Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger

Maximize process throughput through more efficient design and operation of your plate-fin heat exchangers

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Product Brochure

Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger* is the latest generation of thermal design software for the design, simulation and rating of multi-stream plate-fin heat exchangers. Plate-fin exchangers are vital to the profitable operation of many modern gas processing applications including large-scale LNG production. Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger is a core element of AspenTech’s aspenONE® Process Engineering applications.

* Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger is intended to replace Aspen MUSE™ with the release of aspenONE V8.

Features

Research Based Correlations: Models and correlations are based on more than 35 years of proprietary research, providing the user with assurance of reliable designs
Operates under the Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating common User Interface
Physical property packages: Aspen Properties and Aspen HYSYS Thermodynamics COM Interface
Import of process information and physical properties from Aspen HYSYS®
Calculation modes include design, stream-by-stream simulation, layer-by-layer simulation, or checking
Single phase and two phase calculations
Up to 20 process streams
Co-current and counter-current flow, with any complexity of exchanger inlet and outlet geometry
Plain, wavy, serrated, and perforated fins
Exchanger, distributor, header and nozzle pressure drop calculations
Exchanger diagrams provide guidance for input data review

Benefits

Improve Design: Ideal for manufacturers, engineering companies, and owner operators that require a robust, flexible program with accurate heat transfer and pressure drop methods. Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger provides this in a unique commercial package supported by authoritative research-based methods and validation.
Improve Process Operations: Rigorous simulation of multi-stream, plate-fin units allows process engineers to optimize performance of LNG, ethylene, and air separation plants.
Increase Engineering Efficiency: Internationally accepted Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger simulations can be used to evaluate vendor plate-fin designs with confidence.