Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 71 views

    Project 2

    Uploaded by

    Charlie Dowling
    1) This document outlines the tasks for a process design project involving the detailed design of equipment for a 100,000 ton/year cumene plant. The tasks include sizing and designing key equipment like reactors, distillation columns, heat exchangers, and determining utility requirements. 2) The tasks are divided into 5 sections - reactor design, benzene/cumene separator design, cumene cooler and separator reboiler design, cumene/diisopropyl benzene separator design, and steam preheater and separator condenser design. 3) The designs are to be done individually and can involve hand calculations, correlations, and rigorous simulation in PRO/II, with results and justification included in a

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Project 2

    Uploaded by

    Charlie Dowling
    71 views3 pages
    1) This document outlines the tasks for a process design project involving the detailed design of equipment for a 100,000 ton/year cumene plant. The tasks include sizing and designing key equipment like reactors, distillation columns, heat exchangers, and determining utility requirements. 2) The tasks are divided into 5 sections - reactor design, benzene/cumene separator design, cumene cooler and separator reboiler design, cumene/diisopropyl benzene separator design, and steam preheater and separator condenser design. 3) The designs are to be done individually and can involve hand calculations, correlations, and rigorous simulation in PRO/II, with results and justification included in a

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    1) This document outlines the tasks for a process design project involving the detailed design of equipment for a 100,000 ton/year cumene plant. The tasks include sizing and designing key equipment like reactors, distillation columns, heat exchangers, and determining utility requirements. 2) The tasks are divided into 5 sections - reactor design, benzene/cumene separator design, cumene cooler and separator reboiler design, cumene/diisopropyl benzene separator design, and steam preheater and separator condenser design. 3) The designs are to be done individually and can involve hand calculations, correlations, and rigorous simulation in PRO/II, with results and justification included in a

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    71 views3 pages

    Project 2

    Uploaded by

    Charlie Dowling
    1) This document outlines the tasks for a process design project involving the detailed design of equipment for a 100,000 ton/year cumene plant. The tasks include sizing and designing key equipment like reactors, distillation columns, heat exchangers, and determining utility requirements. 2) The tasks are divided into 5 sections - reactor design, benzene/cumene separator design, cumene cooler and separator reboiler design, cumene/diisopropyl benzene separator design, and steam preheater and separator condenser design. 3) The designs are to be done individually and can involve hand calculations, correlations, and rigorous simulation in PRO/II, with results and justification included in a

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 3

    Process Design 28157

    Process Design Project – Project 2


    Design of a 100.000 ton/year Cumene Plant – detailed equipment design
    This part of the project entails the detailed design of major items of equipment, and it
    shall be done individually, i.e. each member of the group selects one of the following
    tasks. Groups with 4 (four) members can choose a combination of either (A, B, C, D)
    or (A, B, C, E), while groups with 5 (five) members have to do (A, B, C, D, E).

    In some of the designs below, heating and cooling utilities are required. The following
    ones are assumed to be available:
    − High pressure steam is available at 254 °C (saturated).
    − Medium pressure steam is available at 185.5 °C (saturated).
    − Cooling water is available at 20 °C and can be heated to a maximum of 30 °C
    before returning to the cooling towers.

    A. Reactor
    The Plug Flow Reactor (PFR) is used, and the reaction kinetics are as follows:

    r1 = k1c p cb mol/l.s
    55.537𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
    𝑘𝑘1 = 3500 𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 �− �
    𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅

    r2 = k2 c p cc mol/l.s
    55.537𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
    𝑘𝑘2 = 290 𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 �− �
    𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅
    1) Size the reactor using any hand or computational methods you have learned during
    this course or from the previous courses, e.g. 28342 – Reaktionsteknik.

    2) Perform a detailed design of the cumene reactor with PRO/II. In PRO/II, in “unit
    kinetic data” the following units shall be used: T in K; volume in L (liter); time in s;
    weight in g and P in bar. The units of activation energy are kJ/mol. For a starting reactor
    size you may use the dimensions provided in the handout.

    1
    3) Calculate the following utility requirements (flowrates):
    − Cooling water to reactor aftercooler
    − Steam to reactor preheater.

