Aspen Engineering Suite

Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating

and Economic Evaluation Annual Update V9.1
Version Number: V9.1
November 2016
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Contents

Contents.......................................................................................................iii

Introduction ..................................................................................................5
aspenONE Overview..................................................................................5
Introduction to Aspen Engineering ..............................................................5
Accessing aspenONE Documentation ...........................................................6

What’s New ...................................................................................................7

Exchanger Design and Rating........................................................................8

Exchanger Design and Rating Programs V9.1 ...............................................8
Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger.......................................................................9
Aspen Fired Heater ...................................................................................9
Aspen Plate Exchanger ............................................................................ 13
Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger ....................................................................... 14
Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger ................................................................. 14
Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical................................................................. 16
Aspen HTFS Research Network ................................................................. 22
Compatibility Notes for V9.1..................................................................... 23

Economic Evaluation ...................................................................................24

Icarus Evaluation Engine ......................................................................... 24
Aspen Capital Cost Estimator ................................................................... 28
Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator .................................................................. 32
Aspen Process Economic Analyzer............................................................. 36
Icarus Reporter ...................................................................................... 37

Known Issues in V9.1..................................................................................38

Exchanger Design and Rating......................................................................39

Exchanger Design and Rating Products V9.1 .............................................. 39
Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger V9.1 ............................................................. 39
Aspen Fired Heater V9.1 .......................................................................... 39
Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger V9.1 .......................................................... 40

Contents iii
 Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical V9.1 ......................................................... 40
Aspen Plate Exchanger V9.1..................................................................... 40
Aspen HTFS Research Network V9.1.......................................................... 40
Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger V9.1................................................................ 41
Aspen Plus/EDR Integration ..................................................................... 41

Economic Evaluation ...................................................................................42

Economic Evaluation V9.1 Product Family .................................................. 42
Aspen Process Economic Analyzer V9.1 ..................................................... 42
Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator V9.1 .......................................................... 43
Aspen Capital Cost Estimator V9.1 ............................................................ 43
Icarus Evaluation Engine V9.1 .................................................................. 43

iv Contents
 Introduction

aspenONE Overview
aspenONE is a comprehensive set of software solutions and professional services provided by
AspenTech and designed to help process companies achieve their operational excellence
objectives.

Key capabilities:
• Use consistent models to design, optimize, and improve your plant operations.
• Design and de-bottleneck plants and processes for maximum performance.
• Gain control of plants and processes from a business perspective.
• Look ahead to capitalize on opportunities and identify problems before they occur.
• Measure plant performance.
• Estimate capital and operation costs.

Introduction to Aspen Engineering

Aspen Engineering is an integrated engineering environment that provides business value
through the creation, management, and deployment of process knowledge throughout the
engineering enterprise.
The V9.1 releases of Aspen Engineering offer exciting new functionality and key enhancements
that further advance AspenTech’s products, helping customers to make faster decisions and
operate more efficiently and profitably within the areas of engineering design, simulation, and
optimization.
This document provides an overview of product functionality and details the new capabilities
and major enhancements for each product in the Aspen Engineering Suite.

Introduction 5
 Accessing aspenONE Documentation
Documentation is now available directly from the applications. This eliminates the need to
search for the Documentation DVD to find the documents that you need and ensures that you
can always find the most current version of the document that you are looking for.
Documentation can be found in the following ways:
• Installation Guides and Release Notes can be found by clicking the corresponding link on
the first page of the Installation Browser.
• To access context-sensitive help:
o Click the Help button on an application dialog box.
o Press F1.
o Click the application Help menu and select Help.
• To access additional documents in PDF format:
o Click the Online Documentation link on the product’s Start page or Start tab, or
select Documentation from the product’s Help menu. This opens the Online
Documentation Center from which you can view and/or download the product-
specific documents.
o Logon to the AspenTech Customer Support site and browse the Documentation
page.
o Download all of the available documentation from the Customer website by
downloading a .zip file that contains the documentation.

Note: The aspenONE Documentation DVD is no longer included in the DVD package. If you
want a DVD that contains all PDF documents, you may request one from AspenTech Support.

6 Introduction
What’s New

The What’s New section provides information about new features and functionality in the V9.1
Aspen Engineering products.

What’s New 7
Exchanger Design and Rating

Exchanger Design and Rating Programs V9.1

Description
The Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR) suite includes a number of programs for the
thermal design, mechanical design, cost estimation, and drawings for heat exchangers and
pressure vessels.
This section describes the New Features and Known Issues for the Aspen Exchanger Design
and Rating applications, which include the following:
• New Features and Enhancements for Exchanger Design and Rating Programs.
• What’s Fixed for the Exchanger Design and Rating Programs
• Exchanger Design and Rating Integration with Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus
• Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger
• Aspen Coil Wound Heat Exchanger (New)
• Aspen Fired Heater
• Aspen Plate Exchanger
• Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger
• Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger
• Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical
• Aspen HTFS Research Network

What’s Fixed
Overall EDR V9.1
This section describes the software fixes to all EDR V9.1 applications.
ID Issue Description
CQ00732141 Memory leak when repeatedly opening / closing EDR cases without
exiting
CQ00702914 Copy / paste of EDR results to Aspen Simulation Workbook
CQ00702378 Crash when very long strings are present in Headings
CQ00696947 Error importing molecular weight from Aspen Plus

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 Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger
Product Description
Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger (AirCooled) is a program for the Design, Rating/Checking, and
Simulation of air coolers and other tubular crossflow heat exchangers. The program can be
used standalone by the thermal specialist for exchanger design or as an integrated product
with AspenTech's steady-state process simulation programs Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS.
When used as a stand-alone program in design mode, AirCooled can determine the optimum
heat exchanger configuration that satisfies the specified heat duty, allowable pressure drop,
and/or maximum velocity. AirCooled can find a design with the air flowrate specified or it can
optimize the air flow and the exchanger surface area requirement. The program can also be
used to check and rate heat exchangers for required process duties and has various simulation
modes to calculate the expected performance of a geometrically-specified exchanger.
When integrated with Aspen Plus or Aspen HYSYS, AirCooled provides engineers with the
ability to rigorously model heat exchanger operation and identify capital saving opportunities
in the overall process configuration. Bottlenecks can be identified, process improvements can
be modeled for various process operating scenarios, and costly maintenance schedules can be
optimized.

Compatibility Notes
Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger V9.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V9 and other
previous versions of Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger.

