Corrected Report 2

Dimethyl Ether Production Impure Feedstock
Engineering Package
By Ryan Carter, Aaron Blender, Sandy Routledge, Anh Vo, Sowmya Yelakanti
CBE 463 Process Design
November 21, 2017

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Introduction (Ryan)
The dimethyl ether (DME) production process functions to produce DME and water from
gaseous methanol reacted over an amorphous silica impregnated alumina catalyst. Product exiting the
reactor is then separated by two distillation towers into DME, water, and unreacted methanol
components. The water is sent to treatment, the unreacted methanol is recycled back into the reactor,
and the DME is collected and sold.
Recently, ethanol was mistakenly added to the methanol storage tank TK-4401. TK-4401
normally contains methanol and a small fraction of water, but now contains 5 mol% ethanol, 0.9 mol%
water and 94.1 mol% methanol . DME must be produced at the desired 99.5 wt% purity, meaning that
ethanol contamination must be dealt with. Several options exist for the removal of ethanol. The
decommissioned solvent processing area, Unit 1100, can be recommissioned and distillation tower T-
1104 can be used to separate the methanol, ethanol, and water prior to entering the DME production
block. Alternatively, the impure methanol from tank TK-4401 can be sent directly to the DME production
block and the reactor respectively. Ethanol enters into a competing reaction with methanol and
produces diethyl ether and ethylene in addition to the standard DME and water that is produced. The
last major option to deal with the contaminated methanol is to send the impure methanol off-site to be
processed and returned.
Regardless of what solution is chosen, the DME process is scheduled to start-up within ten days,
so any modifications to the plant must be accomplished within that time frame. Piping to and
reactivation of solvent block 1100 can be accomplished in less than two days, leaving eight days to
configure the new process if it is decided not to send the impure methanol offsite to be processed.
Scenario - 1 Offsite Separation (Sandy)

For scenario 1, the impure mixture of methanol and ethanol would be shipped to an offsite
faculty where it is going to cost $0.05 per pound for purification (and transportation?).This cost includes
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the transportation charges as well. The cost to purify the impure mixture of 400,000 gallons is
$131,569.55. The ethanol from the purification would is going to be sold back to Drift Engineering, since
ethanol can be used onsite. It makes more sense to keep it ourselves and sell it to the process unit, than
to sell it to another company. Also because the DME faculty does not contain any means or equipment
to denature the ethanol so that it can be sold offsite. Selling the ethanol back to Drift Engineering would
is then going to be sold at a price of $0.35 per kilogram, which comes out to be a profit of $20,835.45.
The methanol is then going to be put back into the methanol storage tank and then ran through the
process as before.
Scenario - 2 Separating After Reactor (Aaron)

The second scenario that was considered was (by?) sending the impure methanol/ ethanol
mixture to the reactor, and separate out the products downstream. The simulation was run with
ASPEN. The reactor was a RPLUG model and all three towers that were used were RADFRAC models.
The use of the decommissioned column T-1104 and the associated equipment were placed right
after the reactor. This tower has the largest diameter, 2.2 meters and 59 trays, the largest amount. After
looking at the volatilities of the six components coming from the reactor; ethylene, dimethyl ether
(DME), and diethyl ether (DEE) came out of the distillate, while water, ethanol, and methanol came out
of the bottoms of the column. The condenser E-1105 was made into a partial vapor-liquid condenser to
allow the ethylene to be removed from the distillate. for easier separation and more pure products
later downstream. The distillate was sent to tower T-201, to separate DME from DEE. And the bottoms
were sent to tower T-202 to separate the excess water from the unreacted methanol and ethanol. In
tower T-201, DME would come off the distillate and DEE would come out of the bottoms. In tower T-
202, the excess water was taken out of the bottoms and sent to waste water, while the remaining
components would come off the distillate and sent back in front of the reactor as a recycle.
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Some problems that arose were mainly in the separation of the DME, DEE, and ethylene. The
reactor gave about a 20% of single pass conversion of the ethanol. Due to the kinetics that was (were?)
given about the conversion of ethanol to DEE and ethanol to ethylene, this caused a small amount of
DEE and ethylene being produced. The first major issue encountered was it was difficult (the difficulty?)
in separating the ethylene out of the vapor steam of the reflux drum in tower T-1104. A large amount of
DME was being taken with the ethylene due to their close volatilities. The second major issue was in
tower T-201, separating DME from DEE. The products DME and DEE had to have a purity of 99.5 mol% to
be able to sell them to a customer. In running the tower to produce that high purity caused the tower to
dry up. There was not enough material running through the column to achieve that high purity. It was
possible to purify the DME to 99.5 mol%. But in doing this case, a lot of DME was sent out to the
bottoms as well, thus not having pure DEE and wasting a large amount of DME.
Scenario 3 Campaign for Pure Ethanol (Aaron/Ryan)

The third scenario that was considered was running pure ethanol through Unit 200. Running
pure ethanol would have not started until all of the impure ethanol/methanol impurity had been run
through Unit 1100. The ethanol that was separated in Unit 1100 would have been placed in a storage
tank for holding and then piping run from that tank to the Unit 200 process. The methanol would have
been placed in a pure methanol tank as well. The idea was to run a campaign of ethanol for a certain
amount of time, producing DEE and ethylene. And then switch back to methanol to produce DME. The
switching between feedstocks would primarily come from production orders. This scenario was run in
ASPEN using the RADFRAC simulation method. The products from the reactor were sent to tower T-201,
to separate DEE and ethylene in the distillate, and water and the unreacted ethanol in the bottoms.
There were a few problems that were encountered while running this simulation. The pure
ethanol was fed into the same model as scenario 4, which is later discussed, the same process from the
text. The first problem that arose was the reaction of ethanol to ethylene was endothermic and slowed
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the reaction rates for both reactions, causing very little products to be formed. To overcome this
problem, the heat exchangers upstream need to increase the ethanols temperature from 250C to
350C, so that the reaction rates would have a high enough temperature to be able to create products.
Another problem was separating the unreacted ethanol from water.
Scenario 4 Separating Before Reactor

Setup
The fourth scenario that was considered was separating the ethanol and methanol impurity in
Unit 1100. This scenario would be a separate unit operation running alongside Unit 200. Both the
methanol process flow diagram (PFD), Figure 1, and impure methanol/ethanol separation PFD, Figure 2,
were used using ASPEN software, utilizing RADFRAC models for the towers. Tower details such as
diameters, tray sizes, and efficiencies, were given information for towers, T-1104, T-201, and T-202. The
property method in the ASPEN simulation was chosen to be NRTL. The two reasons for choosing this
property method were that NRTL gave binary interaction parameters (BIPs) and that NRTL is a good
starting selection for models with hydrocarbon molecules.
The methanol process will remain the same, taking in pure methanol from storage and running
through Unit 200 and producing pure DME at 99.7 wt%. To achieve 80% single pass convergence
required the inlet into the process to be increased from 262.2 kmol/hr to 297.45 kmol/ hr. The other
constraint was to keep the waste water with no organics in the stream. Table 1 shows the flow summary
with the amounts and stream conditions for Figure 1.
The impurity methanol tank would be fed directly to Unit 1100. In Unit 1100, the tower and
other associated equipment will be brought back to working condition. The impure feed will be sent to
tower T-1104. The distillate will be pure methanol containing 129 parts per billion (PPM) of water and
266 parts per million (PPM) as shown in Table 2. The bottoms will have pure ethanol with 100PPM of
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Figure 1 - Process Flow Diagram for Methanol Process in Unit 200
Table 1 Flow Summary Table for Figure 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Temperature [C] 25.00 41.60 154.00 250.00 373.76 278.00 100.00 92.54 45.74 150.30 137.76 99.07 167.01 100.06 100.06
Pressure bar 15.5 15.5 15.1 14.7 13.9 13.8 13.4 10.4 10.3 10.5 7.4 7.3 7.6 15.5 15.5
Vapor Frac 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.126 0.187 0 0 0.05 0 0 0 0
Mole Flow 297.45 372.83 372.83 372.83 372.84 372.84 372.84 372.84 147.25 225.59 225.59 75.38 150.20 75.38 75.38
[kmol/hr]
Mass Frac
METHANOL 0.995 0.985 0.985 0.985 0.197 0.197 0.197 0.197 0.003 0.452 0.452 0.949 0.009 0.949 0.949
WATER 0.005 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.228 0.228 0.228 0.228 16 PPM 0.529 0.529 0.011 0.991 0.011 0.011
DME 0.000 0.008 0.008 0.008 0.575 0.575 0.575 0.575 0.997 0.019 0.019 0.040 0.000 0.040 0.040
Mole Frac
METHANOL 0.990 0.983 0.983 0.983 0.196 0.196 0.196 0.196 0.005 0.322 0.322 0.952 0.005 0.952 0.952
WATER 0.010 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.405 0.405 0.405 0.405 39 PPM 0.669 0.669 0.020 0.995 0.020 0.020
DME 0.000 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.399 0.399 0.399 0.399 0.995 0.009 0.009 0.028 0.000 0.028 0.028
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Figure 2- Process Flow Diagram for Methanol/Ethanol Seperation Process in Unit 1100
Table 2 - Flow Summary Table for Figure 2
17 18 19
Temperature C 25 64.20 86.97
Pressure bar 15 1 1.42
Vapor Frac 0 0 0
Mole Flow 100 94.12 5.88
kmol/hr
Mass Frac
METHANOL 0.924 1.000 100 PPM
WATER 0.005 72 PPB 0.066
ETHANOL 0.071 382 PPM 0.934
Mole Frac
METHANOL 0.941 1.000 130 PPM
WATER 0.009 129 PPB 0.153
ETHANOL 0.050 266 PPM 0.847
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Figure 3- Composition profile for T-1104
Figure 4 Temperature profile for T-1104

