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Process Simulation

A good simulation model is the plant's engineering memory — it sizes the equipment, rates the revamp, generates the relief loads and tests the control scheme before anything is built. Cerasus builds and maintains models in Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus that are trusted because they are validated.

PR · SRK · NRTLproperty packages selected per chemistry, not by default
Steady + dynamicone basis, two model types
Validatedagainst historian and lab data
What it means

Process Simulation, explained.

Steady-state simulation solves the heat and material balance for a defined flowsheet, using a thermodynamic package chosen for the chemistry. Dynamic simulation adds hold-ups, controllers and time, so you can test start-up, shutdown, trips, relief and control behaviour.

Cerasus models are built to a documented basis: property package selection, component slate, convergence and validation against plant data — so results can be defended in a HAZOP, a relief study or a management review.

What Cerasus provides

Scope of service

Steady-state flowsheets

Gas processing, refining, petrochemicals and utilities in Aspen HYSYS / Aspen Plus with documented property-package selection.

Dynamic models

Start-up, shutdown, compressor surge, depressuring and relief transients; control-scheme testing.

Equipment rating

Columns, exchangers (EDR), compressors and pumps rated inside the flowsheet.

Relief-load generation

Scenario-based relief loads feeding PSV validation and flare studies.

Model validation

Reconciled against historian and lab data with a documented accuracy statement.

Model handover & training

Model files, basis document and training so your engineers can keep it alive.

How we do it

Our approach, step by step

Basis

Component slate, property package, cases and acceptance criteria.

Build

Flowsheet construction, convergence, equipment rating.

Validate

Compare against plant data; tune where justified and document.

Use & hand over

Run the cases, report, and hand over the model with a basis document.

Standards & references

Codes this service follows

GPSA Engineering Data BookProperty and design correlations
API 521Dynamic depressuring and relief transients
ISO 20765 / AGA 8Natural-gas thermodynamic properties
DIPPR / NISTPure-component property data
TEMA / API 660 / 661Exchanger rating basis
API 617 / 618Compressor performance representation
Aspen best-practiceProperty-package selection guidance (PR, SRK, NRTL, electrolyte)
Deliverables

What you receive

  • Simulation basis document
  • Converged model files (HYSYS / Aspen Plus)
  • Case-study report with stream tables
  • Validation and accuracy statement
  • Equipment rating summaries
  • Handover training session
Why Cerasus

Practitioner-led, standards-based

200+ years of cumulative plant experienceA team that has operated major refineries and petrochemical plants, led by a chemical engineer with 35+ years in industry.
Certified leadershipTÜV-certified HAZOP Leader, CCPSC (AIChE/CCPS) and IEC 61508/61511 Functional Safety Engineer.
Global reach, Doha-basedCerasus Technologies QFZ LLC — registered in the Qatar Free Zones, with reach across geographical locations around the world.
Related services

Often scoped together

Request a consultation

Tell us about the unit and the problem.

Send a short brief — plant, service of interest and what you need to achieve — and a Cerasus engineer will respond with a proposed scope and next steps.

Prefer email or phone? sales@cerasus.ai · +974 5506 2743