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[Er 16 sra.t with a simple system in which a gas feed is separated into a liquid product and a sales gas' This is
darcd by compressing
coolinS and flashing the gas before sending it to a distillation column' The
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operated with a reboiler that is used to control the composition of the bottom liq uids'
PROCESS INFORMATION
o The conditiom and cornpcition of the inlet stream are given in the
table.
The corpressor oudet
pressure is 40 bar'
rJse75% polytropic
e*nOency.
The oLdct of dE air cooler should be 40
oC'
Sdes
gp passgtlilutt a gas/gas exchanger to cool the inlet
stream. In thbfirst cooler, the Minimum End Approach Temperature
'rs
15"c
The second oler cfiills the stream feeding the
propane cooler to 2
oc.
The propane refrigeration cools the stream entering the low
temperature
separator to -6'5
oC.
The pressure at the outlet of the JT valve is 15 bar'
use the stabilber to obtain a o.L cJcastandard
liquid volume f raction ratio in the bottom liquid'
Remernbf to supply a guess for stream 13. The temperature and pressure of the feed' along with 100 moles
each of methane, ethane and propane can be used'
After seting up the simulation, insert a Property Table to display the temperatures'
pressures' flow rates' ond
compositions of the Inlet, Sales Gas, and LPG streams'
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fiTt ad dren use the 'Connector Tool" in Visio to draw the streams.
All hst dtaEets $odd lrare a pressure drop specified, since this is a property of the exchanger.
Settirg il outlet p.esste instead can resuh in unexpected results if conditions change later.
Always set a vdr-re for tte e*nciency of pumps, compressors, and expanders. Setting both the outlet
pr6sure and ternperature's strongfy discouraged because a small inaccuracy in the temperature can
resuh in e{ficiencies lpcs than 07o or greater than 100%.
Recyde block alwara require the outlet PStream to be completely specified (Pressure, Temperature,
Flow Rate and Composition).
Visio shapes can be resized and rotated by utilizing points that become available when the object is
selected. Process and Energy streams can be redirected from similar points.
o The small green circle above the exchanger to the right is for rotating the
drawing The other green squares are to resize the shape. Some shapes
allow for stretching, others only allow making it larger or smaller. A few
shapes restrict rotation to maintain correct positioning of vapor and
liquid exits.
o The yellow diamond found on the stream shown to the right is for the
label location. The name of blocks and streams can be moved by dragging
-2i8
>E
this diamond.
o To redirect streams, find the small bright-green squares located in the middle of the streams,
then click and drag from these points.
QUESTIONS
7" What is the overall molecular weight of the feed?
2. Determine the compressor brake power, discharge temperature, and head.
3. What is the LMTD in the first cross exchanger and the sales gas temperature?
4. What is the duty required for the refrigeration unit?
5. What is the discharge temperature of the valve?
6. How many barrels of liquid and cubic feet of gas are produced each day?
7 . Generate a phase diagram with only the dew point and bubble point lines for the sales gas stream.
8. Add the 90 and IO% quality lines to the phase diagram.
9. what is the critical point and what is the cricondentherm pressure for sales gas?
10. What are the RVP and WP of the liquid product?
11. The pressure drop in the inlet stream is to be maintained below 0.1 bar/(100*m) of horizontal length.
Using schedule 40 pipe, what diameter is required? What is the actual pressure drop? What is the
velocity?
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