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DC 1
DC 2
Pressure (bar)
5.2
1.01
Number of trays
16
13
Feed Tray*
12
Reflux ratio
1.26
0.834
0.96
0.96
To start the design, Advanced Peng-Robinson property package was selected with the split
ratio for DC properties is 0.5 and total condenser for both DC was used. Every stream was
created and entered with specific details. The properties for both DC were entered with
information from the table above.
2.0
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3.0
WORKBOOK
Name
FEED
S1
S2
S3
C2.LiquidDraw_0_condenserL
SP-1.Out1
SP-1.Out0
C-2.Feed_11_feed
Vlv-1.In
Description
Upstream Op
Downstream Op
SP-1.In
VapFrac
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
T [C]
25.0
123.4
25.0
25.0
520.00
520.00
520.00
520.00
P [kPa]
MoleFlow/Composition
Fraction
kgmole/h
Fraction
kgmole/h
Fraction
kgmole/h
Fraction
kgmole/h
METHANOL
0.5000
1350.00
0.52083
675.00
0.5000
675.00
0.5000
675.00
WATER
0.5000
1350.00
0.47917
621.00
0.5000
675.00
0.5000
675.00
1.00
2700.00
1.00
1296.00
1.00
1350.00
1.00
1350.00
Total
Mass Flow [kg/h]
67577.14
32815.71
33788.57
33788.57
78.814
42.830
39.407
39.407
78.706
38.379
39.353
39.353
1.5351E+6
7.3686E+5
7.6757E+5
7.6757E+5
Energy [W]
-2.287E+7
-7.708E+6
-1.144E+7
-1.144E+7
H [kJ/kmol]
-30494.8
-21410.5
-30494.8
-30494.8
82.041
108.113
82.041
82.041
25.03
25.32
25.03
25.03
857.4204
766.1823
857.4204
857.4204
Cp [kJ/kmol-K]
85.760
98.478
85.760
85.760
0.2885
0.2555
0.2885
0.2885
6.9255E-4
2.0677E-4
6.9255E-4
6.9255E-4
0.029
0.033
0.029
0.029
0.0072
0.0062
0.0072
0.0072
S [kJ/kmol-K]
MW
Mass Density [kg/m3]
Viscosity [Pa-s]
Molar Volume [m3/kmol]
Z Factor
Surface Tension
Speed of Sound
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Name
S4
S5
S9
S10
Vlv-1.Out
C2.LiquidDraw_15_reboilerL
C1.LiquidDraw_0_condenserL
C1.LiquidDraw_12_reboilerL
Description
Upstream Op
Downstream Op
C-1.Feed_8_feed
VapFrac
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
T [C]
25.1
153.1
73.0
99.9
101.00
520.00
101.00
101.00
P [kPa]
MoleFlow/Composition
Fraction
kgmole/h
Fraction
kgmole/h
Fraction
kgmole/h
Fraction
kgmole/h
METHANOL
0.5000
675.00
0.00005
0.00
0.52083
675.00
0.00001
0.00
WATER
0.5000
675.00
0.99995
54.00
0.47917
621.00
0.99999
54.00
1.00
1350.00
1.00
54.00
1.00
1296.00
1.00
54.00
Total
Mass Flow [kg/h]
33788.57
972.86
32815.74
972.83
39.416
1.063
40.194
1.015
39.353
0.974
38.379
0.974
7.6757E+5
3.0703E+4
7.3686E+5
3.0703E+4
Energy [W]
-1.144E+7
-3.684E+5
-9.413E+6
-4.316E+5
H [kJ/kmol]
-30494.8
-24559.9
-26146.4
-28770.0
82.089
98.409
95.395
87.885
25.03
18.02
25.32
18.02
857.2303
915.2577
816.4430
958.8348
Cp [kJ/kmol-K]
85.788
81.193
90.111
77.495
Thermal Conductivity
[W/m-K]
0.2885
0.6814
0.2740
0.6791
6.9104E-4
1.7854E-4
3.4650E-4
2.8199E-4
0.029
0.020
0.031
0.019
0.0014
0.0035
0.0013
0.0007
S [kJ/kmol-K]
MW
Mass Density [kg/m3]
Viscosity [Pa-s]
Molar Volume [m3/kmol]
Z Factor
Surface Tension
Speed of Sound
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4.0
4. Did the process achieve a methanol that free from water? What is the purity of the
methanol? How to increase the purity?
The process did not achieve a methanol that free from water. There is still fraction of water in
the stream. The purity of the methanol is 0.96. It is impossible to achieve methanol that is
free from water if they only go through DC once. A recycle stream should be put at the
output and the stream goes back to the feed stream, so they go through the distillation
process again. Besides that, adding some more of DC in parallel series so it could help to
achieve a methanol that free from water as the product goes through the distillation process
several times. Moreover, place an evaporator at the product stream could help achieving a
methanol that free from water. The evaporator helps to evaporate water inside the product
stream then the stream is recycle back into the feed stream to go through the distillation
process again.
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