Expt 380 Aspen Plus Tutorial
Expt 380 Aspen Plus Tutorial
by
Loren B. Schreiber
Overview
Aspen Plus® is a powerful, world-class computer program that can simulate diverse
chemical unit operations.
This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to students who (1) are presently
conducting studying gas absorption and (2) have had no prior experience using
Aspen Plus®.
The specific physical application in this tutorial is absorption of carbon dioxide from
an air stream into a water stream using a packed-bed column. Chemical
engineering textbooks commonly examine this problem, or ones similar. Students
may thus compare the numerical solution generated by Aspen Plus® with
predictions using spreadsheets based upon elementary textbook methods.
Having completed this tutorial, students will be able to examine what-if scenarios in
gas absorption. In addition, students, on their own, will be able to start to play with
the Aspen Plus® package to explore its extensive features.
Overview 1
Problem Statement 3
Tips 3
Screen shots
Simulation ≫ Setup 18
Properties ≫ Method 31
Simulation ≫ Streams 33
Stream Table 42
Create Report 43
Simulation Report 46
Note
The column has an inside diameter of 80 mm. The packed section has a length of 1.27 m
and consists of dumped glass Raschig-style rings. The dimensions of the rings are: an ID of
8 mm, an OD of 10 mm, and a height of 9 mm.
Carbon dioxide gas, at a flow rate of 3.466 SLPM, is mixed with dry air, at a flow rate of
39.87 SLPM. The gas mixture is fed to the bottom of the column at a temperature of
22.07 °C and a pressure of 103184 Pa. Standard conditions are 25 °C and 101325 Pa,
according the specifications of the flow meter.
Water is fed to the top of the column at a mass flow rate of 4 kg/min, at a temperature of
20.21 °C and at a pressure of 101931 Pa.
Characterize the performance in terms of the flow rate, temperature, pressure, and
composition of the gas outlet stream at the top of the column and liquid outlet stream at the
bottom of the column.
Tips
Several issues may baffle students in applying Aspen Plus® to this particular problem. Here
are some tips. The tutorial presents step-by-step screen shots.
The user of process software must specify the model to characterize vapor-liquid
equilibrium. Carbon dioxide and air have low solubility in water. Henry's Law provides a
good description.
In Aspen Plus®, the user must explicitly specify i to treat carbon dioxide and air as Henry's
components. The software fails to deduce this on its own.
Another idiosyncrasy is that this software cannot apply Henry's Law to air. This tutorial
therefore approximates air as a mixture of oxygen (0.21 mole fraction), carbon dioxide
(0.0004 mole fraction), and the balance nitrogen.
The instruments in the unit operations laboratory display readings for gas flow rate in the
unit SLPM (standard liters per minute). Some students have misinterpreted this unit and
inputted incorrect data into Aspen Plus® leading to huge errors in the predictions.
This tutorial presents a small spreadsheet to convert SLPM to the unit mol/min for the
carbon dioxide and air streams. It then computes the composition of the gas fed to the
column.
The flowsheet icon for the absorption column should show an inlet arrow at the top of the
column and an inlet arrow at the bottom of the column.
The RadFrac icon on the flowsheet, however, initially displays only one feed point for the
column and it is located in the middle of the column.
The user just needs to be persistent. First, connect one feed stream (e.g. the gas stream) to
the inlet arrow in the middle of the column. Second, drag the feed arrow to the desired
location on the column (e.g., the bottom of the column). A new feed arrow then appears in
the middle of the column, which the user can connect to another stream and move it to the
desired location (e.g., the top of the column).
The RadFrac model requires a minimum of two stages. Because inlets and outlets are
located only at the ends of the columns, there is no need for more than two stages.
Students commonly use equilibrium models. The screen shots of this tutorial show the user
where to select a rate-based model.
The tutorial shows the user how to create a complete report as a text file. Just press CTRL +
ALT + R and then select Simulation from the drop-down menu. Such a report is included at
the end of the tutorial as an example
In the unit operations laboratory, an instrument measures the content of carbon dioxide in
the outlet gas stream.
