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1. 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 0 0000 00000 00000 0 0000 This window is divided in 3 parts e the left column shows the image of property table file e the right top part shows a selection form calculation window e the right bottom part shows a line graph result window Property tables can be generated for more than one fluid using various options as explained in the XPSIM Reference Manual The user can select a fluid and a property as result the file is scrolled up or down to the relevant property and through the calculation window either point values or temperature pressure traverse can be obtained How to save a property table Using the File Save as command the user is asked whether the file is to be converted to the OLGA LedaFlow format Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 104 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual XPSIM 1 08 2 Do you want to convert property file to OLGA format No Annulla Calculating property values The user can select a fluid and a property from the available selection list The file is scrolled to the relevant part where values of the selected property are contained In addition the user can ask to calculate e a selected point by giving one temperature and one pressure values e pressure traverse by giving one temperature value e temperature traverse when one pressure value is selected as shown on the next figure Fig 11 2 Property tempera
2. PEA 5 Xpsim1 Simulation data g amp General Data RUN E DESC E DIMENSION B System Data E CHEMCOMP H E THERMSET amp METHODS EE METHODS Methods list ox ex Pro terora vame OOOO pesonn OOOO O OOOO O Ge P ee SSS afem eee KOC I rear eee n Flowsheet Data m ES a a OCS E CE Ce o CACA a zje pe O in S Vanour linmiida entrany G W Help on User Manual File View Go Help w gt CHEMICAL COMPONENTS AND THERMODYNAMIC METHODS 20 1 Input statements and keywords The input statements provided for the specification of components and thermodynamic methods are listed hereunder with the related keywords category heading statement SYSTEM DATA component iist specification CHEMCOMP comp i comp fi comp The help window may be kept open and it will be displayed on the top of the screen each time the command is invoked History of the opened Help documents is stored so the user can navigate backwards and forwards This command can also be invoked by pressing the icon on the application toolbar Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 52 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 7 Component selection Some statements have input lines that require the specification of one or more chemical components selected from the list defined by the CHEMCOMP statement To make this task easier a special user interface is provided To fill these fields see for example
3. From the Tools menu and the Export data to Excel item the following two commands are available e Options e Streams The first command allows the user to modify some export options The user can e Exclude some properties for either the total phase or for the liquid or vapor phases e Change the description of one or more properties e Change the unit of measure Units of measure are initialized with the values defined in the current simulation Fig 14 2 Stream export to Excel Options E Stream Data Export Options File View Exclude Property Description Unit of Measure Time Time basis h 1 Stream id Stream id 2 Description Description 3 Temperature Temperature C z 4 Pressure Pressure bar 5 Phase Phase 6 Total stream Total stream ir Molar flow rate Molar flow rate kmol S 8 Weight flow rate Weight flow rate kg z 9 Yolume flow rate Yolume flow rate m3 z 10 Yapor molar fraction Yapor molar fraction 11 Yapor weight fraction Yapor weight fraction 12 Component molar flowrate Component molar flowrate kmol 13 Component molar fraction Component molar fraction 14 Component weight flowrate Component weight flowrate kg g 15 Component weight fraction Component weight fraction 16 Molecular weight Molecular weight 17 Molar enthalpy Molar enthalpy kJ kmol X 18 Weight enthalpy Weight enthalpy kJ kg z 19 Molar entropy Molar entropy kJ kmol C X 20 Weight entropy Weight entropy kJ kg C gt 21 Molar hea
4. In the case a user needs to insert elements at the left or at the top of the pfd he may shifts all the unit operation using the Shift Uop amp Streams command This command prompts the following dialog box where the user can specify the shift he requires Fig 3 18 Pfd shift all objects dialog Shift all the PFD objects Up or down e Height mm 20 m Left or Aight C Left Right Lenoth mm 30 Cancel 3 23 Renaming Unit Operations A command is available for renaming unit operation under the Edit menu Fig 3 19 Unit Operations rename dialog Rename unit operations Enter new name and push button Exi E PANDER C 1 COLUMN COND HEATEsCH Mes T MISER E 1 HEATEsCH fv lt Rename Cancel Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 33 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual The user can click on a selected unit id causing its name to appear in the edit field The user can then change the name and perform the rename action by clicking the Rename button 3 24 Renaming Streams A similar function is available for renaming the streams The following dialog appears by invoking the Rename streams command under the Edit menu Fig 3 20 Streams rename dialog id Feedto Product We Enter new name 51 08 lt Rename Cancel The user can click on a selected stream id causing its name to appear in the edit field The user can then
5. July 2015 Page 80 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 8 5 Fixing Input Errors Though the preparation of input data is made easier by the windows interface a number of input errors can be detected only by the simulation engine when the simulation is started Fig 8 3 Simulation with input errors File View Run Window Help Dm ed SB WE Aix QAl AAT ___Pfd amp Simulation Data Simulation trace amp status x Simulation Status Simulation Program Input Calculation and Output Summary Report Simulation started at 22 22 14 on SEP 30 2013 RUN N 9 STARTED AT 22 22 14 ON SEPTEMBER 30 2 INPUT LISTING gt INPUT ERRORS LISTING One or more input errors found Check input data Calculation time 0 00 sec Double click on this windows to open error trace Simulation no 9 Ended at 22 22 14 on SEP 30 2 o User can insert Notes and Comments in this window E j E m a a a a E E Ej a a a a a E ig a Be Lt By double clicking over the Simulation status pane the Input Error Trace window is open as shown on the next figure Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 81 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 8 4 Input Error Trace Window YG Line and chocke pr L680 05 Pfd amp n File Edit View Search DataTree Pfd Settings Zoom Symbol Run Rents Tools Pipages Window Help 7D oo SR AeA Q A QAMAL SJARH e BPE S SMA e x Simulation tra
6. These actions cannot be applied to any symbol of the process unit operations Actions that are not permitted are shown grayed disabled in the drop down menu Remark Independently of the sequence used to apply these actions to the unit operation symbol the final symbol shape is generated by applying reflections before rotations Fig 3 13 A Pfd with the Pump symbol reflected File Edit View Search Tree Data Pfd Settings Zoom Symbol Run Results Tools PIpages Window Help Sa Qio Q amp Q AROS EGEJ _ Simulation trace amp status Ptd amp Simulation Data x ki a oO gt gt a 2 a oO gt a a H u a a Ka a es o a S lt gt I For Help press F1 Steady State Simulation 3 17 Moving Unit Operations The user can move the position of the symbol of a unit operation after it has been placed on the Pfd This action may be performed either using the mouse or the keyboard Using the mouse e left click on the symbol of the Unit Operation to be moved when clicking a border is drawn around the selected symbol e holding the left button down move the symbol whose frame border will follow the mouse cursor e Release the left button of the mouse at the point where the Unit Operation is to be placed Each time the symbol is moved the program re calculates the path of all streams connected with the Unit Operation moved Feed and product streams not connected to other u
7. To save print edit and customize the graph the user can double click on the selected line the relevant graph is then opened and displayed in a new window The menu bar is updated to reflect all the available commands to operate on the graph In this window the menu command save graph collection is available and the user can save the entire graph collection Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 95 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 10 2 Graph document window Phase envelope PHE1 cumulative plot Pie q a d ys ie A a i A bar a im m7 N D an 124 0 181 9 239 8 29737 af ee 413 4 471 3 Temperature C X Dew point curve Bubble point curve VIF 0 100000 curve E VIF 0 200000 curve VIF 0 300000 curve VIF 0 400000 curve Y VIF 0 500000 curve When a graph document is opened the user can view it change the size of the window previewing it and printing it The menu items available when a graph window is active makes available the following commands The following commands are available File e Save As Save As Metafile Save As image Print Print Preview Print Setup Close Options Scale range mode Mesh No color pens Draw curve symbols Diagonal Customize Reflect axis Dynamic Elapsed Time Tools e Merge another graph into this one e Export curve data to Excel Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 96 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manua
8. XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 5 1 Unit Operation format This format is used to display and modify the header statement of the unit operations The header statement presents the following data name description list of the feed streams list of the product streams Fig 4 11 An example of Unit operation format statement Rein fost Fjphgii Window NHG he H E a Mi E E a P Ex at Ti E General Pata GD System Dota E GD Flowsheet Boia Hives Deroapion penance a K fi 7 cmp RECTOLE COMPARES S009 A End Data a COMPRESS 1 Commpeeniat A mj og m a a tl u aj E a E u i E tzi zi a pa E gi Using this form the user can view feed and product streams of the various unit operations Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 51 XPSIM Windows Interface 4 6 Help function User Manual In the Help menu a function is provided to obtain a full explanation and description of statements and related keywords with examples and guidelines When a statement is displayed on the right part of the Simulation Data frame the user can invoke the Help on statement function By selecting this command the help window is opened on the information pertinent to the Statement Fig 4 12 Help window for Thermodynamic Methods XPSIM v 1 0 Xpsim1 Simulation data File Edit view Data Run Results Window H Ce EiSeals elagankhelav 4A A Pe
9. E DESC E DIMENSION S System Data E CHEMCOMP H E THERMSET M1 8 6 Flowsheet Data Ca S1 CALC H STREAM 51 amp comp E Input Data End Statement Window click on a statement icon to view its data For Help press F1 4 11 Copy and paste statements Selected statements may be copied from one item and pasted over another item For example a SPEC statement of a COLUMN e g C1 can be copied and then pasted within the parameter statements of another column e g C2 XPSIM takes care that a statement is pasted on correct positions of the tree data So a column SPEC statement may not be pasted on a FLASH which allows SPEC statements having a different syntax Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 56 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 12 Selecting objects The Edit menu provides some commands for selecting and interacting with objects e Find stream unit in pfd e Kind stream unit e Find in statements Find stream unit in pfd By selecting on the tree view a line representing either a stream or a unit operation this command becomes available By its execution the selected stream unit operation is highlighted on the pfd window Find stream unit This command allows the user to select a stream or unit operation from the tree view It brings up the following dialog Find locate a pfd object Unit operation Stream PIPELINE FLASH MISER PIPELINE FLASH MISER PIPELINE PIPELINE
10. E g if pressure values are displayed on the X axis in increasing order using this command pressure values will be presented in decreasing order this command allows to exchange X and Y axes This command is enabled only when the graph has one X and one Y axes this command allows to switch the Y axes when the graph has two Y axes this command may be applied only to graphs generated by XDSIM Dynamic Option when X axis represents elapsed time In this case default unit of measure is second The user can change the time unit by selecting Seconds Minutes Hours and Days 10 3 Customization Options Under the Options menu the Customize command invokes a dialog that can be used to change a number of graph feature Title and axes description The user can change the graph title and axis descriptions Fig 10 3 Title and Description Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 98 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Set Change Graph Options Title amp description Scale digits amp divisions Scale Ranges amp limits Curves aspect Forts Title Instruments TI 111 Pl 111 Ist X axis Elapsed time ae 2nd X axis TEMPERATURE CENT PRESSURE BAR Scale digits and divisions By means of this dialog the user can modify e the number of divisions ticks for each axis e the number of digits of tick labels of axis scale e the number of the decimals of tick labels Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 99 X
11. RUN ID KLINK CUSTOMER STIAFF PROJECT TEST DESC TEST OF A LINK CONTAINING COMPRESSOR DESC 3 STAGES PROPANE COMPRESSOR DESC LIVORNO CICLO FRIGO DIMENSION INPUT SI PRES BAR System Data 7 CHEMCOMP C2 C3 NC4 IC4 THERMSET UID M1 METHODS KPR FV PR HS LK CP LK DeLK IV LK TRAN IDEAL SURT IDEAL Flowsheet Data STREAM S1 TEMP 20 9 PRES 1 26 RATE G 6211 XBASIS M COMP C2 0 720 C3 96 448 NC4 0 247 IC4 2 585 COMPRESS IN Si OUT KiPROD UID Ki CALC POUT 2 S POLY EFF 78 RPM 9500 E mE E a w ia i a a i a i E E Z iG Fi ai a E i lal STAGE NO 1 FLOW STD TREF 30 PREF BAR 1 18 MWREF 44 39 ZREF 0 97 RCPCV 1 141 OPCURVE RPM 8080 In the Import menu the user can select the Convert into Pfd Tree data function Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 108 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 12 2 Import keyword file activity trace J Xpsim V 2 1 Pfd amp Simulation Data i File Edit View Search DataTree Prd Settings Zoom Symbol Run Results Tools Pi pages Window Help D W 4B 4 BH 100 GHOBAY Y 4A RY eR BEB LS PRE AgRS C INPUT DAT __ Simulation trace amp status t 2 General Data System Data B Flowsheet Data I End Data Statement Window click on a statement icon to view its data ki o o a m a e a B a a o H U a a E E es a a w 5 The keyword input file i
12. Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 6 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual This page intentionally left blank Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 7 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 1 General Information This document provides basic information about the XPSIM Windows Interface application which drives the use of e XPSIM steady state simulation program e XDSIM dynamic simulation program in the Windows environment It describes the capabilities of the XPSIM interface and includes general instructions for using its features It is directed primarily toward users already familiar with the Microsoft Windows interface so detailed instructions for using the mouse menus and other windows objects are not given This software application allows to execute the XPSIM simulation program from a MS Windows environment The user can e create new simulations and process flow diagrams PFD e open and edit XPSIM XDSIM input files e inserting new streams and unit operations e modify existing unit operations and change the PFD layout e run the simulation e view and print result data and files e view and print results shown as graphs e export stream data to MS Excel In the following chapters the main functions available are explained in detail Remark Screen images and outputs contained in this manual can show version numbers lower than the current one v 2 01 and can be slightly different in their lay out but are still valid in t
13. XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Document History Rev 0 0 March 31 2006 Draft 0 1 July 31 2006 Issued 0 2 October 20 2006 Issued 0 3 February 13 2007 Issued for version 1 03 0 4 June 21 2007 Issued for version 1 05 1 0 January 10 2008 Issued for version 1 06 2 0 January 7 2009 Issued for version 1 07 3 0 January 11 2010 Issued for XPSIM version 1 08 4 0 April 1 2011 Issued for XPSIM version 1 09 5 0 July 31 2012 Issued for XPSIM version 2 00 6 0 October 17 2013 Issued for XPSIM version 2 01 7 0 July 31 2015 Issued for XPSIM version 2 02 XPSIM documentation The set of XPSIM v 2 02 documentation is listed in the table below No Tite y Rev Issue Em Windows Interface for XPSIM v 2 02 6 Jul 2015 2 User Manual Keyword Input Language Reference Oct 2013 3 Installation Manual Oct 2013 Batch Execution Guidelines 6 Oct 2013 om Dynamic Simulation Options for XPSIM v 2 02 Reference Manual 2 Oct 2013 this document Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 2 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS 0 Copyright and General Disclaimer sisc e240 sussie seinnoria niena eniai ieia 6 ss MGEN Chal Tanton aO eeren a e NN 8 LE APSIM imsalilone n ue tance oases taedapace oor esscd EN 8 Dee Userin di CS ia s cies a at adil aaa eet ac ctenila teu dai gcd ah coed atic 9 AE FOO EA ES Hn enn ere Renn T emer ete Meer ieee ater 9 D2 AX PPMCAtOM DESKON 9 2 3 Manipulating
14. check mark Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 35 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Set Pfd Size Refresh Drawing Mesh Uop connections Stream start end points appears on the left of the command line if already selected Select the command once more to unset this option using this option the user may extend the Pfd size or reduce the size of the current pfd selecting this command the Pfd is cleared and completely redrawn This command is useful when changing the focus between windows the Pfd drawing is not completely drawn or is not visible selecting this command a mesh is drawn over the pfd This option may be useful to for aligning unit operation symbols and stream paths this command activates or de activates the drawing of the boxes used as handles to define the locations where streams may be attached to Unit Operations this command activates or de activates the drawing of the boxes used ad handles of initial and final points of each stream path View external references Tool bar Pfd Toolbar NOTE this command activates or de activates the drawing of dash lines representing external references between unit control Operations and other unit operations streams External references exist when simulation parameters of one object e g a SPEC statement of a CONTROL unit refers to a parameter of another object e g the pressure of a stream this command shows or hides the toolbars of the main
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16. MISER PIPELINE 1 3 4 5 B Fi E mm Annulla inl The user can select an item and press the OK button The object selected by the user e g E 4 in the above figure is located in the pfd and its parameter statement displayed The user can order the list of unit operations either by name or by type by clicking on the Id or Type column titles With respect to the analogous command available on the pfd window the list of the available stream is limited to those for which input data have been defined by the user i e feed streams or recycle streams Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 57 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Find in statements This command allows the user to select the identifier of a stream unit operation control operation etc and to locate it in every statement when it is referenced This command brings up the following dialog Find object reference in statements Stream or Unit Operation Id Find next The user can enter the name of desired object and press the Find next button The input statement tree is searched and when the name is found in a statement the input element is scrolled selected and the related statement is displayed 4 13 Navigating statements Some simple commands are provided for seeing statement data in sequence an for expanding or collapsing the input tree Fes f Ei expand input tree Using this command the input tree is expanded
