REACTIONS:

Selectivity (based on C2H2) = 98% Main Reaction: Side Reactions: C2H2 + C2H4O2 -----> C4H6O2 1) C2H2 + H2O ------> C2H4O 2) C2H2 + 2C2H4O2 ------> C6H10O4 3 ) 2C2H4O -----> C4H6O + H2O Basis: 1hr operation Production: 10,000 MTPY VAM = VAM (10,000*1000)/(300*24) 1388 16.13953488

= =

Material balance on the Main Reaction: 0.98 kmol/hr of VAM requires ETY 1 kmol/hr of VAM requires ETY 16.14 kmol/hr of VAM requires ETY = = = 1 1.020408 16.46891 = 428.1917 = 0.428192 kmol/hr kmol/hr kmol/hr kg/hr tonne/hr

Using C2H2 : C2H4O2 of 1 : 1.15 Then, C2H4O2 entered = 18.93925012 kmol/hr

1136.355007 kg/h <== C2H4O2 input

Material balance on the 1st Side Reaction: ACT produced 1 kmol/hr of ETY = ACT produced by 16.47 kmol/hr of ETY = ACT produced by 0.009 kmol/hr of ETY =

Material balance on the 2nd Side Reaction:

1 kmol/hr of ETY gives EDA

= = =

1 kmol/hr 16.46891 kmol/hr 0.181158 kmol/hr 26.44907 kg/hr 0.026449 tonne/hr

16.47 kmol/hr of ETY gives EDA 0.011 kmol/hr of ETY gives EDA

H2O used in 1st Side Reaction: 1 kmole/hr of ETY requires kmole of WA = 16.47 kmol/hr of ETY requires kmol of WA = (0.013*16.47) kmol/hr of ETY requires kmol of WA = 1 kmole/hr 16.46891 kmol/hr 0.214096 kmol/hr 3.853726 kg/hr

C2H4O2 used in 2nd Side Reaction: 1 kmol/hr of ETY requires = 2 kmol/hr of AA 32.94 kmol/hr of AA 0.23058 kmol/hr of AA
13.8348 kg/hr 0.0138348 ton

16.47 kmol/hr of ETY requires = (0.007*16.47) kmol/hr of ETY requires =

Material balance on the 3rd Side Reaction: 1 kmole/hr of C4H6O 2 kmol/hr of C2H4O gives 1 kmole/hr of C2H4O gives = 0.5 kmol/hr of C4H6O = 0.07411 kmol/hr of C4H6O 3.260845 kg/hr 0.003261 tonne

0.21411 kmol/hr of C2H4O gives =

(mole ratio of C2H2 = 0.94) (mole ratio of C2H2 = 0.009) (mole ratio of C2H2 = 0.011)

mass

kmol

C2H2 C2H4O2
C4H6O2 C2H4O C6H10O4 H2O

26 ETY 60 AA
86 VAM

00*1000)/(300*24) kg/hr kg/hr kmol/hr

44 ACT 146 EDA

18 WA

16.1395

0.329378263

2H4O2 input

Required= Excess= Recovered= loss= cross check

16.6995 2.23976

1001.97 134.385 120 14 134

kg/h kg/hr kg/hr kg/hr

134.385

1 kmol/hr 16.4689 kmol/hr 0.14822 kmol/hr 6.52169 kg/hr 0.00652 ton/hr

60

/hr of C4H6O

hr of C4H6O

hr of C4H6O

Overall Mat. Bal. Components Ethyne Acetic Acid Vinyl Acetatylene Water Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Diacetate Acetaldehyde Stream1 kg/h 428 7 Stream2 kg/h 1136 14 Stream 9 kg/h 8 7 1 -

Balnce Across M01, V01 & E56 Components Ethyne Acetic Acid Vinyl Acetatylene Water Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Diacetate Acetaldehyde Stream3 kg/h 428 7 Stream4 kg/h 1136 14 Stream5 kg/h 428 1136 7 14 -

Balance Across Reactor R-126 Components Ethyne Acetic Acid Vinyl Acetatylene Water Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Diacetate Acetaldehyde Stream 7 kg/h 428 1136 7 14 Stream 8 kg/h 9 134 7 3 1389 26 8

Balance Across Exchanger E-56 Components Stream 6 Stream 7 kg/h Stream 8 kg/h

Ethyne Acetic Acid Vinyl Acetatylene Water Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Diacetate Acetaldehyde

428 1136 7 14 -

428 1136 7 14 -

9 134 7 3 1389 26 8

Balance Across Flash Drum D-203 Components Ethyne Acetic Acid Vinyl Acetatylene Water Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Diacetate Acetaldehyde Stream 9 kg/h 9 134 7 3 1389 26 8 Stream 10 kg/h 8 22 5 269 6 Stream 11 kg/h 1 112 2 3 1120 26 2

Balance Across Scrubber C-231 Components Ethyne Acetic Acid Vinyl Acetatylene Water Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Diacetate Acetaldehyde Stream 10 kg/h 8 22 5 269 6 Stream 12 kg/h 8 2 50 Stream 24 kg/h 40 -

Balance Across Light Component Distillation Column Components Ethyne Acetic Acid Vinyl Acetatylene Water Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Diacetate Acetaldehyde Stream 9 kg/h 9 134 7 3 1389 26 8 Stream 16 kg/h 9 0 7 0 1 6 Stream 17 kg/h 0 134 0 3 1388 26 2

Balance Across VAM Column Components Ethyne Acetic Acid Vinyl Acetatylene Water Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Diacetate Acetaldehyde Stream 11 kg/hr 0 134 0 3 1388 26 2 Stream 12 kg/hr 0 0 0 1 1388 0 0 Stream 13 kg/hr 0 134 0 2 0 26 2

Balance Across Acetic Acid Column Components Ethyne Acetic Acid Vinyl Acetatylene Water Vinyl Acetate Ethylene Diacetate Acetaldehyde Stream 14 kg/hr 0 134 0 2 0 26 2 Stream 15 kg/hr 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 Stream16 kg/hr 0 0 0 0 0 26 2

Stream12 kg/h 1 1388 1

Stream16 kg/h 10 2 26 6

Stream 15 kg/hr 0 134 0 3 0 0 0

Stream 6 428 1136 7 14 -

Stream 9 kg/h

9 134 7 3 1389 26 8

Stream 13 kg/h 62 3 219 6

Stream Temp Pressure Vapor Fraction Enthalpy

1 2 414 300 210 210 0.05 1 -8511965 3771669

3 365.39 210 0.56 -4742504

4 380 200 0.7 -4560915

5 445 180 1 -4121912

6 450 1202 1 -5780551

7 433 1002 0.17 -6219554

17 8 9 400 400 374 802 820 300 0 0 1 -6428653 -6428617 -314935

10 398 450 0 -6085780

11 398 600 0 -6085506

12 344 100 1 -4629212

13 14 15 16 411 411 413 480 200 350 200 272 0 0 1 0 -1132939 -1132912 -928439 -145731