EDC VCM PROJECT

AT EPCL
(ENGRO POLYMER & CHEMICAL LIT.)

FINAL YEAR PROJECT

APPLIED CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL TECHNOLOHGY
KARACHI UNIVERSITY

GROUP MEMBERS.
WAHAJ SARTAJ
HASSAN FAHEEM
  OVERVIEW
 WET VCM CONTAINS  CHLORINITION

 ACIDITY ( 50-60ppm) C2H4 + Cl2 = C2H4Cl2 + E

 MOISTURE (90-97ppm) EDC

• CRACKING
 FOR FURTHUR PVC PROCESSING HASE TO SPECIFY AT
 SLIGHTLY ALKALINE (ALKALINITY 0.2 ppm ) C2H4Cl2 +E = C2H3Cl + Cl2
VCM
 MOISTURE( <200 ppm)
PURIFICATION

PURIFICATION

SCRUBBER
CHLORINITION CRACKING VCM
STORAGE
 FUNCTION OF SCRUBBER

VCM SCRUBBER ADJUST MOISTURE AND ACIDITY

 PROCESS DESCRIPTION
 ACIDITY CONTENT IN VCM NEUTRALIZE BY ACTION OF CUASTIC
 ALSO SOLID CUASTIC ABSORB MOISTURE FROM VCM

 OPERATION
 TWO SCRUBBERS IN PRACTICE AT A TIME
 VCM FIRST INTRODUCE IN LEAD SCRUBBER
 FINALLY INTODUCE INTO LEG SCRUBBER
 DESCRIPTION

 LEAD SCRUBBER CONTAIN CUASTIC SOLUTION

 ADD 1000KG OF10-12% CUASTIC SOUTION IN 24 HRS.
 LEAD SCRUBBER REMOVE ACIDITY

 LEG SCRUBBER CONTAIN CUASTIC FLAKES 3.6TONNES

 LEG SCRUBBER ADJUST MOISTURE UP >200ppm

MOISTURE < 100PPM MOISTURE UPTO

200 – 400PPM DRY VCM
CUASTIC SOLN CUASTIC BED
ACIDITY 70 PPM
ACIDITY MIN

LEAD SCRUBBER LEG SCRUBBER

CURRNET CONDITION.

 SCRUBBER EXHAUST IN 5-6 DAYS

 RECHARGING PROCESS TAKES 5-6 DAYS

 PROBLEM FACE
 RECHARGING PROCESS HAVE SEVERAL STEPS . IT TAKES TIEM
 SHORT TIME LIEN FOR RECHARGING PROCESS
MASS BALANCE
OBJECTIVE..

INCREASE RUN LENGTH OF VCM SCRUBBERS

 HOW WE INCREASE RUN DURATION ??

 BY CONTROL MOISTURE CONTENT IN LEAD (FIRST) SCRUBBER

 OR BY USING SOME HYGROSCODPIC MATERIAL
 PHYSICAL PARAMETERS TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE MAY EFFECTS

 SECOND OPTION
 MODIFICATION IN CURRENT PROCESS
 REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE TECHNIQUE IF ANY
FIRST PROPOSL DESIGN

 SCRUBBER POCESS OPERATE AT LOW TEMPERATURE

SOLUBILITYITY OF WATER IN VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER ("VCM") IS SO LOW IN A
COLD AQUEOUS CAUSTIC SOLUTION AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 0° C.

FUTURE PLAN
SINCE THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS TOO OLD AND LESS COST EFFECTIVE , THEREFORE
OUR NEXT WORKING WILL BE ON REPLACEMENT OF SCRUBBER