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CHEMCAD Process Simulation in Oil & Gas,

Oil Refining and Petrochemical Business


Chemstations and Nor-Par unique features come free better from other competitors,
together with the program. depending on the application.
Chemstations Inc based in Houston
TX, USA are the owners and makers Easy to use For this reason CHEMCAD is used
of the CHEMCAD Suite of process by several oil refineries, many oil &
simulation software. CHEMCAD is one of the easiest to
use process calculation programs gas producers and big number of
found in the market. You are able to petrochemical plants, many of them
Oslo-based Nor-Par a.s is exclusive using the software loyally for 15 or
distributor of CHEMCAD Suite in solve your first production problem in
minutes: Draw a sketch (flowsheet), more years now.
Scandinavia, East Europe and
Russia. Nor-Par a.s and its daughter select components, let the program
help you selecting the right Do you need CHEMCAD?
company Nor-Par Online A/S also If you are a process engineer
provide own software and solutions thermodynamic methods, enter your
feed streams, define the equipment, working directly at any production
to fill the gap between standard facility en route from oil & gas mining
process simulation software and calculate, analyze the results and
make reports and Process Flow to petrochemicals or in R&D or in
unique needs of the market as well engineering/contracting company or
as unique needs from a specific Diagrams.
in process equipment manufacturing
client. company or at technical university,
Value for money
Why CHEMCAD? then you should take interest in
Unlike other process simulation CHEMCAD to benefit of your
The CHEMCAD Suite of process programs, CHEMCAD has a big company or organization.
simulation software, present in the number of valuable features included
market since 1984 is nowadays one as a standard and you do not need CHEMCAD at oil & gas mining,
of the most modern and easy to to pay any extra for it. For example,
use programs, serving the entire oil upstream processing and
there is crude oil database,
& gas processing route. electrolytes, amine sweetening,
transmission
From the mining cavern, through oil glycol dehydration, hydrate
prediction, pressure relief device CHEMCAD has all features needed
& gas separation and purification on to calculate offshore or field
an offshore platform or in the field, calculation (DIERS), mass transfer
technologies from the cavern to the
through transmission and distribution in distillation, environmental
pipeline.
pipelines, through the entire oil analysis (WAR), solid handling,
refinery to the petrochemical plant. advanced pipeline simulation with
Examples:
heat transfer and two/three phase
flow, piping network analysis,
CAPE-OPEN, OPC and all other • Full thermodynamics/physical
interfaces as well as hundreds of calculation of mixture properties
other expensive features that you get as well as advanced pipe
included in the license. module including two phase
fluid flow and detailed heat
Unlike some other process transfer allows calculating the
simulation packages you can add mining process from the cavern
your own unit operations, physical to the well-head
property data, equilibrium data,
Ambient T. Short pipe Recorder Drilling Pipe Calculation
kinetics parameters and other own
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11
5 Nor-Par a.s
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Openness development at no extra cost. 13


6
Vertical Pipe
Minami and Brill Method
AddPipe3 Routine

Water Reservoire
Set initial value of stream 11
14

CHEMCAD and the completely CHEMCAD is available in several CH


1 15
Copy S16 into S11

16 10 20
deltaT/10m

11
21
8 9 4

integrated modules CC-THERM, CC- licensing forms from unlimited Initial state:
set water and CH to the
Utility unit for
calculation of
ambient temperature
profile:

DYNAMICS, CC-BATCH, CC- network license to limited license


state of reservoire (P, T)
-- Unit 9 sets the T correctly

Define data of short pipe


delta T=(Thole-Tground)/n
n=number of short pipes

SAFETY-NET and CC-POLYMER where you only pay for what you
n=total length/short pipe length

Set the max. iter. number to n


Set the P-tolerance to 1e-5
Same simulation using internal segments!

