CH 4900: CAD/SIMULATION LAB
TITLE:
“Mixing Of Multiple Streams”
ASSIGNMENT NO. 4
DATE OF ASSIGNMENT: 11/10/2020
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 03/11/2020
SUBMITTED BY:
UMAR IQBAL
GI-2645
17CHB531
Title: Mixing of multiple streams
Objective: To simulate a mixing unit with multiple multicomponent feed.
Problem Statement: Mixing of four streams of water, sulphuric acid, benzyl acetate and
isopropyl alcohol having composition shown below.
Procedure:
1. Open the Aspen Plus GIU
2. On the property tab, do the following:
Select appropriate input and output units (using METCBAR units)
Fig-1: selection of base units
Select the components used in the simulation from Aspen database.
Fig-2: selection of components
Select the appropriate thermodynamic package.
FIG-3: selection of fluid package
3. Click on simulation tab to open the simulation environment.
Fig-4: opening of simulation environment
Fig-5: simulation environment
4. Click setup in the data browser and select input mode as steady state
Fig-6: selection of steady state mode during simulation
5. Make a flowsheet of the mixing operation as describes below:
From the model library, select Mixer/Splitter and then select a suitable icon from the mixer.
Fig-7: selection of mixer
Move the cross wire at desired location and left click on the mouse to place a block on
process flowsheet window. Right click the mouse when finished. Enlarge the block by
selecting it and dragging out from the corner.
Select the material stream from the steam icon. Some red and blue arrowheads will appear
around the block showing input and output of the block. Red marks are mandatory while
blue marks are optional.
Draw a stream from each desired arrowheads by bring the cursor to it until its color changes
to light blue. Left click once and drag and left click again to place a stream. Right click the
mouse when finished. Make at least two streams as input streams.
Fig-8: Mixing arrangement
Rename the block and streams if desired by right click and then select rename. Type the
name of the block or stream and press OK.
Fig-9: simulation environment
6. Click on Next. A message will be displayed showing,” Flowsheet connectivity is complete.
Provide the remaining problem specifications on input form. Display next input form?” Click OK.
7. On the stream input form select any two conditions of streams from temperature, pressure and
vapor fraction, the total flowrate and composition of stream (flow or fraction) in the appropriate
units. Repeat it for all streams.
Fig-10: selection of base property and there values for all streams
8. Click NEXT. On the block input form select pressure and valid phases. Enter a positive value of
the actual pressure in the mixer or zero or negative value for pressure drop in the mixer. Select
Vapor-Liquid as the valid phases.
Fig-11: selection of pressure and temp units
9. Click Next. A dialog box showing: ”All required input are complete”. You can run the simulation
now, or enter more input. To enter input select cancel and then option you want from the Data
pull down menu. Run the simulation now? Select OK if no further input is enter.