What’s Fixed
This section describes the software fixes to Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger V9.1.
ID Issue Description
CQ00731767 Cannot get properties from Aspen Properties without opening the
Composition form
CQ00724404 Thick lines in Setting Plan
CQ00716094 Crash when copying variables to Aspen Simulation Workbook
CQ00709749 Incorrectly disabled fouling curve dropdown list in tubeside fouling
CQ00708455 Issues with company name, company logo, and headings in setting plan
CQ00698901 Cannot use Aspen Properties in EDR cases in Excel

Aspen Coil Wound Heat Exchanger (New)

Product Description
Aspen Coil Wound Heat Exchanger is the newest addition to the Aspen EDR family.
The Coil Wound Heat Exchanger program allows users to model the primary equipment in a
LNG liquefaction process. The main cryogenic heat exchanger is a multi-stream heat
exchanger with complex arrangement of tube coils wound around a central mandrel. Similar to
other Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating programs, the Aspen Coil Wound Heat Exchanger
program takes into consideration the detailed internal geometry and physical properties in
heat transfer and pressure drop calculations. Aspen Properties can be used for physical
property calculations, same as other Aspen EDR programs.

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 The Aspen Coil Wound Heat Exchanger builds on the common user interface used by other
Aspen EDR programs including ribbon layout, navigation tree, units of measure, reporting.
The program supports simulation and rating modes. Fluid properties can be described
individually or imported from an existing Aspen HYSYS simulation. The model developed in
Aspen Coil Wound Heat Exchanger can also be integrated in an Aspen HYSYS simulation. When
integrated with Aspen HYSYS, the rigorous calculations from Aspen Coil Wound model are
used in the HYSYS simulation. This allows users to increase the fidelity of the process
simulation results. The program allows users to access detailed results including heat
exchanger performance directly from the Aspen HYSYS simulation.

Key Features
The following are some key features of the Coil Wound Heat Exchanger.

Model multiple streams

You can easily specify individual stream conditions in the Process Data.

Heat exchanger geometry

You can describe the detailed arrangement of coil tubes and bundles in the Exchanger
Geometry form.

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 Stream configuration
You can specify the location of streams within bundles in the Occupancy form.

Detailed results
You can access detailed heat exchanger performance from the Thermal Hydraulic Summary.

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 Stream Temperature Profiles
Stream Temperature Profiles are viewed as shown below:

Integration with Aspen HYSYS

The coil wound exchanger model integrates with Aspen HYSYS in similar fashion to other EDR
models – Shell & Tube, Fired Heater, Air Cooled and Plate Fin.

For more details, refer to the Getting Started Guide.

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 Aspen Fired Heater
Product Description
Aspen Fired Heater is for the simulation and rating of furnaces and fired heaters. The program
calculates heat transfer and other key parameters in a variety of tube configurations in both
box and cylindrical fireboxes using the well stirred, imperfectly stirred or long-furnace models.
In addition the heat transfer in up to nine convection banks can be handled.

Compatibility Notes for V9.1

Aspen Fired Heater V9.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V9 and other previous
versions of Aspen Fired Heater.
FiredHeater is compatibility with all versions of Aspen Properties. No further action is required
if Aspen Properties V7.3 (installed automatically with V7.3.2 of EDR), V7.2 or V7.1 is
registered. If another version of Aspen Properties is registered, compatible versions of
FlueGasxx.x.aprpdf and Steamxx.x.aprpdf should be placed in the <EDR>/Dat/Props folder.
These are generated by opening FlueGas.aprbkp and Steam.aprbkp and exporting the above
aprpdf files with the version number included in the name (i.e. xx.x = ‘25.0’, ’26.0’ …).

What’s Fixed
This section describes the software fixes to Aspen Fired Heater V9.1.
ID Issue Description
CQ00706768 Incorrect reporting in Stream Details and the order of the main tube group
in the Firebox diagram
CQ00715522 Zoom in/out in the Heater Diagram causes diagrams in the Stack tab and
Ducting Tab change

Aspen Plate Exchanger

Product Description
Aspen Plate Exchanger enables the optimum design, rating, and simulation of plate and frame
heat exchangers.

Compatibility Notes for V9.1

Aspen Plate Exchanger V9.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V8.8.2 and other
previous versions of Aspen Plate Exchanger.

What’s Fixed in Aspen Plate Exchanger V9.1

This section describes the software fixes to Aspen Plate Exchanger V9.1.
ID Issue Description
CQ00706301 Exchanger diagram does not update after being opened
CQ00699518 Diagrams exported to Word are small
CQ00697334 Geometry values from Plate databank not displayed

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 Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger
Product Description
Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger lets you simulate the performance of plate-fin heat exchangers. It
will simulate either the large brazed aluminum cores used for cryogenic duties (up to 20
process streams), or units in other metals used for duties at ambient temperatures or above.
It also provides facilities for doing a “first shot” design of this type of exchanger and for
modeling thermosiphon reboilers.

New Features and Enhancements for V9.1

For more information and details about these enhancements, see below:

Compatibility Notes for V9.1

Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger V9.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V9 and other
previous versions of Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger.

What’s Fixed in V9.1

The following issues were fixed in this release.
ID Issue Description
CQ00704041 Low-flow solution method generates non-symmetrical wall temperatures
for layer by layer cases
CQ00703857 Improper handling of large pressure drops
CQ00703013 Parting sheet thickness cannot be less than 0.5 mm
CQ00697575 Incorrect mass fluxes for crossflow streams in the Pass Outlet Details
CQ00693912 Allowable pressure drop input becomes disabled when a value larger than the
inlet pressure is input.

Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger

Product Description
Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (Shell&Tube) is a program for the Design, Rating/Checking and
Simulation of shell and tube, double pipe, and multi-tube hairpin heat exchangers. The
program can be used standalone by the thermal specialist for exchanger design or as an
integrated product with AspenTech's steady-state process simulation programs Aspen Plus and
HYSYS.
When used as a stand-alone program in design mode, Shell&Tube can determine the optimum
heat exchanger configuration that satisfies the specified heat duty, allowable pressure drop,
and/or maximum velocity. The program can also be used to check and rate heat exchangers
for required process duties.
When integrated with Aspen Plus or HYSYS, Shell&Tube provides engineers with the ability to
rigorously model heat exchanger operation and identify capital saving opportunities in the
overall process configuration. Bottlenecks can be identified, process improvements modeled
for various process operating scenarios, and costly maintenance schedules optimized.

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 New Features and Enhancements V9.1
Specific enthalpy is added to Calculation Details – Interval Analysis and Calculation Details –
Physical Properties.

The Setting Plan now shows the distance between front and rear tubesheets.

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 Compatibility Notes for V9.1
Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger V9.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V9 and
other previous versions of Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger.