17. P680 282 VALVE V1 E N SETSTR SS3 H I VALVE V2 6 PSD pso1 m FLASH F2 E A SETSTR SSS Temperature Phase Molar Flow Rate Weight Flow Rate Molar Fraction Weight Fraction Molecular Weight Std Vap Vol Rate Std Lig Vol Rate Act Volume Rate Enthalpy Spec Enthalpy Spec Heat Cap Spec Entropy Compressibility Density Gravity at 60 60 Isentr Exponent Viscosity Thermal Conduct Surface Tension Gor std L dens Ger act L dens Water oil ratio Api density Gas gravity 7 03 kmol h kg h Pressure TOTAL 1945 132 62866 000 32 3299 68 1021 92 9858 74947 2 1192 011 38537 634 3 268814 105 680574 3 2511 105 1076 676 2968 336 855 59 997 339 963 60 550 0 811 Reference Gas Status Temperature 15 C 9 PSD1 Feed Streams ss 96 2697 bar VAPOR 95 401 1593 497 0 049046 0 025339 16 7031 2255 7420 24 6832 298 8651 18 118 302 621 2 826656 47 214057 9 1003 152 0032 0 907163 64 5579 1 317604 0 1446E 01 0 047801 0 5769 LIQUID H 155 180 30756 694 0 079779 0 489087 198 1998 37 5977 37 2540 2084 71 67 793 13436 552 2 095862 415 399466 2 1155 419 2987 825 5945 0 818026 2 794 0 130209 18 3124 41 4774 Pressure 1 atm PRESSURE SAFETY DEVICE Product Streams e LIQUID W 1694 551 30535 8039 0 871175 0 485574 18 0200 30 5044 31 0486 72833 1 2385 604 42988
18. Stream Settings Color Line Width Label position r Label Position Up Middle C Down Label Border The Middle option is the default In this case the stream label is drawn on the path line By selecting the other options the stream label is drawn above or below the stream line When the stream label is placed on a vertical segment of the stream line the Up option will draw the label on the left whereas the Down option will draw the label on the right When the Label border is checked the stream label is enclosed in a rectangular polygon Unit Operation Options The user can specify the border line width and the filling color for Unit Operation symbols Unit color line width the user can modify the color used to fill the unit operation symbols and the width of the border lines To change the default selections user interacts with the following dialog box Unit Operation Settings Color Border Width Normal color Selected color Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 25 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 3 14 Zoom specification The user can set the size of the Pfd image on the screen by defining the zoom level This helps the user either to focus on one or more objects or to view many objects and the connecting streams Set zoom this command displays a Dialog Box with which the user can specify the zoom value The initial zoom value is set at 100 See the next figure Fig
19. XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Set Printer Font using this command the standard Select Font dialog is invoked The user may change the active font for printing Mirror display font This option may be selected or deselected When selected the font specified for display is applied to printing also Fig 7 1 Main window with an open keyword input file XPSIM v 1 0 TTEX01 Efx Eile Edit view Run Results Window Help 8 X Ooh 4a gt E R R kxPSIM gt a r 3 MODULE TTEXO1 RUN ID TTEX01 cUST staff PROJECT TEX PLANT TEST DESC TEST CALCULATION TURBOEXPANDER PLANT DESC PROPANE RECOVERY DIMENSION ENG COMPONENTS METHODS DEFINITIOON SYSTEM DATA CHEMCOMP N2 CO2 METHANE ETHANE PROPANE BUTANE IBUTANE PENTANE IPENTANE HEXANE HEPTANE La THERMSET UID M1 METHODS K SRK HV LK HL LK SL LK SV LK CPYV LK CPL LK DL LK DV LKE IV LK VISV IDEAL VISL IDEAL THCV IDEAL THCL IDEAL SURT IDEAL FLOWSHEET DATA 4 plant feed stream STREAM FEED PRES 800 T 115 COMP 151 17 44 33 8545 25 868 88 483 96 58 33 114 92 18 92 38 83 24 63 4 38 ISTREAM 35108 TEMP 25 PRES 750 RATE M 10353 58 REFSTR FEED tr NAME 148 PROPANE PRODUCT 5119 ETHANE RICH PRODUCT PLANT DESCRIPTION FLASH IN FEED OUT S102 S101 L NAME V 1 FLASH IN 5108 OUT 3S109 V S110 L WNAME V 2 DESC MEDIUM PRESSURE FLASH v For He
20. XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual When a new simulation problem is opened the following categories required by any simulation are automatically created General Data System Data Flowsheet Data Input Data End The Input Data End category is empty it does not include any sub statement and defines the end of the input statements By clicking on the or icons the user can expand or collapse each statement or category showing or hiding all the related sub statements Each statement is shown as a line built up by e anicon e a descriptive text see for example the RUN and FLASH statements shown in the previous Fig 4 1 By clicking on the statement text the statement data parameters are displayed in the right part of the Simulation Data window 1 e in the Statement Window Two commands e Expand input tree e Collapse input tree are available on the View menu for working on the data tree These same commands are represented by two icons on the application toolbar i E Expand may be used to expand the statement tree to show all the main statements associated to each category ip Collapse may be used to collapse the statement tree to the base status where only the categories are shown Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 39 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 1 Inserting new categories To insert a new input category the user must right click with the mouse at a free point
21. amp status View data View results Detach Detach start point Detach end point Rename For Help press Fl Steady State Simulation No Simulation Performed From this menu the user may select one of the following operations View data ask the program to display in the Simulation Data window stream data supplied by the user if any Detach detach stream initial and end points if connected to unit operations Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 20 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Detach start point detach stream start point if connected to a unit operation as a product stream Detach end point detach stream end point if connected to a unit operation as a feed stream Rename to rename the selected stream The following dialog box is then prompted when this function is selected Rename selected stream 3 11 Changing stream connections and path The user can change the path of streams and their connection to the unit operation symbols Moving the mouse pointer over a stream path the user may see its shape change according to the position of the mouse The cursor when positioned over stream end appears as an Ks symbol If placed over stream path segments the cursor will appear as a double pointed arrow t vertical when placed over horizontal segments gt horizontal when placed over vertical segments Moving stream end By clicking on a free stream end the user can drag its position to a new
22. e Stream list results Run calculation this command starts the steady state simulation using one of the opened input files When the pfd data tree mode is used an input file is immediately created and the simulation is started When keyword input files are used a dialog containing the list of the opened input files is presented The user must select the input file to be used in the simulation E Stop calculation this command stops the simulation This command can be used to halt unwanted calculations inadvertently started before all input data have been completed or updated Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 78 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 8 3 Keyword Input file When one or more keyword input files are open the user can launch a simulation calculation for one of them The program prompts the user a dialog for asking to select which file is to be used for the simulation Fig 8 1 Run selection dialog XPSIM v 1 0 TCONTR15 File Edit View Run Results Window Help DOWER l SBE RADA AV ZAP ejl BEBA E pipex35a RUN ID KHARG CUSTOMER PPC PR J DESC LPG RECOVERY UNIT REVA DIMENSION INPUT ENG CHEMCOMP Ci C2 C3 IC4 NC10 METHODS K PR HS LK CP LK D Flowsheet Data Cancel STREAM LO 1 TEMP 16 PRES 547 RATE W 72000 NORM XBASIS W COMP C1 2807 1 C2 926 5 C3 311 1 104 80 4 NC4 427 9 IC5 1380 9 NCS5 2151 0 NC6 9286 6 NC7 4600 5 NC8 18462 4 NC9 26319 3 NC
23. 3 11 Pfd zoom definition dialog Set Pid zoom value Zoom value 00 OF Cancel Ti Zoom in using this command the user can reduce the zoom by 5 The user can also click the related icon on the tool bar 4 Zoom out with this command the user can enlarge the size of the image by 5 HH Fit to window this command adapts the global Pfd image to the current window size Fit to width with this command the users adapts the global Pfd image to the current window width I Fit to height with this command the users adapts the global Pfd image to the current window height Ld Fit to rect with this command the users zooms a selected rectangle of the Pfd to the available size of the current window 3 15 Pfd scrolling The user can scroll the Pfd window by using either the mouse or the keyboard With the mouse the user can click on the scrolling bars horizontal and vertical that appear at the bottom and right side of the windows With the keyboard the user can use the following keys T up to scroll the pfd upwards l down to scroll the pfd downwards gt right to scroll the pfd right Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 26 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual lt left to scroll the pfd left In addition one can use the commands Page up to scroll one page up Page down to scroll one page down Home to scroll the pfd to the upper left corner End to scroll the pfd to the bottom right corner Fig 3 12
24. 596 4 473325 80 609334 4 0896 73 6950 983 4845 1 001004 0 4841 0 640005 66 7676 1 OPERATING CONDITIONS Relief pressure 219 000 bar Relief temperature 1 22 C Relief status Molar fractions Vap 0 109280 Liq 1 H 0 688167 Liq 2 W 0 202552 Fluid velocity Sonic velocity 182 984 MI s 221 817 MT s Mach no 0 8249 Final pressure 129 000 bar Final temperature 4 79 C 2 SIZE DATA Calculation method Isentr max flow Calculated discharge area 0 247 in2 KB value KC value KD value 2 FEEDS Stream Temperature Pressure Total rate Vapor Liquid 1 H Liquid 2 W 1 000 1 000 1 000 e bar kmol h kmol h kmol h kmol h Weight flowrates Total rate Vapor kg h kg h Version 2 02 July 2015 1 597 G OOO i Page 87 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 9 3 Heat and Material Balance view The complete set of values of calculated streams can be viewed in a single window by issuing the View Heat amp Material balance command When this command is used stream data are displayed as shown on the next screen image Fig 9 4 Heat amp Material balance window XPSIM v 1 07 beta case 02 winter 01 Heat amp Material Balance File Edt wiew Window Help ti afio amp ca AV SARS e gt PEPA gt Bole FF case 02 winter 01 Heat amp Material Balance A a GE a Stream id RUSSIAI RUSSIA2 TURKISH Description Temp
25. Excel by starting the Export curve data to Excel Excel application is started a new work book is opened and all curve data are loaded in a single work sheet Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 103 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 11 Property Tables for OLGA and LedaFlow With XPSIM a user can generate property tables to be used with the OLGA Multiphase Flow Simulator or LedaFlow Generated property tables can be saved on a file and subsequently used in dynamic pipelines simulations with OLGA or LedaFlow When starting from the Results menu the View Property Table command is issued data are opened in a new window which may look as follows Fig 11 1 Property Table window YX autodiy 02 Prop File Edit View Property Window Help amp amp y 100 Q H f i Pid amp Simulation Data Simulation trace amp status Property Tables x PROPERTY TABLE 1 GL1 FILE ENTROPY NONEQ 5 5 0 10000E 06 0 41146E 06 0 72292E 06 0 10344E 07 0 13458E 07 GAS DENSITY 0 16573E 07 0 19687E 07 0 22802E 07 0 25917E 07 0 29031E 07 LIQUID DENSITY 0 32146E 07 0 35260E 07 0 38375E 07 0 41490E 07 0 44604E 07 eee 0 47719E 07 0 50833E 07 0 53948E 07 0 57062E 07 0 60177E 07 DROGOT 0 63292E 07 0 66406E 07 0 69521E 07 0 72635E 07 0 75750E 07 DROLDT 0 78865E 07 0 81979E 07 0 85094E 07 0 88208E 07 0 91323E 07 GAS MASS FRACTION 0 94438E 07 0 97552E 07 0 10067E 08 0 10378E 08 0 10690E 08 GAS VISCOSITY 0 11001E 08 0 11312E 08 0
26. July 2015 Page 11 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual e Using Help e About XPSIM All these commands are described in detail in the following paragraphs 2 5 File menu New opens a new empty simulation problem Open opens an already existing simulation input The standard File open dialog is displayed to allow the user to select the desired input file Print setup invokes the standard Print Setup dialog The user will so select the desired printer and the page layout Vertical portrait or horizontal landscape page positions may be selected last used files the latest used files are listed under the File drop down menu By selecting one file name the file is automatically opened and displayed in a new window Exit closes the main window and terminates the application When selected the user is requested to confirm this choice before all open documents are closed and the application terminated 2 6 Options menu The following general commands are available Dynamic simulation activates deactivates the Dynamic Simulation Option P amp I pages gt allows to create a new collection or to open an existing collection of P amp I Process and Instrument diagram pages Created P amp I pages can be used in a dynamic simulation 2 7 View menu The following general commands are available Tool Bar hides or shows the tool bar Status Bar hides or shows the status bar Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 12 XP
27. SPEC statements for COLUMN or CONTROL it is possible to recall a dialog through which the user can specify one or more chemical components as required The dialog is brought up using the Edit component selection menu that appears by right clicking with the mouse on the statement line Fig 4 13 Component selection dialog Select components from total Component List Total component list Selected components F emove Component interval I Cancel Using the Add and Remove buttons the user can define the list of the selected components that apply to the current entry When two components are selected the user can activate the components interval checkbox to specify that the two components defines a component interval i e the specification applies to all the components within the two specified components Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 53 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 8 Selection of elements from lists Some input data define a list of elements and one or more of elements can be selected in some other input statements For example a MATERIAL statement defines a material identifier which can be subsequently used to define wall layers XPSIM builds automatically these lists and allow the user to select elements without having to remember their identifiers When an entry can be selected from a list by right clicking on its field the context menu will appear To make this task easier a s
28. a statement keywords where a user s value 1s expected e g temperatures pressures flowrates etc Selection lists this fields map calculation options where one value is to be selected within a predefined set of multiple values e g the flash model can be selected from the following options ISO ADIA DEW BUB ISOVF Check boxes This field is used to specify a statement option represented by a self defining keyword 1 e a keyword that when entered by the user indicates that a specified option is to be used Possible examples are the NORM normalize option in the STREAM statement or the CON condenser option of the PARA statement for distillation columns Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 44 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Edit operations Edit fields the user can enter text or number integers or real depending on the field type Values entered are checked with respect to their validity and allowed length For example the insertion of an alphabetic symbol where a number is expected is immediately detected and signaled Check boxes the user can check or uncheck this field by clicking with the mouse or using the space key of the keyboard Selection list the user can select one of the entries contained in the list A value previously selected can be cleared using the Canc button of the keyboard Mandatory fields The keyword related to mandatory fields is shown in RED The user should enter the requi
29. and will add statements to these objects Before starting the creation of the simulation Pfd the user should supply the basic information defined in the statements listed above 5 1 RUN statement Using this statement the user supplies few data designed to identify the calculation The entries provided are ID calculation identification CUST customer id or USER user id PROJ project identification or PROB problem identification 5 2 DESC statement In this statement the user can supply one or more lines of description of the problem to be simulated Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 61 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 5 3 DIMENSION statement In this statement the user defines the units of measure of the main thermodynamic and physical properties flow rates temperatures pressures heat etc One default DIMENSION statement is automatically generated user can add two other statements for the definition of different output units and of an additional set of output units 5 4 System Data category In this category the user must define e the list of the chemical components that will be used during the simulation e at least one set of thermodynamic methods for the calculation of the physical and transport properties 5 5 Chemical Components list Using the CHEMCOMP statement the user must supply the list of the chemical components that will be used during the simulation For the definition of this l
30. area to an instrument defined in the simulation input P amp I pages Tools Window Help New collection Open collection Link for calculation Remove link The user can e Create anew collection of P amp I pages e Open an already existing collection of P amp I pages When a collection of P amp I pages has been prepared it can be e Linked for the new calculation e Released if previously linked 16 1 Open and view a collection Information about a collection of pages is maintained in a file defined by the pic extension This file keeps information about the file that contains the graphic part and the instruments values to be displayed When a collection is opened the first page is opened and displayed as shown on the next figure Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 128 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 16 1 An example of Process amp Instrument Diagram page gt m ha 1 1 PI 1 11 Se T XXXXXXXX XPSIM objects infos NUM __ The windows show the first page and allows the user to move forward and backward to show each page The menu provides the following functions File Close Save collection Pages Add page Delete page View Next page Previous page 16 2 Commands The commands listed on the previous paragraph are described in more detail Close close the display of the current page collection Save collection save the current collection A s
31. at the bottom of the tree view A context menu appears showing the available input categories Input categories already inserted by the user will not appear in the selection menu Figure 4 2 Simulation data window with new categories pop up menu EPS v 1 07 beta Xpelm 1 Simulation data Ee File Edt Y Dates Aum Anus Took Widow Help ions Ge EF tal ayes CEA pra A A C G E RUA General information for this run x 1 a E omens C a e A System Carls E otro na Cu toner nana E THERMSET a T5ERe Ilser name E METHODS pepee 4 FROJECT Doo Project de cription End Cata PRALEN Probles deacripeion e e ee Patni u Component Data Tier reece rene Cots Ha TA Dita Laia riti Data PYT Anabi Da ult Dala Piecyeie Data Nebewwk asta WLE dss RAD Date The Category context menu is shown in detail on the next Figure Only input categories not already included in the tree view will appear Petroleum Daka Component Data Thermodynamic Data Reaction Data Experimental Data PYT Analysis Default Cata Recycle Data Hetwork Data YLE Analysis Output Data Any input category can be selected with the only exception of Recycle Data and Network Data which are mutually exclusive Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 40 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 2 Inserting statements To insert a new input statement as a parameter of another
