UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN KIMIA

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY IV
(CPE613)

NAME :
STUDENT I.D :
EXPERIMENT : LAB 2 (SPLIT RATIO AND DISTILLATION COLUMN)
DATE PERFORMED :
SEMESTER :
PROGRAM :
SUBMIT TO :

No. Title Allocated Marks (%) Marks

1 Procedure 10
2 Process Flow Diagram (PFD) 20
3 Workbook/Stream Summary 30
4 Questions & Discussions 40
TOTAL MARKS 100

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Checked by: Rechecked by:

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 PROCEDURE

1. First, the hysys application was started and a new icon case was opened by
selecting New Project.
2. Then, the Advanced Peng-Robinson property package from the
Thermodynamics Model drop-down list is selected.

3. The Component window is chosen. All the chemicals used in this case were
keyed in, which are methanol, CH 3OH and water, H2O. The settings were
applied.
4. The simulation was started, where a material stream feed of methanol and
water was created by selecting Add Material Stream from the Simulation
Tree in the main flow sheet.
All the information given is keyed in the feed stream and reactors.
Equimolar mixture of 2700kmol/hr
Temperature : 25 C
Pressure :5.2 bar
Split ratio : 0.5
Used total condenser for both DC
CONDITION DC 1 DC 2
PRESSURE (BAR) 5.2 1.01
NUMBER OF TRAYS 16 13
FEED TRAY* 12 9
REFLUX RATIO 1.26 0.834
DISTILLATE TO FEED RATIO 0.96 0.96
*COUNT FROM THE TOP OF DC

5. This stream was then connected to a Splitter(TEE-100) to split the

mixture
6. The outlet streams of the splitter was selected and renamed as Stream 2
and Stream 5.

7. The first outlet stream from the splitter, Stream 2, goes through a distillation
column renamed as T-100.
8. In the configurations of T-100, total condenser and kettle reboiler were
selected. The total number of trays was set as 16, and the feed tray on tray
12.
9. At Spec/Estimates, the reflux ratio for DC-1 was set as 1.26 and the draw
to feed ratio was set as 0.96. A pressure value of 520 kPa was keyed in the
first and last stage pressure.
10. An outlet stream from TEE-100 which is stream 5 was connected to a
distillation column named T-101. In the configurations, total condenser
and kettle reboiler was selected. The number of stages inserted was 13
trays, with the 9th tray as the feed tray.
11. In Spec/Estimates for T-101, the reflux ratio was set as 0.834 and the
draw to feed ratio was set as 0.96, similar to DC-1. The pressure value
was set as 101 kPa at the first and last stage pressure.
12. Two outlet streams were created for each distillation column. The top and
bottom product stream of T-100 was labelled stream 4(vapor) and stream
3(liquid), and stream 7(vapor) and stream 6(liquid) for T-101, respectively.

13. The stimulation is run by clicking the run button and the results are
obtained.
14. The results will then be discussed in the discussion section and used to
answer the questions given.
15. Repeat the steps using SRK

PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM (PFD)

Distillation column 1
Splitter

Distillation column 2

WORKBOOK / STREAM SUMMARY

For Advance Peng-Robinson property package

 For SRK property package

QUESTIONS

1. What is molar flowrate before entering DC1 and DC2?

-The molar flowrate before entering DC1 and DC2 is 1350 kgmol/hr.
 2. How to reduced pressure in DC2?
-By putting a valve to reduced pressure in DC2 before connecting to
distillation column 2(DC2).

3. What is the temperature at the bottom of DC1 and DC2?

-At bottom of DC1 the temperature is 132.20C and at bottom DC2
temperature is 81.160C.

4. Did the process achieve a methanol free from water? What is the purity of the
methanol? How to increase the purity?
-The process did not achieve a methanol free from water. This is
because the composition of methanol at stream 4 is 0.9997 which is still
containing composition of water of 0.0003 in the outlet stream. It is
same at distillation column 2 which composition of methanol at stream
7 is 0.9994 with another 0.0006 composition of water remaining. So that
methanol are not free from water. The methanol can be purifying by
adding more distillation column.

DISCUSSIONS

This experiment shows the simulation of purification of methanol with water by

using HYSYS software system. The property package used is Advanced Peng-
Robinson and SRK. Different types of model give different result thus help for
understanding better the effect of models on the calculation and the output result.
The difference in the results between using Advance Peng-Robinson and SRK can
be seen from the workbook. Since the purpose of this simulation is to understand the
usage of valve and distillation specification for purification process, we can say that
both of this objectives was achieved. Where the function of valve is to reduce the
pressure before the stream 5 enter DC2.
The process was began by passing through the binary mixture of methanol and
water as feed at 25 0C and 5.2 bar. The feed is being passed through a splitter with
the flow rate of 2700 kmol/hr and contains approximately equal molar of methanol
and water. Then, the feed is being split before fed into 2 distillation column for
purification process. For the feed at DC1, the pressure and temperature is the same
as feed which are 25 0C and 5.2 bar respectively.
For feed at DC2, the temperature is 25.1 0C and the pressure is being reduced to
1.01 bar by using valve. The usage of valve help to reduce the pressure of the
system thus increase the value of temperature. The process of purification of
methanol is occur at the distillation column to get methanol that is nearly free of
water.
By using Advanced Peng-Robinson, the molar flowrate before entering DC1 and
DC2 is the same which is 1350 kmol/hr. The pressure of the stream before entering
DC1 is 5.2 bar which is the same as the feed while the pressure that enter DC2 is
being reduced to 1.01 bar. This can be done if a valve was placed before stream 5
enter DC2.
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The temperature at bottom of DC1 and DC2 is 132.2 C and 81.16 C
respectively. The composition of methanol and water from DC1 and DC2 are slightly
differ to each other. Where the composition of methanol at stream 4 is 0.9997 which
is still containing composition of water of 0.0003 and the composition of methanol at
stream 7 is 0.9994 with another 0.0006 composition of water remaining respectively.
The process does not achieve a product of methanol that is free of water. So, by
adding more distillation column to the process, it will help to purify the methanol
better thus produce the methanol free of water.