What’s Fixed in V9.1

This section describes the software fixes to Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger V9.1.
ID Issue Description
CQ00728486 Scaling does not work properly in .dxf files
CQ00728295 Print settings not saved
CQ00724896 EDR console in Aspen Plus is not updated after it has been opened
CQ00711095 Wording in dialog for EDR files saved in old format is confusing
CQ00709908 HYSYS.hsc files sizes increase with every "Save As"
CQ00709410 Mole or mass basis is unclear where quality (vapor fraction) is reported
CQ00707557 Incorrect velocity and Rho-V-Sq in bundle when nozzle is located over or
beyond the Ubend
CQ00705092 TEMA sheet is stretched when printing in landscape mode
CQ00704748 Tubeside velocity is not showing the expected results when some tubes
are plugged
CQ00694457 Dome impingement device has small RhoV2 value on SS inlet nozzle
CQ00457350 Cannot access number of tubes in rows and passes in automation in
Tubesheet Layout
CQ00452656 Effective tube length is not displayed in the Setting Plan

Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical

Product Description
Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical (formerly Aspen Teams®) is a comprehensive set of tools for
the complete mechanical design or rating of shell & tube heat exchangers and basic pressure
vessels.
When used with Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger (formerly Tasc+) or Hetran, Aspen Shell &
Tube Mechanical provides bi-directional data transfer, eliminating the need for data re-entry
and ensuring consistency between thermal and mechanical designs. This enables engineers to
both optimize and efficiently validate the thermal and mechanical designs of shell and tube
heat exchangers.
When used as a stand-alone program in design mode, Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical can
optimize the design of most components including flanges, tubesheets, expansion joints,
supports, shell, and nozzle reinforcement. They conform to TEMA standards and several
international codes including, ASME Section VIII Div.1 and Div.2 Part 4, EN 13445, AD
Merkblätter, and CODAP.

New Features and Enhancements in V9.1

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V9.1:
• Added ASME Pneumatic Pressure test
• Added clad material specifications to the Bill of Materials

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 • Improved Minimum Design Metal Temperature (MDMT) calculations without Impact
Testing requirements (high alloys)
o Materials carbon content is now being tracked for better calculation of MDMT
for alloys without impact testing requirements
o MDMT calculations are also being performed for duplex materials per ASME
UHA-51(d)(3) code rules.
• Improved floating head ‘P’ type sectional drawing
• Improved tongue-and-groove flange facings sectional drawing

Added ASME Pneumatic Pressure test

This new option will allow the designer to specify a Pneumatic pressure test instead of a
standard Hydro static test. Calculations for the required Pneumatic test pressure will be done
in accordance with ASME UG-100.

The Test Pressure calculation will be shown under Design Summary >
MAWP/MDMT/Test/PWHT tab Test Pressure.

The Test Pressure detailed results will be shown under Code Calculations > MAWP/MDMT/Test
P/Static P and then clicking on

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 Added clad material specifications to the Bill of Materials
The Bill of Material under Design Specification Summary will now show the clad material
specification along with the base material specification. The same for the Bill of Material under
All Drawings.
For an example of this feature, this input:

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 Will generate this output:

And this output from All Drawings > Bill of Materials:

Minimum Design Metal Temperatures for Alloys

The program now includes ASME UHA-51(d) Exemptions from Impact Testing for Base Metals
and HAZ which requires tracking the carbon content in the material chemistry.
In addition, the program now includes UHA-51(e) Exemptions from Impact Testing for Welding
Procedure Qualifications as an option as shown below.

MDMT calculations are also being performed for duplex materials per ASME UHA-51(d)(3) code
rules.
MDMT detailed results will be shown under Code Calculations > MAWP/MDMT/Test P/Static P
and then clicking on

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 Improved floating head ‘P’ type sectional drawing
The sectional drawing for floating head of TEMA type ‘P’ was not complete. With this change,
the geometry now depicts a ‘P’ type floating head.

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 Improved tongue-and-groove flange facings sectional drawing
The sectional drawing for tongue-and-groove flange facings have been improved. With this
change, the geometry now depicts the correct flange face outlines and dimensions.

Compatibility Notes and Known Issues

• Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical V9.1 will override V8.8.2.
• Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical V9.1 can coexist with versions V9 and earlier

What’s Fixed V9.1

ID Issue Description
CQ00610877 Added missing bolt spacing data for floating head flanges
CQ00711441 Added new message when the program is not using the elastic-plastic method in
ASME UHX tubesheet design because the tubesheet material is in the creep regime.
CQ00710664 Fixed - Shell adjacent to tubesheet material is not correctly reported in BOM
CQ00704680 Enabled WRC107 in AD Merkblatter code
CQ00709711 Added warning: ASME - Appendix A - Table A-2 - Note (8). When the nominal pitch
(center-to-center distance of adjacent tube holes) is less than do + 2t, 'fr' shall be
determined by test in accordance with A-3 and A-4.
CQ00709943 Fixed - MDMT calculation for duplex alloys incorrect
CQ00709720 Fixed - Program is not following correctly TEMA RCB-3.13 when the material is clad.
CQ00709354 Fixed - Incorrect external pressure allowable stress for Part 4 BPV VIII Division 2
method
CQ00708534 Fixed - Incorrect shell thickness selected for unfired steam boilers service
CQ00708523 Fixed - Incorrect minimum U-bend diameter for BFU units in SI or metric units
CQ00706680 Fixes - Option for full bolt load design selected not being shown in Body Flange Code
Calculations page
CQ00707466 Fixed - Program un-responsive when user enters a shell thickness. Shell thickness
entered was less than required.
CQ00707454 Fixed issued when a B type head with Flat Welded Cover type also has a 'front head
welded to cylinder' input as 'NO'. If this combination of inputs occurs, the program
will mark the weld-to-cylinder input item as error (red background).
CQ00707096 Fixed - Incorrect test pressure calculated due to the rear head cover incorrect stress
ratio
CQ00706966 Fixed - Tube external pressure calculation does not reflect inputted allowable stress
and yield stress.
Fixed - Tube external pressure calculation does not reflect inputted allowable stress
and yield stress.

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 ID Issue Description
CQ00706492 Fixed - Program incorrectly converts the tubes modulus of elasticity in the TEMA
tubesheet calculation resulting in an overstress condition
CQ00705964 Fixed - Program calculates a tube-to-tubesheet weld that is too large resulting in a
warning to increase the tube pitch. If the tube pitch is then increased, the tubes will
not fit in the exchanger.
CQ00705706 fixes infinite loop issue when designing the flange components and their related
gaskets - the program would resize the gasket OD and width and reset them
inappropriately
CQ00705325 Fixed - Program does not provide a warning nor designs the tubesheet correctly
when the flanged extension controls with a stub end
CQ00703957 Fixed - Incorrect message concerning longitudinal baffle thickness
CQ00703487 fixes messages 227, 867, 868 for lifting lug calculations that were appearing with US
units instead of metric units.
CQ00702000 Fixed - Program missed governing case when designing flanges around tubesheets in
the European code
CQ00698639 improvements to FABEX sectional drawing for P-Type Heads - the proper "flange"
component is now linked to the Packing gland for the shell cylinder and the location
of the rear head cylinder is also correct
CQ00698622 Fixed - Rear channel material properties take the inputted front channel material
properties
CQ00533473 fixes tubesheet geometry regarding the presence of recess values with matching
flanges, the user should now have more control on which recesses are present for
the tubesheet components instead of relying on the program to set default values
CQ00504749 fixes individual tubesheet FABEX drawing for hub type flanges (41,42) and Tongue
and Groove applied to those flanges - Tubesheet should contain a groove now
instead of two recesses

Compatibility Notes V9.1

Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical V9.1 can be installed and used at the same time as V9 and
other previous versions of Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical.