10. Simulation will run and at the end Results are available will appear on left corner.
11. To see the results, select the desired results from the left on the data browser.
Result:
Fig-12: simulated mixer
ASPEN DATA
Stream Name Units BENZYL ISOPRO SULPURIC WATER PRODUCT
Description
From MIXER
To MIXER MIXER MIXER MIXER
Stream Class CONVEN CONVEN CONVEN CONVEN CONVEN
Maximum Relative
Error
Cost Flow $/hr
MIXED Substream
Liquid Liquid Liquid
Phase Liquid Phase Liquid Phase Phase Phase Phase
Temperature C 25 35 75 20 7.49579
Pressure bar 0.000246252 0.000522064 9.38E-08 0.0188675 20
Molar Vapor Fraction 0 0 0 0 0
Molar Liquid Fraction 1 1 1 1 1
Molar Solid Fraction 0 0 0 0 0
Mass Vapor Fraction 0 0 0 0 0
Mass Liquid Fraction 1 1 1 1 1
Mass Solid Fraction 0 0 0 0 0
Molar Enthalpy cal/mol -87621.1 -87078.7 -201500 -68823.6 -112732
Mass Enthalpy cal/gm -583.451 -579.84 -2054.45 -3820.29 -979.206
cal/mol-
Molar Entropy K -137.308 -135.519 -107.445 -40.4488 -114.136
cal/gm-
Mass Entropy K -0.914306 -0.902391 -1.09549 -2.24525 -0.991398
Molar Density mol/cc 0.00699889 0.00694008 0.0180649 0.05544 0.0105062
Mass Density gm/cc 1.05107 1.04224 1.7718 0.998767 1.20954
Enthalpy Flow cal/sec -2.43E+06 -6.05E+06 -8.40E+06 -1.91E+06 -1.88E+07
Average MW 150.177 150.177 98.0795 18.0153 115.126
Mole Flows kmol/hr 100 250 150 100 600
WATER kmol/hr 0 0 0 100 100
SULPA kmol/hr 0 0 150 0 150
BENZA kmol/hr 100 250 0 0 350
ISOPR kmol/hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mole Fractions
WATER 0 0 0 1 0.166667
SULPA 0 0 1 0 0.25
BENZA 1 1 0 0 0.583333
ISOPR 0 0 0 0 0
Mass Flows kg/hr 15017.7 37544.3 14711.9 1801.53 69075.5
WATER kg/hr 0 0 0 1801.53 1801.53
SULPA kg/hr 0 0 14711.9 0 14711.9
BENZA kg/hr 15017.7 37544.3 0 0 52562
ISOPR kg/hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mass Fractions
WATER 0 0 0 1 0.0260806
SULPA 0 0 1 0 0.212983
BENZA 1 1 0 0 0.760936
ISOPR 0 0 0 0 0
Volume Flow l/min 238.133 600.378 138.39 30.0625 951.815
Liquid Phase
Molar Enthalpy cal/mol -87621.1 -87078.7 -201500 -68823.6 -112732
Mass Enthalpy cal/gm -583.451 -579.84 -2054.45 -3820.29 -979.206
cal/mol-
Molar Entropy K -137.308 -135.519 -107.445 -40.4488 -114.136
cal/gm-
Mass Entropy K -0.914306 -0.902391 -1.09549 -2.24525 -0.991398
Molar Density mol/cc 0.00699889 0.00694008 0.0180649 0.05544 0.0105062
Mass Density gm/cc 1.05107 1.04224 1.7718 0.998767 1.20954
Enthalpy Flow cal/sec -2.43E+06 -6.05E+06 -8.40E+06 -1.91E+06 -1.88E+07
Average MW 150.177 150.177 98.0795 18.0153 115.126
Mole Flows kmol/hr 100 250 150 100 600
WATER kmol/hr 0 0 0 100 100
SULPA kmol/hr 0 0 150 0 150
BENZA kmol/hr 100 250 0 0 350
ISOPR kmol/hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mole Fractions
WATER 0 0 0 1 0.166667
