Aspen Exchanger Design &
Rating (EDR)
Tutorial – Getting Started with the
BJAC Property Package
Steve Noe, Industry Marketing
December 8, 2011
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Property Data - Step by Step Guide
1. Complete the Process Data Section
2. Complete the Hot/Cold Stream Compositions Section
3. Get Properties for Hot/Cold Streams
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Property Data – Completing the Process Data
Section
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Property Data – Complete the Hot/Cold
Stream Compositions Section
1. Select the B-JAC Property
Package from the Physical
Property Package pull down
a) Aspen Properties is the Aspen
preferred package
b) Use COMThermo to maintain
consistency with the heritage
Hyprotech products
c) Use B-JAC for special single
phase mixtures
d) Use one of the User Specified
Properties options when not
retrieving properties from any
of the Aspen packages
2. Click on the Search Databank
button to continue
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Property Data – Complete the Hot/Cold
Stream Compositions Section
1. There are a number of liquid
only mixtures found in the B-JAC
package such as SAE, Lube, &
API oils, or other mixtures such
as glycols where transport
properties have been curve fit
and are sometimes more
accurate than what is calculated
from the preferred Aspen
Properties package
2. Build your compound list
a) Complete steps 1-3 until all
compounds have been found
3. Click on the OK button when all
compounds have been added
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Property Data – Complete the Hot/Cold
Stream Compositions Section
1. Use the composition
specification pull down to
specify mole or weight
percents
2. Specify the desired
compositions
3. When creating various
strength solutions not
specifically found in the
databank, it is preferred to
create the mixture from pre-
defined solutions as opposed
to using pure water with the
pure compound as in this 45
wt% solution of ethylene
glycol
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Property Data – Get Properties for the
Hot/Cold Stream Section
1. The program defaults will be
set by the program for the
following and are normally
adequate:
1. Temperature range = terminal
temperatures
2. 1st pressure = operating pressure
3. 2nd pressure = operating pressure
– estimated pressure drop
4. Number of points = determined by
temperature range
2. Program defaults may be
changed by the user
3. Click on the Get Properties
button to obtain properties
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Property Data – Get Properties for the
Hot/Cold Stream Section
1. Individual pressure sets can be
deleted by highlighting the desired
pressure and clicking on the Delete
Set button
a) It is normally not necessary to use 2
pressure levels for a liquid no phase
change application
2. The property table can be rearranged
with the Pivot Table button
3. Any of the properties in the table can
be changed by the user once the
Overwrite Properties box has been
checked
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Property Data – Get Properties for the
Hot/Cold Stream Section
1. You can ignore the Warning 105 that
properties for the stream are liquid
only for liquid no phase change
applications
2. Properties should be checked for
accuracy for Warning 1121 when
properties are outside expected range
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