Components List
There are 8 phases in METSIM, as shown in Table 2. It is good practice to first order the
‘components by phase number, but as well, within each phase, a proper order should be
kept to ensure that METSIM will operate correctly. When receiving a model and after
hhaving checked the syntax throughout the model described in the section above, itis
recommended to reorder the components as follows (Do this from ICOM, as shown in
‘Appendix 1):
Table 2: Phases and Order of Components
irst: Phase Order ‘Second: Component order required by METSIM
1. Solid Inorganie 1. Component like SiO2, or inert component,
2. Solid Organic 2. The rest in alphabetical order
3. Liquid Inorganic 1. H,0 or solvent in organic phase
4. Liquid Organic 2. The rest in alphabetical order
5. Molten Metal 41. Component ike SiO2, or inert component.
6. Motien Sulphide -Halide 2 The rest in alphabetical order.
7. Molten Oxide - Slag
8. Gas 1. Ne
2
3. HO
4. The rest in alphabetical order
Convergence Window
Depending on the vatious calculation settings used, METSIM will display a number of
‘windows while converging to allow the user to monitor convergence. These are illustrated in
Figure 8.1-1. Note that in all these windows except for the Alarms, anything in green
indicate no change, in yellow indicates a change, in red indicates a non-convergence,
Figure 8.
Convergence Windowfea ea reer aK | _Concst
‘Components
Mass flowrates
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Figure 2.1-1: Edit Stream Data Screen
Controllers
Controllers form an important part of any METSIM model. Generally one will try to set-up
controllers to mimic those that would be found in an actual plant, but there are other uses for
controllers, as will be evident through the tutorials.
Controllers appear as vaives on the flowsheet (® or @). When building the flowshest,
there are a number of contolier types available for selection. These are
FFC: ( & ) Feed forward (ratio controller) vary an input proportionally to another input
FBC ( ®) Feedback - vary an input fo control an output (slows down convergence)
FRC:( & ) Fiowrate — fixes an input stream’s flowrate.
PSc.( %) Percent stream — Achieves a set solids content in a unit operation outiet
stream by varying a selected a feed stream flowrate. Note that this unit is
only useful when no reactions are present in the unit aperation
is: (8) instrument — Is used to display values on the screen while the model is
converging,Load model
Save model
New model oO Jo Print flowsheet
Clos tal Sf
Model parameters LOR Error checking
General Commands
Flowsheet item commands
Renumber Move Move Text
contro's
Renumber_ Object Copy Object
streams Data
‘losate aalelalsd
‘Stream
Edit
‘Change: Object
Object Size
Unit Operations
‘APL Keyboard
Phases
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Math Functions
Instrumentation
‘Streams and Controls.