Practical Exercise No.

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Objective:
A mixture of natural gas (C1,C2, C3, iC4, nC4, iC5, nC5, nC6, C7+) AT 100℃ and 1 bar is fed into a
compressor that has only 30% efficiency. The flowrate of NG is 100kmol/hr and its outlet pressure from
the compressor is 5 bar. Using Peng Robinson’s equation of state as a fluid package, determine the outlet
temperature of NG.

Description:
In Aspen HYSYS, simulating a compressor involves adding a compressor unit operation to your process
flow diagram, specifying its parameters, and efficiency and connecting streams and analyze the changes.

Procedure:
1. Open the new case employing the software on your computer..
2. Update the component list with the necessary components (C1, C2, C3, iC4, nC4, nC5,
nC6, C7+).
3. Select a fluid package, Peng Robinson according to this problem.
4. Add given composition of (C1, C2, C3, iC4, nC4, iC5, nC5, nC6, C7+) and normalize if total
mole fraction will not be 1.000
5. Select simulation and then equipment (compressor).
6. Enter inlet and outlet streams in the compressor.
7. Add energy to the compressor
8. Select simulation parameters, conditions, efficiency and run the simulation.
9. Note down the result at outlet stream e.g. temperature
10. Evaluate results to optimize process conditions.

Results:
The outlet temperature of the compressor is found to be 336.4℃.
Discussion:
When a compressor's outlet pressure is 5 bars, adiabatic compression causes the outlet temper
ature to rise.With 30% efficiency, the compressor dissipates greater quantities of energy as heat
, leading to in a larger rising temperature at the outlet.

Furthermore, compression boosts the kinetic energy through enhancing the momentum of mole
cules. In turn, the temperature rises as the molecules move more quickly.