CHT302-Process Engineering and Plant Design

Assignment No.1

Release date: 31-03-2020

Submission date: 07-04-2020

Q1. The stream data for process involving an exothermic chemical reaction are given in following
table.

Stream Enthalpy change TS (oC) TT (oC)

No. Type (kW)
1 Hot -7000 377 375
2 Hot -3600 376 180
3 Hot -2400 180 70
4 Cold 2400 60 160
5 Cold 200 20 130
6 Cold 200 160 260

1. Show that it is a threshold problem requiring only cold utility with ΔTmin is 117oC with a cold
utility duty of 10,100 kW.
2. It is proposed to use steam generation as cold utility for which ΔTmin is 10oC.
a. Assume that saturated boiler feedwater is available and that the steam generated is
saturated in order to calculate how much steam can be generated by the process at
a pressure of 41 bar. The temperature of saturated steam at this pressure is 252oC
and the latent heat is 1706 kJ/kg
b. If the steam is superheated to a temperature of 350oC, calculate how much steam
can be generated at 41 bar. Assume the heat capacity of stem is 4.0 kJ/kg.K.
c. What would happen if steam in part b is generated from boiler feedwater at 100oC
with heat capacity of 4.2 kJ/kg.K. How would the steam generation be calculated
under these circumstances?

Hint: You can refer chapter 16 of Chemical Process Design and Integration by Robin Smith. It is
shared with on Google classroom.

Q2. Identify any two chemical components and prepare a short report covering following points.

a. Three or more different routes to synthesize it with its merits and demerits.
b. Most preferred route to synthesize it with worldwide capacity.
c. The Indian scenario in terms of name of the companies producing it, their capacity etc.

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