2 3

form together powerful Windows


1

really use.
Run units 8, 9, 4
We cannot use varying ambient tem perature in this simulation
Set initial ambient temperature (T of reservoire)
in Pipe Heat transfer is neglected!

program, open to the world of the Run recycle 5, 6, 7

manufacturing and engineering with Reputation Simulation of 3 kilometer tall drilling


its interfaces via the only proven pipe
CAPE-OPEN, OLE, OPC, API Extensive benchmarks have been
(VB/C++) and Excel as well as run against process simulation
interfaces to mechanical heat packages from AspenTech, HYSYS
exchanger software or life-cycle and PRO/II. These benchmarks
project management tools such as proved that CHEMCAD is equal or
COMOS and AXSYS. All these
• Low-temperature separation • Specific oil properties found in • Variety of refinery reactor
• Condensate systems CHEMCAD databank and system models can be built
calculation procedures make it
NATURAL GAS CONDENSATE COLLECTOR SYSTEM FOR 6 WELLHEADS
EVENT DRIVEN PROCESS SIMULATION easy to determine quality of by- 12

F1

products and final products and


T1 F4 10
T4 9
P1
1 On/Off 1 P4 4
On/off 4 13
P12

allow reliable calculation of


11 Raffinate
27
P42 8 11 41
NaOH soln
T2 F2
F5 T5
36

blending of different brands of


P2 10
2 P5 5 H2SO4 7 14
On/off 5 26
On/off 2 6 R5 37
P22 12 18 19
35 38

T3 F3

3 P3
P52

P6
F6
T6 crude oil 3
6
9

15
13

34
20
15

28
39

29
40

MTBE
6 C4's R2
On/off 3 4 16
On/off 6 17
P32 P62 2 5
1 14 22 18 20
CH3OH 3 16 21
1 28
2
36 OffGas
4 5 19
CRUDE DISTILLATION UNIT 7
13 25 23 Steam
PC Fuel gas RATIO DURI/MINAS 80/20
CAP ACITY 125000 BP SD 6
11-E-114
11-V -102
11 8 17 24
Dynamic DIERS (DATA DE S IGN)
12 11-C-104
18 OffGas2 7 27
6 10
calculation for 4 Ov dhtoE114
Ov dtoV 102 14 N+KerotoMix
9 N+KerotoE119

8
emergency relief ResidutoE 107
3 11-C-101 15
16 17 21
26 R4 25
device (Decant) 24 41 25 SW S N+KerotoP 103
11-E-118 11-E -119
33 24
DCrudetoF101 5 35 19 N+KerotoC104
37 38
29
46
11-P -103A/B KerotoE118 R1 R3
Lt gasoline 40 DCrudetoC101 42 N+KerotoE 118 23 Purge
11-E -110A/B 11-E -111A/B
11-F-101 30
14 21
Collector 48
22 32
DCrudetoE110
ResidutoE 110
ResidutoE 111
39
31 24
BottP rodC104 20
31 30
27
Steam HGOtoE108 LGOto11E 101

36
11P 109A/BResidfrC101
51
13 23 naphtatoE 124
11-E -124
29
W NaphtoMix N+KerofrE 119 32
22 11-E -107A/B 25 53
28 20 WNapGO
On/off 8 Water dump 11-E-109
DCrudetoE 109 DCrudetoE 108 43 32
26 31 crudetoP102 30 26
15
59
FeedC105
Ov hdC105 34 NaphtatoE 126
12
DCrudetoE 107 DCrudetoE106 44
23 28 11P 111A/B 33
33 11-E -106 11-C-105
HGOtoE102 CW R1
11P 102A/B 11-E -105A/B
27 V alv e

22
5 56

Simulation of MTBE manufacturing


ResidutoE105
50 WNapLCO 11 CW 1
CRUDE DURI 34

Dynamic simulation of a condensate


11-E-108 crudetoE105 KerotoE125
55
1 ResidutoE 103 21 10
11P 112A/B 54
17 HGOtoE102 crudetoE103 29 BottP rodC105 NaphtaToSTG

7 18 19 35
8 45 11-E -104 KerotoE127
1
16 11-E -101 36
4 60 CW R2
2 crudetoE102 crudetoE104 58

