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Problem Statement: How does Aspen Fleet Optimizer adjust loads? | Solution: Load Sizing, the size of a shipment and the delivery window length are mutually exclusive. Because a customer's tanks are fixed in size, as the payload for a delivery is increased, the time available to make the delivery (delivery window) is decreased. The relationship between load size and delivery window is... |
Problem Statement: Some variables of online controllers cannot be shown on PCWS display. | Solution: For full compatibility with PCWS and Aspen Watch the following characters are not allowed in variable names:
double quote
' single quote
` back quote
& ampersand
% percent
space
/ forward slash
\ back slash
and any non-ASCII character.
Remove above characters from the name of the variables those cannot b... |
Problem Statement: How to suppress a specific-variable-type message in a given Aspen DMCplus controller app in version V7.3 of Aspen PCWS? | Solution: How to suppress a specific-variable-type message in a given Aspen DMCplus controller app in version V7.3 of Aspen PCWS? E.g. Dependent Variable SSCOMP in the template DMCplus controller DEMOCOL12.
Go to ProgramData\AspenTech\APC\Online\cfg and open the file dmcplus_user_entrydata XML file. The code in the att... |
Problem Statement: How is weight focused used in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The Weight Focus Flag denotes certain compartments on transports as weight focused. This means that the weight focused compartments must be emptied last on the trip. The system will make sure that this setting is respected when unloading split loads as well.
Keywords: setup, truck, compartments. split load
Re... |
Problem Statement: In my Design Criteria I have my calculations set to return a pressure less than 15 psig for my vessels, but I always get exactly 15 psig for my Component in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer; what is happening? | Solution: Aspen Process Economic Analyzer has an internal minimum pressure of 15 psig for what it allows the Design Criteria to deliver for a vessel. Aspen Process Economic Analyzer does an internal check on the calculated Design Criteria pressure, and what ever is calculated, if it is less than 15 psig, will be set to... |
Problem Statement: What are the advantages of using Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: In some business cases, there are terminals close in proximity from which customer deliveries could be dispatched by several terminals. To meet this business case Fleet Optimizer offers the Global Optimization module. The goal of the global optimizer is to balance workload across a group of terminals to impro... |
Problem Statement: What does event planning do in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The Event Forecaster allows you to plan for an upcoming event by creating an event plan based upon the historical demand data for a given day of the week to use as the forecast for the upcoming event.
For example, if Monday, March 3rd, is a bank holiday and you anticipate sales on March 3rd to be the same as ... |
Problem Statement: How is product left on the truck handled by Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: After a scheduled delivery, a transport may have product remaining, or “left on board”, in one or more compartments due to differences between planned and actual loaded or delivered product volumes. Aspen Fleet Optimizer tracks the planned, loaded, and delivered volume amounts so you can manage the left-on-bo... |
Problem Statement: How to get WCF communication to work on Windows 2008 R2?
Aspen APC Online and/or Aspen APC Builder applications (v7.2) do not appear in Aspen APC Web Server (PCWS v7.2). | Solution: Windows 2008 Server firewall is blocking inbound WCF communication requests from PCWS.
The following command will create an inbound rule on a 2008 server to allow all the APC Online WCF Data Services to receive communication requests from PCWS.
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=Aspen APC Online dir... |
Problem Statement: Changing from Integrated to Basic Authentication causes problems with the AFW Client Service.
This change results is either useing 100% of cpu or the application crashes.
