Keyworth Process Engineering Group

Presentation 4
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 Week 4 Plan
Utilize feedback to make any necessary amendment.
PHASE 2 PREPARTION: start collecting physical and
chemical data for the design.

Project Target:
Produce ammonia (1600 ton/day) from natural gas.
Feedstock (molar basis) (Sulphur 5%, Methane 92%,
Naphtha (C6H14) 3%)

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 Physical & Chemical Data

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 P&C Data Continued

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 P&C Data Continued

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 P&C Data Continued
Vapour Pressure of Liquids (Perrys Handbook):
2
[1+ + 3 ln + 4 5 ]
=

Vapour Pressures of Liquids (The Properties of Gases &

Liquids):
Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulphide:
()
ln = + ln +
2
Rest of Components:

Ln = (1 )1 [ + 1.5 + 3 + 6 ]


= 1

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 Health,safety and environmental
risk
Safety is the condition of being safe from all
conditions and being protected from all types
or consequences of failure, accident,
damages dangers or any other event.
4 stages of safety employed in all chemical
plants based on priority.
1. Human safety
2. Equipment safety
3. Environmental safety
4. Production safety

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 Carbon dioxide (CO2) - Safety
Flammability Explosion corrosion
0 3 2
Flammability Non flammable
Explosive Exposure to fire can cause it to
explode. Liquidified Co2 can cause explosion
when introduced o high pressures
Hazardous combustion by production None
No Odor No color
Corrosion - Non corrosive in gaseous and liquid
state but causes corrosion when coming to contact
with water or water based chemicals
Storage below 50

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 Carbon dioxide(Co2) Health
Toxicity Respiratory Carcinogenic
3 3 1

Not toxic but hazardous at high

concentrations
CO2 is naturally present in the air we
breathe at a concentration of about 0.037%
NON Carcinogenic
In GB, CO2 is classed as a substance
hazardous to health under the Control of
Substances Hazardous to Health
Regulations 2002 (COSHH).

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 Environment

Pollution Global Flora Fauna greenhouse

warming
4 5 5 3 5

It is a greenhouse gas because it absorbs heat

in the atmosphere, sending some of the absorbed
heat back to the surface of the earth and
contributing to global warming

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Todays Presentation
Physical & Chemical Data
Boiling Point
Vapour Pressure (sample calculation)
Critical Conditions (critical temperature, critical pressure
etc.)

Risk Assessment
Safety
Health
Environmental risks

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 Summary
Briefly Collected chemical and
physical data
Sample calculations for the same
An introduction to Health, safety
and environmental risks.

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 Next Week Plan
Continuing with collection of physical and
chemical data
Determining the overall risk factor for each
material
Finishing the risk assessment for the process
Preparing a table for the above mentioned
data
Start the project plan
Start the economic feasibility for the process
Utilise the feedback given for this presentation

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 References
Hse.gov.uk, (2014). HSE: Information about health and safety
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Perry, Robert H., and Don W. Green. Perry's Chemical
Engineers' Handbook. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Inc.,
1997.
Rosensweig, R. (1988). Alpha chi sigma award winner. 1st
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Towler, G. and Sinnott, R. (2013). Chemical engineering
design. 2nd ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Poling, B., Prausnitz, J. and O'Connell, J. (2001). The
properties of gases and liquids. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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