The PFD diagram of a plant for the production of Ethylene oxide is shown in the Appendix 1.

The stream condition is listed in Table 1.

From the PFD:

a. Identify the stream that require heating and cooling in Attached PFD

Stream Heating Cooling

3 /
5 /
10 /
12 /
16 /
20 /
29 /

b. Design the heat integration for the heat exchanger network using the MUMNE algorithm:
 Minimum temperature approach (based on attendance list) is 19 ⁰C.

Flowrate Cp mCp Tin Tout Qavailable

Stream Condition
(kg/s) (kJ/kg.⁰C) (kW/⁰C) (⁰C) (⁰C) (kW)

3 Hot 0.00472 1 0.00472 160 45 0.5428

5 Hot 0.00472 1 0.00472 206 45 0.7599

10 Cold 0.00972 2.2 0.02138 96 230 -2.8649

12 Hot 0.00972 2.3 0.02236 240 116 2.7726

16 Cold 0.00972 2 0.01944 30 230 -3.8880

20 Hot 0.00972 2 0.01944 240 116 2.4106

29 Hot 0.01111 4.5 0.05000 52 45 0.3500

Convert kg/h to kg/s

17 𝑘𝑔 1ℎ 1𝑚 𝑘𝑔
| | = 0.00472
ℎ 60𝑚 60𝑠 𝑠
 Temperature interval diagram

Stream 3 5 12 20 29 10 16
∑ 𝑚̇𝐶𝑝 ∆𝑇
mCp 0.00472 0.00472 0.02236 0.01944 0.05000 0.02138 0.01944

249 ⁰C 230 ⁰C
-0.36738 kW
240 ⁰C 221 ⁰C
0.03332 kW
206 ⁰C 187 ⁰C
0.26220 kW
160 ⁰C 141 ⁰C
0.45848 kW
116 ⁰C 97 ⁰C
-0.03138 kW
115 ⁰C 96 ⁰C
-0.63000 kW
52 ⁰C 33 ⁰C
0.120000 kW
49 ⁰C 30 ⁰C
0.23776 kW
45 ⁰C 26 ⁰C
 Construct cascade diagram and identify pinch line and pinch temperature

A
-0.36738

-0.36738

B
0.03332

-0.33406

C
0.26220

-0.07186

Cold Utility
D
Hot Utility

0.45848

0.38662

E
-0.03138

0.35524

QH = 0.27476 F
-0.63000

G
0.12000

0.12000

H QC = 0.35776
0.23776
Transferring energy through the pinch

A
-0.36738

-0.36738

B
0.03332

-0.33406

C
0.26220

-0.07186

Cold Utility
D
Hot Utility

0.45848

0.38662

E
-0.03138

0.35524

F
-0.63000
QH = 0.27476
Pinch line

G
0.12000

0.12000

H
0.23776
QC = 0.35776

𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 = 52 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 − 𝐶𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑖𝑢𝑠 (ℎ𝑜𝑡) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 33 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 − 𝐶𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑖𝑢𝑠 (𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑)

 Minimum heat exchanger above and below pinch