Soal No 20

Anggota : Febrian Dimas (M1B114001)

Asmi Ramadhani (M1B114024)
M.Rudi Triwahyudi (M1B114025)

A chemical engineering consultant for a large refinery complex has been asked to
investigate the feasibility of manufacturing 1.44 x lo-* kg/s of thiophane, an odorant
made from a combination of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and hydragen sulfide. The essential
reaction is given below:

The process consists essentially of the following steps:

a. THF is vaporized and mixed with H,S in a ratio of 1.5 moles H,S to one mole of
THF and reacted over an alumina catalyst at an average temperature of 672 K and
207 kPa.
b. Reactor vapors are cooled to 300 K and phase separated.
c. The noncondensable gases are removed and burned in a fume furnace while the *
iicrude thiophane is caustic washed in a batch operation.
d. The caustic treated thiophane is then batch distilled in a packed tower and sent to
storage before eventual shipment to commerical use.
e. Recoverable THF is recycled back to the reactors from the batch column.
f. The aqueous bottoms stream is stored for further processing in the plant.
g. Carbon deposition on the catalyst is heavy (4 percent of THF feed) and therefore
provision for regeneration of the catalyst must be made. Assist the consultant in
analyzing this process with a complete flow sheet and material balance, assuming
85 percent operating factor, 80 percent conversion in the reactor, and 90 percent
recovery after the reactor. Outline the types of equipment necessary for the process.
Determine approximate duties of heat exchangers and list overall heat balances on
the plant. It is known that the heat of formation of THF is -59.4 kcal/g mol, H,S is
-4.77 kcal/g mol, and thiophane is - 17.1 kcal/g mol.
What additional information would be required in order to complete the project
analysis?
Physical properties:
Soal No 20
Anggota : Febrian Dimas (M1B114001)
Asmi Ramadhani (M1B114024)
M.Rudi Triwahyudi (M1B114025)
THF MW=72 sp gr = 0.887 Boiling pt. = 65C Vap. press. at 25C = 176 mm Hg
Thiophane, MW = 88 Boiling pt. = 121C
Penyelesaian :
Proses diagram alir untuk produksi 1,40x10 kg thiophane disajikan di bawah ini dengan
suhu yang sesuai, tekanan, dan kerja penukar panas. Keseimbangan material dapat
dikembangkan dengan bantuan perangkat lunak komputer yang sesuai berdasarkan
kondisi yang tercantum pada aliran.