One situation that initiated the problem was that the operators were using CITRX to get to the IE, and when integrated authenticat... | Solution: It appears that Basic Authentication is a thing of the past as of AMS 2004. Clients should be discouraged with regard to using Basic Authentication and instead use Integrated Authentication. Basic Authentication produces undesirable side effects on the web server (or more specifically, Aspen Local Security - ... |
Problem Statement: How is the number of holding days used in sizing a storage vessel? | Solution: Storage vessel sizing is determined by estimating the volume of liquid required for a certain period of operation. Aspen Process Economic Analyzer uses the number of holding days to determine the liquid volume stored in the vessel (Project Basis View | Process Design | Design Criteria | Vessels | Storage). Fo... |
Problem Statement: What versions of windows server can be used with Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: Remote Desktop Services (RDS) can be used with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 to allow multiple remote client workstations to access and use Windows server desktops and applications. Remote Desktop Services and users connecting through RDS must be installed on separate computers. If Fleet O... |
Problem Statement: Can you protect Aspen Fleet Optimizer behind a firewall? | Solution: The use of firewalls is highly recommended to prevent unauthorized access of your network through the Internet. Although you may choose to place a firewall between internal network components, it may also cause problems if it slows or prevents communication between products. To prevent this scenario, do not p... |
Problem Statement: How to load process data from an older version of Aspen Plus into APEA. | Solution: In V8.4, to support new Activated Economics features and performance improvements, the data transfer methods between Aspen HYSYS and APEA has completely changed. In addition, the display of Unit Operation costing results inside Aspen Plus has also affected the Aspen Plus/APEA integration. This means that if ... |
Problem Statement: How to get rid of Fatal PC or PD Contractor XX errors. Some projects that I run in Aspen Process Economic Evaluator (APEA) give me Fatal errors similar to below:
What can I do to get rid of them? | Solution: The error is typically caused by a project that may have been created in Aspen Capital Cost Estimator (ACCE) that actually referenced different contractors. It often can easily be fixed in APEA by doing the following:
1.) Open the project you get the error in
2.) In the Standard Basis View, open the Gene... |
Problem Statement: Is there a place in Activated Economics to see a breakdown of what is included in the Total Project Cost? | Solution: The Total Project Cost will include both your Direct Cost (equipment, equipment installation bulks, process control, power distribution, area, etc) and your Indirect Cost (rental equipment, engineering, etc). This is best seen and understood by opening your project in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (APEA), ... |
Problem Statement: When I run my estimate, I get a run-time error:
run-time error M6201: MATH
-sqrt: DOMAIN error
What is this error coming from, and how do I fix it so that I can run my estimate? | Solution: This typically happens when a simulator stream is mapped to installation piping line(s) - which is typical with the auto map streams to lines specification.
This will happen if the user has errors or problems with the streams in the simulator - all errors must be fixed in the simulator first, and then can be ... |
Problem Statement: What are time adjusted sales in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: Aspen Fleet Optimizer automatically calculates Time Adjusted Sales when the gap of time between inventory measurements does not equal 24 hours. For example, if a customer consistently measures inventory at 6 AM daily and one day a measurement is taken at 8 AM, Aspen Fleet Optimizer will calculate the sales fo... |
Problem Statement: I need to provide two different Construction Work Forces for my project. Is this possible in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer? | Solution: You need to use two different scenarios for two different Construction Work Forces.
If you have 70% productivity for one Construction Work Force and 75% productivity for another Construction Work Force, then create two separate scenarios for the project. The first Construction Work Force and its responsibilit... |
Problem Statement: What is a group used for in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: A Group is a defined as a collection of terminals within a given geographic region (for example, Greater Brussels) to which shipments can be dispatched. Dispatching within Groups provides the flexibility to ship product to a customer from multiple terminals to create optimal and cost-effective deliverySoluti... |
Problem Statement: Compressor HP appears to be off two orders of magnitude from component design sheet; on the Electrical - Motor driver list on page 2 the compressor (3) is listed at 240 HP not 24,000 HP. Why might this be happening? | Solution: If you look at your item, you probably have taken the default driver type of NONE. That means that you do not want a driver with this compressor.
You probably also left the default as YES, for a lube and seal oil system so you are getting two 40 HP motors for those systems.
Since you have 3 identical items, t... |
Problem Statement: What is the load lock feature used for in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The Load Lock flag (check box) at the top right of the screen allows the user to manually identify expected deliveries as already delivered shipments. With this box checked, the user can click on an expected delivery using the right side mouse button and mark it delivered. Aspen Fleet Optimizer will automatic... |
Problem Statement: I have been looking for the AspenPlus template files so that I can correctly generate the AspenPlus report file for use within Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator (IPE).
When I go to the path that is listed in the IPE User's Guide 'x:\Program Files\AspenTech\Aspen Icarus 2006.5\Data\Load\' folder, I don... | Solution: The file directory structure has changed for the Aspen Icarus products for v2006.5. Please seeSolution document for all the details: 121905.
The Aspen Plus template files are now located in the:
'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\AspenTech\Shared Aspen Icarus 2006.5 Files\Load\AspenPlus' folder.
... |
Problem Statement: How can I get the Aspen Production Control Web Server / AFW to open when it is getting a HTTP 500 error? | Solution: ThisSolution is relevant for applications installed on a 64 bit operating system.
Open up IIS and configure the Default AppPool along with the AspenAppPools to be 32 bit.
