WOLLO UNIVERSITY
KOMBOLCHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL STREAM
COURSE NAME: - CAD PROCESS DESIGN AND SIMULATION (ChEg 5192)
TARGET GROUP: - 5TH YEARS, 1ST SEMISTER
SECTION: - A
TASK: - COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS DESIGN AND SIMULATION ASSIGNMENT
USING ASPEN PLUS
NAME ID No
1. GETASEW GUADIE ……………………. WOUR/1307/10
2. SIRAK WONDIFREW ……………..……. WOUR/1310/10
3. GETASEW TEGEGNE …………………... WOUR/1308/10
4. GENET WASIE …………………………... WOUR/1291/10
5. FIREHIWOT TSEGU …………………….. WOUR/1247/10
Submission Date: 02/10/2014
May, 2014
KOMBOLCHA, ETHIOPIA
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1. Find the bubble point and dew point temperatures and corresponding vapour and liquid
compositions for a mixture of 33 mole% n-hexane, 33mole% n-heptane and 34mole% n-
octane at 1atm pressure. The feed mixture with a flow rate of 100 kmol/hr enters at 50oC
and 1atm. Consider ideality in both liquid and vapour phases.
SOLITIONS;
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Bubble point input @ vapor fraction = 0
BUBBLE POINT TEMPERATURE
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Bubble point compositions
DEW POINT INPUTS @ VAPOR FRACTION =1
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DEW POINT TEMPRATURE
DEW POINT COMPOSITIONS
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2. A liquid mixture, consisting of 60 mole% benzene, 30 mole% toluene and 10 mole% o-
xylene, is flashed at 1 atm and110oC. The feed mixture with a flow rate of 100 kmol/hr
enters the flash drum(Flash2) at 1atm and 80oC. Using the SYSOP0 property method,
A. Compute the amounts of liquid and vapour outlets and their compositions
B. Repeat the calculation at 1.5 atm and120oC (operating conditions).
SOLUTIONS;
PROPERTIY (COMPONENT)SPESFICATION
METHOD SPESFICATION
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FEED INPUT
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FLASH INPUT @ 1atm AND 110 OC
AMOUNTS OF LIQUID AND VAPOUR OUTLETS AND THEIR
COMPOSITIONS @ 1atm AND 110 OC
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FLASH INPUT @ 1.5atm AND 120 OC
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AMOUNTS OF LIQUID AND VAPOUR OUTLETS AND THEIR
COMPOSITIONS @ 1atm AND 110 OC
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3. Use the Flash2 block to flash the feed below adiabatically at constant pressure for
reducing the acetone composition in the bottom product. The feed temperature is 70 °C
and pressure is 760 mmHg Table Feeds for Workshop 7.1 Component Feed1 (lb mol/h)
Feed2 (lb mol/h) Ethanol 40 Water 50 Acetone 10. Be sure to set up appropriate units.
Use Aspen Plus's stored UNIQUAC, NRTL, and Wilson parameters as the basis for the
calculations. What do you observe?
SOLUTIONS;
PROPERTY SPESFICATION
METHOD SPESFICATION
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SIMULATION
FEED INPUT
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BLOCK (FLAS2) INPUT
RESULTS FOR UNIQUAC METHOD
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RESULTS FOR NRTL METHOD
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RESULTS FOR Wilson METHOD
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Boiling temperature of water, ethanol, and acetone are 100, 78.37, and 56oC respectively.
So separation of acetone starts almost 56oC, but the operating temperature (70oc) is
greater than boiling temperature of Acetone (56oC). as a result we observed that
separation of acetone is not achieved.
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4. A ternary mixture having the following flowrates is fed to a separator (Sep2) at 50°C and
5bar. Solve the problem using Aspen Plus, the following specifications are provided
along with a T/F ratio of 0.905478
Applying the SRK property method, simulate the flow sheet, and determine the product
compositions
SOLUTIONS;
PROPERTIY SPESFICATION
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METHOD SPESFICATION
SIMULATION
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FEED INPUT
BLOCK (SEPARATOR2) INPUTS
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THE PRODUCT COMPOSITIONS
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5. A multicomponent distillation column, specified in Figure below, has total 20 stages
(including condenser and reboiler) with 60% Murphree efficiency. A hydrocarbon feed
mixture enters above tray 10 of the RadFrac column. Apply the Peng-Robinson
correlation and consider 120 psia pressure throughout the column. A. Simulate the model
and calculate the product compositions, and B. Produce a ‘Temperature’ (°F) vs. ‘Stage’
plot
SOLUTIONS;
PROPERTIY SPESFICATION
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METHOD SPESFICATION
SIMULATION
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FEED INPUT
BLOCK (RADFRAC) INPUTS
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A. THE PRODUCT COMPOSITIONS
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B. TEMPERATURE AND ‘TEMPERATURE’ (° F) VS ‘STAGE’ PLOT.
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6. FULL INFORMATION IS NOT GIVEN
7. Steady-state Simulation of Benzene and Toluene Separation. Pressure at top is 1bar and
assumes no pressure drop in the column Distillate is completely condensed. Use the
NRTL model and Calculate:
a. Calculate the minimum reflux ratio, the location of the feed stage and the
minimum number of stages to accomplish the separation using DSTWU
b. Use these results from part A as an initial estimate for RadFrac model and
compute the product mole fraction, reboiler and condenser heat duty and
temperature.
c. Calculate the actual number of stages and the location of the feed stage if the
column is operated at 1.2 times the minimum reflux ratio using DSTWU
xben=0.9
Saturated Feed
P=100 Kpa
F=100 kmol/hr
xben=0.4
xtol=0.6 n
xben<0.1
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SOLUTIONS;
PROPERTIY SPESFICATION
METHOD SPESFICATION
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FINDING FEED INPUT TEMPRATURE
@1 bar and benzene mole fraction (0.5)
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SIMULATION FOR #A
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FEED INPUT
BLOCK (DSTW) INPUTS
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A. RESULTS FOR #A
SIMULATION FOR #B
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FEED INPUT
BLOCK (RADFRAC) INPUTS
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B. RESULT FOR #B
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C.
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8.
SOLUTIONS;
PROPERTY (COMPONENT SPESFICSTION)
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FINDING FEED INPUT TEMPRATURE
@1 bar and water mole fraction (0.632)
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By interpolation the temperature is=82.0644OC
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FEED INPUT
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BLOCK (RADFRAC) INPUT
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9. A hydrocarbon vapour enters an absorption column below the bottom stage and the
absorbent enters above the top stage. The column operates at 75 psia with no pressure
drop and it has four equilibrium stages. The absorber is specified in Figure below.
Apply the Peng-Robinson equation of state model in the simulation.
a) Simulate the absorber model (ABSBR2 under RadFrac) and compute the product
compositions.
b) Perform the sensitivity analysis by examining the effect of absorbent flow rate on the
exiting C2 concentration in the top product.
c) Compute the absorbent flow rate to keep 15 mole% of C2, in the gas product (GASPDT).
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SOLITIONS;
PROPERTY SPESFICATIONS
METHOD SPESFICATION
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SIMULATION
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BLOCK (ABSBR2) INPUT
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PRODUCT MOLE COMPOSITIONS ARE:
SENSETIVITY ANALYSIS: INPUTS
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C) THE ABSORBENT FLOW RATE TO KEEP 15 MOLE% OF C2, IN THE GAS
PRODUCT (GASPDT)
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