Title: Computing Assignment using ProII Name: Ahmad Tarmizi Abd Wahab Registration Number: 110231839 Date: 27th

April 2013

Problem 3 Flow diagram for this problem is shown below:

S1 1.0 F 1.0 PSIA 100.030 LB-MOL/HR

PH1

The phase envelope plot for both Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK) and Peng-Robinson (PR) methods are shown below: a) Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK)

PHASE ENVE LOPE PH1

1500.0

S1 Critical P oint S 1 - L/F=0.050000 S 1 - L/F=0.010000

1200.0

900.0

Pressure, psia
600.0 300.0 0 -270.0 -210.0 -150.0 -90. 0 -30. 0 30.0

Temperature, F

b) Peng-Robinson (PR)

PHASE ENVE LOPE PH1

1 50 0 .0

S1 Critical P o in t S 1 - L/F =0.050000 S 1 - L/F =0.010000

1 20 0 .0

9 00 .0

Pressure, psia
6 00 .0 3 00 .0 0 -2 7 0. 0 -2 1 0. 0 -1 5 0. 0 -9 0 .0 -3 0 .0 3 0. 0

Tem perature, F

The cricondentherm, cricondenbar and critical points for the three streams for both methods are as follows: a) Soave-Redlich-Kwong Stream 1 Conditions Cricondentherm Cricondenbar Critical point Cricondentherm Cricondenbar Critical point Cricondentherm Cricondenbar Critical point Temperature (F) 30.11 -24.18 -88.44 -68.99 -73.93 -88.44 -16.72 -43.06 -88.44 Pressure (PSIA) 614.00 1319.66 893.86 913.59 986.18 893.84 823.34 1195.29 893.86

1 (5% liquid fractions) 1 (1% liquid fractions)

b) Peng-Robinson Stream 1 Conditions Cricondentherm Cricondenbar Critical point Cricondentherm Cricondenbar Critical point Cricondentherm Cricondenbar Critical point Temperature (F) 26.12 -28.49 -88.44 -70.28 -75.42 -88.45 -20.33 -46.47 -88.44 Pressure (PSIA) 581.40 1278.89 893.52 905.36 977.47 893.44 790.23 1162.99 893.51

1 (5% liquid fractions) 1 (1% liquid fractions)

Based on Met Office: UK climate: Winter 2011/12, the UK mean temperature for the winter was 3.3C1 which is equivalent to 38F. Cricondentherm is the maximum temperature by which the condensation takes place. Therefore, by referring to the cricondentherm temperatures for all stream conditions for both methods, the mean temperature of 38F does not fall below any of those values. Hence, condensation will not happen. The worst case scenario that could happened is where the temperature during the winter falls below the cricondentherm and the liquids condensed, which one way to prevent such phenomenon from happening is to apply insulator along the pipe. By using this method, it will prevent the contact from the surrounding temperature with the pipe. Cricondenbar does not take into account since, the liquid stream is already in gas state, which is natural gas, therefore, a phase change of gas to gas is will not happen. In comparison, the Peng-Robinson method gives a lower value for cricondentherm, cricondenbar and also critical point for both temperature and pressure.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/2013/winter. Last accessed 27 April 2013

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Problem 4 The flow diagram for this problem is shown below:

S2 65.1 C 760.0 MM HG 1.041 KG-MOL/HR

6 S1 78.1 C 760.0 MM HG 1435.000 KG-MOL/HR

10

11

12

13

14 15

T1

S3 78.1 C 760.0 MM HG 1433.959 KG-MOL/HR

Condenser and reboiler duties required to maintain the specified methanol purity and recovery are 0.0189 MKcal/hr and 0.0190 MKcal/hr respectively. The column diameter required to meet specifications is The specifications are met since the calculated values are the same as in the specified values.

The design diameters of the trays are shown as follows: Tray 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Design Diameter (mm)