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Colorless, simple organic compound
Used in diesel engines
Production of spray propellants
Produced from abundant sources such
as coal, natural gas and biomass.

Primary Reaction: Dehydration of Methanol
Requires dehydration catalyst (g-alumina)



Direct Method: Synthesis from syngas
Use syngas to produce methanol as an intermediary
Requires copper-based catalyst to produce MeOH


Eric Larson, Huiyan Yang, Dimethyl ether (DME) from coal as a household cooking fuel in China, Energy for Sustainable Developement, Vol. 8, no. 3 (2004)

What is important here?
Parameters
How do you control those parameters?
Equipment
Sensors
What safety systems are required?
Temperature
Affects composition
Pressure
Affects separation efficiency
Composition
Flow
Reflux, re-boil, inlet all affect composition
Level
Sump level at 80%
Sensors (Indicators)
Alarms
Controls Valves
Safety Relief
Redundancy

Were you smart
boys and girls?
Or are you FIRED?!
We have the rest of the plant to design!
We would design the whole plant first,
then perform the HAZOP

THINK!
Prizes to the first 6 people to find the
missing fundamental control system

Brainstorm remaining controls and safety
YAY!
STEAM PRODUCTION FOR SAGD

Group A6
David Benacquista
Felipe Gomes
Craig Nazareth
Michael Rowan

STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY
DRAINAGE (SAGD)
Source: (1): Kwan Gwak, Wisup Bae. 2010 A Review of Steam Generation for In-Situ Oil Sands Projects.
STEAM GENERATION UNIT
ONCE THROUGH STEAM
GENERATORS (OTSG)
Source: (1): Kwan Gwak, Wisup Bae. 2010 A Review of Steam Generation for In-Situ Oil Sands Projects.
PROCESS PRINCIPLES
OTSG
ECONOMICS
Capital Costs
16%
5%
45%
11%
11%
10%
2%
Water Tank
Flash Vessel
OTSG
Pumps
Blowers
Heat Exchangers
Controls/Instrumentation
ECONOMICS CONT
Operating Cost
Electricity
Fuel Gas
Water
Operations Expense
Supervision
Maintenance
Engineering &
Management
Personell Overhead
Additional Costs
ECONOMICS CONT
Sensitivity Analysis
-$1,000,000.00
-$500,000.00
$0.00
$500,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$1,500,000.00
$2,000,000.00
$2,500,000.00
$3,000,000.00
$3,500,000.00
$4,000,000.00
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Percent Deviation from Base Case
Base Case MARR Operating Costs Capital Cost Electricity
P&ID
HAZOP P&ID OF THE FURNACE
HAZOP- SAFETY LAYERS
Designed to reduce risk of
catastrophic event, first by raising
alarms, then taking action
Alarms
SIS
Safety Relief
Devices
Containment
High and Low alarms
Temperature, pressure, and level
Controls for flow rates used for
gas, air and feed water
Burst disk and relief valve on outlet of
furnace
Relief valve on blow down drum
Relief valve at inlet of fuel to OTSG,
this leads to a flare stack
relief pipe to the start-up/blowdown
area of the plant
OPERABILITY
How is the operation at SAGD field?

Farthest Well drilled: 72 km
Height difference: 611 m
Pressure drop: 18%

OPERABILITY - MONITORING
How to identify leaking?





How to identify fouling?


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