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The assignment requires the development of a flowsheet in Aspen Plus to simulate a distillation process for an equimolar mixture of butanol and isobutanol. Key tasks include selecting a physical property method, analyzing distillate concentration, and exploring trade-offs between tray numbers and reboiler heat duty. A report and Aspen Plus file are to be submitted as deliverables.

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Tutorial 2

The assignment requires the development of a flowsheet in Aspen Plus to simulate a distillation process for an equimolar mixture of butanol and isobutanol. Key tasks include selecting a physical property method, analyzing distillate concentration, and exploring trade-offs between tray numbers and reboiler heat duty. A report and Aspen Plus file are to be submitted as deliverables.

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CH 4250: Process Engineering

Assignment 2

Name: _______________________________ Roll No: __________________________

Develop a flowsheet in Aspen Plus to simulate the following process.

A feed stream (saturated liquid at 1 atm) at a flow rate of 100 lbmol/hr containing an equimolar
mixture of butanol and isobutanol is distilled in an atmospheric column.

1. Select a suitable physical property method for this system. Justify the choice of the method
2. Distillation column has 25 trays, with the feed entering at the top of the 15th tray; Total
distillate flow is ½ the inlet flow and nominal reflux ratio is 15; Total condenser can be used.
a. What is the concentration of butanol in the distillate stream?
b. Take the last four digits of your roll number (i.e., abcd, if your roll number is
CH21babc). Identify a set of conditions under which the butanol concentration in the
distillate is less than 0.bc lbmol/hr.
c. Show in a graph the tradeoff between the number of trays and reboiler heat duty to
meet the objective in (2).
d. Identify the reflux rate at which you can obtain a isobutanol recovery of 9a.bc% in
the distillate stream. (recovery = the amount in distillate stream / amount in feed
stream x 100)
3. Use the “Design Specification” and “Vary” feature in the Radfrac block to achieve the
specification in (2d).
4. Repeat the above analysis using a distillation column with 40 trays (select the feed tray
appropriately).
5. Repeat the analysis using a distillation column with 20 trays (select the feed tray
appropriately).
6. What are the pros and cons of the 20, 25, and 40 tray columns?

Deliverables

1. Six page report in pdf format


2. Aspen Plus file (named as per your Roll Number)

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