Propane to Acrylic Acid Culp, Holmes, Nagrath, Nessenson

4.1 Overall Process Outline

Figure 4.1: Overall Process Diagram. This shows the overall process, which is made up of three sections: the mixing section, the reactor section, and the
separation section.

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Table 4.1: Overall Process Stream Summary. This table provides temperature, pressure, vapor fraction, and component flow rates for all streams in the process
flowsheet.
Stream S AIR O2 PRODUCT PROPANE PURGE S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Temperature (°F) 225 75 75 100 75 85 230 406 24 230 228 740 780 280 85 82 85 85
Pressure (psia) 54 14.6959 500 75 150 25 60 55 54 60 55 54 49 45 40 35 30 25 25
Vapor Fraction 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 0.92 0.92 1 1
Total Flow (lb/hr) 554490 12636 23839 25314 23616 17149 23839 23839 12636 23616 23616 620230 620230 620230 620230 620230 620230 571630 554490
Component Flows (lb/hr)
Propane 153820 0 0 0 23616 4757 0 0 0 23616 23616 180250 180250 162230 162230 162230 162230 158570 153820
Oxygen 2427 2943 23839 0 0 75 23839 23839 2943 0 0 29212 29212 2505 2505 2505 2505 2502 2427
Propylene 19146 0 0 0 0 592 0 0 0 0 0 19451 19451 20119 20119 20119 20119 19739 19146
Acrylic Acid 1791 0 0 25286 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 1901 1901 28548 28548 28548 28548 1846 1791
Water 5713 0 0 25 0 177 0 0 0 0 0 7547 7547 22309 22309 22309 22309 5890 5713
Nitrogen 313410 9693 0 0 0 9693 0 0 9693 0 0 323240 323240 323240 323240 323240 323240 323110 313410
Acetic Acid 379 0 0 2.5 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 537 537 1393 1393 1393 1393 390 379
Carbon Dioxide 57798 0 0 0 0 1788 0 0 0 0 0 58094 58094 59894 59894 59894 59894 59585 57798
Dowtherm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stream S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S WASTE
Temperature (°F) 225 85 86 86 400 418 318 317 295 307 374 371 415 100 298 287 265 264 236
Pressure (psia) 59 25 150 130 125 98 95 90 70 73 68 68 68 63 65 67 65 60 25
Vapor Fraction 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0.3
Total Flow (lb/hr) 554490 48596 48596 48596 48596 23846 24750 24750 19472 5278 5278 1469 25314 25314 3809 13819 5653 5653 17628
Component Flows (lb/hr)
Propane 153820 3651 3651 3651 3651 0 3651 3651 3651 0 0 0 0 0 0 834 2817 2817 834
Oxygen 2427 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Propylene 19146 380 380 380 380 0 380 380 380 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 305 305 75
Acrylic Acid 1791 26702 26702 26702 26702 23844 2858 2858 1024 1834 1834 1443 25286 25286 392 913 110 110 1305
Water 5713 16419 16419 16419 16419 0 16419 16419 13036 3383 3383 25 25 25 3358 11202 1834 1834 14560
Nitrogen 313410 130 130 130 130 0 130 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 130 0
Acetic Acid 379 1003 1003 1003 1003 1 1001 1001 941 60 60 1 3 3 59 783 158 158 842
Carbon Dioxide 57798 308 308 308 308 0 308 308 308 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 296 296 12
Dowtherm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stream DOWTHERM 1 DOWTHERM 2 DOWTHERM 3 DOWTHERM 4 DOWTHERM 5 DOWTHERM 6

Temperature (°F)
Pressure (psia)
198 738 458 299 203 198

Vapor Fraction
40 35 30 25 20 15

Total Flow (lb/hr) 385000 385000 385000 385000 385000 385000

0 0 0 0 0 0

Component Flows (lb/hr)

Dowtherm 385000 385000 385000 385000 385000 385000

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