Hysys Excel Automation Training

Friday, June 10, 2011

Hysys Training to Link Hysys Valve to Excel

Linking Hysys Simulation to access HYSYS UNIT OPERATION VALVE using VBA macro.


Here is the source code:
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Option Explicit
Public hyApp As HYSYS.Application
Public simCase As SimulationCase
Public FEED1 As ProcessStream, FEED2 As ProcessStream





Public Sub StartHYSYS()
Dim fileName As String
Dim PRESSFEED2 As Double, FLOWFEED2 As Double, TEMPFEED2 As Double
Dim VALVE1 As Valve, VALVE2 As Valve
Dim PRESSDROP1 As Double


    ' LOADING HYSYS SIMULATION FILE
    Set hyApp = CreateObject("HYSYS.Application")
    hyApp.Visible = True
    Set simCase = hyApp.ActiveDocument
    If simCase Is Nothing Then
        fileName = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("c2")
        
        If fileName <> "False" And simCase Is Nothing Then
            Set simCase = GetObject(fileName, "HYSYS.SimulationCase")
            simCase.Visible = True
        End If

    End If
     
    Set FEED1 = simCase.Flowsheet.MaterialStreams.Item("FEED1")
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D6").Value = FEED1.MassFlow.GetValue("LB/HR")       ' import data MASS FLOWRATE from hysys simulation streams
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D7").Value = FEED1.Pressure.GetValue("PSIG")       ' import data PRESSURE from hysys tutorial streams
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D8").Value = FEED1.Temperature.GetValue("C")       ' import data TEMPERATURE from hysys tutorial streams
    
    
    Set FEED2 = simCase.Flowsheet.MaterialStreams.Item("FEED2")
    
    PRESSFEED2 = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("H7").Value
    FEED2.Pressure.SetValue PRESSFEED2, "PSIA"                                      ' export pressure
    
    FLOWFEED2 = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("H6").Value
    FEED2.MolarFlow.SetValue FLOWFEED2, "MMSCFD"                                    ' export molar flowrate
    
    TEMPFEED2 = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("H8").Value
    FEED2.Temperature.SetValue TEMPFEED2, "F"                                       ' export temperature
    
    
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    Set VALVE1 = simCase.Flowsheet.Operations.Item("VALVE-1")
    PRESSDROP1 = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D16").Value
    VALVE1.PressureDrop.SetValue PRESSDROP1, "inHg(60F)"    ' send data pressure drop to hysys
       
        
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D12").Value = FEED1.Pressure.GetValue("psia")   ' get data from hysys simulation
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D13").Value = FEED1.Pressure.GetValue("inHg(60F)") ' get data from hysys tutorial
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D14").Value = FEED1.Temperature.GetValue("c") ' get data from hysys tutorial
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D15").Value = FEED1.Temperature.GetValue("r") ' get data from hysys tutorial
    
     
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D18").Value = VALVE1.PressureDrop.GetValue("mmHg(0C)") ' get data from hysys simulation
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D19").Value = VALVE1.PressureDrop.GetValue("bar") ' get data from hysys simulation
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D20").Value = VALVE1.PressureDrop.GetValue("kPa") ' get data from hysys tutorial
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D21").Value = VALVE1.PressureDrop.GetValue("atm") ' get data from hysys tutorial
    Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D22").Value = VALVE1.PressureDrop.GetValue("psi") ' get data from hysys tutorial
    


End Sub

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HYSYS simulation and excel file can be downloaded here. REMEMBER TO CHANGE HYSYS SIMULATION DIRECTORY ADDRESS ON CELL "C2"


Note: Hysys simulation is generated by Hysys V7.1, may not work well in previous version of Hysys, s.a Hysys 2006 or Hysys 3.2. 


If Hysys V7.1 is not available, make your own simulation. Stream FEED1 and FEED2 specification can be found in previous post . Read and simulate previous post, add two Valves named "VALVE-1" and "VALVE-2", add two more streams and named "OUT-1" and "OUT-2". 








Save in a specific folder/directory you like. 


MAKE SURE TO WRITE DIRECTORY ADDRESS TO CELL "C2" OR HYSYS FILE WILL NOT BE FOUND.


Make some test. Input pressure drop in Cell "D16", and click "RUN HYSYS". 






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