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Ethylene Oxide Production Flow Diagram

The document provides a process flow diagram and data for the production of ethylene oxide from ethene and oxygen in a reactor. Key steps in the process include compressing air and feeding it along with ethene to the reactor at 470.5°C. The products from the reactor are then sent to a CO2 absorber, distillation column, water stripper and CO2 stripper to separate ethylene oxide, unreacted gases, CO2 and water. Overall conversion in the reactor is 20% and the process operates at temperatures between 25-743.2°C and pressures from 0.8-1.013 bar.

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Ethylene Oxide Production Flow Diagram

The document provides a process flow diagram and data for the production of ethylene oxide from ethene and oxygen in a reactor. Key steps in the process include compressing air and feeding it along with ethene to the reactor at 470.5°C. The products from the reactor are then sent to a CO2 absorber, distillation column, water stripper and CO2 stripper to separate ethylene oxide, unreacted gases, CO2 and water. Overall conversion in the reactor is 20% and the process operates at temperatures between 25-743.2°C and pressures from 0.8-1.013 bar.

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Complete Process Flow Diagram

Ethene + Oxygen to Ethylene Oxide Reaction

K-100 Reactor CO2 Absorber Distillation Column Water Stripper CO2 Stripper

Air compressor Delta P = 0 kPa P1 = 0.9119 bar P condenser = 0.78 bar Operating temp = 30 – Operating temp = 25 –
38.36 oC 743.2oC
Adiabatic Efficiency 75% Overall conversion 20% Pn = 1.013 bar P reboiler = 0.98 bar
Operating pressure = 0.8 – Operating pressure = 0.8 –
Num of stages = 10 Num of stages = 10 1.013 bar 1.013 bar

Heater Cooler

Delta P = 0 kPa Delta P = 0 kPa

Stream Ethene Oxyge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Liquid CO2 Unreacted Ethylene


n outlet gases Oxide

Temperatur 25 25 470.5 134.9 225 150 100 38.31 38.36 30 38.36 11.21 38.36 38.31 150 743.2 25 4.257
e (oC)

Pressure 1.013 1.013 16.6 1.013 1.013 1.013 1.013 0.9119 1.013 0.8 1.013 0.98 0.98 0.98 1.013 0.8 1.013 0.78
(bar)

M ass Flow 2.805 1.6 x 1.6 x 4.405 4.405 4.405 4.405 3.825 1.812 6273 1.812 376 1.812 1.812 0 4385 3.386 x 6104
Rate (kg/h) x 104 104 104 x 104 x 104 x 104 x 104 x 104 x 107 x 107 x 107 x 107 104

M olar Flow 1000 500 500 1500 1500 1425 1425 1292 1.006 148.3 1.006 9.362 1.006 1.006 0 99.64 1192 139
Rate x 106 x 106 x 106 x 106
(kgmole/h)
M olar 5.228 -9.563 1.393 3.95 x 4.386 -1.523 -1.759 -1.659 -2.846 -6.535 -2.846 -1.012 -2.846 -2.846 -2.737 -3.598 1.209 x -8.084 x
Enthalpy x 104 x 104 104 x 104 x 104 x 104 x 104 x 105 x 104 x 105 x 105 x 105 x 105 x 105 x 105 104 104
(kJ/kgmole
)
M ole flow
(kgmole/h)
Ethylene 1000 0 0 1000 1000 800 800 800 7.0188 0 7.0188 0 7.0188 1.9378 0 0 800 0
x 10-4 x 10-4 x 10-4 x 10-4

Oxygen 0 500 500 500 500 275 275 274.74 0.8639 0 0.8639 0 0.8639 0.6073 0 0 274.74 0

Ethylene 0 0 0 0 0 150 150 19.658 138.29 138.28 1.3829 7.9646 7.9785 7.9523 0 0 19.658 138.28
Oxide x 10-2

Water 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 97.918 1.0057 10.057 1.0057 1.3972 1.0057 1.0057 0 0 97.918 0.6951
x 106 x 106 x 106 x 106

CO2 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 99.635 3.8283 0 3.8283 0 3.8283 3.4633 0 99.635 0 0

M ole
Fraction
Ethylene 1 0 0 0.6667 0.6667 0.5614 0.5614 0.6192 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 x 0 0.6710 0
10-5

Oxygen 0 1 1 0.3333 0.3333 0.1930 0.1930 0.2127 1 x 10- 0 1 x 10- 0 1 x 10- 1 x 10- 0.0004 0 0.2304 0
6 6 6 6

Ethylene 0 0 0 0 0 0.1053 0.1053 0.0152 0.0001 0.9322 0 0.8508 8 x 10- 8 x 10- 0.0112 0 0.0165 0.995
6 6
Oxide

Water 0 0 0 0 0 0.0702 0.0702 0.0758 0.9999 0.0678 0.9999 0.1492 0.9999 0.9999 0.9878 0 0.0821 0.005

CO2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0702 0.0702 0.0771 4 x 10- 0 4 x 10- 0 4 x 10- 3 x 10- 0.0006 1 0 0


6 6 6 6

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