Mass Integration in

Acrolynitrile plant
Labor
Umwelttechnik und Recycling
Flowsheet of Acrylonitrile Plant
Technical Constraints
Targets for new Wastewater Streams
Overall water balance before and after mass integration
Application of different Mass Exchangers
S1: Air-Stripping
S2: Adsorption with activated Carbon
S3: Adsorption with Resins
Segregation, Interception and recycle
Source-Sink Mapping
Direct Recycle opportunities
Interception and recycling opportunities
Flowsheet of the Optimal Solution - 1
Flowsheet of the Optimal Solution - 2
Comparison of the results
Output Characteristics Without
Wastewater Reuse
Wastewater Reuse
Model 1
Wastewater Reuse
Model 2
Fresh water feed required 7,2 kg/s 2,2 kg/s 0 kg/s
Acrylonitrile in product
stream
3,9 kg/s 4,4 kg/s 4,6 kg/s
Flow rate to treatment 13,1 kg/s 7,7 kg/s 5,0 kg/s
Mass fraction acrylonitrile
in stream sent to treatment
0,092 0,078 0,083
Concentration of ammonia
in stream sent to treatment
20 ppm 35 ppm 25 ppm
Concentration of ammonia
in product stream
1 ppm 2 ppm 1 ppm
Impact diagrams (Pareto Charts) for the
reduction of wasteater and the associated
total annual costs (TAC)