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Separation Process and New Technologies

Theorethical Section
Department of Chemical and Biochemical processes

Case study (Multicomponent distillation)- Aspen Data


Student’s name María Camila Sanchez Espinosa
Feed flow rate (kmol/h) 2,01
Distillate flow rate (kmol/h) 1,34
Bottom flow rate (kmol/h) 0,673
Feed composition
Ethylene 0,00
Propylene 0,00
Butene 1,32
i-butene 0,027
3-methyl-1-butene 0,67
Distillate composition
Ethylene 0,00
Propylene 0,00
Butene 1,29
i-butene 0,026
3-methyl-1-butene 0,02
Bottom composition
Ethylene 0,00
Propylene 0,00
Butene 0,03
i-butene 0,0008
3-methyl-1-butene 0,65
Tower Design
Minimum reflux molar ratio 1,16
Actual reflux molar ratio 1,4
Number of equilibrium stages 57
Feed stage 5
Condenser duty (kJ/h) -113256
Reboiler duty (kJ/h) 97145,5
Tower diameter (m) 0,13
Tower height (m) 33,6

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