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Reforming Unit (Proposed VE-301 Flowrate) : A Objective

1) The document discusses adjusting the temperature at the outlet of HE-302 to achieve the required vapor and liquid flowrates across VE-301 while keeping the assay molecular weight and hydrogen gas molecular weight constant. 2) At the existing temperature of 40°C, the vapor and liquid flowrates from VE-301 deviate from the required flowrates of 7997 kg/hr and 12561 kg/hr. 3) To obtain the required flowrates given the assay molecular weight of 95, the temperature at the outlet of HE-302 needs to be adjusted to 30.26°C.

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Reforming Unit (Proposed VE-301 Flowrate) : A Objective

1) The document discusses adjusting the temperature at the outlet of HE-302 to achieve the required vapor and liquid flowrates across VE-301 while keeping the assay molecular weight and hydrogen gas molecular weight constant. 2) At the existing temperature of 40°C, the vapor and liquid flowrates from VE-301 deviate from the required flowrates of 7997 kg/hr and 12561 kg/hr. 3) To obtain the required flowrates given the assay molecular weight of 95, the temperature at the outlet of HE-302 needs to be adjusted to 30.26°C.

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Reforming Unit (Proposed VE-301 Flowrate)

A Objective :To determine overhead vapor and bottom liquid flowrate at existing temperature and to find out actual temperature to obtain required flowrate across VE-301by means change in assay molecular weight..

B Equipment Type1 C Basis:1) 2) 3) 4) Assay data provided by Axen is considered as VE-301 bottom liquid output and its molecular weight given is 95.5. Product characteristics contains recycle gas data and hydrogen generated in reforming section along with minor hydrocarbons is considered as overhead vapor output. Above both the streams are mixed and considered as feed to VE-301 operated at existing temperature coming from HE-302. Since, at existing temperature both overhead and bottom flowrate of VE-301 are deviating from required flowrate value ( see below data) hence ,temperature variation has been carried out at HE-302 outlet. VE-301 Vapor liquid vertical separator

D Required Data :1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total inlet flowrate at VE-301from HE-302 H2 rich stream as recycle stream to Reforming unit reactors Hydrogen generated in reforming Unit Total vapor flowrate from VE-301 Total Liquid flowrate from VE-301 Proposed H2 rich from VE-301 stream Mol Wt Proposed Liquid stream from VE-301 Mol.Wt = = = = = = = 20558 7520 477 7997 12561 5.26 * kg/hr kg/hr kg/hr kg/hr kg/hr ---

E Existing Data :1 2 3 F Table :1 2 Below table describes VE-301 top and bottom flowrate at existing and adjusted temperature at HE-302 outlet. Assay molecular weight is changed at every step to see effect on flowrate at existing temperature and temperature required to achieve required flowrate. Feed MIxed Sr No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Case Status Auto calculate Assay MW 95 Assay MW 95.5 Assay MW 96 Assay MW 97 Assay MW 98 Assay MW 99 Assay MW 100 Assay MW 101 Assay MW 102 Assay MW 103 Assay MW 104 Assay MW 105 Assay MW 106 Assay MW 103.1 95 95.5 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 H2 Gas MW 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.26 As per Existing Operating Temp,40 C Flowrate Vapor (kg/hr) 8684 8607 8612 8616 8624 8633 8642 8652 8662 8672 8683 8694 8705 8716 Liq (kg/hr) 11874 11951 11946 11942 11934 11925 11916 11906 11896 11886 11875 11864 11853 11842 Molecular Weight Vapor 5.704 5.65 5.65 5.656 5.662 5.669 5.675 5.682 5.689 5.696 5.703 5.71 5.718 5.726 Liquid 100.4 93.47 93.89 94.32 95.17 96.03 96.88 97.73 95.58 99.43 100.3 101.1 102 102.8 Difference In vapor flowrate wrt existing flowrate 687 610 615 619 627 636 645 655 665 675 686 697 708 719 Deviation from Temp.For maintaining VE-301 required Flowrate Difference % required flow in temp wrt Deviation Molecular Weight Adjusted % existing in temp wrt Vapor Liquid Temp, temp (C) existing ( C) temp 8.59% 29.41 5.284 98.61 10.590 25.00% 7.63% 7.69% 7.74% 7.84% 7.95% 8.07% 8.19% 8.32% 8.44% 8.58% 8.72% 8.85% 8.99% 30.26 30.21 30.17 30.09 29.99 29.89 29.78 29.67 29.55 29.43 29.3 29.17 29.03 5.279 5.279 5.28 5.281 5.281 5.283 5.282 5.283 5.284 5.284 5.285 5.285 5.286 92.11 92.52 92.92 93.73 94.53 95.33 96.12 96.91 97.7 98.49 99.28 100.1 100.8 9.740 9.790 9.830 9.910 10.010 10.110 10.220 10.330 10.450 10.570 10.700 10.830 10.970 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% Existing Liquid molecular wt (at VE-301 Bottom) Existing H2 rich vapor molecular wt (at VE-301 Top) Existing Temperature = = = 95.2 6.67 40 --C

G Conclusion :1 2 H Note :1 VE-301 bottom liquid flowrate molecular weight is to be decided. From the above study it Is clear that at existing temperature i.e 40 C vapor and liquid flowrate at VE-301 are deviated from their required flowrate i.e 7997 and 12561 kg/hr. For vendor given assay data and its molecular weight i.e 95 to obtain required flowrate as mentioned above temperature 30.26 C has to be maintained at HE-302 outlet.

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