
the Problem Problem Description before laying down your flowsheet.
Description
(1/2) Global defaults are used for all new simulations unless you specifically
Duration: override the data for a particular simulation
00:00:13
Advance mode:
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Slide 63
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Changing To override the Global Default for Problem Descriptive Information:
the Problem • Under the Input tab, select Input Description
Description • Modify the Problem Description Information window, as desired
(2/2) • Click OK
Duration:
00:00:13
Advance mode:
Auto

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Video 12: Let’s look at Global Defaults for Input Units of Measure and how to set
Changing them up
Global and
Simulation- Units of Measure can be set globally at installation.
level Input
By default, the software uses English as the units of measure set for all
Data UOM input data and for output reports.
Duration:
00:01:45 These defaults apply to all new simulations. You may override the default
Advance mode: set for either input data or output reports for all new simulations.
Auto
A library of UOM sets is available, which the user can select from and
add to.

To set the unit of measure global defaults:

• From the Options tab, select Simulation Defaults | Units of
Measure
• Select the desired default units of measure for Set Used for Data
Input. The default is ENGLISH-SET1

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 • Select the desired default units of measure for Set Used for First
Output. The default choice is Same as Input (which will be
English as well)

When selecting a choice for the Set Used for First Output, and Same as
Input is not selected, the drop-down list for Set Used for Second Output
will be disabled.

The default for Set Used for Second Output is None, meaning no second
output report in alternate units will be generated.

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Now let’s look at Simulation-level Units of Measure.

You may also override the default UOM for a particular simulation
problem.

To set the units of measure for the current simulation:

Under the Express or Input tab, click Units of Measure. Change the units
of measure for data input for each individual category, where necessary.
Alternatively, click Initialize from UOM Library to automatically fill in the
defaults from another set.

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Video 13: The UOM Library is a means by which dimensional unit sets are
Customizing maintained. These sets may be used for input data entry and output
Global Input report writing.
Data UOM
Sets To add a new set to the library or to edit an existing set, select Options |
Duration: Units of Measure Lists.
00:01:24
Advance mode: This window is used to create, copy, edit, rename, and delete
Auto dimensional unit sets.

The Units of Measure Set Name and Description list contains the names
of the dimensional unit sets currently in the library. The program provides
three initial dimensional unit sets: English (which is the default), Metric,
and SI.

To create a new UOM set:

• Click Create
• Type a Set Name and select the basis for the set: English,
Metric, or SI
• Click OK

The UOM for the standard dimensional unit sets are assigned to the new
set.

An alternate way to create a new set is to highlight an existing set under

Units of Measure Set Name and Description and click Copy. Then type
the name for the new set.

The Edit feature may be used to customize the set. Select a set and click
Edit. Use the appropriate drop-down list to customize your UOM set.

To delete a set, select the set, and click Delete.

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Video 14: You may choose to use a different UOM set for output reports, rather
Changing than what is used for the input data.
UOM sets
for Output To change the UOM set for output reports, select the Output tab | Report
Reports Format | Units of Measure.
Duration:
00:02:54 As mentioned before, the UOM set for the output report is initialized from
Advance mode: the global set.
Auto
If One Output Report in Input Units is selected, no further action is
required, and the rest of the window is grayed out.

To use a different dimensional unit set:

• From the Output Report(s) to be Printed drop-down list, select
either One Output Report in Output Units or Two Output
Reports, one in Input Units, one in Output Units
• Click Initialize from UOM Library
• From the drop-down list, select the desired set
• Click OK

The newly selected UOM set for output reports may be edited in this
window, if desired. The edited UOM set is saved with the problem.

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The various print options for Output Report(s) to be Printed are:

• One Output Report in Input Units (which is the Default): When
this option is selected, the output report generated has the UOM
based on those used for the input data. The currently specified
input units of measure will be displayed, but they cannot be
changed. To change the output units of measure, you must go to
the Input tab, and click Units of Measure.
• One Output Report in Output Units: When this option is selected,
the output report generated has the UOM based on the output
UOM specified. The specified output units of measure will be

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 displayed, and can be changed, if desired.
• Two Output Reports, one in Input Units, one in Output Units:
When this option is selected, two output reports will be
generated, one of each, based on the input UOM and specified
output UOM. The currently specified output UOM will be
displayed and can be changed, if desired.

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If the results of a previously executed simulation must be printed in a

different UOM set, it is not necessary to execute the entire simulation
from the start. Simply select the required units by using one of the
following methods and generate a new report.

The displayed output UOM set can be either copied from the specified
input UOM or initialized from one of the UOM sets stored in the UOM
library.

To copy (or in other words, reset) the input UOM set to be used for the
output report, click Copy from Input UOM.

To initialize the output UOM set from a UOM set stored in the UOM
library, click Initialize from UOM Library.
The output results will now be in the specified UOM set.

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Video 15: To modify the thermodynamic system global defaults, select the Options
Modifying tab | Simulation Defaults | Thermodynamic System.
the
Thermodyna Numerous thermodynamic systems are provided. They are grouped into
mic System logical categories to facilitate location of the appropriate systems for
solution of a flowsheet problem.
Global
Defaults Select the Category to which the desired thermodynamic system
Duration: belongs. Primary Method is then filled with all the systems that belong to
00:01:37 the selected category. Select the desired method from this list to specify
Advance mode: it to be the global default thermodynamic method.
Auto
Various categories are provided to apply thermodynamic options at a
Global-level.

First, select the category to apply global options, then check the box to
specify the default thermodynamic option for all new problems based on
the selected category.

Under Default Water Options, select a method for Water Solubility, Water
Properties, and Water Partial Pressure to specify as the global default
water options.

While this window allows the thermodynamic systems to be easily set for
all simulation problems, it can be a common source of errors if the
defaults are not checked for their validity with each individual problem.

The selection of an appropriate thermodynamic method or methods is a

key to accurate modelling.

Remember that these global defaults can be overridden for an individual

simulation using the Thermodynamics Main window, which is located
under Input | Thermodynamic Data.

Note that this global default will not become effective until the next new

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Video 16: (Adjusting the Standard Conditions)
Advanced
Global When setting up the units of measure, adjusting the Standard Conditions
Settings for the simulation is not common. Although, note that the standard
Duration: conditions for English UOM are different to those for SI and Metric UOM.
00:01:27
Advance mode: If, however, your geographic location or some specifics of your process
Auto do require this adjustment, click Standard Conditions.

The default temperature and pressure basis are shown and may be
edited, if necessary.

Note that the standard vapor volume per mole may be replaced, but not
both.

These adjustments are considered an advanced feature. It is suggested

that you contact Technical Support for any required assistance.

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(Adjusting the TVP and RVP Conditions)

Similar to adjusting the Standard Conditions, adjusting the True Vapor

Pressure (TVP) temperature basis and the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP)
calculation method is not common.

These values are only used to perform TVP and RVP calculations in the
simulation and are not used when TVP and RVP calculations are
omitted.

To adjust the TVP and RVP Conditions for the current simulation, click
TVP and RVP Conditions.

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 Enter the temperature that is the basis for computing the true vapor
pressure. The default value is 100 Fahrenheit.

From the drop-down list, select the appropriate Reid vapor pressure
calculation method.

These adjustments are considered an advanced feature. It is suggested

that you contact Technical Support for any required assistance.

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Let's Review
(1/4)
Duration:
00:00:26
Advance mode:
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Slide 70
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Let's Review To set the Global Units of Measure:
(2/3) • Under the Options tab, select Simulation Defaults | Units of
Duration: Measure
00:00:32 To change the default for the current simulation:
Advance mode: • Under the Input tab, select Units of Measure
Auto • Select different dimensional units for data input for each
individual category, or
• Click Initialize from UOM Library to automatically fill in the
defaults from another set
If required, but it’s not common, adjust for:
• Standard Conditions
• TVP and RVP Conditions

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Let's Review Using the UOM Library:
(3/4) • The UOM library is a means by which dimensional unit sets are
Duration: maintained
00:00:18 • To access the UOM library, under the Options tab, select Units of
Advance mode: Measure List
Auto • You can create, copy, edit, rename, and delete dimensional unit
sets

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Let's Review To use a different UOM set for output reports rather than what is used for
(4/4) the input data:
Duration: • Under the Output tab, select Report Format | Units of Measure
00:00:35 Various print options for Output Report(s) to be Printed are:
Advance mode: • One Output Report in Input Units (which is the default)
Auto • One Output Report in Output Units
• Two Output Reports, one in Input Units, one in Output Units
To define the UOM for the Problem Output Report:
• Click Copy from Input UOM, or
• Click Initialize from UOM Library

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Final Quiz
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Slide 74
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ons PRO/II™ Simulation – Part 2 eLearning module.
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