EG208- Process Design and Simulation

Flash Distillation Assignment 1

7th February 2014
To be completed by February 14th 2014
It is expected that you complete your calculations in an EXCEL spread sheet and you email to
j.o.titiloye@swansea.ac.uk by the above completion date. Note this assignment is part of your
assessment for this course. This is an individual assignment you must complete yourself.
Complete summary of your answers etc. on the attached sheet and email as pdf file to me on or
before the 14th February. You must include the College Coursework Submission Cover Sheet with
your work.
Determine the conditions to separate the following mixture in a single flash operation to obtain a
bottom (liquid) product that contains between 0.3 and 1 wt. % of components A1, A2 and A3 in total
and component D10 in the vapour is less than 2 wt. %.
Feed Composition
Compound
A1
A2
A3
D6
D10
D30

Wt %
37
7
6
1
10
39

Conditions include equilibrium flash temperature and pressure, temperature before the flash which
you can assume is adiabatic. You should also list component mass fractions for both vapour and
liquid phases. Should also determine a suitable pressure before the flash and give two reasons why
you have chosen this pressure.
Components are liable to break down at temperature above 250oC so temperature must be kept
below this temperature at all stages.
You should quickly notice that you need to carry out this flash under vacuum to work.

Physical Properties
Compound
A1
A2
A3
D6
D10
D30

Mol Wt
296
370
445
465
758
2238

Antoine A
10.154
9.891
7.707
7.096
7.12
7.716

Antoine B
4287.5
4158.3
2189.3
2254.3
2950.3
4692.8

Antoine C
418.5
388.2
217.6
207.6
206.2
218.9

T Max oC
300
300
300
250
250
250

T Min oC
50
50
50
50
50
50

Antoine Equation
Log(P)=A-(B/(T+C))
P is vapour pressure in mmHg
T is temperature in oC
All compounds Liquid Specific heat = (0.713+(0.000459*T))*2.326 kJ/kG/C T is temperature in
degrees Celsius.
Latent Heat
Liquid Enthalpy all compounds = ((0.713T) +(0 .000459T2))*2.326 kJ/kG (T=oC)
Vapour enthalpy (T=oC)
Compound
A1
A2
A3
D6
D10
D30

Vapour Enthalpy kJ/kG

=((76.12)+(0.637*T)+(0.000227*T2))*2.326
=((69.29)+(0.658*T)+(0.000254*T2))*2.326
=((64.44)+(0.6732*T)+(0.000269*T2))*2.326
=((60.89)+(0.6783*T)+(0.0003*T2))*2.326
=((58.7)+(0.679*T)+(0.00031*T2))*2.326
=((54)+(0.69*T)+(0.00038*T2))*2.326

Flash Calculation Allocation of Marks

This assignment counts 15% of module so marked out of 15
Part Of Solution
Choose Temperature and Pressure to get correct
composition
Correctly Calculate pre flash temperature
Choose conditions that do not exceed 250 oC
Choose suitable pre flash pressure
Design of Spreadsheet
Total

Marks Available
6
3
2
2
2
15

EG 208 Flash Distillation Assignment 1, 7th February 2014

Complete summary of your answers etc. email to me as pdf file on or before Feb 14th
Email address: j.o.titiloye@swansea.ac.uk
Name

Student Number

Joo Gabriel Arajo Garcia

Conditions

797924

Value and units

Flash Temperature

80C

Flash Pressure

0,5 mmHg

Temperature prior to flash

234.89 C

Pressure prior to flash

760 mmHg

Why have you chosen this pressure prior to flash

Because the pressure prior to flash must be higher than the flash pressure and
it is the atmospheric pressure.

Compound Vapour Mass

Fraction
A1
A2
A3

Liquid Mass
Fraction

73.40%

0.021%

13.79%

0.014%

11.41%

0.0053%

Compound
D6
D10
D30

Vapour Mass
Fraction

Liquid Mass
Fraction

1.27%

0.073%

0.124%

19.98%

0.00%

78.41%