Manufacturing Facility for Nylon 6 6 Insufficient Koalafications

Manufacturing Facility for Nylon 6, 6 Insufficient Koalafications Allison Bickford, Mitchell Juneau, Ryan Lamers, Christopher Reilly Objectives • Annual production of 38. 6 MM kg nylon 6, 6 • Grassroots plant in Calvert City, Kentucky Time (hours) 0 MW of 14, 300 Dull finish Strength and stability Resistant to water Safety Considerations R-110 Reaction Filling Nitrogen Backfill Heat Reactants R-130 Reaction Depressurize S-140 H-135 Emptying Stream Number Temperature (°C) Pressure (barg) Vapor Fraction Mass Flow Rate (kg/batch) HMDA Adipic Acid Water Nylon Salt Nylon 6, 6 Ti. O 2 Acetic Acid Nitrogen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 25 25 155 25 152 0. 01 5. 0 4. 5 4. 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 32934 41417 10214 22567 84565 22567 20601 14029 32934 4940 41417 6213 10214 9448 2876 63198 22567 9 152 4. 1 1 6572 10 45 4. 1 0 6572 11 155 4. 1 0 63965 766 63198 12 25 0. 01 0 561 103 458 13 25 0. 01 0 397 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 270 45 270 250 250 270 60 5. 0 9. 5 1. 0 1. 0 0. 01 1 1 0 0 0 0 41418 44327 62534 15273 47261 2909 5340 9480 47256 47256 458 453 5 5 5 41418 • Nitrogen padding Moderate Filtering Extrusion Key Material Balance Point Pressure, barg Temperature, ˚C Mass Flow Rate, kg/batch Utilities Designation Symbol Process Flow Diagram Production of Nylon 6, 6 via Batch Process 47261 kg/batch Drawn 3 Apr. 2017 By Group Rev. 15 Apr. 2017 Ryan Lamers Rev. 28 Apr. 2017 Ryan Lamers • Neutralize or Contain Water Use • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Conclusions End of Year (dated from 2017) • • • Filling Environmental Considerations Waste Streams Cumulative Cash Flow ($MM) Substitute • Streamline operator training Emptying Add Acetic Acid • Size of batches R-110 Vaporizing Reaction Minimize Simplify 35 Add Ti. O 2 Economic Analysis • Cooling jackets 30 Heat Reactants V-120 • • 25 Filling Fibers (textile & industrial) Injection Molding Extrusion Resin Critical to Quality Variables: 20 Emptying Equipment 62% 15 Nitrogen Backfill • Proposed production is 3% of US market • $3. 25/kg sale price 30% 10 Filling Market 8% 5 $6. 47 MM Capital Investment ANNP=$5. 22 MM DCFRR=60% 2 year construction 10 year operation Reactors Heat Exchangers Conveyors Separators Pumps Extruder/Spinner • This project is given a GO and it’s recommended to move to the next stage of development • Semi-batch process should be used to produce fibers • Nylon 6, 6 can be manufactured safely and economically Acknowledgements We want to thank Dr. Halpern, Rhiannon Jacobs and the rest of the UNH Chemical Engineering Department.