Chemical Engineering Department

Homework (Pc Lab) (15%)

Semester Fall Year 2022
Course Title Chemical Engineering Laboratory
Course Code CHE 435 Section M5

Student Name Student ID

Due Date Refer to Moodle Instructor Dr. M. Tajammal Munir

1 Learning Outcomes

By completing this project, the students should be able to:

 Have hands-on experience in running ASPEN simulation for integrated chemical
process.
 Get familiar with ASPEN HYSIS components and modules.
 Gain hands-on experience in analyzing simulation results and interpret the outcome and
draw conclusions out of them.

2 Assignment submission deadline

Assignment is to be submitted as HYSYS file containing the simulation of the process

described in the assignment statement section. Submission deadline is in week 10 on
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022, at 11:59 PM.

3 Plagiarism
Upon suspicion and doubt of the authenticity of the work submitted, the instructor has the right
to ask the student to verify her/his work. This can be done through, but not limited to, oral
examination or discussion, or any other action deemed necessary. If the student fails to prove
the authenticity of the work, then the instructor will apply the academic misconduct rules as
mentioned in the AUM Student Handbook which may include awarding the work a zero grade.
You will also be held responsible if someone else copies your work - unless you can
demonstrate that you have taken reasonable precautions against copying. For a detailed
description of academic misconduct please refer to the undergraduate AUM Student
Handbook.

4 Assignment statement
Natural gas (Inlet gas stream) is mixed (M-100) with water (water to sat steam) to be
saturated and excess water is separated (FWKO TK column) as a bottom product (FWKO
stream). The upper product (Gas to contactor stream) is sent to a TEG contactor (Absorber
column) where the hydrate formation compounds are absorbed by TEG (TEG feed
stream). (Dry gas stream) is produced as an overhead product. The bottom product (Rich
TEG stream) is produced as an overhead product. The bottom product (Rich TEG stream)
passes through a valve and the outlet (LP TEG stream) is heated in the shell side of a heat
exchanger (E100 L/R_HEX) by the (Regen bttms) stream. The shell side and the tube side
outlets are called (Regen Feed stream) and (Lean from L/R stream), respectively. (Regen
Feed stream) feeds the TEG regenerator (Distillation column) to produce (Sour gas stream)
as a vapor product and (Regen bttms stream) as a liquid outlet which is used as the inlet
tube side of the (E100). (Lean from L/R stream) is mixed (M-101) with (Makeup TEG
stream) and the resulting mixture (TEG to pump stream) is pumped to the tube side of a
heat exchanger (E-100). The tube side inlet is called (Pump out stream) and the tube’s
outlet is (TEG to recycle stream) which is recycled as (TEG feed stream) to the TEG
contactor. (Dry gas stream) enters the shell side of the (E-101) and cooled (Sales gas
stream). To ensure the (Sales gas stream) meets the desired specifications, a component
splitter (TEG Remove) is attached to completely remove TEG as an overhead (TEG
only stream) from the remaining components (Water Dew-point stream). As a final
purification step, (Water Dew-point stream) is sent to a water dew-point splitter to remove
condensed water from all the remaining natural gas components. Use Peng-Robinson
Represent the process flowsheet
Simulate the process using Aspen HYSYS.
The following tables contain further data:
TEG Feed
T 50 oC
P 6200 kPa
Std Ideal Liq Vol Flow 0.5 m3/h
Component Mass Fraction
H2O 0.01
TEGlycol 0.99

Inlet Gas
T 30 oC
P 6200 kPa
Molar Flow 500 kmol/h
Component Mole Fraction
N2 0.008
H2S 0.007
CO2 0.050
Methane 0.850
Ethane 0.037
Propane 0.040
I-Butane 0.003
N-Butane 0.001
I-Pentane 0.002
n-Pentane 0.002
H2O 0.000
TEGlycol 0.000

Mixer (M-100)
Inlets Inlet Gas
Water to Saturate
Outlet Gas + H2O
Parameters Equalize all Pressures
Worksheet
Water to Saturate, Flow rate 0.5 kmol/h
Water to Saturate, Composition 100% water
Water to Saturate, Temperature 30 oC

FWKO TK Column
Inlets Gas + H2O
Vapor Outlet Gas to Contactor
Liquid Outlet FWKO

TEG Contactor
No. of Stages 8
Top Stage Inlet TEG Feed
Bottom Stage Inlet Gas to Contactor
Ovrhd Vapor Outlet Dry Gas
Bottoms Liquid Outlet Rich TEG
Pressures
Top 6190 kPa
Bottom 6200 kPa
Valve
Inlet Rich TEG
Outlet LP TEG

Heat Exchanger Operation (L/R HEX)

Tube side inlet Regen Bttms
Tube side outlet Lean from L/R
Shell side Inlet LP TEG
Shell side Outlet Regen Feed
Parameters
Tubeside Delta P 70 kPa
Shellside Delta P 70 kPa
Worksheet
Regen Feed, Temperature 105 oC
Regen Feed, Pressure 110 kPa
TEG Regenerator
No. of trays 1
Inlet Stream Regen Feed
Condenser Type Full Reflux
Ovhd Vapor Outlet Sour Gas
Bottoms Liquid Outlet Regen Bttms
Condesner Energy stream Cond Q
Reboiler Energy Stream Reb Q
Pressures
Delta P Cond 2 kPa
Condesner 101 kPa
Reboiler 103 kPa
Specs
First spec – Column Temperature
Stage Condenser
Spec value 102 oC
Status Active
Second spec – Column Temperature
Stage Reboiler
Spec Value 205 oC
Status Active
Third spec – Reflux Ratio
Spec Value 1.0 Molar
Status Estimate
Fourth spec – Column Draw Rate
Draw Sour Gas @ COL2
Spec Value 1 kmol/h
Status Estimate
Makeup TEG stream
T 15oC
Component Mass Fraction
H2O 0.01
TEGlycol 0.99
Mixing Operation (M-101)
Inlets Makeup TEG
Lean from L/R
Outlet TEG to Pump
Parameters Equalize All
Worksheet
Std Ideal Liq Vol Flow, TEG to Pump 0.5 m3/h
PUMP
Inlet TEG to pump
Outlet Pump Out
Energy Pump Q
Worksheet
Pump Out, Pressure 6275 kPa

Heat Exchanger Operation (E-100)

Tube side Inlet Pump Out
Tube side Outlet TEG to Recycle
Shell side Inlet Dry Gas
Shell Side Outlet Sales Gas
Parameters
Tube side Delta P 70 kPa
Shell side Delta P 35 kPa
Worksheet
TEG to Recycle, Temperature 50 oC
Recycle Operation
Inlet TEG to Recycle
Outlet TEG Feed
Component Splitter
Connections
Inlet Sales Gas
Overhead Outlet TEG Only
Bottoms Outlet Water Dewpoint
Energy Split Q
Parameters
TEG Only, Temperature 10 oC
TEG Only, Pressure 6155 kPa
Water Dewpoint Temperature -10 oC
Water Dewpoint Pressure 6155 kPa
Accept defaults ‘Use stream flash specifications’
‘Use stream pressure specifications’
Splits
Stream TEG Only, TEGlycol 1
Steam TEG Only, all other components 0

Water Dewpoint Separator

Feed Water Dewpoint
Vapour Outlet Gas Out
Liquid Outlet XS H2O