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methanol and 6.6 wt% of water. The distillate will be sent back to a pure methanol storage tank for later
processing. The bottoms will be sent to Tk-4409 and sold back to Drift Engineering. A flow summary
table showing the amounts and stream conditions is presented in Table 2.
A composition profile of the components is shown in Figure 3 and a temperature profile of the
column is shown in Figure 4. These figures had shown the behavior of the tertiary system throughout
the column. The temperature of the column increases monotonically from the condenser to the
reboiler. Plateaus are beginning to form near the condenser and the reboiler as the separations become
more and more pure. For this system the light key (LK) is methanol, and the heavy key (HK) is ethanol.
The final component water is a non-heavy key (NHK). Above the feed stage the separation is very easy,
between methanol and ethanol. Further down the column, since there is very little methanol, the
separation is between ethanol and water. The slight decrease is ethanol composition near the reboiler is
due to the lack of methanol, the composition of ethanol and water is headed toward an azetropic
mixture. The plateaus forming at the reboiler with all the ethanol and the condenser with all the
methanol, show that the two components are gradually becoming more and more pure. The behavior
that these figures do not show is a plateau in which the stages are not performing any further
separations. This would indicate that those stages would not be needed for the column.
For the process in which ethanol and methanol were sent to the reactor simultaneously, an
ASPEN reactor simulation and a POLYMATH simulation were created. In both simulations, 85.5 mol/s of
methanol are sent to the reactor in addition to 4.56 mol/s of ethanol and 2.955 mol/s of water. Feed
and product in both reactors was vapor. Both reactors were modeled as adiabatic packed beds. Heat of
reaction was taken into account, but pressure drop due to the resistance of the catalyst was not.
Reactant conversion in both reactors was nearly identical, but the POLYMATH reactor required a higher
feed temperature to achieve desired conversion and the effluent exits the POLYMATH reactor at a
higher temperature. Feed entering the ASPEN model was 250C and exited at 374.4C but feed entering
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the POLYMATH reactor had to be set to 270.75C, and effluent exited the reactor at 413C. This
discrepancy although slight, is significant, as catalyst decay occurs after 400C and selectivity is
decreased as temperature increases. The cause of the discrepancy is unknown; both reactors had the
activation energy for all three reactions set the same value. The only variables that ASPEN could have
calculated differently are the heats of reaction and heat capacities. It is most likely that ASPEN is using
different mean heat capacities and more accurate heats of formation to calculate the heat of reaction.
New equipment
A pumping system has been designed for the ethanol/methanol distillation step occurring in T-
1104. The ethanol bottoms from T-1104 were sent to the storage tank TK- 4409.The methanol distillate
was pumped to TK-4402. The slop tank was filled with methanol in order to support the DME
manufacturing process because TK- 4402 is receiving the methanol distillate from T-1104 and the tank
cannot be filled and drained at the same time.
Pump P-4403A was normally used to pump methanol from TK4401 to V-201. However, it was
incapable of pumping pure methanol from TK-4401 to T-1104. The suction pressure at the inlet of the
pump is 1.01 bar and the discharge pressure required to overcome vertical and frictional pressure losses
in the 1.5 line is 3.96 bar. P-4403A is only capable of a maximum pressure head of 1.2 bar, much less
than the 2.95 bar the pump is required to add to the line. The volumetric flow rate was calculated to be
1.14 L/sec. Based on these required specifications for the TK-4401 to T-1104 pumping system, the Helix
V190-01 multistage centrifugal pump was chosen.
The second pumping system pumps pure methanol distillate from T-1104 to T- 4402 and
simultaneously refluxes methanol back into the tower at the designed reflux rate. For this pumping
system, an already installed pump, P-1107A, is to be used. The pump is able to produce a volumetric
flow rate of 3.651 L/sec at a pressure of just under 4 bar. This allows P-1107A to handle reflux and
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distillate flow rates. The pressure generated is more than adequate to transfer the methanol to TK-4402
using a 1.5 line.
The third pumping system pumps ethanol distillate from T-1104 to TK-4409. For this pumping
system, it was decided to use pump P-1107B with a variable frequency drive to transfer the fluid inside a
1 line. The suction head at the inlet of the pump is the same as the pressure of the fluid exiting the
reboiler and is 1.42 bar; the discharge pressure at the outlet is 1.944 bar. The volumetric flow rate was
calculated to be 0.09277 L/sec. The temperature of the ethanol exiting the reboiler is 87C and the fluid
boils at 0.9479 bar at that given temperature. This is significant because it makes it essential to maintain
the reboiler pressure well above atmospheric pressure or risk cavitation, as the NPSH is only .4721 bar.
The required NPSH of the pump is not known at these flow rates so it is also essential to monitor this
pump when it is first brought online. The total head to be added by the pump was calculated to be 0.524
bar, which was the discharge head minus the suction head.
The last pumping system pumps methanol from TK-4410 to the main methanol line that leads to
V-201. Pump P-4403A that was removed from TK-4401 will be used in this system. This worked because
the same volumetric flow rate, the suction head and the discharge head were used in both systems.
Piping arrangement
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Figure 5
In order to do scenario 4 there has to be a lot of re-piping done. The sections that need to be piped are
as follows: impure methanol storage tank to tower 1104 (blue line), pump 1107 A to the pure methanol
storage tank (green line), pump 1107 B to the pure ethanol storage tank (red line), and the slop tank to
the feed line that goes to vessel 201 (orange line). The cost to re-pipe can be seen in the table x below,
where basically it takes one hour to re-pipe ten feet of pipe.
Table 3
Pipe Diameter $/ft Total Length (ft) time (hr) Wage ($/hr) Total cost
1" 16 185 18.5 35 ($3,607.50)
1.5" 17 1130 113 35 ($23,165.00)
2" 18 200 20 35 ($4,300.00)
total ($31,072.50)
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Economics (Sandy)
Scenarios 2 and 3 demonstrate the highest yields for a profit; however due to the separations
involved with DEE and Ethylene where a failure occurred due to the fact that no simulation could
properly separate the two components into the proper purities needed to be sold. In conclusion, neither
scenario 2 or 3 is a viable option simply because the separations involved couldnt be done. Scenario 4 is
possible, but the cost of the re-piping needed and the utilities cost of running the equipment in the
solvent process unit 1100 is higher than the Toller cost. The overall cost of the utilities, the re-piping,
and the profit gained from the DME and ethanol sold to Drift Engineering came out to be $617,068.26.
The cost of scenario 1 which includes the Toller charge and the profit gained form the DME and ethanol
came out to be $655,420.19. So after much deliberation, the most economical scenario is scenario 1
where the impure feed is sent to a Toller and purified offsite.
Table 4
Rank Scenario Defination Net Profit Material & Labor Equipment Operating Gross Profit
1 1 Offsite purification $786,989.74 $0.00 $0.00 ($131,569.55) $655,420.19
4 2 Purification after Reactor $812,577.91 ($31,072.50) ($8,575.00) N/a N/a
3 3 Campaign Method $812,577.91 ($31,072.50) ($8,575.00) N/a N/a
2 4 Purification before Reactor $786,989.74 ($31,072.50) ($8,575.00) ($130,273.97) $617,068.27
Conclusion (Ryan)
Recommendations (Ryan)
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Appendix
I. ASPEN Methanol Process Simulation
a. ASPEN Input Summary
b. ASPEN Block Report
II. ASPEN Methanol/Ethanol Separation
a. ASPEN Input Summary
b. ASPEN Block Report
III. Polymath Reactor Hand Calculations
IV. Pump Hand Calculations
a. Pump 1 P-1107B
b. Pump 2 P-4403C
V. Confidentiality Statement
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ASPEN Methanol Process Input Summary
;Input Summary created by Aspen Plus Rel. 24.0 at 17:01:26 Sat Nov 3, 2012
;Directory Filename C:\Users\1886261\AppData\Local\Temp\~ap1156.txt
;
DYNAMICS
DYNAMICS RESULTS=ON
IN-UNITS MET VOLUME-FLOW='cum/hr' ENTHALPY-FLO='Gcal/hr' &

HEAT-TRANS-C='kcal/hr-sqm-K' PRESSURE=bar TEMPERATURE=C &
VOLUME=cum DELTA-T=C HEAD=meter MOLE-DENSITY='kmol/cum' &
MASS-DENSITY='kg/cum' MOLE-ENTHALP='kcal/mol' &
MASS-ENTHALP='kcal/kg' HEAT=Gcal MOLE-CONC='mol/l' &
PDROP=bar
DEF-STREAMS CONVEN ALL
SIM-OPTIONS OLD-DATABANK=YES
DESCRIPTION "
General Simulation with Metric Units :
C, bar, kg/hr, kmol/hr, Gcal/hr, cum/hr.
Property Method: None
Flow basis for input: Mole
Stream report composition: Mole flow

"
DATABANKS PURE24 / AQUEOUS / SOLIDS / INORGANIC / &

NOASPENPCD
PROP-SOURCES PURE24 / AQUEOUS / SOLIDS / INORGANIC
COMPONENTS
METHANOL CH4O /
ETHANOL C2H6O-2 /
WATER H2O /
DME C2H6O-1 /
DEE C4H10O-5 /
ETHYL C2H4
FLOWSHEET
BLOCK E-201 IN=3 OUT=4
BLOCK R-201 IN=5 OUT=6
BLOCK E-TEMP IN=6 OUT=7
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BLOCK PCV4 IN=8 OUT=9

BLOCK T-201 IN=9 OUT=10 11
BLOCK PCV7 IN=11 OUT=12
BLOCK MIX IN=2 13-R OUT=3
BLOCK T-202 IN=12 OUT=13 14
BLOCK P-203 IN=13 OUT=13-I
BLOCK PCV9 IN=13-I OUT=13-R
PROPERTIES NRTL
PROP-DATA NRTL-1
PDROP=bar
PROP-LIST NRTL
BPVAL METHANOL ETHANOL 4.711900000 -1162.294900 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 20.00000000 78.40000000
BPVAL ETHANOL METHANOL -2.312700000 483.8436000 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 20.00000000 78.40000000
BPVAL METHANOL WATER -.6930000000 172.9871000 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 24.99000000 100.0000000
BPVAL WATER METHANOL 2.732200000 -617.2687000 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 24.99000000 100.0000000
BPVAL METHANOL DME 0.0 653.0063000 .2951000000 0.0 0.0 &
0.0 0.0 0.0
BPVAL DME METHANOL 0.0 -18.93720000 .2951000000 0.0 0.0 &
0.0 0.0 0.0
BPVAL METHANOL DEE 7.077900000 -1999.472200 .3000000000 0.0 &
0.0 0.0 25.01000000 64.50000000
BPVAL DEE METHANOL -5.255600000 1893.486000 .3000000000 0.0 &
0.0 0.0 25.01000000 64.50000000
BPVAL ETHANOL WATER -.8009000000 246.1800000 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 24.99000000 100.0000000
BPVAL WATER ETHANOL 3.457800000 -586.0809000 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 24.99000000 100.0000000
BPVAL ETHANOL DEE 11.74670000 -3421.437500 .3000000000 0.0 &
0.0 0.0 20.00000000 76.60000000
BPVAL DEE ETHANOL -11.28370000 3706.990000 .3000000000 0.0 &
0.0 0.0 20.00000000 76.60000000
BPVAL WATER DEE 107.1788000 -6697.944300 .2000000000 0.0 &
-14.31080000 0.0 -3.830000000 95.00000000
BPVAL DEE WATER -43.36500000 3154.522900 .2000000000 0.0 &
6.030700000 0.0 -3.830000000 95.00000000
STREAM 2
SUBSTREAM MIXED TEMP=25. PRES=15.5 MOLE-FLOW=262.2
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MOLE-FRAC METHANOL 0.990465 / WATER 0.009535
BLOCK MIX MIXER
BLOCK E-201 HEATER