at the oil refinery


3 11-E -102 9 11-E -125
crudetoE101 52 CW 2
Mixer 11-E -103ABCD

system
CRUDE MINAS 57 11-E -127
11P 101A/B KeroTo STG
47
HGOtomix HGOtoMix
61

2
CGOtoGOHTU
49

Full model of atmospheric distillation


• Prediction and inhibiting of • Extraction simulation
hydrate formation • Specialized distillation models • Hydrogen generation
• Absorption of hydrocarbons in such as the Tower Plus or
lean oil • Olefins by thermal and
Tower allow quick and precise catalytic cracking
• Desulphurization by amine calculation of distilling
absorption (amine model, processes. Combined with the • Sour water model and
electrolytes) or by adsorption, Dynamic simulation, it is electrolyte model for removal of
also by the latest technologies possible to troubleshoot aggressive gases from refiner’s
(e.g. chelates) production problems, improve effluents
• Dehydration by glycols the technology performance and • Pumps and compressors as
• Transmission pipelines using optimize. well as expanders can be
detailed heat transfer model
• Transmission pipelines for • Sizing and hydraulic rigorously simulated based on
performance of performance curves or
liquid CO2 characteristic equation.
absorption/distillation tray or
• Re-compression and reducing
stations
packed columns is possible. • Design, re-design, selection,
Libraries of industrial packing rating and simulation of
• Safety aspects with DIERS
exist as standard in the performance of shell & tube,
technology for pressure relief
program. These libraries are plate, and double pipe heat
devices
included free in the program. exchangers as well as air
• Design, rating and simulation of
performance of heat • Acquisition and using data from coolers and square finned-
exchangers including fired Control Systems (DCS/PLC tube exchangers (CC-THERM
heaters. (CC-THERM required). and SCADA) allows Online required)
• Pumps and compressors as Process Simulation. Rigorous • Sweetening of oil by-products
well as expanders can be Training Simulator models are and removal of H2S, SO2 , H2S
rigorously simulated based on feasible. Simulation of and CO2 from refinery off-gas
performance curves or Advanced Process Control
can be realized. • Flaring network simulation
characteristic equation.
• CC-DYNAMICS includes • Environmental calculations
features for advanced simulation according to the WAR
CHEMCAD at the oil refinery technology of EPA.
and trouble-shooting related to
CHEMCAD Suite has necessary tank farm and storage and • Investment cost and
tools for simulating technologies pressure vessels. Strong point manufacturing cost
found in an oil refining plant. of CHEMCAD is included DIERS calculations are standard
model for pressure relief device feature in CHEMCAD
Examples: performance calculation at true
process conditions and including
• Crude Oil Database (included fire situation (API 520/521, API CHEMCAD for petrochemicals
as standard, so it is free) 2000, OSHA 1910 106, NFPA-
together with Distillation Curves 30) CHEMCAD has been from its origins
allow creating pseudo- Liquid Gas Storage 18
T 30.3 C By-pass
the chemical engineering simulation
P 13.5 kg/cm 2

program. It is ideally fit for all the


Example C1-2

components needed in Nor Par a.s W 1000 kg/h

T -47.7 C
14
8 T 30.3 C
12 14

needs found in the petrochemical


P 3.5 kg/cm 2 P 13.5 kg/cm2

simulating the oil processing T -52.3 C


10
4
W 3950 kg/h

PCV
W 3950 kg/h
20

plant, including the polymer


Cond. vapor
P 10.0 kg/cm2 5 22 15
16
W 6000 kg/h 11
1 T -66.7 C E-3
Gas back FC
P 6.0 kg/cm2

manufacturing. CHEMCAD has the


16
D_Feed 12 9 W 2950 kg/h
8 T -100.8 C 9
Gas
P 1.2 kg/cm 2 TC-1 D-1
10 W 2605 kg/h TC

strongest features in petro-


D_Output 6 5
E-1 2 TCV T -43.0 C
3 13
11 2 3 4 21 P 13.5 kg/cm 2
D_Environm 7 18 W 2950 kg/h

chemical and polymer industries


1 T -88.4 C T -88.4 C
17 P 10.0 kg/cm 2 P 6.0 kg/cm 2
7
V-1 W 3383 kg/h W 3383 kg/h
Output
13
6
T -78.0 C T -76.7 C
"B" Side of E-3 T -66.7 C
P 4.2 kg/cm2 FC P 4.0 kg/cm 2
P 6.0 kg/cm2
W 2902 kg/h W 2902 kg/h

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W 3400 kg/h

By Moser
Examples:

