AIM:

To design carbon disulfide plant of 100 TPD

Assuming loses

1) 2) 3)

Reactor Absorber Stripper

0.5 % of COS 1 % of COS 1 % of CS2

carbonyl sulfide carbonyl sulfide carbon disulfide

Molecular weight of compounds used in the process: 1 Carbon monoxide CO 28.01 kg/kmol CO2 2 Carbon dioxide 44.01 kg/kmol 3 Sulphur Dioxide 4 Carbon disulfide 5 Carbonyl sulfide SO2 CS2 COS 64.066 kg/kmol 76.139 kg/kmol 60.075 kg/kmol

Unit 1:

shell and tube reactor Reaction: Feed: CO 3CO + SO2 COS + 2CO2

373.0715779 kmol/hr 10449.7349 kg/hr kmol/hr kg/hr

124.3571926 7967.067902 Conversion rate = 95 % Product: COS 118.139333 7097.220429 CO2

SO2

CO

COS CO2

kmol/hr kg/hr

SO2

236.278666 kmol/hr 10398.62409 kg/hr

Shell and tube reactor

CO2 output after loss

235.0973 kmol/hr 10346.63 kg/hr 117.5486 kmol/hr 7061.734 kg/hr

COS output after loss

Second unit:

Reactor cum absorber: Reaction: 2COS CS2 + CO2

Feed:

1)

CO2

235.0973 kmol/hr 10346.63 kg/hr 117.5486 kmol/hr 7061.734 kg/hr

2)

COS

Note:

Conv

95%

factor(Mole ):

0.5

Product

1)

CS2

55.8356 kmol/hr 4251.267 kg/hr 55.8356 kmol/hr 2457.325 kg/hr Carbon disulfide 55.27724623 kmol/hr 4208.754251 kg/hr

2)

CO2

Product after loss

1)

Third Unit: Stripping section() Stripping Section(No reaction takes place here)

Feed:

Carbon Monoxide

CO

5% more then required in first reactor 391.7252 kmol/hr 10972.22 kg/hr

carbon disulfide

CS2

55.27725 kmol/hr 4208.754 kg/hr

Final CS2 After Losses

CS2

54.72447 kmol/hr 4166.667 kg/hr

Considering plant operation of 24 HR 24 Total production of CS2 1313.38737 100000.001 100.000001

hr kmol/day kg/day TPD

Energy Balance Across UNIT 1: Shell and tube Reactor. 1) Temperature of reactor 200 Celsius 473.15 Kelvin

2)

log Kp

22.58819

1 log Kp 15509( ) 10.19 T

Heat of formation at 25 Degree 1 CO -110.53 KJ/mol 2 CO2 -393.5 KJ/mol 3 COS -141.5 KJ/mol 4 CS2 -116.9 KJ/mol 5 SO2 -296.81 KJ/mol Heat Capacity datas at constant pressure Cp 1 2 3 4 5 6 3) CO CO2 COS CS2 SO2 Ethylene Energy require to take CO and SO2 from 25 C to 200C m(CO) 373.0716 Kmol/hr Cp(CO) 0.0292 KJ/Kmol C m(SO2) 124.3572 Kmol/hr CP(SO2) 0.042 KJ/Kmol C temp T1 T2 25 C 200 C m*Cp*T 298.15 K 473.15 K

29.2 KJ/kmol C 42 KJ/kmol C

Heat required

2820421 KJ/hr 67690107 KJ/day

4)

Heat of reaction for first reaction in catalytic reactor: Reaction: 3CO + SO2 COS + 2CO2

Hr

-48.1 KJ/mol -5654.08941 KJ/hr -135698.146 KJ/day

-48100 KJ/Kmol

-5682501.92 KJ/hr -136380046 KJ/day

4.1)

Heat removed to get 100C T1 T2 200 100 energy needed Cp(CO2) Cp(COS) If we use ethylene glycol in our HE 39.94 71.25 Cp(Ethylen gylcol) flowrate Inlet temp Outlet Temp Energy 150.6 235.9246 0 50 1776513 1776512.541 KJ/hr

5)

Reaction:

2COS

CS2 + CO2

Hr

-227.4 KJ/mol -12570.0458 KJ/hr -301681.099 KJ/day

-227400 KJ/Kmol

5.1)

Energy to heat the CO from 25 to 100 T1 T2 energy required

25 100 857878.1 flowrate T1 113.928 Kmol/hr 0C

Taking ethylene glycol as a cooling agent in HE

T2

50 C 857878

6)

Heat balance around the condensor Temperature required T2 T1 heat Taking ethylene gycol in heat exchanger 25 C 100 C 1173000 KJ/hr Cp(ethylene glycol) 150.6 KJ/Kmol C 155.7769 0 50 1173000 Cp(CS2) Cp(CO) 76.01 29.2

flowrate required to achieve cooling inlet temp outlet temp

Total Energy requirement

-214249 KJ/hr

CS2 + CO2

Solvent back to absrober

CO (For stripping)

COS absorbed in Solvent

Stripper

CO2

Solvent(From Stripper)

Dissolved COS to stripper COS + CO2

Reactor cum absorber

first reactor

CO

373.0716 kmol/hr COS 118.1393 kmol/hr

CO2 SO2 124.3572 kmol/hr

236.2787 kmol/hr

KJ/kmol C kmol/hr C C

KJ/Kmol C KJ/Kmol C

kmol/hr C C KJ/hr