PARAM TEMP=154. PRES=15.1
BLOCK E-202 HEATER

BLOCK E-203 HEATER

BLOCK E-TEMP HEATER

BLOCK T-201 RADFRAC

PARAM NSTAGE=24 EFF=MURPHREE
COL-CONFIG CONDENSER=TOTAL
FEEDS 9 12
PRODUCTS 10 1 L / 11 24 L
P-SPEC 1 10.3
COL-SPECS D:F=0.394 DP-COL=0.2 MOLE-RR=0.565
SPEC 1 MOLE-FRAC 0.9954 COMPS=DME STREAMS=10
SPEC 2 MOLE-FRAC 0.0046 COMPS=METHANOL STREAMS=10
SPEC 3 MOLE-FRAC 0.669 COMPS=WATER STREAMS=11
VARY 1 D:F 0.1 0.6
VARY 2 MOLE-RR 0. 5.
TRAY-RATE 1 2 23 SIEVE TRAY-SPACE=24. <in> &
DIAM=0.79 <meter> WEIR-HT-A=2. <in> P-UPDATE=NO
STEFF-SEC SECNO=1 2 23 0.7
BLOCK T-202 RADFRAC

FEEDS 12 16
P-SPEC 1 7.3
COL-SPECS D:F=0.334 DP-COL=0.3 MOLE-RR=1.887
SPEC 5 MOLE-FRAC 0.028 COMPS=DME STREAMS=13
VARY 1 D:F 0.001 0.5
TRAY-RATE 1 2 27 SIEVE TRAY-SPACE=18. <in> &
DIAM=0.87 <meter> WEIR-HT-A=2. <in> P-UPDATE=NO
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BLOCK R-201 RPLUG

PARAM TYPE=ADIABATIC LENGTH=7.2 <meter> DIAM=0.72 <meter> &
PRES=14.7 PDROP=0.8
REACTIONS RXN-IDS=R-1-DME
BLOCK P-203 PUMP

PARAM PRES=15.5
BLOCK PCV4 VALVE

PARAM P-DROP=3.
BLOCK PCV7 VALVE

PARAM P-DROP=3.1
BLOCK PCV9 VALVE

PARAM P-OUT=15.5
DESIGN-SPEC DS-1
DEFINE MEOH5 MOLE-FLOW STREAM=5 SUBSTREAM=MIXED &
COMPONENT=METHANOL
DEFINE MEOH6 MOLE-FLOW STREAM=6 SUBSTREAM=MIXED &
COMPONENT=METHANOL
SPEC "(MEOH5-MEOH6)/MEOH5" TO ".8"
TOL-SPEC ".001"
VARY STREAM-VAR STREAM=2 SUBSTREAM=MIXED VARIABLE=MOLE-FLOW
LIMITS "200" "800"
EO-CONV-OPTI
STREAM-REPOR MOLEFLOW MOLEFRAC MASSFRAC
REACTIONS R-1-DME POWERLAW

REAC-DATA 1 PHASE=V CBASIS=PARTIALPRES
RATE-CON 1 PRE-EXP=0.33611 ACT-ENERGY=80480. <kJ/kmol>
STOIC 1 MIXED METHANOL -2. / DME 1. / WATER 1.
POWLAW-EXP 1 MIXED METHANOL 1.
REACTIONS R-2-DEE POWERLAW

STOIC 1 MIXED ETHANOL -2. / DEE 1. / WATER 1.
POWLAW-EXP 1 MIXED ETHANOL 1.
REACTIONS R-3-ETHY POWERLAW

STOIC 1 MIXED ETHANOL -1. / ETHYL 1. / WATER 1.
POWLAW-EXP 1 MIXED ETHANOL 1.
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ASPEN Methanol Process Block Summary
BLOCK: E-201 MODEL: HEATER

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INLET STREAM: 3
OUTLET STREAM: 4
PROPERTY OPTION SET: NRTL RENON (NRTL) / IDEAL GAS
*** MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE ***

IN OUT RELATIVE DIFF.
TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 328.500 328.500 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 10819.1 10819.1 0.00000
ENTHALPY(GCAL/HR ) -18.4902 -15.1879 -0.178596
*** INPUT DATA ***

TWO PHASE TP FLASH
SPECIFIED TEMPERATURE C 154.000
SPECIFIED PRESSURE BAR 15.1000
MAXIMUM NO. ITERATIONS 30
CONVERGENCE TOLERANCE 0.000100000
*** RESULTS ***

OUTLET TEMPERATURE C 154.00
OUTLET PRESSURE BAR 15.100
HEAT DUTY GCAL/HR 3.3023
OUTLET VAPOR FRACTION 1.0000
PRESSURE-DROP CORRELATION PARAMETER -0.23759E+07
V-L PHASE EQUILIBRIUM :
COMP F(I) X(I) Y(I) K(I)

METHANOL 0.91787 0.98026 0.91787 1.0094
WATER 0.92458E-02 0.16179E-01 0.92458E-02 0.61601
DME 0.72886E-01 0.35565E-02 0.72886E-01 22.091

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INLET STREAM: 4
OUTLET STREAM: 5

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TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 328.500 328.500 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 10819.1 10819.1 0.00000
ENTHALPY(GCAL/HR ) -15.1879 -14.7365 -0.297209E-01
*** INPUT DATA ***

TWO PHASE TP FLASH
*** RESULTS ***

HEAT DUTY GCAL/HR 0.45140
PRESSURE-DROP CORRELATION PARAMETER 54929.

METHANOL 0.91787 0.97723 0.91787 6.5956
WATER 0.92458E-02 0.13424E-01 0.92458E-02 4.8365
DME 0.72886E-01 0.93472E-02 0.72886E-01 54.756

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INLET STREAM: 7
OUTLET STREAM: 8

TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 328.500 328.500 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 10819.1 10819.1 0.00000
ENTHALPY(GCAL/HR ) -15.2252 -17.9367 0.151170
*** INPUT DATA ***

TWO PHASE TP FLASH
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*** RESULTS ***

HEAT DUTY GCAL/HR -2.7115

METHANOL 0.16940 0.19037 0.87397E-01 0.45909
WATER 0.38348 0.47240 0.35815E-01 0.75815E-
01
DME 0.44712 0.33723 0.87679 2.6000
BLOCK: E-TEMP MODEL: HEATER

------------------------------
INLET STREAM: 6
OUTLET STREAM: 7

TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 328.500 328.500 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 10819.1 10819.1 0.00000
ENTHALPY(GCAL/HR ) -14.7365 -15.2252 0.320972E-01
*** INPUT DATA ***

TWO PHASE TP FLASH
*** RESULTS ***

HEAT DUTY GCAL/HR -0.48869
22

METHANOL 0.16940 0.64025E-01 0.16940 24.035
WATER 0.38348 0.76113 0.38348 4.5770
DME 0.44712 0.17484 0.44712 23.231
BLOCK: MIX MODEL: MIXER

-----------------------------
INLET STREAMS: 2 13
OUTLET STREAM: 3

TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 328.500 328.500 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 10819.1 10819.1 0.168128E-15
*** INPUT DATA ***

TWO PHASE FLASH
OUTLET PRESSURE: MINIMUM OF INLET STREAM PRESSURES
BLOCK: PCV4 MODEL: VALVE

-----------------------------
INLET STREAM: 8
OUTLET STREAM: 9

TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 328.500 328.500 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 10819.1 10819.1 0.00000
ENTHALPY(GCAL/HR ) -17.9367 -17.9367 0.00000
*** INPUT DATA ***
VALVE PRESSURE DROP BAR 3.00000

VALVE FLOW COEF CALC. NO
FLASH SPECIFICATIONS:
NPHASE 2
MAX NUMBER OF ITERATIONS 30
23
*** RESULTS ***
VALVE OUTLET PRESSURE BAR 10.4000
BLOCK: PCV7 MODEL: VALVE

-----------------------------
INLET STREAM: 11
OUTLET STREAM: 12

TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 198.800 198.800 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 4938.88 4938.88 -0.184150E-15
ENTHALPY(GCAL/HR ) -12.0769 -12.0769 0.00000
*** INPUT DATA ***
VALVE PRESSURE DROP BAR 3.10000

VALVE FLOW COEF CALC. NO
FLASH SPECIFICATIONS:
NPHASE 2
MAX NUMBER OF ITERATIONS 30
*** RESULTS ***
VALVE OUTLET PRESSURE BAR 7.40000
BLOCK: R-201 MODEL: RPLUG

-----------------------------
INLET STREAM: 5
OUTLET STREAM: 6

IN OUT GENERATION RELATIVE
DIFF.
TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 328.500 328.500 -0.257044E-10 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 10819.1 10819.1 0.887714E-
13
ENTHALPY(GCAL/HR ) -14.7365 -14.7365 0.241082E-
15
24
*** INPUT DATA ***
REACTOR TYPE:
ADIABATIC
VAPOR FLUID PHASE
REACTOR TUBE LENGTH METER 7.2000
REACTOR DIAMETER METER 0.72000
REACTOR RISE METER 0.0000
NUMBER OF REACTOR TUBES 1
REACTOR VOLUME CUM 2.9315
PRESSURE DROP OPTION: SPECIFIED
LIQUID HOLDUP OPTION: NO-SLIP
ERROR TOLERANCE 0.10000E-03
INTEGRATION METHOD GEAR
CORRECTOR METHOD NEWTON
INITIAL STEP SIZE FACTOR 0.10000E-01
CORRECTOR TOLERANCE FACTOR 0.10000
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STEPS 1000
REACTION PARAGRAPH ID: R-1-DME TYPE: POWERLAW

GLOBAL BASES:
KBASIS MOLE-GAMMA
CBASIS MOLARITY
SBASIS GLOBAL
STOICHIOMETRY:
REACTION NUMBER: 1
SUBSTREAM: MIXED
METHANOL -2.0000 WATER 1.0000 DME 1.0000
REAC-DATA ENTRIES:
REACTION NO TYPE PHASE DELT BASIS

C
1 KINETIC V 0.0000 PARTIALPRES
RATE PARAMETERS:
REACTION NO PREEXP. FACTOR ACT. ENERGY TEMP. EXPONENT REF. TEMP

KCAL/MOL C
1 0.33611 19.222 0.0000
POWERLAW EXPONENTS:
25
REACTION NUMBER: 1
SUBSTREAM: MIXED
METHANOL 1.0000
*** RESULTS ***
REACTOR DUTY GCAL/HR 0.0000

RESIDENCE TIME HR 0.27291E-02
REACTOR MINIMUM TEMPERATURE C 250.00
REACTOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE C 364.26
*** RESULTS PROFILE (PROCESS STREAM) ***
LENGTH PRESSURE TEMPERATURE VAPOR FRAC RES-TIME

METER BAR C HR
0.0000 14.700 250.00 1.0000 0.0000

0.72000 14.620 254.87 1.0000 0.29938E-03
1.4400 14.540 260.40 1.0000 0.59424E-03
2.1600 14.460 266.78 1.0000 0.88425E-03
2.8800 14.380 274.26 1.0000 0.11690E-02
3.6000 14.300 283.19 1.0000 0.14480E-02
4.3200 14.220 294.06 1.0000 0.17205E-02
5.0400 14.140 307.52 1.0000 0.19858E-02
5.7600 14.060 324.28 1.0000 0.22429E-02
6.4800 13.980 344.24 1.0000 0.24907E-02
7.2000 13.900 364.26 1.0000 0.27291E-02
LENGTH DUTY LIQUID HOLDUP

METER GCAL/HR
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.72000 0.0000 0.0000
1.4400 0.0000 0.0000
2.1600 0.0000 0.0000
2.8800 0.0000 0.0000
3.6000 0.0000 0.0000
4.3200 0.0000 0.0000
5.0400 0.0000 0.0000
5.7600 0.0000 0.0000
6.4800 0.0000 0.0000
7.2000 0.0000 0.0000
*** TOTAL MOLE FRACTION PROFILE (PROCESS STREAM) ***
LENGTH METHANOL WATER DME

METER
26
0.0000 0.91787 0.92458E-02 0.72886E-01

0.72000 0.88915 0.23605E-01 0.87245E-01
1.4400 0.85615 0.40106E-01 0.10375
2.1600 0.81762 0.59370E-01 0.12301
2.8800 0.77184 0.82259E-01 0.14590
3.6000 0.71633 0.11002 0.17366
4.3200 0.64746 0.14445 0.20809
5.0400 0.56018 0.18809 0.25173
5.7600 0.44861 0.24388 0.30752
6.4800 0.31152 0.31242 0.37606
7.2000 0.16940 0.38348 0.44712
*** TOTAL MASS FRACTION PROFILE (PROCESS STREAM) ***
LENGTH METHANOL WATER DME

METER
0.0000 0.89299 0.50574E-02 0.10195

0.72000 0.86505 0.12912E-01 0.12204
1.4400 0.83294 0.21938E-01 0.14512
2.1600 0.79546 0.32475E-01 0.17207
2.8800 0.75092 0.44995E-01 0.20408
3.6000 0.69691 0.60179E-01 0.24291
4.3200 0.62991 0.79015E-01 0.29108
5.0400 0.54499 0.10289 0.35212
5.7600 0.43645 0.13340 0.43015
6.4800 0.30307 0.17089 0.52603
7.2000 0.16480 0.20976 0.62543
BLOCK: T-201 MODEL: RADFRAC

-------------------------------
INLETS - 9 STAGE 13
OUTLETS - 10 STAGE 1
11 STAGE 24

TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 328.500 328.500 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 10819.1 10819.1 -0.235211E-12
**********************
**** INPUT DATA ****
**********************
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**** INPUT PARAMETERS ****
NUMBER OF STAGES 24
ALGORITHM OPTION STANDARD
ABSORBER OPTION NO
INITIALIZATION OPTION STANDARD
HYDRAULIC PARAMETER CALCULATIONS NO
INSIDE LOOP CONVERGENCE METHOD BROYDEN
DESIGN SPECIFICATION METHOD NESTED
MAXIMUM NO. OF OUTSIDE LOOP ITERATIONS 25
MAXIMUM NO. OF INSIDE LOOP ITERATIONS 10
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FLASH ITERATIONS 30
FLASH TOLERANCE 0.000100000
OUTSIDE LOOP CONVERGENCE TOLERANCE 0.000100000
**** COL-SPECS ****
MOLAR VAPOR DIST / TOTAL DIST 0.0

MOLAR REFLUX RATIO 0.36300
MOLAR DISTILLATE RATE KMOL/HR 129.700
**** PROFILES ****
P-SPEC STAGE 1 PRES, BAR 10.3000
**** TRAY MURPHREE EFFICIENCY ****
SEGMENT 2 23 EFFICIENCY 0.70000
*******************
**** RESULTS ****
*******************
*** COMPONENT SPLIT FRACTIONS ***
OUTLET STREAMS
--------------
10 11
COMPONENT:
METHANOL .12145 .87855
WATER .40464E-04 .99996
DME .83699 .16301
*** SUMMARY OF KEY RESULTS ***
TOP STAGE TEMPERATURE C 47.3968

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BOTTOM STAGE TEMPERATURE C 123.233

TOP STAGE LIQUID FLOW KMOL/HR 47.0811
BOTTOM STAGE LIQUID FLOW KMOL/HR 198.800
TOP STAGE VAPOR FLOW KMOL/HR 0.0
BOILUP VAPOR FLOW KMOL/HR 52.3923
MOLAR BOILUP RATIO 0.26354
CONDENSER DUTY (W/O SUBCOOL) GCAL/HR -0.77698
REBOILER DUTY GCAL/HR 0.39620
**** MAXIMUM FINAL RELATIVE ERRORS ****
DEW POINT 0.22160E-05 STAGE= 4

BUBBLE POINT 0.19240E-05 STAGE= 9
COMPONENT MASS BALANCE 0.23370E-06 STAGE= 4 COMP=WATER
ENERGY BALANCE 0.18336E-06 STAGE= 1
**** PROFILES ****
**NOTE** REPORTED VALUES FOR STAGE LIQUID AND VAPOR RATES ARE THE FLOWS
FROM THE STAGE INCLUDING ANY SIDE PRODUCT.
ENTHALPY
STAGE TEMPERATURE PRESSURE KCAL/MOL HEAT DUTY
C BAR LIQUID VAPOR GCAL/HR
1 47.397 10.300 -48.115 -43.640 -0.7769

2 54.095 10.309 -49.554 -43.720
3 63.772 10.317 -52.004 -43.742
11 84.196 10.387 -55.675 -43.798
12 87.175 10.396 -56.696 -43.806
13 92.351 10.404 -58.319 -43.784
14 92.382 10.413 -58.317 -43.784
15 92.419 10.422 -58.315 -43.784
16 92.470 10.430 -58.315 -43.786
17 92.550 10.439 -58.317 -43.789
23 102.52 10.491 -59.142 -44.629
24 123.23 10.500 -60.749 -45.481 0.3962
STAGE FLOW RATE FEED RATE PRODUCT RATE

KMOL/HR KMOL/HR KMOL/HR
LIQUID VAPOR LIQUID VAPOR MIXED LIQUID VAPOR
1 176.8 0.000 129.7000
2 36.09 176.8
3 25.50 165.8
11 18.38 148.9
12 16.65 148.1 85.8871
13 259.3 60.46 242.6128
29
14 259.3 60.49
15 259.4 60.53
16 259.4 60.57
17 259.4 60.59
23 251.2 56.83
24 198.8 52.39 198.8000
**** MASS FLOW PROFILES ****

KG/HR KG/HR KG/HR
1 8015. 0.000 5880.2111
2 1537. 8015.
3 971.3 7417.
11 595.3 6514.
12 520.2 6476. 3756.8853
13 7584. 2644. 7062.2090
14 7585. 2645.
15 7587. 2647.
16 7587. 2648.
17 7585. 2648.
23 6963. 2348.
24 4939. 2024. 4938.8832
**** MOLE-X-PROFILE ****

STAGE METHANOL WATER DME
1 0.52109E-01 0.39301E-04 0.94785
2 0.24722 0.40498E-03 0.75238
3 0.56568 0.17383E-02 0.43258
11 0.56619 0.20445 0.22936
12 0.39948 0.32845 0.27207
13 0.21044 0.49438 0.29518
14 0.21044 0.49431 0.29524
15 0.21048 0.49427 0.29526
16 0.21058 0.49427 0.29515
17 0.21082 0.49438 0.29481
23 0.24694 0.53059 0.22247
24 0.24592 0.63364 0.12044
**** MOLE-Y-PROFILE ****

1 0.68051E-02 0.40090E-06 0.99319
2 0.52109E-01 0.39301E-04 0.94785
3 0.94580E-01 0.11890E-03 0.90530
11 0.13456 0.15683E-01 0.84975
12 0.11591 0.25410E-01 0.85868
13 0.93785E-01 0.36672E-01 0.86954
14 0.93830E-01 0.36689E-01 0.86948
30
15 0.93931E-01 0.36727E-01 0.86934

16 0.94152E-01 0.36812E-01 0.86904
17 0.94629E-01 0.37003E-01 0.86837
23 0.17432 0.82202E-01 0.74348
24 0.25082 0.13958 0.60960
**** K-VALUES ****

1 0.13059 0.10201E-01 1.0478
2 0.13715 0.12805E-01 1.2840
3 0.13544 0.19195E-01 2.1345
11 0.25178 0.56314E-01 3.6883
12 0.31622 0.61730E-01 3.1367
13 0.44557 0.74163E-01 2.9459
14 0.44567 0.74188E-01 2.9452
15 0.44583 0.74231E-01 2.9448
16 0.44614 0.74313E-01 2.9453
17 0.44677 0.74480E-01 2.9477
23 0.57312 0.10858 3.5999
24 1.0200 0.22028 5.0615
**** MASS-X-PROFILE ****

1 0.36828E-01 0.15617E-04 0.96316
2 0.18599 0.17131E-03 0.81384
3 0.47592 0.82226E-03 0.52326
11 0.56008 0.11371 0.32621
12 0.40959 0.18934 0.40107
13 0.23054 0.30452 0.46494
14 0.23053 0.30445 0.46502
15 0.23056 0.30442 0.46502
16 0.23068 0.30443 0.46488
17 0.23100 0.30457 0.46444
23 0.28544 0.34483 0.36972
24 0.31717 0.45949 0.22334
**** MASS-Y-PROFILE ****

1 0.47429E-02 0.15710E-06 0.99526
2 0.36828E-01 0.15617E-04 0.96316
3 0.67739E-01 0.47880E-04 0.93221
11 0.98571E-01 0.64590E-02 0.89497
12 0.84933E-01 0.10468E-01 0.90460
13 0.68727E-01 0.15109E-01 0.91616
14 0.68762E-01 0.15117E-01 0.91612
15 0.68840E-01 0.15133E-01 0.91603
16 0.69010E-01 0.15170E-01 0.91582
17 0.69379E-01 0.15253E-01 0.91537
23 0.13518 0.35841E-01 0.82898
31
24 0.20802 0.65084E-01 0.72690
**** MURPHREE EFF ****

1 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
2 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
3 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
11 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
12 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
13 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
14 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
15 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
16 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
17 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
23 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
24 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
********************************
***** HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS *****
********************************
*** DEFINITIONS ***
MARANGONI INDEX = SIGMA - SIGMATO

