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Team 7: Engineering an Alternate Route to Styrene

Team 7: Engineering an Alternate Route to Styrene. Larae Baker. Jonathan Bush. Maxine Bent. Adam Jones. Michael Heslinga. Outline. Re-introduction Design Process Struggles Changes. Re-Introduction. Design a styrene plant on HYSYS, a computer simulator Capacity: 2 billion lbs/year

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Team 7: Engineering an Alternate Route to Styrene

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  1. Team 7:Engineering an Alternate Route to Styrene

  2. Larae Baker Jonathan Bush Maxine Bent Adam Jones Michael Heslinga

  3. Outline • Re-introduction • Design Process • Struggles • Changes

  4. Re-Introduction • Design a styrene plant on HYSYS, a computer simulator • Capacity: 2 billion lbs/year • $0.70/lb • 14% of US production • New chemical process • Ethane instead of Ethylene

  5. Design Process • Research • Base Case • Detailed Equipment Design • Reactors • Separations • Other equipment • Economic Optimization • Finalized Design

  6. Process Design

  7. Struggle • Separations • Not in patents • Heuristics • No kinetic data • Cannot determine a rate law • Assumed conversion and selectivity

  8. Changes since December • Kinetics • Working base case • Optimization beginning • Catalyst regeneration plan • More detailed schedule • Plant Details • 50-60 acres • Texas/Louisiana

  9. THANKS FOR LISTENING!QUESTIONS?

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