Problem: Calculate the Volume of H2 required in the hydrogenation of the reaction.

Also calculate the volume of N2

Reactor Thickness required.
INPUTS FOR THE ANALYSIS
Reactor Capacity
Temperature
Design Pressure
Shell Diameter
Shell Height
Operating Pressure
Input (COPO4)
Solvent (Methanol)
Density of Solvent
Ligand
Catalyst (Rh)
Permissible Design Stress
Dilution Ratio for Purging
Pressure for Pressure Purging
Vaccuum for Vaccuum Purging
H2 Mole FractionSolubility with
Solvent

ANALYSIS
Theoritical Hydrogen
Required for the Reaction
Moles of COPO4
Moles of H2 Required
Wt. of H2 Required
Vol. of H2 Required (Operating
Pressure)
Vol. of H2 Required (STP)

250
303
35
500
900
30
8.5
55
791.8
0.002
0.00094
1343.98
0.02
2
0.01

Chemical
1 COPO4
+
310

Molecular Weight
SOLVENT
METHANOL

MOL. WT.
32

Property of metal
Concentration of oxgen ( To be decided based on LEL data )

atm
atm

0.0063

SOLUTION

27.42 mol
27.42 mol
54.84 g
22.74 L
0.67 m3

Shell Thickness of Reactor

t = pD/(2fJ-p)
Shell Thickness

8.27 mm

Inert Required to Dilute O2

Using the Blakey and Orlando
correlations and Pressure
cycle purging.
Dilution Ratio
ln (Dilution Ratio)

1 Volume of H2 Required in the Process (STP)

2 Number of Cylinders of H2 Required
3 Volume of N2 Required in the Process (STP)
(Using Pressure Purging)
4 Number of Cylinders of N2 Required
(Using Pressure Purging)
5 Volume of N2 Required in the Process (STP)
(Using Vacuum Purging)
6 Number of Cylinders of N2 Required
(Using Vacuum Purging)
7 Shell Thickness of Reactor

ASSUMPTIONS

(1/P)^n
-n ln(P)
-ln(dilution
n = ratio)/ln(P)

n is number of cycles
Each cycle takes P-1 vessel volumes.
Number of Cycles Required
Using the correlation

L
K
kg/cm2
mm
mm
kg/cm2
kg
L
g/L
kg
kg
kg/cm2

1 N2 Cylinder Capacity

47 L

Don't change the cell values

Blue color for entering the data

Green color for results

yf = y0 ((Pl/Ph)^j)
j = (ln(yf/y0))/(ln(Pl/Ph))
Number of Cycles Required
Volume of N2 Required (STP)
For Vacuum Purging
Number of Cycles Required
Volume of N2 Required (STP)
H2 Required to Replace N2
(STP)
H2 required For Pressurizing
the Reactor
For first sampling N2
Required (STP), Vacuum
Purge
Second Sampling N2
Required (STP), Vacuum
Purge
H2 Required again to start
the reaction (STP)
H2 Required to start the
reaction again (STP)
Moles of Solvent
Moles of H2
H2 Dissolved in the Solvent
Volume of H2 Dissolved
Volume of H2 Required in the
Process (STP)
Volume of H2 Required at
Cylinder Pressure (140
kg/cm2)
Number of Cylinders of H2
Required
Volume of N2 Required in the
Process (STP), Pressure
purge
Volume of N2 Required at
Cylinder Pressure (140
kg/cm2), Pressure Purge
Number of Cylinders of N2
Required, Pressure Purge
Volume of N2 Required in the
Process (STP), Vacuum
Purge
Volume of N2 Required in the
Cylinder, Vacuum Purge
Number of Cylinders of N2
Required, Vacuum Purge

6
1.182 m3
1
0.19 m3

1.18 m3
0.23 m3

0.33871 m3

0.33871 m3
2.08 m3
2.08
1360.91
83.61
0.50
0.06

m3
mol
mol
mol
m3

6.30 m3

0.0450 m3
0.96

1.859 m3

0.0133 m3
0.28

0.8724 m3

0.0062 m3
0.13

culate the volume of N2 required for purging and the

H2 =
2

1 PRODUCT
312

d based on LEL data )

SOLUTION
6.3029 m3
0.9579
1.8591 m3

0.2825
0.8724 m3
0.1326
8.27 mm

ASSUMPTIONS
at

140 kg/cm2

entering the data