Department of Chemical

Science and Engineering

MODELING AND SIMULATION OF

DISTILLATION COLUMN AND HEAT
EXCHANGER
Team Members: Project Supervisor:
Sushant Mahat (22345) Bijay Adhikari
Raunak Pandey (22348)
Ramesh Pokhrel (22352)
Prabhav Thapa (22360)
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In this Presentation

 Introduction

 PRO/II

 Methodology

 Gaant Chart
 Budget Estimation
 Expected Outcome
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Introduction

 Simulation and Modeling

 PRO/II

 Distillation Column
 Heat Exchanger
 Objectives

 Scope

 Limitations
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Simulation

 Imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system.

 Process simulation is used for the design, development, analysis, and
optimization of technical processes.
 Why SIMULATION?
 To design new processes.
 To get possible outcomes when a real system cannot be engaged. ( dangerous /
non-existent / inaccessible)
 Improve plant yields through the optimization of existing plant processes.
 Evaluate process improvements before committing to costly capital projects.
 Troubleshooting in existent process.
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Modeling

 Set of concepts representing a system.

 Abstractions of things in the real physical world.
 Used to help people know, understand, or simulate a subject the model
represents.
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PRO/II

 Flagship steady-state process simulator produced by Schneider

Electric SimSci brand.
 Widely used for process design and operational analysis in the
chemical, natural, petroleum solids processing, and polymer
industries.
 Includes: MATLAB?
Numerical
 chemical component library
computations
 thermodynamic property prediction methods
 unit operations such as distillation columns, heat exchangers, compressors,
and reactors as found in the chemical processing industries.
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Distillation Column

 An essential item used

in distillation of liquid mixtures.
 Separates the mixture into its
component parts, or fractions,
based on the differences in
volatilities.
 Can be used in small scale
laboratory distillations as well as
for large scale industrial
distillations.
Schematic diagram of large Laboratory set up of small scale
scale continuous distillation fractional distillation column
column
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Heat Exchanger

 A device that allows heat from a fluid to pass to

a second fluid.
Symbol of Heat exchanger
 Two fluids do not have to mix together or come
in direct contact.
 Typical heat exchangers experienced by us in
our daily lives include condensers and
evaporators used in air conditioning units and
refrigerators.

Simple heat exchanger concept

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Objective

Primary Objective:
 To learn to use PRO/ II simulation software for chemical engineering problems

Secondary Objective:
 To learn about PFD (Process Flow Diagram)
 To continuously run the unit with defined optimization strategy
 To calculate approximate value rather than assumptions value
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Scope

 Simulation modeling provides valuable solutions by giving clear

insights into complex systems.
 Simulation can be used in business when conducting experiments on a
real system is impossible or impractical, often because of cost or time.
 A good alternative when process problems become too difficult to
solve analytically or when you want to focus on a problem as a
system.
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Limitation

 Itneeds valid source information about the relevant selection of key

characteristics and behaviors.
 We need simple approximation and assumption within the simulation
 We need conformity and validity of simulation outcomes.
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Methodology

 For simulation of distillation column and

heat exchanger we will use a simulating
software called as “PRO/ II”.
 Inside:
 Process Simulation with PRO/II Flowchart.
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Process Simulation Flowchart

Build Process Flow Diagram

Check Units of Measure

Define Components

Select Thermodynamic Model

Supply Stream Data

Provide Process Conditions

Run Simulation and View Results Similar Process Flowchart

For both Heat Exchanger and
Distillation Column
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Schedule
Months April May June July
 
Topic

Project group formation        

Study of possible project and supervisor selection        

Proposal Defense        

PRO/II Software installation        

Demo run of the software        

Simulation of the equilibrium reactor calculation        

Modeling of distillation column        

Simulation of distillation column        

Modeling of heat exchanger        

Simulation of heat exchanger        

Comparison of theoretical and simulated results        

Completed
Final report preparation         Remaining
Final project defense        
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Budget Estimation

SN Equipment Quantity Price [NRS]

1. PRO/II Software 1 1000

2. Miscellaneous 1000

Total 2000
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Expected Outcomes

 Learn to use PRO / II software

 Simulated result of conceptual distillation column and heat exchanger.
 Solve chemical engineering problems using simulation software.
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Queries & Discussion