Water droplets striking the sensor will irrevocably damage the instrument.1 A silica gel filter,
installed at the inlet of the instrument, protects the sensor. In addition to removing water
droplets, the filter also removes water vapor.
The content for the outlet gas stream from the RadFrac model contains water vapor. A
simple spreadsheet calculation adjusts the RadFrac results to predict the carbon dioxide
content of the outlet gas stream on a dry basis. The user may then compare this prediction
to the measured result.
1
A student convincingly demonstrated this phenomenon in 2004.
Trial ID 1a
Trial symbol ++
Molal flows
Total gas mol/min 1.6296 0.1417 1.7713 222.0372
Carbon dioxide mol/min 0.0007 0.1417 0.1423 0.0000
Nitrogen mol/min 1.2868 0.0000 1.2868 0.0000
Oxygen mol/min 0.3422 0.0000 0.3422 0.0000
Water mol/min 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 222.0372
Data from Derived from
Composition Aspen Aspen
Carbon dioxide mol fr 0.0004 1.000 0.0803 0.000 0.0736 0.0754
Nitrogen mol fr 0.7896 0.000 0.7264 0.000 0.7138 0.7306
Oxygen mol fr 0.2100 0.000 0.1932 0.000 0.1896 0.1940
Water mol fr 0.0000 0.000 0.0000 1.000 0.0230 0.0000
Sum 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
5
Property Unit Other Stream Stream Stream Stream Stream Stream
Values Air In CO2 In Gas In Water In Gas Out Dry Gas Out
Other flows
Air inlet SL/min 39.87
3
Air inlet Sm /min 0.03987
CO2 inlet SL/min 3.466
CO2 inlet Sm3/min 0.003466
Water inlet kg/min 4
Other constants
Gas law contant R Pa m3 / mol K 8.314472
Molar mass water kg/mol 0.018015
6
Initial screen in Aspen Plus.
Next step:
Click on File on the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Note: The Navigation Pane is the area on the left side of the screen listing various
links in a tree structure.
Note: The numeral 1 refers to the stream number on the flow sheet. The data entry
here defines it as the gas inlet),
THE END
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INPUT FILE(S)
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;
;Input file created by Aspen Plus Rel. 28.0 at 22:00:44 Sun Sep 1, 2013
;Directory C:\Users\schreiber\AppData\Local\Aspentech\Aspen Plus V8.2 Runid _A2
;
MODEL-OPTION
COMPONENTS
CARBO-01 CO2 /
NITRO-01 N2 /
OXYGE-01 O2 /
WATER H2O
SOLVE
RUN-MODE MODE=SIM
FLOWSHEET
BLOCK B1 IN=1 2 OUT=3 4
PROP-DATA HENRY-1
IN-UNITS SI FLOW='KG/MIN' MASS-FLOW='KG/MIN' &
MOLE-FLOW='MOL/MIN' PRESSURE=PA TEMPERATURE=C DELTA-T=C &
PDROP=PA
PROP-LIST HENRY
BPVAL CARBO-01 WATER 171.3780000 -8741.550000 -21.66900000 &
1.10259000E-3 -.1500000000 79.85000000 0.0
BPVAL NITRO-01 WATER 176.5070000 -8432.770000 -21.55800000 &
-8.4362400E-3 -.1500000000 72.85000000 0.0
BPVAL OXYGE-01 WATER 155.9210000 -7775.060000 -18.39740000 &
-9.4435400E-3 .8500000000 74.85000000 0.0
STREAM 1
SUBSTREAM MIXED TEMP=22.07 PRES=103184. MOLE-FLOW=1.7713
MOLE-FRAC CARBO-01 0.1423 / NITRO-01 1.2868 / OXYGE-01 &
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0.3422
STREAM 2
SUBSTREAM MIXED TEMP=20.21 PRES=101931. MASS-FLOW=4.
MASS-FRAC WATER 1.
BLOCK B1 RADFRAC
PARAM NSTAGE=2 ALGORITHM=STANDARD MAXOL=25 DAMPING=NONE
COL-CONFIG CONDENSER=NONE REBOILER=NONE
RATESEP-ENAB CALC-MODE=RIG-RATE
FEEDS 1 2 ON-STAGE / 2 1
PRODUCTS 3 1 V / 4 2 L
P-SPEC 1 101931. / 2 103184.
