Scribd
Upload
187 views2 pages

Tutorial 1-Process Creation Process Flow Diagram

The document discusses two chemical processes. The first involves five potential reaction paths for manufacturing vinyl chloride, considering raw material costs and product/by-product values. The second process involves the catalytic dehydrogenation of isopropyl alcohol to produce acetone, with various separation and recycling steps. A qualitative flow diagram is requested to depict the equipment used in the second process.

Uploaded by

libbissujessy
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
187 views2 pages

Tutorial 1-Process Creation Process Flow Diagram

The document discusses two chemical processes. The first involves five potential reaction paths for manufacturing vinyl chloride, considering raw material costs and product/by-product values. The second process involves the catalytic dehydrogenation of isopropyl alcohol to produce acetone, with various separation and recycling steps. A qualitative flow diagram is requested to depict the equipment used in the second process.

Uploaded by

libbissujessy
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

CURTIN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Process Plant Engineering 322/518 Tutorial Sheet 1 Process Creation & Process

Flow Diagram

1. Given that the objective is to manufacture vinyl chloride, there are at least five reaction paths that can be readily exploited. a. Direct chlorination of ethylene b. Hydrochlorination of Acetylene c. Thermal cracking of dichloroethane from chlorination of ethylene

d. Thermal cracking of dichloroethane from oxychlorination of ethylene

e. Balanced process for chlorination of ethylene

The market values of the materials involved are given in the table bellow.

Oxygen is considered to be free at this stage, coming from the atmosphere. Which reaction path makes most sense on the basis of raw material costs, product and by-product values?

2. Isopropyl alcohol is vaporised, heated and feed to a reactor, where it undergoes catalytic dehydrogenation to acetone. The reactor exit gases

A/Prof Hari Vuthaluru

Page 1

11/08/2013

(acetone, water, hydrogen and unreacted isopropyl alcohol) pass to a condenser where most of the acetone, water and alcohol condense out. The final traces of acetone and alcohol are removed in a water scrubber. The effluent from the scrubber is combined with the condensate from the condenser, and distilled in a column to produce pure acetone and an effluent consisting of water and alcohol. This effluent is distilled in a second column to separate the excess water. The product from the second column is an azeotrope of water and isopropyl alcohol .This is recycled to the reactor. Prepare a qualitative flow diagram for the process, showing all pieces of equipment!

A/Prof Hari Vuthaluru

Page 2

11/08/2013

You might also like

pFad - Phonifier reborn

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy