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News Release from: Aspen Technology | Subject: Heat exchanger design applications
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 25 January 2006
Applications allow the design of heat
exchangers
Aspen Technology's applications provide engineers with versatile tools for optimising heat exchanger design and simulating their performance.
Aspen Technology has released its new generation of applications for the design, rating and simulation of heat exchangers Aspen Tasc+, for shell and tube heat exchangers, and Aspen Acol+, for air-cooled heat exchangers, combine the best of the technologies from Aspen HTFS and Aspen B-JAC, and provide engineers with versatile tools for optimising heat exchanger design and simulating their performance
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 19 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sophisticated optimisation logic enables the user to select the optimum design for the specified process conditions, resulting in typical savings of 10-30% on the capital cost per heat exchanger.
The applications can also be integrated with the Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS process simulation tools, allowing evaluation of heat exchanger performance as part of an overall plant or process.
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"These new generation applications are built on AspenTech's strong heritage in heat exchanger design and simulation, including the exceptional knowledge generated by the Aspen HTFS Research Network," said Blair Wheeler, Senior Vice President, AspenTech.
"We firmly believe that Aspen Tasc+ and Aspen Acol+ will set the standard for ease of use and will enable true concurrent engineering".
"Their comprehensive interfaces to Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Teams facilitate efficient collaboration between the key engineering disciplines involved in front-end and detailed engineering of the process plant".
Aspen Tasc+ provides a comprehensive tool for the thermal design, rating and simulation of shell and tube heat exchangers.
The new application integrates the best features from AspenTech's previous offerings for shell and tube heat exchangers, Aspen Hetran and Aspen TASC, and is designed for service across the process industries, including oil and gas, chemicals and power.
A bi-directional interface with Aspen Teams enables users to perform the complete mechanical design for all shell and tube types.
Aspen Acol+ uses the best features of Aspen ACOL and Aspen Aerotran to provide a complete application for the thermal design, rating and simulation of air-cooled and other cross-flow heat exchangers.
This versatile tool can be applied in a wide variety of process industries as well as by engineering contractors and equipment fabricators.
The application can handle a broad range of exchanger services, from multi-component condensing to boiling heat recovery and de-humidifying.
Aspen Tasc+ and Aspen Acol+ are introduced as part of aspenONE 2004 Update 2 and are now available.
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