BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering, Architecture, Fine Arts

Gov. Pablo Borbon Campus II, Alangilan, Batangas City, Philippines 4200
www.batstate-u.edu.ph Telefax: (043) 300-4404 locs. 106-118

DISTILLATION:
Acetic Acid-Acetic Anhydride System
GROUP II

Dimaano, Joy Ann

Fabregar, Noel Christian
Fusi, Genina Joy
Gandola, Mark Louell
Geron, Ann Lisette
Gutierrez, Venus Abegail
Villano, Dhankay

ChE - 4201

Engr. Rejie C. Magnaye

Instructor

18 May 2017
 Background

A waste stream in an Aspirin production process is a mixture of Acetic Acid and Acetic
Anhydride. It is proposed to separate these two components by distillation. The waste stream
flowrate consists of 775 mol/hr of Acetic Acid and 300 mol/hr of Acetic Anydride.

Task

You are required to investigate the following:

Should continuous or batch distillation be used? Choose one option, justify the decision, and
proceed with the rest of the assignment on this basis.
What will be the composition of the bottom and distillate streams?
How will the feed be supplied to the distillation unit?
What will be the capital cost? (A rough estimate).
What will be the operating cost?
What is the approximate payback time on capital cost?

Your report should include the following:

Details on the column internals.

A process flow diagram for the system.
For the batch option, how long will a distillation take.
An energy balance.
Details on the reboiler and condenser (size, material of construction, etc.).
Operating conditions (stream temperatures and pressures, reflux ratio, etc.)

Prepare a report to address all of the above issues. State clearly any assumptions made and
reference all information sources used.

This is a group project. Each group investigates a different binary mixture. The choice is
as follows:
Group 1: Ethylene Glycol Water System
Group 2: Acetic Acid Acetic Anhydride System
Group 3: Ethanal Toluene System
Group 4 & Group 5: Ethyl Acetate-Acetic Acid System

Assessment
The assessment is broken down as follows:
Individual reflection on project 10%
Group report 60%
Group presentation 30%

Guideline for the individual reflection on this project.

For the individual reflection you should:
Provide a short summary (1 long bond paper) of what the assignment involved
Describe your contribution to the assignment and how you made this
Discuss issues that are still not clear to you and provide some possible explanations
for these or describe how you would go about resolving these issues
You are part of a learning group in this assignment so critically evaluate how your
group worked (focus on what you and the others did, i.e. actions, as opposed to who
did what, i.e. avoid personality) and provide suggestions for how you could
improve. Use examples to illustrate.
Provide some conclusions on this approach to learning.
Guideline assessment matrix for the written report component of this project.

Group No.________________________________________
Date: ____________

Remarks (actual
Topic Max Mark score)
Adherence to objectives 15
Implementation (45)
VLE data and graph 10
Mass balance 10
Graphical design 5
Column/Reboiler/condens
er 5
Energy Balance 10
Economics 5
Justification of decisions 20
Presentation 20

Total Mark 100

Guideline assessment matrix for the presentation component of this assignment

Group No.________________________________________
Date: ____________
Category Assessment Mark
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Multiplier Mark
none poor fair good very excellent
good

Quality x3=
Communication x2=
Understanding x5=
(Content, answers to
questions, fulfilment of
objectives)
Total (100)

Evaluated by: __________________________________________

Date:___________
 ECONOMICS
Raw Materials:
For our proposed design of distillation column

Since waste is the one entering the feed it is considered a raw material
Raw Material Cost kg/hr Annual Consumption Price in P Annual Cost
775 mol/hr Acetic
60 1 314 000 2606.25 3 424 612 500
Acid
300 mol/hr Acetic
102 2 233 800 3656.95 8 168 894 910
Anhydride
Total: 11 593 507 410

FOR CAPITAL COST:

Exchange Rate: 1$= Php 49.71 (as of May 17 2017)

Source: **Equipment cost are from www.matche.com and Plant Design and
Economics for ChE by Timmerhaus