COL-SPECS
PACK-RATE 1 1 2 RASCHIG VENDOR=GENERIC PACK-MAT=CERAMIC &
PACK-SIZE="0.375-IN" PACK-HT=1.27 DIAM=80. <MM> &
P-UPDATE=NO
PACK-RATE2 1 RATE-BASED=YES MTRFC-CORR=ONDA-68 &
INTFA-CORR=ONDA-68
EO-CONV-OPTI
REPORT INPUT
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COMPUTATIONAL SEQUENCE
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COMPONENTS
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PARAMETER VALUES
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PARAMETER COMPONENTS
NAME/SET/EL CARBO-01 NITRO-01 OXYGE-01 WATER
ZC 1 2.74000-01 2.89000-01 2.88000-01 2.29000-01
TC 1 3.04210+02 1.26200+02 1.54580+02 6.47096+02
PC 1 7.38300+06 3.40000+06 5.04300+06 2.20640+07
MW 1 4.40098+01 2.80135+01 3.19988+01 1.80153+01
PLXANT 1 1 1.40540+02 5.82820+01 5.12450+01 7.36490+01
2 -4.73500+03 -1.08410+03 -1.20020+03 -7.25820+03
3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 -2.12680+01 -8.31440 00 -6.43610 00 -7.30370 00
6 4.09090-02 4.41270-02 2.84050-02 4.16530-06
7 1.00000 00 1.00000 00 1.00000 00 2.00000 00
8 2.16580+02 6.31500+01 5.43600+01 2.73160+02
9 3.04210+02 1.26200+02 1.54580+02 6.47100+02
TB 1 1.94700+02 7.73440+01 9.01880+01 3.73150+02
CPIG 1 1 1.97952+04 MISSING MISSING MISSING
2 7.34365+01 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 -5.60194-02 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 1.71533-05 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 3.00000+02 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 1.08860+03 1.00000+03 1.00000+03 1.00000+03
9 2.90990+04 MISSING MISSING MISSING
10 7.18760-01 MISSING MISSING MISSING
11 1.63680 00 MISSING MISSING MISSING
DHVLWT 1 1 MISSING MISSING MISSING MISSING
2 MISSING MISSING MISSING MISSING
3 3.80000-01 3.80000-01 3.80000-01 3.80000-01
4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
OMEGA 1 2.23621-01 3.77215-02 2.21798-02 3.44861-01
DHFORM 1 -3.93510+08 0.0 0.0 -2.41818+08
DGFORM 1 -3.94370+08 0.0 0.0 -2.28572+08
VLSTD 1 5.35578-02 5.35578-02 5.35578-02 1.80500-02
SG 1 3.00000-01 3.00000-01 3.00000-01 1.00000 00
API 1 3.40000+02 3.40000+02 3.40000+02 1.00000+01
WATSOL 1 1 -5.30000 00 -5.30000 00 -5.30000 00 1.76832 00
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PROPERTY PARAMETERS
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SCALAR PARAMETERS
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A = 29370.0
B = 34540.0
C = 1428.00
D = 26400.0
E = 588.000
T RANGE = 50.00 TO 5000.00 K
A = 69223.9
B = -9.26009
C = -4.35054
D = -0.325393E-01
E = -0.769900E-04
T RANGE = -248.15 TO -56.57 C
A = 0.217300E+08
B = 0.382000
C = -0.433900
D = 0.422130
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -56.57 TO 31.06 C
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A = 2.76800
B = 0.262120
C = 304.210
D = 0.290800
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 216.58 TO 304.21 K
A = 30.3862
B = -0.871116E-01
C = -0.284700E-03
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -130.05 TO -56.57 C
A = 0.108040
B = -0.121750E-02
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -56.57 TO 26.85 C
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A = 3.69000
B = -0.383800
C = 964.000
D = 0.186000E+07
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 194.67 TO 1500.00 K
A = 18.7750
B = -402.920
C = -4.68540
D = -0.691710E-25
E = 10.0000
T RANGE = 216.58 TO 303.15 K
A = 0.214800E-05
B = 0.460000
C = 290.000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 194.67 TO 1500.00 K
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A = 140.540
B = -4735.00
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = -21.2680
F = 0.409090E-01
G = 1.00000
T RANGE = 216.58 TO 304.21 K
A = 0.807100E-01
B = 1.26620
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -56.57 TO 31.06 C
VLBROC BRELVI-O-CONNELL
VOLUME PARAMETER
A = 0.939446E-01
B = 0.00000
LN(XWSOL) = A + B/T + CT
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A = -5.30000
B = -500.000
C = 0.00000
T RANGE = 200.00 TO 373.00
VECTOR PARAMETERS
-----------------
A = 6.00000
B = 8.00000
A = 1.00000
B = 2.00000
3850.00 1.00000
3850.00 1.00000
3850.00 1.00000
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SCALAR PARAMETERS
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A = 29105.0
B = 8614.90
C = 1701.60
D = 103.470
E = 909.790
T RANGE = 50.00 TO 1500.00 K
A = 238959.