32. flows between the unit operations may be created by selecting them on the process palette and drawn on the PFD window The following unit operations are provided Unit Operation Description Vapor liquid equilibrium operations COMP SEP General component separator VALVE COMPRESS EXPANDER HEATCOOL Simple heater cooler or heat balance ene eee neme Distillation column Simple pipe calculation Connection node networks PSD Pressure safety device PSV or rupture disk Vessel depressurization From the Pfd window the user can move to the data window by right clicking on a unit operation The following menu will appear view data Detach Detach feeds Detach products Change object Rename Uop By selecting the View data command the related unit operation statement will immediately opened and displayed Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 66 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Similarly by right clicking on a stream connection a similar menu will be displayed By selecting the View data command the stream data if defined will opened and made available to the user 5 9 Some remarks about distillation columns When the user selects a distillation column from the unit operation palette a dialog is prompted for the specification of column structure The user should define e Number of trays Condenser existence Reboiler Number of feed streams and the related feed tray Number of product streams their
33. for a subsequent paste operation the current selected line is replaced with the data of the previously copied line The statement must contain at least one data line Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 48 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Units of measure on the top line When a statement displayed using the table format contains units of measure that are defined for the first entry only it would be useful to have all units of measure fields collected and shown at the top of the table This feature may be activated using the command UoM on second line from the Data menu Fig 4 9 Units of measure shown on the top line XPSIM v 1 0 zara02 Simulation data E Fie Edit view Data Run Results Window Help D WaR BEI RARADA FAAR gt Cl BEA NRY General Data E POINT Profile point segment Petroleum Data System Data el DIST ELEY Default Data Uok NT MT Network Data 1 17000 726 Input Data End 2 18000 25 3 19000 27 4 20000 25 5 21000 26 6 22000 25 7 23000 27 a 24000 25 9 25000 25 10 26000 26 11 26250 26 12 26260 0 13 26265 je B PAAAA In this case the Units of Measure defined are applied to the first repeatable line of the statement and implicitly to all the subsequent lines If the unit of measure is redefined on one of the following lines the standard table format should be used Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 4
34. is created For example when a FLASH unit operation is placed on the Pfd the following dialog is presented to the user The dialog requires the specification of the number and type of product streams Fig 3 3 FLASH unit specification dialog Select flash type C 1 product stream C vapor and liquid product Horizontal f vapor and two liguid products Liquid Liquid separation type f Waterhydrocarbon C Generic Liguid Liquid OF Cancel The symbol of the unit operation is created with small size to minimize possible overlaps with the symbols of other units The user can then change its initial size using the symbol resizing handles or the Scale symbol function Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 16 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 3 4 PFD Window after creation of a Flash Unit Xpsim 1 Pfd amp Simulation Data a FLASH F1 Flash Name Feeds ld When a unit operation is placed on the Pfd window the corresponding object is automatically created in the Simulation Data tree view So as shown on Fig 4 a FLASH symbol has been placed on the Pfd window and the corresponding FLASH object appears in the Simulation Data tree view 3 6 Deleting Unit Operations To delete a unit operation placed on the Pfd you should do the following actions e left click on the unit operation symbol to identify it a rectangle drawn with a dot line will appear around the
35. on the Flowsheet Data category and select the Stream command from the menu that will appear Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 113 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 13 4 Insert object menu for Flowsheet Data El Simple Flash Simulation data A General Data System Data Mame Stream Stream names definition F Set thermo methods Feeds Equi type definition Id Stream set creation c Control Multi Variable Control Set Uop Str data Step 6 Define feed stream composition and status The command will issue the Select stream dialog and in this the user must select the feed stream S1 The STREAM SP statement is generated with a related COMP sub statement and automatically opened The user can insert the temperature 50 C pressure 20 bar and flowrate 1000 kg h To insert the stream composition the user must open the COMP sub statement which will be shown empty with a predefined component list equal to the list previously defined Fig 13 5 Stream composition window bee Noire W F1 Pid A Sinmalation Dat m l E Mie baa View Search Data Tree Pid Getting ene Symibal Aun Rewmi Toon PL page Windi MHP A PiL Eaa Foa h e a ag H E E ail e a System Beta EF CHEMCOMe ay Gl THORMSOT GR Flowsheet Data fel AAH Fi DALL B STREAM 1 come B ena Oats ie F Saa A e D CEERI CEPE Ce rREES The user can ent
36. selected symbol e press the Canc button on the keyword A warning message box appears to ask for confirmation of the delete request e select OK to complete the operation e select Cancel to ignore the delete request Deleting a unit operation can also be performed by selecting the Delete command in the Edit menu Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 17 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 3 7 Placing a Stream The first icon in the Pfd palette is associated to process streams To create a stream in the Pfd window the user should do as follows left click on the Stream icon to activate the Stream placement operation left click on the Pfd window to define the initial point of the stream path left click as many times as required to define the other vertices of the stream path right click to define the end point of the stream path To cancel stream creation the user can click on any point outside the Pfd window During these actions a draft version of the stream path appears on the window When the stream drawing action is complete the stream path is drawn on the Pfd Window as shown in the next Fig 3 5 Fig 3 5 A stream Path in the Pfd Window i File Edit View Search Tree Data Pfd Settings Zoom Symbol Run Results Tools Plpages Window Help M EER l Q 10 Al ae T gt S EPE um El el ef m S gt OODOTANONAOCAOGRAMANDASM S OOO Simulation trace amp status rT p For He
37. statement the user must right click with the mouse on the parent statement A context menu appears showing the available input statements Input categories already inserted by the user are not presented in the selection menu For example by right clicking on a FLASH statement the context menu shows the available parameter statements that can be added to this unit operations See the next figure Figure 4 3 Sub statement selection pop up menu XPSIM y 1 0 prova01 Simulation data E E l sy x EB File Edit view Data Run Results Window Help e xj Cae SGRle BEA ARADA AY a ka Pe gt BE amp E E General Data 3 oe tenor a a E CHEMCOMP Flowsheet Data FE STREAM 51 aco aml eee pressure specication General specification Vaporjiquid entrainment Vary temperature or pressure For Help press F1 d T ee ee E L Pressure specification Temperature specificatio General specification Vapor liquid entrainment Duty specification Parameter statements already defined that can appear only once are not shown on the menu By right clicking on the same FLASH item but after toggling the Ctrl key a different menu is brought up Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 41 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual The CTRL key switches the menu from the upper level to the lower level and vice versa Figure 4 4 Upper statement selection pop up menu XPSIM
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39. this option may be used to suppress a warning message shown on the calculation output when the simulation convergence is not achieved Max lines this option allows the user to change the default no of lines per page The default value is 60 a lower value is not permitted Similarly values higher that 90 are not accepted Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 84 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 9 Viewing and Analysing Results After a simulation has been performed the user can browse or view the results in a number of ways 1 browsing basic stream results through the Pfd window 2 browsing stream and or unit operation results through the Pfd window 3 opening and previewing the output file generated by the simulation 4 viewing stream results in a Heat amp Material Balance type window These functions and options are described in the next paragraphs 9 1 Basic Stream Data Stream data can be easily browsed on the Pfd window in a straightforward way By placing the mouse on a stream connection and leaving it for about second basic stream data such as e temperature e pressure e molar and weight flow rates e vapor fraction are displayed in a tool tip window An example is shown on the next Figure Fig 9 1 Pfd window with stream results XPSIM v 1 08 ttex01 Process Flow Diagram E USR Qjiox amp CONDENSR Wflow 144170 Ib f VF molar 1 000000 rd Version 2 02 July 2015 P
40. tree will be used to indicate this part e the right part shows the data of one input statement and allows the user to insert modify or delete the parameters related to the selected statement This part will be called statement window in the following documentation Statements defined by the user are shown in a Tree view similar to that presented in the MS Windows file manager Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 37 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Figure 4 1 Simulation data window XPSIM y 1 0 Xpsim1 Simulation data File Edit view Data Run Results Window Help Cee Sals e Q2QaNHTh kVY 4A DPS eE a E General Data RUN Run specification x Tz E e DESC Keyword Value Description E Flowsheet Data U P P E FLASH F1 JE Pd ser nme ae ROJECT Pod Project description SS FLASH F2 EZ SPLITTER SPL ROBLEN E i E Input Data End Problem description Case identifier For Help press F1 Input statements are hierarchically organized in e categories e main statements e parameter statements The input categories provided by XPSIM are 1 General Data 2 Petroleum Data 3 Pure Component Data 4 Thermodynamic Data 5 System Data 6 Experimental Data 7 PVT Analysis 8 Default Data 9 Flowsheet Data 10 Recycle Data 11 Network Data 12 Vle Analysis 13 Output Data 14 Input Data End Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 38
41. window and the Pfd palette It may be used to force the reshow of the Pfd palette in case it becomes not visible the user may move the position of the Pfd toolbar using this command The submenus right left top or bottom provide the choice to place the toolbar at one of the four sides of the Pfd window The Freeze command is useful to stop unwanted changes that can be made by clicking with the mouse over streams or unit operations Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 36 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 Simulation Data This chapter provides general information about basic functions that can be used for creating a process simulation by e providing the required input parameters and data e running the simulation e analyzing possible input errors XPSIM organizes input data in statements which are grouped in Input Categories Some statements are automatically created by the windows interface as result of some user actions e g creation of a unit operation on the pfd other must be explicitly created by the user Though simulation data may be provided in any order the user is advised to follow some basic criteria The simulation data window is divided in two parts e the left part shows the list of all the input statements defined for executing the simulation Statements defined by the user are shown in a tree view similar to that presented in the MS Windows file manager The term data
42. y 1 0 prova01 Simulation data AJA amp Ce ee ae Ak gt gt Ei Add to products Unit operation are not presented by the menu because they can be added only through the pfd window Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 42 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 3 Statement Data windows Statement data are displayed in the Statement Data windows according to the statement type Three possible format types are used e standard format e table format e unit operation format The standard format is the most frequently used Input data for most input statements are entered using this format It presents the available entries using the format shown on the next figure Fig 4 5 A standard statement window XPSIM v 1 0 Crude oil 01 Simulation Data lal x DSWE BBJ AAY el BREl E E General Data STREAM 1 EtA No Keyword UoMispecl Value Description penne 450d Temperature H E Flowsheet Data Le TEMP as Temperature Name 3 PREss ft4 Pressure o Bi co RATE v zibo Flowrate o PETROCUT CUTOI 4 RATE ElewEe E sien s DROME f Normalize composition cart COLUMN COLT 6 XBASIS Lo ha Composition basis ee PHASE Po Phase o 27 SIDECOL 03 8 a Fase oS STREAM S2 pote a GAM STREAM sa Vary temperaturejpressure STREAM S4 10 YAR Ld Yary temperature pressure gt STREAM S5 E Input Data End For Help press F1 WY Each format wil
43. 006 10 953 10 900 10849 10799 10750 10 701 10 652 10 603 10553 10503 10 452 gt PDS OPR RRR 10400 10348 10294 10240 10 185 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 105 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 11 1 3D Property Surfaces When the property tables file has been opened the user can view the property surface which depends on temperature and pressure mesh defined An example of property surface generated by XPSIM is shown on the next figure Fig 11 3 A Fluid Property Surface autodiv 02 Fluid GLi in i File Property Options View Window Help Pid amp Simulation Data Simulation trace amp status Property Tables GLI GAS DENSITY KG CUMT Temperature C Pressure bar GAS DEN BEHER RRR ORR RRR RRR ERR L4 300 0 For ss Fl St State Simulation Last Simulation 1 Solved Xpsim ic view A property may not be defined on certain intervals of temperature and pressure where either the vapor or liquid phase does not exist In this case the surface where the property does not exist is presented transparent and with no colorization Fig 11 4 Fluid Property Surface with extrapolated values d autodiv 02 Fluid GL1 UQUID VISCOSnY File Property Options View Window Help DER S amp B S F HB Q 100 JA Gebel av 4 Al be ___Pfd amp Simulation Data Simulation trace amp status _ Property Tables GL1 LIQUID VISCOSITY NS MT2 Temperature C Pressure bar LIQ VISC 0 00075
44. 10 5245 8 flash in lo 1 out vapll v liqifl uid f1 For Help press F1 This selection dialog is available only when key word input files are used In this case the user can have more than one input file open at the same time The user is asked to select the file he wants to simulate 8 4 Running the simulation Running the current simulation problem is always possible If one or more errors usually data missing have been already identified by the windows interface the following warning message appears Defined statements contain one or more errors Do you want to stop simulation Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 79 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 8 2 Simulation activity window with completion status i File View Run Window Help Dw ed GB Ss WE Qoo Q HDA 4 Al ye Simulation Status vuvuv vu VN UN UY DU E e STREAMS INDEX PRINTOUT SEQUENCE Simulation completed Generated Graphic Data File Closed Solution Obtained Calculation time 2 00 sec Simulation no 8 Ended at 22 12 03 on SEP 30 2013 User can insert Notes and Comments in this window gt wo i T T s Gi E E E 2 E i i F a E l E E E i Ea E Fa Sa The window showing the calculation trace is presented on the left part of the screen The status of the simulation is presented on the top right part of the Simulation Trace and Status window Version 2 02
45. 10 Nh lle C5H 12 Alphabetical a f Chemical Formula C5H12 CAH12 CBH14 Sort Remove Name Change METHANE keyword ETHANE z PROFANE ae ISOBUTANE ISOPENTANE J hoy PENTANE BLITANE OF Cancel Select the Saturated hydrocarbon family and then add 7 components from methane to pentane The user can then open the THERMSET statement and insert an identifier for the set of thermodynamic methods to be selected e g M1 In the METHODS statement select SRK Soave Redlich Kwong method for K values and LK Lee Kesler method for Vapor liquid enthalpy Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 111 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Step 4 Save the partially defined problem At this point it would be better to save the data already defined The user can select the Save as command from the File menu The command issues the standard Windows Save as dialog The user can navigates within the folder he has already on the PC or create a new folder Then he can enter the file name Simple Flash the file will be saved with the extension xpi Step 5 Create a Flash unit and its feed product streams At this point the user must define one unit operation at least to do so e Click on the Process Flow Diagram window in order to activate the Unit operation palette e Click on the Flash icon and afterward on the point where the flash should
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47. 3 15 4 15 5 15 6 16 16 1 16 2 16 3 16 4 IOC ODJ EC oia riaten ar nrrs hee eres Cie merr ur nny Ten on nent ee paren sere 116 Create stream data Troni results ornen i a did se ovules A 117 Expor data TO EXCO lsr a a aai 118 Exact keyword MPU sesiet A EE sions 118 Merre Dpt FIGC nar a E A E EN 119 Dynamic Simula OMi E E is ede ieee 120 Pynimi c OPO Mengs e E S 120 Plant Wie Wer dICE san aar T E 120 Command DUNONS sar a s a a i 122 Plant View Meno omimanids seresiireaniuna a aasiteotodaaaes 125 Update Retresh PrequenCyc uisnsaceea Uric dota ular ieee ne esa 126 Plotting trend and history graphs ccccccccssssseeeseecccceeeaeeeeeeceeeeeeeeaeeeeees 126 Manas Mo EA EPIS lc gene ee Ue ener ne eee Once ern Sate ee en er ee 128 CDOT and view AON CC UO ririki eean ae kR 128 COMMI eaer tonto eeeas rod tsa tecice nets yate sine acne ceauaeebaahesenmaceoeeme ses seteeetose 129 Instruments and Ontrol Valles ena 130 Instrument Valtie Format sciciienchiaeecsiiseeaesewi cuales ee 131 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 5 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 0 Copyright and General Disclaimer This manual and its related computer program have been developed by Dr Luigi Raimondi LR This manual is intended as a guide for using the XPSIM software This documentation contains proprietary and confidential information and may not be disclosed used or copied without the prior consent of the owner as set forth in the applicable licens
48. 7 0 000572 l I BEH RR ERROR RER RRR a Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 106 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Customize colors and intervals It is possible to modify the colors associated to the minimum middle and maximum values and the number of subdivisions used for mapping intermediate values This option can be set using the next dialog Fig 11 5 Interval and colors customization Define colors for minimax values g a Mininum value Middle value Maximum value No of ranges 4 OK Cancel The appearance of property surface can be modified by scrolling the X Y and Z axis Besides the user can also modify the screen distance which operates like a zooming function Fig 11 6 View options definition Define parameters for surface viewing Axes rotations degrees Axes origin position range 10 10 y 0 00 5 00 Reset Defaults Cancel Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 107 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 12 Importing Keyword Files The user can import key word file in order to generate automatically the Simulation data interface and a related Process Flow Diagram This function is available when a keyword input file is open as shown by the next figure Fig 12 1 Starting import activity Z Xpsim V 2 1 INPUT DA eH File Edit View Options Import Run Results Tools Window Help Dee SR i Hite A T MODULE
