AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF COAHUILA

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY
Process Simulation & Optimization

Assignment 16
For 3 reactors and Nutsche Filter.
Product stream composition.

Reactor P-1 S-104 Output.

Component Concentration Flow rate Mass composition

(g/L) (kg/batch) (%)
A 13.450336 14.87414 1.3522
B 7.143812 7.90003 0.7182
C 69.833518 77.22583 7.0205
Water 904.276659 1000.00000 90.9091

Reactor description.

Process type: Batch

Type: Stirred Reactor
Volume: 1228.73 L.
Max Working Volume Allowable: 90%
Diameter: 0.855 m.
Height: 2.138 m.

Reactor P-2 S-106 Output.

Component Concentration Flow rate Mass composition

(g/L) (kg/batch) (%)
A 2.253046 0.46978 0.2674
Acetone 575.512408 120.00000 68.3161
B 1.767069 0.36845 0.2098
C 262.893250 54.81583 31.2067

Reactor description.

Process type: Fed Batch

Type: Stirred Reactor
Volume: 1652.51 L.
Max Working Volume Allowable: 90%
Diameter: 0.944 m.
Height: 2.360 m.
Reactor P-3 S-109 Output.

Component Concentration Flow rate Mass composition

(g/L) (kg/batch) (%)
A 3.552764 0.46978 0.4062
Acetone 453.754482 60.00000 51.8789
B 2.507796 0.33161 0.2867
B - crystal 0.278644 0.03685 0.0319
C 20.727440 2.74079 2.3698
C – crystal 393.821364 52.07504 45.0266

Reactor description.

Process type: Batch

Type: Stirred Reactor
Volume: 320.78 L.
Max Working Volume Allowable: 90%
Diameter: 0.547 m.
Height: 1.520 m.

Nutsche Filtration P-4 S-114 Output.

Component Concentration Flow rate Mass composition

(g/L) (kg/batch) (%)
A 0.000011 0.00000 0.0000
B 0.000007 0.00000 0.0000
B - crystal 0.691697 0.03500 0.0707
C 0.000061 0.00000 0.0000
C – crystal 977.610048 49.47129 99.9293

Filter description.

Process type: Filter

Type: Nutsche Filtration
Filter Area: 0.140 m2.
Vessel Volume: 69.751 L.

Overall Process Data.

Annual Operating Time: 7,906.46 h
Unit Production Ref. Rate: 27,703.92 kg/MP
Batch Size: 49.47 kg/MP
Recipe Batch Time: 33.88 h
Recipe Cycle Time: 14.08 h
Number of Batches per Year: 560.00
Economic Analysis.

Operation in Simple batch.

Project Totals
Investemt 16378878 $
Investemt Charged to this project 16378878 $
Annual Operating Cost 5728010 $
Annual Revenues 8311176 $
Unit Production Ref. rate 27703.92 MP Ent/yr
Unit Production cost 206.7581 $/MP Ent.
Unit Production revenue 300 $/MP Ent.

Project Indices
Gross Margin 31.08 %
ROI 18.37 %
Payback Time 5.44 years
IRR (after tax) 11.17 %
NPV at 7.00 % 4436409 $

Annual Operating Time (AOT)

Availible 7920 hr
Utilizaed 7906.5 hr
Max 560 # batches/yr
Actual 560 # batches/yr

Multiple batch Chart.

R-101
Main Equipment & CIP Skids

R-102

Legend
B# 1
B# 2
R-103 B# 3

NFD-101

h 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72
day 1 2 3

For 2 reactors shared by P-1 and P-3 and Nutsche Filter.

Product stream composition.

Reactor P-1 S-104 Output.

Component Concentration Flow rate Mass composition

(g/L) (kg/batch) (%)
A 13.450336 14.87414 1.3522
B 7.143812 7.90003 0.7182
C 69.833518 77.22583 7.0205
Water 904.276659 1000.00000 90.9091

Reactor description.