B = 1378.79
C = 2.21250
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -236.15 TO -210.15 C
A = 0.749050E+07
B = 0.404060
C = -0.317000
D = 0.273430
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -210.00 TO -146.95 C
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A = 3.20910
B = 0.286100
C = 126.200
D = 0.296600
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 63.15 TO 126.20 K
A = 21.4067
B = -0.602720E-01
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -252.50 TO -210.00 C
A = -0.192673
B = -0.167700E-02
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -210.00 TO -149.15 C
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A = 0.331430E-03
B = 0.772200
C = 16.3230
D = 373.720
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 63.15 TO 2000.00 K
A = 16.0040
B = -181.610
C = -5.15510
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 63.15 TO 124.00 K
A = 0.655920E-06
B = 0.608100
C = 54.7140
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 63.15 TO 1970.00 K
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A = 58.2820
B = -1084.10
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = -8.31440
F = 0.441270E-01
G = 1.00000
T RANGE = 63.15 TO 126.20 K
A = 0.290100E-01
B = 1.24850
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -210.00 TO -146.95 C
VLBROC BRELVI-O-CONNELL
VOLUME PARAMETER
A = 0.896408E-01
B = 0.00000
LN(XWSOL) = A + B/T + CT
A = -5.30000
B = -500.000
C = 0.00000
T RANGE = 200.00 TO 373.00
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VECTOR PARAMETERS
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A = 7.00000
A = 2.00000
3820.00 1.00000
3820.00 1.00000
3820.00 1.00000
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SCALAR PARAMETERS
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A = 29103.0
B = 10040.0
C = 2526.50
D = 9356.00
E = 1153.80
T RANGE = 50.00 TO 1500.00 K
A = 362874.
B = 1379.00
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -259.69 TO -229.37 C
A = 0.900800E+07
B = 0.454200
C = -0.409600
D = 0.318300
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -218.79 TO -118.57 C
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A = 3.91430
B = 0.287720
C = 154.580
D = 0.292400
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 54.35 TO 154.58 K
A = 44.5520
B = 0.00000
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -252.50 TO -252.50 C
A = -0.102847
B = -0.138000E-02
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -213.15 TO -123.15 C
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A = 0.449940E-03
B = 0.745600
C = 56.6990
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 80.00 TO 2000.00 K
A = -4.14760
B = 94.0400
C = -1.20700
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 54.36 TO 150.00 K
A = 0.110100E-05
B = 0.563400
C = 96.3000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 54.35 TO 1500.00 K
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A = 51.2450
B = -1200.20
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = -6.43610
F = 0.284050E-01
G = 1.00000
T RANGE = 54.36 TO 154.58 K
A = 0.380660E-01
B = 1.21360
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -218.80 TO -118.57 C