49. 7 Liq 2 W 0 202552 Fluid velocity 182 984 MT s Sonic velocity 221 817 MT s Mach no 0 8249 Final pressure 129 000 bar Final temperature 54 79 C 2 SIZE DATA Calculation method Isentr max flow Calculated discharge area 0 247 in2 1 597 CM2 KB value 1 000 KC value 1 000 KD value 1 000 2 FEEDS UNIT OPERATIONS PRINTOUT Stream UNIT OPERATION 1 PHE1 Temperature Graphic Data File Opened Pressure UNIT OPERATION wz Total rate UNIT OPERATION PESO UNIT OPERATION CHECKS UNIT OPERATION Pi UNIT OPERATION PESO UNIT OPERATION vi UNIT OPERATION v2 _ Vapor Liquid 1 H Liquid 2 w weight flowrates Total rate kg h Vapor kg h Liquid 1 H kg h Liquid 2 w kg h 3 PRODUCTS Stream Temperature Pressure Total rate Vapor Liquid 1 H Liquid 2 w Weight flowrates Total rate kg h Vapor kg h 058 Che 8 eae Fe lt lt AAEE ee a a Zz cei B i za m mi a a E a al a a a a E a i S VY YY Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 93 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 10 Graph documents During a simulation some unit operations and other functions such as Phase envelopes Pipelines Distillation columns Heat exchangers Depressurizer PVT analysis VLE analysis Binary VLE analysis Instrument and control trends in dynamic simulation generate graphical information which is of great help in the analysis and assessment of t
50. 9 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Statements with Fixed Columns Some statements may contain a not modifiable column in addition to the column number This column is usually present for statements that contains the list of the chemical components previously defined in the CHEMCOMP statement Fig 4 10 Fixed column in COMP statement EUXPSIM 1 0 Ttex01 Simulation Data Jok S5 Fie Edit View Data Run Results Window Help a x ie GSR SBR AaDY e Belew H E General Data ees System Data oo bE COMPLIST E E THERMSET SETI a Flowsheet Data component id composition flowrate HE COLUMN CA Bil HEATEXCH CONDENSA ES MIKER M81 ef HEATEXCH E 1 H E Recycle Data H E Output Data E Input Data End For Help press F1 Copy and Paste Column Values The user can copy column values in the window clipboard or either paste column values generated by other applications e g MS Excel By right clicking on a column title the following context menu is displayed Copy column values Paste column values The user can select proper command to execute the desired function When the column is empty the Copy command is not shown Similarly the Paste command is not available if the windows clipboard is empty These functions are especially useful for exchanging data e g stream compositions between XPSIM and other engineering applications Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 50
51. FSTR Reference stream O O SS FLASH FL 2 Selected Stream ID E cac 4 REFUOP pe ee UOTE eee E pspec MIXER MIX 2 PIPELINE E 3 PIPELINE E 4 MIXER MIX 3 PIPELINE E 5 PIPELINE E 6 SS FLASH FL 3 MIXER MIX 4 m PTPFI TNF F 7 For Help press F1 In this example the stream ZAR IN B is selected on the pfd In the PSPEC statement window of the FLASH operation the Selected Stream ID command can be executed and the result is to place the stream name in the REFSTR field value Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 55 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 10 Moving statements Statements may be repositioned in the tree view using drag and drop operations By clicking on a selected item for example a STREAM the user can drag its icon before the FLASH statement After releasing the mouse left button the statement is positioned before the destination unit XPSIM verifies that the defined destination position is allowed For example a STREAM statement may not be dragged on the System Data category Fig 4 15 Moving statements XPSIM v 1 0 prova01 Simulation data E l x File Edit View Data Run Results Window Help Cae PiSGRl BRE RADAR TFAAR el BEA e fi prova01 Process Flow Diagram prova01 Simulation data General Data
52. IM Windows Interface User Manual The support supplied by XPSIM windows interface is essentially based on the choices made by the user in defining the DIMENSION statement So the user should decide the systems of units to be used at the very beginning of a simulation problem and enter immediately this data into the DIMENSION statement Utility functions provided to support the conversion of units of measure are slightly different for the standard and table formats These functions are described by the following paragraphs 6 1 Standard format For each input value that has a related unit of measure the current selection is reflected as a tooltip or hint when the cursor remains on the related input field For example Fig 6 2 Input Field with a tooltip EE CAL CALC Iso TP or or ADIA lash BP DP s spec o terora om arecl __ value OOOO rea OOOO O i a S a EE C E U pe JO eves tees a a D The UoM for temperature is shown to be C degrees centigrade since this has been defined on the DIMENSION statement and no different unit has been selected in this CALC statement of the FLASH unit operation When a unit of measure is available on the UoM column and a value has been selected by the user the hint is not displayed See the next screen image Fig 6 3 Input Field with a specified UoM CALC Iso T P or ADIA flash BP DP spec 3 oo difference In this example a unit of mea
53. LATION DITASIOA ING PROS F51G SYSTIN OATS urhisy mz ci cz C3 f aca DEA acs f acs ACB Ac JACRASIT 9 0 SIT MOTSLIST X SRK BLK FLOUSSIIT OATS SIFI SiS TING St PROS 448 RATI 9N8 AAS IS COMP A2 8S Clidd 59 C2 9 03 CS 19 89 1C4 4 16 Mca sd ce F 1C5 3 68 CS 3 16 MCE 2 96 C11 98 FLASS JA S ODT SIA 9 0er CALS IDVF FPRIS 441 Vre OAR JA SIA DOT S SS 0J0 7 PIJI TRAY 11 COG ROS ATCT FITO0 5 TRAY 9 CRAMOGG S2 TRAY 8 PAASINVAP VER FAJI 541 CRAWORP SS TRAY 19 PAA SD LIG SEAT TRIJA VIF SCAT TRAY 19 VIF PSPC PIO Pedi S TRAY OFS TRAY OFD1 2I PROFILE TRAY Ligezan Toure di TRAY 19 TEH SPDC FRAC H 8 825 RATIO SIPSI COMPec FCPCOMMCS SPDC RAJI jXj 1 1 RATIO STReS FLOST R514 COMPS FLASS JA SIA COT SSV SIA L Ol0 r CAC ID PPES 4 5 SPCC RATIE RATIO STR8S3A 55 PIFSIP S I SPCC RATIN RATIO STR S3A RIFSIP S3 SPCC RATD RATIO STP 55 RIFSIR S3 w IAD OF SILAT ICA INFOT PILI aini Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 92 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 9 9 Global output scrolled to a selected page vers extended Process SIMulation Cust user ENI E amp P Proj Problem ETAN Date SEP 30 ean UNIT PSD1 PRESSURE SAFETY DEVICE Feed Streams eo Streams ss 1 OPERATING CONDITIONS Relief pressure 219 000 bar Relief temperature 1 22 c Relief status Molar fractions vap 0 109280 Liq 1 H 0 68816
54. LINE EXIT TEMF 0 754 504 19 254 ww on T T T a 01 00 o 29 832 CENT Plant satus WOFIKAL Page 124 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 15 4 Plant View Menu Commands The Dynamic Plant Interface provides some other commands to control the dynamic simulation These commands are presented in the next figure which shows the menu pop up window Fig 15 4 Plant View Menu pop up Results Tools Window Help Update Display Refresh Frequency Instr Controls graphs Unit Operations graphs Close current plot file These commands allow the user to e Change the frequency of the display update e Request plots of instruments and control objects e Request the plot of unit operation data Each command is described in the following paragraphs Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 125 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 15 5 Update Refresh Frequency Bar and trend display are updated at a certain time frequency The default refresh frequency is set at 1 seconds This means that the user interface polls the dynamic simulation engine whether new simulation results are available and if so gather the result and update the current instrument display The default value can be changed using the menu command Update Display Refresh Frequency When invoked this command presents the following dialog Plant Data Update Frequency Update frequency 3 3 canc
55. Manual 9 6 Output Windows When an output file document is shown in its window the following menu commands become available File e Close Save As e Print Print Preview Print Setup e 8 Exit View e Toolbar Status Bar e Set Font Set Printer Font Results e Global out file Input list Trace list Stream results Unit operation results e View Heat amp Material balance e View graph results e View Property Tables Window e Cascade Tile Arrange Icons Some of these commands have been already described in the previous chapters so only the most important are reviewed 9 7 Save output file Using the Save as command the user may save each output file generated by the calculation in a private folder When this command is selected the standard File save dialog is presented Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 91 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 9 8 Print and Print Preview The output file may be previewed and printed using the Print preview command An example is shown on next Fig 6 Fig 9 7 Output File Print Preview AXPSIM v 1 0 QUTPUT LST Next Page Prev Page TwoPane Zoomin ZoomOut Close mitan ced Peo w r S molat an oe unn JRI gap s X Peaj Pfeoplen oe lte ste 24 mS F Fan m I rtart i at 11 45 21 an SIPTONETR 24 IMS SIMLATION JIAPOT nLr OD JEC APFLID OSIOP STAFF PFODLIO OTISINI ZIR ma APPLICATION LIBRARY osc TERAJ ZIR SIMI
56. PSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 10 4 Scales custimization Set change graph options Title description Scale digits divisions Scale Ranges limits Curves aspect Axes divisions digits and decimals No Segments Decimals 10 1 8 0 Update divisions digits decimals Axis No of divisions No of digits No of Decimals Update Annula E By clicking on one row in the Axis column related values are copied in the editable fields After desired fields have been updated the user should press the Update button to save the modifications applied Axis Limits Next image presents the dialog that can be used to modify axis limits and scale factors Fig 10 5 Axes Range customization Set change graph options Title description Scale digits divisions Scale Ranges limits Curves aspect Axes minimax values and limits Axis No Lower value Upper value Lower limit Upper lirit Scale Fact 0 309 86 0 400 2140 72 14 2140 72 14 Change or update axes limits Axis Lower limit Upper limit Scale Factor Update Annulla Applica For each graph axis the user can set e the lower and upper limits e the scale factor in order to set a desired axis range Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 100 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual By clicking on one row in the Axis column related values are copied in the editable fields After desired fields have been updated the user should press the Update
57. Pfd toolbar command available under the View menu Using this command the toolbar may be placed on one of the four sides right left top or bottom of the Pfd window 3 4 File Menu Print this command invokes the standard Print dialog for starting the printing process on the selected device The PFD drawing is always printed in a single page and it is so scaled to fit the page SIZE Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 15 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Print setup this command invokes the standard Print setup for selecting the printer and the page layout For printing PFD drawings the horizontal page layout is to be preferred 3 5 Placing Unit Operations On the right side of the main window a Pfd palette is arranged this is a vertical shaped window containing small icons for streams and unit operations The Pfd palette is available only when the user s focus is on the Pfd window To place a unit operation in the Pfd window e click on the pfd palette the icon of the unit to be placed e move the mouse cursor at the point of the Pfd where the unit is to be placed and left click When these actions are completed the symbol of the selected Unit Operation appears on the PFD window Repeat these actions to place other unit operations If the selected unit operation requires additional parameters to be fully specified a dialog box is prompted to the user before the unit operation symbol
58. Pfd with a selected area ffi Yandumbu fle 08 tile fd Vere Tekh Trae Cuts Ph tatingi Joam fpeibsl Aun Rauti Tele Pl pages Windes H aN Bios QAR a dW tk Vi eh MEF gt Smulatien trace 2 muur Pid amp Simulation Data PY VAN_101 T FLJ1O i FLJ2I FL JMP4 FLOWL PWe GLZ i VAN_102 F EMM BEE DOR ROR RERRROOSSRORROOS 1 Sat lis GSerrzlation Paforned 3 16 Symbol manipulation The user can apply reflections and rotations to the symbol of a Unit Operation in order to draw a Pfd schema in an easy way These operations help the user in changing the direction of the feed and product streams to obtain a simpler and clearer pfd drawing Usually the base version of the symbol presents feed and product streams with a left to right direction so the connection of recycle streams would be difficult if stream directions could not be reversed The following commands are available under the Symbol menu item Ak Reflect across Y axis the symbol is reversed across a vertical line The direction of feed and product streams attached horizontally is reversed Reflect across X axis the symbol is reversed across a horizontal line The direction of feed and product streams attached vertically is reversed Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 27 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 2 Rotate 90 the symbol is rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise YF Rotate 90 the symbol is rotated 90 degrees clockwise
59. REAM 51 E comp tS FLASH V1 CONTROL C1 4 psp PSD1 SETSTR ST1 49 FLASH v2 cac a Cpe e a Cpe OOOO eee K E a PSD PSD2 SETSTR ST2 psp PSD3 E PARA E SIZE A Input Data End 4 15 Disabling statements It is possible to disable one or more input statements appearing in the tree view by using the relevant command in the Edit menu To disable a statement the user must select one statement on the data tree and select the Disable statement command in the Edit menu When a statement is disabled all the related sub statements are also disabled By clicking on a disabled statement an Enable statement command becomes available under the Edit menu Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 59 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual When a previously disabled statement is enabled all the related sub statements are also enabled This feature is designed to help the user in defining possible alternatives in the simulation and to keep only one active at a time For example in simulating a distillation column that allows a maximum of 2 parameter specifications the user may define 3 or more SPEC statements while keeping only two active and disabling the others Similarly if a process flow sheet includes parallel branches the user can disable all the statements related to those unit operations which he wishes not to simulate 4 16 Notes amp Remarks Window In the S
60. SIM Windows Interface User Manual 2 8 Tools menu This menu allows to open graph collections and graph files generated by previous simulation It is also possible to generate and or edit P amp I pages Open graph file open a graph file gph extension generated in a previous Xpsim session Graph collection this command opens graph collections files with bgr extension allowing the user to view and or edit contained graphs View graph results this command becomes available after a graph collection bgr file is linked Property tables allows to open and browse property table files to be used by the OLGA or LedaFlow software generated by Xpsim o by another application 2 9 Main Interface Modes For the definition of a simulation problem the user may select one amongst three main modes of operation 1 Supply data using two logically connected windows e Process Flow Diagram window and e Simulation Data window 2 Supply input data as a ASCII text file using keywords based directly on the XPSIM simulation input language based on a keyword format In the Process Flow Diagram the user can create streams and unit operations connect them and build the topology of the plant he wants to simulate In the Simulation Data window the user specifies all the parameters of streams unit operations and other objects that are required to effectively run the simulation 2 10 How to close XPSIM To close the ap
61. TA ACTIVE COMPONENTS CHEM PHYS CALCULATION METHODS STREAM Wi STREAM o DATA STREAM WPR 5 DATA STREAM FP STREAM z Simulation Input File STMT XPSIM gt generated by Xpsimwin v 2 01 EXE OPT gt PAGELEN 80 RUN ID ETAN CUSTOMER ENI E amp P PROJECT ETAN STREAM WHR 1 DESC RESERVOIR ETAN 1X UNIT OPERATION DESC LEVEL 720 730 UNIT OPERATION STREAM SET OPER DIMENSION INPUT SI PRES BAR UNIT OPERATION UNIT OPERATION UNIT OPERATION STREAM SET OPER 2 UNIT OPERATION UNIT OPERATION 7 VY 2 ai Petroleum Data HYPO ID C30 NAME C30 SPGR 0 9608 Mw 430 UNIT OPERATION UNIT OPERATION 10 F2 STREAM SET OPER 4 UNIT OPERATION 11 STREAM SET OPER 5 UNIT OPERATION 12 HR 1 gt STREAM DICTIONARY CROSS REFERENCES SIMULATION STATS LOOPS DEFINITION Thermodynamic Data gt METHOD METHOD PR COMP C30 PARA 1704 29 159 342 1 11905 Yy y YYYY YY YV Vvv Yv vvv vvv Yvy Ga NNR nh I e2 ee HW KH WOKrPOOOMw244 oh METHOD METHOD SRK P COMP C30 PARA 1650 45 156 976 0 231172 K o METHOD METHOO P CST CALCULATION SUISARY e COMP C30 PARA 615 6812 11 8780 651 275 PEED RECYCLE STREAMS PROCESSED OUTPUT RESTART FILE ETAN INITIALIZED 2 Unit op 1 PHEL calculated System Data Unit op 2 Mx2 calculated SET STREAM OF 2 387 RESOLVED e Unit op 3 Peso calc CHEMCOMP H20 Unit op 4 CHECKS NC7 e Unit op emote calcula
62. age 85 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 9 2 Browsing Streams and Unit Operations The user may locate on the Pfd the object stream or unit operation whose results he wishes to browse Then he may either double click or right click on the object Double clicking In this case the relevant results are immediately displayed in a separated window Right clicking By right clicking on a stream or unit operation a context menu is displayed For unit operation view data View results Detach Detach Feeds Detach products 1 Change object Rename Lop For streams view dakta View results Detach Detach start point Detach end point Rename Select the View results command to have the calculated values displayed A single window is used to display both stream or unit operation results The user may move and size the window as he wishes Position and size of the window are remembered and will be used when the window is reopened Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 86 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 9 2 Pfd window with stream results DENSa aeg Pfd amp Simulation Data x Simul H A SETSTR SS7 c PIPELINE P690 ITE VALVE CHECK4 h i FLASH F1 ER SETSTR SS1 g PIPELINE P680 gI VALVE vi SJ SETSTR SS3 IME VALVE V2 6 PSD PSD1 MS nmrimir cine Dt i SR 4 BBl E eS SETSTR SS7 c PIPELINE P690 IT VALVE CHECK4 H A FLASH F1 SJ SETSTR SS1 g PIPELINE
63. be placed e The Select Flash type dialog is opened and in this dialog select the second option Vapor and liquid product The flash symbol will be drawn on the selected point by clicking on the symbol it is selected and the resizing handles will appear The user can enlarge the symbol up the desired size At the same time a FLASH statement with a related CALC sub statement is created in the Flowsheet Data tree view The user must now insert the feed and product streams Let us start from the feed stream Click on the Stream icon and then at the feed stream initial point on the left of the Flash symbol By dragging the mouse up to the yellow handle and right clicking on it the stream drawing process is completed and the stream is connected to the Flash symbol Similarly starting on the red handles the user can draw the vapor and liquid product streams During these operations the feed and product streams identifiers will be automatically inserted in the FLASH statement Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 112 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual The result is shown on the next window Fig 13 3 After FLASH definition a Gf THERMISET 1 _ a BA Flowsheet Daia fl FLASH Fi Feeds Products AL E End Data 0 1 BEE OOR SORE ORSCORRSOsg008 1 At this point the user must define the feed stream flow rate temperature pressure and composition The user must right click
64. button to save the modifications applied Lower and upper limits are normally set to values that encompass the lower and upper values for each axis By setting lower and or upper limits within the lower and upper values only a subset of graph will be displayed Curve aspect Using the next dialog the user can modify the curve aspect for each curve included in the graph The user can modify e Line style Line width Line color Points marker and its size Curve legend Fig 10 6 Curve aspect customization Set change graph options Title description Scale digits divisions Scale Ranges limits Curves aspect Curve classes ee type 2 Properties Style width Color 2 as Marker Size x 2 Legend Update Pressure Annulls The set of curves shown in a graph are listed in the Curve classes window By clicking on one row of this list the related values are copied in the editable fields After desired fields have been updated the user should press the Update button to save the modifications applied Fonts For each type of descriptive line e Title e Axis description e Values e Curve legends the user can change the font its size and effects Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 101 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 10 7 Font customization Set Change Graph Options Title amp description Scale digits amp divisions Scale Ranges amp limits Curve
