Integrated Project Overview

(Chemical Reaction Engineering II– Unit Operation I)

The design project is structured to comprise five memos and a final report, each to be
completed at approximately two week intervals throughout the semester. The project will
conclude with an oral presentation. You will work together in your homework teams, each
team on a slightly different problem.

Project Description:
The project objective is to design a reactor and a separator for the production of
1. Design a chemical plant for producing 10 tons / day MTBE
2. Design a chemical plant 10 tons/day for ETBE
3. Design a chemical plant 10 tons/day for Isobutylene
4. Design a chemical plant for producing 10 tons/day of Ethylene Oxide
5. Design a chemical plant for producing 10 tons/day of Ethylene Glycol
6. Design a chemical plant for producing 10 tons/day of Ammonia

Most of your work will focus on the reactor and separator design. The project work will
involve a review of the literature for background on the product and production technologies,
overview of the whole process, process flow diagram (PFD) and brief description about the
process, detail description of the process equipment, manual calculation mass and energy
balance.

For reactor design, you are required to identify the catalyst and for reaction kinetics for your
system. Your initial design will be for an ideal isothermal reactor using a simple rate
equation. As we proceed through the semester, you will add in pressure drop calculations,
energy balances and more complex chemistry to describe competing reactions. You will
perform reactor analysis and sizing using hand calculations and POLYMATH. Detailed
expectations will be outlined in individual instructions through the concern lecturer.

For separator part, you are required to include detail design calculation (sizing, operating
condition, design code, column type, etc) and the relevant safety issues.

Group Team members Product Production Rate

Integrated project 2010/2011

 1 MTBE 10 tons/day
2 ETBE 10 tons/day
3 Isobutylene 10 tons/day
4 Ethylene Oxide 10 tons/day
5 Ethylene Glycol 10 tons/day
6 Ammonia 10 tons/day

Major Tasks in the project

Memo 1 Literature review
Memo 2 Material Balance
Memo 3 Energy Balance
Memo 4 Reactor Design
Memo 5 Separator Design

Integrated project 2010/2011