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Introduction
Welcome to this Presentation on the Simulation and Integration of a Methanol Production Process
Oxygen Steam
Reaction
Crude Methanol
Distillation
Methanol
Process Sections
Partial Combustion of Natural Gas to produce Synthesis Gas Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Methanol Purification of Crude Methanol by Distillation
CO + 3H2
CO2 + H2
CH3OH
CH3OCH3 + H2O
CO2 + H2
CO + H2O
Process Diagram
Process Integration
What is Process Integration? What does Process Integration involve? Why carry out Process Integration?
FEED
Cool
Reactor
Heat
PRODUCT
Heat
BYPRODUCT
160
2500
REAC. OUT COOLING Cool
130 160
210
270
REACTOR
210
1980
50
FEED HEATING
Heat
PRODUCT COOLING
3200
220
Cool
60 3520
210
REACTOR
210
149 STEAM
FEED 50
Above Pinch Below Pinch
1220
1980
220
PRODUCT
QHmin
QCmin
210 160
Recycle Feed
60
3520
1980 H
50
3200
2500 H
No 1 2
Name
Product Reac. Out
Ttarget 60 160
DH 3520 1980
No 3 4
Name
Feed Recycle
Tsupply 50 160
DH 3200 2500
200
D Tmin= 20
150
100
220 270
180
80
C C
60 160
235.6
180
440
360
210 210 177.6 160 50
Feed
190
1000
160 Recycle
2200
1000
620
880
a DTmin
b
Driving Force Plot Representation of driving forces for vertical heat transfer
Tcold composite
TC
Integration
40
DH = 1000
40
DH = 1000
40
40
40
100
DH = 1000
C C C
50
100
50
100
DH = 1000
50
100
50
100
DH = 1000
50
100
50
20
20
20
20
20
20
Summary
Aspen Plus is a great tool for the development of chemical processes or carrying out analysis on existing processes
Process Integration gives a reduction in the amount of Energy required in the process
Pinch Technology can be used to reduce the number of Heat Exchangers required
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