ADAMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Process Integration and Optimization

Assignments # 2

1. A refinery has available two crude oils that have the yields shown in the following
table. Because of equipment and storage limitations, production of gasoline,
kerosene, and fuel oil must be limited as also shown in this table. There are no plant
limitations on the production of other products such as gas oils. The profit on
processing crude #1 is $l.00/bbl and on crude #2 it is $0.70/bbl. Find the
approximate optimum daily feed rates of the two crudes to this plant via a graphical
method.

2. Feed to three units is split into three streams: FA, FB, and Fc. Two products are
produced: P1 and P2 (see following figure), and the yield in weight percept by unit
is

Because of capacity limitations, certain constraints exist in the stream flows:

1. The total input feed must not exceed 10,000 lb/day.
2. The feed to each of the units A, B, and C must not exceed 5000 lb/day.
3. No more than 4000 lb/day of P1 can be used, and no more than $7000 lb/day of P2 can
be used.

In order to determine the values of FA, FB, and Fc that maximize the daily profit, prepare a
mathematical statement of this problem as a linear programming problem. Do not solve it.

3. Prepare a graph of the constraints and objective function, and solve the following
linear programming problem

4. Consider the VAM process described in Example 01 of lecture 09. Suppose, a new
reaction pathway has been developed and will be used for the production of VAM.
This new reaction does not involve acetic acid. The rest of the process remains
virtually unchanged and the AA losses with the product are 100 kg/h. What are the
targets for minimum fresh usage and discharge/losses of AA?