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Bubble point and Dew

point Calculations
Lecture -4
CHEP 4114

problem
Compute the bubble point temperature at 18 bar
of the following hydrocarbon mixture using RKSoave property method. Assume mixture inlet
temperature of 25 0C , pressure if 19 bar and
flowrate of 120 kmol/h
Component

Mole fraction

C1 methane

0.05

C2 ethane

0.1

C3 propane

0.15

i-C4 isobutane

0.1

n-C4 n-butane

0.2

i-C5 -2-METHYL-BUTANE

0.25

n-C5 n-pentane

0.15

Simulation Approach
Start Aspen Plus user interface as
usual
Select Template
Select Speciality Chemicals with
Metric Units, Flowsheet Simulation

Creating Flowsheet
Using Flash2 separator available in
the equipment Model Library,
develop the following process flow
diagram(see next slide) in the
process flowsheet window by
connecting the input and output
streams with the flash drum.
Recall, red arrows are required ports and
blue arrows are the optional ports.
Use next button or solver settings to
continue..

Specifying Components

Specifying Property Method

RK-Soave Property method is used for
Thermodynamic property prediction
For the hydrocarbon mixture

Pressing Next button twice

Specifying Stream
information

Specifying block information

Enter the required information

Vapor Fraction=0
Pressure=18 bar

Run the Simulation

Viewing Results
Blocks/Flash2/Results

 Thus , we obtain the bubble point

temperature= 47.620C for the
existing data.
At 30 bars pressure the bubble point
temperature increases to = 91.22 0C

Dew Point Calculations

To obtain dew point of mixture, proceed
in the similar as we deed for the bubble
point calculations.
In the block information
Specify pressure value and value of add
vapor fraction=1
Self practice for the dew point calculation
Answer: 115.77C at 19 bar

Dew Point Results