65. ce amp status E Input Error Trace File View Run Window Help 10800 POINT DIST 1614 ELEV 1397 10900 POINT DIST 1897 ELEV 1437 11000 POINT DIST 2016 ELEV 1543 11100 POINT DIST 2190 ELEV 1711 11200 PRINI STEP PROP PLOT CURV 11300 END End of Simulation Input Seps XPSIM Vers 2 00 Sas eXtended Process SIMulation seat Page age Cust User ENI EsP INPUT Job ETAN Proj Problem ETAN Date SEP 30 2013 INPUT PLANT TOPOLOGY DEFINITION ERRORS 900 Invalid relief pressure value gt MIXER MX2 PARA Main parameter n arp pei Keyword WoM spec Vi Description wave creo sc ae a fea ee pene re N C E a Eae KC a SETSTR SS3 i Cs ee a a SSS Smoor Cpe ee Oo 6 8 8 ee ee al oO zi ED a 2 a g a B iH u E a amp A E sf e Si fe A SETSTR SS5 EE MIXER MXL ag SETSTR 36 OO nmr me This window presents the echo of the input statements and the error messages In this case the error message ERROR IN BEFORE STMT 8900 Invalid relief pressure value was generated By double clicking on the message line the related statement window is opened and presented to the user This operation may be repeated for all the error messages generated Some error messages may not be related to a specific statement For example a feed stream defin
66. e agreement Users are solely responsible for the proper use of the software and the application of the results obtained This manual includes technical documentation This documentation is delivered to the user as is it may include technical or typographical inaccuracies and errors The author makes no warranty as to its accuracy or use Any use of this technical documentation or the information contained in this manual is at the risk of the user The owner does not make any representations regarding the use or the results of use of the software in terms of correctness or otherwise The entire risk as to the results and performance of the software is assumed by the user The owner reserves the right to make changes to this manual and the related computer software applications and components without obligation to notify any person or organization Companies names and calendar dates used in the examples contained in this manual are fictitious unless otherwise indicated The author makes no warranty or representation either expressed or implied with respect to this documentation its quality performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Trademarks e Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 MS DOS and Microsoft Office Excel are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e OLGA is a trademark of SPT Group e LedaFlow is a trademark of Kongsberg Oil amp Gas Technologies
67. e frame size After the left mouse button is released the unit operation symbol is redrawn according to the new size In general the X and Y dimensions may be changed independently but they will be always multiple of the basic dimension At the completion of the operation the path of streams connected to the unit operation is automatically redefined Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 29 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 3 14 Unit operation with resizing handles XPSIM y 1 0 N2NH3 01 Process Flow Diagram File Edit view Settings Zoom Symbol Results Window Help D WSR melaa ple FARY gt ell PERAI RY For Help press F1 Modifying scale factors When a unit operation symbol is selected the user can invoke the Scale symbol function under the Symbol menu The following dialog box appears and the user can modify the scaling factor for the X and Y dimensions Fig 3 15 Scale symbol dialog Set scale factors s width scale Factor Y height scale Factor Cancel Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 30 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 3 19 Moving groups of units It is possible to move on the process flow diagram a group of unit operations To perform this operation the user must first select a region of the pfd that includes two or more unit operations By clicking within the selected region the selection frame appears and the region may be dragged to the new desired positio
68. east one set of methods to be used for the calculation of thermodynamic VLE K values enthalpy entropy etc and transport properties viscosity and thermal conductivity These methods are defined through the METHODS sub statement of the THERMSET Statement In the THERMSET statement the user should only give an identifying name that will be used to uniquely identify the set of thermodynamic methods In the METHODS statement the user will select the proper methods for the definition of the various properties An example of selection of thermodynamic methods is given in the next figure Fig 5 4 Thermodynamic methods selection window XPSIM v 1 06 Xpsim1 Simulation data File Edit view Data Run Results Tools Window Help e x gt General Data a EY sy A EE METHODS Methods list Sag amp System Data E encom w a e a E T je fT z amp METHODS IM Fiowsheet Data 2 syst z Thermo properties system A End Data Ps Jas Ti ticuia activiey coeff O O Y O C pe p eee Ce f je fra eaey ma ea G fe e ofw G eee fae p fee ofe reee e Gef fe d reena For Help press F1 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 65 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 5 8 Drawing a Flowsheet To draw the flow sheet the user can select the unit operations from the relevant palette using the standard drag and drop operation and position the selected one on the PFD window Similarly process streams that carry material
69. ed on the pfd may have been only partially defined e g temperature pressure or flowrate can be missing so input data are not sufficient to start the simulation In this case the user should locate the stream and complete its data Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 82 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 8 6 Set system options The Run menu allows to set some simulation options This is provided through a dialog shown in the next two figures Fig 8 6 System Options set change run options system options Run amp OB Options Calculation date wry MM 0 OD Annulla 2 The first page allows the user to define the calculation date Using this option the user can change the date shown on the page header of the simulation output Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 83 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 8 7 Run Options Set change run options x System options Rung OB Options E Interactive No Warning Max no of lines per page Data Bae Identifier Annulla Applica The second page allows to set some options related to run and the output Data base identifier the user can define a data base identifier This option 1s not enabled in the current version Interactive this check box activates an interactive simulation run The user will be able to check after each loop the changes in the recycle stream properties and eventually terminate the calculation Interactive
70. eees 21 3 12 Actions on Unit Operations soseda r a e 22 3 13 PEES a E E T ne oem e RT e 23 3 14 LOOMS PCCM ICAU OM sorsien nE EE 26 3 15 Prd oero a anaes stenaselcaten say sseatagsait 26 3 16 SV MIDO MIM AN MPU ALO MG sisi nawnakeOat esis Puactheuea dates savseleueesialastae elem eticeradeauieekna 27 val Moving Unit Operations onies A A E 28 3 18 Changing the size of Unit Operations symbols eeesesssssseereessssssseeersssssse 29 3 19 Movino sroups Or GOING eir E E 31 3 20 Deleting a roupo U S er o a e E OA E 32 SPA Changing scale factors of a group Of units seessssoeeeersssssssseerrssssssseeressssss 32 3 22 Shifting Unit Operations and Streams serenon R 33 5220 Renaming Unit Operas ini ccs essen siesta ois nse tas ives Sane es ana ERE 33 3 24 Renamine ELS ANS car tal thcS eos tal ast nts este Mecta saad tee tata acecen eee 34 3 25 Panne aN OD CCU sacct8 E E sonst P E E NEEE 35 3 26 View commandsS OpUONS s sess an anls tae aaa a aana esaa 35 ee SO EMAU LATOR Atal castes aie basso ceecna sana cuatiaaeiedatanser E 37 aol InSeraiic new cactos anaa a a e bien crn eens 40 Ard ANSCCUiNe statements ooie a r E 4 AD Datem Data WING OWS cerra vasa ta lata coasal a ria dac temas E 43 Ade sSUANGard FONDA tz scttsnanseussarsaussanzoueeanied a E 44 Ao Table FOMA eese gaat a soc eaneceeoeneogaceuseueckeeneeeeererotees 47 Ao PEDT O eeeeeeemeert try CPees ne ameNeanae retry reve Scere reenatn ante Un eretaat erreur reer ry errs te
71. el The user can define a new value of the Update Frequency 15 6 Plotting trend and history graphs In addition of the plotting requests defined by a user in the simulation input it is possible to request at any time additional graphs Fig 15 4 Instruments Selection Dialog Select instruments and or controllers Total elements list Tag Type Pl 1001 INSTR Tag Pl 1002 INSTR i T1 111 INE Fl 1001 INSTR Pl 111 IHE T1 1001 INSTA Pl 2001 INSTA Pl 2002 INSTR Fl 2002 INSTR lt Remove TI 2002 INSTA TI 111 INSTA Fl 111 INSTA Cancel The left list presents all the instruments and controllers defined in the simulation The user can select one or more elements and with the add button places them in the Selected list A maximum of 3 instruments can be selected Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 126 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual When the dialog is closed by pressing the OK button the graphs of the relected instruments are requested to the simulation engine Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 127 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 16 Managing P amp l Pages With XDSIM the user can define graphic pages of process and instrument diagram and to use them during the dynamic simulation for the display of plant values in a way similar to DCS pages In brief the user can e prepare one or more drawings e define for each drawing rectangular areas that will show instrument values e Link each
72. eleted unit operations are also deleted Fig 3 17 Deleting a group of units XPSIM v 1 0 ciclofrigo RM 01 Process Flow Diagram File Edit view Settings Zoom Symbol Results Tools Window Help a x D wW ER BRB QQRAAAA 4ZAl DYeo l BEBA R ALLE TE EEEE EE nS ESAS XPSIM 1 00 4re you sure to delete all the selected unit operations their data and all interconnecting streams wns A 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 T 2 4 A 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 j 2 A 3 4 2 4 4 2 4 A 2 2 by j A 2 4 A A A 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 RSA MA POOOOEEEEELPEEEEEPEEEEPEELMEAPEEEEEEEEEEEPEEEEEAEEEEEITA lt ramm For Help press F1 iv 3 21 Changing scale factors of a group of units When a group of units is selected the user can change in a single operation the scale factors of all the selected units The user is prompt with the dialog box described in the paragraph 3 18 Changing the size of Unit Operations symbols The user can define the scale factors for the length and height of all the selected symbols Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 32 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 3 22 Shifting Unit Operations and Streams In defining a plant simulation the user can add unit operations and streams up to fill all available space on the pfd sheet When this limit is reached the user can change the pfd format widening the available space for placing unit operations and connections
73. er the molar composition as either fractions the sum should be 1 or percent the sum should be 100 for the 7 chemical components from Cl to NCS Let us enter 20 for C1 C2 C3 and 10 for NC4 1C4 iC5 NCS Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 114 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Step 7 Define Flash conditions At this point the user must define the flash condition Let us suppose that he wants to flash the feed at 4 C and 14 bar By clicking on the CALC sub statement the user can open it then he must select the ISO option for the flash type entry and insert the desired temperature and pressure values Input data are now complete Step 8 Run the simulation The user can then execute the simulation by starting the Run calculation command from the Run menu or by clicking on the Run icon on the toolbar The calculation starts The Simulation Trace and Status window is activated and the report the simulation calculation is reported This window will remain on the top until it is closed by the user Step 9 Browse simulation results When the calculation is completed the user can reactivate the Pfd and Simulation Data frame to have all the output functions available The user can e View the stream and unit operation results by double clicking on the relevant symbols e View the global simulation results by selecting the related command from the Results menu Version 2 02 Ju
74. er to expand it and showing the icons related to RUN DESC and DIMENSION statements Click on the RUN statement icon to display the relevant statement window and fill the ID USER and PROBLEM fields with some descriptive values for example ID CALCO1 USER PROCESS DEPT PROBLEM SIMPLE TEST Click on the DESC icon to close the RUN statement and to open the DESC statement This statement will show 5 empty lines You should fill at least one line with some description e g Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 110 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual DESC Simple flash calculation Click on the DIMENSION tree icon in order to close the DESC statement and to open the DIMENSION statement In the DIMENSION statement select SP for Unit of measure system and BAR on the pressure uom line Step 3 Define chemical components and thermodynamic methods The user can now pass to define the chemical components to be used in the simulation This can be done by expanding the System Data category and filling the CHEMCOMP statement Instead of directly typing the component keywords under the Component Id column the user can choose to open the Define components dialog by issuing the related command under the Data menu Fig 13 2 Library component selection dialog Library Component Selection Available Library Components Component Family Saturated Hydrocarbons 2 METHYLPROPRANE C4AH10 C4H
75. erature 45 9 45 9 45 9 3 1393 Pressure 166 5 166 5 166 5 80 524 Phase VAPOR VAPOR YAPOR VAPOR Total stream Molar flow rate 69907 34954 34954 34954 Weight flow rate 1 1532e 006 5 7658e 005 5 7658e 005 5 7658e 005 Volume flow rate 9622 3 4811 2 4811 2 8144 6 Vapor molar fraction 1 1 1 1 Vapor weight fraction 1 1 1 1 Component molar flowrat kmol 01 WATER 02 NITROGEN 03 CARBON DIOXIDE 04 METHANE 05 ETHANE 06 PROPANE 07 ISOBUTANE 08 BUTANE 09 ISOPENTANE 10 PENTANE 11 HEXANE 12 C7 Molecular weight Molar enthalpy kJ kmol Weight heat capacity kJ kg C Weight density kg m3 For Help press F1 The user can browse main stream properties such as e Temperature e Pressure e Flowrate e Composition in a single window Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 88 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 9 4 Opening results files The RESULTS menu include commands for viewing and printing result files generated by the simulation The available commands are the following Global Output this command opens the output file produced by the simulation and displays it in a new window Input select this command to view the file that contains the input listing Trace select this command to view the trace list file Activity Index select this command to open and view the Activity Index Through this window the user will be able to interact with the other output window View graphs this command is availab
76. eresssssssseeersssssssss 86 93 Heatand Material Balance View sasshscascasingvacosacaatertaeonedecerdasaebaxgoadsetabedestesosscayers 88 Oe Openime results 11S crassa cero ceicaace a ses aces esaiaan eee 89 X Global Output WIN Ow eases ti Rasned nial bata an eases nesta A ys eens 89 90 OUMU VW MIG OWS ee Mecha tenet wuts al een teen T inate cae al dnncatcendeseseaas 91 T RAN OU GC ea r O A N E EET ahi Goncty 91 Xe Pan and Prone Preve W ereen e ahs aaa a a 92 O 1 10 010606 IOS n a sn rert rete fe nee Settee neat errr ere reene 94 10 1 ENeTA lL ONMAUON sesen n en eeactcnne cates Wes UA aa eee eee 94 10 2 Avallaple OPC Cal Ons ieir oink adehedeed a a 97 10 3 C stomizat om O PUONS ease E ccetin dt Macatee E acetal eae oo 98 10 4 Tools TOR graphs managemen scaire Ea 102 11 Property Tables for OLGA and LedaFloW esssnnnnnesssssseeeesssssssseerrssssssseereeees 104 11 1 DL PROPETY SULI ES eats cahe vataakerioraiiea ethcenateateearnialeumectalenttbanceeiensicunatbekcteeen 106 12 dmportine Keyword Piles rccco iste mace tenses 108 13 How to prepare and run a simple simulation ccccccsseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 110 14 Advanced options and functions 4 2 6 ccccccccccccssescesceesetesesssesecscesteedeccccecaccsesetaeesess 116 14 1 EDO ODIE asri sirens tee a ven tnce sad amiasanacneninst ee ca 116 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 4 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 14 2 14 3 14 4 14 5 14 6 15 15 1 15 2 15
77. erformed only as final operation b Start converting all input values Conversion dialogs will present current values as belonging to the initial ENG system c Finally change the required entries in the DIMENSION statement as needed Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 73 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 7 Keyword Input Files A user can also prepare a simulation input using a simple text editor and set up a keyword input file In this case the user should remember statement syntax and their keywords since there is no way to have them displayed When an input file has been opened by the user the menu bar is updated to present all the commands available for operating on an input file The following menu becomes active File e New Open Close Save Save As e Print Print Preview Page Setup Print Setup e Recent File e Exit Edit e Undo Cut Copy Paste Delete o Find Find Next Replace e Select All View e Toolbar Status Bar e Set Tab Stops Set Font Set Printer Font Mirror Display Font Exec e Run Simulation e Generate Multi Output Files Generate a single ouput file Results e Global out file Input list Trace list Stream results Unit operation results e View graph results Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 74 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 7 1 File Menu The file menu contains commands for opening other input files closing and or saving the current input file Print
78. es Window Help Oa ed Sela BALA m RI I ae FS hI ee M Sadi inie pielii jotne E Tel iolsr EC wooo Pfd amp Simulation Data ae Simulation trace amp status S1 mpl For Help press F1 Steady State Simulation No Simulation Performed 3 9 Deleting a Stream To delete a stream on the Pfd the user must first highlight the selected stream by clicking on it The stream color will change from the normal status to the selected one default colors are respectively blue and red Then user can then a press the Canc button b start the Delete command from the Edit menu The following dialog box will appear to ask the user which action he wants to perform Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 19 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Delete stream 52 Pid only Pid and Simulation Data Cancel The user may cancel the operation or e delete the stream only in the Pfd document e delete the stream in the Pfd document and its data if any in the Simulation Data document 3 10 Operations on streams After a stream has been selected highlighted the user may right click on it to bring up a context type menu as shown on the next figure Fig 3 7 A pfd snap shot with the stream menu displayed File Edit E Search Tree Data Ffd Settings Zoom Symbol Run Results Tools Pl pages Window Help D wll amp FS oo SIGH T E e EEA gt A LN EE EEE ae a Simulation trace
