1.

Procedure:
1) Icon V8.0 apps was clicked.

2) New icon was started by selecting the New Project button.

3) Active package was selected and UNIQUAC fluid package was set for the property
package. The components involved was all keyed in which are 1,2-propylene oxide,
water and 1,2-propylene glycol.

4) Mixer was drag to the main flow sheet. The entering stream was named as 1-PO and 2Water. Where stream 1 was meant for propylene oxide with mass flowrate of 3952 kg/h
and stream 2 was meant for water with mass flowrate of 4990 kg/h. The temperature of
inlet stream was both at 25oC with a pressure of 1 bar or 100 KPa. The outlet of the mixer
named as 3-Rin is the mixture of propylene oxide and water that exist as liquid mixture.

5) CSTR was then dragged to the main flowsheet. The entering stream of the CSTR is
stream 3. The data obtained was plugged in. Were volume of CSTR turn out to be 8 m 3
3

with liquid volume of 85%. The outlet temperature of CSTR stream was set as 60 oC
where it has 2 outlet. The 5-vapor stream that has low concentration of desired product
and stream 4-liquid that has high concentration of desired product. On the kinetic side the
value of A was given as 1.7 x 1013 hr-1 while RT automatically calculated and E as 75362
kj/kgmol.

6) There were no pressure drop assumed. On reaction part, reaction was set as RXN 1. The
stoichiometry coefficient was set as -1 for both water and propylene oxide and +1 for
propylene glycol. Then the balance will be zero.

7) Distillation column was dragged into the main flow sheet. Add stages was performed.
8) On the specification side, draw component specs was selected. On configuration side
mole fraction was selected. Draw was selected as 10_reboiler. Draw data was clicked and
100 KPa pressure was clicked

9) On the feed there were 5 stages. While draw stage is condenser at 1 while reboiler has 10
stages.

10) The specs was edited with stage 1(condenser) or named as reflux ratio with value of 1.
While reboiler part, mole fraction was selected with 0.995 value was plugged in.

11) This resulting on the data obtained with 0.995 mole fraction gained on the bottom
product of the distillation column.

2. Process Flow Diagram (PFD)

3. Workbook
3.1. Data of the CSTR

3.2. Data of Distillation Column

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