UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN KIMIA

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY IV
(CHE612)

NAME
STUDENT I.D
EXPERIMENT
DATE PERFORMED
SEMESTER
PROGRAM
SUBMIT TO

No.
1
2
3
4

: MUHAMMAD AQEEL
: 2012872832
: AN ACYCLIC PROCESS
: 28/10/2014
:5
: EH220
: MDM NORASMAH MOHAMMED MANSHOR

Title
Procedure
Process Flow Diagram (PFD)
Workbook/Stream Summary
Questions & Discussions
TOTAL MARKS

Allocated Marks (%)

Marks

10
20
30
40
100

Remarks:

Checked by:

Rechecked by:

----------------------------(NORASMAH MOHAMMED MANSHOR)

Date:

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Date:

LAB 3: AN ACYCLIC PROCESS

Objective:
1. To install and converge a conversion reactor
2. To simulate a process involving reaction and separation
Process:
Toluene is produced from n-heptane by hydrogenation over a Cr 2O3 catalyst
adsorbed on Al2O3:
C7H16 C7H8 + 4H2
n-heptane is heated from 65F to 800F in a heater at a molar flowrate of 100
lbmole/hr and fed to a catalytic reactor, which operates isothermally and converts 15
mol % of n-heptane to toluene. The effluent is cooled to 65oF and fed to flash
separator to remove hydrogen at least up to 96%. Assume that all of the units
operate at atmospheric pressure.
Hint:
1. Use Advanced Peng-Robinson property package.
2. Assume no pressure drop in all equipments.

PROCEDURE

1. All Property Package is selected from the Chemical System Categories to

select toluene, n-heptane and hydrogen.

2. A material stream is added named S1. The available values that have been
given from the process is put into the properties table such as the temperature
, pressure (, mole flow , and the mole fraction for toluene , n-heptane and
hydrogen .

3. Then, a heater is added connected to S1 and renamed as E-1. The value that
has been given from the process is put into the properties table like
temperature out and delta P .

4. An output stream is the added and renamed as S2. The stream is solved
automatically.

5. Next, a conversion reactor is added and renamed as R-1. From the

properties table, the reaction name is named as hydrogenation and the value
of conversion factor is 0.15

6. Another output stream is added connected to R-1 and is renamed as S3. The
stream is solved automatically.

7.

A cooler is added connected to S3 and is renamed as E-2. The value of

temperature out is changed to 65 F but delta P remained the same.

8. A material stream is added (S4) to be connected to a separator named V-1.

Both the stream and the separator are solved automatically.

9. An output stream is added onto the top of the separator. It is renamed as S5.

10. Another output stream is added onto the bottom of the separator. It is
renamed as S6.

PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM

STREAM SUMMARY
Name
Description
Upstream Op
Downstream Op
VapFrac
T [F]
P [psia]
MoleFlow/Composition
TOLUENE
n-HEPTANE
HYDROGEN
Total
Mass Flow [lb/h]
Volume Flow [ft3/s]

S1

S2

S3

E-1.In

E-1.Out
R-1.In

R-1.Out
E-2.In

0.00
1.00
1.00
65.0
800.0
572.8
14.70
14.70
14.70
Fracti lbmole Fracti lbmole Fracti
on
/h
on
/h
on
0.000
0.000
0.093
0
0.00
0
0.00
75
1.000 100.0 1.000 100.0 0.531
0
0
0
0
25
0.000
0.000
0.375
0
0.00
0
0.00
0
100.0
100.0
1.00
0
1.00
0
1.00
10020
10020
10020
.36
.36
.36
0.065
25.39
33.35

S4

E-2.Out
V-1.In
0.391
55
65.0
14.70
lbmole Fracti lbmole
/h
on
/h
0.093
15.00
75
15.00
0.531
85.00
25
85.00
0.375
60.00
0
60.00
160.0
0
1.00 160.00
10020
.36
6.728