FLOW PARAM = (ML/MV)*SQRT(RHOV/RHOL)
QR = QV*SQRT(RHOV/(RHOL-RHOV))
F FACTOR = QV*SQRT(RHOV)
WHERE:
SIGMA IS THE SURFACE TENSION OF LIQUID FROM THE STAGE
SIGMATO IS THE SURFACE TENSION OF LIQUID TO THE STAGE
ML IS THE MASS FLOW OF LIQUID FROM THE STAGE
MV IS THE MASS FLOW OF VAPOR TO THE STAGE
RHOL IS THE MASS DENSITY OF LIQUID FROM THE STAGE
RHOV IS THE MASS DENSITY OF VAPOR TO THE STAGE
QV IS THE VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE OF VAPOR TO THE STAGE
TEMPERATURE
C
STAGE LIQUID FROM VAPOR TO
1 47.397 54.095
2 54.095 63.772
3 63.772 74.490
11 84.196 87.175
12 87.175 92.524
32
13 92.351 92.382
14 92.382 92.419
15 92.419 92.470
16 92.470 92.550
17 92.550 92.693
23 102.52 123.23
24 123.23 123.23
MASS FLOW VOLUME FLOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT

KG/HR CUM/HR
STAGE LIQUID FROM VAPOR TO LIQUID FROM VAPOR TO LIQUID FROM VAPOR TO
1 8014.7 8014.7 12.849 466.59 45.337 45.337
2 1537.1 7417.3 2.3993 450.14 42.590 44.739
3 971.34 6851.6 1.4396 434.43 38.086 44.145
11 595.32 6475.5 0.85652 426.74 32.392 43.730
12 520.18 6400.4 0.74752 428.00 31.251 43.735
13 7583.7 2644.8 10.749 176.54 29.248 43.724
14 7585.4 2646.5 10.752 176.54 29.250 43.721
15 7586.7 2647.9 10.755 176.53 29.251 43.716
16 7587.1 2648.2 10.757 176.49 29.249 43.704
17 7585.3 2646.4 10.755 176.40 29.243 43.677
23 6963.1 2024.2 9.7794 164.44 27.720 38.635
24 4938.9 0.0000 6.7925 0.0000 24.843
DENSITY VISCOSITY SURFACE TENSION

KG/CUM CP DYNE/CM
STAGE LIQUID FROM VAPOR TO LIQUID FROM VAPOR TO LIQUID FROM
1 623.76 17.177 0.10679 0.10209E-01 9.0062
2 640.63 16.478 0.13559 0.10546E-01 10.581
3 674.75 15.771 0.19616 0.10915E-01 13.566
11 695.04 15.174 0.22555 0.11360E-01 23.101
12 695.87 14.954 0.21288 0.11539E-01 27.629
13 705.55 14.981 0.20268 0.11535E-01 33.848
14 705.47 14.991 0.20261 0.11536E-01 33.840
15 705.40 15.000 0.20254 0.11538E-01 33.832
16 705.34 15.005 0.20248 0.11541E-01 33.826
17 705.31 15.002 0.20243 0.11548E-01 33.824
23 712.01 12.309 0.20306 0.12893E-01 34.869
24 727.10 0.19330 37.311
MARANGONI INDEX FLOW PARAM QR REDUCED F-FACTOR

STAGE DYNE/CM CUM/HR (GM-L)**.5/MIN
1 0.16595 78.517 32230.
2 1.5750 0.33235E-01 73.139 30454.
3 2.9849 0.21674E-01 67.208 28754.
11 2.9480 0.13584E-01 63.754 27706.
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12 4.5282 0.11914E-01 63.428 27585.

13 -.59390E-02 0.41783 26.002 11388.
14 -.84304E-02 0.41781 26.013 11392.
15 -.76745E-02 0.41781 26.020 11395.
16 -.60249E-02 0.41787 26.020 11394.
17 -.24105E-02 0.41803 26.005 11387.
23 0.53982 0.45230 21.811 9615.8
24 2.4425 0.0000 0.0000
************************************
***** TRAY RATING CALCULATIONS *****
************************************
*******************
*** SECTION 1 ***
*******************
STARTING STAGE NUMBER 2

ENDING STAGE NUMBER 23
FLOODING CALCULATION METHOD GLITSCH
PEAK CAPACITY FACTOR 1.00000
SYSTEM FOAMING FACTOR 1.00000
OVERALL TRAY EFFICIENCY 1.00000
TRAY SPECIFICATIONS
-------------------
! ! !
! A ! !
! !-----------------! AA
! ! !
! ! A !
!-----------------! ! AA
! ! !
! ! !
SINGLE CROSSFLOW TRAY
NUMBER OF PASSES 1
DIAMETER METER 0.79000
TRAY SPACING METER 0.60960
DECK THICKNESS METER 0.0034036
TRAY TYPE SIEVE
HOLE AREA/ACTIVE AREA 0.12000
HOLE DIAMETER METER 0.012700
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DOWNCOMER DIMENSIONS
--------------------
WEIR HEIGHT METER 0.050800
DC CLEARANCE METER 0.038100
TOP DC WIDTH METER 0.12364
***** RATING RESULTS *****

STAGE-MAX FLOODING FACTOR 2
FLOODING FACTOR 0.39380
STAGE-MAX DC BACKUP/TRAY SPACE 16
DC BACKUP METER 0.13312
DC BACKUP/TRAY SPACING 0.21838
STAGE-MAX DC VELOCITY 16
DC VELOCITY M/SEC 0.060944
STAGE-MAX WEIRLOADING 16 (PANEL A)
WEIR LOADING SQCM/SEC 52.0507
SECTION PRESSURE DROP BAR 0.081499
MAX APPROACH TO SYSTEM LIMIT 0.36010
STAGE-MAX SYSTEM LIMIT 2
**** RATING PROFILES ****
FLOODING DC BACKUP/
STAGE FACTOR DC VELOCITY DC BACKUP TRAY SPACE PRES. DROP
M/SEC METER BAR
2 0.3938 0.1359E-01 0.1133 0.1859 0.3446E-02
3 0.3614 0.8156E-02 0.1075 0.1763 0.3394E-02
4 0.3437 0.5711E-02 0.1045 0.1714 0.3407E-02
5 0.3426 0.5458E-02 0.1042 0.1710 0.3398E-02
6 0.3425 0.5421E-02 0.1042 0.1709 0.3395E-02
7 0.3424 0.5395E-02 0.1042 0.1709 0.3393E-02
8 0.3424 0.5355E-02 0.1042 0.1709 0.3391E-02
9 0.3425 0.5284E-02 0.1042 0.1709 0.3388E-02
10 0.3426 0.5146E-02 0.1042 0.1709 0.3382E-02
11 0.3424 0.4853E-02 0.1041 0.1707 0.3374E-02
12 0.3405 0.4235E-02 0.1036 0.1700 0.3371E-02
13 0.1776 0.6090E-01 0.1331 0.2183 0.4010E-02
14 0.1777 0.6092E-01 0.1331 0.2184 0.4010E-02
15 0.1777 0.6094E-01 0.1331 0.2184 0.4009E-02
16 0.1777 0.6094E-01 0.1331 0.2184 0.4009E-02
17 0.1777 0.6093E-01 0.1331 0.2184 0.4009E-02
18 0.1774 0.6088E-01 0.1331 0.2183 0.4009E-02
19 0.1766 0.6074E-01 0.1330 0.2183 0.4010E-02
20 0.1750 0.6041E-01 0.1329 0.2180 0.4011E-02
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21 0.1715 0.5969E-01 0.1327 0.2176 0.4015E-02

22 0.1645 0.5827E-01 0.1321 0.2168 0.4024E-02
23 0.1511 0.5541E-01 0.1311 0.2151 0.4043E-02

-------------------------------
INLETS - 12 STAGE 15
14 STAGE 28

TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 198.800 198.800 -0.142966E-15
MASS(KG/HR ) 4938.88 4938.88 0.827901E-07
**********************
**********************
NUMBER OF STAGES 28
ABSORBER OPTION NO
**** COL-SPECS ****

MOLAR DISTILLATE RATE KMOL/HR 66.3000
**** PROFILES ****

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**** RESULTS ****
*******************
OUTLET STREAMS
--------------
13 14
COMPONENT:
METHANOL .85541 .14459
WATER .42642E-02 .99574
DME 1.0000 .86032E-09


COMPONENT MASS BALANCE 0.72078E-06 STAGE= 17 COMP=DME
**** PROFILES ****
ENTHALPY
37
1 51.496 7.3000 -53.085 -43.829 -1.3493

2 105.10 7.3111 -54.798 -45.559
3 119.53 7.3222 -54.601 -46.386
13 126.56 7.4333 -58.395 -47.937
14 128.49 7.4444 -59.452 -48.340
15 132.19 7.4556 -61.277 -49.059
16 136.55 7.4667 -61.376 -49.738
17 137.71 7.4778 -61.400 -49.925
18 138.05 7.4889 -61.409 -49.976
19 138.19 7.5000 -61.420 -49.995
27 147.53 7.5889 -63.939 -52.424
28 157.96 7.6000 -65.051 -53.936 1.2875

1 179.3 0.000 66.3000
2 107.6 179.3
3 112.4 173.9
13 102.9 171.3
14 100.6 169.2 11.9912
15 287.4 154.9 186.8088
16 287.5 154.9
17 287.5 155.0
18 287.6 155.0
19 287.6 155.1
27 275.9 147.4
28 132.5 143.4 132.5000

KG/HR KG/HR KG/HR
1 6633. 0.000 2452.7087
2 3450. 6633.
3 3566. 5902.
13 2801. 5416.
14 2612. 5254. 453.1548
15 6838. 4611. 4485.7283
16 6769. 4352.
17 6753. 4283.
18 6747. 4267.
19 6742. 4261.
27 5609. 3535.
28 2486. 3123. 2486.1745

38

1 0.63076 0.81019E-02 0.36113
2 0.96039 0.19261E-01 0.20352E-01
3 0.96664 0.27865E-01 0.54914E-02
13 0.63388 0.35507 0.11051E-01
14 0.54027 0.44664 0.13092E-01
15 0.37796 0.60508 0.16956E-01
16 0.38603 0.60978 0.41915E-02
17 0.38786 0.61112 0.10194E-02
18 0.38789 0.61186 0.24711E-03
19 0.38709 0.61285 0.59921E-04
27 0.16479 0.83521 0.95792E-09
28 0.53348E-01 0.94665 0.15546E-09

1 0.67810E-01 0.12341E-03 0.93207
2 0.63076 0.81019E-02 0.36113
3 0.83473 0.15007E-01 0.15027
13 0.67878 0.17564 0.14559
14 0.63266 0.21913 0.14822
15 0.59959 0.28130 0.11911
16 0.65564 0.31290 0.31460E-01
17 0.67049 0.32173 0.77754E-02
18 0.67374 0.32437 0.18906E-02
19 0.67374 0.32580 0.45826E-03
27 0.42583 0.57417 0.68545E-08
28 0.26773 0.73227 0.16992E-08
**** K-VALUES ****

