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In vapor-liquid equilibria, if one phase composition is given, there are basically four types of problems, characterized by those variables which are specified and those which are to be calculated. Let T stand for temperature, P for total pressure, for the mole fraction of component i in the liquid phase, and y for the mole fraction of component i in the vapor phase. For a mixture containing m components, the four types can be organized in this way ... 

To illustrate the criterion for parameter estimation, let 1, 2, and 3 represent the three components in a mixture. Components 1 and 2 are only partially miscible components 1 and 3, as well as components 2 and 3 are totally miscible. The two binary parameters for the 1-2 binary are determined from mutual-solubility data and remain fixed. Initial estimates of the four binary parameters for the two completely miscible binaries, 1-3 and 2-3, are determined from sets of binary vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data. The final values of these parameters are then obtained by fitting both sets of binary vapor-liquid equilibrium data simultaneously with the limited ternary tie-line data. 

When more than one reactant is used, it is often desirable to use an excess of one of the reactants. It is sometimes desirable to feed an inert material to the reactor or to separate the product partway through the reaction before carrying out further reaction. Sometimes it is desirable to recycle unwanted byproducts to the reactor. Let us now examine these cases. 

We shall see later how temperature and pressure affect equilibrium conversion. For now, let us consider how concentration affects equilibrium conversion. 

Temperature control. Let us now consider temperature control of the reactor. In the first instance, adiabatic operation of the reactor should be considered, since this leads to the simplest and cheapest reactor design. If adiabatic operation produces an unacceptable rise in temperature for exothermic reactions or an unacceptable fall in temperature for endothermic reactions, this can be dealt with in a number of ways ... 

Having discussed the choice of reactor type and operating conditions at length, let us try two examples. 

Solution Having synthesized the continuous flowsheet shown in Fig. 4.136, let us now convert this into batch operation. 

Now let us take a closer look at the two most commonly used heat engines (steam and gas turbines) to see whether they achieve this efficiency in practice. To make a quantitative assessment of any combined heat and power scheme, the grand composite curve should be used and the heat engine exhaust treated like any other utility. 

Let us take each of these components in turn and explore whether they can be accounted for from the material and energy balance without having to perform heat exchanger network design. 

It was also noted in Sec. 4.4 that the hatch nature of a process can lead to less than full utilization of the equipment. Let us consider how utilization of equipment can be improved. 

The first major hazard in process plants is fire, which is usually regarded as having a disaster potential lower than both explosion or toxic release. However, fire is still a major hazard and can, under the worst conditions, approach explosion in its disaster potential. It may, for example, give rise to toxic fumes. Let us start by examining the important factors in assessing fire as a hazard. 

So far the emphasis has been on substituting hazardous materials or using less, i.e., intensification. Let us now consider use of hazardous materials under less hazardous conditions, i.e. at less extreme temperatures or pressures or as a vapor rather than superheated liquid or diluted, in other words, attenuation. ... 

However, in the early stages of design, decisions that have important safety implications must be made based on an incomplete picture. Let us explore simple quantitative measures which can be used to assist decision making in the early stages of design. 

Let us take each of these in turn and consider how reactor waste can... 

Reducing waste from multiple reactions producing waste byproducts. In addition to the losses described above for single reactions, multiple reaction systems lead to further waste through the formation of waste byproducts in secondary reactions. Let us briefly review from Chap. 2 what can be done to minimize byproduct formation. 

Let us now turn our attention to losses from the separation and recycle system. 

In general, the best way to deal with a feed impurity is to purify the feed before it enters the process. Let us return to the isopropyl alcohol process from Fig. 10.3. Propylene is fed to the process containing propane as a feed impurity. In Fig. 10.3 the propane is removed from the process using a purge. This causes waste of... 

Let us now suggest what can be done, particularly in design, to overcome such waste. 

Let us briefly review the primary treatment methods used. Pretreatment usually starts with phase separation if the effluent is a heterogeneous mixture. 

In Chap. 12 it was discussed how the pinch takes on fundamental significance in improving heat integration. Let us now explore the consequences of placing reactors in different locations relative to the pinch. 

Let us now consider a few examples for the use of this simple representation. A grand composite curve is shown in Fig. 14.2. The distillation column reboiler and condenser duties are shown separately and are matched against it. Neither of the distillation columns in Fig. 14.2 fits. The column in Fig. 14.2a is clearly across the pinch. The distillation column in Fig. 14.26 does not fit, despite the fact that both reboiler and condenser temperatures are above the pinch. Strictly speaking, it is not appropriately placed, and yet some energy can be saved. By contrast, the distillation shown in Fig. 14.3a fits. The reboiler duty can be supplied by the hot utility. The condenser duty must be integrated with the rest of the process. Another example is shown in Fig. 14.36. This distillation also fits. The reboiler duty must be supplied by integration with the process. Part of the condenser duty must be integrated, but the remainder of the condenser duty can be rejected to the cold utility. 

Let us now briefly review the most important costs which will be needed to compare options. 

With a few exceptions reservoir rocks are sediments. The two main categories are siliciclastic rocks, usually referred to as elastics or sandstones , and carbonate rocks. Most reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea are contained in a clastic depositional environment many of the giant fields of the Middle East are contained in carbonate rocks. Before looking at the significance of depositional environments for the production process let us investigate some of the main characteristics of both categories. 

Now using a hydrocarbon component, say ethane, as an example, let us consider the other parameter, volume, using a plot of pressure versus specific volume (i.e. volume per unit mass of the component, the inverse of the density). The process to be described could be performed physically by placing the liquid sample into a closed cell (PVT cell), and then reducing the pressure of the sample by withdrawing the piston of the cell and increasing the volume contained by the sample. 

The input parameters to the calculation of volumetries were introduced at the beginning of Section 6.1. Let us take the STOMP calculation as an example. 

Often the a priori knowledge about the structure of the object under restoration consists of the knowledge that it contains two or more different materials or phases of one material. Then, the problem of phase division having measured data is quite actual. To explain the mathematical formulation of this information let us consider the matrix material with binary structure and consider the following potentials ... 

Let us consider investigation of stresses in a 3-D specimen. It has been shown [1] that in the case of weak birefringence a 3-D specimen can be investigated in a conventional transmission polariscope as if it were a two dimensional specimen. On every ray of light it is possible to determine the parameter of the isoclinic and the optical path difference A. The latter are related to the components of the stress tensor on the ray by linear integral relationships... 

Let us assume that stress gradient in axial direction is present but smooth. Then we can use a perturbation method and expand the solution of equation (30) in a series. The first term of this expansion will be a solution of the plane strain problem and potential N will be equal to zero. The next terms of the stress components will contain potential N also. 

Let us consider that equivalent planar OSD are completely characterized by a parameter vector p = where I is the ligament (the distance between the bottom of the OSD and the... 

Let us consider that the niunber of echoes M and the incident wavelet (/) (e.g., a normalized comer echo) are known. Least Squares approach for estimating parameter vectors x and requires the solution to the nonlinear least squares problem ... 

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