VLBROC BRELVI-O-CONNELL
VOLUME PARAMETER
A = 0.733611E-01
B = 0.00000
LN(XWSOL) = A + B/T + CT
A = -5.30000
B = -500.000
C = 0.00000
T RANGE = 200.00 TO 373.00
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VECTOR PARAMETERS
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A = 8.00000
A = 2.00000
3830.00 1.00000
3830.00 1.00000
3830.00 1.00000
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SCALAR PARAMETERS
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A = 33363.0
B = 26790.0
C = 2610.50
D = 8896.00
E = 1169.00
T RANGE = 100.00 TO 2273.15 K
A = 38120.5
B = 140.520
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -270.00 TO 0.00 C
A = 0.566000E+08
B = 0.612040
C = -0.625700
D = 0.398800
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 0.01 TO 373.95 C
where t = 1 - T/Tc
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A = 17.8630
B = 58.6060
C = -95.3960
D = 213.890
E = -141.260
T RANGE = 0.01 TO 373.95 C
A = 50.8883
B = -0.784090E-02
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = -40.00 TO 0.00 C
A = 0.567140
B = 0.172904E-02
C = -0.655300E-05
D = 0.186100E-08
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 0.01 TO 360.00 C
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A = 0.620410E-05
B = 1.39730
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 273.16 TO 1073.15 K
A = -52.8430
B = 3703.60
C = 5.86600
D = -0.587900E-28
E = 10.0000
T RANGE = 273.16 TO 646.15 K
A = 0.170960E-07
B = 1.11460
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 273.16 TO 1073.15 K
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A = 73.6490
B = -7258.20
C = 0.00000
D = 0.00000
E = -7.30370
F = 0.416530E-05
G = 2.00000
T RANGE = 273.16 TO 647.10 K
A = 0.177660
B = 2.56700
C = -3.33770
D = 1.96990
E = 0.00000
T RANGE = 0.01 TO 373.95 C
VLBROC BRELVI-O-CONNELL
VOLUME PARAMETER
A = 0.559472E-01
B = 0.00000
LN(XWSOL) = A + B/T + CT
A = 1.76832
B = -2282.98
C = 0.00000
T RANGE = 0.00 TO 924.91
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VECTOR PARAMETERS
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A = 1.00000
B = 8.00000
A = 2.00000
B = 1.00000
1300.00 1.00000
1300.00 1.00000
1300.00 1.00000
BINARY PARAMETERS
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UNITS: PA
SET: 1
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**** INPUT DATA ****
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RATE-BASED PARAMETERS
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RATESEP CONVERGENCE TOLERANCE 0.100000-04
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RATESEP ITERATIONS 25
CHILTON-COLBURN AVERAGING PARAMETER 0.000100000
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**** RESULTS ****
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OUTLET STREAMS
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3 4
COMPONENT:
CARBO-01 .93161 .68390E-01
NITRO-01 .99871 .12868E-02
OXYGE-01 .99741 .25867E-02
WATER .18618E-03 .99981
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**NOTE** REPORTED VALUES FOR STAGE LIQUID AND VAPOR RATES ARE THE FLOWS
FROM THE STAGE INCLUDING ANY SIDE PRODUCT.
