AspenTech aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain Version 8.8

AspenTech recently announced the availability of aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain Version 8.8 software. Developed for firms in the oil, gas, chemicals, engineering, mining and construction, and other process industries, aspenONE V8.8 features a large number of enhancements.

Enhancements to Activated Analysis in Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus improve performance and usability, allowing faster and more optimal design selection earlier in the conceptual engineering phase. aspenONE now also includes relief load calculation enhancements for heat exchanger tube rupture, fire emergency and control valve failure, expand relief sizing and safety modelling capabilities, and the time to conduct pressure relief analysis is generally reduced by 50%.

With the addition of the Cubic-Plus-Association (CPA) fluid property package, V8.8 software now more effectively models methanol behaviour to accurately predict hydrate formation, while naphtha hydrotreating and alkylation models create a complete refinery reactor and assay management suite from within Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining.

Polymers can now be treated as solids below their melting points in Aspen Plus, allowing for accurate upstream and downstream modelling of solids production, including dewatering and drying.

Smart Tune technology in Aspen DMC3 enables users to quickly adapt to changing economic scenarios.

The Campaign Manager in Aspen Plant Scheduler enables speedy creation and scheduling of an ideal production sequence or product wheel. Sequencing algorithms further optimise grade transitions to reduce off-spec production and enhance asset utilisation.