Principles and Case Studies of Simultaneous Design

by Luyben, William L.

• ISBN13: 9780470927083
• ISBN10: 0470927089
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-11
• Publisher: Wiley-AIChE

Summary

There are many comprehensive design books, but none of them provide a significant number of detailed economic design examples of typically complex industrial processes. Most of the current design books cover a wide variety of topics associated with process design. In addition to discussing flowsheet development and equipment design, these textbooks go into a lot of detail on engineering economics and other many peripheral subjects such as written and oral skills, ethics, "green" engineering and product design. This book presents general process design principles in a concise readable form that can be easily comprehended by students and engineers when developing effective flow sheet and control structures.Ten detailed case studies presented illustrate an in-depth and quantitative way the application of these general principles. Detailed economic steady-state designs are developed that satisfy economic criterion such as minimize total annual cost of both capital and energy or return on incremental capital investment. Complete detailed flow sheets and Aspen Plus files are provided. Then conventional PI control structures are be developed and tested for their ability to maintain product quality during disturbances. Complete Aspen Dynamics files are be provided of the dynamic simulations.

Author Biography

WILLIAM L. LUYBEN, PhD, is a professor at Lehigh University, and the author/co-author of thirteen textbooks. He has published over 250 technical papers in the area of process control and design and has supervised thirty-five PhD dissertations He has nine years of industrial experience with Exxon and DuPont.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Overview

History

Books

Tools

Reference Textbooks

Principles of Reactor Design and Control

Background

Principles Derived from Chemistry

Principles Derived from Phase of Reaction

Determining Kinetic Parameters

Principles of Reactor Heat Exchange

Heuristic Design of Reactor/Separation Processes

Conclusion

Principles of Distillation Design and Control

Economic Optimum Design

Principles of Distillation Control

Conclusion

Basics of Dynamic Plantwide Control

History

Effects of Recycle

Management of Fresh Feed Streams

Conclusion

Economic Basis

Assumptions

Sizing Equipment

Capital Investment

Energy Costs

Chemical Costs

Design and Control of the Acetone Process via Dehydrogenation of Isopropanol

Process Description

Turton Flowsheet

Revised Flowsheet

Economic Comparison

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

Design and Control of an Auto-Refrigerated Alkylation Process

Introduction

Process Description

Design of Distillation Columns

Economic Optimization of Entire Process

Alternative Flowsheet

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

Design and Control of the Butyl Acetate Process

Introduction

Chemical Kinetics and Phase Equilibrium

Process Flowsheet

Economic Optimum Design

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

Design and Control of the Cumene Process

Introduction

Process Studied

Economic Optimization

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

Design and Control of the Ethyl Benzene Process

Introduction

Process Studied

Design of Distillation Columns

Economic Optimization of Entire Process

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

Design and Control of a Methanol Reactor/Column Process

Introduction

Process Studies

Reaction Kinetics

Overall and Per-Pass Conversion

Phase Equilibrium

Effects of Design Optimization Variables

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

Design and Control of the Methoxy-Methy-Heptane Process

Introduction

Process Studies

Reaction Kinetics

Phase Equilibrium

Design Optimization

Optimum Distillation Column Design

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

Methyl Acetate

Introduction

Dehydration Section

Carbonylation Section

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

Design and Control of the Mono-Isopropyl Amine Process

Introduction

Process Studies

Economic Optimization

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

Design and Control of the Styrene Process

Introduction

Kinetics and Phase Equilibrium

Vasudevan et al Flowsheet

Effects of Design Optimization Variables

Proposed Design

Plantwide Control

Conclusion

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