Aspen HTFS Research Network

Product Description
AspenTech HTFS Research Network provides access to source information on the models and
correlations used in the Aspen EDR software products. It is an extensive archive that was
developed from the 1970s onwards. It derives from proprietary research conducted with
guidance from many industry experts. This body of documents is now available directly from
the product.
The Aspen HTFS Research Network includes:
• Research Reports (>1200)
• Design Reports (≈50 extensive multi part documents)
• Handbook (>470 concise multi-page documents)

New Features and Enhancements in V9.1

There are no new features for HTFS Research Network V9.1.

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 Compatibility Notes for V9.1
There are no compatibility notes listed for this release.

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Economic Evaluation

The following sections list and describe all of the new features, enhancements, and software
fixes included in this release of Aspen Economic Evaluation V9.1:
• Icarus Evaluation Engine.
• Aspen Capital Cost Estimator.
• Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator.
• Aspen Process Economic Analyzer.
• Icarus Reporter
• What’s Fixed in Supporting Products.

Icarus Evaluation Engine

Technology Description
The Icarus Evaluation Engine (Icarus Evaluation Technology) provides state-of-the-art
economic evaluation services to the entire Aspen Icarus product suite: Aspen In-Plant Cost
Estimator, Aspen Process Economic Analyzer, and Aspen Capital Cost Estimator.

New Features and Enhancements in V9.1

The following have been added to Aspen Icarus Evaluation Engine V9.1:
• 2016 Pricing Update Summary
• Size specification of lap joint stub end flanges are expanded to 24"

2016 Cost Basis Update - Pricing Changes

The pricing basis for this release has been updated to the First Quarter 2016. The table below
summarizes an approximation of material pricing changes from the V9 EP1 version of Aspen
Economic Evaluation (i.e. 2015 pricing basis). These results were obtained by running a
general benchmark project containing a representative mix of equipment found in a gas
processing plant. In addition to pricing changes, model enhancements and defect corrections
have affected overall percentage differences. Note: this may include quantity or design
differences as various models and methods have been updated or fine-tuned based on client
feedback and defect resolution (see information provided in this document regarding defect
corrections which may cause pricing and/or installation scope changes in the V9.1 What’s
Fixed section of Economic Evaluation release notes for further information). Your results will
differ based on the overall mix of equipment, bulk items, and specified materials of
construction contained in your project. Note: there are no pricing differences between V9 and
V9 with EP1 installed – it is just the reference basis used for the comparison.

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 Percent Change from V9.1 (2016 Basis) vs. V9EP1 (2015 Basis)
Category
US UK JP EU ME

Equipment -7.6% -6.6% * -7.5% -10.1%

Piping -4.1% 0.8% * 0.2% -6.9%
Civil -0.8% 0.3% -0.3% 0.8% 0.8%
Steel -18.2% 0.9% * -1.0% -4.7%
Control
Valves -6.8% 0.5% * 0.3% -8.7%
Instrumentation
(see note 1) Instruments -5.2% 0.4% * -0.8% 3.4%
Overrall -5.6% 0.4% * -0.2% -2.4%
Electrical -1.1% -2.1% * -3.0% 4.9%
Insulation 0.1% -2.3% * -1.1% -0.8%
Paint 0.0% -1.3% -2.7% 0.2% -0.1%

Notes:
* Data was not available to perform a complete pricing update for the Japan country
base. However, there will be pricing changes in the Japan basis due to model
corrections and system enhancements. The civil difference shown in the table is due
to CQ00606798 (Update Substation Switchgear & Circuit Breaker Plant Bulk
Weights) which affects all country bases. The paint difference shown in the table is
due to CQ00694808 (Surface preparation for equipment, piping, and steel) which
affects any project where brush paint application method is specified (brush paint is
the default method for the Japanese basis). These are documented elsewhere in the
What’s New content.

1 Starting with the V8.7.1/V8.8 release, a change was made to have control valve
pricing be consistent with bulk valve pricing (see V8.7.1/V8.8 release notes for
further information on this change). Due to this change, we have split the
Instrumentation pricing changes as depicted in the table.

• Specifically, the following items will effect pricing for each country base (detailed
descriptions and impact of these changes are documented elsewhere in this
document):
o Update Substation Switchgear & Circuit Breaker Plant Bulk Weights
o Updates to surface preparation for equipment, piping, and steel
o Model updates to lap joint flanges
o Updated Cost Estimation Model for Furnaces
o Communication and Alarm Systems does not reset for multiple entries
o Incorrect Transformer and Feeder Breaker Estimation in HV Unit
Substation
o Minimum LV wire size spec not working for Flow Transmitters
o Insulation Not Estimated for Crude Oil Desalter
• Electrical wire pricing for each country basis is affected by the Copper pricing
specification. The Copper pricing has been updated in the V9.1 release (excludes
Japan basis, see copper wire pricing change below).

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 In general, the following system pricing changes were observed:
• Based on fabricator data, Carbon Steel plate pricing has shown the following changes:
o A515, A516, & A285C: ~ 0.2% decrease
• Based on vendor data, Carbon Steel (A179) seamless tube pricing has shown a
decrease of 7%.
• Based on vendor data, Carbon Steel (A214) welded tube pricing has decreased ~9%.
• Based on vendor data, stainless steel plate pricing has shown the following changes:
o SS304: ~9% decrease
o SS316: ~11% decrease
o SS321: ~8% decrease
• Based on vendor data, pricing changes for stainless steel welded tubing is as follows:
o 304W ~ 24% decrease
o 316W ~ 16% decrease
o 321W ~ 24% decrease
• Based on vendor data, pricing changes for stainless steel seamless tubing is as
follows:
o 304S ~ 41% decrease
o 316S ~ 47% decrease
o 321S ~ 24% decrease
• Titanium plate and tube pricing have decreased app. 2%.
• Based on vendor data, the following changes were observed for Non-Ferrous
materials:
o Hastelloy ~ -15% plate, ~ -8% tube
o Inconel ~ -17% plate, ~ -9% tube
o Monel ~ -20% plate, ~ -10% tube
• The following changes have been observed for Copper and Aluminum pricing:
o Copper ~ -18% sheet, ~-14% tube, ~ -20% wire
o Aluminum ~ 5% decrease plate & tube
• The following Rebar pricing changes have been made for each location basis:
o US Basis: ~ 19% decrease
o UK Basis: ~ 1% increase
o EU Basis: ~ 1% decrease
o JP Basis: NA
o ME Basis: ~ 10% decrease
• Ready Mix Type “B” Concrete pricing was updated in each location based on spot
pricing received:
o US Basis: ~ 7% increase
o UK Basis: ~ 1% increase
o EU Basis: ~ 2% increase
o JP Basis: NA
o ME Basis: no change from the 2015 pricing basis

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 • Pricing for structural steel shapes and beams have been updated accordingly:

Approximate Structural Steel Pricing Changes

Type US UK JP EU ME
Ladders, Handrails, Grating
-12% 1% NA -1% 3%
(avg.)
Stairways (avg.) 2% 1% NA -1% -1%
Platforms (avg.) 2% 1% NA -1% -6%
Steel Members (avg.) -23% 1% NA -1% -13%

Allow lap-joint flanges up to 24 inch [600 mm] diameter

Size specification of lap joint stub end flanges are expanded to 24" [600 mm].

