United Arab Emirates University

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United Arab Emirates University College of
Engineering Industrial Training Graduation
Projects Unit
Aceton Production Plant Design
Presented By Eida AlMansouri 980724217 Rehab
Alkaabi 199904156 Halima Abdullah
199902518
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Outlines

• Back ground Gp1.
• Process description (Base case).
• Changes from base case process.
• Process Simulation.
• Material selection.
• Equipment design .
• Hazop study.
• Safety
• Cost Economic Evaluation.

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Back ground GP1

• Process selection
• Material Balance Calculation.
• Energy balance calculation.

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Main Tasks In GP2

• Process modification.
• Process simulation.
• Hazard and operability study (HAZOP).
• Cost and Project evaluation.

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Process discription (Base Case)
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Change from base case process
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Dehydrogenation process simulation
HYSYS Process flow diagram
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Material selection
Carbon steel
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Main equipments design
Feed vessel Reflux drum
Pumps design
Heat exchanger design
Reactor molten salt
heater
Phase separator
Absorber column design
Distillation column design
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Feed vessel Reflux drum
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Feed vessel Reflux drum
Result

• The dimensions for the vessel and the reflux
  drum

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Pump design
Result

• The dimensions for the pumps

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Heat exchanger design
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Heat exchanger design
Objective

• Calculate heat-transfer area .
• Calculate the number of tubes.
• Estimate bundle diameter Shell diameter.
• Estimate the cost .

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Heat exchanger design
Result

• The dimensions for the all heat exchangers

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Reactor and molten salt heater design
Fluidized Bed Reactor (FBR)
Fluidized bed reactors are a catalytic reactors
in which the catalyst is fluidized within the
reactor.
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Reactor design
Diameter Height
Pressure drop
Amount of Catalyst
Diameter Height
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Reactor design
Result

• The dimensions for the Reactor

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Absorber design
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Absorber design
Result

• The dimensions for the absorber column

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Distillation Column design
Tray Distillation Column
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Distillation Column design
Objective

• To Determine
• NAP (Number of Actual Plates).
• Column diameter.
• Column height.

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Distillation Column design
Result

• The dimensions for the two distillation columns

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Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
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Safety and Environmental Impact

• Process is very safe one
• No exotic equipment or safety practices
• All streams are kept at relatively low
• temperature and pressure.

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Project Economic evaluation
Cash flow diagram
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Project Economic evaluation
Acetone production plant design project cash
flow diagram
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Conclusion Recommendation