Std Liq Volume Flow

[ft3/s]
Std Gas Volume Flow
[MMSCFD]
Energy [Btu/hr]
H [Btu/lbmol]
S [Btu/lbmol-F]
MW
Mass Density [lb/ft3]
Cp [Btu/lbmol-F]
Thermal Conductivity
[Btu/hr-ft-F]
Viscosity [cp]
Molar Volume [ft3/lbmol]
Z Factor
Surface Tension
Speed of Sound

Name
Description
Upstream Op

0.065
9.107
7E-1
3.337
E+5
3337.
2
47.16
6
100.2
0
42.94
26
51.29
8
0.073
4
4.191
3E-1
2.333
0.006
2

0.065
9.107
7E-1

0.079
1.457
2E+0

5.551
E+6

4.123
E+6

0.079
1.457
2E+0
1.886
E+5

55521
.2
120.0
10
100.2
0
0.109
6
75.47
1
0.035
5
1.340
7E-2
914.11
7
0.994
5

25771
.8
75.44
8

1178.9
37.29
7

62.63
0.083
4
42.00
3
0.040
6
1.228
5E-2
750.5
45
0.996
0

62.63
0.413
7
32.88
1
0.074
2
1.434
3E-1
151.3
67
0.395
2

S5

S6

V-1.Vap

V-1.Liq0

Downstream Op
VapFrac
T [F]
P [psia]
MoleFlow/Composition
TOLUENE
n-HEPTANE
HYDROGEN
Total
Mass Flow [lb/h]
Volume Flow [ft3/s]
Std Liq Volume Flow
[ft3/s]
Std Gas Volume Flow
[MMSCFD]
Energy [Btu/hr]
H [Btu/lbmol]
S [Btu/lbmol-F]
MW
Mass Density [lb/ft3]
Cp [Btu/lbmol-F]
Thermal Conductivity
[Btu/hr-ft-F]
Viscosity [cp]
Molar Volume [ft3/lbmol]
Z Factor
Surface Tension
Speed of Sound

1.00
0.00
65.0
65.0
14.70
14.70
Fracti lbmole Fracti lbmole
on
/h
on
/h
0.005
0.150
29
0.33
68
14.67
0.037
0.848
79
2.37
8
82.63
0.956
0.000
92 59.95
52
0.05
1.00 62.65
1.00
97.35
388.6
9631.
3
73
6.667
0.060
0.018
5.705
8E-1
2.370
E+5
3783.
5
37.02
6
6.20
0.016
2
8.204
0.079
8
8.7411
E-3
383.1
05
1.000
1

0.060
8.866
5E-1
4.256
E+5
4372.
3
37.47
1
98.94
44.23
72
48.76
2
0.074
0
4.404
5E-1
2.236
0.005
9

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS

1. What is the phase of n-heptane at the inlet and outlet of the heater?
Inlet : liquid Outlet : gas
2. What is the mole fraction for each component after conversion of 15% of nheptane?
Toluene : 0.09375 n-Heptane : 0.53125 Hydrogen : 0.3750
3. What is the phase and temperature of the separator feed stream?
Phase : gas Temperature : 65 F
4. Determine the mole fraction for each component at the outlet of the separator.
Top product :
Toluene : 0.00529
n-Heptane : 0.03779
hydrogen : 0.9562
Bottom product :
toluene : 0.15068
n-Heptane : 0.82880
hydrogen : 0.00052
From this process, toluene is produced from n-heptane by hydrogenation over a . A
heater is used to heat up the feed to increase the temperature to 800F from 65 F.
Then it flows to a conversion reactor where the hydrogenation process takes place.
This is where 15 mol% of n-heptane is converted to toluene giving a mass fraction of
toluene, n-heptane and hydrogen are 0.09375, 0.53125 and 0.3750 respectively.
This process will then go through a cooler to cool down the temperature back to 65

F and flow to the flash separator in order to remove hydrogen up to 96%. Thus
resulting in a top product of hydrogen and a bottom product of n-heptane and
toluene.