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The document describes a distillation column process to separate propane from other hydrocarbons. It has the following key elements: - Feed enters the 18th tray of a 24-tray distillation column. - Overhead vapor is condensed and sent to a reflux drum. Liquid is pumped and split between overhead reflux and product. - Bottom liquid is stored in the column bottom. It is then split between bottom product and a thermosiphon reboiler. - Vapor from the reboiler enters below the 24th tray to provide vapor flow up the column.

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Assignment Part of Quiz-1

The document describes a distillation column process to separate propane from other hydrocarbons. It has the following key elements: - Feed enters the 18th tray of a 24-tray distillation column. - Overhead vapor is condensed and sent to a reflux drum. Liquid is pumped and split between overhead reflux and product. - Bottom liquid is stored in the column bottom. It is then split between bottom product and a thermosiphon reboiler. - Vapor from the reboiler enters below the 24th tray to provide vapor flow up the column.

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Problem 2

In a process to separate and purify propane from a mixture of propane and heavier straight
chain saturated hydrocarbons (n-butane, n-pentane etc), the feed stream is fed to the 18 th tray
of a 24-tray distillation column. The overhead vapor stream from the column is totally
condensed in a water cooled heat exchanger prior to being fed to an overhead reflux drum. The
liquid product from the drum is sent to the reflux pump (which has a spare) and the discharge
from the pump is split into two streams. One of these streams is the overhead reflux to the
column and is fed back to the column on tray 1. The second liquid stream from the pump
discharge is the overhead product and is sent to storage.
The bottom of the distillation column is used to store the liquid leaving the bottom plate. From
the bottom of the column a liquid stream leaves and is immediately split into two. One stream
is the bottom product which is sent for further processing in unit 400. The other stream is sent
to a thermosiphon reboiler where a portion of the stream is vaporized by condensing low
pressure steam on the other side of the exchanger. The partially vaporized steam from the
reboiler is returned to the column just below the 24 th tray. The two phase mixture separates
with the vapor portion passing upward through the bottom plate to provide vapor flow in the
column. The liquid portion returns to the liquid accumulated at the bottom of the column.
For the process described above, draw a PFD. You may assume that the process is unit
200 and you should identify and number all the equipment appropriately.

Problem 3
For the process described in Problem 2, the following control scheme has been suggested for
the overhead portion of the column:
The flow of overhead product going to storage is controlled by a signal from the liquid level
indicator on the reflux drum, which is used to control the position of a pneumatic control valve
in the product line (pipe). The flow of reflux back to the column is also regulated by a
pneumatic control valve which uses the signal (electrical) from a flow indicator on the overhead
product line to adjust the valve such that the flow of reflux is always in a certain proportion to
the product flow.
On the PFD developed in problem 2, add the controllers to give the desired control action
described above.

Problem 4
For the process described in Problem 2, the flow of bottom product sent to unit 400 is
controlled by a pneumatic control valve that receives signal from a liquid level indicator that
senses the level of accumulated liquid in the bottom of the column. Add this control loop to
the PFD developed in Problem 2

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