Drawing the Graphical Simulation Flowsheet

In this simulation, begin building the process flowsheet. Since you will enter your own block and stream IDs, turn off the automatic naming of blocks and streams, which provide these IDs automatically.

1From the Tools menu, select Options. The Options dialog box appears.

2Select the Flowsheet tab.

3Clear the Automatically Assign Block Name with Prefix and Automatically Assign Stream Name with Prefix checkboxes.

4Click OK to close the Options dialog box and apply the changes.

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5Place the flowsheet blocks and streams to create the graphical simulation flowsheet shown below. (See Getting Started Building and Running a Process Model, Chapter 3, if you need to review how to create a graphical simulation flowsheet.)

6When the flowsheet is complete as shown, click .

The Flowsheet Incomplete window appears, indicating that the hydrocyclone and cyclone models require their connecting streams to have a particle size distribution.

7 Click to close the Flowsheet Incomplete window.

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To Change the	1	From the Flowsheet menu, select Flowsheet Sections.
		The Flowsheet Sections dialog box appears. The section
Stream Class for the
Simulation		GLOBAL is highlighted.
	2	Click Stream class.
		The Stream Class dialog box appears.
	3	In the Stream class field, click	and select MIXNCPSD.
	4	Click OK to close the dialog box.

5Click OK to close the Flowsheet Sections dialog box.

6Click .

The Flowsheet Complete dialog box may appear.

7Click OK to continue.

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Specifying Title, Stream Properties,

and Global Options

The Data Browser window appears. The Setup | Specifications | Global sheet displays defaults Aspen Plus uses for other forms. Use this sheet to give your simulation a title, and to review the stream properties and global options that were set when you selected the Solids with English Units application type.

The Run type field displays Flowsheet, which is appropriate for this simulation.

It is always good practice to describe your simulation by entering a title for the simulation.

1In the Title field, enter Getting Started with Solids - Simulation 4.

The Solids with English Units application type sets the following global defaults for solids applications:

•ENG units (English Engineering Units).

•Mass Flow basis for all flow inputs

There are no other changes required on the Setup | Specifications | Global sheet.

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