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    Tbp/Astm Tool: Purpose

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    Convert true boiling point cut points to ASTM cut points for simulation. Accompanying help file for the XLS file.

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    Convert true boiling point cut points to ASTM cut points for simulation. Accompanying help file for the XLS file.

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    Convert true boiling point cut points to ASTM cut points for simulation. Accompanying help file for the XLS file.

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    TBP/ASTM Tool

    Evan Hyde
    6/7/1999

    Purpose
    This tool extracts the TBP and ASTM data from a Proii simulation. The user can see graph of each data set.
    A composite curve of feed and product cuts can be constructed to easily visualize the separation process.

    Benefits
    Quickly get an overview of the separation. The efficiency and shortcomings of the distillation are
    immediately apparent from these charts. By seeing the tails of the cuts relative to the larger crude,
    separation problem spots can be highlighted. A rule of thumb can be developed about from the ASTM cuts’
    tails and the larger crude. With refinery D86 data, a more accurate representation of the feed could be
    developed and then modified to optimize the system.

    How It Works
     Extract the data from a Mproii output file.
     User selects the streams they wish to view from drop down menus, this automatically move the data to
    the chart.
     User enters vol% cut and consumption shift information from simulation. The cuts then correspond
    with the feed.
    The TBP and ASTM output has no information about the vol% cut or which stream it was cut
    from. Therefore, the user must input this information. The vol% cut information can be gathered
    from the simulation in the “Tower Products Summary” under “Vol% on Crude.”

    Development Description
    Macros
    Get_Tbp()
    Open the file specified in cell “A1,” the simulation output.
    Evalutate the file line by line to find the TBP/ASTM data.
    Copy the TBP at 760 mmHg and ASTM at 760 mmHg data.
    Paste the Name and Data at the top of the “Data” sheet.
    Copy all the stream names.
    Paste them in a column to update the drop down menu.

    Plot()
    Activates when a new entry from the drop down menu is selected
    Move the selected streams data to a column to which the chart is linked

    “Data” Sheet
    The top, above the black line, simply contains the data extracted from the simulation.

    “Stream Names” in column A are for the drop down menu

    Each box, “TBP” and “ASTM,” contains the data for the chart. When the macro Plot() is called, it copies
    the selected stream into the corresponding column in these boxes.
    When constructing the composite curve from cut streams, each represents a certain percentage of the
    overall feed. That percentage is the vol% cut. The vol% cut information comes from:
    Vol% cut = Product Flowrate / Feed Flowrate
    The vol% cut information can easily be taken from the simulation “Tower Products Summary.” Because
    each of the product streams represents a portion of the feed, no one the vol% cuts can overlap each other.
    The shift factor acounts for this. The shift factor is the sum of the percentage of the cuts who have a lower
    boiling point and are therefore removed in other streams.

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