Compatibility Notes for V9.1

There are no compatibility notes listed for this release.

What’s Fixed in V9.1

Aspen Economic Evaluation V9.1 includes a number of software fixes that further improve the
product. Selected fixes contained in APEA, ACCE and AICE V9.1 are listed under their
corresponding applications below. This list is a subset of all the corrections included in V9.1.
CQ Number Description
(CQ00727236) Insulation Not Estimated for Crude Oil Desalter
In previous releases there was a defect due to which equipment
insulation was not estimated for the Crude Oil Desalter [DHT DESALTER]
process equipment and associated piping, even when the operating
temperature was greater than the minimum temperature for hot
insulation. This defect has been fixed. Also included in this fix was a
correction in the insulation thickness calculations. Due to this, in certain
edge cases, users may see a change in the calculated thickness for
process equipment and piping.
(CQ00527699) Updated Cost Estimation Model for Furnaces
There was a defect in the cost estimation model for furnaces due to
which for the same duty, at a certain temperature value, increasing the
design temperature would reduce the estimated cost. This defect has
been fixed. Due to this fix, users may see a significant difference in the
estimated equipment cost for furnaces compared to previous versions.
This affects all furnace models - EFU BOX, EFU HEATER, EFU
PYROLYSIS, EFU REFORMER, and EFU VERTICAL.
(CQ00694808) Surface preparation for equipment, piping, and steel
Material cost for brush cleaning has been removed from piping and
equipment surface prep line items.
Material cost for sand blasting has been added to steel line items. The
default steel surface prep area has been changed from 100% to 10%.
Equipment rental for steel sand blasting has been updated.
Some changes have been made to equipment surface prep line items.
Previously, only "BRUSH CLEANING" line items were generated. Now,
either sand blasting or brush cleaning will be generated depending on
the paint application method in the paint specs. This applies to most
vessels, towers, heat exchangers etc.

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 CQ Number Description
(CQ00711531) Open Steel Structure fatal error, "Quantity exceeds system limits"
An uninitialized variable was used to check if a beam or column section
was available for design by FEM analysis. If the maximum beam or
column size in the system was inadequate to support the loads, the
variable was not updated. Subsequent calculations based on the
uninitialized variable caused the fatal error to be generated. This issue
has been fixed.

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project, Aspen Capital Cost Estimator develops a complete, detailed engineering, procurement
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resources, making use of time saved by Aspen Capital Cost Estimator.

New Features and Enhancements in V9.1

The following new features and enhancements were added in release V9.1:

Round fiber formed foundation type added for steel pipe racks
Round fiber formed pier foundations are occasionally used to support steel piperacks instead
of spread footings or deep pile foundations. For this enhancement, we have added a
foundation type field to the piperack form that lets you select between spread footing
foundations and round tube formed pier foundations. (TYP vs. PIER) In addition, several pier
foundation size fields are added to the sizing fields that let you specify pier foundation
geometry in place of system calculated values. The new fields are only applicable when the
pipe rack type is specified as 'STEEL' which is the default pipe rack type for Plant Bulks, Civil
and Steel, Pipe rack. The new fields are also applicable to 'STEEL' type pipe rack modules
(PRMD).

Above: New pier definition fields on the piperack component form.

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 Larger pile diameters have been added for Auger cast piles (AUGR), Franki
piles (FRNK), and Poured concrete piles (POUR)
Larger pile diameters have been added for Auger cast piles (AUGR), Franki piles (FRNK), and
Poured concrete piles (POUR). These pile types now include 30 IN [750 MM], 36 IN [900 MM],
and 42 IN [1050 MM] diameters.
The Site Development, Drilled and cast-in-place concrete piles (SD POURED) component has
been updated to include these new pile diameters.
As discussed in the documentation for Vertical Tanks(VT)-LNG, if piles are required (based on
soil strength) and the cost engine is called from either Aspen Process Economic Analyzer or
Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator, the system designs Auger Cast piles. Since larger diameter
Auger cast piles are now available, this may effect the size, spacing, and number of piles used
to support the LNG tank and as a result may change the cost of the LNG tank in AIPE and
APEA.

LED lighting fixtures added to ‘Lights and Outlets’ plant bulk and area level
specification.
LED fixtures are added as follows:
• LED - LED vapor proof, less mounting module
• LEDP - LED vapor proof, pendant mount
• LEDC - LED vapor proof, ceiling mount
• LEDW - LED vapor proof, wall mount
• LEDS - LED vapor proof, 25 deg. stanchion mount
• (20 - 400 W; Default *46*)

Vessel electric tracing enabled for Agitated Tank Components

Vessel Electrical Tracing is added for the Agitated Tank-Enclosed and Agitated Tank-Open Top
components.

Add 34.5 KV/33 KV options to power cable and bus duct plant bulks.
Power Cable and Bus Duct Plant Bulks now have 33 kV and 35 kV rated voltage options.

Update Substation Switchgear & Circuit Breaker Plant Bulk Weights

The weights of the circuit breakers estimated in the substations and the circuit breaker plant
bulk were quite high. The weight data has been updated and a significant change will be
observed compared to previous versions as shown below. The weights of the switchgear
cabinets have also been added and will now be included in the APROJID file.

V 9.0

Total switchgear weight: 128,885 lbs.

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 V 9.1

Total switchgear weight: 13,371 lbs.

In addition, the change in switchgear weight will affect the civil work/foundation quantities in
the substation as shown below, and subsequently the costs estimated.

V 9.0

V 9.1

Compatibility Notes for V9.1

There are no compatibility notes listed for this release.

What’s Fixed in V9.1

Aspen Economic Evaluation V9.1 includes a number of software fixes that further improve the
product. Selected fixes contained in ACCE V9.1 are listed below. This list is a subset of all the
corrections included in ACCE V9.1 and includes fixes made to the Evaluation Engine and
System Framework.