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Problem Statement: Process Economic Analyzer Enhancesments in V7.3.2 | Solution: Process Modeling Enhancements
Support for HYSYS duplicate stream and unit operation names in hierarchies
Updated HYSYS tower packing mappings to APEA
Improved APEA support for handling multiple tray sections in HYSYS column
Improved calculation for tower height from unit operation packed bed height specificat... |
Problem Statement: Can you use Open Office to generate reports from Aspen Process Economic Analyzer? | Solution: No, Open Office is not supported in any of the Economic Evaluation products (Aspen Process Economic Analyzer, Aspen Capital Cost Estimator, or Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator)
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Problem Statement: What does the dispatched flag mean in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The Dispatched flag indicates that a shipment has been physically scheduled for delivery. Once a shipment is flagged as dispatched, it is considered to be out of the software and already sent to the terminal for delivery. There may be times when an undispatched shipment is delivered to a customer and the user... |
Problem Statement: For North America, some general questions and quick answers concerning Aspen Process Economic Analyzer settings:
1)What are the percentages used for freight of materials and taxes of materials?
2) What are the percentages of G&A over heads and Contract Fee which are under Other project costs? | Solution: 1)The Freight is 4% of materials for North America and Taxes is 6.25% of materials for NorthAmerica
2) The percentages of G&A over heads and Contract Fee found under Other project costs:
G&A over heads,
Material G&A = 3%
Construction Labor G&A = 3%
Engineering Fee = 7.2%
Material Fee = 2%
Construction Labor... |
Problem Statement: Can I manually assign a load in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: Once shipments have been assigned to transports, the user can lock a shipment or several shipments on a transport if desired. Pre-Assigning enables the user to keep a desirable work schedule on one transport and re-optimize the rest of the work. Pre-Assigning also provides organized software for addressing de... |
Problem Statement: Can I add domain groups to Aspen Local Security / Aspen Framework instead of individual domain accounts? | Solution: Yes, it is possible to add domain groups to Aspen Local Security / Aspen Framework security.
The account running the AFW Security Client process, must be an account that has access to retrieve the group information from the domain group accounts.
Keywords: AFW, group
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Problem Statement: How does short load work in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: A Short Load is a shipment of fuel that is less than the full carrying capacity of a transport. The Short Load Approval check box determines whether or not a customer is authorized to receive less than a full load of product. A short load will only be calculated for a customer if the Short Load Approval box i... |
Problem Statement: Can I link the areas and equipment of Aspen Basic Engineering to either Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator or Aspen Process Economic Analyzer? | Solution: No. You can associate the areas and equipment of Aspen Capital Cost Estimator with Aspen Basic Engineering, but you can not associate the areas and equipment of either Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator or Aspen Process Economic Analyzer with Aspen Basic Engineering.
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Problem Statement: I am getting a run-time error 1004: ANA_MISC.TMP could not be found.
What does this mean and how do I fix the problem? | Solution: The issue is with the investment parameters in project basis not having high enough values to generate NPV, IRR, etc. and running the Decision Analyzer module many times on same scenario.
Once you run Decision Analyzer, you cannot go back to the original state of the project.
If you run the Decision Analyzer ... |
Problem Statement: What is the goal of load sizing in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The goal of Load Sizing is to adjust the weight or volume of a given load to attain preferred delivery conditions. Since some customers prefer larger shipments and others prefer a given delivery window. Load Sizing is performed for all deliveries according to these preferences. Several attributes allow you to... |
Problem Statement: Is it possible to combine mapping, sizing, and component evaluations? | Solution: Yes,A Starting in V8, the a??Map Optionsa?? dialog now includes options to size and evaluate equipment cost. If you use Excel to size equipment, you can apply the a??Customize sizinga?? option to force Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (APEA) to open the Excel sheets used to perform the sizing. This option allo... |
Problem Statement: Why would some of my duty specifications from my simulator not be properly imported into Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator?
When checking the specs, there are many instances where the imported duty is not the same in Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator as in my simulation file...some by a magnitude of 8! Whe... | Solution: It's not a problem with the import, but it is most likely a conversion of the simulation units to the Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator units.
If some or all of the simulation units are not defined when you load the simulator data into Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator (Icarus will give you a warning message tellin... |
Problem Statement: How can I create a maximum load size in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The maximum Load Size Restriction value restricts transports with payloads greater than the max value from being considered as a forecasting option for the specific customer. For example, an entry of 12,000 does not allow a forecast shipment for a specific customer to be greater than 12,000 gallons.
