Aspen Economic Evaluation

Entering Project Components

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Entering Project Components

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Entering Components Overview

If Plot Plan or Operational Units are not available, use single
area for entering Components

If entering from Equipment List, consider using Spreadsheet

View
Enter all components in sequence
Enter ? for missing data

Recommend ? entries be put in the Remarks Field

Three methods for entering Components
Components Tab
Area Selection
Spreadsheet View

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Components Tab (Method 1)

Select the Components Tab in Palette
Expand Components by selecting + on selections

Click on Selected Component and Drag to List View

Enter Item Description and Tag Number (recommended)
and select Area from Scroll List
Select OK to bring up Component Form

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Select the Components Tab

2. Expand selections

3. Select component
and drag to List View
(Main Window)

1. Select components tab

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Enter Item Description, User Tag Number

and Select Area

Item Description must be unique

User Tag Number is optional but
strongly recommended as entry
Select Area Name for placement
Select OK to get input form

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Area Selection (Method 2)

Select Area for Component Entry
Right-click mouse and select Add Project Component

Enter Project Component Name

Double click mouse on each entry until Component Form
appears
Tag Number must be entered on Component Form

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Select Area and Add Project Component

1.Right mouse click on Area

2.Select Item

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Enter Item Description

1. Add Unique
Component Name

2. Double mouse
click to select

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Select Component to Add (Method 2)

3. Double mouse
click on Component
to Add to Project

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Enter Component Data (Methods 1 & 2)

Select Evaluate when Data Entry
is complete to review Item

Red Border is Required Entry

Black text is User Entered Data
Blue text is System default

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Item Evaluation Report - HTML

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Selecting Recommended Report Type

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Capital Cost Item Report - Equipment

Shows both User Entered Values

and Values Used for Calculations

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Capital Cost Item Report - Details

Details are
not shown on
HTML report

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Component Adjustments

Adjustment to Equipment or
Volumetric Model can be
made using Options Menu

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Adding Components via Spreadsheet View

(Method 3)
Select Spreadsheet View from View Menu
Select View (e.g. Pumps | Centrifugal | Process)

Select Add
Select Project Component Name
Select Component Type to Add and select OK

Repeat from Add Step until all like components on

Equipment List have an entry
Use Copy/Paste function of Excel to Copy Data From
Equipment List to Spreadsheet View (Note: Can only copy
one column at a time)
Save all entered data

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Spreadsheet View Selection

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Spreadsheet View Example

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Spreadsheet View Example

Created 6 pumps to match the Equipment List

(shown on next slide). No data entered except
Item description and Model selection.

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Typical Equipment List

Highlight row or rows of data and select Copy

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Spreadsheet View Example

Highlight the cells in which to paste the

copied data, right-click on cells and select
Paste Selection.
Select Apply to save selections
Select Ok to exit Spreadsheet
Note: Copy and Paste does not work on cells
with dropdown scroll lists.

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