Process Optimization

Case Study
12.1 Staged Distillation
Column
ADWINA DAULIN 18253
RATANA SHANGKARI 18123
JASPREET KAUR 20060
LUPETE BHULLAR 20021
THINESWARY NAIDU 18172
 Cooling water in, Condense Cooling water out
Heat removal, QC
wc r
Vn

Reflux
drum
k+1
FEED, F = Overhead
100lbmol/hr Ln+1 Product, D = 10
5% Propane k lbmol/hr
15% i-Butane
Li Vi Withdrawal,
25% n-Butane W
20% i-Pentane
35% n-Pentane
Phases:
L
Liquid
V
Staged Distillation
Vapour
V0 L1
Column
Reboiler Bottom
Product, B
Heat addition, QR
Stea Condens
m ate
Case Study Objective
Determine optimal operating conditions for staged distillation column to
achieve specific performance at minimum energy usage

Given:
Feed Flow: 100 lbmole/hr
Enthalpy of Feed: 4000 Btu/lbmole
Zero pressure drop in column
Top Product: 10 lbmole/hr

Assumptions:
Feed Pressure: 101.32 kPa
Condenser Pressure: 80 kPa
Reboiler Pressure: 90 kPa
Objective Function:
Minimize reboiler duty (QR) that accounts to operational costs

Minimize QR
Equality Constraints:
Fk = 100
xi,k = 1
yi,k = 1

Inequality Constraints:
QR, yi,k ,xi,k 0
QC 0
x, n-pentane at condenser 0.07

Where,
i = mole fraction of components
k = tray index
HYSYS Optimizer
Optimal operating conditions
Conditions Optimum Values

F1 (Condenser) (kmol/hr) 4.536

F4 (Reboiler) (kmol/hr) 40.823

Condenser Temperature (C) -28.81

Reboiler Temperature (C) 6.25

Reflux Ratio 76.82

Reboiler Duty (kJ/h) 4.18 x 10