PRODUCTION OF DME FR

CONVERTING DME RODUCTION

Assumptions
Plant operates 330 days/yr
Only day shift 8 hours/day
Additional Data
DME molecular weight 46.07 kmol/kg

15000 mt 1000 kg 1 kmol

1 yr 1 ton 46.07 kg

Material Balance Around Reactor

DEHYDRATION OF METHANOL
Let : CH3OH A
CH3OCH3 B 2CH3OH → CH3OCH3 + H2O
H2O C
Methanol conversion Assumed 0.8 from literature
Molar flowrate (kmol/hr) Composition mol%
Component Stoichiometric Ratio Inlet Outlet Inlet
A 2 246.66 49.33 0.83
B 1 49.33 123.33 0.17
C 1 0.00 123.33 0.00
SUM 295.99 295.99 1.00

DME Distillation Column

Assumptions
Methanol purity 0.999 mol% From literature
Molar flowrate (kmol/hr) Composition mol%
Component Feed Distillate Bottom Feed Distillate
Methanol 48.09 48.04 0.05 0.28 0.997
Water 123.33 0.12 123.21 0.72 0.003
DME 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000
SUM 171.42 48.16 123.25 1.00 1.000
ON OF DME FROM METHANOL MATERIAL BALANCE
G DME RODUCTION FROM mt/ yr to Kmol/hr

1 yr 1 day 123.33
330 days 8 hrs

DME Distillation Column

ETHANOL DME purity 0.99 mol% Given
Molar flowrate (kmol/hr)
3 + H2O Component Feed Distillate Bottom
Methanol 49.33 1.25 48.09
Water 123.33 0.00 123.33
Composition mol% DME 123.33 123.33 0.00
Outlet SUM 295.99 124.58 171.42
0.17
0.42
0.42
1.00

Mixing point and Recycle

Pure Methanol (fresh feed) 0.99 mol %
Water 0.01 mol %
tion mol% Component Fresh Feed Recycle
Bottom Flowrate (kmol/hr) Composition Flowrate (kmol/hr)
0.0004 Methanol 198.75 0.99 47.92
0.9996 Water 49.21 0.01 0.12
0.00 DME 0.00 0.00 0.00
1.00 SUM 247.9537 1.00 48.04
 kmol
hr

stillation Column

Composition mol%
Feed Distillate Bottom
0.17 0.01 0.28
0.42 0.00 0.72
0.42 0.99 0.00
1.00 1.00 1.00

point and Recycle

Assumption based on the literature

Recycle Product
Composition Flowrate (kmol/hr) Composition
0.999 246.66 0.83
0.001 49.33 0.17
0.00 0.00 0.00
1.00 295.99 1.00