1.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

2. PROBLEM STATEMENT 2

3. GENERAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS 3

3.1. SEPARATION TECHNIQUE (CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION) 3

3.2. SEQUENCING 5
3.3. OPERATING CONDITIONS 6
3.4. COLUMN TYPE (TRAY COLUMN) 7
3.5. TRAY TYPE (VALVE TRAY, FIXED) 7
3.6. COLUMN MATERIAL (SS304) 8

4. INITIAL PROCESS DESIGN 9

4.1. FLUID PACKAGE (PRSV) 9

4.2. DEGREES OF FREEDOM 10
4.3. SHORTCUT DISTILLATION 10
4.4. PRELIMINARY HYSYS SIMULATION 12

5. MECHANICAL DESIGN 12

5.1. TRAY DIAMETER (114 IN) 12

5.2. COLUMN HEIGHT (139.5FT) 13
5.3. COLUMN HEAD DESIGN 14
5.4. COLUMN SHELL THICKNESS (118 ) 14
5.5. COLUMN STRESS ANALYSIS 15
5.6. HEAT EXCHANGERS 16

6. TRAY HYDRAULICS 17

7. COST ESTIMATION 19

7.1. COLUMN19
7.2. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT 19
7.3. UTILITIES 20

8. OPTIMIZATION 20

8.1. PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION 20

8.2. OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGY 21
8.3. OPTIMIZATION RESULTS (TAC = $9,981,756) 22

9. DISCUSSION 24

10. REFERENCES 25
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