Flow Sheet Simulations

Almost all licensors and contractors use commercial flow sheet simulation software either for primary design or for changes to an existing plant. Various software 

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Prediction of reverse osmosis performance is usefiil to the design of RO processes. Simulation of RO processes can be separated iato two categories. The first is the predictioa of membrane module performance. The second is the simulation of a network of RO processes, ie, flow sheet simulations, which can be used to determine the optimum placement of RO modules to obtain the overaH process objective. 

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Material and energy flow analyses with material flow analysis tools and flow sheet simulation systems are carried out to assess as well as to balance and configure technical processes. Economic evaluations are based on the results material and energy flow analyses. Examples for such works are [39, 75]. To determine investments and raw material, energy and total production costs as well as revenues static and dynamic investment calculation methods are carried out... 

Figure 3 shows the equilibrium reformate composition at different temperatures based on stationary process flow sheet simulations (ChemCAD ). The flow rate ratio of AOG to propane has been kept constant at a calculated (0/C)Ref of 1.82. Hydrocarbon conversion is almost complete for reforming temperatures above 700 C. The fraction of H2 and CO is greater than 60 Vol.-%. Soot formation is inhibited above 720 °C for the distinct operation conditions. 

While the reformer and burner can be considered as Gibbs reactors (delivering thermodynamic equilibrium values), the flow sheet simulation of the overall process requires the implementation of a confirmed stack characteristic. Key figures for the stack are power output, fuel utilization and electrochemical efficiency at the desired operation point. Thus, a Staxera Mk200/ESC4 stack was evaluated in a stack-test-bench with different fuel gas compositions and throughputs. Figure 4 shows the measured U/I-curves, Table 1 summarizes the stack performance data for the different operation points. 

The system concept was investigated in steady-state operation with ChemCAD flow sheet simulations. Figure 5 shows the results in terms of an energy flow chart for one operation point. 

The authors would like to thank their colleagues from project partner ZBT for their work concerning the stationary flow sheet simulations and the development of the reformer and afterburner unit. Additional thanks are given to Staxera GmbH and Nordzucker AG for their technical support during the project. 

Additionally, there is process simulation steady-state flow sheet simulators and dynamic flow sheet simulators. Steady-state flow sheet simulators have been widely used in chemical process engineering since the 1960s. Steady-state simulators describe the process as a set of modules connected by flows of material and energy between them. The modules correspond to mass and energy balances together with physical and thermodynamic data necessary for calculations. The calculations may be performed using one of two basic techniques. The sequential approach computes modules one by one, in a direction that generally follows that of the physical flows in the system (Leiviska, 1996). 

AspenTech is a process flow sheet simulator used in many senior chemical engineering design courses. It is now routinely introduced in earlier chemical engineering courses, such as thermodynamics, separations, and now in chemical reaction engineering (CRE). Like Polymath. AspenTech site licenses are available in most chemical engineering departments in the United States. Four AspenTech simulation examples specific to CRE are provided on the DVD-ROM with step-by-slep tutorial screen shots. 

The natural gas processing scheme proposed by Sciamanna and Lynn (1988) was developed with the aid of the UCBSRP flow-sheet simulator (Neumann, 1986). The process flow diagram presented in this paper is rather complex for a process of this type, reflecting greater emphasis on technical optimization than on commercial feasibility. An illustration of a simplified, updated generic flow diagram for the UCBSRP selective H2S process is shown in Figure 9-50 (Lynn et al. 1991). 

The first step in the flow sheet simulation is to define process flow sheet connectivity by placing unit operations (blocks) and their connected streams. To define a process flow sheet block, select a model from the Model Library (Column and then DSTWU) and insert it in the workspace. To define a process stream, select Streams from the Model Library and click to establish each end of the steam connection on the available inlet and outlet locations of the existing blocks. Building process flow sheet using shortcut distillation form the model library, for fluid package, Peng Robinson EOS is used. Date needed for simulation. 

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