27-08-2012

AspenONE engineering software make it easier to model, track, and reduce CO2 emissions

Aspen Technology, Inc, a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, announced enhancements to aspenONE Engineering software that make it easier to model, track, and reduce CO2 emissions.  The market-leading Aspen Plus process simulator - part of the aspenONE Engineering software suite - helps process manufacturers transform greenhouse gas emissions from a challenge to an opportunity. 

Process manufacturers face increasing regulatory requirements, emissions penalties and rising operating costs. Using Aspen Plus software, AspenTech customers can turn these challenges into business advantage through reduced energy and emissions costs and by enabling the creation of alternative fuel sources from the emissions.

For example, process manufacturers can use Aspen Plus to create better carbon capture and biofuel process models powered by the most comprehensive physical property database. Improved amine solvent models enable users to make closer process predictions. With the new Aspen Plus models, customers can improve their designs and optimize them for energy use and carbon loading.

In addition, the latest enhancements help process manufacturers easily achieve regulatory compliance by simplifying the tracking and calculation of their CO2 emissions from all sources. While calculating emissions loads, process engineers can optimize their designs to select utility sources and energy use strategies that reduce carbon footprints.

The enhancements also make Aspen Plus the product of choice for reducing emissions through advanced carbon capture processes and conversion to biomass and biofuels synthesis. As the most widely used product for modeling these processes, Aspen Plus can transform CO2 from a pollutant into a biofuels feedstock.