Chemical Reaction Engineering II- BKF 3472 2011/12 Sem I Unit Operation I- BKF 3463 Integrated Project Overview

The design project is structured to comprise 4 subtasks and a final report, each to be completed at approximately 2-week intervals throughout the semester. The project will conclude with an oral presentation and individual interview. You will work together in your homework teams, each team on a slightly different problem. The design project will contribute 20% to your final grade. 1.0 Project Description 1.1The project objective is to design a reactor and a separator for the production of either: a) Propylene through propane dehydrogenation b) Cyclohexanone through phenol hydrogenation c) Cumene through the benzene alkylation by propylene d) 2-ethylhexyl laureate through the esterification of 2-ethylhexanol with lauric acid While various technologies have been practiced for these reactions, fixed bed reactor technology will be focus of your design for this project. 1.2The project work will involve few subtasks, these including a) A review of the literature background on the product and production technologies, and for reaction kinetics for your system. b) Your initial reactor design will be for a reactor using heterogeneous reaction kinetics such as Eley Riedel (ER) model and Langmuir Hinshelwood Hougen Watson (LHHW) model. You need to consider the energy balances and the main reaction during the initial design. c) As we proceed through the semester, you will add in more complex chemistry to describe competing reactions and the effect of external and internal diffusions to your reactor design. d) The design of evaporation, distillation or extraction systems will be facilitated. 1.3You will perform reaction and separation systems analysis and sizing using hand calculations or POLYMATH. Detailed expectations will be outlined in individual instructions for each subtask if necessary. 2.0 Resources for Your Project 2.1Journal Articles Many of the journal articles that you will need for this project can be obtained online from the Library. You need to locate reference for your reaction immediately so that you can meet the first deadline. Online journal can be found: From the library website: http://iportal.ump.edu.my/ under E-Resources (at the bottom). The username is your student number while the password is your IC number. Or directly for the most journals (If you use the internet access of UMP): o Science Direct (Elservier Journals) http://www.sciencedirect.com/ such as Chemical Engineering Science, Applied Catalysis A: General and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Chemical Reaction Engineering II- BKF 3472 2011/12 Sem I Unit Operation I- BKF 3463 o ACS publications http://pubs.acs.org/ of interest are: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Chemical & Engineering News.

2.2Patents Patents will not provide specific process information (or kinetics) for design; however, they contain very useful section on the Review of the Current Art which will help provide additional prospective for your process background. To search and access issued patents in the U.S. online, you may visit the following site: http://www.uspto.gov or other relevant website. 2.3Reference Books:
a) Title Call Number Publication Title Call Number Publication Title Call Number Publication Title Author Call Number Publication Title Call Number Publication g) Title Call Number Publication Title Author Call Number Title Author Call Number Publication Title Author Publication Title Author Publication Kirk-Othmer chemical technology and the environment TP9 .K57 2007 Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, 2007 Kirk-Othmer concise encyclopedia of chemical technology TP9 .K57 2007 r Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Interscience, 2007 Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology TP9 .K57 2006 r Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Interscience, 2006 Kinetics of catalytic reactions / Vannice, M. Albert QD505 .V36 2005 New York: Springer, 2005 CRC handbook of chemistry and physics : a ready-reference book of chemical and physical data / QD65 .C73 2010 r Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2010 Perry's chemical engineers' handbook / TP151 .P47 2007 r New York : McGraw-Hill, 2007 Reaction kinetics and reactor design / Butt, John B. QD502 .B87 2000 Chemical process design : computer-aided case studies / Dimian, Alexandre C. TP155.7 .D56 2008 Weinheim : Wiley-VCH ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], c2008. Transport Processes and Unit Operations Geankoplis 3th Ed., Prentice Hall, USA, 1995. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering McCabe, Smith Publication 5rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 1993.

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l) Title Author Publication Introduction to Transport Phenomena Willian J. Thomson Prentice Hall, USA, 2000.

3.0 Group Assignments Group# Product Reactant 1,5,9 Propylene Propylene Propylene 2,6,10 Cyclohexan one Cyclohexan one Cyclohexan one Cumene Cumene Cumene 4,8,12 2-ethylhexyl laureate 2-ethylhexyl laureate 2-ethylhexyl laureate Propane Propane Propane Phenol Phenol Phenol Benzene and propylene Benzene and propylene Benzene and propylene 2ethylhexano l and lauric acid 2ethylhexano l and lauric acid 2ethylhexano l and lauric acid

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Reactor Type Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor Fixed Bed Reactor

Production Rate 30000 Mtons/yr 50000 Mtons/yr 75000 Mtons/yr 30000 Mtons/yr 50000 Mtons/yr 75000 Mtons/yr 30000 Mtons/yr 50000 Mtons/yr 75000 Mtons/yr 30000 Mtons/yr 50000 Mtons/yr 75000 Mtons/yr

4.0 Schedule Subtask Description No. 1. Background, overall mass and energy balances 2. Reactor sizing considering the energy balances and

Due Date 10 Oct 2011 24 Oct 2011

Chemical Reaction Engineering II- BKF 3472 2011/12 Sem I Unit Operation I- BKF 3463 main reaction 3. Reactor sizing considering the effect of diffusion and the side reactions. 4. Separator design 5. Oral presentations and individual interview 6. Final report 14 Nov 2011 28 Nov 2011 Tentatively fixed on 5 Dec 2011 19 Dec 2011