Studies on design and simulation of di-methyl ether plant of 160 TPD capacity
- Title
- Studies on design and simulation of di-methyl ether plant of 160 TPD capacity
- Creator
- Saravanan A.M.; Jesil A.; Mohiuddin M.G.; Patil G.; Achuthan M.; Prakasha G.S.
- Description
- 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. 2023 Author(s).
- Source
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol-2690
- Date
- 2023-01-01
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics Inc.
- Subject
- Aspen EDR; Aspen Plus simulation; balance; Dimethyl Ether; Methanol Dehydration Process; Methanol separation tower
- Coverage
- Saravanan A.M., Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat, Oman; Jesil A., Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat, Oman; Mohiuddin M.G., Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat, Oman; Patil G., Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat, Oman; Achuthan M., Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat, Oman; Prakasha G.S., Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, India
- Rights
- All Open Access; Bronze Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 0094243X; ISBN: 978-073544334-1
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Conference paper
Collection
Citation
Saravanan A.M.; Jesil A.; Mohiuddin M.G.; Patil G.; Achuthan M.; Prakasha G.S., “Studies on design and simulation of di-methyl ether plant of 160 TPD capacity,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 27, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/19616.