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Problem Statement: How is load size determined in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: Once the runout point is calculated, Fleet Optimizer determines the inventory level of products that will not reach their runout point during the current day. Knowing the inventory at the runout point enables Fleet Optimizer to generate an optimal shipment for a customer that balances inventory levels to refl... |
Problem Statement: How do I set the delivery window for a manual order in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The time span between the retain and runout points for a product at a customer location, is the delivery window. The procedure of manually entering the retain and runout time is called Setting the Delivery Windows. For all order-entry customers, the user can manually adjust the delivery window, which determin... |
Problem Statement: How does the holiday storm planner work in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: Another aspect of planning for inventory-managed (forecasted) customers involves the preparation needed for special events, which typically change a customer’s sales patterns. To accommodate these changes, you can use the Aspen Fleet Optimizer Holiday-Storm Planner. The Holiday-Storm Planner allows customers ... |
Problem Statement: Does the APW option work with Aspen Plus files from a different version than Aspen Process Economic Analyzer? | Solution: No. If you want to use the APW file from Aspen Plus with Aspen Process Economic Analyzer, they both need to be the same version. If the Aspen Plus version is an older version than the Aspen Process Economic Analyzer you are using, then use the Export option from Aspen Plus and export the XML file. Then from A... |
Problem Statement: Unable to find Economic Evaluation v7.2.1 listed during the installation
Selecting the Product tab then highlighting Aspen Engineering during the installation will not list Economic Evaluation as an option to install.
Follow the Economic Evaluation v7.2 installation guide (attached), but if the upgra... | Solution: 1. Allow the DVD to open automatically or open the DVD and double click on the dvdBrowser.exe or the setup.exe
2. Click on the Product Tab, then highlight or select Aspen Engineering (for Upgrade), and then click Install' button.
3. Attached are pictures of the product tab, For Upgrade, and Economic Evaluatio... |
Problem Statement: How doesAspen Process Economic Analyzer (APEA) calculate the heat transfer coefficient for a heat exchanger in its Sizing calculation? | Solution: Below is an overview of the method used to calculate the heat-transfer coefficient:
1. In APEA, we use empirical values for film heat transfer coefficient based on the different primary fluid components (maximum =4) selected for each stream.
2. After getting the value of the film heat transfer coefficient... |
Problem Statement: How to require use of a userid and password when logging into the Production Control WebServer now that Basic Authentication is not longer an option from IIS. | Solution: At all the clients:
Go to Tools under Internet Explorer then Internet Options , Security , Custom Level and then under User Authentication select prompt for user name and password
Please note that this has to be done at all the clients
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Problem Statement: How do I load my simulator data into Aspen Process Economic Evaluator (APEA)? | Solution: Depending on what type of simulator you are importing, it will depend on how you can import your simulator file into APEA.
For Aspen Plus:
In the case of AspenPlus, users are strongly recommended to use the xml mechanism to transfer simulation results into APEA i.e. Use either the Send To or create and load t... |
Problem Statement: Why can't I send mail from the email option from the message log? | Solution: Confirm Telnet is installed and available on all servers in configuration.
Confirm the sqlreportshceduler and sqlplus_server are excluded from virus scan.
Confirm the shares are configured as identified in the installation documentation.
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Problem Statement: What is the approach that Aspen Capital Cost Estimator uses for Module Design? | Solution: The steel module floor beams and girders are designed based on the calculated effective distributed load per level (from equipment and bulk item weights) combined with the distributed live load per level as specified on the modular area form. The columns and lateral bracing are then designed to support the a... |
Problem Statement: How is the Shipments field populated on the DQM screen? | Solution: This field is populated with the shipments that are expected to be delivered after the time of the Opening Inventory. These orders will all be in the TPS_ORDER table with the OLDORDER value = 0.