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 CQ Number Description
(CQ00686501) Dragging/dropping areas or copying area specs to a new Report Group
should inherit the new RG's ISBL/OSBL setting
When you copy or drag/drop an area from a Report Group to a new Report
Group, the ISBL/OSBL settings are maintained (i.e. same as the source
Report Group) and thus do not inherit these settings from the target Report
Group. This means you can have some areas that have "I" specified but
are in Report Groups that have "O" specified (and vice versa). This setting
is only used in the IPA reports and may create inconsistencies in the results
if the user dragged/dropped (or copied) a lot of areas. The current way of
addressing this is to reset the RG ISBL/OSBL setting after all the area
moves and/or creations have been made. This issue has been fixed.
(CQ00728546) Piperack Module fatal error, "Invalid Contractor Number”
The fatal error was generated for Piperack Modules when an error existed in
the piperack component input specifications. Examples of invalid input
specifications include: Specifying a piperack item count greater than one in
a modular piperack area; Specifying a cast-in-place or precast concrete
piperack in a modular piperack area. This issue has been fixed.
Additionally, specifying a piperack height to first level of 4 feet [1.2 m]
produced an input error and caused the fatal error to be generated.
Although this specification is valid, a compiler bug caused the input error.
This issue has been fixed.
(CQ00702059) Piperack calculated values differ for the Area Steel and the Plant Bulk
Component
The default value in Area steel for number of pipe rack levels was not 1 as
claimed on the input field. The default value is the same as the Plant Bulk
Steel piperack and is a calculated value. The default value of 1 for number
of pipe rack levels has been removed from the Area steel form.
(CQ00727425) Incorrect # of reuses shown in Project Data Sheet for steel formwork
In the Project Data Sheet section of the ccp report, the # of reuses for steel
formwork was 1. This is really not accurate as the # of reuses is already
priced into steel formwork and is consistent with the typical wood formwork
default reuse # for each location basis (i.e. US/ME: 2.5; UK/EU: 3; JP: 4).
The correct reuse # for steel formwork is now shown in the Project Data
Sheet section of the ccp report.
(CQ00709701) Communication and Alarm Systems does not reset for multiple entries
In previous versions, if you add one Communication and Alarm plant bulk to
an area you get the correct quantities during project evaluation. Each
succeeding Communication and Alarm plant bulk however, will use
quantities from the previous Communication and Alarm plant bulk if not
overridden. This has been fixed in V9.1 to give the correct items for each
Communication and Alarm plant bulk estimated.
(CQ00706484) Copper price does not get correctly adjusted to the new location currency
when projects are relocated
In previous versions, when using decision analyzer to relocate a project to a
new country, the copper cost for the initial project location (i.e. one of the 5
system basis locations) was not being properly converted to the currency in
the new location. In V9.1, when a project is relocated, the copper cost in
the currency of the new location will now be displayed in the ‘Copper cost’
field in the project Electrical specs form and location indexing does not
apply to this value.
In addition, for V9.1 the 'Material user base index' specified in the General
Escalation form, is not applied to the user specified copper cost value but is
applied to default system value (if the copper cost field is left blank). The
'Material escalation index' is however, applied to both the user specified and
default system copper cost values.

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 CQ Number Description
(CQ00708579) Set Self-regulating cable and M10, got TRACER CABLE 20P
In previous versions, when the Electrical trace cable category specified
doesn't match the cable type specified e.g. MI cable category selected along
with 3A self-regulating cable type, an error message is generated when the
component is evaluated to alert user that a wrong cable type has been
selected and the system uses a different cable type matching the cable
category specified.
For V9.1, the Electrical trace cable type field now has precedence over the
Electrical trace cable category field. The cable type specified by the user is
what is estimated; if there is a conflict with the cable category field, a
warning message is generated to alert the user that the tracing cable
category will be ignored.
(CQ00685550) Incorrect Transformer and Feeder Breaker Estimation in HV Unit Substation
In previous versions, the incorrect capacity of transformers and quantity of
feeder breakers was being estimated in a HV unit substation (supply voltage
of 34.5/33 kV) and in the subsequent unit and sub-unit substations linked
to it. This has been fixed for V9.1: the quantities of feeder breakers are now
being correctly estimated and the transformer estimation workflow in the
system has been updated. Some old projects opened in V9.1 may therefore
result in a change in transformer capacities and feeder breaker quantities in
the substations.
(CQ00710438) Minimum LV wire size spec not working for Flow Transmitters
In previous versions, the low voltage minimum wire size specification was
not being applied to the flow transmitter instruments. This has been fixed
for V9.1 such that the Minimum wire size input in the project level electrical
specs will now impact the flow transmitters and also the LV Electrical
Tracing Cable (for MI Cable and from Elec. Tracing Panel Board to the MCC).
CQ00527699 Heater (Box type process furnace) cost estimation: Lower cost at higher
design temperature
CQ00685550 Incorrect Transformer and Feeder Breaker Estimation in Unit Substation
When 34.5 kV Supply Voltage is Specified
CQ00693653 Negative number being produced when running reports
CQ00694808 Question on Material Cost for BRUSH CLEANING (SURFACE PREP - PIPING)
CQ00695843 V9 PID Editor: show scale become unchecked after Preview and then Esc
CQ00696056 V9 PID Editor: left mouse click on select one elements to hit Delete, other
element is highlighted
CQ00697230 V9 PID Editor: double click on the arrow of loop doesn't work when the line
is on top of block icon
CQ00697927 V9 PID Editor: select Cloud before Lock Flowsheet, it still can be drawn
CQ00698082 V9 PID Editor: group select with cloud, press on cloud boundary to move
doesn't work
CQ00698084 V9 PID Editor: group select with cloud/annotation to move, cloud and
annotation are still highlighted
CQ00698177 V9 PID Editor: Delete keyword in the search function, the line type and
custom equipment turn gray.
CQ00698422 V9 PID Editor: ports left in the drawing after undo to remove all lines and
block
CQ00698906 V9 PID Editor: the Undo/Redo dropdown option can be selected when Lock
Flowsheet is checked
CQ00698925 V9 PID Editor: with Icon view, the second sub categores have confusing
names
CQ00699759 V9 PID Editor: RMB menu didn't go away when click Close in the P&ID
Editor
CQ00699802 V9 PID Editor: edit icon and save, then a piping line drawing changed
CQ00699806 V9 PID Editor: not able to catch some bubble/loop line drawn on top of
Block
CQ00699836 V9 PID Editor: bubble number dislocated when Print Preview with multiple
Pages

