Material Balance for 300 tons/day Cumene Plant
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The law of conservation of mass states that the total mass of various components involved remains constant during a unit process. Thus any unit process,
Rate of mass input = Rate of mass output + Rate of mass accumulation
For steady state operation where accumulation is constant,
Rate of mass input = Rate of mass output
- Conversion is 99% of propylene.
- Product molar selectivity cumene to p-DIPB is 31:1.
- Propylene feed is 95% pure and rest of propane.
- Benzene is about >99.9% purity.
- Molar feed ratio of benzene to propylene 2:1.
- Top product of benzene column is 98.1% benzene and 1.9% cumene.
- Top product of cumene separation column is 99.9 mole % cumene.
- Bottom product of cumene separation column is 100mole % p-DIPB.
Let be propane is tie substance which does not participate in the reaction, it is used as fuel.
300 tons/24 per hr of cumene
12.5 tons/ hr of cumene
12500 kg/hr of cumene
12500kg/ hr /120.19 = 104 Kmole/hr of cumene
Stoichiometry equation:
Primary reaction:
CH2-CH2-CH2(propylene ) + C2H2-C2H2-C2H2 (benzene) ® C6H5-C3H7(cumene
Side reaction:
CH2-CH2-CH2(propylene ) + C9H12 (cumene) ® C3H7-C6H4-C3H7(DIPB)
For primary reaction
1 Kmole of benzene = 1kmole of propylene = 1kmole of cumene
For side reaction
1 Kmole of benzene =2kmole of propylene = 1kmole of cumene
Propylene used for the cumene and DIPB:
So for cumene, propylene required is 104 kmole/hr
Selectivity is 31: 1 of cumene to DIPB, i.e., catalyst converts propylene and benzene to the ratio of 31 moles of cumene and 1-mole DIPB.
Conversion of propylene is 99%
Let X Kmole of DIPB formed
Then, cumene formed is 31X
31 X = 104
X = 3.35
DIPB formed is = 3.35 kmole/hr
GIVEN
PROPANE PRESENT:
PROPYLENE BALANCE
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propylene required for cumene
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=104.16
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propylene required for DIPB
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2X3.360
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=6.7204
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total propylene required
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=110.887
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propyleneconversion
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99%
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so,propylene inFeed
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110.8871/.99=
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112.0071
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Unreacted =
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112.0-110.8=
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1.11997
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PROPANE PRESENT:
As 110.88 Kmole of propylene
Total feed is =112.0071 / 0.95 = 117.9022 Kmole
Propane in feed =117.9022 – 112.0071 = 5.89 Kmole
BENZENE BALANCE
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benzene required for cumene
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104.1667
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benzene required for DIPB
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3.360215
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total benzene required
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107.5269
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GIVEN
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benzene to propylene feed ratio =
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2:1
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so, benzene to be feed
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110.8X2=
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221.774
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Unreacted = 221.7-107.5
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114.247
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Feed vessel:
Fresh feed = 107.52 Kmole
Recycle feed = 114.24 Kmole
Mixed feed = 107.52+114.24 = 221.77 Kmole
Balance around reactor:
Feed = mixed feed of benzene+ propylene feed
Separator
Bottom = 223.987 Kmole
Top = propylene + propane
Feed = top + bottom (feed would be reactor outlet 231 Kmole)
Top = 231- 223.987 = 7.01 Kmole
Benzene distillation column
Feed =223.987 kmole
Give: Top product contains 98.1 mole % benzene; assume all benzene is collected in top only then;
Benzene balance:
223.987 X 0.51 = D X 0.981
Top product = 116.4 Kmole
Cumene present in top product = 116.4 X 0.019 = 2.21 kmole
Bottom = feed – top
= 223.987- 116.4 = 107.52 Kmole
Cumene distillation column
Feed =107.52 Kmole
Given: top product contain 99.9 mole% cumene and 100 mole % p-DIPB in bottom.
Cumene balance:
107.52 X 0.968 = D X 0.999
Top product = 104.16 kmole
Bottom product = feed – top
= 107.52-104.16 = 3.36 kmole
Overall plant material balance:
INPUT
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OUTPUT
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molwt
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kmol/h
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kg/h
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kmole/h
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kg/h
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BENZENE
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78
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221.7742
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17298.3876
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114.2473
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8911.2894
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PROPYLENE
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42
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112.0071
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4704.2982
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1.11997
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47.03874
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PROPANE
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44
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5.8951
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259.3844
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5.8951
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259.3844
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CUMENE
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120
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0
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0
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104.166667
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12500.00004
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DIPB
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162
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0
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0
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3.360215
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544.35483
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TOTAL
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339.6764
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22262.0702
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228.789252
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22262.06741
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Yield:
As 1 mole of cumene is produced from 1 mole of propylene the Stoichiometry factor is 1
Moles of cumene produced = 104.16 Kmole
Stoichiometry factor = 1 (from the equation)
Moles of reactant fed = 110.88 Kmole
The yield of cumene based on propylene:
Yield = (moles of product produced) (Stoichiometry Factor) /(Moles of reactant fed to process)
= 104.16X1/110.88
=93.93%
= 104.16X1/110.88