Keywords: Shipments in DQM
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Problem Statement: How to create clusters in Aspen Fleet Optimizer. | Solution: In some Petroleum Distribution Markets, split shipments are a way a life. Customers with limited storage capacity can only receive partial deliveries. To facilitate the paring of partial shipments, Aspen Fleet Optimizer allows the user to designate clusters of customers that Aspen Fleet Optimizer can choose f... |
Problem Statement: Does Aspen Fleet Optimizer version 8.8 support windows remote desktop? | Solution: Remote Desktop Services (RDS) can be used with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 to allow multiple remote client workstations to access and use Windows server desktops and applications. Remote Desktop Services and users connecting through RDS must be installed on separate computers. If Fleet O... |
Problem Statement: Can the Aspen Fleet Optimizer schedule be viewed on the web? | Solution: Aspen Fleet Optimizer has a web component called Aspen Order Manager. Inside Aspen Order Manager you can log into Aspen Fleet Operations. Aspen Fleet Operations displays the schedule by transport. Information about all trucks associated with the selected Terminal, Date, and shift (Day or Night) displays. ... |
Problem Statement: Are the operator and supervisor wage rates specified under Investment Analysis loaded or unloaded wage rate? | Solution: In Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (APEA), the operator and supervisor wage rates can be specified under Project Basis view | Investment Analysis | Operating Unit cost. Those are loaded wage rates.
Keywords: Labor rate
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Problem Statement: What is Tank Certification used for in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The Tank Certification Date refers to the date that the tanks located at the customer expire. When Aspen Fleet Optimizer comes across shipments that have a tank date that has expired, it will not display those shipments that are generated past the Tank Certification Date in the Resource Scheduling Optimizatio... |
Problem Statement: What does the guarantee option in Aspen Fleet Optimizer do in transport setup? | Solution: If Guarantee is selected for a transport, Fleet Optimizer assumes that the labor cost for that transport equals the total number of hours available for that transport multiplied by the cost per hour or distance. Since the transport is marked as Guarantee, the labor cost always takes into account the total hou... |
Problem Statement: Can I specify shell and tube heat exchanger tube geometry at project level? | Solution: In V7.3.2, shell and tube heat exchanger tube geometry parameters have been added to the Heat Exchanger Design Criteria form: Project basis view | Basis for Capital Cost | Process Design | Design Criteria | Heat Exchangers. This allows users to specify tube length, tube outside diameter, and tube pitch in one... |
Problem Statement: What are clusters used for in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: In some Petroleum Distribution Markets, split shipments are a way a life. Customers with limited storage capacity can only receive partial deliveries. To facilitate the paring of partial shipments, Aspen Fleet Optimizer allows the user to designate clusters of customers that Aspen Fleet Optimizer can choose f... |
Problem Statement: Trying to run TRMAN gets one of the following results:
Import(Trader) - objectImplUnavailable
Import(Trader)-cantConnect | Solution: confirm that the machine is connected to the network
that the log file path is correct and that the file exists.
make sure you are not using localhost as the local or master trader node. you must use a real machine name or IP address.
Another thing to check is that the problem PC and the Master Dais Trader m... |
Problem Statement: How are zones best used in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The terminal grouping that a customer location belongs to; also referred to as territory. Zones can be used to categorize customers into specific groupings, such as price zones and geographic locations. You define the zones, and can enter up to 100 different zone (that is, 0 to 99). Within Aspen Fleet Optimiz... |
Problem Statement: ACO View Data Provider will not start. | Solution: Check the AFW Security Manager and try pasting the URL from AFW Tools into a web browser and make sure it returns clean (empty white page with no errors). That is usually the culprit. If the security database is not on the same machine, then you need to start the ACO View Data Provider service as an Administr... |
Problem Statement: What causes missing sales in Aspen Fleet Optimizer Data Quality Manager? | Solution: Missing Sales are sales figures a customer has failed to report for a specific day. Aspen Fleet Optimizer will prompt the user to update missing sales with actual figures for the days, on which no sales information exists. In sales only or inventory only forecasting mode, missing sales do not generate an exce... |
Problem Statement: The Aspen Production Control WebServer quit updating for the DMCplus controller connected to the Foxboro, when there are changes made to the Foxboro side of the controller and is rebuilt and remapped. This would be in the event of adding an MV or a CV. This kind of activity would require a rebuild an... | Solution: To correct this problem go to the DMCplus Online machine, stop the dmcp_viewsrv process and restart it. There are batch files provided for this in the Program Files / Common Files / AspenTech Shared directory. They are dmcpview_startup.bat and dmcpview_shutdown.bat. If your installation does not have the batc... |
Problem Statement: APC Message Timestamp crashed at Aspen Production Control Web Server as below picture. | Solution: This problem happened on Non-English OS or English OS enabled Non-English language for Non-Unicode programs.
TheSolution is configuring English for Non-Unicode program.
Go To ?Control Panel -> Regional and Language options -> Advanced Tab? and change ?Language for non-Unicode Programs? to English.
