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Process Flow Sheeting Chlorobenzene

Process flowsheeting involves creating a detailed diagram outlining the steps and equipment in a chemical process to optimize design and operation. The document describes process flowsheeting for a chlorobenzene production plant using ASPEN PLUS. The process involves chlorinating liquid benzene in two continuous stirred tank reactors operating in series. The crude product is washed before being separated into unreacted benzene and mono- and dichlorobenzenes in two distillation columns. Unreacted benzene is recycled after drying. Coulson et al. provided a detailed explanation of the process.

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Process Flow Sheeting Chlorobenzene

Process flowsheeting involves creating a detailed diagram outlining the steps and equipment in a chemical process to optimize design and operation. The document describes process flowsheeting for a chlorobenzene production plant using ASPEN PLUS. The process involves chlorinating liquid benzene in two continuous stirred tank reactors operating in series. The crude product is washed before being separated into unreacted benzene and mono- and dichlorobenzenes in two distillation columns. Unreacted benzene is recycled after drying. Coulson et al. provided a detailed explanation of the process.

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Process flow sheeting

Process flowsheeting is a crucial aspect of chemical engineering, and it involves the creation of a
detailed diagram that outlines the steps and equipment involved in a chemical process. The goal
of process flowsheeting is to optimize the design and operation of a process, which can be
achieved by modeling process behavior, performing sensitivity analysis, optimizing the process,
and implementing process control (Dosta et al, 2020).

To begin the design and simulation of a chlorobenzene production plant using ASPEN PLUS,
the plant's flowsheet is first developed to determine the necessary components. The process
involves the chlorination of liquid benzene, which must contain less than 30 ppm by weight of
water. The reactor system consists of two continuous stirred tanks operating in series at 2.4 bar,
and gaseous chlorine is fed in parallel to both tanks. Ferric chloride acts as a catalyst, which is
produced in situ by the action of hydrogen chloride on mild steel. Cooling is required to maintain
the operating temperature at 328 K. The hydrogen chloride gas leaving the reactors is first cooled
to condense most of the organic impurities, and then it passes to an activated carbon adsorber
where the final traces of impurity are removed before leaving the plant for use elsewhere.

The crude liquid chlorobenzene stream leaving the second reactor is washed with water and
caustic soda solution to remove all dissolved hydrogen chloride. The product recovery system
comprises two distillation columns in series. In the first column, unreacted benzene is recovered
as the top product and recycled. In the second column, the mono- and dichlorobenzenes are
separated. The recovered benzene from the first column is mixed with the raw benzene feed, and
the combined stream is fed to a distillation column (the “drying column”) where water is
removed as overhead. The benzene stream from the bottom of the drying column is fed back into
the reaction system. Coulson et al. (2005) provided a detailed explanation of the process.
Fig 3.X : The process flowsheet of the chlorobenzene production
References
Maksym Dosta, James D. Litster, Stefan Heinrich, Flowsheet simulation of solids processes:
Current status and future trends, Advanced Powder Technology, Volume 31, Issue 3, 2020,
Pages 947-953, ISSN 0921-8831, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2019.12.015.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921883119304613)

J. M. Coulson and J. F. Richardson with J. R. Backhurst and J. H. Harker. Coulson &


Richardson’s Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering, 2005 Volume 1, Sixth edition Fluid
Flow, Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer

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