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CPD (CL 402): Assignment-2

1. A simplified flowsheet for the Union Carbide oxo process is given below
a. Determine the overall conversion of propylene to n-butyraldehyde for purge rates or 1
% and 0.1 %.

Feedstock:
CO 0.5 kg-mole/sec
H, 0.5 kg-mole/sec
PL 0.47 kg-mol/sec
P 0.03 kg-mol/sec
1 atm, 298 K

Assume all or the separation steps (distillation towers) give perfect splits for the
components shown,
b. How does the propane flowrate change at the reactor inlet when the purge rate goes
from 0.1 % to 1%?
2. Assume the feed into a flash tank consists of 25 motes pentane, 40 moles cis-2- butene
and 35 moles n-butane.

a. Find the recovery of n-butane when the pressure is 200 kPa and temperature is 300K.
b. Calculate dew and bubble point temperatures at 200 kPa. What are the bubble and
dew compositions?
c. If the flash tank operates at 100 kPa, at what temperature could you recover 60% cis-
2-butene in the vapor?

3. It is desired to separate propylene from trans-2-butene in a distillation column. The reed


stream is available as saturated liquid at 15 bar, and has the following composition

Propylene 45 gmol/s
trans-2-butene 10 gmol/s
cis-2-butene 15 gmol/s
i-butene 6 gmol/s
Ethylene 5 gmol/s
Propane 4 gmol/s

It is desired to recover 99.5% of the propylene in the distillate and 99% of trans2- butene
in the bottom stream.
a. Determine the temperature of the feed stream and the minimum number of plates that are
required for the column.
b. Determine the mole fraction composition of the distillate and the bottoms.
d. If cooling water at 90F is to be used in the condenser with T min = 10C, what
would be the lowest pressures at which the column should operate if the distillate is
obtained as either saturated liquid or saturated vapor? Also, for these two cases, what
would be the maximum temperatures in a total reboiler?

4. It is proposed to use an absorption column to recover 99.2% of acetone from a gas stream
at 2 bar, 300K, that has the following composition: 94.3 gmol/s air, 5.0 gmol/s acetone.
0.7 gmol/s formaldehyde.

a. If water is to be used as the solvent, estimate its required flowrate for the following
conditions:

P column T water
2 bar 300K
2 bar 330K
10 bar 3000K
10 bar 330K

b. Estimate the number of theoretical trays required for this column.


c. Assuming the absorber will operate at 2 bar, and with the temperature of the water at
300K, calculate the mass balance for the column, and estimate the temperature or the
outlet liquid stream.

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