SULPA 0 0 1 0 0.25
BENZA 1 1 0 0 0.583333
ISOPR 0 0 0 0 0
Mass Flows kg/hr 15017.7 37544.3 14711.9 1801.53 69075.5
WATER kg/hr 0 0 0 1801.53 1801.53
SULPA kg/hr 0 0 14711.9 0 14711.9
BENZA kg/hr 15017.7 37544.3 0 0 52562
ISOPR kg/hr 0 0 0 0 0
Mass Fractions
WATER 0 0 0 1 0.0260806
SULPA 0 0 1 0 0.212983
BENZA 1 1 0 0 0.760936
ISOPR 0 0 0 0 0
ASPEN REPORT
BENZYL
------
STREAM ID BENZYL
FROM : ----
TO : MIXER
SUBSTREAM: MIXED
PHASE: LIQUID
COMPONENTS: KMOL/HR
WATER 0.0
SULPA 0.0
BENZA 100.0000
ISOPR 0.0
TOTAL FLOW:
KMOL/HR 100.0000
KG/HR 1.5018+04
L/MIN 238.1330
STATE VARIABLES:
TEMP C 25.0000
PRES BAR 2.4625-04
VFRAC 0.0
LFRAC 1.0000
SFRAC 0.0
ENTHALPY:
CAL/MOL -8.7621+04
CAL/GM -583.4514
CAL/SEC -2.4339+06
ENTROPY:
CAL/MOL-K -137.3078
CAL/GM-K -0.9143
DENSITY:
MOL/CC 6.9989-03
GM/CC 1.0511
AVG MW 150.1772
ISOPRO
------
STREAM ID ISOPRO
FROM : ----
TO : MIXER
SUBSTREAM: MIXED
PHASE: LIQUID
COMPONENTS: KMOL/HR
WATER 0.0
SULPA 0.0
BENZA 250.0000
ISOPR 0.0
TOTAL FLOW:
KMOL/HR 250.0000
KG/HR 3.7544+04
L/MIN 600.3777
STATE VARIABLES:
TEMP C 35.0000
PRES BAR 5.2206-04
VFRAC 0.0
LFRAC 1.0000
SFRAC 0.0
ENTHALPY:
CAL/MOL -8.7079+04
CAL/GM -579.8398
CAL/SEC -6.0471+06
ENTROPY:
CAL/MOL-K -135.5186
CAL/GM-K -0.9024
DENSITY:
MOL/CC 6.9401-03
GM/CC 1.0422
AVG MW 150.1772
WATER
-----
STREAM ID WATER
FROM : ----
TO : MIXER
SUBSTREAM: MIXED
PHASE: LIQUID
COMPONENTS: KMOL/HR
WATER 100.0000
SULPA 0.0
BENZA 0.0
ISOPR 0.0
TOTAL FLOW:
KMOL/HR 100.0000
KG/HR 1801.5280
L/MIN 30.0625
STATE VARIABLES:
TEMP C 20.0000
PRES BAR 1.8867-02
VFRAC 0.0
LFRAC 1.0000
SFRAC 0.0
ENTHALPY:
CAL/MOL -6.8824+04
CAL/GM -3820.2908
CAL/SEC -1.9118+06
ENTROPY:
CAL/MOL-K -40.4488
CAL/GM-K -2.2453
DENSITY:
MOL/CC 5.5440-02
GM/CC 0.9988
AVG MW 18.0153
PRODUCT
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STREAM ID PRODUCT
FROM : MIXER
TO : ----
SUBSTREAM: MIXED
PHASE: LIQUID
COMPONENTS: KMOL/HR
WATER 100.0000
SULPA 150.0000
BENZA 350.0000
ISOPR 0.0
TOTAL FLOW:
KMOL/HR 600.0000
KG/HR 6.9075+04
L/MIN 951.8150
STATE VARIABLES:
TEMP C 7.4958
PRES BAR 20.0000
VFRAC 0.0
LFRAC 1.0000
SFRAC 0.0
ENTHALPY:
CAL/MOL -1.1273+05
CAL/GM -979.2055
CAL/SEC -1.8789+07
ENTROPY:
CAL/MOL-K -114.1355
CAL/GM-K -0.9914
DENSITY:
MOL/CC 1.0506-02
GM/CC 1.2095
AVG MW 115.1258
SULPURIC
--------
STREAM ID SULPURIC
FROM : ----
TO : MIXER
SUBSTREAM: MIXED
PHASE: LIQUID
COMPONENTS: KMOL/HR
WATER 0.0
SULPA 150.0000
BENZA 0.0
ISOPR 0.0
TOTAL FLOW:
KMOL/HR 150.0000
KG/HR 1.4712+04
L/MIN 138.3896
STATE VARIABLES:
TEMP C 75.0000
PRES BAR 9.3815-08
VFRAC 0.0
LFRAC 1.0000
SFRAC 0.0
ENTHALPY:
CAL/MOL -2.0150+05
CAL/GM -2054.4516
CAL/SEC -8.3958+06
ENTROPY:
CAL/MOL-K -107.4452
CAL/GM-K -1.0955
DENSITY:
MOL/CC 1.8065-02
GM/CC 1.7718
AVG MW 98.0795
