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FYP Briefing PDF
FYP Briefing PDF
Project Briefing
Poernomo Gunawan (Dr.)
School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
N1.2-B2-26A | E-mail: pgunawan@ntu.edu.sg
Instructors
Assoc. Prof. Raymond Lau
• Design variables trade off analysis & optimization
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Lectures & Consultation
• Lecture hours:
Mon 9:30-11:30 at CBE-LT (by external speakers from industry)
Thu 11:30-12:30 at CBE-LT (Q&A session; please send at least
2 representatives from the group)
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Lecture Topics
Speaker Topic Date
Tushar Poddar
Process Optimization 19th Feb 2018
(SemCorp Marine)
Lee Ming Yang
Separation Process 26th Feb 2018
(Koch-Glitsch)
Veronica Japri
Process Safety 12th Mar 2018
(Infineum)
Ng Kian Soon
Heat Integration 26th Mar 2018
(Siemens)
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Project Overview
• Analysis and modification of the plant design for methanol
production through carbon dioxide hydrogenation.
• The current process was designed for different methanol
production rates ranging from 0.5 to 2 million tons per annum
(8160 hours of production per annum) with product purity of 99.5
mol%.
• The raw materials used was pure CO2 and H2 that were obtained
elsewhere.
• The reaction was carried out by using Cu-ZnO based catalyst that
was develop in the 1980s.
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Project Overview
Task - Modification on the initial PFD:
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Project Overview
Constraints:
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Project Phases
Phase 1 (4 weeks):
Literature review
• Introduction
• Recent process development
• Recent catalyst development
• Reaction kinetics & its validation
• Thermodynamic package & validation
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Project Phases
Phase 2 (5 weeks):
Identify and evaluate effect design variables on the plant
economics (J cost)
• Identify DDVs, LDVs
• Understand and demonstrate dominant trade off
analysis
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Project Phases
Phase 3 (4 weeks):
Heat integration analysis & reconfiguration
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Time Line & Assessment
Assessment Date Weightage
20% (phase 2)
Final Report (wk 13) 19th April 2018
10% (phase 3)
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Interim Report
Literature review:
• Introduction & objectives
• Recent process development
• Recent catalyst development
• Reaction schemes, reaction kinetics & its validation
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Final Report
Executive summary
Literature review & analysis on the initial design
Process description
Determination of dominant & local design variables
Optimization of dominant design variables & trade-off analysis (with plots, etc.)
Optimization of ‘local’ design variables (e.g., column reflux ratio)
Heat integration analysis and design
Material balance table
Summary of operation criteria (e.g., kg feed per kg product, steam consumption per
kg product, conversion, selectivity, etc.)
Summary of major equipment sizing and costing
Detailed design (P&ID) and HAZOP of either reactor or distillation column
Optimized PFD before heat integration (A3 size)
PFD with heat integration (A3 size)
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Group Formation & Contribution
Form (9±1) members in a group
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All the best!!
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