Designing Emerging Energy Processes using aspenONE® Process Engineering
Capitalize on new opportunities by bringing emerging energy projects to market faster and more efficiently
Solution Brochures
Aspen Engineering Insights Newsletter
Increasingly, the world needs all forms of energy—from conventional crude oil and natural gas to the emerging energy sources of the future. Diversifying energy sources in an environmentally sound way is essential in order to meet the growing global demand for energy.
aspenONE Process Engineering provides the solutions to help companies build and operate profitable emerging energy plants. Since 1976, AspenTech has been at the forefront in developing innovative simulation technologies for emerging energy processes, beginning with non-conventional solids such as coal, ash, cellulose, sand, etc. Today, AspenTech's solutions are used widely by leading emerging energy technology providers, owner-operators, engineering and construction firms, and government research laboratories.
Gasification
Gasification offers one of the cleanest and most versatile solutions for converting carbon containing materials into synthetic gas, which can then be converted into electrical energy, chemicals, liquid fuels, etc.
Escalating energy costs combined with environmental concerns have generated a renewed interest in clean coal technology. There is a growing need to: minimize, capture, and sequester carbon emissions, increase the efficiency of extracting energy from coal, and to capture the generated CO2 and inject it either underground or into the ocean.
aspenONE Process Engineering provides numerous capabilities:
- Aspen Plus and Aspen Rate-Based Distillation have been used to model acid-gas scrubbing using amines
- Aspen Adsorption is the preferred tool for simulating pressure and temperature swing adsorption for development of new adsorption media and processes
- Detailed gasifier models have been generated by several leading gasification companies using Aspen Custom Modeler, Aspen Plus and Aspen Plus Dynamics to optimize their Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process
- Gasifier models can be linked to third party turbine models using Aspen Simulation Workbook
- The Aspen HTFS+ family of heat exchanger design and rating tools are ideal for designing the heat exchangers, condensers, and reboilers
Learn how you can simulate and optimize your Gasification processes:
Read the Solution Brochure
Bio-Fuels
Learn how you can design and optimize bio-fuel processes:
Renewable bio-mass based technologies such as low carbon emission bio-diesel and bio-ethanol used for transportation fuel, chemical and power-based industries are increasing in popularity because of high oil prices and government incentives for the use of alternative fuels.
aspenONE Process Engineering offer several unique differentiators, such as:
- Aspen Plus has the ability to transform non-conventional bio-feedstocks to chemicals
- Access to over 23,000 components—the world's largest physical properties database—crucial for accurate process modeling
- Ability to perform electrolyte calculations
- Integration with Aspen Adsorption for adsorption, Aspen Process Economic Analyzer for costing, Microsoft Excel using Aspen Simulation Workbook for off-line decision support, and Aspen HTFS+ heat exchanger tools
- A large library of models by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Fuel Cells
AspenTech has been serving the fuel cell industry for more than 10 years. Customers have accelerated their developments and collaborative work process by applying our software and services.
aspenONE Process Engineering enables customers to:
- Take a system-wide approach to process design and integration
- Explore transients for operating scenarios
- Build and incorporate custom models of proprietary equipment into the design
- Share access to the knowledge and expertise across the company
Share with a Colleague
Chemicals Customer Successes
Video: Borealis: Planning Improved from Real-Time Optimization Model Delivers Payback within 9 Months