1. Studies on design and simulation of di-methyl ether plant of 160 TPD capacity.
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Saravanan, A. M., Jesil, Anna, Mohiuddin, Mohamed Ghouse, Patil, Ganesh, Achuthan, M., and Prakasha, G. S.
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COMBUSTION products , *HEAT exchangers , *METHYL ether , *PLANT capacity , *EXPERIMENTAL design , *ELECTRIC power production - Abstract
Energy is needed to run almost everything we see around us, from cars to the electricity power generation plants and everything else. Fossil fuels produce harmful products on combustion. One such eco-friendly alternative is Di-Methyl Ether also known as DME. In this study, a DME plant of capacity 160 tons per day was designed. Methanol dehydration process has been adapted as the process of production. The purity of DME from this plant is 99.5% by weight. Distillation column T-202 and heat exchanger E-208 were designed in detail. The detail design results showed that T-202 needed 6 stages for separation and a column diameter of 1.28m, while the simulation results showed 7 stages and column diameter as 1.285m for the same separation process. Furthermore, E-208 is of type 1-2 shell & tube heat exchanger with 307 tubes and tube length of 5.5m, however the Aspen EDR simulation results were also in close agreement with 304 tubes and 5m length for the same heat exchanger. This paper presents the results of simulation results of the simulation of these equipment's and full plant done using Aspen plus V8.8 software and Aspen EDR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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