Assignment # 1: Ethanol Distillation

Product Specification: 93wt% ethanol purity in OVHD Product with 5% Ethanol losses in Tower Bottoms

Group #:5 Assigned P1 Pressure:2 Actual P1 Pressure: Tower Group Number

5 TOTAL Theor. Trays 29.00

if different than the assigned P1, explain why

efficiency Optimum wt% Ethanol REFLUX 0.6 Feed Tray in stream 10 RATIO Actual Trays (Note 2) 1.91 47 27.000 40% inlet 93% top 3.4% bottom

Total Feed Flow kg/hr 40000

Notes:

1) Total theoretical trays includes condenser (tray 1) and reboiler (btm tray) 2) Theoretical trays counting from top to bottom. Optimization based on minimizing reboiler duty. ** distance from top tray to tower top tangent line *** distance from bottom tray to tower bott Reboiler

Group Number

Duty 10^6 kcal/hr 10.80 Condenser

Process Process Steam Steam Overall U Inlet Temp Outlet Temp Inlet Temp Outlet Temp (deg C) (deg C) (deg C) (deg C) (W/m2C) 114.40 123.1 158.83 158.8 1000

Group Number

Duty 10^6 kcal/hr

Process Process CW CW Overall U Inlet Temp Outlet Temp Inlet Temp Outlet Temp (deg C) (deg C) (deg C) (deg C) (W/m2C) -10.8 99.20 96.424 30 45 1100

Utility Costs ($/year) Group Number Reboiler Condenser Steam CW 5,260,271.00 139546.8

wer Bottoms

OVHD Bottoms Calculated Tower Tower Tower Calculated Volume Flow Flow Tower ID Tray Spacing Btms Top Tower T/T Tower kg/hr kg/hr (mm) (mm) (mm)*** (mm)** (mm) (m3) 16344.1 23655.9 2252.49 600 5000 1500 27000 133.5

m bottom tray to tower bottom tangent line

Area Reboiler (m2)

Purchase cost Reboiler ($)

TIC Reboiler ($)

314.72

Area Purchase cost Condenser Condenser (m2) ($)

TIC Condenser ($)

190.35

Purchase cost Tower ($)

TIC Tower ($)

89827.7 718621.6

Pumps

Heat Exchangers

Vertical Vessel

Economic Data Horizontal Vessel Storage Tanks

Total W Pump ? Heat Exchangers Vertical Vesel Horizontal Vessel Storage Tanks Piping Strt Fillings Valves V ? Purchase Cost

Piping Strt Pipe

Fittings

Valves