(Test Bank) Separation Process Principles

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Exercise 1.1 (i) Known: Fluorocarbons can be produced from the reaction of carbon tetrachloride and hydrogen fluoride followed by a number of separation steps. Given: Flow diagram and a brief description of a fluorocarbons production process in "Chemical Process Industries" , 4th edition, by Shreve and Brink and also in "Shreve's Chemical Process Industries", 5th edition, by G. T. Austin, pages 353-355 (Fig. 20.4). Find: Draw a process flow diagram and describe the process. Description of Process: Two main reactions occur: CCl4 + HF
CCl3F + HCl CCl3F +HF
CCl2F2 + HCl Excess carbon tetrachloride is reacted in R1 with HF in the presence of antimony pentoxide catalyst and a small amount of chlorine to maintain catalyst activity. The HF contains a small amount of water as an impurity. The effluent from the R1 is HCl, CCl3F, CCl2F2, unreacted CCl4, and small amounts of water and chlorine. The normal boiling points in oC of these components in the order of decreasing volatility are: HCl -84.8 Cl2 -33.8 CCl2F2 -29.8 CCl3F 23.7 CCl4 76.7 H2O 100 Exercise 1.1 (i) (continued) The reactor effluent is distilled in D1 to remove the CCl4 as bottoms, which is recycled to R1. The distillate enters absorber A1, where HCl is absorbed by water to produce a byproduct of aqueous HCl. The gas from A1 contains residual HCl, which is neutralized, and chlorine, which is absorbed, by aqueous NaOH, in A2. The effluent liquid from A2 is waste. Moisture is removed from the gas leaving A2 by absorption with H2SO4 in A3. The exit liquid from A3 is also waste. The gas leaving A3 is distilled in D2 to obtain CCl2F2 as a distillate, which is then dried in S1 by adsorption with activated alumina. Bottoms from D2 is distilled in D3 to recover a distillate of CCl3F, which is dried with activated alumina in S2. Bottoms from D3, containing residual CCl4, is recycled to reactor R1. Exercise 1.2 Subject: Mixing is spontaneous, but separation is not. Given: Thermodynamic principles. Find: Explanation for why mixing and separation are different. Analysis: Mixing is a natural, spontaneous process. It may take time, but concentrations of components in a single fluid phase will tend to become uniform, with an increase in entropy. By the second law of thermodynamics, a natural process tends to randomness. The separation of a mixture does not occur naturally or spontaneously. Energy is required to separate the different molecular species. Exercise 1.3 Subject: Separation of a mixture requires a transfer of energy to it or the degradation of its energy. Given: The first and second laws of thermodynamics. Find: Explain why the separation of a mixture requires energy. Analysis: As an example, consider the isothermal minimum (reversible) work of separation of an ideal binary gas mixture. Therefore, the change in enthalpy is zero. However, there is a change in entropy, determined as follows. From a chemical engineering thermodynamics textbook or Table 2.1, Eq. (4): W nhTs nhTs RT n y y n y yout in k ik ik outj ij ij inmin , , , ,( ) ( ) ln ln= - - - = -






0 0 0  It can be shown that regardless of values of y between 0 and 1, that Wmin is always positive. This minimum work is independent of the process. Exercise 1.4 Subject : Use of an ESA or an MSA to make a separations. Given: Differences between an ESA and an MSA. Find: State the advantages and disadvantages of ESA and MSA. Analysis: With an MSA, an additional separator is needed to recover the MSA. Also, some MSA will be lost, necessitating the need for MSA makeup. If the MSA is incompletely recovered, a small amount of contamination may result. The use of an MSA can make possible a separation that can not be carried out with an ESA. An ESA separation is easier to design. Exercise 1.5(b) Subject: Producing ethers from olefins and alcohols. Given: Process flow diagram and for production of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). Find: List the separation operations. Analysis: The reactor effluent contains 1-butene, isobutane, n-butane, methanol, and MTBE. The separation steps are as follows: Separation Step Products Distillation Distillate: all C4s, methanol Bottoms: 99 wt% MTBE L/L Extraction