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 CQ Number Description
CQ00699899 Incorrect Motor Type on Equipment Design Data Sheet for Motors Greater
than 300 HP (224 kW)
CQ00699988 V9 PID Editor: not able to move connection of some lines under certain
circumstance
CQ00700064 Piping material in COA 311 is incorrect for X70S and X70W pipe materials
CQ00700233 V9 PID Editor: Significant performance issue if you zoom area and select a
very small area.
CQ00700270 Units of Measure conversion help page is missing
CQ00700490 V9 PID Editor: delete all items then undo, save and close, crash when
reopen the file
CQ00700590 V9 PID Editor: layout of Jacketed VT continuous FULL 606J is confusing
CQ00700795 V9 PID Editor: bubble wasn't connected to the block in the drawing
CQ00700954 Click F1 in the Aspen Economic Evaluation V9: Spreasheet Import /Export
dialog will launch IE help
CQ00702059 Pipe rack calculated values differ from the Area Civil Steel and the Plant
Bulk Component.
CQ00702865 HTML5: Decision Analyzer figure need to be updated for topic: Analyzer
Relocation Module (ARM)
CQ00703210 Enter New Lines in Spreasheet View Via Copy/Paste, Rename, and then
Copy/Paste to add an Extra Line Overwrites Changed Name
CQ00703211 Copy paste equipment item in spreasheet view deletes any previously
defined specs
CQ00703556 Check Change Plant Location to then check Scale by Area got warning to
select a plant location
CQ00704102 HTML5: got several empty topic when search ACCE help with: index
CQ00704104 Can we display the outside project COA file name for Indexing Status not
*****
CQ00704682 V9 PID Editor: Context menu options for line with branch/join connection
CQ00704751 Warning about NON-STANDARD POWER SPECIFIED MOTOR WILL BE
PRICED AS NEXT LARGER SIZE
CQ00705165 ACCE crash without hyphen for tag name.
CQ00705391 Got quite large Stiffening ring spacing for Agitator tank -enclosed, jacketed
with EU country base
CQ00705424 V9 PID Editor: PID Cosmetic changes to drawing are not retained after
saving/reopening the drawing
CQ00706156 Got same unit manhours for SURFACE PREP of STEEL as
PIPING&EQUIPMENT
CQ00706610 V9 PID Editor: Not able to move the piping line segment correctly
CQ00706679 Error in metric fitspec files - diameters are in ip instead of metric
CQ00706948 DIN pipe and flange class error specification.
CQ00707121 V9 PID Editor: not able to select Cloud/arrow/ annotation if it is drawn on
top of model icon
CQ00707127 V9 PID Editor: with German OS, not able to get the file when run Microsoft
Print to PDF for P&ID
CQ00708521 Equipment item delivery times missing from Bar Chart schedule for multi-
diameter columns
CQ00708801 Not able to evaluate the project after run Decision Analyzer
CQ00709136 User entered copper value wasn't used to convert to the relocated location
currency
CQ00709277 Got error when only specify Feeder breaker rating for substation
CQ00709353 Typo in Reference Guide: Ch 31 pg 18 Drawing #9 Plot Plants should be
Plot Plans
CQ00709419 Got 0 cost for breaker of 13.8 KV*2000A
CQ00709624 V9 PID Editor: can't click Undo if donot release the menu selection first

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 CQ Number Description
CQ00709625 V9 PID Editor: got extra angle when drawing a line with length of x >
length of y axis
CQ00709701 Communication and Alarm Systems does not reset for multiple entries
CQ00710053 V9 PID Editor: load P&ID, re-number loop, Undo then Redo, got error when
evaluate the item
CQ00710438 Minimum LV wire size spec not working for Flow Transmitters
CQ00710905 Replace 'icObjectClass' with 'icObjectClassType' in Icarus API guide
CQ00711351 V9 PID Editor: documentation contains screenshot from old PID editor
CQ00711531 Got fatal error QUANTITY EXCEEDS SYSTEM LIMITS
CQ00715521 HTML5: title shows as "Adding or Editing P&amp;ID Labels" in the returned
results when search in the HTML help
CQ00715671 V9 PID Editor: user created icon can't be used when the Label positon
wasn't placed in the center
CQ00715689 V9 PID Editor: Delete Custom equipment then left click on drawing area, it
still can be drawn
CQ00715999 V9 PID Editor: Re-number Piping line then Undo, got blank Description and
Fitting
CQ00716001 V9 PID Editor: Maximize P&ID Editor, Zoom Fit then Zoom Previous,
disaplay issue
CQ00724475 Question about Power Distribution changed during run Decison Analyzer
CQ00724761 V9 PID Editor: Question about select Provide item and installation for P&ID
Sensor
CQ00724812 Got "AspenTech Support Center has moved" dialog when click See Also
video link
CQ00726273 Question about the Power factor influence over transformer cost
CQ00727236 Crude Oil Desalter - No Insulation estimated
CQ00727303 HTML5: Link doesn't work in the Area Specifications help topic
CQ00727425 Incorrect # of reuses shown in Project Data Sheet for steel formwork
CQ00727505 Cannot select fittings external file from project basis view
CQ00728546 ACCE gives "Invalid Contractor Number. Contact Icarus for assistance"
error message
CQ00728878 V9 PID Editor: Drag items outside the drawing area then drop back the
center, got some red lines/dots for ports
CQ00729112 Pipe Racks: MIN of Height to 1st level is incorrect in the help
CQ00729113 Error didn't show in the scan message when select PRECAST for tall pipe
rack
CQ00729222 Add 355 KW as a Standard Motor Size in Aspen Icarus Reference Guide
CQ00729548 V9 PID Editor: Select all items in the P&ID drawing, left click on the block to
move, layout got messed up
CQ00729935 V9 PID Editor: Select all items in the P&ID drawing, left click on loop
number to move, got dislocated loop numbers
CQ00730445 V9 PID Editor: ports dislocated after certain procedure
CQ00730459 V9 PID Editor: Double click RMB on piping/loop line will bring Properties
dialog with RMB menu on top of it
CQ00730539 Spreadsheet does not check for maximum number of Bulk Additions
CQ00730886 In the IPA Detail Cost report, incorrect average pipe diameter, shop pipe
fabrication percentage and percent alloy pipe is being shown
CQ00731440 In ACCE, after using the N option, multiple contractor reports are missing in
interactive reporter.

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 Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator
Product Description
Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator is a fully-integrated design, estimating, scheduling, cost
tracking, and reporting system for plant expansions, renovations, revamps, and retrofits.
Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator is the only one of its kind that provides a complete precedence
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New Features and Enhancements in V9.1

There are no new items for V9.1.

Compatibility Notes for V9.1

There are no compatibility notes listed for this release.

