Process Plant Design Laboratory

Submitted To:
Ma’am Laiba

Submitted By:
Muhammad Ahmad (2016-PE-03)
Zainab Waris (2016-PE-22)
Qudsia Tahir (2016-PE-52)

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

 1. Problem Statement:
Hydrogenation of aniline to produce cyclohexylamine using SYSOPO property method.

1.1 Components:
The component that is involved is hydrogen and aniline.
Table 1: Component selected for the model
 Figure 1 Specifications of water component

2. Property Method:
SYSOP0 property method is applied for this problem that provides ideal behavior of liquids and
vapors.

3. Model with Reason:

Figure 2 Flowsheet in Aspen Plus

3.1. Pump
Pump simulates a pump or hydraulic turbine. This model calculates either the power requirement or the
power produced, given an outlet pressure specification. Pump can calculate the outlet pressure, given a
power specification [1].

3.2. RCSTR
RCSTR rigorously models a continuous-stirred tank reactor. You can use this model when:
 Reaction kinetics are known.
 The contents of the reactor have the same properties as the outlet stream.
RCSTR can model equilibrium reactions simultaneously with rate-based reactions [2].
 Figure 3 Specifications of Pump

Figure 4 Specifications of compressor

 Figure 5 RCSTR OPERATING CONDITIONS

4. Results and Discussion:

Figure 11 Results obtained in simulation

5. MATLAB CODE:
 RESULTS

5. References:
[1] Schefflan, R. (2011) ‘Introduction to Aspen Plus’, Teach Yourself the Basics of Aspen PlusTM, pp. 1–
19. doi: 10.1002/9780470910061.ch1.

[2] Plus, A. and Guide, U. (2014) ‘基于aspen Plus的垃圾等离子体气化模拟研究’, 工业炉, 36(2), pp.
1–5.
[3] AL-MALAH, K. I. M. (2017). Aspen plus: chemical engineering applications.
https://www.books24x7.com/marc.asp?bookid=143068.