Process Modelling And Simulation Lab

Properties

• Determine the properties of pure components.
• Generate the VLE data and plot T-x-y and P-x-y diagrams
• Compute the boiling and dew points of the multi-components
• Determine the amounts of liquid and vapor at its boiling point.

Heater and mixer

• Determine the heat duty in the heater
• Calculate the inlet stream flow rate using sensitivity analysis

Heat exchanger

• Estimation of the heat duty for a heat exchanger.
• Calculate the outlet temperature of hot and cold streams
• Perform sensitivity analysis to find the minimum heat transfer area and intermediate temperature.

Pressure changers

• Determine the power required for the pump for liquid transportation.
• Calculate the power required for the compressor to increase the desired pressure.
• To minimize the pressure drop, perform sensitivity analysis to find the optimum split fraction.Identify a scheme to minimize the power required.

Separation units

• Estimate the mole fraction of acetone in the exit gas stream by changing the liquid-gas feed ratio.
• Determine the mole fraction of acetone in the raffinate by varying the solvent mass flow rate.
• Calculate acetic acid in the raffinate by varying the solvent-to-feed ratio and temperature.

Distillation column

• Using the DISTWU model, show the theoretical stages to reflux ratio at desired values of light and heavy key components in the distillate.

Reactors

• Compare the heat duty and conversion at the reactor outlet for different cases.

Optimization

• Predict the minimum volume of the two CSTRs to obtain an exit conversion of 60%

Flowsheet simulation

• Perform flowsheet simulation using the Aspen Plus simulator.

Research Facilities (ongoing Research)

• Transportation of crude oil through pipe lines.
• Numerical analysis on heat transfer behaviour in thermal processing of homogeneous liquids foods