79. et Data Risorse del a FLASH F1 computer E cac A End Data Risorse di rete Nome file test case 01 z Salva come xpsim input Files xpi v Annulla For Help press F1 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 68 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 6 Units of Measure Definition and Conversion XPSIM provides some support for the conversion of units of measure of input values This section provides some general information about conversion functions together with guidelines and hints For each simulation problem the set of unit of measures UoM is defined by the user through the DIMENSION statement This statement is always required and is automatically created by the Windows interface Its format is shown on the next figure Fig 6 1 Input Dimension statement EE DIMENSION Unit of measure specification o emea e OOO aO GO pe a e en Pe forte nears een Pe rem remeron oe Ps meee eo fe Ps aro Pte vom oe fas amen See vapor vote a ooo pee mpe O ere As a basic point this statement requires the user to define the units of measure UoM system Possible systems are Keyword Description Standard International unit of measure English unit of measure MET Metric unit of measure In addition of the basic set the user can define specific unit of measure for a number of physical properties such as temperature pressure energy etc Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 69 XPS
80. et Data cent d E 7 ais D PETROCUT CUTOI 149 O E PROPERTY TBP 208 E DATA 730 459 590 COL1 630 5501 770 5502 965 E 5503 380 E STREAM 2 O E STREAM 53 fb STREAM 54 me STREAM S5 E Input Data End To move from one field to another the user can click with the mouse on the desired field or use the Tab button on the keyboard Using the Tab command the user can move sequentially from one field to the next when a field is not visible it is automatically scrolled into the visible area To scroll the view with the mouse the user must click on the arrows of the scroll bars The first line of the table contains the description of the statement field associated to each column The first column presents the number of lines available or entered by the user Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 47 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual By clicking with the right button of the mouse the line command menu is presented with the following available commands Add row Insert row Delete row Repeat row Copy row Paste row These commands perform the following operations Add row Insert row Delete row Repeat row Copy row Paste row anew empty line is added after the last line a new empty line is inserted before the current selected line the current selected line is deleted the current selected line is repeated the current selected line is copied Its content is available
81. gt Schema 03 lt TITLE gt lt PATH gt C YD Pfd prova Schema 03 jpg lt PATH gt lt PAGE gt 16 3 Instruments and Control values By right clicking on the page window a context menu with the following commands is presented Insert run time value Delete run time value Modify run time value Each command can be available or disabled depending on the point on which the user right click with the mouse When the insertion of a new run time value or the modification of an already defined value is requested a dialog is presented This is discussed on the next paragraph Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 130 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 16 4 Instrument Value Format Information related to an instrument are defined by the following dialog Fig 16 2 Instrument value definition Instrument Control Descnption and Value ray 1 Instrument Control Tag Prefix Value format No of characters 3 No of decimals 2 W Unit of measure The user must define the Instrument or Control Tag that must match the name of an object defined in the simulation input In addition the following parameters can be customized e an optional prefix string e an optional suffix string Default presentation of instrument values can be modified by defining e number of characters e number of decimals e unit of measure insertion Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 131 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual End of XPSIM Windows Inte
82. he results 10 1 General information Generation and availability of graphical information is reflected in the Results menu as shown by the next screen image JAN Tools Window Help Activity index L global simulation output Output files d View Heat amp Material balance View graph results The user may then select the View graph results command or click the 2 icon in the application tool bar to access the list of the available graphs and select the desired one By selecting this command a new window is opened as shown by the next figure It is divided in two parts e list of the available graphs e graph preview Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 94 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 10 1 Graph selection and preview Xpsim V 2 02 beta G List amp PN File View DO a So a amp 100 JALE 44 gt o BEE Graph list E 0001 PHEIL Phase envelope PHEIL BP amp DP curve Phase envelope PHE1 BP amp DP curves Phase envelope PHE VF 0 500000 Phase envelope PHE VF 0 980000 Phase envelope PHE VF 0 999000 Phase envelope PHE1 cumulative plot 0004 FLOWL 0006 TRUNKL ae ae a i ae Ee i ae zE ae BG ae bar Pressure 2 ee el 14 35 The left tree view shows unit operations and functions which have generated one or more graphs By selecting one line the graph is displayed on the right part of the window
83. heir structure 1 1 XPSIM installation The installation of XPSIM and its related documentation 1s described by the manual XPSIM EXTENDED PROCESS SIMULATION SYSTEM Installation Manual Version 2 02 Rey x July 31 2015 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page amp XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 2 User Interface The XPSIM Windows Interface implements a multi document interface MDI architecture which allows the user to work on many documents and views at the same time with each document shown in its own window At a time the number of open windows can be very large for example if a simulation generates 20 graphs the user can in principle open each graph in a separate window and have 20 graph windows open The terms file document and window may be considered synonyms because each document is usually contained saved in a file and each document is shown in its own window The documents that may be viewed and or edited are e input files e process flow diagram PFD schemas e output files e graphs This chapter describes how to start and exit XPSIM and describes some basic Windows features as they appear and are used in the XPSIM windows interface 2 1 How to start XPSIM To start the application the user can e double click on the XPSIM icon on the desk top e launch the XPSIM application from the Start Program Folder The XPSIM welcome window will appear as shown on Fig 2 1 2 2 Application Desk
84. imulation Trace amp Status window a Notes amp Remarks window is also created In this window the user can enter all the notes and remarks he wishes about the current simulation problem With this function the process engineer can describe basic data design options and any other important information which could be useful in future to easily understand the simulation pfd and input data The user can at any time add or update the text already present When the simulation problem is saved the content of the Notes amp Remarks window is saved together with simulation data and pfd drawing in the xpi file Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 60 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 5 Simulation Creation This section provides some general information and guidelines about the basic functions that can be used for creating a process simulation providing the appropriate parameters and data running the simulation and analyzing the results When a new problem is created XPSIM generates e an empty pfd e a simulation data window The simulation data window presents the following default categories and statements General Data RUN statement DESC statement DIMENSION statement System Data CHEMCOMP statement THERMSET statement METHODS statement Flowsheet Data Input Data End Within the Flowsheet Data category no default statements are created The user will define unit operations and streams using the Pfd interface
85. is carried on until a user s defined time interval has been reached Using these buttons the user can override the values defined in the simulation input Available commands are Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 123 XPSIM Windows Interface Freeze Go Change restarts the dynamic simulation User Manual halts the simulation and puts execution in a waiting status in a waiting status by pressing this button the user interface is opened to allow the change of some simulation parameters STOP b he Wew Pont Vew Teok Windew Help GROUP 4 Fig 15 3 Instrument trend view PAGES q Frick Piit gt PIL 99 i 1008 FIFELINE PRES AT 95H Paano eS DISPLAY 75 il w E Tend 50 12 5 ALARMS Ez Ayr Ham Surnay 25 4 CONTROLS Have ae Time m 01 00 ry 1 478 BAR SP VER UT MULATION HIL 95 100 QUID HOLDUF AT 99H a a a CHANGE GB star 5 L 25 0t z i Tima m 01 00 Py 0 4298 03 SP OUT amp Simulation status gt WAITING Version 2 02 July 2015 o TIL 99 100 apg TEMP AT 99M T54 50 10 29 0832 CENT FIL EX 100 Mor EXIT FRES 75 50 12 5 254 Oe T 7 01 00 1 478 BAR Time step DOOF Speed ralio 0 075266 by pressing this button the current simulation is terminated TIME 0 00 25 995 VIL 99 1004 agratesscrens VELO AT 99M 75 504 0 25 10 04 01 00 G 107 554 MT 3 TIL EX 100 FIFE
86. is defined by the user in the input data stream In this case unit operations will be solved in the sequence defined by the simulation data tree To change this order the user can simply change the position of a unit in the tree view Calculation sequence defined by program The second option may be defined by setting the SEQ option to AUTO in the SOLUTION statement in the RECYCLE DATA category 5 11 Saving the current problem At some point of the input preparation the user should decide to save the data already defined The user must select the Save or Save as command from the File menu When these commands are selected the standard MS Windows file definition dialog is prompted to the user The user must give a name to the problem e g Test case O1 as shown on the next figure and press the save button The current Xpsim problem will be saved with the extension xpi xpsim input The extension may be given or omitted by the user if already defined by the user the file extension will not be duplicated Fig 5 5 Selecting a file name for the current problem XPSIM v 1 06 Xpsim1 Process Flow Diagram J See QQ ala 2 E Xpsim1 Process Flow Diagram Salva con nome Salva in O Est Laminazione 01 xpi Laminazione 02 xpi Documenti recenti Desktop _ ns Documenti Xpsim1 Simulation data Ele J amp General Data PE me A System Data j aan A Flowshe
87. ist the user can insert the component keywords in the relevant statement window see next figure or use a special dialog Fig 5 1 Component list definition window XPSIM yv 1 0 Simulation Data File Edit View Data Run Results Window Help Cae W aeh eB Ra ejo RE e H E General Data COMPLIST a System Data component component name Reference COMPLIST id camnanent id H20 METHANE For Help press F1 ICAP NUM W The window is initially created with 10 lines This number may be increased using the standard commands available for the table format However for helping the user in selecting the chemical components within the component library a special dialog is also available and may be invoked using the Select components command contained in the Data menu Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 62 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 5 6 Chemical Components from Library The user is advised to define the chemical components that will be used in the simulation as early as possible It is usual to enter components following an order which is classical in the HPI Hydrocarbon Processing Industry light gases and components are entered first followed by the hydrocarbons in ascending order of molecular weight Water is usually defined as the first or the last component Fig 5 2 Component selection dialog Library Component Selection Available Library Components Component Family Saturated Hydrocarbon
88. l Window e Cascade Tile Arrange Icons 10 2 Available Operations This chapter describes the functions available for managing the graph object File menu Save as Save as metafile Save as image Print setup Print Print preview Options menu using this command the user can save graph data on a file for subsequent use When this command is invoked the Save as standard MS Windows dialog is invoked allowing the user to select the folder and the filename The file is save with the gph extension using this command the user can save the graph image into a file for subsequent use The image is saved in a windows enhanced metafile format and can be subsequently imported in Word and Excel documents When this command is invoked the standard Save as dialog is displayed allowing the user to select the folder and the filename using this command the user can save the graph image into a file for subsequent use The image can be saved in various formats such as bmp jpeg gif When this command is invoked the standard Save as dialog is displayed allowing the user to select the folder and the filename using this command the user can select the printer and the printing layout using this command the user can print the graph to a selected printer using this command the user can preview the graph image before printing This menu item provides a number of commands for modifying and cu
89. l be described in detail in the following chapters Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 43 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 4 Standard Format The window presents all the possible entries ordered in lines with related data in columns the columns have titles shown in the first line The columns displayed are the following No contains the sequence number of each entry Keyword contains the entry keyword that will identify the input item in the XPSIM input file UoM Spec contains either the Unit of Measure of the following value or a type specification e g the molar weight or volume basis of a flow rate Value contains the value of the item Description contains a brief description of the input field The UoM Spec column is not shown when none of the entries has this attribute See for example the RUN statement shown in Fig 7 1 The user can enter parameters data as usually done in the Windows environment To move from one field to another the user can either click with the mouse on the desired field or use the Tab button on the keyboard Using the Tab command the user can move sequentially from one field to the next when a field is not visible it is automatically scrolled into the visible area To scroll the view with the mouse the user must click on the arrows of the scroll bars Three types of data fields are available for entering data Edit fields this fields represent the values of
90. le when the simulation has generated one or more graphs When selected this command presents the user the list of graphs generated by the calculation After a graph has been selected a new graph document is created and displayed in its window The commands available for a Graph document are described in the next chapter View property tables this command is available when the simulation has generated property tables Generation of Property Tables can be requested by using the PTABLE input statement within the VLE Analysis input category Details about the functions available for browsing and saving generated results are given in a following chapter 9 5 Global Output Window When the user has selected a file a new window is created and the related output file is shown See next Fig 5 The main result file is shown on the right part of the window frame The activity index is presented on the left part of the screen This last window presents results index with the page no Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 89 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Fig 9 5 Output and Index window Ee Line and chocke pr L680 05 Output amp Inde _ File Edit View Options Results Window Help F 100 2 anneeen Page 1 XPSIM Vers 2 00 Pee extended Process sIMulation os INPUT Cust user INPUT LISTING Proj Probliem NO DIAGNOSTICS GENERATED USER S SUPPLIED THERMODYMAMIC DA
91. lor the default background color of the Pfd window is white The user may select a different color Using this option the Standard Color Dialog is prompted so the user may choose one of the Windows base color or define a user color Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 23 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual White background selecting this command the user resets the background color to white Stream Settings The user can specify a number of options related to stream drawing by selection the Stream command The following dialog is prompted Fig 3 10 Stream settings dialog Stream Settings Color Line Width Label position Actual selected colors Normal Highlighted Anula Applica Line colors the user can modify the standard colors used for drawing streams in the standard or highlighted status Care should be applied to avoid inconsistencies with the back ground color Line width the user can modify the width of the lines that represent a stream for both the screen and the printer Stream lines are specified in pixels for the Pfd window or in deci millimeters for printing Stream Settings Color Line Width Label position Line width For screen pels units For printer decimillimeters Amow Size i Small Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 24 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Label position The user can set the position of the stream label with respect to the stream line
92. lp press F1 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 76 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 7 4 Window menu The Window menu allows to organize window documents in the main application window Cascade arrange the open windows in an overlapping pattern so that the title bar of each window is visible Tile arrange the open windows side by side so that all windows are visible Arrange icons arrange into rows window item icons Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 77 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 8 Executing a Simulation Run 8 1 General Information After the simulation input has been prepared the user should launch the simulation engine that will perform all the required calculations and generate unit operations and stream results The interaction of the user with XPSIM is different if the user starts the simulation for a problem defined using keyword input files only or the windows interface pfd statement windows These functions are provided by the Exec menu 8 2 EXEC menu The EXEC menu provides in the related drop down menu commands and options to control the execution of the steady state simulation with XPSIM The user may request the program to generate a single output file or multiple output files containing the calculation results When multiple output files are selected the calculation results are parsed in the following files e Input image and input description e Calculation trace list e Unit Operations results
93. lp press Fi Steady State Simulation No Simulation Performed Xpsim generic y m In this figure stream S1 is placed on the Pfd window as an unconnected object Unlike the case of unit operations when a stream is created in the Pfd Window the relevant stream object is not automatically generated in the Simulation Data window 3 8 Connecting Streams to Unit Operations As may be seen on the previous figure the unit operation symbol shows handles in the form of square colored boxes that represents the connection points of feed and product streams Feed stream handles are drawn using a yellow color whereas product stream handles are shown as red boxes Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 18 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual When the mouse cursor is placed or passes over a connection box its shape is changed from arrow to cross e To draw a feed stream the user should start at a free point of the Pfd and place the end point of the stream path on a feed handle e To draw a product stream the user must begin a stream path on a product handle and place the end point at a free pfd point e To draw a stream connecting two Unit Operations the user must start the stream at a product handle and place the last point of the stream path on a feed handle of another Unit Fig 3 6 Connected Streams and Unit Operation in the Pfd Window File Edit View Search TreeData PfdSettings Zoom Symbol Run Results Tools Plpag