Keyword... |
Problem Statement: Can an Aspen Watch database be accessed by more than one Production Control Web Server(PCWS)? If so, how? | Solution: Yes.
The PCWS can access multiple Aspen Watch installation, and multiple PCWS computers can access any given Aspen Watch installation.
Access is guided by the Aspen Data Source Architecture (ADSA). The ADSA Client Config Tool will be on any PCWS computer, and the use public datasources check box should be che... |
Problem Statement: Under History tab, drill down to a controller or variable, click on one of the rectangles in the carpet plot to launch the Item Properties menu. The values for Baseline, Benchmark, Threshold and Active case are not active. You are not able to change them. | Solution: If you do not have engineer privilege in Aspen Framework (AFW) security for the Default secure group in ACO View Server, then you will not be able to change Baseline, Benchmark, Threshold or Active Case.
This might be confusing if you have defined additional secure groups so that you are able to assign differ... |
Problem Statement: How do service levels work in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: Service Levels are used to assign priorities to customers, which determines the preference that customers receive during automatic optimization. Resource Scheduling Optimizer (RSO) ensures that, after optimization, orders assigned to transports have higher customer service levels than those in overflow that c... |
Problem Statement: What is the recommended practice for shutting down the Production Control Web Server software for operating system maintenance? | Solution: It is not necessary to do a shutdown to the PCWS software as it is recommended on the AspenWatch or online server, the services will gracefully shutdown on a shutdown of the machine.
If you want to stop the Aspen Services ahead of time, you would want to stop the ACOVIEWDP.EXE / Aspen Data Provider Service, f... |
Problem Statement: How can I map an energy /heat stream in my simulation to a piece of equipment? | Solution: You cannot map a heat or energy stream in a simulation directly to the utility side of the related equipment model in APEA (Aspen Process Economic Analyzer). You will need to model the utility side of the unit operation as well. So add a dummy heater/cooler block to the simulation and use it to model the util... |
Problem Statement: How do I change the Standard Basis that my project is using? | Solution: To change your standard basis, first click on the Project Basis View tab. Then simply click on Basis for Capital Costs, and click on your right mouse button. You will get the Select field. Click on it with your right mouse button and you will have a choice of the different standard basis files that are availa... |
Problem Statement: When I evaluate my project, I keep getting this error message....what is it referring to? | Solution: This error message is referring to the .ict file that is generated when using the Aspen Icarus Reporting Assistant. This file has become corrupted, and it needs to be deleted so that it can be re-created.
To find where this .ict file is located, open the Reporting assistant and note the path to the template f... |
Problem Statement: I have observed one problem when importing my simulation into Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator (IPE).
For example, Aspen HYSYS allows you to have the same stream name in different subflowsheets.
If you import this simulation into IPE, IPE does not differentiate the same stream names as being 2 differen... | Solution: It is not a bug....Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator (IPE) needs unique names for the streams to be imported properly.
Keywords: import, stream, simulation, simulator
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Problem Statement: Why does the error ?Failed initializing costing. Be sure that Economic Evaluation is installed? occur when clicking on the ?Activate Economics? button from Aspen Plus V7.3.2? | Solution: This knowledge base article describes how to avoid the error message by properly installing the patches sequentially. The Emergency Patches are available at www.support.aspentech.com, click on patches, and then click on either Aspen Process Economic Analyzer to see the list of patches available for Economic E... |
Problem Statement: How can I resolve my problem logging into the Production Control Web Server?
The user is able to login to PCWS and sees the page briefly but is then redigested to the logout page and the error indicates: The stylesheet does not contain a document element... | Solution: Check that the Users group for the web server has Read & Execute permission for all folders in the ProgramData\AspenTech\... folder hierarchy.
1. There was a folder security issue where the Users group for the PCWS server did not have access to the XSL files used to generate the web page content. The images... |
Problem Statement: What is the difference between the accept and override buttons in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The Accept Button is one of the control buttons. This button is used to accept sales and inventory information for forecasting after the exception has been addressed and corrected. When an exception appears, the Accept Button is grayed out and disabled until the sales, inventory, and delivery information is r... |
Problem Statement: How does toll optimization work in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: This option is used to factor the cost of tolls into system decisions about how and where a delivery should be scheduled. Toll optimization is calculated for a given Group, so Groups must be defined in Fleet Optimizer in order to use this feature. In order for toll optimization to work correctly, the Best Buy... |
Problem Statement: I can not run integrated costing in Aspen Plus because it says I do not have a license; why? | Solution: When you run the integrated costing in Aspen Plus, it needs to use an Aspen Plus license and an Aspen Process Economic Analyzer license. If you do not have one of each available, or enough tokens to run them both simultaneously, you will not be able to launch the integrated costing from Aspen Plus.
