Methanol-Dimethyl Ether Process Simulation with Aspen - Lecture 06

Simulation of the gas phase methanol-dimethyl ether process, using Aspen Plus, Aspen EDR and Aspen Dynamics. Contents index: 1 - Mass Balance 2 - VLE assessment 3 - methanol column 4 - reactor 5 - ether column 6 - energetic analysis 7 - heat exchangers 8 - working points/alternatives 9 - dynamics Bibliography: A - Process W. Luyben, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2017; Van der Lee & al., Proc. of the American Control Conference, 2002; Fortin & al., Liege University PROJ0012-1, 2020; B - Properties Kurihara & al., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995; Ye & al., J. Chem. Thermodynamics, 2011; Laursen & al., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2002; Pozo & Streett, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1984; Chang & al., J. of Chem. Eng. Data, 1982; Vazquez & al., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995; Kubota & al., The Review of Phys. Chem. of Japan, 1979; Dowtherm-A technical data sheet, Dow Corp. C - Separation Ulyanova & al., Theor. Fundations of Chem. Eng., 2011; Yang & al., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2011; Xu & al., Trans. I. Chem. Eng., 1996; Kaeser & Pritchard, Energy, 2006; Dornhagen & al., US 4802956, 1989; Kosuge & al., J. of Chem. Eng. of Japan, 1990; Cui & al., Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2020; Wu & al., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2003; Cousins & Laesecke, J. of Res. of the NIST, 2012. D - Reaction Diep, University of South Wales, 19870; Bercic & Levec, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 1992; Berici & Levec, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 1993; Manenti & al., Applied Thermal Engineering, 2014; Chiang & Sanger, The Canadian J. of Chem. Eng., 2004; Dotherm A, Technical Datasheet, Form 176-01472-0417; Chi-Hsiung & Finlayson, Chem. Eng. Sc., 1977.