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CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN

PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC DIESEL FROM METHANE WITH
AUTOTHERMAL REFORMER AND LTFT

REPORT ASSIGNMENT 3
GROUP 10
GROUP PERSONNEL:
Andika Dwi Rubyantoro
(1206247096)
Hendrik
(1206261264)
Rafitri Rusmala Dewi
(1206202135)
Reza Syandika
(1206240013)
Tiara Yuniawati
(1206201933)

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ENGINEERING FACULTY
UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA
DEPOK
2015

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CONTENTS
CONTENTS...........................................................................................................ii
LIST OF FIGURE................................................................................................iii
LIST OF TABLE...................................................................................................iv
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY....................................................................................v
CHAPTER 1 CONTROL AND INSTRUMENT DIAGRAM............................1
1.1. Start-up, Normal and Shutdown Procedure...............................................1
1.1.1
ATR Reactor.......................................................................................1
1.1.2
LTFT Reactor......................................................................................4
1.1.3
Distillation..........................................................................................5
1.1.4
Heat Exchager.....................................................................................6
1.1.5
Pump...................................................................................................7
1.1.6
Compressor.........................................................................................8
1.2. Piping and Instrumentation Diagram.......................................................11
1.3. Plant Control Tabulation..........................................................................13
CHAPTER 2 EQUIPMENT SIZING................................................................18
2.1. Main Equipment......................................................................................18
2.1.1. Autothermal Reformer Reactor........................................................18
2.1.2. Demister............................................................................................18
2.1.3. LTFT Reactor (Slurry Reactor).........................................................19
2.1.4. Distillation........................................................................................21
2.1.5. Reboiler.............................................................................................22
2.1.6. Condenser.........................................................................................23
2.2. Supporting Equipment.............................................................................24
2.2.1. Pump.................................................................................................24
2.2.2. Compressor.......................................................................................28
2.2.3. Heat Exchanger.................................................................................29
2.2.4. Storage Tank.....................................................................................31
CHAPTER 3 CONCLUSION.............................................................................34
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................35
APPENDIX...........................................................................................................36

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LIST OF FIGURE
Figure 1.1 P&ID.....................................................................................................11
Figure 1.2 P&ID.....................................................................................................12
Figure 2.1 Volute centrifugal pumps: (a) single suction; (b) double suction.........26
Figure 1.2 Flow diagram of oxygen tank...............................................................32

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LIST OF TABLE
Table 1.1 Heat Exchager Controller Procedure........................................................6
Table 1.2 Plant Control Tabulation........................................................................13
Table 2.1 The Sizing of ( R-301)...........................................................................18
Table 2.2 Demister (V-101) Spesification.............................................................19
Table 2.3 The Sizing of ( R-302)...........................................................................20
Table 2.4 Distillation (V-103) Spesification..........................................................21
Table 2.5 Reboiler (E-102) Spesification..............................................................22
Table 2.6 Condenser (E-103) Spesification.........................................................23
Table 2.7 Water Pump............................................................................................26
Table 2.8 Parafin and OelfinPump.........................................................................27
Table 2.9 Diesel Pump...........................................................................................27
Table 2.10 Compressor (C-101) Specifications....................................................28
Table 2.11 Compressor (C-102) Specifications.....................................................29
Table 2.12 Heat Exchanger (E-101) Spesification................................................29
Table 2.13 Oxygen Tank Specifications.................................................................31
Table 2.14 Diesel Storage Tank Specifications......................................................33

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Based on previous chapter, the capacity of our plant will be 14000 barrell
per day. Our plant will be divided into two part of process. The first is autothermal
reformer process . The second is processing syngas in Low Temperature FischerTropsch (LTFT) to produced synthetic diesel. To size a compressor, we need its
inlet flow and discharge pressure to determine its type; and its fluid component
heat capacity, its operating condition, and some constants to determine its power,
discharge temperature, and head. To sizing anautothermal reforming reactor, we
need primary a reaction rate and other kinetic data of the ATR. Sometimes the
equilibrium data is also needed. In this part, we also do the mechanical sizing of
the reactor.
In this assignment, we are sizing all of the equipment that we need for
synthetic diesel production. We need sizing to know the feasibility of all the
equipment. The sizing equipment is include the dimension and material
construction. There are 20 equipment and 8 types of equipment that we have
sized. The types of equipment are ATR reactor, demister, LTFT reactor,
distillation, pump, heat exchanger, compressor, and storage tank. We have to
know the performance of our equipment so first we should know some parameters
to calculate the feasibility. For material construction, we also determine them by
considering the work fluid that involved in the process and also the operating
condition. In our process, the most corrosive fluid that we have is only water.
To sizing autothermal reforming reactor, we need the flow rate and the
residence time of the reactor. We also do the mechanical sizing of the reactor, i.e.,
determine its thickness. To size a compressor, we need its inlet flow and discharge
pressure to determine its type; and its fluid component heat capacity, its operating
condition, and some constants to determine its power, discharge temperature, and
head.
CHAPTER 1
HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK

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1.1. Heat Exchanger Information

1.2. Heat Recovery Pinch
1.2.1

Graphical Method

1.2.2

Problem Table Method

1.3. Pinch Design Method

1.4. Comparison of Pre-HEN with Post Hen
1.5. CHAPTER 2
UTILITY
1.6. 2.1.

Water

1.7. 2.2.

Fuel

1.8. 2.3

Electricity

1.9. 2.4.

Cooling Water

1.10. 2.5.

Steam

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1.11. CHAPTER 3
CONCLUSION
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After sizing all of the equipment that we need to produce synthetic

diesel We get some conclusions:

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1.44. Brownell, Lloyd E and Edwin H. Young. 1959. Process Equipment Design.
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Cheremisinoff , Nicholas P. 2000. Handbook of Chemical Processing

Equipment.Butterworth-Heinemann.

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Coulson & Richardson. 1983. Chemical Engineering Design. Oxford : ElSevier. Chemical And Process Design Handbook. New York : McGrawHill.

1.47.

Krishna Rajamani. 2003. A Strategy for Scaling Up the Fischer Bubble

Column Slurry Reactor.

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Ludwig, E. E. 1997. Applied Process Design for Chemical and

Petrochemical Plants, Gulf Professional Publishing.

1.49. Okpala, Alexander, et al. Design of Diesel Storage Tank in Consonance with
Requirements of American Petroleum Institute (API) Standard 650.
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Perry, Robert H. 1999. Perrys Chemical Engineers Handbook. McGrawHill Companies, Inc.

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Seider, W. D., Seader, J. D. & Lewin, D. R. 2003. Product and Process

Design Principles, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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Sinnott, R. K. 2005. Chemical Engineering Design 4th edition. Elsevier.

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Wallas, Stanley M. 1988.Chemical Process Equipment Selection and

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