As a worka... |
Problem Statement: Can I run the cost runs I do in Aspen HYSYS in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer? | Solution: Yes. When you run an Aspen HYSYS run it creates an Aspen Process Economic Analyzer project using your Aspen HYSYS name to create a project and scenerio.
If the Aspen HYSYS file name is TEST123, then when your run the costing in Aspen HYSYS it will create an Aspen Process Economic Analyzer project TEST123 with... |
Problem Statement: Can Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (APEA) import results from a different version of Aspen Plus? | Solution: APEA generally supports previous versions of Aspen Plus (e.g Aspen plus 2006.5 and APEA V7.1). We do not recommend importing results from a later version of Aspen Plus (e.g. A+ 2006 and APEA 2004.2), since any changes made in the Aspen Plus xml file will not be known to that specific version of APEA. The impo... |
Problem Statement: How can we do economic evaluation in in Aspen HYSYS? | Solution: User can do economic evaluation at Hysys side. User would need both Aspen Hysys and Aspen Economic evaluation installed in the machine. This feature has been introduced from V7.0.
The steps are described below:
-Open any Hysys file.
-After opening the Hysys file in Hysys side you click on Activate Economic Ev... |
Problem Statement: Can the economic evaluation information be saved on the Aspen HYSYS side? | Solution: No we can not save the economic evaluation results in the Aspen HYSYS case file.
Everytime you want to see the economic evaluation result you have to activate the economic evaluation button, load the data, map items again to get the result of view/edit equipment data summary and investment analysis.
You can u... |
Problem Statement: How does Aspen Process Economic Analyzer come up with the Basic Engineering, Detail Engineering, and Material Procurement cost in my project and can I modify them? | Solution: The Basic Engineering, Detailed Engineering, and Material Procurement costs are based on the project scope. This is controlled by the Standard Basis. By choosing a different Standard Basis you can affect the engineering costs. You do not have the direct and detailed access that you do in Aspen Capital Cost Es... |
Problem Statement: How do I add a user row in the Web Interface, V7.2? | Solution: Setting Display Attributes for User-Defined Entries
(Web Interface Customizations)
Introduction
In version V7.2 and later of Aspen Production Control Web Server, display attributes, such as column headers, descriptions, and data entry limits, can be set for user defined entries for a given online application ... |
Problem Statement: When should I use iterative truck matching in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: Iterative Truck Matching is an optional feature designed to enhance optimization performance by limiting the number of possible product/compartment combinations that the RSO must calculate. Consider using Iterative Truck Matching if all of the following conditions apply:
You are dispatching more than 100 tran... |
Problem Statement: Production Control WebServer has quit updating | Solution: The following are the steps to take to resume updated information on the Production Control WebServer, these actions will not disrupt the running controllers.
On the WebServer machine, stop the Aspen Aco View Data Provider from the Services window. Verify in the task manager that acoviewdp.exe is no long in t... |
Problem Statement: Technical tips for using the Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator Reporting Assistant | Solution: 1. The form is unforgiving, so the main idea is to not to make an error and have to repair it.
2. Ensure that ALL fields that user wants to transfer to the Reporting Assistant from the Investment Analysis report are written down prior to building the Template file.
3. After each field is ent... |
Problem Statement: My programs Excel (macro) and Aspen Process Economic Analyzer is NOT able to link with HYSYS. I have multiple version of HYSYS installed. | Solution: Windows registry normally allows only one version of application to be linked through automation. You have following options:
1. Open and close the version of HYSYS you want to link.
2. Go to Start | Programs | Aspen Tech | Aspen Engineering Suites | Aspen HYSYS | Click Restore File association.
T... |
Problem Statement: How do you set up the .ini settings for the services in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: Start Time =The time, in 24-hour time, that the service should start checking the database.
Stop Time = The time, in 24-hour time, that the service should stop checking the database.
Period = The period of time, in minutes, that the service should rest between runs.
