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Distillation Process Calculation

This document contains technical specifications and operating parameters for an ethanol distillation process. It includes: - Input and output flow rates and compositions for the wash, alcohol, water and steam streams. - Temperature and heat transfer values at each stage of the process. - Physical properties of ethanol, water and other materials involved. - Design details of the three heat exchangers used, including dimensions, material properties, heat transfer coefficients and effectiveness. - Calculated values for heat requirements, energy transfers and temperatures at different points in the system.

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Distillation Process Calculation

This document contains technical specifications and operating parameters for an ethanol distillation process. It includes: - Input and output flow rates and compositions for the wash, alcohol, water and steam streams. - Temperature and heat transfer values at each stage of the process. - Physical properties of ethanol, water and other materials involved. - Design details of the three heat exchangers used, including dimensions, material properties, heat transfer coefficients and effectiveness. - Calculated values for heat requirements, energy transfers and temperatures at different points in the system.

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Target Alcohol Output

20
5.55556E-06

0.005555556

Percentage of ethanol in F'output


Percentage of ethanol in wash
F'Water OutletHeat Requirement J/g
Desity of Ethanol kg/m^3
Desity of water kg/m^3
Desity of Wash input kg/m^3
Desity of steam kg/m^3
Heat capacity of steam J/g
Density of Final Output Alcohol kg/m^3

0.5
0.07
0
789
1000
985.23
103
2260
894.5

Alcohol Output Flow rate kg/s 50% alcohol


Wash input flow rate kg/s
Flow different kg/s
Energy exchange in Exchanger 1 J/sec
Energy exchange in Exchanger 3 J/sec
C wash J/sK 7% alcohol
C alcohol j/sK 50% alcohol

0.004969444 4.9694444
0.039096429 39.096429
0.034126984 34.126984
480.212325
40.37340658
152.8794355
8.892820833

Energy required for ethanol evap to 82.54C j/s


Water Vapor inflow rate into Chamber g/s
Total Waste water g/s
Total Waste water discharge speed each tube(m/s)
Time cost waste water pass tube (s)
Total energy contain in Waste water (J/s)

2375.746428
72.3765698
106.5035539
0.057067813
8.002952002
36756.98601

Energy required for the T3-T4 (J/s)

111324.8219

Electric heating required (J/s)

30262.81513
30.26281513
7163.759452

(kw)
Total energy transfer in exchanger 2 (J/s)

Temperature
T1 Wash Input Temp
T2 wash in 1st exchanger Outlet temp (K)

L/s
L/s

Unit C

Unit K
15
288
18.14111786 291.14112

T3 Wash inlet to 2nd exchanger (K)


T4 Wash outlet from 2nd exchanger (K)
T5 Washin 3rd exchanger inlet (K)
T6 Wash outlet from 3 exchanger (K)
T7 Ethanol vapor After contact with Steam
T8 before it pass into the condenser
T9 Ethanol Ouput Temp
T10 Water inlet Temp
T11 Steam
T12 Waste Water from exchanger 2
T13 Final Waste water Temp

Exchanger 2
Cmin W/K
q max (j/s)
effectivenesss e
NTU
u

18.14111786 291.14112
65
338
65
338
67
340
82.54
355.54
78
351
24
297
273
100
373
66.45335174 339.45335
273

Internal
143.9256825
9268.653065
0.772901888
1.482373143
61.939774

viscosity
flowrate kg/s
diameter
thermal conductivity k
Pr
Re
Nu(d)

0.000343
0.106
0.0109
0.668
2.14
36099.01617
138.0033529

Cp
h

4180
8457.453188

U
e
N
NTU
Cmin
Length of Exchanger

1452.058499
0.686
19
1.157
163.02
0.456710966

Logmean T

16.60295804

Head Loss Calculation


Friction factor
Pressure lost
Total pressure lost

0.022558943
1.516434922
28.81226352

Power

0.003114611

Absolute Temp (K)


Cp ethanol Liquid j/gk
Cp ethanol vapour j/gK
Cp Water Vapor j/gK
Cp Water Liq(j/g/K)

273
2.4398
1.699
1.88
4.1813

External diameter of tube (m)


Diameter of cylinder (m)
width of gap between tube (m)
Cr'section of cylinder (m)
Cr' Int section A Heat tube (m)
Cr' ext section A Heat tube (m)
Number of Tube
Cr'section Area Diff (m)

0.702685144
0.106503554

0.0127
0.1016
0.00635
0.00810732 Vec'Wash in and out exchanger 2 (m/s)
9.33132E-05 Vec'Wash per section (m/s)
0.000126677
19
0.005700459

46.85888214
7163.759452
16.08664826

External

0.00108
0.039
0.0127
0.613
7.56
3620.322415
36.31903942
4180
1753.037099

0.006961288
0.000366384

2728

T4-T3
FALSE

water flow rate


10

T12

162.265 10446.62

NTU
u

Internal
viscosity
0.000343
flowrate
0.106
diameter
0.0062
thermal conductivity 0.668
2.14
63464.4
216.7292

1.157694
61.93977

Pr
Re(D)
Nu(d_

Cp
h
U
e
N
NTU
Cmin
L

4180
23350.83

External
0.00108
0.039
0.008
0.613
7.56
5747.262
52.56605

4027.874

3435.304684
0.686
61
1.157
163.02
0.082201824

2728

Logmean T 16.59396

0.003066
0.007854
0.004788
0.078077
16.2

439.9

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