    4) Make parts A.1) and A.2) again using the following kinetics, and present only the
    main results in your report. We will refer to it as the new catalyst.
    104.17𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
    𝑘𝑘1 = 2.8 × 107 𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 �− �
    𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅
    146.75𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
    𝑘𝑘2 = 2.32 × 109 𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 �− �
    𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅

    B. Benzene/Cumene Separator
    1) Design the benzene/cumene separator using a McCabe/Thiele diagram (in two ways,
    (i) hand-drawing and (ii) plotting the lines by solving the corresponding equations one
    line by one line), and the correlations provided in this course. You should choose an
    appropriate recycle ratio.

    Note: for this hand design assume only these two components benzene and cumene
    (assume the other components are either benzene or cumene).

    2) Perform a detailed design of the column (now considering all components) using the
    rigorous model (distillation) in PRO/II. Your results from the hand design, part B.1),
    can be used as initial estimates for your PRO/II rating/design.

    3) Size the column (diameter and height) using hand calculations and correlations
    provided in this course.

    4) Calculate the following utility requirements (flowrates):


    − Cooling water to the condenser
    − Steam to the reboiler

    C. Cumene Cooler and Reboiler of the Benzene/Cumene Separator


    1) Design a heat exchanger for the cumene cooler, which cools the cumene product
    from the separation column point to 30 °C and 1 atm before sending it to storage. This
    design may be performed using correlations (Excel spreadsheet) provided during this
    course.

    2) Perform a detailed design of the Cumene cooler using the rigorous model (rigorous
    HX) in PRO/II.

    3) Follow the first part procedure of part C.1), and estimate the area of the Reboiler of
    the Benzene/Cumene Separator, consulting the group member who is working on the
    project B for the Reflux Ratio if it is needed. In this task, we assume the overall
    coefficient U=750 W/m2 C.

    4) Calculate the following utility requirement (flowrates):


    − Cooling water to the cumene cooler
    − Steam to the reboiler

    2
    D. Cumene/Diisopropyl benzene Separator
    1) Design the cumene/diisopropyl benzene separator using a McCabe/Thiele plot (in
    two ways, (i) hand-drawing and (ii) plotting the lines by solving the corresponding
    equations one line by one line), and correlations provided in this course. You should
    choose an appropriate recycle ratio.
    Note: for this hand design assume only these two components cumene and diisopropyl
    benzene (assume the other components are either cumene or diisopropyl benzene).
    2) Perform a detailed design of the column (now considering all components) using the
    rigorous model (distillation) in PRO/II. Your results from the hand design, part D.1),
    can be used as initial estimates for your PRO/II rating/design.

    3) Size the column (diameter and height) using hand calculations and correlations
    provided in this course.

    4) Calculate the following utility requirements (flowrates):


    − Cooling water to the condenser
    − Steam to the reboiler

    E. Steam Preheater and Condenser of the Benzene/Cumene Separator


    1) Design a heat exchanger for the first (steam-heated) reactor preheater, which heats
    the reactant stream to 214 °C before sending it to the fired heater for further heating.
    This design may be performed using correlations (Excel spreadsheet) provided during
    this course with appropriate modifications.

    2) Perform a detailed design of the steam-heated preheater using the rigorous model
    (rigorous HX) in PRO/II.

    3) Follow the procedure of part E.1), and estimate the area of the Condenser of the
    Benzene/Cumene Separator, consulting the group member who is working on the
    project B for the Reflux Ratio if it is needed. In this task, we assume the overall
    coefficient U=450 W/m2 C.

    4) Calculate the following utility requirement (flowrates):


    − Steam usage in the preheater
    − Cooling water to the condenser

    Requirements (least) of the report submission

    Your project submission should be in the form of a design report and should also
    include a legible, organized set of calculations justifying your recommendations,
    including any assumptions you have made. You should describe the operation of the
    unit you have designed – with reference to its context in the cumene production process.
    Attach any software files you have used (PRO/II designs, spreadsheets, etc.)

    The total length of the report shall be no more than 15 pages (excluding Title,
    References and Appendix).

    You might also like