IdCode = How the service looks for new in... |
Problem Statement: What is the default transport used for in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: The Default Transport refers to the value that is used to define the transport configuration that will be used to match forecasted shipments for a particular customer. The first choice will be load size, which tells Aspen Fleet Optimizer that all the transports from the source terminal will be available for d... |
Problem Statement: How can Aspen Fleet Optimizer minimize tolls? | Solution: This option is used to factor the cost of tolls into system decisions about how and where a delivery should be scheduled. Toll optimization is calculated for a given Group, so Groups must be defined in Fleet Optimizer in order to use this feature. In order for toll optimization to work correctly, the Best Buy... |
Problem Statement: How can I find out the Cost Basis in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (APEA)? | Solution: Open APEA and go to the Drop down menu Help and choose Show Cost Basis :
You will get a table showing the Cost Basis for that release:
Keywords: Cost Basis, Cost
References: None |
Problem Statement: What is the short load setting used for in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: A Short Load is a shipment of fuel that is less than the full carrying capacity of a transport. The Short Load Approval check box determines whether or not a customer is authorized to receive less than a full load of product. A short load will only be calculated for a customer if the Short Load Approval box i... |
Problem Statement: What is the difference between the utilities specified under Investment Analysis and the ones specified under Utility Specification folder? | Solution: The utilities specified under Project Basis View | Investment Analysis | Operating Unit Cost, are for general non-heat transfer related utilities, such as electricity, potable water, fuel and instrument air. The utilities specified under Project Basis View | Process Design | Utility Specifications are used fo... |
Problem Statement: Some stream data included in hierarchy block are missing when importing an Aspen Plus simulation into Aspen Icarus Process Evaluator (IPE). | Solution: When importing an Aspen Plus template for IPE (e.g. AspenIPETemplate Met.apt) in a simulation, by default the IPE prop-sets will be used in hierarchy blocks created in the flowsheet. Unless, the prop-sets list has been modified in the hierarchy block. In this case, you need to select the IPE prop-sets in the ... |
Problem Statement: I am trying to estimate a fixed bed reactor using Aspen Process Economic Analyze (APEA), but there is no component for it. How can I do this? | Solution: There is currently no specific model for a fixed bed reactor in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer. The suggested procedure to do this would be to define a process vessel for the reactor, make any modifications to the volumetric model generated piping and instrumentation and finally add a quoted equipment for th... |
Problem Statement: I have done an install of the Production Control Web Server and the Aspen Aco View Data Provider is not running, or visible in the services panel. How do I get the Aspen Aco View Data Provider to appear in the services panel? | Solution: You will find a file iisconfig.bat in the Program Files / AspenTech / AcoView folder. Double click this bat file and it will create the needed virtual directories for the PCWS and will also register the data provider. After this is run, you should see the service in the services panel.
If the service will not... |
Problem Statement: What is the match order flag used for in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: In Customer Setup, the Match Order status indicates that entry shipments for the customer will be matched to transport compartments when assigned by the Resource Scheduling Optimization. This variable is used to insure that the Resource Scheduling Optimization matches shipments placed by customers to the comp... |
Problem Statement: How are guaranteed trucks treated in Aspen Fleet Optimizer? | Solution: If Guarantee is selected for a transport, Fleet Optimizer assumes that the labor cost for that transport equals the total number of hours available for that transport multiplied by the cost per hour or distance. Since the transport is marked as Guarantee, the labor cost always takes into account the total hou... |
Problem Statement: How are columns from Aspen HYSYS modeled (mapped) in Aspen Process Economic Analyzer? | Solution: Updated HYSYS tower packing mappings to APEA
In prior Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (APEA) releases, the packing type and HETP specified in a HYSYS tray sizing utility was not loaded to APEA, resulting in loss of data. In APEA V7.3.2, this issue has been corrected where packing types and HETP values specifi... |
Problem Statement: I can not see the P&ID icon highlighted in my component. How can I see the associated P&ID with this component? | Solution: Although every component has a P&ID associated with it we can not see all of them from the P&ID icon. You can see all of the associated P&IDs from the Help | Documentation | P&ID documentation.
For example, if a component was added from the Project Component | Solid Conveyor | Scale |Truck Scale for Rail Cars... |
Problem Statement: Where does Aspen Icarus get the data for the country bases for the Decision Analyzer module? | Solution: The data for the country bases for the Decision Analyzer module was taken from the Richardson's 2004 Cost Factors Data.
These numbers can be adjusted by using the Location Indexing, if the output is not close enough to your needs.
Keywords: country, base, data, decision analyzer, analyzer
References: None |
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