MPSSS Operations

Mujtaba (1997) provided the following definitions of the terms SPSS, SPSSS, MPSSS frequently used for continuous column operation. 

Single Pass Steady State Operation (SPSS) 

Reprinted with permission from IChemE, UK. Full reference is at the end of the chapter. 

Single Pass Sequential Steady State Operation (SPSSS) 

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When a distillate product of specified purity is produced using a number of passes in a continuous column, the operation is defined as MPSSS operation. The number of distillate products depends on the number of components in the original mixture. This type of operation is used mainly to improve the recovery of a particular species in the feed mixture (see example section for further explanation). This type of operation can be applied to both binary and multicomponent mixtures. 

Figure 11.5. Multi-Pass Sequential Steady State (MPSSS) operation. [Mujtaba, 1997]d...

Table 11.2 shows that a low feed flow rate results in high recovery and long operation time but a high feed flow rate gives low recovery and short operation time. But from the profitability point of view it is required to achieve high recovery in shorter operation time, as this will also minimise the production of off-cuts and requirement of its further reprocessing. Mujtaba (1997), therefore, proposed to use MPSSS operation to achieve high recovery in shorter operation time. 

The distillate purity of 0.90 moleffaction in component 1 is achieved in all passes. For 6 passes, the total operation time is 3.685 hr which gives 94.59% of recovery (accumulated) for component 1. For a comparable recovery, this operation time is about 26% lower than that of case 1 of Table 11.2. For a higher recovery with larger feed flow rate the results clearly show the superiority of an MPSSS operation over a SPSS operation. The feed composition of the more volatile... 

Table 11.4. MPSSS Operation for Case 4 of Table 2. [Adopted from Mujtaba, 1997]...

For a given batch time of 3.685 hr, Tables 11.4 and 11.5 show that the CBD operation, using either a single reflux ratio or multiple reflux ratio, result in a low recovery (87.9% and 91.95% respectively, Table 11.5) compared to the accumulated recovery (94.59%) obtained using MPSSS operation (Table 11.4). However, the use of multiple reflux ratio improves the performance of conventional column significantly as compared to single reflux ratio operation. 

Effect of Feed Location on the Performance of Continuous Column-MPSSS Operation... 

Mujtaba (1997) studied the effect of feed location (NF) on the performance of continuous column using MPSSS operation for the same separation task with six passes as mentioned in the previous section. The results are presented in Table 11.6. 

Effect of transients in MPSSS operation has not been considered so far but note that the transient time for later passes can be significant compared to the operation time for those passes. The effect of transients and also the prospect of MPSSS operation using multicomponent mixtures with multiple product cuts should be further investigated. 

It is interesting to point out that with this catalyst formation of MP occurs also through the carbomethoxy cycle, whereas it will be shown that most catalysts that are highly selective to MP operate through the hydride mechanism (see Fig. 6). 

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We denoted the mass of dry air in a volume V as that is, p, - w,/Vj, and the mass of water vapor in V as m, that is, pp = mp/Yp. In practical calculations we usually handle volume flow volume flow is known in the suction inlet of a fan when the operating point of the fan is defined. Volume flow q, expressing the total air flow or the combined volume flow of water vapor and dry air, is not constant in various parts of the duct, because the pressure and temperature can vary. Therefore in technical calculations dealing with humid air, materia flows are treated as mass flows. Also, while the humidity can vary, the basic quantity is dry air mass flow w,(kg d.a./s). If, for instance, we know the volume flow q,. of a fan, the dry air mass flow through the fan is... 

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So far the theory has been completely general. In order to apply perturbation theory to the calculation of correlation energy, the unperturbed Hamilton operator must be selected. The most common choice is to take this as a sum over Fock operators, leading to Mdller-Plesset (MP) perturbation theory. The sum of Fock operators counts the (average) electron-electron repulsion twice (eq. (3.43)), and the perturbation becomes... 

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Melinite. Fr expl used in shells. The original Melinite was composed of 70ps PA mixed with 3Ops NC, disd in acet or eth-alc (Ref 1). Later Melinites were either 100% PA or PA to which small quantities of other aromatic nitro-compds were added in order to reduce the mp of PA (120—122°), thus facilitating casting operations (see under Picric Acid)... 

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