1 0.10750 0.15232E-01 2.5809
2 0.56576 0.26700 22.185
3 0.86029 0.45358 28.366
13 1.1020 0.44217 13.073
14 1.2158 0.43946 11.219
15 1.5228 0.44252 9.2401
16 1.6819 0.50692 9.9277
17 1.7250 0.52462 10.102
18 1.7369 0.52912 10.135
19 1.7421 0.53035 10.131
27 2.9953 0.60633 9.4620
28 5.0186 0.77353 10.930

1 0.54633 0.39454E-02 0.44972
2 0.95993 0.10824E-01 0.29248E-01
3 0.97621 0.15821E-01 0.79735E-02
39
13 0.74627 0.23503 0.18705E-01

14 0.66683 0.30994 0.23233E-01
15 0.50901 0.45815 0.32832E-01
16 0.52529 0.46651 0.82003E-02
17 0.52920 0.46880 0.19998E-02
18 0.52972 0.46980 0.48520E-03
19 0.52899 0.47089 0.11774E-03
27 0.25976 0.74024 0.21711E-08
28 0.91101E-01 0.90890 0.38170E-09

1 0.48162E-01 0.49281E-04 0.95179
2 0.54633 0.39454E-02 0.44972
3 0.78806 0.79657E-02 0.20397
13 0.68782 0.10007 0.21211
14 0.65293 0.12715 0.21993
15 0.64541 0.17025 0.18434
16 0.74777 0.20064 0.51589E-01
17 0.77733 0.20971 0.12960E-01
18 0.78449 0.21235 0.31651E-02
19 0.78564 0.21360 0.76830E-03
27 0.56880 0.43120 0.13164E-07
28 0.39405 0.60595 0.35957E-08

1 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
2 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
3 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
13 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
14 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
15 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
16 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
17 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
18 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
19 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
27 0.70000 0.70000 0.70000
28 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
********************************
********************************
*** DEFINITIONS ***

40

WHERE:
TEMPERATURE
C
1 51.496 105.10
2 105.10 119.53
3 119.53 120.50
13 126.56 128.49
14 128.49 130.63
15 132.19 136.55
16 136.55 137.71
17 137.71 138.05
18 138.05 138.19
19 138.19 138.31
27 147.53 157.96
28 157.96 157.96

KG/HR CUM/HR
1 6632.9 6632.9 9.4061 771.23 36.994 36.994
2 3449.8 5902.5 5.0252 775.46 32.057 33.939
3 3566.4 6019.1 5.3322 797.57 31.728 33.682
13 2801.0 5253.8 4.0197 759.06 27.217 31.048
14 2611.9 5064.7 3.6844 752.70 25.961 30.343
15 6838.0 4351.8 9.2947 706.66 23.793 28.094
16 6769.1 4283.0 9.2182 707.92 23.548 27.638
17 6752.8 4266.6 9.2006 707.81 23.484 27.519
18 6747.2 4261.0 9.1938 707.12 23.463 27.479
19 6742.1 4255.9 9.1857 706.21 23.447 27.448
27 5608.8 3122.6 7.0971 676.47 20.327 21.771
28 2486.2 0.0000 3.0101 0.0000 18.764
41

KG/CUM CP DYNE/CM
1 705.16 8.6003 0.23818 0.12254E-01 16.016
2 686.50 7.6116 0.23880 0.12867E-01 15.611
3 668.84 7.5468 0.21838 0.12914E-01 14.680
13 696.83 6.9214 0.20891 0.13466E-01 27.007
14 708.91 6.7286 0.20607 0.13609E-01 30.378
15 735.68 6.1582 0.20044 0.13898E-01 36.072
16 734.33 6.0501 0.19652 0.13952E-01 35.704
17 733.95 6.0279 0.19547 0.13968E-01 35.603
18 733.88 6.0259 0.19513 0.13975E-01 35.586
19 733.98 6.0265 0.19496 0.13981E-01 35.603
27 790.30 4.6161 0.18263 0.14933E-01 42.546
28 825.95 0.17004 44.715

1 0.11044 85.696 37696.
2 -.40516 0.61542E-01 82.110 35657.
3 -.93071 0.62939E-01 85.203 36517.
13 2.7472 0.53135E-01 76.029 33283.
14 3.3714 0.50244E-01 73.682 32541.
15 -.64960 0.14376 64.926 29227.
16 -.36833 0.14346 64.523 29021.
17 -.10054 0.14343 64.411 28963.
18 -.17324E-01 0.14348 64.340 28930.
19 0.16736E-01 0.14355 64.256 28894.
27 2.4591 0.13728 51.852 24223.
28 2.1694 0.0000 0.0000
************************************
************************************
*******************
*** SECTION 1 ***
*******************

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TRAY SPECIFICATIONS
-------------------
! ! !
! A ! !
! !-----------------! AA
! ! !
! ! A !
!-----------------! ! AA
! ! !
! ! !
NUMBER OF PASSES 1
TRAY TYPE SIEVE
--------------------


43
FLOODING DC BACKUP/
M/SEC METER BAR
2 0.4090 0.2348E-01 0.1187 0.2595 0.3748E-02
3 0.4248 0.2491E-01 0.1205 0.2635 0.3734E-02
4 0.4240 0.2480E-01 0.1204 0.2633 0.3729E-02
5 0.4219 0.2455E-01 0.1201 0.2627 0.3723E-02
6 0.4193 0.2423E-01 0.1198 0.2621 0.3716E-02
7 0.4162 0.2385E-01 0.1194 0.2613 0.3709E-02
8 0.4124 0.2338E-01 0.1190 0.2603 0.3700E-02
9 0.4077 0.2279E-01 0.1184 0.2590 0.3691E-02
10 0.4020 0.2208E-01 0.1178 0.2575 0.3681E-02
11 0.3950 0.2119E-01 0.1169 0.2557 0.3671E-02
12 0.3864 0.2010E-01 0.1159 0.2535 0.3661E-02
13 0.3758 0.1878E-01 0.1146 0.2507 0.3655E-02
14 0.3633 0.1721E-01 0.1131 0.2474 0.3658E-02
15 0.3430 0.4342E-01 0.1269 0.2775 0.4067E-02
16 0.3408 0.4306E-01 0.1266 0.2769 0.4049E-02
17 0.3402 0.4298E-01 0.1265 0.2768 0.4045E-02
18 0.3398 0.4295E-01 0.1265 0.2767 0.4043E-02
19 0.3394 0.4291E-01 0.1265 0.2766 0.4042E-02
20 0.3387 0.4284E-01 0.1264 0.2765 0.4041E-02
21 0.3375 0.4269E-01 0.1263 0.2762 0.4040E-02
22 0.3354 0.4242E-01 0.1261 0.2757 0.4038E-02
23 0.3317 0.4190E-01 0.1257 0.2749 0.4035E-02
24 0.3251 0.4097E-01 0.1249 0.2733 0.4032E-02
25 0.3137 0.3934E-01 0.1237 0.2705 0.4030E-02
26 0.2956 0.3672E-01 0.1217 0.2663 0.4037E-02
27 0.2720 0.3316E-01 0.1192 0.2606 0.4068E-02
44
ASPEN Methanol/Ethanol Separation Input Summary
;Input Summary created by Aspen Plus Rel. 24.0 at 16:45:23 Sat Nov 3, 2012
;Directory C:\Users\1886261\Desktop\SDSMT\Courses\Fall 2012\Design\Project
2\etoh sep Filename C:\Users\1886261\AppData\Local\Temp\~ap611a.txt
;
DYNAMICS
DYNAMICS RESULTS=ON

PDROP=bar
DEF-STREAMS CONVEN ALL
SIM-OPTIONS OLD-DATABANK=YES
DESCRIPTION "
General Simulation with Metric Units :
C, bar, kg/hr, kmol/hr, Gcal/hr, cum/hr.
Property Method: None
Flow basis for input: Mole
Stream report composition: Mole flow

"
DATABANKS PURE24 / AQUEOUS / SOLIDS / INORGANIC / &

NOASPENPCD
PROP-SOURCES PURE24 / AQUEOUS / SOLIDS / INORGANIC
COMPONENTS
METHANOL CH4O /
WATER H2O /
ETHANOL C2H6O-2
FLOWSHEET
BLOCK T-1104 IN=17 OUT=18 19
PROPERTIES NRTL-RK
PROP-DATA NRTL-1
45

PDROP=bar
PROP-LIST NRTL
BPVAL METHANOL WATER -2.626000000 828.3871000 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 24.99000000 188.3000000
BPVAL WATER METHANOL 4.824100000 -1329.543500 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 24.99000000 188.3000000
BPVAL METHANOL ETHANOL -3.059000000 1328.871500 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 20.00000000 160.0000000
BPVAL ETHANOL METHANOL 1.938500000 -877.0488000 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 20.00000000 160.0000000
BPVAL WATER ETHANOL 3.622000000 -636.7260000 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 24.99000000 135.5000000
BPVAL ETHANOL WATER -.9223000000 284.2856000 .3000000000 &
0.0 0.0 0.0 24.99000000 135.5000000
STREAM 17
SUBSTREAM MIXED TEMP=25. PRES=15. MOLE-FLOW=100.
MOLE-FRAC METHANOL 0.941 / WATER 0.009 / ETHANOL 0.05
BLOCK T-1104 RADFRAC

FEEDS 17 23
P-SPEC 1 1.
COL-SPECS D:F=0.94053 DP-STAGE=0.007 MOLE-RR=3.64
SPEC 1 MASS-FRAC 0.0001 COMPS=METHANOL STREAMS=19
SPEC 3 MASS-RECOV 1. COMPS=METHANOL STREAMS=18
SPEC 4 MASS-RECOV 0.995 COMPS=ETHANOL STREAMS=19
VARY 2 D:F 1E-008 1.
TRAY-RATE 1 2 60 SIEVE TRAY-SPACE=24. <in> DIAM=2.2 <meter> &
WEIR-HT-A=2. <in> P-UPDATE=NO
EO-CONV-OPTI
STREAM-REPOR MOLEFLOW MOLEFRAC MASSFRAC

46
ASPEN Methanol/Ethanol Separation Block Summary

-------------------------------
INLETS - 17 STAGE 23
19 STAGE 61
PROPERTY OPTION SET: NRTL-RK RENON (NRTL) / REDLICH-KWONG

TOTAL BALANCE
MOLE(KMOL/HR ) 100.000 100.000 0.00000
MASS(KG/HR ) 3261.73 3261.73 -0.804867E-12
**********************
**********************
NUMBER OF STAGES 61
ABSORBER OPTION NO
**** COL-SPECS ****

