Project Name : Production of Maleic Anhydride Process Plant

Team/ Group No : Team B, Group 12

ID NO. Task Name Duration Start Finish 29/5/19 31/5/19 2/6/19 4/6/19 6/6/19 8/6/19 10/6/19 12/6/19 14/6/19 16/6/19 18/6/19 20/6/19 22/6/19 24/6/19 26/6/19 28/6/19 30/6/19 2/7/19 4/7/19 6/7/19 8/7/19 10/7/19 12/7/19 14/7/19 16/7/19 18/7/19 20/7/19 22/7/19 24/7/19 26/7/19 28/7/19 30/7/19 1/8/19 3/8/19 5/8/19 7/8/19 9/8/19 11/8/19 13/8/19 15/8/19 17/8/19 19/8/19 21/8/19 23/8/19 25/8/19 27/8/19
1 1 Assignment 2: Feasibility Study on Process Plant 24 days 1/6/19 24/6/19
2 1.1 Introduction of the process design 5 days 1/6/19 5/6/19 All
3 1.2 Marketing and business studies 6 days 5/6/19 10/6/19
4 1.2.1 Current and future demand of Maleic Anhydride 3 days 5/6/19 7/6/19 V, JX
5 1.2.2 Current supply of Maleic Anhydride 3 days 5/6/19 7/6/19 JS
6 1.2.3 Current and future pricing of Maleic Anhydride 3 days 5/6/19 7/6/19 V, JX
7 1.2.4 Application of Maleic Anhydride 4 days 7/6/19 10/6/19 JY, S ,JS
8 1.2.5 Top companies that produce Maleic Anhydride 4 days 7/6/19 10/6/19 JY,S
9 1.3 Determination of plant capacity 3 days 10/6/19 12/6/19 S
10 1.4 Objective of the Plant 3 days 10/6/19 12/6/19 JS
11 1.5 Finalise the reaction pathway 7 days 10/6/19 16/6/19
12 1.5.1 The advantages and disavantages of different pathways 4 days 10/6/19 13/6/19 V
13 1.5.2 Production cost 4 days 10/6/19 13/6/19 JX
14 1.5.3 Gross profit and payback period 4 days 10/6/19 13/6/19 JY
15 1.5.4 Conversion, selectivity and yield 4 days 10/6/19 13/6/19 JX, V
16 1.5.5 Environmental issues and Sustainability 4 days 10/6/19 13/6/19 JY
17 1.5.6 Feasibility and justification 3 days 14/6/19 16/6/19 JX, JY, V
18 1.6 Plant and process safety consideration 6 days 12/6/19 17/6/19
19 1.6.1 SDS data for identified chemicals 2 days 12/6/19 13/6/19 S, JS
20 1.6.2 Analyse the chemicals properties and associated hazards 2 days 13/6/19 14/6/19 S, JS
21 1.6.3 Possible consequences for identified hazards 3 days 14/6/19 16/6/19 S, JS
22 1.6.4 Safety Precaution and alternative chemicals 2 days 16/6/19 17/6/19 S, JS
23 1.7 Plant location 5 days 18/6/19 22/6/19
24 1.7.1 Market Region 3 days 18/6/19 20/6/19 S, JX, JY
25 1.7.2 Map 3 days 18/6/19 20/6/19 V, JS
26 1.7.3 Transportation availability and accessibility 3 days 20/6/19 22/6/19 JX,JY
27 1.7.4 Government provision 3 days 20/6/19 22/6/19 V,JS
28 1.7.5 Supply of raw material 3 days 20/6/19 22/6/19 S
29 1.8 Checking, Correction, Compilation of Task 1 day 23/6/19 23/6/19 All
30 1.9 Submission 1 day 24/6/19 24/6/19 V
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32 2 Assignment 3: Preliminary Process Synthesis and Heuristics 35 days 25/6/19 29/7/19
33 2.1 Introduction 3 days 25/6/19 27/6/19 S, JS
34 2.2 Reactors: 13 days 25/6/19 7/7/19
35 2.2.1 Preliminary database 5 days 25/6/19 29/6/19 JX, JY, V
36 2.2.2 Specification of raw materials and products 5 days 25/6/19 29/6/19 JX, JY, V
37 2.2.3 Desired reactions pathway in the process plant 3 days 30/6/19 2/7/19 JX, JY, V
38 2.2.4 Side reaction involved 3 days 30/6/19 2/7/19 JX, JY, V
39 2.2.5 Flowsheet 2 days 3/7/19 4/7/19 V
40 2.2.6 Process heuristic 2 days 3/7/19 4/7/19 JY,JX