with water Extract: methanol, water Raffinate: C4s Distillation Distillate: methanol to recycle Bottoms: water for recycle Exercise 1.6(c) Subject: Conversion of propylene to butene-2s. Given: Process flow diagram and for production of butene-2s. Find: List the separation operations. Analysis: The reactor effluent contains ethylene, propylene, propane, butene-2s, and C5+. The separation steps are as follows: Separation Step Products Distillation Distillate: ethylene Sidestream: propylene, propane Bottoms: butene-2s, C5+ Distillation Distillate: propylene Bottoms: propane Distillation Distillate: butene-2s Bottoms: C5+ Exercise 1.7 Subject: Use of osmosis for separating a chemical mixture. Given: The definition of osmosis. Find: Explain why osmosis can not be used for separating a mixture. Analysis: Osmosis is the transfer of a solvent through a membrane into a mixture of solvent and solute. Thus, it is a mixing process, not a separation process. Exercise 1.8 Subject: Osmotic pressure for the separation of water from sea water by reverse osmosis with a membrane. Given: Sea water containing 0.035 g of salt/cm3 of sea water on one side of a membrane Molecular weight of the salt = 31.5 Temperature = 298 K Pure water on the other side of a membrane Find: Minimum required pressure difference in kPa across the membrane Analysis: The minimum pressure difference across the membrane is equal to the osmotic pressure of the sea water, since the osmotic pressure of pure water on the other side is zero. The equation given for osmotic pressure is p=RTc/M. R = 8.314 kPa-m3/kmol-K T = 298 K c = 0.035 g/cm3 = 35 kg/m3 M = 31.5 kg/kmol Minimum pressure difference across a membrane = ( )()() 8.31429835 312,750kPa.5 p = = Exercise 1.9 Subject: Use of a liquid membrane to separate the components of a gas mixture Given: A liquid membrane of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, maintained between two sets of microporous, hydrophobic hollow fibers, packed into a cell, for removing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from flue gas. Required: A sketch of the membrane device. Analysis: A sweep fluid is generally required. In some cases, a vacuum could be pulled on the permeate side. The membrane device is shown below. Exercise 1.10 Wanted: The differences, if any, between adsorption and gas-solid chromatography. Analysis: Adsorption can be conducted by many techniques including fixed bed, moving bed, slurry, and chromatography. In chromatography, unlike the other adsorption techniques, an eluant is used to carry the mixture through the tube containing the sorbent. Multiple pure products are obtained because of differences in the extent and rate of adsorption, resulting in different residence times in the tube. The tube is made long enough that the residences do not overlap. Exercise 1.11 Wanted: Is it essential in gas-liquid chromatography that the gas flows through the packed tube in plug flow? Analysis: Plug flow is not essential, but it can provide sharper fronts and, therefore, the chromatographic columns can be shorter. Exercise 1.12 Wanted: The reason why most small particles have a negative charge. Analysis: Small particles can pick up a negative charge from collisions in glass ware. In an aqueous solution, inorganic and polar organic particles develop a charge that depends on the pH of the solution. The charge will be negative at high pH values. Exercise 1.13 Wanted: Can a turbulent-flow field be used in field-flow fractionation? Analysis: Field-flow fractionation requires a residence-time distribution of the molecules flowing down the tube. This is provided best by laminar flow. The residence- time distribution with turbulent flow is not nearly as favorable. Turbulent flow would not be practical. Exercise 1.14 Subject: Sequence of three distillation columns in Fig. 1.9 for separating light hydrocarbons. Given: Feed to column C3 is stream 5 in Table 1.5. Alter the separation to produce a distillate containing 95 mol% iC4 at a recovery of 96%. Find: (a) Component flow rates in the distillate and bottoms from column C3. (b) Percent purity of nC4 in the bottoms. (c) Percent recovery of iC4, for 95 mol% iC4 in the distillate, that will maximize the percent purity of nC4 in the bottoms. Assumptions: Because of the relatively sharp separation in column C3 between iC4 and nC4, assume that all propane in the feed appears in the distillate and all C5s appear in the bottoms. Analysis: (a) Isobutane to the distillate = (0.96)(171.1) = 164.3 lbmol/h Total distillate rate = 164.3/0.95 = 172.9 lbmol/h Normal butane to the distillate = 172.9 - 2.2 - 164.3 = 6.4 Material balance around column C3, in lbmol/h: Component Feed Distillate Bottoms Propane 2.2 2.2 0.0 Isobutane 171.1 164.3 6.8 Normal butane 226.6 6.4 220.2 Isopentane 28.1 0.0 28.1 Normal pentane 17.5 0.0 17.5 Total 445.5 172.9 272.6 (b) % Purity of nC4 in bottoms = (220.2/272.6) x 100% = 80.8% (c) Let x = lbmol/h of nC4 in the distillate y = lbmol/h of iC4 in the distillate P = mole fraction purity of nC4 in the bottoms Px y xx yx=- -+ -+ +=- --2266 1711 2266 2811752266 4433. (. )(. ) . .. . (1) Fractional purity of iC in the distillate =2.2++4y yx=095. (2) Combining (1) and (2) to eliminate x, and optimization of P with respect to y gives: P = 0.828 or 82.8 mol% nC4 in the bottoms, x = 6.8 lbmol/h, y = 171.1 lbmol/h Therefore, 100% recovery of iC4 in the distillate maximizes the purity of nC4 in the bottoms. Exercise 1.15 Subject: Sequence of two distillation columns, C1- C2, for the separation of alcohols. Given: 500 kmol/h feed of 40% methanol (M), 35% ethanol (E), 15% isopropanol (IP), and 10% normal propanol (NP), all in mol%. Distillate from column C1 is 98 mol% M, with a 96% recovery. Distillate from column C2 is 92 mol% E, with a recovery of 95% based on the feed to column C1. Find: (a) Component flow rates in the feed, distillates and bottoms. (b) Mol% purity of combined IP and NP in the bottoms from column C2. (c) Maximum achievable purity of E in the distillate from column C2 for 95% recovery of E from the feed to column C1. (d) Maximum recovery of E from the feed to column C1 for a 92 mol% purity of E in the distillate from column C2. Assumptions: Because of the sharp separation in column C1, neglect the presence of propanols in the distillate from column C1. Neglect the presence of M in the bottoms from column C2. The distillate from C2 does not contain normal propanol. Analysis: (a) M in distillate from C1 = (0.96)(500)(0.40) = 192 kmol/h Total distillate from C1 = 192/0.98 = 195.92 kmol/h E in distillate from C1 = 195.92 - 192 = 3.92 kmol/h E in feed to C2 = (500)(0.35) - 3.92 = 171.08 kmol/h M in feed to C2 = M in distillate from C2 = (500)(0.40) - 192 = 8 kmol/h E in distillate from C2 = (500)(0.35)(0.95) = 166.25 kmol/h Total distillate from C2 = 166.25/0.92 = 180.71 kmol/h IP in distillate from C2 = 180.71 - 166.25 - 8 = 6.46 kmol/h Block flow diagram: Exercise 1.15 (continued) Analysis: (a) continued Material balance table (all flow rates in kmol/h): Component Stream 1 2 3 4 5 M 200 192.00 8.00 8.00 0.00 E 175 3.92 171.08 166.25 4.83 IP 75 0.00 75.00 6.46 68.54 NP 50 0.00 50.00 0.00 50.00 Total 500 195.92 304.08 180.71 123.37 The assumption of negligible NP in stream 4 is questionable and should be corrected when designing the column. (b) Mol% purity of (IP + NP) in bottoms of C2 = (68.54 + 50.00)/123.37 or 96.08% (c) If the overall recovery of E in the distillate from C2 is fixed at 95%, the maximum purity of E in that distillate occurs when no propanols appear in that distillate. Then, mol% purity of E = 100% x 166.25/(166.25 + 8.0) = 95.41% (d) The maximum recovery of E in the distillate from C2 occurs when E does not appear in the bottoms from C2. Thus, that maximum is 100% x (171.08/175) = 97.76% Exercise 1.16 Subject: Pervaporation for the partial separation of ethanol and benzene Given: 8,000 kg/h of 23 wt% ethanol and 77 wt% benzene. Polymer membrane is selective for ethanol. Permeate is 60 wt% ethanol. Retentate is 90 wt% benzene. Find: (a) and (b) Component flow rates in feed, permeate, and retentate on a diagram. (c) Method to further separate the permeate. Analysis: (a) and (b) Let: P = permeate flow rate R = retentate flow rate Total material balance: 8,000 = P + R (1) Ethanol material balance: 8,000(0.23) = (0.60) P + (0.10) R (2) Solving (1) and (2) simultaneously, P = 2,080 kg/h and R = 5,920 kg/h The resulting material balance and flow diagram is: (c) Gas adsorption, gas permeation, or distillation to obtain