DISTILLATE TO FEED RATIO 0.94053
**** PROFILES ****

47
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**** RESULTS ****
*******************
OUTLET STREAMS
--------------
18 19
COMPONENT:
METHANOL .99999 .81453E-05
WATER .13465E-04 .99999
ETHANOL .50002E-02 .99500

**** MANIPULATED VARIABLES ****
BOUNDS
CALCULATED
LOWER UPPER VALUE
MOLAR REFLUX RATIO 0.0000 50.000 8.5800
DISTILLATE TO FEED RATIO 0.10000E-07 1.0000 0.94124
**** DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS ****
NO SPEC-TYPE QUALIFIERS UNIT SPECIFIED

CALCULATED
VALUE VALUE
1 MASS-FRAC STREAMS: 19 0.10000E-03
0.10007E-03
COMPS: METHANOL
2 MASS-RECOV STREAMS: 18 1.0000 0.99999
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COMPS: METHANOL
3 MASS-RECOV STREAMS: 19 0.99500 0.99500
COMPS: ETHANOL

COMPONENT MASS BALANCE 0.13224E-07 STAGE= 23 COMP=WATER
**** PROFILES ****
ENTHALPY
1 64.203 1.0000 -55.997 -47.595 -7.5773

2 64.381 1.0070 -55.993 -47.594
22 68.157 1.1470 -56.272 -47.794
23 68.435 1.1540 -56.366 -47.852
24 68.721 1.1610 -56.469 -47.924
25 69.050 1.1680 -56.606 -48.019
60 86.829 1.4130 -64.666 -55.429
61 86.969 1.4200 -64.679 -55.435 7.6838

1 901.7 0.000 94.1242
2 807.8 901.7
22 808.9 903.6
23 921.9 903.1 100.0000
24 920.9 916.0
25 919.5 915.0
60 838.3 832.4
61 5.876 832.4 5.8757

KG/HR KG/HR KG/HR
1 0.2890E+05 0.000 3016.2946
2 0.2589E+05 0.2890E+05
49
22 0.2637E+05 0.2932E+05
23 0.3016E+05 0.2939E+05 3261.7262
24 0.3028E+05 0.2992E+05
25 0.3042E+05 0.3003E+05
60 0.3516E+05 0.3499E+05
61 245.4 0.3491E+05 245.4315

STAGE METHANOL WATER ETHANOL
1 0.99973 0.12875E-06 0.26562E-03
2 0.99964 0.21540E-06 0.35910E-03
22 0.95750 0.14308E-02 0.41064E-01
23 0.94648 0.25961E-02 0.50928E-01
24 0.93421 0.31112E-02 0.62674E-01
25 0.91812 0.38760E-02 0.78000E-01
60 0.20307E-03 0.14706 0.85273
61 0.13045E-03 0.15317 0.84670

1 0.99984 0.51994E-07 0.16311E-03
2 0.99973 0.12875E-06 0.26562E-03
22 0.96959 0.84492E-03 0.29567E-01
23 0.96191 0.12817E-02 0.36812E-01
24 0.95255 0.16302E-02 0.45824E-01
25 0.94021 0.21476E-02 0.57639E-01
60 0.27769E-03 0.14375 0.85597
61 0.20359E-03 0.14702 0.85278
**** K-VALUES ****

1 1.0001 0.40385 0.61407
2 1.0001 0.40425 0.61448
22 1.0169 0.42728 0.62634
23 1.0215 0.43168 0.62856
24 1.0267 0.43690 0.63059
25 1.0335 0.44371 0.63334
60 1.5639 0.96553 1.0058
61 1.5607 0.95986 1.0072

1 0.99962 0.72377E-07 0.38185E-03
2 0.99948 0.12109E-06 0.51623E-03
22 0.94118 0.79075E-03 0.58034E-01
23 0.92686 0.14294E-02 0.71706E-01
24 0.91047 0.17048E-02 0.87820E-01
25 0.88927 0.21107E-02 0.10862
60 0.15515E-03 0.63171E-01 0.93667
50
61 0.10007E-03 0.66061E-01 0.93384

1 0.99977 0.29231E-07 0.23449E-03
2 0.99962 0.72377E-07 0.38185E-03
22 0.95755 0.46915E-03 0.41982E-01
23 0.94717 0.70959E-03 0.52116E-01
24 0.93447 0.89916E-03 0.64634E-01
25 0.91791 0.11788E-02 0.80906E-01
60 0.21169E-03 0.61614E-01 0.93817
61 0.15553E-03 0.63150E-01 0.93669

1 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
2 0.65000 0.65000 0.65000
22 0.65000 0.65000 0.65000
23 0.65000 0.65000 0.65000
24 0.65000 0.65000 0.65000
25 0.65000 0.65000 0.65000
60 0.65000 0.65000 0.65000
61 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
********************************
********************************
*** DEFINITIONS ***

WHERE:
TEMPERATURE
51
C
1 64.203 64.381
2 64.381 64.558
22 68.157 68.435
23 68.435 68.721
24 68.721 69.050
25 69.050 69.433
60 86.829 86.969
61 86.969 86.969

KG/HR CUM/HR
1 28896. 28896. 38.816 24786. 32.046 32.046
2 25889. 28905. 34.787 24633. 32.047 32.047
22 26370. 29386. 35.618 21884. 32.598 32.541
23 30164. 29919. 40.746 22080. 32.720 32.662
24 30277. 30032. 40.904 21943. 32.878 32.821
25 30420. 30174. 41.099 21801. 33.082 33.026
60 35159. 34914. 47.936 17206. 41.940 41.942
61 245.43 0.0000 0.33447 0.0000 41.770

KG/CUM CP DYNE/CM
1 744.45 1.1658 0.34591 0.11030E-01 18.916
2 744.22 1.1734 0.34534 0.11036E-01 18.900
22 740.35 1.3428 0.33922 0.11141E-01 18.618
23 740.29 1.3550 0.33984 0.11143E-01 18.644
24 740.20 1.3686 0.34065 0.11143E-01 18.639
25 740.14 1.3840 0.34184 0.11142E-01 18.641
60 733.47 2.0292 0.37737 0.11053E-01 23.092
61 733.80 0.37623 23.346

1 0.39573E-01 981.64 0.44604E+06
2 -.15870E-01 0.35564E-01 978.90 0.44473E+06
22 -.19336E-02 0.38217E-01 932.86 0.42266E+06
23 -.42326 0.43134E-01 945.52 0.42837E+06
24 -.50199E-02 0.43351E-01 944.43 0.42785E+06
25 0.17584E-02 0.43595E-01 943.64 0.42747E+06
60 0.12840 0.52968E-01 906.24 0.40849E+06
61 0.25441 0.0000 0.0000
52
************************************
************************************
*******************
*** SECTION 1 ***
*******************

TRAY SPECIFICATIONS
-------------------
! ! !
! A ! !
! !-----------------! AA
! ! !
! ! A !
!-----------------! ! AA
! ! !
! ! !
NUMBER OF PASSES 1
TRAY TYPE SIEVE
--------------------

53

FLOODING DC BACKUP/
M/SEC METER BAR
2 0.7401 0.2541E-01 0.1729 0.2836 0.6939E-02
3 0.7374 0.2543E-01 0.1726 0.2831 0.6917E-02
4 0.7347 0.2545E-01 0.1723 0.2827 0.6894E-02
5 0.7321 0.2546E-01 0.1721 0.2823 0.6873E-02
6 0.7296 0.2548E-01 0.1718 0.2819 0.6851E-02
7 0.7270 0.2550E-01 0.1716 0.2815 0.6830E-02
8 0.7245 0.2552E-01 0.1714 0.2811 0.6810E-02
9 0.7220 0.2554E-01 0.1711 0.2807 0.6790E-02
10 0.7195 0.2556E-01 0.1709 0.2803 0.6770E-02
11 0.7171 0.2558E-01 0.1707 0.2800 0.6750E-02
12 0.7147 0.2560E-01 0.1705 0.2796 0.6731E-02
13 0.7124 0.2562E-01 0.1703 0.2793 0.6713E-02
14 0.7100 0.2565E-01 0.1701 0.2790 0.6695E-02
15 0.7078 0.2568E-01 0.1699 0.2787 0.6677E-02
16 0.7055 0.2571E-01 0.1697 0.2784 0.6660E-02
17 0.7033 0.2575E-01 0.1695 0.2781 0.6644E-02
18 0.7012 0.2579E-01 0.1694 0.2779 0.6629E-02
19 0.6991 0.2583E-01 0.1692 0.2776 0.6615E-02
20 0.6970 0.2589E-01 0.1691 0.2775 0.6601E-02
21 0.6950 0.2595E-01 0.1690 0.2773 0.6589E-02
22 0.6931 0.2602E-01 0.1690 0.2772 0.6579E-02
23 0.7080 0.2977E-01 0.1751 0.2872 0.6760E-02
24 0.7063 0.2988E-01 0.1751 0.2873 0.6754E-02
25 0.7047 0.3003E-01 0.1752 0.2875 0.6751E-02
26 0.7032 0.3020E-01 0.1754 0.2878 0.6752E-02
27 0.7019 0.3042E-01 0.1757 0.2882 0.6757E-02
28 0.7007 0.3068E-01 0.1761 0.2888 0.6766E-02
29 0.6996 0.3099E-01 0.1765 0.2896 0.6780E-02
54
30 0.6986 0.3135E-01 0.1771 0.2906 0.6797E-02

31 0.6977 0.3176E-01 0.1778 0.2917 0.6818E-02
32 0.6968 0.3220E-01 0.1786 0.2930 0.6840E-02
33 0.6960 0.3268E-01 0.1794 0.2943 0.6862E-02
34 0.6951 0.3315E-01 0.1802 0.2956 0.6883E-02
35 0.6942 0.3359E-01 0.1809 0.2968 0.6899E-02
36 0.6932 0.3399E-01 0.1816 0.2979 0.6910E-02
37 0.6920 0.3434E-01 0.1821 0.2987 0.6916E-02
38 0.6917 0.3462E-01 0.1825 0.2993 0.6917E-02
39 0.6917 0.3485E-01 0.1827 0.2997 0.6913E-02
40 0.6914 0.3502E-01 0.1829 0.3000 0.6905E-02
41 0.6908 0.3515E-01 0.1829 0.3000 0.6895E-02
42 0.6899 0.3525E-01 0.1829 0.3000 0.6882E-02
43 0.6889 0.3532E-01 0.1828 0.2999 0.6868E-02
44 0.6877 0.3537E-01 0.1827 0.2997 0.6853E-02
45 0.6864 0.3541E-01 0.1825 0.2994 0.6837E-02
46 0.6851 0.3543E-01 0.1823 0.2991 0.6821E-02
47 0.6836 0.3544E-01 0.1821 0.2988 0.6804E-02
48 0.6822 0.3545E-01 0.1819 0.2984 0.6787E-02
49 0.6807 0.3545E-01 0.1817 0.2981 0.6770E-02
50 0.6791 0.3544E-01 0.1815 0.2977 0.6753E-02
51 0.6775 0.3542E-01 0.1812 0.2973 0.6735E-02
52 0.6759 0.3541E-01 0.1810 0.2969 0.6717E-02
53 0.6743 0.3538E-01 0.1807 0.2964 0.6699E-02
54 0.6725 0.3535E-01 0.1804 0.2960 0.6680E-02
55 0.6708 0.3532E-01 0.1801 0.2955 0.6662E-02
56 0.6689 0.3527E-01 0.1798 0.2950 0.6643E-02
57 0.6671 0.3522E-01 0.1795 0.2944 0.6623E-02
58 0.6651 0.3517E-01 0.1792 0.2939 0.6603E-02
59 0.6630 0.3510E-01 0.1788 0.2933 0.6582E-02
60 0.6608 0.3502E-01 0.1784 0.2927 0.6561E-02
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Initial Minimal Maximal Final

