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Now AspenTech has changed the way its software is licensed; it is no longer sold as a permanent license, but rather through a token-based licensing system. Sinopec and CNPC have both purchased thousands of tokens to grant access to many software modules of the Aspen Engineering Suite. But, how much is this software module actually being used by everyone? Please actively reply by stating the name of the software you use and the average number of hours you use it per year. Product Number Product Name Token Count 88000003 Aspen Adsorption 27 88000002 Aspen Air Cooled Exchanger 7 88000141 Aspen Basic Engineering 8 88000011 Aspen Batch Distillation 18 88000008 Aspen Batch Process Developer 18 88000062 Aspen Capital Cost Estimator 41 88000014 Aspen Chromatography® 27 88000022 Aspen Custom Modeler® 18 88000125 Aspen Distillation Synthesis 9 88000041 Aspen Energy Analyzer 20 88000186 Aspen EO Modeling Option 4 88000031 Aspen Fired Heater 7 88000032 Aspen Flare System Analyzer 10 88000053 Aspen HYSYS® 14 88000044 Aspen HYSYS® Amines 3 88000113 Aspen HYSYS® CatCracker 30 88000045 Aspen HYSYS® Crude 3 88000046 Aspen HYSYS® Dynamics 22 88000150 Aspen HYSYS® Dynamics Run-Time 8 88000114 Aspen HYSYS® Hydrocracker 24 88000050 Aspen HYSYS® Offline Optimizer 6 88000116 Aspen HYSYS® Petroleum Refining 18 88000115 Aspen HYSYS® Reformer 18 88000019 Aspen HYSYS® Thermodynamics COM Interface 10 88000051 Aspen HYSYS® Upstream Dynamics 18 88000204 Aspen HYSYS® Upstream r3 13 88000055 Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator 9 88000065 Aspen Model Runner 8 88000067 Aspen MUSE 9 88000069 Aspen OnLine® 9 88000068 Aspen Online® Deployment 9 88000075 Aspen PIMS Advanced Optimization 26 88000066 Aspen PIMS Regional Optimizer 9 88000079 Aspen PIMS Submodel Calculator 10 88000160 Aspen PIMS User 33 88000085 Aspen Plate Exchanger 5 88000149 Aspen Plate Fin Exchanger 9 88000088 Aspen Plus® 18 88000030 Aspen Plus® CatCracker 15 88000027 Aspen Plus® Dynamics 18 88000042 Aspen Plus® Hydrocracker 12 88000043 Aspen Plus® Hydrotreater 6 88000087 Aspen Plus® Optimizer 18 88000013 Aspen Plus® Reformer 8 88000091 Aspen Polymers 20 88000054 Aspen Process Economic Analyzer 24 88000093 Aspen Process Manual Applied Rheology 6 88000094 Aspen Process Manual Bulk Solids Handling 6 88000095 Aspen Process Manual Crystallization 6 88000096 Aspen Process Manual Drying 6 88000097 Aspen Process Manual Gas Cleaning 6 88000099 Aspen Process Manual Intranet Mode 0 88000100 Aspen Process Manual Mini-Manuals 6 88000101 Aspen Process Manual Slurry Handling 6 88000102 Aspen Process Manual Solid Liquid Separation 6 88000103 Aspen Process Manual Solvent Extraction 6 88000104 Aspen Process Manual Waste Water Treatment 6 88000107 Aspen Process Tools 7 88000110 Aspen Properties® 10 88000112 Aspen Rate-based Distillation 9 88000130 Aspen Shell & Tube Exchanger 7 88000131 Aspen Shell & Tube Mechanical 7 88000123 Aspen Simulation Workbook 2 88000133 Aspen Utilities On-Line Optimizer 29 88000134 Aspen Utilities Planner 20
Sinopec and CNPC are still extremely wealthy; they’ve purchased thousands of Tokens – so they can use them however they want, right?