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 Windowfea ea reer aK | _Concst ‘Components Mass flowrates 150.8 Elements 22106229 of 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 | Phases | \ [ia ns Elements | ——— ge zoe (£3) 541) 0] — [User occ Components] ~~ Math Functions Instrumentation ‘Streams and Controls.