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The document describes the production of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) through the pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) in a furnace at high pressure and temperature. An Aspen Plus model is developed that includes a furnace reactor to model the pyrolysis reactions, quench, distillation columns to separate the products, and a treatment unit. Key results from the model include the furnace heat duty, quench cooling duty, distillation column specifications, temperatures, and stream flows.

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The document describes the production of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) through the pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) in a furnace at high pressure and temperature. An Aspen Plus model is developed that includes a furnace reactor to model the pyrolysis reactions, quench, distillation columns to separate the products, and a treatment unit. Key results from the model include the furnace heat duty, quench cooling duty, distillation column specifications, temperatures, and stream flows.

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1|Page ChEPS Class-19, Summer 2015

CHE654: Second Tutorial Problem

(Total = 40 points)

1. (40 points) Vinyl Chloride Monomer Production


Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) is produced through a high-pressure, non-catalytic
process involving the pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) according to the following
reaction:

C2H4Cl2 ------> C2H3Cl + HCl (1)

The process flow diagram is shown in the figure below. The cracking of EDC occurs at
900 oF and 390 psia in a direct-fired furnace. The pure EDC feed enters the furnace after
going through a pump in which its pressure is raised from 120 psia (and 100 oF ) to 390
psia, with a rate of 2000 lbmol/hr.

By-products of pyrolysis consist principally of acetylene and chloroprene through the


following reactions:

C2H4Cl2 ------> C2H2 + 2HCl (2)

C2H3Cl + C2H2 ------> C4H5Cl (3)

The overall EDC conversion is maintained at 55%, with a selectivity of 98% for VCM
production (reaction 1), and 2% for acetylene (reaction 2). Seventy-five percent (75%) of
the acetylene produced is converted into chloroprene.
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The hot gas from the furnace is quenched to 10 degrees below saturation prior to
fractionation. Two distillation column are used for the purification of VCM product. In
the first column, HCl is removed overhead and sent to the oxychlorination unit. In the
second column, VCM product is delivered overhead, while the bottom stream containing
unreacted EDC is recycled back to the cracker. The recycle EDC stream is treated to
remove chloroprene which could hinder pyrolysis and fractionation.

Develop an A+ model for this VCM production process. Use the following additional
data:

(a) Model the cracker furnace with the RSTOIC reactor model. Consider all the reactions
including the main and the side reactions.

(b) Model the reactor effluent quench using an appropriate A+ model. Assume 10
degrees subcooling and a pressure drop of 5 psia across the quench.

(c) Model both the HCL and VCM columns using the DSTWU shortcut model.
Specifications for the 2 columns are:

HCL Column:
Theoretical stages 15
Condenser (total) pressure 360 psia
Reboiler pressure 370 psia
HCL recovery in overheads 99.9%
VCM recovery in bottoms 99.9%
VCM Column:
Theoretical stages 10
Condenser (total) pressure 115 psia
Reboiler pressure 120 psia
VCM recovery in overheads 99.9%
EDC recovery in bottoms 99.9%

(d) Assume that the chloroprene treatment section has a removal efficiency of 95%, and
that the outlet streams from the treatment block are saturated liquid at 120 psia
(bottom pressure of the VCM column).

(e) Use the Redlich-Kwong-Soave equation of state to represent the physical properties
of the system.
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Answer the following questions:

1. Furnace heat duty = _ 172,872,552 ___ Btu/hr

2. Quench cooling duty = _ 124,144,556 ___ Btu/hr

3. Quench outlet temperature = _ 117.6501 ___ oF

4. HCl conc. at the bottom of column = _ 253.633 _ ppm (mass)

5. VCM purity in the overhead of VCM column = _99.785__ mole%

6. HCL column key results:

• Actual reflux ratio = __1.081__

• Feed tray location = __6.923_____

• Top temperature and bottom temperature = _27.935_298.298__ oF

• Condenser and reboiler duties = __ 22,654,540 __ 39,675,216.5 __ Btu/hr

7. VCM column key results:

• Actual reflux ratio = __0.8602______

• Feed tray location = __5.553________

• Top temperature and bottom temperature = __123.536__334.885__ oF

• Condenser and reboiler duties = _ 29,900,723.9 __ 23,161,193.4 __ Btu/hr


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Input summary
;
;Input Summary created by Aspen Plus Rel. 32.0 at 20:56:08 Wed Jun 10, 2015
;Directory C:\ProgramData\AspenTech\Aspen Plus V8.6 Filename
C:\Users\CHONNA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\~apb2a8.txt
;

DYNAMICS
DYNAMICS RESULTS=ON

IN-UNITS ENG

DEF-STREAMS CONVEN ALL

DATABANKS 'APV86 PURE32' / 'APV86 AQUEOUS' / 'APV86 SOLIDS' / &


'APV86 INORGANIC' / NOASPENPCD

PROP-SOURCES 'APV86 PURE32' / 'APV86 AQUEOUS' / 'APV86 SOLIDS' &


/ 'APV86 INORGANIC'

COMPONENTS
1:2-D-01 C2H4CL2-2 /
VINYL-01 C2H3CL /
HCL HCL /
C2H2 C2H2 /
CHLOR-01 C4H5CL

SOLVE
RUN-MODE MODE=SIM

FLOWSHEET
BLOCK QUENCH IN=3 OUT=4
BLOCK MIXER IN=FEED 7 OUT=1
BLOCK FURNACE IN=2 OUT=3
BLOCK HCL-COL IN=4 OUT=HCL 5
BLOCK VCM-COL IN=5 OUT=VCM 6
BLOCK TREAT IN=6 OUT=C4H5CL 7
BLOCK PUMP IN=1 OUT=2

PROPERTIES RK-SOAVE

STREAM FEED
SUBSTREAM MIXED TEMP=100. PRES=120.
MOLE-FLOW 1:2-D-01 2000.

BLOCK MIXER MIXER


PARAM

BLOCK TREAT SEP


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PARAM PRES=0.
FRAC STREAM=C4H5CL SUBSTREAM=MIXED COMPS=1:2-D-01 VINYL-01 &
HCL C2H2 CHLOR-01 FRACS=0. 0. 0. 0. 0.95
FLASH-SPECS C4H5CL PRES=120. VFRAC=0.
FLASH-SPECS 7 PRES=120. VFRAC=0.

BLOCK QUENCH HEATER


PARAM PRES=-5. DEGSUB=10.

BLOCK HCL-COL DSTWU


PARAM LIGHTKEY=HCL RECOVL=0.999 HEAVYKEY=VINYL-01 &
RECOVH=0.001 PTOP=360. PBOT=370. NSTAGE=15

BLOCK VCM-COL DSTWU


PARAM LIGHTKEY=VINYL-01 RECOVL=0.999 HEAVYKEY=1:2-D-01 &
RECOVH=0.001 PTOP=115. PBOT=120. NSTAGE=10

BLOCK FURNACE RSTOIC


PARAM TEMP=900. PRES=390. SERIES=YES HEAT-OF-REAC=NO
STOIC 1 MIXED 1:2-D-01 -1. / VINYL-01 1. / HCL 1.
STOIC 2 MIXED 1:2-D-01 -1. / C2H2 1. / HCL 2.
STOIC 3 MIXED VINYL-01 -1. / C2H2 -1. / CHLOR-01 1.
CONV 1 MIXED 1:2-D-01 0.539
CONV 2 MIXED 1:2-D-01 0.011
CONV 3 MIXED C2H2 0.75

BLOCK PUMP PUMP


PARAM PRES=390.

EO-CONV-OPTI

STREAM-REPOR MOLEFLOW MOLEFRAC MASSFRAC


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