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Aspen Plus Tutorial 1 Hydrogenation of Benzene
Aspen Plus Tutorial 1 Hydrogenation of Benzene
The description here is taken verbatim from an old Aspen Manual. When you write a report, you need to
make a decision if the description should include explicitly the unit and stream labels. Roughly, we do not
if we are just making a general conception description. Otherwise, we do if we are writing a technical
description of the process and how it is designed.
Feed Streams
Composition (Mole Percent)
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Methane
Benzene
Fresh Benzene
100.0
Make-up Hydrogen
97.5
0.5
2.0
-
100
100
15
300 (estimate*)
120
335
Feed Pump
Centrifugal pump
Outlet pressure (psia)
335
Feed Preheater
Outlet temperature (F)
Pressure drop (psi)
300
5
Reactor
Stoichiometry: as stated in the process description
Conversion
99.8 percent conversion of benzene in feed
Outlet temperature (F)
400
Pressure drop (psi)
15
Product Cooler
Outlet temperature (F)
Pressure drop (psi)
120
5
Separator
Heat loss
Pressure drop
negligible
negligible
Purge
Purge rate
Recycle Compressor
Positive displacement
Outlet pressure (psia)
335
Cyclohexane Recycle
Recycle flow
Recycle Pump
Centrifuge pump
Outlet pressure (psia)
335
Stabilizer (Column)
No. of theoretical stages
Feed location
Pressure
Reflux ratio
Cyclohexane recovery
Partial condenser
Distillate is vapor product