HYSYS simulation of gas phase cooling to solid phase
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Help: There is a gaseous stream consisting of benzoic acid at a rate of 60 kg/h and air at a rate of 30 kg/h; the temperature is 130°C. This stream is cooled to 60°C using water at 48°C (the temperature of the water rises from 48°C to 50°C). Once cooled to 60°C, benzoic acid turns into a solid. How can the heat transfer amount be calculated using HYSYS in this situation? Is it possible to simulate streams containing solid phases using a heat exchanger?
So how is heat transfer calculated in such cases?
Solid-phase simulations rarely take this into account; when the amount is small, it is generally ignored outright. It’s not possible to do that in this case
Aspen is designed for fluids; solids cannot be taken into account in its calculations