Dynamic simulation of refrigeration • The program is equipped with a


system for atmospheric ethylene large DIPPR databank for
storage physical properties and
components and extensive
facilities for mixture property • Any part of the Control System Optimization System and
calculations. The user can add can be included in the dynamic Online Process Simulation
own specialty components by model (CC-DYNAMICS) • The CC-POLYMER module
prediction and regression including true industrial allows detailed modeling of
facilities controller models polymerization reactor
• The program has over 40 • Electrolytes are standard systems
thermodynamic methods for feature for any type of systems • Investment cost and
vapor/liquid/liquid/solid equilibria that include ions. You do not manufacturing cost
as well as the experimental data need to pay more for the calculations are standard
databank of DECHEMA. The Electrolyte capability, it is feature in CHEMCAD
user can regress own free.
experimental data
• Dynamic simulation (CC-
• The program includes several DYNAMICS) allows making More questions?
reactor models including vessel safety studies, especially for • Please first refer to brochures
and tubular reactors working on runaway reactions. for CHEMCAD, CC-SAFETY
equilibrium or kinetic or
• The included DIERS model NET (this program is included in
minimizing the Gibbs potential CHEMCAD), CC-THERM, CC-
allows selecting and analyzing
principles. Any type of kinetic DYNAMICS, CC-BATCH and
the performance of pressure
rate expression can be entered CC-POLYMER.
relief devices during
by the user. There is regression
malfunction in the plant • Ask your dedicated
facility for experimental kinetic
operation. Performance of the representative of Nor-Par for
data including the interface
heat exchange system, organizing a Web demo (a
with the Mettler-Toledo RC1
especially during the presentation over Internet) to
calorimeter.
malfunctions can be studied answer more detailed questions.
• Dynamic simulation of vessel
• Heat exchangers can be
reactors (continuous, batch and
designed, re-designed, selected • After the Web demo let us talk
semi-batch) is possible using
from storage for replacement, together what software and what
CC-DYNAMICS.
rated. It is also possible to licensing form suits your needs
Heterogenic and catalytic
simulate true performance of a the best.
reactions can be uniquely
heat exchanger based on its
simulated
geometry (CC-THERM)
• The program allows simulation The exclusive distributor in
• Pumps and compressors as
of any absorption, desorption Scandinavia, The Russian
well as expanders can be
or distillation process using the Federation and in East Europe
rigorously simulated based on
SCDS model. Azeotropic,
performance curves or Nor-Par a.s
reactive, or extractive
characteristic equation.
distillation of any kind is Nordstrandveien 76,
supported. Mass transfer model • Solid handling is supported. 1164 Oslo, Norway
for distillation is included. WWW: www.norpar.com
• Combustion processes are
e-mail: admin@norpar.com
• Sizing and hydraulic easy to calculate
phone: +47 22 28 69 00
performance of • Environmental analysis is technical questions:+47 21 68 82 49
absorption/distillation tray or possible with the included WAR
packed columns is possible. technology from Environment Your local representative of Nor-
Libraries of industrial packing Protection Agency of the USA Par
exist as standard in the (EPA)
program. You do not need to
pay more for these libraries. • Program can acquire and use
trusted measured data from
Column pressure control
plant’s Control Systems,
Dynamic Column with Control Systems

process visualization systems


P 1.013 b ar
PC
T 56.84 C
29 3
7 8 CW_Out

27
16
15
16
2
15 Cooling water

W 589391 k g/h
(SCADA/HMI) and Historian
26 T 58.33 C

Reflux flow control


FC
W 84498 k g/h
Accumulator level control
LC
systems for increased accuracy
and improved model parameter
30 28 W 49616 k g/h
FC 10
1 32 31 33 4 13 14 Distillate
20 18 9 TC
17 Tray tem perature control
1 19

calibration. The OPC or OLE


12
2 6 D 11 12 Stage
8 T 79.83 C
3
25
T 86.31 C
P 1.312 b ar
24

11
34
19
5
Steam flow control
FC
W 43844 k g/h

Steam
interfaces are included in the
18 17
W 71734 k g/h

22
13
23
20

21 35 LC
4

Bottom level control


Condense
program
5 9 10 Bottom product


Case: 21 6 7

Building models of entire


Temperature Controller W 162587 k g/h
starts with new SP 14
80 C

Dynamic simulation of a distillation plants including pressure


system including control system envelope and based on true
model specifications and sizes of the
operating equipment as well as
including relevant control model
• Batch or semi-batch distillation is not only possible, but had
is possible with CC-BATCH or been realized for large clients,
CC-DYNAMICS modules making the ideal base for
• Extraction, crystallization and Training Simulator,
adsorption can be simulated Production Improvement &

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