94. ly 2015 Page 115 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 14 Advanced options and functions Some advanced options and functions are provided under the Tools menu Available functions are Export object Import object Create stream data from results Export stream data to Excel Merge input file Some of these functions are available only from the Pfd window 14 1 Export object It is possible to export a stream or a unit operation from the current problem This is usually done with the aim to import those data in another problem To perform this function the user must select either a stream or a unit operation and invoke the Export object command from the Tools menu The user will be prompted with the standard Windows file selection dialog for the definition of the name of the file onto which stream or unit operations data will be exported As a standard the default extension xpobj is used to identify an XPSIM object file Streams that do not have input data may not be exported 14 2 Import object It is possible to import either a stream or a unit operation into the current problem The object to be imported must have been previously exported from another simulation problem To perform this function the user must invoke the Import object command from the Tools menu The user will be prompted with the standard Windows file selection dialog for the selection of the file to be used for importing
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96. modify the name and perform the rename action by clicking the Rename button Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 34 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 3 25 Finding an object This function is provided to easily locate a unit operation or a process stream on pfd schemas containing a large number of elements Fig 3 21 Find anobject dialog Find locate a pfd object e x Unit operation Stream FLASH W VALVE Fe FLASH SPL SPLITTER mM Fe oo Po PUMP Annulla Applica 7 By selecting a unit operation and clicking the OK button the unit is selected on the pfd and the drawing is scrolled so that the unit appears approximately at the center of the pfd window When a stream is selected in the dialog the pfd is scrolled in order to present the stream approximately at the center of the pfd If the stream is a product the unit operation that generate this stream is selected If the stream is a feed the inlet unit operation is selected 3 26 View commands options The View menu contains some commands that may be used to change or update the view of the Pfd document Available commands are Freeze Process Flow Diagram Set Pfd size Refresh drawing View Uop connections Stream start end points View External references Mesh Pfd toolbar Freeze Process Flow Diagram this command freezes the process flow diagram so that changes to its graphical structure are not allowed A
97. n Fig 3 16 Pfd with two selected units XPSIM v 1 0 zara02 Process Flow Diagram File Edit view Settings Zoom Symbol Results Window Help Dae GRal BRiIQQAOHADH kV SAlbeee IB Be amp b VELELELE LOE L ELERA EEIEIE OEILO LO MELE LE LM LOPE EEL ELEM ELEM LO LE LE LE MELEE LE LE EE Ma LE EA 4 Z 5 A 2 A 4 A 2 A 2 A 4 A 2 A 2 A 4 A 2 A 2 A 4 A 2 A 2 A 4 A 2 Z 2 A 4 A 2 A 2 A 4 A A 2 A 4 A 2 Z 2 A 4 A 3 A 2 A 4 A 2 A 2 A 4 A Z 2 A 4 A 3 A 4 Z 4 4 A z 4 Z 7 A 2 A 4 A 4 A 2 Z 4 A 2 A 2 A 4 A 3 A 2 A 4 A 4 A 2 A 4 A 2 Z 2 A 4 A 3 A 2 A 4 A 4 A 2 A 4 A 4 A 2 A 4 A 3 A 2 A 4 A 2 Z 2 A 4 A 4 A 2 A 4 A 2 Z 4 Z 4 A Wrrsrrrtttittttttiiiititittiiiiititttiiiitittitiiiiittiiiiiiididid EPPPEEEPEEPEPEPEPEEEEEEEEEE EE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEE EEEEEEEEE EEE EEA For Help press F1 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 31 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 3 20 Deleting a group of units It is possible to delete from the process flow diagram a group of unit operations To perform this operation the user must first select a region of the pfd that includes two or more unit operations By clicking the CANC cancel button of the keyword or by selecting the Delete command from the edit the user may delete all the unit operations selected The user is requested to confirm the operation In addition of the unit operation all the streams which interconnect the d
98. nit operations and streams to be imported have identifiers differing from the objects defined in the current simulation If not the import operation will not be completed Streams and unit operations imported will be placed at the right end of the flow sheet Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 119 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 15 Dynamic Simulation By means of the current windows interface the user can prepare and modify both steady state and dynamic simulation 15 1 To run a dynamic simulation the user must activate the Dynamic Simulation option by toggling this command of the Options main menu Dynamic Option Dynamic simulation When the dynamic option is activated new input files are considered dynamic simulation input file and the Dynamic Option Simulation Engine will be invoked when a run is started Dynamic simulation input files are saved with the extension xdy e g xyz_file xdy If the user opens an input file with the extension xdy the dynamic simulation environment is activated 15 2 Plant View Interface A Dynamic Simulation can be viewed and controlled through the Plant View Interface which mimics some operator control system displays When a dynamic simulation is started and no input errors are found the initial simulation status is displayed through an instrument bar view as shown by next figure Fig 15 1 Instrument bar view SSS eS O B rim v ADO Plant View bite
99. nits are re drawn keeping their current path Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 28 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Feed and product streams connected to other units are rerouted automatically by program and their path is updated accordingly Using the keyboard e left click on the symbol of the Unit Operation to be moved when clicking a border is drawn around the selected symbol e By pressing once or more times the up down left or right keys of the keyboard move the symbol of the unit do the desired place e left click with the mouse on a empty point of the pfd to release the selection of the unit operation Using the keyboard the symbol location is moved one cell for each keystroke received Feed and product streams not connected to other units are drawn keeping their current path The path of feed and product streams connected to other units is stretched keeping its current form as far as possible When this is not possible the path is recalculated by program 3 18 Changing the size of Unit Operations symbols The user can change the size of the symbols of Unit Operations after it has been placed on the Pfd This can be done in two different ways Using the mouse and resizing handles To perform this action the user must click on the unit operation symbol With this action a border with four handles at its corner appears The user must click on one of the handles and holding the left button down extend or reduce th
100. oint calculation bubble poink calculation Fixed vapour feed Fraction 2 Cancel The user can select a value and press the OK button The value selected by the user is inserted in the field Statement Verification Before a statement is closed for displaying of another statement it is verified If one or more errors are found messages are issued in a dialog box see the figure below Fig 4 7 An error message for the CALC statement Statement CALC errors T TEMP and OT are mutually esclusive Next Ignore The user can select one of the following actions Correct to correct the detected error remaining on this statement Next to display the next error message if any related to the current statement Ignore to ignore the error message and let XPSIM to display the next statement Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 46 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 5 Table Format This format is used only by relatively few input statements Some input statements contain a number of repeatable fields so they are displayed in a table like format consisting of a fixed number of columns and a variable number of lines An example is shown on the next Figure Fig 4 8 An example of a statement shown as table XPSIM v 1 0 Crude oil 01 Simulation Data E File Edit View Data Run Results Window Help Dw ere 2 Ea a gt gt Ie ee H E General Data a System Data Mid volper Property value B E Flowshe
101. onding initial pages e all remaining instruments and controllers are collected sequentially and groups of 6 elements are created Example if the dynamic input defines two instruments groups as follows X SOLUTION DATA X pae INST TI 100 PI 100 FI 100 UID GP 1 DESC INLET CONDITIONS X X GROUP INST C1 C2 PSV 1 UID GP 2 DESC CONTROLLER AND PSV X The first two instrument pages groups will be GP 1 and GP 2 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 121 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 15 3 Command buttons The left part presents a set of command buttons that can be used to control the dynamic simulation Fig 15 2 Command Buttons PAGES Previous Net Fage no DISPLAY Il Bar Trend Pid ALARMS CONTROLS Manual Auto Cascade On Of SIMULATION Si FREEZE GO CHANGE STOP Buttons may be available or can be disabled depending on the status of simulation and the type of active display Buttons are divided in 4 groups as follows from top to bottom select instrument pages display Display select display mode manage alarms display Controls manage controllers Simulation control simulation execution Pages These buttons can be used to move from one instrument control page to another Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 122 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Available commands are lt Previous to display the previous page Next gt to display the next
102. one level at a time collapse input tree Using this command the input tree is collapsed one level at a time The input tree may be collapsed until only the category heading statements are visible gt Next statement Using this command the user may display the data of the following statement Previous statement Using this command the user displays the data of the previous statement Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 58 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 14 Statements with input errors As previously described when a statement is closed it is verified If errors are found messages are issued The user can ignore the warning message and leave the statement with errors The program allows the user to highlight at any point the input statements with errors using the Highlight statements with errors command provided in the Data menu By selecting the related menu line the command is toggled i e it is activated or deactivated When active a check mark appears on the left of the menu line Statements with errors are shown with a red icon allowing an easy identification by the user even with very large simulations Fig 4 16 Data statements with errors are highlighted XPSIM v 1 0 OMEGA EXE 02 Simulation data fe File Edit wiew Data Run Results Window Help sfa Jf General Data EE CALC Iso T P or ADIA flash BP DP spec x RUN System Data E cHEmMcomP E THERMSET A Flowsheet Data ST
103. pages Page no select the number of the page to view This command is designed to rapidly display a given page when a large number of pages are defined in the simulation Display The following buttons are available Bar to view instruments controller values as bars Trend to view instruments and controller values as trend graphs Pid to view Pfd process flow diagram or P amp I process and instrument pages if defined by the user Alarm Buttons defined in this group can be used to display active alarms and alarm history summary Alarm pages will be empty if no alarms have been added to the simulation input Alarm to view alarm pages associated instruments controller pages Alarm summary to display alarm summary Alarm summary presents the history of alarms as turned on or off by the dynamic simulation Controls Buttons included in this groups are designed to operate on PID controllers defined in the simulation input These commands become active only when a controller is selected on the relevant bar display Manual puts the controller in manual mode Auto puts the controller in automatic mode Cascade puts the controller in cascade mode On Off this button can be used to change the operation mode of the controller Simulation These buttons can be used to control the dynamic simulation of the current problem We should remember that interrupt time can be defined in the simulation input so by default the simulation
104. pecial user interface is provided The dialog is brought up using the Edit component selection menu that appears by right clicking with the mouse on the statement line Fig 4 13 Element selection dialog Using the Add and Remove buttons the user can build the set of the selected elements that will be inserted in the current entry Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 54 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 4 9 Inserting Stream or Unit Operation names Some statement entries require the name of a stream or unit operation For example the SPEC statements of a controller may be applied either to a selected stream or unit operation When the Simulation Data view works in linked mode with the Pfd view it is possible to ask the insertion of the name of the stream or unit operation that is currently high lighted on the Pfd view The dialog is brought up using the Selected Stream Id or Selected Uop Id menu commands that appear by right clicking with the mouse on the statement line Fig 4 14 Inserting stream or unit names XPSIM v 1 0 zara01 Simulation data fe File Edit view Data Run Results Window Help De RlSeal eBelaaghSsOele ej BEBA zara01 Process Flow Diagram 0 lt ii zara01 Simulation data STREAM BARRA W oJ ME PSPEC Pressure specification STREAM THEKAH _ PIPELINE E 1 pa pp Pressure difference EE FLASH FL 1 ag PiPaLINE E 2 RE
105. phase vapor or liquid and the related draw off tray On the basis of this information the column symbol is drawn on the pfd window with the relevant handles required to attach feed and product streams These data are used only for the definition of the column symbol not for the definition of the simulation data the number of trays of the column must be given also in the PARA statement of the COLUMN unit and this number may be different from that defined for the column in the flow sheet For example the user may draw a column symbol with 10 trays but may specify 12 trays in the column PARA statement Similarly the user may change the feed location on the FEED statement without the need of updating the column symbol This allows the user to perform repeated calculations and to update if he likes the column symbol only at the end of the problem solution The following features will be provided by next XPSIM release e Automatic update of column pfd symbols from input data e Drawing of pump arounds and bypasses Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 67 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 5 10 Some remarks about recycle problems The user may approach the simulation of recycle problems using two possible ways e defining the calculation sequence e letting the simulation engine to find the calculation sequence Calculation sequence defined by user The first case is the default option and XPSIM will assume that the calculation sequence
106. place or connect it to a unit operation Stream ends connected to unit operations may not be moved and must be previously detached using the relevant commands Moving path segments By clicking on a path segment the user can drag its position to a new location The stream path is redrawn taking into account this new position Vertical segments may be moved either left or right with respect to the original position whereas horizontal segments may be moved up or down Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 21 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 3 12 Actions on Unit Operations The user can right click on a symbol of a Unit Operation in order bring up a context type menu Fig 3 8 A pfd snap shot with the unit menu displayed Xpsim 1 Pfd amp Simulation Data File Edit View Search Tree Data PfdSettings Zoom Symbol Run Results Tools Pl pages Window Help D ci el S t Belg 100 A UATH d F Al bBes BSE A M Sedi miei DAE DPRr T E i E eLErECL EARR 4d amp Simulation Data SEED Pfd amp Simulation Data x Simulation trace amp status View data View results Detach Detach feeds Detach products Change object Rename Uop For Help press F1 Steady State Simulation No Simulation Performed From this menu the user may select one of the following operations View data to display in the Simulation Data window the parameters and other values related to this unit operation Change Object to display
107. plication the user should e Close all the windows related to the open problem e Close the main XPSIM window or select the Exit command from the File menu Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 13 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 3 Process Flow Sheet creation This section describes how the user can create a diagram of the process to be simulated This diagram is usually called Process Flow Sheet or Process Flow Diagram PFD 3 1 Starting a new PFD When a new simulation is started the following dialog is prompted Fig 3 1 Simulation type dialog Select new APSIM file type f Simulation data linked to PFD data default keyword input tile OF Cancel By selecting the simulation linked mode two main windows are opened e process flow sheet and data window e simulation running window Both windows are divided into parts which display separated data They are presented with tabs to activate each window the user can click on its tab They are positioned so as to occupy the upper and lower part of the main window see next Fig 3 2 The two main windows when opened will appear as typically shown on next Fig 3 2 Fig 3 2 Pfd and Simulation Data Windows File Edit View Tree Data Pid Settings Zoom Symbol Run Results Tools Pi pages Window Help e 4en Q wx Pa aAA Al RY gt EB De _ Simulation trace amp status Statement Window click on a statement icon to view it
108. red value If the keyword is not defined the description is shown in red Mutually exclusive fields When two or more fields are mutually exclusive i e only data in one field is allowed the data already present in one field automatically forbids input of data in the related exclusive fields To allow data insertion in one of the other fields the user must clear the data inserted in the previous field Selection list Some input fields allow only values to be selected from a predefined list In this case the field is presented as a Windows combo box The user can select the desired value by opening the list and click on the relevant line For new generated statements the value selected may appear empty or filled with a default value when defined Each selection is provided with a brief description which is shown as a tool tip when the mouse is on the field as shown on the next figure I0 hi fixed temp and pres Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 45 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual When the number of possible choices is large to allow an easy selection from a combo box the user may bring up a selection dialog This can be done by double clicking on the relevant line either on the left or on the right of the combo box The following selection dialog appears Fig 4 6 Selection list dialog Select value from table Description Fixed temp and pres adiabaticfisenthalpic Flash dew p
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110. rsion dialog for column data Convert column values to a new unit of measures current UoM and values lbrn First value last value Convert to new Uom and values Firsk value last value The dialog displays the first and last input values found in the column The user can select the new UoM and have all the values converted In this case input values cannot be changed within this dialog Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 72 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual The user can also ask to convert cell values This menu is issued by right clicking on a cell value as shown on the next Figure Fig 6 8 Cell value convert menu W PROFILE Liquid or Vapor Temp Pres profile TRAY LIQ VAP TEMP PRES In this example a value of the pressure column of a PROFILE statement is be converted A conversion dialog similar to that used by standard format statements is then issued as shown in the next screen image Fig 6 9 Cell value convert dialog Convert property value to a new unit of measures Current UGM and value 116 Convert bo New UOM and Value 7935 cne 6 3 Guidelines for UoM Conversion When a user wants to convert input data of a problem defined in one system of measure e g ENG system to a different system e g SI system the following sequence of actions is recommended a DO NOT change at first the system specification in the DIMENSION statement This change should be p
