CHEMCAD User Meeting Berlin, September 2015 Equilibrium Flash Process Applications John E Edwards P&I Design Ltd www.pidesign.co.uk 1
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION EQUILIBRIUM FLASH REVIEW CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION CHEMCAD Simulation Equilibrium Flash Processes John E. Edwards Process Simulation Engineer, P&I Design Ltd www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION FLASH PROCESS OPERATIONS CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION Wide Application for Simple Mass and Energy Balances Distillation Single Ideal Stage Multistage Distillation Cascade - Ideal Multistage Distillation Cascade - Non ideal Heterogeneous Azeotrope distillation Evaporation Multiple effect Evaporator Evaporative Air Cooler Solids Drying Extraction Liquid liquid single stage and cascades Absorption & Stripping Gas Absorption Gas Stripping Kremser Cascade CO2 Absorption Dew Point Calculator www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION FLASH UNITOP MODES CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION Mode Temp Press F/V Heat Applications Inlet Calc V/L/S Ideal Flash, Distillation, Extraction V/L/L/S Three Phase Separation 1 Select Steam Flow Calculator 2 Condensation, Drying, Utility Flow Calculator 3 Reboiler Duty, Evaporation 4 Distillation Column Boil-up Control 5 6 Isentropic Flash 7 8 Water Dew Point T H2O/HC 9 Water Dew Point T H2O www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION EQUILIBRIUM FLASH CASES CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION Case Applications 2.01 Single Stage Distillation 2.02 Multistage Distillation Cascade - Ideal 2.02A Multistage Distillation Cascade – Non ideal 2.03 Heterogeneous Azeotropic Distillation 2.04 Evaporative Air Cooler 2.05 Liquid – Liquid Extraction 2.06 Solids Drying 2.07 Multiple Effect Evaporator 2.08 CO2 Absorption – Kremser Cascade 2.09 Dew Point Calculator 2.10 Air Stripping Trichloroethylene from Water 2.11 Ammonia Gas Scrubbing www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION SINGLE STAGE DISTILLATION CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION MULTISTAGE DISTILLATION CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION EVAPORATIVE COOLING CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION MULTIPLE EFFECT EVAPORATOR CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION SOLVENT EXTRACTION CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION FLASH PHASE SEPARATION S CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk
CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION CONCLUSIONS CRYOGENIC BATCH REACTOR OPTIMISATION EQUILIBRIUM FLASH Powerful tool for studying all V/L/L/S equilibrium processes Rapid understanding of process mass and heat balances Simple flowsheet preparation Reports to Excel allowing data manipulation and graphing Applicable to a wide range of process activities Aids initial design development www.chemstations.com www.chemstations.net www.chemcad.co.uk