LABOR ESTIMATION OF PLANT OF VINYL ACETATE WITH CAPACITY

OF
40,000 TON/YEAR

1. Estimation By Table 21

Figure 1. Flowsheet of Formaldehyde

Equipment
acetic vaporizer
Air heater
Fluid bed reactor
decanter
Heater
distillation column
Vinyl acetate
condenser
reboiler
Air Compressor
cooler
TOTAL

Amou
nt
1
1
1
1
1
1

Worker(s)/Unit/
Shift

(asumption)

1/2(asumption)
(asumption)
(asumption)

Labor Estimation
(Worker/shift)

(asumption)

1
1
1
10

(asumption)
(asumption)
(asumption)

Total Labor :
worker
worker
3.5
4
shift
shift
Total Labor for 4 shift available
worker
4
x 4 shift=16 worker
shift

3.5

2. Estimation By Table 22

Power and utilities, per

Capacit
y
thousan
d
ton
yr

Operating
labor and
supervisio
n
workhours
ton

Maintenanc
e labor and
supervision
workhours
ton

bbl
day
Stea
Fuel
m
MMBtu
lb
h
h

ton
yr

or

capacity

Power
kWh

Water
gph

Chemical plants
Acetone
Acetic acid
Butadiene
Ethylene oxide
Formaldehyde
Hydrogen
peroxide
Isoprene
Phosphoric acid
Polyethylene
Urea
Vinyl acetate

100
10
100
100
100
100
100
10
100
100
100

0.518
1.483
0.345
0.232
0.259
0.288
0.230
1.85
0.259
0.238
0.432

0.315
0.984
0.285
0.104
0.328
0.352
0.325
0.442
0.295
0.215
0.528

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1.73
....
0.01
2
4.88
34.6
2.62
0.81
0.18
0.23
0.33
1.34

310
180
130
140
200
160
710
40
450
135
275

Operating labor for formaldehyde plant with 100 Ton/Year

capacity = 0.259 work-hour/ton
For capacity 50,000 Ton/Year =
4 0,000 Ton
Work Hours
Work Hours
100,000
x 0. 432
=17 , 28 0
100,000 Year
Ton
Year

Amount Of Work-Hours for a day with 300 days annual operation

=
Work Hours
year
Work Hours
17,280
x
=57,6
Year
300 day
Day

5.18
0.58
0.73
0.148
0.029
0.186
0.001
0.03
0.0004
0.0002
0.27

Number Of Labor with working time 8 hours-shift/day

WorkHours 1
day
worker
worker
43.167 57,6
x
=7,2
7
Day
8 Hoursshift
shift
shift
Total Labor for 4 shift available
worker
7
x 4 Shift=2 8 Worker
shift

3. Estimation By Figure 6.8 Of Plant Desig And Economics For

Chemical Engineering Page 198
Capacity for one day with 300 days annual operation
4 0,000 ton
year
ton
x
=133.33
year
300 day
day

Figure 2. Figure 6.8 from Plant Design And Economics page 198

From figure 2, Operating labor :

3 5 employeehours
day processing step
Number of operating labor for 5 proscessing step (heatingreaction-cooling-flash separating-destilation-reboiling)
35 employeehours
210 employeehours
x 6 processing step=
day processing step
day
Number Of Labor with working time 8 hours-shift/day
210 employee hours
1 day
26 employee
x
=
day
8 hoursshift
shift
Total Labor for 4 shift available
2 6 employee
x 4 shift=104 Employee
shift

PLANT DESIGN

LABOR ESTIMATION OF PLANT OF VINYL ACETATE WITH CAPACITY

OF
40,000 TON/YEAR

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2015