1. Last Week of Project Terry A. Ring

2. Project Schedule

3. Reactor/HX Feed water to shell Level Control is required Demineralized water Tubing sold in 20 ft (6 m) sections Costing max = 1,000 m^2 tube area (2,300 1 inch tubes, 1.7 m diameter shell) Multiple reactor units In parallel to account for larger flow rates In series to make it a longer reactor Ergun Equation for ΔP DI Water

4. Loop Flow Maintain Purge of Impurities N 2 CH 4 Minimize the Flow in Loop Loop equipment minimized Loop utilities minimized Recycle Purge

5. Separation System Flash 1 – Produce Max Liquids Controlled by Temperature at CW HX Lowest Temp possible with CW is about 120F (58C) What are you trying to separate??? Dimethyl either Some Methyl Formate Flash 2 – Max Impurity Removal Controlled by Flash Pressure Pressure Controller fed back to control valve Methyl Formate in Vapor Distillation Column 1 Partial Condenser Methyl Formate in Vapor Bottoms Water & all alcohols Distillation Column 2 Methanol at desired purity Bottoms of Column 2 – water and butanol To waste water treatment Alcohols will kill bugs in city waste water treatment plant Flash Unit Sizing See your book for equations for diameter L/D=3 Cost Pressure Vessel Distillation Sizing Height = 1 ft/ tray, weir height = 2 inches Diameter Tray Efficiency use figure Flooding factor 75-90% Distillation Column Costing Trays or packing – Table 7.2 in T&S Book Pressure Vessel – Table 7.2 in T&S Book Do not for get heads Platforms (see lecture notes) Condenser Reboiler Pumps for liquids

6. Separation Problem ComponentsBP(C) CO CO2 N2 H2 CH4 H2O100C Methanol65C Dimethyl ether-24C Methyl formate32C N-Butanol117C (n) 98C (2-butanol) 83C(t-butanol) 107C(i-butanol) HP/LP Flash System

7. Materials of Construction Water wet Surfaces need Stainless Steel, tc=1/16 inch Hot Dry Surfaces = Carbon Steel, tc= ¼ inch

8. P&IDs One for each piece of major equipment If you need to use multiple Reactors or HX then all units are shown on P&ID Information on P&ID Sensors with alarms Control System – type of controller Control Valve (fail open or closed) Material Breaks Safety System Active Pressure relief System Sensor (alarms), Valves (fail??) Mechanical pressure relief backup system

9. Report Content See Articles Formal Design Report.pdf Page Limits (Contest Problem) Main Report 125 pages or less Supplementary Material 100 pages or less