DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 1 SIMULATION OF

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 1 SIMULATION OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES SUBJECT IN THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE Maria Luz Sánchez Silva, Jose Luis Valverde Palomino

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 2 University Institution. Origin and Evolution PERIOD YEARS FUNCTION CONTROL Formation XII- 1475 Teaching The Church (contribution of the State) Expansion 1475 -1800 Teaching The State (contribution of Church) Centralization 1800 -1983 Teaching The State Modernization 1983 -2007 Teaching and scientific research Own (contribution of the State and the Autonomous Region) Adaptation to EEES 2007 - Teaching, scientific research and social worker Own (contribution of the State, the Autonomous Region y the European Union)

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 3 77 universities (50 public + 27 private)

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 4 PERIOD KIND OF SOCIETY KIND OF LECTURER ROLE RELATED TO KNOWLEDGE KIND OF STUDENT ROLE RELATED TO KNOWLEDGE Lecturer To say Attending To hear Teacher To explain Student To understand 1950 1975 Industrial centered on Europe Industrial centered on EEUU Scientific Digital Teaching Educador Teaching Student 2000 Knowledge Mediator To demostrate To build To favor the use of knowledge To experiment To learn To use of the knowledge 1900 1925 Professional

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 5 THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF SIMULATION OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES SUBJECT -To introduce process simulators to undergraduate students. -To train engineers the use of commercial simulation software (Aspen Plus) for the simulation of basic fluid flow operations, heat and mass transfer and the calculation of chemical reactors. -To simulate the most common chemical processes with Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS software and to compare the obtained results. -To learn about the process analysis and conceptual designs of chemical processes.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 6 Fourth course First Course Control and Instrumentation of Chemical processes Second course Mathematic methods Initiation to Chemical Engineering and Computing applications Mathematics Basic Operations Thermodynamic Applied Chemistry Third course Chemical Engineering II II laboratories SIMULATION OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES Fourth course Separation Processes Chemical Reactors Fluid Mechanics and Chemical Engineering III laboratories Economics and Industry organization Heat transmission Thermotechnics Fifth course Advanced Simulation of Processes Simulation and Optimization of Chemical Processes Fifth course Projects

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 7 CHEMICAL PROCESS SIMULATION

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 8 Simulation of Chemical Processes Program Didactic Unit 1: Simulation with Aspen Plus software. The development of the simulation and the optimization in the chemical processes. The introduction to the use of Aspen Plus software. The simulation of Unit Operations. The advanced simulation of Separation Operations. The simulation of chemical reactors. The development of the process analysis tools for the analysis of chemical processes. The convergence in chemical processes using commercial Aspen Plus software. The optimization of chemical processes using commercial Aspen Plus software.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 9 Simulation of Chemical Processes Program Didactic Unit 2: Conceptual design of Chemical Processes Heuristics for the chemical process synthesis. Conceptual design of the distillation operation. Energy conservation and thermodynamic efficiency of the separation operations. Heat and power integration in the chemical industry.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 10 Simulation of Chemical Processes Program Didactic Unit 3: Simulation of complex processes using Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS software. Simulation of complex chemical processes using Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS software.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 11 Project Work: BTX Separation The simulation project has to follow the following sequence: 1. Literature search. 2. Specification of the objectives (purity, energy integration, etc). 3. Definition of the calculation basis and the flow diagram. 4. Simulation of the chemical plant using Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS software. 5. Preparation of a final report with the developed simulation project. 6. Oral presentation.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 12 1. Literature search. • Wauquier, J. P. El refino del petróleo: Petróleo crudo, productos petrolíferos, esquemas de fabricación. Vol I. Editions Technip, Paris, France. 1994. • Hidrocarburos aromáticos y productos derivados. Área de Tecnología Industrial. Grupo TEQUIMA. E. S. I. Industriales, UCLM. • Pino Cahuana, Nilton I. Producción de aromáticos. Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería. Lima, Perú. • Young Han Kim, Dae Woong Choi, Kyu-Suk Hwang. Industrial Application of an Extended Fully Thermally Coupled Distillation Column to BTX Separation in a Naphtha Reforming Plant. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 2003

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 13 2. Specification of the objectives Purity of aromatic compounts? Feed composition? Plant operation?

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 14 3. Definition of the calculation basis and the flow diagram

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 15 4. Simulation of the chemical plant using Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS software Aspen Plus simulation Aspen HYSYS simulation

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 16 5. Preparation of a final report with the developed simulation project STREAM BENZENE Aspen results TOLUENE XYLENE BENZENE Hysys results TOLUENE Temperatura (ºC) Presión (atm) Caudal molar (Kmol/h) Fracción molar BENZENE DIMET-CP METCYCHE TOLUENE N-OCTANE ETHYLBEN P-XYLENE M-XYLENE O-XYLENE N-NONANE N-PENTBZ METETBZ TRIMETBZ METPROPB DIETBZ O-CYMENE TETRMETB PENMETBZ 80, 36 1 86, 7 111, 93 1 340 139, 69 1 243 80, 37 1 86, 7 110, 1 1 340 139, 7 1 243 0, 990 0, 000 0, 010 0, 000 0, 000 0, 000 0, 000 0, 010 0, 000 0, 990 0, 000 0, 000 0, 000 0, 000 0, 000 0, 060 0, 230 0, 510 0, 180 0, 000 0, 010 0, 000 0, 000 0, 990 0, 000 0, 010 0, 000 0, 000 0, 000 0, 000 0, 006 0, 000 0, 990 0, 000 0, 000 0, 000 0, 000 0, 003 0, 000 0, 059 0, 229 0, 507 0, 194 0, 000 0, 008 0, 000 0, 000 XYLENE

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 17 6. Oral presentation and discussion

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 18 CONCLUSIONS The methodology used in this work has been applied for several years in the subject Simulation of Chemical Processes. The main conclusions that can be drawn are: - A significant success in the achievement of learning outcomes is obtained, and also a high percentage of students that pass the subject every year. - Many outcomes not directly related to the subject but very important for the professional development of chemical engineers are achieved with the methodology used in this subject.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UCLM 19 SIMULATION OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES SUBJECT IN THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE Maria Luz Sánchez Silva, Jose Luis Valverde Palomino