UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN KIMIA

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAB IV @
PROCESS ENGINEERING LABORATORY III
(CHE612/CPE612)

NAME

: MUHAMMAD EZZAT AMIR B. MOHD. FAIZAL

STUDENT ID.

: 2012289974

EXPERIMENT / LAB

:4

DATE PERFORMED

: 27/10/2014

SEMESTER

:5

PROGRAMME / CODE

: EH221

GROUP

: EH221 5A

SUBMIT TO

: MADAM ASDARINA BINTI YAHYA

No.
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Title
Procedure
Process Flow Diagram (PFD)
Workbook
Theory/Questions/Discussion
TOTAL MARKS

Allocated Marks (%)

Marks

10
20
30
40
100

Remarks:

Checked by:

Rechecked by:

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Date:

Date:

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PROCEDURE

1. Firstly, a new iCON project is started.

2. Then, the Wilson property package for the thermodynamic model is selected.

Figure 1 : Selection of Property Package

3. The Components tab is clicked to add your component which is acetone, ketene and
methane, then the apply button is clicked.

Figure 2 : Selection of Compounds

4. The simulation is started, where a material stream feed of pure acetone is created by
going to the main flow sheet and Add Material Stream selected through the
Simulation Tree as shown in figure below.

Figure 3 : Material Stream (S1)

5. The material feed stream given name as S1 is composed of pure acteone with a
mass flow of 8000 kg/h at 760 oC and 150 kPa.
6. The material feed mixture stream, S1 then entered a plug flow reactor name as
PFR-1 to achieve a specific number of conversion.

Figure 4 : Plug Flow Reactor (PFR-1)

7. At the summary tab of the plug flow reactor, the data Q out is 0 while the delta P is
50 kPa. The inner diameter for the plug flow reactor is 50 cm and the length is 30 m.
8. At the reaction tab, the stoichiometry for acetone is -1, while ketene and methane is
1. The base component chosen is acetone.

Figure 5 : Reaction Tab for Plug Flow Reactor

9. At the kinetics tab, the data for forward kinetic is A = 8.2 x 1014 and E = 2.85 x 105
kJ/mol. While the data for reverse kinetic for both A and E is 0.
10. The outlet streams of the plug flow reactor is created and renamed as S2. The
streams data can be seen in the figure below.

Figure 6 : Material Stream (S2)

11. The mole fraction for the outlet stream of plug flow reactor, S2 for acetone is 0.4538,
while for ketene and methane is 0.2731.

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PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM (PFD)

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WORKBOOK
Streams Summary

Name

S1

S2

Description
Upstream Op

PFR-1.Out

Downstream Op
VapFrac
T [C]
P [kPa]
MoleFlow/Composition

PFR-1.In
1.00

1.00

760.0

530.1

150.00

100.00

Fraction

kgmole/h

Fraction

kgmole/h

ACETONE

1.0000

137.74

0.4538

85.99

KETENE

0.0000

0.00

0.2731

51.75

METHANE

0.0000

0.00

0.2731

51.75

1.00

137.74

1.00

189.49

Total
Mass Flow [kg/h]

8000.00

8000.00

7888.098

12654.865

10.044

12.243

7.8316E+4

1.0774E+5

Energy [W]

4.182E+6

2.819E+6

H [kJ/kmol]

109297.0

53563.5

381.335

245.480

58.08

42.22

1.0142

0.6322

166.152

104.870

0.1223

0.0806

2.6614E-5

2.2653E-5

Molar Volume [m3/kmol]

57.267

66.782

Z Factor

1.0000

1.0000

Volume Flow [m3/hr]

Std Liq Volume Flow [m3/hr]
Std Gas Volume Flow [SCMD]

S [kJ/kmol-K]
MW
Mass Density [kg/m3]
Cp [kJ/kmol-K]
Thermal Conductivity [W/m-K]
Viscosity [Pa-s]

Surface Tension
Speed of Sound

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QUESTION

1. What is the volume of PFR to achieve at least 20% conversion of acetone?

Volume of PFR : 0.005 m3

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DISCUSSION

This experiment was conducted for the production of acetic anhydride by using a computer
software known as iCON. The main objective of this experiment is to install and converge a
plug flow reactor and simulate a process involving reaction. One of the routes to produce
acetic anhydride is by the vapor phase cracking of acetone to produce ketene and methane.
This reaction is first order with respect to acetone. In this experiment, the property package
for the thermodynamic model chosen is Wilson. Stream 1 is created and renamed as S1 and
the feed condition is 8000 kg/hr of acetone at 760oC and 150 kPa. S1 entered the plug flow
reactor (PFR-1) as an inlet stream. At the plug flow reactor table, at summary tab, the length
of the diameter and the inner diameter of the plug flow reactor is set to be 30 m and 50 cm
respectively. The delta P is set to be 50 kPa. At the reaction tab, acetone is chosen as the
base component. The stoichiometric coefficient for acetone is -1, while the stoichiometric for
ketene and methane is 1. At the kinetic tab the data given for forward kinetic for A is set to
be 8.2 x 1014 and E is 2.85 x 105 kJ/mol. For reverse kinetic, A and E is set to be 0.The
length and inner diameter can be changed or can be manipulate in order to achieve the
desired data. The outlet stream of plug flow reactor is created and renamed as S2. S2
shows the decreased in temperature and pressure which is 530.1 oC and 100 kPa
respectively. The mole fraction at S2 for acetone is 0.4538, while for ketene and methane is
0.2731.