111. rtae a 154 E Ede dt iewe Piem Vw Reus Tools Warde Help FR noie E We oe het A O06 j S Cal ei il m AA A ES Ane GROUP PONI TE 0 0000 000 3 100 TLN INLET TEMFEHRTUHE PI 100 INLET PRES SRE PI 100 INLET FLOAT E 2 0 Lae 6 MEY ga T Ier DE ii Ev 371 000 CENT 56 999 AAR 900000 000 xe CONTROLS SP OUT Manual PLEN STATUS OM OM OM t 7 Fi iki FHo 001 THo 001 Cascade On Oe 100 WESSEL IHLET PRES FROCESS GAS PRESSE PROCESS GAS TEMP J 100 100 400 Tht SIMULATION Freeze Go 504 s0 50 Charge STOP mins 4 254 g g om FV 56 772 BAR 181 000 Bar 363 000 CENT SF CUT 4 STATUS DH OM OM Simulation states 2 WAITING Time step P0005 6 Speed ratia 0 Plant statis MORARMA For Help press Fl Dynamat Semulation ho Semullation Performed Dynamit Plant Somulateon Inter ALM Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 120 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual This view is divided in two parts Left part includes a number of command buttons Right part display instruments values trends and alarms Command buttons and their function is described in the next paragraph The right part of the plant view shows instruments and controls defined in the dynamic simulation input according to the following criteria e Instruments and controllers referenced by GROUP statements defined in the SOLUTION DATA input category will be grouped as defined and will occupy the corresp
112. s 2 METHYLPROPANE C4H10 Sart ISOBUTANE C4H10 le 2 METHYLBUTANE C5H12 i Alphabetical 2 2 DIMETHYLPROPANE C5H12 ee oe PENTANE C5H12 emical Formula C5H12 C5H12 ISOHEXANE CEH14 Ad Remove Selected Components ETHANE PROPANE ISOBUTANE BUTANE ISOPEN TANE PEN TANE Name T Change METHANE a keyword Cancel Using this dialog the user can display the components belonging to a given class such as saturated hydrocarbons unsaturated hydrocarbons etc order them either alphabetically or by the chemical formula Hill order and add the desired component with the Add button to the selected component list Navigating the selected component list the user can delete one or more specified components Remove button or change the component keyword that will be used throughout the simulation to uniquely identify the component Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 63 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual By clicking the Change keyword button another dialog is invoked Fig 5 3 Keyword selection dialog Change Component Keyword Select one of the following keywords PNTN PENTANE Cancel When components can be identified by more than one keyword up to a maximum of four the user can select the keyword he wishes Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 64 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 5 7 Thermodynamic and transport properties To perform a process simulation the user must specify at l
113. s aspect Fonts Font properties Typeface Bold Italic The user can select one font change its properties and press the Update button to save the changes 10 4 Tools for graphs management In the Tool menu the user can found two advanced functions for graph management e Merge another graph into this one e Export curve data to Excel Graph merging The user can merge the curves of two graphs for preparing comparison charts This can be done by starting the command Merge another graph into this one available in the Tools menu This command is available when 2 graphs are currently open allowing to merge one graph into another For example the user can proceed as follows a Run a pipeline calculation display and save the calculated pressure temperature profile as Close this graph b Run another simulation of the same pipeline with different inlet condition c Open the new pressure temperature profile graph assume this is graph A d Re open the saved file TP graph01 gph let us call this graph B e Activate graph A and start the Merge another graph into this one command As a result graph B is included into graph A This operation is allowed only when the two graphs have the same kind of X Y axes with congruent units of measure Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 102 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Export curve data All curve data contained in a graph can be exported to MS
114. s data ry E a s 1 m a z a Oo a T E u 2 a o z m m Steady State Simulation No Simulation Performed Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 14 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual The process flow sheet and data window PFD window is the main problem window a problem is closed by closing this window The simulation running window is automatically created when the main window is created and destroyed when the main window 1s closed The user can change the dimension of the divided part by clicking on the separation borders and dragging them to the desired position 3 2 File and other menus The menu items available when a PFD window is active contain the following commands File e Print Print Preview Print Setup e Exit View e Set zoom value Set mesh e Toolbar Status Bar Window e Cascade e Tile e Arrange Icons In this window the user can e create and place streams e create and place unit operations e connect stream and unit operations e delete streams and unit operations According to these operations simulation data are automatically created or deleted and input statements are prepared to be completed by the user 3 3 Pfd Toolbar Logically connected to the Pfd window the Pfd symbols palette is created and positioned by defaults on the right of the application window as shown on Fig 3 2 The user can move its position using the
115. s processed to check the validity of the input statements When this first analysis is successfully completed the input file is imported and the Statement data tree is generated Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 109 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 13 How to prepare and run a simple simulation In this chapter the user will be guided step by step through the operations required to set up and run a simple flash calculation Step 1 Start XPSIM and select input mode Launch XPSIM and select the New option from either the File menu or the relevant icon on the toolbar In the dialog Select new XPSIM file type click on the simulation data linked to PFD data radio button In the dialog Define PFD size click the Standard button and then select the A4 Horz standard size At this stage the main application window is opened showing the main two windows Fig 13 1 Main empty application windows pE pni W 2 1 Pid Ai Sirmantaean Dat Sane A a Fie baa View Searcy Data Tree Pid Getting Zonk Spmibal Aum Rewmi fos Pptp Window ep ne a E me E E T Platecvent Window ck on a statement loon to whew lis daim a EE E m a a E 13 a O gt E u E E E Lj Ed E z m T Tai ac ty i La Step 2 Define basic problem data On the left tree view of the Simulation Data window click on the General Data line in ord
116. starts printing the input file on the selected device Print Preview opens the preview window for the active input file Page setup invoking this command the user may customize page header and footer 7 2 Edit menu This menu name contains in its drop down some commands needed to edit the input file Undo nullifies the last edit action on the input file Cut deletes the selected text and copies it into the clipboard Copy copies the selected text into the clipboard Paste insert 1f any the text contained in the clipboard at the position of the caret Delete deletes the selected text Find calls the Find dialog The user may enter a string to be searched within the input file Find next tries to locate the next occurrence of the string defined in the Find dialog Replace invokes the Replace dialog in which the user can specify a string that must replace another string Select All selects all the text contained in the input file 7 3 View menu This menu option contains some commands to set tab stops for editing and to define character fonts for both editing and printing Set Tab Stops invokes a dialog through which the user may define one or more tab stops Set Font using this command the standard Select Font dialog is invoked The user may change the active font The selected font is used immediately and the document window is updated to reflect the user s choice Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 75
117. stomizing the graph drawing Customize Scale range mode Mesh this command invokes a dialog that makes available a large number of options It is described in detail in the next chapter the user can change the mode used to define and display graph scales Three predefined modes are available Additional modes to change the graph aspect are available using the Customize command selecting this option a mesh is drawn over the graph Square horizontal or vertical meshes can be selected Deselecting this option the mesh is eliminated Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 97 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual No color pens Draw curve symbols No lines No single points Diagonal Reflect axis X lt gt Y exchange Y1 lt Y2 exchange Dynamic elapsed time selecting this option all graphs are drawn using black pens Deselecting this option color pens are used this command selects or deselects the curve symbols option When the option is on the symbols are drawn on each curve of the graph exclude interpolating lines from the graph In this case only symbols are shown exclude the drawing of single points from the current graph this option when activated draws a diagonal connecting the bottom left with the top right vertices of the graph This option is useful when vapor liquid equilibrium compositions Y X graphs are presented this command allows to reflect the direction of X or Y axes
118. stream or unit operations data The default file extension used for the identification of XPSIM object files is xpobj Streams and unit operations imported will be placed at the right end of the process flow sheet Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 116 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 14 3 Create stream data from results The user can generate stream input data i e flow rate pressure temperature and composition from simulation results When this function is invoked the following dialog is prompted to the user Fig 14 1 Stream data creation Options Select Molar Weight Stream Basis Total Flow Rate Basis f Molar C Weight Partial Flowrates Composition Basis f Molar Weight cancel The user may press Cancel to terminate this function or OR to continue At the end data of the selected stream are generated and included in the Flowsheet Data category at the end of the relevant data tree This function is especially designed to help the user in the simulation of recycle problems Using this function the user can generate recycle data for streams after some iterations have been performed and eventually adjust the last generated values Stream data are generated even if another instance of the same stream exists Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 117 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 14 4 Export data to Excel The user can export stream results onto the Microsoft Excel application
119. sure ATM for atmosphere is selected for a pressure value of 27 Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 70 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual To convert a property value the user can right click on the relevant input field to bring up a context menu Fig 6 4 Convert value menu W CALC Iso T P or ADIA flash BP DP spec o remora wowee vee Description O GO f fe eee S E E O E opem ee e ope poe When the context menu is selected the following dialog is provided Fig 6 5 UoM conversion dialog Convert property value to a new unit of measures Current UGM and Value z Convert to Mew UGM and value 27 4 cance By selecting the new unit of measure the input value is converted By pressing the OK button the converted value is accepted and replaces original input field Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 71 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 6 2 Table format For input statements displayed using the table format tooltips hints are displayed when the mouse stays on a column heading as shown on the next figure Fig 6 6 UoM tooltip on a Table Format No TRAY LIJ VAF TEMP PRES O 2 au 116 2 lel 3 33 300 136 The hint tooltip reflects the unit of measure defined on the DIMENSION statement for INPUT data By right clicking on the column heading the user can start a column conversion command The following dialog is issued Fig 6 7 UoM conve
120. t capacity Molar heat capacity kJ kmol C gt 22 Weight heat capacity Weight heat capacity kJ kg C z 23 Molar density Molar density kmol m3 24 Weight density Weight density kg m3 Z 250 ___ Yapor Phase Yapor Phase 26 Molar flow rate Molar flow rate kmol X 27 Weight flow rate Weight flow rate kg X 28 Volume flow rate Yolume flow rate m3 29 Yapor component molar flowrate Yapor component molar flowrate kmol Z 30 Yapor component molar fraction Yapor component molar fraction 31 Yapor component weight flowrate Yapor component weight flowrate kg 32 Yapor component weight fraction Yapor component weight fraction 33 Molecular weight Molecular weight v The Streams command performs the data export onto MS Excel which should be installed on the PC running XPSIM 14 5 Extract keyword input Simulation data defined by the user can be extracted from the current problem by using the command Extract keyword input file in the Tools menu Using this command simulation data are written in the keyword format The standard Windows file save dialog is then issued allowing the user to select the folder and the file name he wishes to use Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 118 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 14 6 Merge Input File Using this function the user can include in the current simulation all the unit operations and streams defined in another input file Before using this function the user should make sure that all the u
121. t files inserting the input statements or may open another input file 2 3 Manipulating the main and child windows Windows present on the top right corner the standard icons ol Maximize icon when pressed the window is enlarged to fill all the available client area of the main window Minimize icon when pressed the window is compressed to the dimension of a bar containing the window title and the standard buttons ll Restore icon when pressed the window is resized to the dimensions it had previous of the last window size operation applied x Close icon when pressed closes the window and the related document Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 10 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Figure 2 1 XPSIM main window with welcome dialog XPSIM v 1 08 Help b File Oe els 2B al a GBS k SA hS 7 BOA gt a Bole Colapse tee XPSIM Simulation Program Version 1 08 Issue January 2010 Copyright 2002 2009 Process Simulation Services 2 4 Basic Commands and Functions The base menu is activated when there are no open documents It presents the following commands File e New e Open e Close e Print Setup e last recently used files e Exit Dynamic e Set Dynamic Simulation option e P amp l pages Tools e Open graph file e Graph collection e View graph results e Property Tables View e Tool Bar e Status Bar e Application look e Index 5 Version 2 02
122. tandard File Save dialog is presented The user can save the collection with its previous name or select a new file name Add page using this command a new page can be added to the current page collection The graph of the new page must be an existing graphic file jpeg format with a jpg extension The user is prompted a standard File Open dialog to select the graphic file of the new page Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 129 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Delete page the current page is removed from the current collection The related graphic file is NOT deleted Next page the next page if existing is displayed Previous page the previous page if existing is displayed Notes amp Remarks Graphic files xxyyzz jpg selected for inclusion in the collection are not copied The pic file will only contain references to the jpg files So while pic files can be moved freely from one directory to another jpg file should be kept in their original directory in order to be linked through the pic file However in case jpg files are moved from the original directory they can be re linked by simply editing the pic file with any text editor Links to the various jpg files are described by the PATH keyword in the lt PAGE_LIST gt section as in the following example lt PAGE LIST gt lt PAGE gt lt NO gt 1 lt NO gt lt ID gt PG 01 lt ID gt lt DESC gt hp separator lt DESC gt lt TITLE
123. te NC17 NC18 NC19 NC20 NC21 NC22 NC23 NC24 NC25 NC26 SET STREAM OP 2 331 NC27 NC28 NC29 Unit op PERO 2 IRR ERROR REERERER REE CO2 C1 C3 IC4 NC4 ICS NCS NC6 16 N2 C2 J NCS NC10 NC11 NC12 NC13 NC14 NCIS NC a Uais op 7 Vi e THERMSET UID M1 SET STREAM OP 3 333 RESOLVED METHODS K PR HS PR CP PR D SRK P IV SRK VISV P CST VISL P CST THC IDEAL SURT IDEAL kei A x leul d hnit op 2 calculate WOPT THERM 2 2 Unis op 9 PpsDi calculated Unit op 10 F2 calculated RESOLVED Default Data calculated z By double clicking on a line that contains a page number the Global Output window will receive a command to display the selected page The user can set the character font for the view window and for the preview and print command This is performed by selecting the Set Font and Set Printer Font command The standard Font selection dialog is prompted to the user Fig 9 6 Font Selection Dialog Stile Dimensione Normale E Coen m Annulla Grassetto Grassetho Corsi Finedays Ep Garamond Georgia T Gill Sans MT Scrittura Occidentale To view the output files as formatted text files with data correctly aligned in columns the user should not select a proportional font but a fixed font such as Courier New Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 90 XPSIM Windows Interface User
124. the relevant dialog box for changing the parameters that define the structure of the symbol or its form E g the user may change the number of feeds products of an heat exchanger or the number of trays of a column Detach to detach the unit from all streams feeds and products connected to it Detach feeds detach all streams connected as feeds to this unit Detach products detach all streams connected as products to this unit Rename to rename the unit operation Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 22 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual 3 13 Pfd settings The user can specify a number of features when drawing the Process Flow Diagram the following options are available Pfd Size at any time the user can change the size of the pfd by using this function The following dialog is presented to the user requesting the specification of the new pfd size Fig 3 10 Pfd size specification dialog Define PFD size Standard Ad Horz 210 mm 297 mm C User defined Height mm Length mm Cancel Enlarging the pfd size is always allowed A reduction of the pfd size is rejected when some units lay outside the new desired size Font height the user can modify the default value of the height of the font used to draw stream and unit names Font height is given in 0 1 millimeters units using the following dialog box set Pid font height Font height decimillimeters 40 RE re Cancel Background co
125. top As usual with applications that display multiple windows only one window is active at a time The user may activate one window by simply clicking on it or selecting the desired window from the Window menu When the application is started usually from the program folder or a program icon the main window is presented see next Fig 2 1 On the main window the user may easily identify the following parts Title bar the title bar is the horizontal bar at the top of the window it displays the application name and the run identifier Menu bar the menu bar is the horizontal bar below the title bar It contains the names of the available menus Tool bar the tool bar is the horizontal bar below the menu bar It contains buttons that when clicked execute command also available from the menu bar Version 2 02 July 2015 Page 9 XPSIM Windows Interface User Manual Status bar the status bar is the horizontal bar at the bottom of the main window It displays help messages for menu items and other information The menu bar is automatically updated to reflect the commands available allowing the user to work on the active document window Some drop down menu operations are possible only after other operations have been performed Following the Windows convention when the status of the application does not permit the execution of a command its name will appear grayed on the drop down menu The user may begin edit this inpu
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