Tutorials /Deaeration

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Getting Started

Two versions of HYSYS are install on computers in the Biery Room of the Chemical Engineering Building. Care should be taken to ensure that the correct version is used.

After logging onto the Windows NT workstations, either of the following can be used to access HYSYS 2.2.2.

1a. Accessing from the Desktop:

• Double click on the HYSYS.Plant icon.

1b. Accessing using the Program menu:

• Click on Start Button

• Go to programs, then AEA Technology, followed by HYSYS Plant 2.2.2 Build 3806, and finally, HYSY Plant (see Figure 1).

Figure 1: Accessing HYSYS Plant

After doing either of the above the HYSYS plant program will open. (A blank window opens).

2. To start a new case, do one of the following:

• Go to file, select new, followed by case
• Hold Down Ctrl N
• Press the new icon located below file as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Opening a new case

 

Once a new case is selected, a window opens which shows a Simulation Basis Manager (Figure 3). This is where the fluid packages are chosen.

Figure 3: The Simulation Basis Manager

1. Click on the Add… button. This will open a window, Fluid Package: Basics-1, which shows all the Property packages that are available in the database.
2. Select the property that you want to use, e.g. Peng Robinson.

1. Click on the component tab of the Fluid Package window.
2. Enter the formula or the name of components and HYSYS will try to match it. Say you were searching for sulfur dioxide. Type S in the match box. Note that HYSYS now has a list with components starting with S. Highlight the component that represents sulfur dioxide and press the Add pure button.
3. If the fluid package you have selected does not have parameters to a component, HYSYS will not match the component. You will have to add a different Fluid Package to describe the component.

 

The PFD is where a graphical representation of a system is constructed.

1. To get to the PFD, after selecting components, close the Fluid Package window and return to the Simulation Manager window and press the Enter Simulation window. Or go to the Basis Menu and select Leave Basis Environment.
2. When the PFD window opens, the object palette (see Figure 4) should also open. If the object palette does not also open press F4. The object palette contains the icon that represents different operations. In HYSYS, hold the cursor over different icons to see what they represent. Also browse over the short cuts in the menu bar to se what they do.



Figure 4: The Object Palette.

 

3. To get an icon on the PFD, select the icon and left click on the PFD and the representative icon should appear.
4. To specify the operating condition of any item on the PFD, double click on the icon.
5. In the lower left-hand corner of the PFD, there are three zoom buttons. Play with them until one is comfortable using them.

Saving Files

Saving Files in HYSYS is similar to any window program. One can use the file menu or the save icon to save a  file.