Process type: Batch

Type: Stirred Reactor
Volume: 1228.73 L.
Max Working Volume Allowable: 90%
Diameter: 0.855 m.
Height: 2.138 m.

Reactor P-2 S-106 Output.

Component Concentration Flow rate Mass composition

(g/L) (kg/batch) (%)
A 2.253046 0.46978 0.2674
Acetone 575.512408 120.00000 68.3161
B 1.767069 0.36845 0.2098
C 262.893250 54.81583 31.2067

Reactor description.

Process type: Fed Batch

Type: Stirred Reactor
Volume: 1652.51 L.
Max Working Volume Allowable: 90%
Diameter: 0.944 m.
Height: 2.360 m.

Reactor P-3 S-109 Output.

 Component Concentration Flow rate Mass composition
(g/L) (kg/batch) (%)
A 3.552764 0.46978 0.4062
Acetone 453.754482 60.00000 51.8789
B 2.507796 0.33161 0.2867
B - crystal 0.278644 0.03685 0.0319
C 20.727440 2.74079 2.3698
C – crystal 393.821364 52.07504 45.0266

Reactor description.

Process type: Batch

Type: Stirred Reactor
Volume: 1228.73 L.
Max Working Volume Allowable: 90%
Diameter: 0.855 m.
Height: 2.138 m.

Nutsche Filtration P-4 S-114 Output.

Component Concentration Flow rate Mass composition

(g/L) (kg/batch) (%)
A 0.000011 0.00000 0.0000
B 0.000007 0.00000 0.0000
B - crystal 0.691697 0.03500 0.0707
C 0.000061 0.00000 0.0000
C – crystal 977.610048 49.47129 99.9293

Filter description.

Process type: Filter

Type: Nutsche Filtration
Filter Area: 0.140 m2.
Vessel Volume: 69.751 L.

Overall Process Data.

Annual Operating Time: 7,897.30 h
Unit Production Ref. Rate: 15,583.46 kg/MP
Batch Size: 49.47 kg/MP
Recipe Batch Time: 33.88 h
Recipe Cycle Time: 25.04 h
Number of Batches per Year: 315.00

Multiple Batch Shared P-1, P-3

 Project Totals
Investemt 11888060 $
Investemt Charged to this
project 11888060 $
Annual Operating Cost 3701932 $
Annual Revenues 4675037 $
Unit Production Ref. rate 15583455 MP Ent/yr
Unit Production cost 237.5553 $/MP Ent.
Unit Production revenue 300 $/MP Ent.

Project Indices
Gross Margin 20.81 %
ROI 13.85 %
Payback Time 7.22 years
IRR (after tax) 6.17 %
NPV at 7.00 % -643229 $

Annual Operating Time (AOT)

Availible 7920 hr
Utilizaed 7397.3 hr
Max 315 # batches/yr
Actual 315 # batches/yr

Multiple batch Chart.

Process Diagram.
Conclution.

El presente estudio demuestra un panorama en el análisis económico de la producción de C-

cryst. Se determino que en ambos estudios de los 3 reactores en batch, tanto en singulares o
por compartidos de P-1 y P-3.

El análisis en los individuales se favorece el retorno de la inversión, el margen de

crecimiento, disminuye el tiempo en el periodo de la recuperación de la inversión, por tanto
es adecuado utilizar este método de síntesis, por otra parte el monto de inversión inicial es
mayor, esto se remunera por los bajos periodos de recuperación, así como el valor neto
S-101 S-105
actual del costo del proceso, con un margen de ganancia en números
S-103
S-110 S-112
positivos, a
S-108 contra parte
S-115

S-111

S-106
S-102

S-104 S-114
P-1 / R-101
Vessel Procedure
P-2 / R-102 P-3 / R-103 S-109
Vessel Procedure Vessel Procedure
P-4 / NFD-101
Nutsche Filtration S-113

S-107
del modelo de proceso sharing by P-1 and P-3, que mantiene su ganancia en números rojos
o negativos.