Energy

Balance

Equipment Tag PR-101 Equipment Name Pre-heater 1

Data Inlet stream temperature: 25ºC = 298.15 K
Outlet stream temperature: 200ºC = 473.15 K
Objective To Pre-heat the liquid feed before entering the dimerization reactor (R-101).
Enthalpy Calculations:

Q=Q Propylene +Q Propane

Heat Capacity of Propylene (Source: Table 2-153 Perry’s Chemical Engineers handbook 8 th Edition.)

Constants for the Heat Capacity of Propylene

Component C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
C3H6 114,140 -343.72 1.0905 - -
(Source: Table 2-153 Heat Capacities of Inorganic and Organic Liquids, Perry’s Chemical Engineers

handbook 8th Edition.)

J
C P =(C 1+C 2 T + C 3 T 2 +C 4 T 3+C 5T 4 )
kmol−k

C P =114,140+ (−343.72 ) T + ( 1.0905 ) T 2 +0+ 0

473.15
kmol J
Q Propylene=202.54 ∫ dt (¿ 114,140+ (−343.72 ) T + ( 1.0905 ) T 2 ) (K )¿
day 298.15 kmol−K

J 1 KJ 1 day 1 hr 1 min
Q Propylene=5,194,499.487 × × × ×
day 1000 J 24 hr 60 min 60 s

Q Propylene=1,442.92 KW
 Constants for the Heat Capacity of Propane

Component C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
C3H8 62.983 113.630 633.21 -873.46 -
(Source: Table 2-153 Heat Capacities of Inorganic and Organic Liquids, Perry’s Chemical Engineers

handbook 8th Edition.)

C 12 2 3
2 C3 t C 3.C 4 t 4 C 4 2 t 5 J
C P =( +C 2−2C 1.C 3 t−C 1. C 4 t − − − )
t 3 2 5 kmol−k

Where:

t=1−t r

T
T r=
Tc

Tc is the critical temperature from table 2-141 Perry’s Chemical Engineers handbook 8 th edition.

J
CpPropane =−13,779.99
Kmol−K

kmol J 1 KJ 1 day
Q Propane=1.95 × (−13,779.99 ) ( 473.15−298.15 ) K × ×
day kmol−K 1000 J 3600 s

Q Propane=−1.31 KW

Q T =¿