Equipment Quantity Cost (Php) Total Cost (Php)

Plates (Sieve
Tray) 17 92 460.6 1 571 830.2
Columns 1 6 214 690.513 6 214 690.513
Centrifugal
Pumps 2 352 941 705 882
Pipe 4 87 209.7327 348 838.9308
Condenser 1 99 420 99 420
Reboiler 1 5 965 200 5 965 200
Total: 14 905 861.64

Direct Cost
Purchased of Equipment 14,905,861.64
Installation (47% of PE) 7,005,754.97
Instrumentation and Control (13%
1,937,762.01
of PE)
Piping (60% of PE) 8,943,516.99
Electrical (11% of PE) 1,639,644.78
Total Direct Cost
34,432,540.40
OPERATING COST
Indirect Cost
Power Rating 2. 59 X 105 Kwh
Cost (MERALCO) Engineering and Supervision 4.7 (8% of Kwh/
Cost Operation Php 1 217 300 2,754,603.23
Total)
Construction Expenses (10% of
3,443,254.04
Payback Total) Period:
Total Direct and Indirect Cost 40,630,397.67
Amount of Distillate Produced (kg/hr) 64.9690
Amount of Distillate
Contractor's FeeProduced (kg/yr)
(5% of Total DIPC) 569 128. 4296
2,031,519.88
Price ofFixed
Distillate in the Market Php 199.20
Capital Investment 42,661,917.55
Price of Distillate per year Php 113 370 383.2
Working Capital 7,528,573.69
Total Capital Investment Php 50 190 491.24

Total Capital Investment 50,190,491.24

Payback Period = Total Capital investment / Price of Distillate per year
Payback Period= Php 50 190 491.24/ 113 370 383.2
Payback Period= 0.4427
CAPITAL COST:
1. Cost of shell and trays
Cc= cost of shell and trays
Fc= design considerations for the columns
Dt= diameter of column
H= height of column
M S
Cc=( )(120 Dt )(H 0.8 )(218+ Fc)
280

X 0.8
CC =( )(120)( X )( X )(218+ X )
280

Cc=

2. Cost of Reboiler
Cr = cost of reboiler
Hv = heat of vaporization of bottoms
V=rate of boil-up
HV
11250


M S
C R=( )(328)
280

X
11250


X
C R=( )(328)
280

C R=

3. Cost of Condenser
Ac= area of condenser
Hv = heat of vaporization
Tb= bubble point of distillate
 V=mass flowrate
T= temperature of cooling water
Cc= cost of condenser
Fc=design considerations correction factor
H V T T
A C =( )( b )(V )
3000 T b 120

X XX
A C =( )( )( X )
3000 X120

A C =

AC


M S
CC =( )(101.3)(2.29+ F C )
280

X


X
CC =( )(101.3)(2.29+ X )
280

CC =

EQUIPMENTS COST

SHELL AND TRAYS

REBOILER

CONDENSER

TOTAL:

OPERATING COST:
1. Cost of Reboiler
Ws= amount of steam needed
Cs= cost of steam=
Hv = heat of vaporization
Hs = heat of saturation
V=mass flowrate
 HV
W S =( )(V )
HS

X
W S =( )(X )
X

W S =

C s=8.74 103 ( Ws ) ( H V )

C s=8.74 103 ( X ) ( X )

C s=

2. Cost of Condenser
Wc= amount of water needed
Cc= cost of condenser
Hv = heat of vaporization
V=mass of flowrate
H V
W C =( )(V )
30

X
W C =( )(X )
30

CC =(3.26 104 )(W C )( H V )(V )

CC =(3.26 104 )(X )(X )( X )

CC =

EQUIPMENT COST

REBOILER

CONDENSER
 TOTAL:

TOTAL COST OF COLUMN

Total Annualize Cost (TAC) = Capital Cost / (Payback period + Operating Cost)

PAYBACK PERIOD= Initial Investment / Cash Inflow per Period