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Distillation Column Design Calculations

This document discusses estimating dew point and bubble point using Excel to determine the feasibility of distillation. It calculates the dew point of the distillate to be 79.05°C and bubble point of the bottom product to be 119.67°C at a system pressure of 20 kPa. Using equations from a textbook, it determines the minimum theoretical number of stages required is 21 to produce 75,000 metric tons/year of cyclohexanol.

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Distillation Column Design Calculations

This document discusses estimating dew point and bubble point using Excel to determine the feasibility of distillation. It calculates the dew point of the distillate to be 79.05°C and bubble point of the bottom product to be 119.67°C at a system pressure of 20 kPa. Using equations from a textbook, it determines the minimum theoretical number of stages required is 21 to produce 75,000 metric tons/year of cyclohexanol.

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  • Initial Parameters Estimation
  • Stage Number Calculation
  • Theoretical Stages and Outcomes
  • Trial Temperature Data
  • Additional Calculation Data
  • Reboiler Information

Estimating dew point and bubble point using Microsoft Excel

From previous chapter, we get


Distillate, D=
Bottom, B=

95.6103
154.7063

From journal, it says that distillation is not feasible at atmospheric pressure.


According to journal also, the system pressure must be under vacuum
to make the distillation feasible.
So, we take 20 KPa as our system pressure.
From Antoines's Equation
log P*= A -B/T+C
For estimating the dew pint of top distillate.
A

B
6.97851
6.2553
7.1345

C
1495.58
912.87
1516.07

P* (in mm Hg)
P* (in KPa)
209.559
62.5812556236
8.3434812185
109.13
25.362926672
3.381445454
174.57
14.3459154381
1.9126314234

Using Excel Solver

comp
C (LD)
D (HD)
A

yi

ki
i
xi
0.98 0.417174061
2.4674303732
0.9520590206
0.02 0.169072273
1
0.0479416193
0 0.095631571
0.5656253958
0
sigma xi=
1.0000006399

Estimating bubble point for bottom product


A

B
6.97851
6.2553
7.1345

C
1495.58
912.87
1516.07

209.559
109.13
174.57

P* (in mm Hg)
P* (in KPa)
272.8009274911 36.3704657606
184.2875240158 24.5696491722
95.944008327
12.791482426

Using Excel Solver,

comp
C (LB)
D (HB)

xi

ki
i
0.012 1.818523288
0.588 1.228482459

yi
1.4803005735
1

0.0218222795
0.7223476857

0.4 0.639574121

LD =
LB =

2.467430373
1.480300574

, L, avg=
Log , L, avg=

1.911161583

0.5206212891
sigma yi=

0.2558296485
0.9999996136

0.2812974069

To find the minimum number of stages, we use equation 11.7-12 from


Transport Processes and Separation Principles Book,
Nm

log [(X,LD*D/X,HD*D)(X,HW*W/X,LW*W)]/Log , L, avg

log [(X,LD*D/X,HD*D)(X,HW*W/X,LW*W)]
Nm

12.01924553 minimum number of stages

Using shortcut Method from Transport Processes and Separation Principles


Book to find the number of stages at operating Reflux ratio.
From journal,

R=
R=
Rm=

2.18
1.5 Rm
1.4533333333

Using Embar and Maddox empirical correlation, we get


R/R+1

Rm/ Rm+1

0.685534591
=

0.5923913043

We plot using this value into Erbar- Maddox correlation figure,

We get Nm/ N =
So, N =
N=

0.59

Nm/ 0.59
20.37160259 theoretical stages

Therefore, the number of theoretical stages that we need to produce


75000Mton/yr of Cyclohexanol is
21stages
minus
at top dew point of
79.05 C
and bottom bubble point of
119.67 C

Trial T ( C)
Pt (KPa)
79.0479144344
20

Trial T ( C)
Pt (KPa)
119.670709298
20

og , L, avg
3.3809826

1 Reboiler

Estimating dew point and bubble point using Microsoft Excel From previous chapter, we get Distillate, D= 95.6103 Bottom, B= 1
A 0.4 0.639574121 0.5206212891 0.2558296485 sigma yi= 0.9999996136 α LD = 2.467430373 α LB = 1.480300574 α, L, avg= 1.9111615
We get Nm/ N = 0.59 So, N = Nm/ 0.59 N= 20.37160259 theoretical stages Therefore, the number of theoretical stages that we n
Trial T ( C) Pt (KPa) 79.0479144344 20 Trial T ( C) Pt (KPa) 119.670709298 20
og α, L, avg 3.3809826
1 Reboiler

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