HOW DOES ASPEN WORK? Basic unit is the block model E Unit operations Distillation Columns, Reactors, etc.) E Related operations such as piping Q User assembles flowsheet model by selecting and connecting appropriate Block models and specifying Block model parameters 0 ASPEN solves sequentially for output streams given input streams and Block model parameters 10/1899 ASPen Introduction 310/18/99 ASPEN Introduction 3 HOW DOES ASPEN WORK? uBasic unit is the BLOCK model ð Unit operations (Distillation Columns, Reactors, etc.) ð Related operations such as piping uUser assembles flowsheet model by selecting and connecting appropriate Block models and specifying Block model parameters uASPEN solves sequentially for output streams given input streams and Block model parameters