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STAGE
1 0.31409
2 0.31472
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***** HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS *****
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TEMPERATURE
C
STAGE LIQUID FROM VAPOR TO
1 20.208 20.332
2 20.119 22.070
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***** PACKING RATING CALCULATIONS *****
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*** SECTION 1 ***
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DESIGN PARAMETERS
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OVERDESIGN FACTOR 1.00000
SYSTEM FOAMING FACTOR 1.00000
COLUMN DIAMETER METER 0.080000
MAXIMUM CAPACITY FACTOR M/SEC MISSING
PACKING SPECIFICATIONS
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PACKING TYPE RASCHIG-RING
PACKING MATERIAL CERAMIC
PACKING SIZE 0.375-IN
VENDOR GENERIC
PACKING FACTOR 1/M 1,400.00
PACKING SURFACE AREA SQM/CUM 472.000
PACKING VOID FRACTION 0.65500
FIRST STICHLMAIR CONSTANT 0.19326
SECOND STICHLMAIR CONSTANT 0.93295
THIRD STICHLMAIR CONSTANT 7.69925
PACKING HEIGHT PER STAGE METER 0.63500
PACKING HEIGHT METER 1.27000
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RATE-BASED SPECIFICATIONS
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FLOW MODEL MIXED-MIXED
INTERFACIAL AREA FACTOR 1.00000
LIQUID FILM RESISTANCE FILMRXN
VAPOR FILM RESISTANCE FILMRXN
LIQUID FILM CORRECTION NO
VAPOR FILM CORRECTION NO
MASS TRANSFER CORRELATION ONDA-68
HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION CHILTON-COLB
INTERFACIAL AREA CORRELATION ONDA-68
HEIGHT
FROM TOP FRACTIONAL PRESSURE PRESSURE LIQUID
STAGE OF SECTION CAPACITY DROP DROP/HEIGHT HOLDUP HETP
METER PA N/CUM CUM METER
1 0.000 0.7430 231.14 364.01 0.7502E-03 0.3141
2 0.6350 0.7423 230.67 363.26 0.7494E-03 0.3147
LIQUID
SUPERFICIAL
STAGE VELOCITY
M/SEC
1 0.1328E-01
2 0.1328E-01
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STREAM SECTION
1 2 3 4
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STREAM ID 1 2 3 4
FROM : ---- ---- B1 B1
TO : B1 B1 ---- ----
SUBSTREAM: MIXED
PHASE: VAPOR LIQUID VAPOR LIQUID
COMPONENTS: MOL/MIN
CARBO-01 0.1423 0.0 0.1326 9.7319-03
NITRO-01 1.2868 0.0 1.2851 1.6559-03
OXYGE-01 0.3422 0.0 0.3413 8.8518-04
WATER 0.0 222.0337 4.1338-02 221.9924
COMPONENTS: MOLE FRAC
CARBO-01 8.0336-02 0.0 7.3634-02 4.3837-05
NITRO-01 0.7265 0.0 0.7138 7.4587-06
OXYGE-01 0.1932 0.0 0.1896 3.9872-06
WATER 0.0 1.0000 2.2961-02 0.9999
COMPONENTS: KG/MIN
CARBO-01 6.2626-03 0.0 5.8343-03 4.2830-04
NITRO-01 3.6048-02 0.0 3.6001-02 4.6387-05
OXYGE-01 1.0950-02 0.0 1.0922-02 2.8325-05
WATER 0.0 4.0000 7.4472-04 3.9993
COMPONENTS: MASS FRAC
CARBO-01 0.1176 0.0 0.1090 1.0708-04
NITRO-01 0.6768 0.0 0.6729 1.1597-05
OXYGE-01 0.2056 0.0 0.2041 7.0816-06
WATER 0.0 1.0000 1.3919-02 0.9999
TOTAL FLOW:
MOL/MIN 1.7713 222.0337 1.8004 222.0047
KG/MIN 5.3260-02 4.0000 5.3502-02 3.9998
CUM/SEC 7.0227-04 6.6762-05 7.1804-04 6.6751-05
STATE VARIABLES:
TEMP C 22.0700 20.2100 20.2222 20.1188
PRES PA 1.0318+05 1.0193+05 1.0193+05 1.0318+05
VFRAC 1.0000 0.0 1.0000 0.0
LFRAC 0.0 1.0000 0.0 1.0000
SFRAC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ENTHALPY:
J/KMOL -3.1701+07 -2.8615+08 -3.4671+07 -2.8616+08
J/KG -1.0543+06 -1.5884+07 -1.1667+06 -1.5883+07
WATT -935.8533 -1.0589+06 -1040.3337 -1.0588+06
ENTROPY:
J/KMOL-K 6041.3416 -1.6433+05 5599.9266 -1.6435+05
J/KG-K 200.9193 -9121.8923 188.4398 -9122.1203
DENSITY:
KMOL/CUM 4.2038-02 55.4288 4.1789-02 55.4308
KG/CUM 1.2640 998.5657 1.2419 998.6714
AVG MW 30.0685 18.0153 29.7173 18.0165
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BLOCK STATUS
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* Calculations were completed normally *
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* All Unit Operation blocks were completed normally *
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* All streams were flashed normally *
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