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MOSES CE 420 Assignment 1 Answer Form

The document outlines the Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) process, specifically simulating the reaction between ethylene and benzene to produce ethylbenzene. It details the feedstock characteristics, including the presence of inerts from the refinery and the purity of reactant B. The product stream undergoes purification, while inerts are vented and reused as fuel gas, with the recovery and recycling of reactant B also mentioned.

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MOSES CE 420 Assignment 1 Answer Form

The document outlines the Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) process, specifically simulating the reaction between ethylene and benzene to produce ethylbenzene. It details the feedstock characteristics, including the presence of inerts from the refinery and the purity of reactant B. The product stream undergoes purification, while inerts are vented and reused as fuel gas, with the recovery and recycling of reactant B also mentioned.

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CE 420 ASSIGNMENT 1 SOLUTIONS FORM

SIN SIRNAME FIRST NAME


20148997 MICHELO MOSES

Name of unit

Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor

Feedstock

Ethylene and Benzene

Brief Process of a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor

The Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) Process Simulation can be configured to react any two gases.
The reaction can be exothermic or endothermic. The default configuration reacts ethylene (reactant A) with
benzene (reactant B), an exothermic reaction, to produce ethylbenzene (product C), an intermediate
chemical used in the manufacture of styrene monomer. There are no side or competing reactions simulated.

Reactants A and B are fed to the Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) where they are completely
mixed with a motorized agitator.

Reactant A feedstock is assumed to come from a typical refinery FCC. Consequently, there is a substantial
concentration of inerts in the feed. Since the reaction is highly exothermic, the inerts serve to dilute the feed
and aid in preventing a reactor run-away.

Reactant B feedstock is assumed to be of the highest available industrial grade and is therefore effectively
100% pure for the purposes of this simulation.

The reactor is sized to convert most of reactant A to product. The feed molar ratio of reactant B to reactant
A is maintained at 3.25 to 1.

The product stream is purified downstream of the reactor through a series of distillation columns. The
inerts are vented, recompressed, and used as a fuel gas elsewhere in the plant. Reactant B is recovered,
purified, and recycled back to the reactor. The purification of the product stream is outside the scope of this
simulation.

Product specification

List of Key process variables involved in the unit operation

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