Natural Gas Dynamic Simulation

Duration: 1 Month

The Natural Gas Dynamic Simulation course provides a practical, hands-on approach to modeling and analyzing natural gas processing facilities under both steady-state and dynamic operating conditions.

Through focused lessons and industry-relevant examples, learners develop the skills needed to understand natural gas processing workflows, build representative process models, and transition an integrated natural gas plant from steady-state operation into dynamic simulation.

Rather than focusing on individual simulation concepts in isolation, the course connects key natural gas processing units into a complete plant workflow that helps learners understand how equipment, process conditions, and operating changes interact across the facility.

With This Course, You Will:

• Gain hands-on experience modeling natural gas processing systems

• Develop a clear understanding of natural gas plant process flows and how they translate from PFDs into simulation models

• Build and analyze both steady-state and dynamic simulations of key natural gas processing units

• Learn the Aspen HYSYS dynamic modeling workflow and understand important dynamic simulation limitations

• Explore plant behavior during changing operating conditions and process disturbances

• Build the confidence to transition an integrated natural gas plant model from steady-state to dynamic operation

• Learn through a structured, on-demand learning path designed for working engineers and technical professionals

What You’ll Learn:

• Natural gas processing fundamentals and overall plant configuration

• Process flow mapping from PFDs to simulation structure

• Steady-state and dynamic modeling workflows

• Separation systems and their dynamic behavior

• Natural gas sweetening processes

• Gas dehydration systems

• Compression systems and compressor surge analysis

• NGL recovery processes

• Integration of major processing units into a complete natural gas plant model

• Aspen HYSYS dynamic modeling workflow, requirements, and limitations
  How to transition a complete plant model from steady-state to dynamic mode

• How to run and evaluate dynamic simulations with confidence

Who Should Attend:

• Process Engineers and Control Engineers

• Automation and Simulation Engineers

• Operations Engineers and Technical Specialists

• Consultants and engineering professionals working with Aspen HYSYS

Key Takeaways:

• Ability to develop steady-state and dynamic models of key natural gas processing systems

• Stronger understanding of how individual process units interact across an integrated natural gas plant

• Practical experience transitioning process models from steady-state to dynamic operation

• Improved understanding of compression, surge behavior, separation, sweetening, dehydration, and NGL recovery

• Greater confidence analyzing plant behavior during changing operating conditions

• Simulation skills that can support troubleshooting, operational studies, process optimization, design evaluation, and operator training

Sign up today and build practical, industry-relevant natural gas dynamic simulation skills you can apply to real-world engineering and operational challenges.