Abstract:
Different process simulation softwares are used by researchers for process design and simulation in both academia and industry. In market, we have the availability of both open source and commercial softwares. The commercial softwares are expensive and require an annual license renewal, which may impose a financial strain on institutions or colleges with restricted budgets. In this paper, some of case studies have been simulated using both DWSIM (an open-source chemical process simulator) and Aspen HYSYS (Proprietary software). Three case studies of steady state processes which are mixer & separator, shortcut distillation column and shell & tube heat exchanger, have been simulated in both DWSIM and Aspen HYSYS using same input data. Simulation results of both softwares are presented and compared for analysis. The simulation results show that both softwares gave us nearly precise results with each other with less than 5% difference. Also DWSIM is easy to use, easy to report, and convergence times are good. This work suggests that open-source software like DWSIM without any investment for license can be used as a process simulation tool for the systems studied in this work in academia and industries for hands on experience
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Journal: Sixth International Conference on Sustainability in Process Industries (SPI) 19-20 Octover 2022 (Book of Abstracts), Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2022