What’s Fixed in V9.1

Aspen Economic Evaluation V9.1 includes a number of software fixes that further improve the
product
This section describes some software fixes to Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator V9.1.
CQ Number Description
(CQ00709227) LNG Tank costing bug
If piles are required (based on soil strength) for the DVT LNG TANK and
the cost engine is called from either Aspen Process Economic Analyzer
(APEA) or Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator (AICE), the system determines
the piling parameters and uses Auger cast piles. The costing bug is due
to the piling cost and only occurs in APEA and AICE. Although the
number of piles, required pile capacity, and required spacing is
determined correctly, the Auger cast pile size used for costing is 12
inches [300 mm]. As a result, the piling costs are underestimated for
the DVT LNG TANK component in APEA and AICE.
The correct pile size is now used for piling costs. The pile size has been
added to the piling parameters reported in the APEA and AICE warning
message. Also, the maximum compressive capacity used for Auger cast
pile sizing has been updated and is based on the new pile sizes added in
CQ00539183. Previously the largest AUGR pile size was 24 inches [600
mm] (250 Tons [226 MT]). Now the largest AUGR pile size is 42 inches
[1050 mm] (750 Tons [680 MT]). The larger pile sizes will be used as
necessary when the required capacity exceeds 250 Tons at a 6 foot
spacing.
CQ00702377 COA not correctly reported for CP (Cap) fitting on PVC, CPVC and FRP
materials
CQ00705454 The miscellaneous concrete allowance feature doesn't work

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 CQ Number Description
Miscellaneous Concrete Allowance (Details)
Due to changes made in CQ00325192, the miscellaneous concrete
allowance field in the AICE project civil/steel specs has no effect on the
estimated concrete bulks. Going forward, the 'Accumulated'
miscellaneous concrete allowance method will be used in AICE and misc
concrete item bulks will be added to each area. We are minimizing the
impact on existing projects by changing the default value for the
miscellaneous concrete allowance field in AICE from 15% to 0%. The
miscellaneous concrete allowance % is applied to the total concrete qty
in the area. By default, concrete bulks are not generated for components
in AICE. Concrete bulks are automatically generated for components
with 'V' specified in the Civil requirement field on the Civil bulk items
form.
CQ00706291 Got warning message when evaluation pipe in AIPCE: NO DEFAULT
COMPONENT INSULATION AVAILABLE, PLEASE PROVIDE COMPLETE
SPECIFICATIONS

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eliminating the need for expensive change orders for revisions that typically arise during later
design stages.
Pumps, storage tanks, and other offsite equipment are generally disregarded during process
simulation. These and other items can be easily added to your scope definition using the
graphical interface in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer.

New Features and Enhancements in V9.1

There are no new features for Aspen Process Economic Analyzer.

Compatibility Notes for V9.1

There are no compatibility notes listed for this release.

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 What’s Fixed in V9.1
Aspen Economic Evaluation V9.1 includes a number of software fixes that further improve the
product. Selected fixes contained in APEA V9.1 are listed below. This list is a subset of all the
corrections included in APEA V9.1.
This section describes the software fixes to Aspen Process Economic Analyzer V9.1:
CQ Number Description
(CQ00709227) LNG Tank costing bug
If piles are required (based on soil strength) for the DVT LNG TANK and
the cost engine is called from either Aspen Process Economic Analyzer
(APEA) or Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator (AICE), the system determines
the piling parameters and uses Auger cast piles. The costing bug is due
to the piling cost and only occurs in APEA and AICE. Although the
number of piles, required pile capacity, and required spacing is
determined correctly, the Auger cast pile size used for costing is 12
inches [300 mm]. As a result, the piling costs are underestimated for
the DVT LNG TANK component in APEA and AICE.
The correct pile size is now used for piling costs. The pile size has been
added to the piling parameters reported in the APEA and AICE warning
message. Also, the maximum compressive capacity used for Auger cast
pile sizing has been updated and is based on the new pile sizes added in
CQ00539183. Previously the largest AUGR pile size was 24 inches [600
mm] (250 Tons [226 MT]). Now the largest AUGR pile size is 42 inches
[1050 mm] (750 Tons [680 MT]). The larger pile sizes will be used as
necessary when the required capacity exceeds 250 Tons at a 6 foot
spacing.
CQ00710404 Cost of item evaluation differs from the cost of project evaluation for the
same components.
CQ00706484 Decision Analyzer: Copper price does not get correctly adjusted to the
new location currency when projects are relocated
CQ00731453 "P and I Design Level" does not change FULL option (APEA)

Icarus Reporter

New Features and Enhancements in V9.1

There are no new features listed for this release.

Compatibility Notes for V9.1

There are no compatibility notes listed for this release.

What’s Fixed in V9.1

There are no What’s Fixed items listed for this release.

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Known Issues

The Known Issues section provides information about issues in the V9.1 Aspen Engineering
products.

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Exchanger Design and Rating

Exchanger Design and Rating Products V9.1

This section contains a summary of known issues or limitations that apply to the family of
Exchanger Design and Rating products in the release. These known issues include issues
related to the Aspen Plus integration.
Workarounds are suggested where possible.
Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger V9.1

Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

Aspen Fired Heater V9.1

Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

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 Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger V9.1
Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical V9.1

Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

Aspen Plate Exchanger V9.1

Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

Aspen HTFS Research Network V9.1

Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

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 Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger V9.1
Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

Aspen Plus/EDR Integration

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

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Economic Evaluation

Economic Evaluation V9.1 Product Family

The following section describes known issues that can apply to Economic Evaluation V9.1
Product Family.

Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable
Installation Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable
General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment
CQ – 514713 Microsoft Access 2013 is launched when the This issue will not occur if MS
Icarus Reporter is run for the 1st time. This occurs only once Access 2013 is run once even
and only with Microsoft Access 2013 if it was never run prior to installing Economic
previously. If this occurs, close MS Access 2013 and rerun the Evaluation V9.1.
desired report if necessary.
CQ – NA While working in a created worksheet for a NA. This is a result of
component, there may be duplicate materials listed in the “flattening” the subscroll
corresponding materials drop-down list (e.g. 2 selections for material lists from the ACCE
304L). GUI. Selecting either material
instance is acceptable.
CQ – 731543 New P&ID Editor: Lines connected to valves Although it would be an unusual
moving from left to right correctly show 2 ports (inlet and workflow to connect multiple
outlet). However, lines connected to valves moving from right lines to either a valve inlet or
to left show only 1 port in the middle of the valve. outlet, the drawing may be
confusing in that only 1 port
appears for lines running from
right to left. Increasing the
zoom level will show the 2 ports.
CQ – 732457 New P&ID Editor: After modifying a pipe Change pipe descriptions via the
description via the Group Manager, the description reverts back View Piping Line Properties UI.
to the original when viewing the Piping Line Properties UI

Aspen Process Economic Analyzer V9.1

Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable
Workaround or Comment
Installation Issues
No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

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 Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator V9.1
Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

Aspen Capital Cost Estimator V9.1

Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

Icarus Evaluation Engine V9.1

Coexistence Issues Workaround or Comment
No known issues Not applicable

Installation Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

General Usability Issues Workaround or Comment

No known issues Not applicable

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