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Material Balance (A) : 3.1 Assumptions
Material Balance (A) : 3.1 Assumptions
CHAPTER 3
3.1 Assumptions
Complete separation takes place in separators.
Methane is 64.64% by weight in natural gas.
Working days of plant is taken to be 350 days.
Less than 1ppm moisture remains in the outlet of Molecular sieve bed.
About 20% of water is removed in Knock Out Drum.
About 35% of water is removed in Drier.
NOTE : water removal is taken as per the ONGC Uran plant.
Plant Capacity = 2.816Lakh TPA
Here we have taken 350 days as working days.
= 2.816x106x103 kg/yeas
= 2.50x103/350x24
= 33820.82 kg/hr.
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Component (Wt %)
Methane 64.64
Ethane 12.52
Propane 12.61
Butane 7.30
Pentane 2.16
Hexane 0.047
Nitrogen 0.54
Hydrogen 0.0013
Carbon dioxide 0.010
Water 0.17
Total 100
K
O
Feed = 1,87,000 kg/hr
D
R 34
U
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Bottom = 63.58kg/hr
Outlet composition
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Top = 100172.43kg/hr
D
Feed = 1,86682.1 kg/hr R
I
E
R
Now the outlet of feed Gas knock out drum sent to dryer where about 35% of water gets
removed feed (As per the ONGC Nomographs).
Water removed = 186936.42x 0.35 = 22.25kg/hr.
Outlet composition
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Sieve Bed
Outlet Composition
Outlet composition
Components Top (Kg/hr.) wt.fr. Bottom Wt.fr.
(Kg/hr.)
Methane 72707.59 0.725 48196.72 0.557
Ethane 14012.93 0.139 9172.58 0.106
Propane 7108.00 0.071 16585.36 0.191
Butane 4114.88 0.041 96501.37 0.111
Pentane 1,217.53 0.012 2,840.95 0.032
Hexane 26.45 2.64x10-4 61.85 7.14x10-4
Nitrogen 970.64 9.68x10-3 43.97 5.08x10-4
Hydrogen Sulphide 1.22 1.21x10-5 1.22 1.41x10-5
Carbon dioxide 13.14 1.31x10-4 5.64 6.52x10-5
Total 100172.43 1.0 86509.69 1.0
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Condenser
Top = 62368.11kg/hr
Distillate=54233.14kg/hr
L
Feed = 101252.03 kg/hr E Reflux = Pump
F 8134.96kg/hr
C
O
L
U
M
N Reboiler
Bottom=38883.91kg/hr
Fig.3.6 Material Balance around LEF column
Total feed at LEF column is = 86509.69+14742.332
= 101252.03 Kg/hr
Feed composition
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V=L+ D
62368.119 = 0.15 D + D
D = 54233.14kg/hr
Outlet composition
Components Top product (Kg/hr) Bottom product (Kg/hr)
Methane 51832.107 -
Ethane 9795.66 77.56
Propane - 21560.95
Butane - 13471.78
Pentane - 3,693.23
Hexane - 80.371
Nitrogen 723.42 -
Hydrogen Sulphide 2.075 -
Carbon dioxide 14.83 -
Total 62368.11 38883.916
Condenser
L
Top = 36,061.114kg/hr P
G
C Distillate=33,825kg/hr
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L
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M
N
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Reboiler
Bottom=2,882.89 kg/hr
In this LPG column, pentane and Hexane removed from the bottom as a natural gas liquid
(NGL)..
Feed to LPG column = 38,883.91 Kg/hr.
R = L0/D
0.15 = L0/D
Outlet composition
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