41 2.2.7 Types of reactors 3 days 5/7/19 7/7/19 V
42 2.2.8 Material of reactors 3 days 5/7/19 7/7/19 JY,JX
43 2.3 Separator: 8 days 4/7/19 11/7/19
44 2.3.1 Placement of Separation equipment 2 days 4/7/19 5/7/19 S, JS
45 2.3.2 Flowsheet 2 days 6/7/19 7/7/19 JS
46 2.3.3 Process heuristic 2 days 6/7/19 7/7/19 S
47 2.3.4 Types of Separation equipment 4 days 8/7/19 11/7/19 S
48 2.3.5 Material of Separation equipment 4 days 8/7/19 11/7/19 JS
49 2.4 Pumps, Compressors, Heat Exchangers, Other Equipment:11 days 11/7/19 21/7/19
50 2.4.1 Placement 2 days 11/7/19 12/7/19 All
51 2.4.2 Flowsheet 3 days 13/7/19 15/7/19 S, JX
52 2.4.3 Process heuristic 3 days 13/7/19 15/7/19 JY, JS, V
53 2.4.4 Types of Pumps, Compressors, Heat Exchangers, Other 6 days 16/7/19 21/7/19 S,JY
54 2.4.5 Equipment
Material of Pumps, Compressors, Heat Exchangers, 6 days 16/7/19 21/7/19 JX,JS,V
55 2.5 Other
Block Equipment
flow diagram (BFD): 6 days 22/7/19 27/7/19
56 2.5.1 Drawing of BFD 3 days 22/7/19 24/7/19 S, JX
57 2.5.2 Identification of Core systems 3 days 25/7/19 27/7/19 All
58 2.6 Checking, Correction, Compilation of Task 1 day 28/7/19 28/7/19 All
59 2.7 Submission 1 day 29/7/19 29/7/19 S
60
61 3 Assignment 4: HYSYS Simulation 16 days 29/7/19 13/8/19
62 3.1 Property package 2 days 29/7/19 30/7/19 JS
63 3.2 Reaction Model 2 days 29/7/19 30/7/19 JS
64 3.3 Spefication of the operating condition 3 days 31/7/19 2/8/19 S, JY
65 3.4 State all assumptions 3 days 2/8/19 4/8/19 JS, V
66 3.5 Estimation and Adjustment 4 days 5/8/19 8/8/19
67 3.5.1 Pipe size 4 days 5/8/19 8/8/19 S, JX,JS
68 3.6 Checking, Correction, Compilation of Task 4 days 9/8/19 12/8/19 All
69 3.7 Submission 1 day 13/8/19 13/8/19 JX
70
71 4 Assignment 5: Manual Calculation on Material and Energy 16 days 29/7/19 13/8/19
72 4.1 Balances
Manual calculation for core system 9 days 29/7/19 6/8/19
73 4.1.1 Core system 1 9 days 29/7/19 6/8/19 V
74 4.1.2 Core system 2 9 days 29/7/19 6/8/19 S
75 4.1.3 Core system 3 9 days 29/7/19 6/8/19 JS
76 4.1.4 Core system 4 9 days 29/7/19 6/8/19 JX
77 4.1.5 Core system 5 9 days 29/7/19 6/8/19 JY
78 4.2 Comparison between manual calcuation and hysys 3 days 9/8/19 11/8/19
79 4.2.1 simulation data
Percentage Error 3 days 9/8/19 11/8/19 All
80 4.3 Checking, Correction, Compilation of Task 1 day 12/8/19 12/8/19 All
81 4.4 Submission 1 day 13/8/19 13/8/19 JS
82
83 5 Assignment 6: Process Flow Diagram (PFD) 8 days 14/8/19 21/8/19
84 5.1 Legend 4 days 14/8/19 17/8/19 S,JY,V
85 5.2 Construction of a Process Flow Diagram 2 days 18/8/19 19/8/19 JS, JX
86 5.3 Preparation of stream tables for PFD 2 days 18/8/19 19/8/19 S,JY
87 5.4 Checking, Correction, Compilation of Task 1 day 20/8/19 20/8/19 All
88 5.5 Submission 1 day 21/8/19 21/8/19 JY
89
90 6 Presentation 7 days 17/8/19 23/8/19
91 6.1 Prepare presentation slide 4 days 17/8/19 20/8/19 All
92 6.2 Rehersal 2 days 21/8/19 22/8/19 All
93 6.3 Presentation date 1 day 23/8/19 23/8/19 All

1 Sharon Lim Siew Che (S) Khor Jia Xuan (JX) Thum Jia-Yi (JY) Vincent Loo Lien Kai (V) Ong Jen Shyang (JS) Task Milestone Main/Sub task Progress

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