Variable
value value value value
1 Cpdee 186 186 186 186
2 Cpdme 102 102 102 102
3 Cpethyl 70 70 70 70
4 Cpetoh 108 108 108 108
5 Cpmeoh 67 67 67 67
6 Cpwater 36 36 36 36
7 Ea 8.05E+04 8.05E+04 8.05E+04 8.05E+04
8 Fdee 0 0 0.679408 0.679408
9 Fdme 0 0 39.26812 39.26812
10 Fethyl 0 0 0.339704 0.339704
11 Fetoh 4.55 2.511777 4.55 2.511777
12 Fmeoh 91.11 12.57375 91.11 12.57375
13 FT 96.715 96.715 97.0547 97.0547
14 FTo 96.715 96.715 96.715 96.715
15 Fwater 1.055 1.055 41.68194 41.68194
16 HEAT 15.49035 15.49035 106.3384 89.3541
17 Hrx1 -1.18E+04 -1.18E+04 -1.18E+04 -1.18E+04
18 Hrx2 -1.50E+04 -1.50E+04 -1.50E+04 -1.50E+04
19 Hrx3 4.57E+04 4.57E+04 4.57E+04 4.57E+04
20 K1 6.72E+04 6.72E+04 6.72E+04 6.72E+04
21 Ko 3.36E+05 3.36E+05 3.36E+05 3.36E+05
22 P1 1470 1470 1475.163 1475.163
23 Pdee 0 0 10.32652 10.32652
24 Pdme 0 0 596.8479 596.8479
25 Pethyl 0 0 5.16326 5.16326
26 Petoh 69.1568 38.17724 69.1568 38.17724
27 Pmeoh 1384.808 191.1122 1384.808 191.1122
28 Po 1470 1470 1470 1470
29 Pt 1470 1470 1475.163 1475.163
30 Pwater 16.03526 16.03526 633.5362 633.5362
31 R 8.314 8.314 8.314 8.314
32 R1dee 0.042783 0.042783 0.953814 0.953814
33 R1dme 4.28351 4.28351 29.13749 23.87359
34 R1ethyl 0.021392 0.021392 0.476907 0.476907
35 R1etoh -0.08557 -1.90763 -0.08557 -1.90763
36 R1meoh -8.56702 -58.275 -8.56702 -47.7472
37 R1water 4.369077 4.369077 30.55631 25.78122
38 R2etoh -0.04278 -0.95381 -0.04278 -0.95381
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39 Rdee 0.042783 0.042783 0.953814 0.953814

40 Rdme 4.28351 4.28351 29.13749 23.87359
41 Rethyl 0.021392 0.021392 0.476907 0.476907
42 Retoh -0.12835 -2.86144 -0.12835 -2.86144
43 Rmeoh -8.56702 -58.275 -8.56702 -47.7472
44 Rwater 4.369077 4.369077 30.55631 25.78122
45 Sd 0 0 2 2
46 Sdd 0 0 99.86636 57.79758
47 T 543.5 543.5 685.9384 685.9384
48 V 0 0 3 3
Differential equations
1 d(Fmeoh)/d(V) = Rmeoh
2 d(Fetoh)/d(V) = Retoh
3 d(Fwater)/d(V) = Rwater
4 d(Fdme)/d(V) = Rdme
5 d(Fdee)/d(V) = Rdee
6 d(Fethyl)/d(V) = Rethyl
7 d(T)/d(V) = HEAT
Explicit
equations
1 FT = Fmeoh+Fetoh+Fwater+Fdme+Fdee+Fethyl
2 Ea = 80480 J/mol
3 Po = 1470 Kpa
4 R = 8.314 J/mol*k
5 FTo = 96.715 mol/s
6 P1 = Po*FT/FTo
7 Pmeoh = P1*(Fmeoh/FT)
8 Ko = (1.21*10^6)*1000/(60*60) (mol/m3*cat*s)
9 Petoh = P1*(Fetoh/FT)
10 K1 = Ko/5
11 R1etoh = -K1*exp(-Ea/(R*T))*Petoh
R1meoh = -Ko*exp(-
12
Ea/(R*T))*Pmeoh
13 Rmeoh = R1meoh
14 R2etoh = .5*R1etoh
15 Retoh = R1etoh+R2etoh
16 R1dme = -.5*Rmeoh
17 R1dee = -.5*R1etoh
18 Rdme = R1dme
19 Rdee = R1dee
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20 Pwater = P1*(Fwater/FT)
21 Pdme = P1*(Fdme/FT)
22 Pdee = P1*(Fdee/FT)
23 Pethyl = P1*(Fethyl/FT)
24 Pt = Pmeoh+Petoh+Pwater+Pdme+Pdee+Pethyl
25 R1water = -.5*R1meoh+-.5*R1etoh+(-R2etoh)
26 Rwater = R1water
27 R1ethyl = .5*R1dee
28 Rethyl = R1ethyl
29 Sd = if(V>.0001)then(Fdee/Fethyl)else(0)
30 Sdd = if(V>.0001)then(Fdme/Fdee)else(0)
31 Hrx2 = -15000 J/mol*K
32 Cpetoh = 108 J/mol*K
33 Cpmeoh = 67 J/mol*K
34 Cpwater = 36 J/mol*K
35 Cpdee = 186 J/mol*K
36 Cpdme = 102 J/mol*K
37 Cpethyl = 70 J/mol*K
38 Hrx1 = -11770 J/mol*K
HEAT = (-Rmeoh*(-Hrx1)+(-R1etoh)*(-Hrx2)+(-R2etoh)*(-
39 Hrx2))/(Fetoh*Cpetoh+Fmeoh*Cpmeoh+Fwater*Cpwater+Fdee*Cpdee+Fdme*Cpdme+Fethyl*Cp
ethyl)
40 Hrx3 = 45700 J/mol*K
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Dimethyl Ether Production Impure Feedstock

CBE 463 Process Design

November 21, 2017

and the DME is collected and sold.

processed and returned.

Scenario - 1 Offsite Separation (Sandy)

Scenario - 2 Separating After Reactor (Aaron)

Scenario 3 Campaign for Pure Ethanol (Aaron/Ryan)

Another problem was separating the unreacted ethanol from water.

Scenario 4 Separating Before Reactor

starting selection for models with hydrocarbon molecules.

with the amounts and stream conditions for Figure 1.

Figure 1 - Process Flow Diagram for Methanol Process in Unit 200

Table 1 Flow Summary Table for Figure 1

Table 2 - Flow Summary Table for Figure 2

Figure 3- Composition profile for T-1104

Figure 4 Temperature profile for T-1104

table showing the amounts and stream conditions is presented in Table 2.

cannot be filled and drained at the same time.

V190-01 multistage centrifugal pump was chosen.

using a 1.5 line.

where basically it takes one hour to re-pipe ten feet of pipe.

where the impure feed is sent to a Toller and purified offsite.

ASPEN Methanol Process Input Summary

IN-UNITS MET VOLUME-FLOW='cum/hr' ENTHALPY-FLO='Gcal/hr' &

DEF-STREAMS CONVEN ALL

Property Method: None

Flow basis for input: Mole

Stream report composition: Mole flow

DATABANKS PURE24 / AQUEOUS / SOLIDS / INORGANIC / &

PROP-SOURCES PURE24 / AQUEOUS / SOLIDS / INORGANIC

BLOCK PCV4 IN=8 OUT=9

MOLE-FRAC METHANOL 0.990465 / WATER 0.009535

BLOCK MIX MIXER

BLOCK E-201 HEATER

BLOCK E-202 HEATER

BLOCK E-203 HEATER

BLOCK E-TEMP HEATER

BLOCK T-201 RADFRAC

BLOCK T-202 RADFRAC

BLOCK R-201 RPLUG

BLOCK P-203 PUMP

BLOCK PCV4 VALVE

BLOCK PCV7 VALVE

BLOCK PCV9 VALVE

STREAM-REPOR MOLEFLOW MOLEFRAC MASSFRAC

REACTIONS R-1-DME POWERLAW

REACTIONS R-2-DEE POWERLAW

REACTIONS R-3-ETHY POWERLAW

ASPEN Methanol Process Block Summary

BLOCK: E-201 MODEL: HEATER

*** MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE ***

*** INPUT DATA ***

*** RESULTS ***

V-L PHASE EQUILIBRIUM :

COMP F(I) X(I) Y(I) K(I)

BLOCK: E-202 MODEL: HEATER

*** MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE ***

*** INPUT DATA ***

*** RESULTS ***

V-L PHASE EQUILIBRIUM :

COMP F(I) X(I) Y(I) K(I)

BLOCK: E-203 MODEL: HEATER

*** MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE ***

* MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE *

* INPUT DATA *

* RESULTS *

* MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE *

* INPUT DATA *

* RESULTS *

* MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE *

* INPUT DATA *

* RESULTS *

* MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE *

* INPUT DATA *

* RESULTS *

* MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE *

* INPUT DATA *

* MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE *

* INPUT DATA *

* RESULTS *

* MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE *

* INPUT DATA *

* RESULTS *

* MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE *

* INPUT DATA *

* RESULTS *

* RESULTS PROFILE (PROCESS STREAM) *

* TOTAL MOLE FRACTION PROFILE (PROCESS STREAM) *

* TOTAL MASS FRACTION PROFILE (PROCESS STREAM) *

* MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE *

INPUT PARAMETERS

COL-SPECS

PROFILES

TRAY MURPHREE EFFICIENCY

* COMPONENT SPLIT FRACTIONS *

* SUMMARY OF KEY RESULTS *

MAXIMUM FINAL RELATIVE ERRORS

PROFILES

MASS FLOW PROFILES

MOLE-X-PROFILE

MOLE-Y-PROFILE

K-VALUES