ethanol and the azeotrope, which can be recycled. Exercise 1.17 Subject: Separation of hydrogen from light gases by gas permeation with hollow fibers. Given: Feed gas of 42.4 kmol/h of H2, 7.0 kmol/h of CH4, and 0.5 kmol/h of N2 at 40oC and 16.7 MPa. Retentate exits at 16.2 kPa and permeate exits at 4.56 kPa. Gas heat capacity ratio = g = 1.4. Assumptions: Membrane is not permeable to nitrogen. Reversible gas expansion with no heat transfer between the retentate and permeate. Separation index is based on mole fractions. Find: (a) Component flows in the retentate and permeate if the separation index, SP, for hydrogen relative to methane is 34.13, and the split fraction (recovery), SF, for hydrogen from the feed to the permeate is 0.6038. (b) Percent purity of hydrogen in the permeate. (c) Exit temperatures of the retentate and permeate. (d) Process flow diagram with complete material balance Analysis: (a) and (d) Hydrogen in permeate = (0.6038)(42.4) = 25.6 kmol/h Hydrogen in retentate = 42.4 - 25.6 = 16.8 kmol/h Let: x = kmol/h of methane in permeate Then, 7.0 - x = kmol/h of methane in retentate From Eq. (1-4), SP= =-3413256168 7../. /( ) x x (1) Solving (1), x = 0.3 kmol/h of methane in the permeate Methane in the retentate = 7.0 - 0.3 = 6.7 kmol/h The resulting material balance and flow diagram is: Exercise 1.17 (continued) Analysis: (continued) (b) Percent purity of hydrogen in permeate = 100% x 25.6/25.9 = 98.8% (c) For reversible adiabatic (isentropic) expansion, assuming an ideal gas, the final temperature is given from thermodynamics by: T TP Poutout= - 1 11g g (2) where subscript 1 refers to upstream side, subscript out refers to downstream side, both temperature and pressure are absolute, and g is the gas heat capacity ratio. For both the retentate and the permeate, T1 = 40oC = 313 K and P1 =16.7 MPa. For the retentate, Pout = P3 = 16.2 MPa. From (2), 1.41 1.4 3o 16.2313 310 K 16.7= 37CoutT T- = == For the permeate, P2 = 4.56 MPa. From (2), 1. o 241 1.4 4.56313 216 K= 157C6.7T- -= =  Exercise 1.18 Subject: Natural gas is produced when injecting nitrogen into oil wells. The nitrogen is then recovered from the gas for recycle. Given: 170,000 SCFH (60oF and 14.7 psia) of gas containing, in mol%, 18% N2, 75% CH4, and 7% C2H6 at 100oF and 800 psia. Recover the N2 by gas permeation followed by adsorption. The membrane is selective for nitrogen. The adsorbent is selective for methane. The adsorber operates at 100oF, and 275 psia during adsorption and 15 psia during regeneration. Permeate exits the membrane unit at 20oF and a low pressure. Two stages of compression with cooling are needed to deliver the permeate gas to the adsorber. The regenerated gas from the adsorber is compressed in three stages with cooling, and is combined with the retentate to give the natural gas product. Assumptions: The membrane is not permeable to ethane. The separation index, SP, defined by Eq. (1-4), is applied to the exiting retentate and permeate. Find: (a) Draw a labeled process flow diagram. (b) Compute the component material balance, based on the following data: Separation index, SP, for the membrane = 16 for nitrogen relative to methane. The adsorption step gives 97 mol% methane in the adsorbate with an 85% recovery based on the feed to the adsorber. The pressure drop across the membrane is 760 psi. The retentate exits at 800 psia. The combined natural gas product contains 3 mol% nitrogen. Place the results of the material balance in a table. Analysis: (b) Refer to the process flow diagram on next page for stream numbers. Let: ai = molar flow rate of N2 in lbmol/h in stream i. bi = molar flow rate of CH4 in lbmol/h in stream i ci = molar flow rate of ethane in lbmol/h in stream i Feed flow rate = 170,000 SCFM / 379 SCF/lbmole at SC = 448.5 lbmol/h a1 = 0.18(448.5) = 80.7, b1 = 0.75(448.5) = 336.4, c1 = 0.07(448.5) = 31.4 Because ethane does not permeate through the membrane, c3 = c6 = 31.4 and c2 = c4 = c5 = 0 Solve for a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, and b2, b3, b4, b5, b6 from 10 equations in 10 unknowns. Membrane selectivity: SPaa bb= =1623 23/ / (1) Component balances around the membrane unit: a2 + a3 = 80.7 b2 + b3 = 336.4 Component balances around the adsorber: a2 = a4 + a5 b2 = b4 + b5