reactor-separator-recycle networks chapter 8 terry ring
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Reactor-Separator-Recycle Networks
Chapter 8
Terry Ring
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Location of Separation Units
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What to do with Low Reactor Conversion?
• Low Reactor Conversion– Recycle to extinction
• Overall process conversion– Reactor/separator/recycle– Goes to ~100%
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Location of Separation Network
• After Reactor– Products are traditionally separated– Reactants Recycled
• Before Reactor– Reactants are typically purified before Reaction
• But– Could reactor be run so that no separation is
needed?– Could reactor be run so that a small/simple
separation system could be used?– Could products also be effectively separated
before the reactor with one separation system?– Could other hybrid configurations be used?
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Location of Separation System
• Can reactor produce nearly pure products?– Keq>10,000 and with stoichiometric feed,– No Separator after the reactor is needed!– No Recycle is needed!– Example, H2 + Cl2 2 HCl
• Can Reactants and Product can be separated easily?– CO + 2H2 CH3OH– Reaction with 50% conversion then Flash gives clean product as
liquid and unused reactants as vapor– H2 + N2 NH3 – Reaction with 40% conversion then Cryo-Flash gives clean
product as liquid and unused reactants as vapor• Note, Reactants do not need to be separated into pure
component streams to be recycled.
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Trade-off between Reactor and Separator
• Factors– Reactor Conversion of limiting reactant
• Effects cost and size of Separation Train
– Reactor Temperature and mode of operation (adiabatic, isothermal, etc.)
• Effect utility costs for both separation and reaction• Effect impurities from side reactions
– High Reactor Pressure for Le Chatlier cases (less moles of product)
• Higher cost for recycle compression
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Trade-off between Reactor and Separator
• Factors, cont.– Use of excess of one or more reactant to increase
equilibrium conversion and/or reaction rate• Increases cost of separation train
– Use of diluents in adiabatic reactor to control temperature in reactor
• Increases cost of separations train
– Use of purge to avoid difficult separation.• Decreases the cost of separations• Loss of reactants – increase cost of reactants• May increase cost of reactor, depending on the purge-to-
recycle ratio
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Factors that affect recycle/purge
• Factor– Excess reactants
• Increases recycle flow• Increases separation costs• Increase feed stream costs
– Raw Materials– Heat up and Pressure up requirements
– Concentration of impurities to be purged• Effects the recycle-to-purge ratio
– High Reactor outlet temperature and pressure• Increase cost of utilities in separation• Increase cost to recycle - compressor
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Preliminary Flow Sheet
•2C2H4 + C4H10 C8H18
Reactor ΔP
Flash ΔP= 2 psi
Distillation ΔP= 10 psi
Purge Stream
Recycle Stream
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Reactor/Separation/Recycle Networks
• Suggestions for efficient operation– Make reactor hit high conversion– Minimize side reactions with
• Temperature profile• Pressure used• Excess reactants• Impurities added to the feed
– Streamline separation train– Use purge for impurities in any recycle stream– Understand trade-offs
• Impacts on operating costs• Impacts on capital cost
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Feedback effects of Recycle Loop
• Small disturbance on feed
• Large effect on recycle flow– rate/composition
• Snowball effect on reactor/separator
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Cumene Process
Main Reaction over Al2O3/SiO2 catalyst
As much as 10%Lost hereP-DIPB
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Product Specs
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Two step reactor
• Main Reaction
• Trans alkylation reactor
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Separation Train Info.
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