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N-Butanol Plant Design Brief

The document provides a design brief for an 120,000 MTPA n-butanol plant to be built by New China Petrochemical Company (NCPCC) using syngas and propylene. The plant will use an oxo process to produce butyraldehydes, followed by a hydrogenation process to produce n-butanol. Designers are to optimize heat recovery and safety standards. The plant will be located 20 miles west of Qiqihar, China and operate for 8,000 hours per year to produce 120,000 tons of n-butanol annually. The first assignment is to develop process flow diagrams, material balances, energy balances, hazard identification, and a 2 page safety statement by

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N-Butanol Plant Design Brief

The document provides a design brief for an 120,000 MTPA n-butanol plant to be built by New China Petrochemical Company (NCPCC) using syngas and propylene. The plant will use an oxo process to produce butyraldehydes, followed by a hydrogenation process to produce n-butanol. Designers are to optimize heat recovery and safety standards. The plant will be located 20 miles west of Qiqihar, China and operate for 8,000 hours per year to produce 120,000 tons of n-butanol annually. The first assignment is to develop process flow diagrams, material balances, energy balances, hazard identification, and a 2 page safety statement by

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Design Brief

NCPCC Qiqihar 120,000 MTPA N-Butanol Project


Introduction
You are tasked with designing a 120,000 MTPA n-butanol plant using Syngas and propylene. You are
to design this plant optimising the heat recovery and implementing high safety standards. You are to
follow BS standards in this design exercise.

Design variables are provided in a separate document named “Project_Scope.pdf”.

Process Background
New China PetroChemical Company (NCPCC) is a company founded in November 2014. NCPCC is
based in the north east of China and focuses on the refining, marketing and sales of petrochemicals
and chemicals.

NCPCC intends to construct a plant for the production of n-butanol. The technology must be based
on an oxo process and a hydrogenation process. NCPCC invites n-butanol technology licensors to
submit a proposal to bid for this project. The selected bidder, given a successful proposal, will then
be responsible for providing a technology licence, process design package and basic engineering
package. NCPCC aims to begin construction of the plant in September 2016

The plant will be constructed approximately 20 miles west of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province,
People’s Republic of China.

The Process

Butanol is a widely used chemical in industries as a solvent. It has a high demand all over the world.
The adoption of a low-pressure rhodium-based catalyst system for the hydroformylation of
propylene by reaction with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to produce butyraldehydes (an
‘oxo’reaction) has brought large cost benefits to oxo producers in recent times. The benefits derive
from improved feedstock efficiency, lower energy usage and simpler and cheaper plant
configurations1.

Figure 1. Oxo process for producing n-butanol using Syngas and Propylene.

1
1. Richard Tudor and Michael Ashley, Enhancement of Industrial Hydroformylation Processes by the Adoption of Rhodium-
Based Catalyst: Part I. Platinum Metals Rev., 2007, 51, (3), 116–126, DOI: 10.1595/147106707X216855
The process has two main parts (1) the reaction and (2) refining. Schematic diagrams of those two
parts are given below.

Figure 2a. Section of the plant where the Oxo process reactions are carried out.

Figure 1. Section of the process where hydrogenation and the refining takes place.

Details of the process can be found in the document “Plant Description.pdf”. This document also
gives the design guidelines for major equipment.
Environmental Requirements

Waste gas must be used as far as possible to save energy and decrease pollution. Waste water must
be recovered as far as possible and sent to outside battery limits if not. Solid waste must be
collected and managed according to national regulations. Noise must be kept to a minimum.
Isolation and insulation must be taken for high noise equipment.

Design Task
Design an n-butanol production plant meeting the specifications given by New China
PetroChemical Company.

Required capacity
The plant is to be designed to produce 120 kta (kilo tons per annum) of n-butanol.

Operation time
The plant will operate for 8,000 hours per year.

Refer to Scope document for feed stock and product specifications.

Assignment 1
Start date: 31 January 2017

As the first part of the design task given above, you are to prepare following documents.

Process flow diagram

Material Balance

Energy Balance

HAZID

Safety statement (maximum of 2 A4 sheets)

Deadline 3 March 2017 11.55 hrs


Figure 4: Schematic diagram of the n-butanol production process. Only the main units are shown in the diagram.

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