OXO -REACTOR

DESIGN
 REACTOR DESIGN
(OXO-REACTOR)
Equipment Tag RE 101 Equipment Name Oxo - Reactor

Objective To produce aldehyde by reacting propylene and synthesis gas and using
cobalt carbonyl solution as catalyst.

SPECIFICATION SHEET
Continuous Stirred Tank
Operation Continuous
Functional Description Catalytic Reactor
Type Stirred Tank Reactor
DESIGN DATA
Volume 16.08 Length of Blade 0.5505m

Length 3.94 m Width of Blade 0.4404 m

Diameter 1.97 m Width of Baffle 0.2202 m
Number of Baffles 4 Impeller distance 0.734m
from the floor
Type of Impeller Disc Turbine Impeller speed 130 rpm
Number of Blades 6 Power requirements 46.74
Wall thickness 116 mm Jacket Area 27.43
Head thickness 118 mm Water requirements 30.96
Impeller diameter 0.734 m

Main Reaction: () + 2 + ()

3 6 + 2 + 4 8

Side Reaction:

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 () + 2 ()
3 6 + 2 3 8

() + 2 ()
4 8 + 2 4 10

Kinetic Parameters

7.5454 x 83, 150 1.367 0.5641 0.4995 1.823 x

Concentration of Cobalt Carbonyl ( ) : 5.47

Concentration of Propylene ( ):
Partial Pressure of Hydrogen: 113.36 bar
Partial Pressure of Carbon monoxide: 115.47 bar
Partial pressure of Propylene: 108.46 bar
Temperature: 130 C

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Determination of Residence Time:

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Safety Factor
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REACTOR DIAMETER
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Diameter without Safety Factor
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TOTAL REACTOR HEIGHT
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TOTAL OPERATING PRESSURE

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Maximum Allowable Pressure

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Shell Thickness
Consider:
Stainless Steel 304 (Sinnott, 2005)
S = 12.9 ksi (Peters, 1958)

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Where
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= inside diameter of the shell before corrosion allowance is added, m
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= corrosion allowance and its value is taken as 3mm
E = efficiency of joints expressed as a friction and its value is 0.85

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AGITATOR DESIGN
at T = 403.15K:
= 4.35 centipoise

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IMPELLER DIAMETER
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IMPELLER HEIGHT ABOVE VESSEL FLOOR

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LENGTH OF IMPELLER BLADE

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WIDTH IMPELLER BLADE

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WIDTH BAFFLE

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SHAPE FACTOR

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POWER CALCULATIONS
POWER REQUIREMENT OF THE IMPELLER
(Perry, 2008)
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Where:
P = Power (watts)
= Dimensionless power number

= density
= no. of revolutions per min of impeller, rpm
= diameter of the impeller, m

REYNOLDS NUMBER:
(Couper, 2004)
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POWER

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K for six blade disc turbine = 5.75
(Douglas, 1988)

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Power consumption by gas sparger

Gas mass flow rate = 692.24

Gasdensity = 19.8

Pressure difference due to sparger = 10 kP

Compressed efficiency = 0.75
Power consumption by sparger

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Assumptions:
5% of the impeller is utilized by the gear
10% minimum power for system variations
Actual minimum motor horse power:

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HEAT TRANSFER IN REACTOR

Cooling Jacket area available:

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Amount of water from the cooling jacket:
Based on Energy Balance:
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References
Couper, James R. Chemical Process Equipment. 1st ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier,
2005. Print.
Perry, Robert H, and Don W Green. Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook. 1st
ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. Print.
Peters, Max Stone, Klaus D Timmerhaus, and Ronald E West. Plant Design And
Economics For Chemical Engineers. 1st ed. Boston [u.a.]: McGraw-Hill,
2006. Print.
Sinnott, R. K. Chemical Engineering Design. 1st ed. Burlington: Elsevier, 2005. Print.

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