Project Name Production of Vinyl Chloride Monomer Legend :

Team / Group No. Team A / Group 2 Task bar

1. Kayshni A/P Lingeswaran (K) Progression bar
2. Lum Xu Wen (L) Project Milestones
Group members 3. Nalliisha A/P Rajesvara Rao (N) Dependency*
4. Pang Yi Wen (Y) Subset of activities for main task
5. Pern Zhui Er (Z)
Plant Design I Start Date 10/6/2019 * The arrows used to indicate dependency are multicoloured for better illustration.
Plant Design I End Date 4/9/2019

W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15

Number of

10-Aug

11-Aug

12-Aug

13-Aug

14-Aug

15-Aug

16-Aug

17-Aug

18-Aug

19-Aug

20-Aug

21-Aug

22-Aug

23-Aug

24-Aug

25-Aug

26-Aug

27-Aug

28-Aug

29-Aug

30-Aug

31-Aug
10-Jun

11-Jun

12-Jun

13-Jun

14-Jun

15-Jun

16-Jun

17-Jun

18-Jun

19-Jun

20-Jun

21-Jun

22-Jun

23-Jun

24-Jun

25-Jun

26-Jun

27-Jun

28-Jun

29-Jun

30-Jun

1-Aug

2-Aug

3-Aug

4-Aug

5-Aug

6-Aug

7-Aug

8-Aug

9-Aug
10-Jul

11-Jul

12-Jul

13-Jul

14-Jul

15-Jul

16-Jul

17-Jul

18-Jul

19-Jul

20-Jul

21-Jul

22-Jul

23-Jul

24-Jul

25-Jul

26-Jul

27-Jul

28-Jul

29-Jul

30-Jul

31-Jul

1-Sep

2-Sep

3-Sep

4-Sep

5-Sep

6-Sep
1-Jul

2-Jul

3-Jul

4-Jul

5-Jul

6-Jul

7-Jul

8-Jul

9-Jul
Task Name Duration Start Finish Persons-In-
Charge
Assignment 2: Feasibility Study on Process Plant 15 days 10/6/2019 24/6/2019
Research on the background and production of Vinyl Chloride Monomer 2 days 10/6/2019 11/6/2019 5 All
(VCM)
Market and business analysis 2 days 12/6/2019 13/6/2019 2 K, L

Estimation of annual plant capacity 1 day 14/6/2019 14/6/2019 2 N, Y

Identification of objectives of the project 1 day 14/6/2019 14/6/2019 1 Z

Study of potential reaction pathways for preliminary process synthesis of 2 days 15/6/2019 16/6/2019 5 All
VCM
Analysis of gross profit of each potential reaction pathway 2 days 15/6/2019 16/6/2019 5 All
Comparison of the characteristics of the reaction pathways and determination 17/6/2019 18/6/2019 5
2 days All
of the most feasible reaction pathway
Analysis of the chemical properties and associated hazards from the SDS data 2 days 19/6/2019 20/6/2019 3 K, L, N
of the identified chemicals
Suggestion of safety measures for each identified hazards 1 day 20/6/2019 20/6/2019 2 Y, Z

Comparison of the various aspects of potential plant locations and selection 3 days 21/6/2019 23/6/2019 5 All
of the most suitable plant location
Compilation of completed tasks 1 day 23/6/2019 23/6/2019 1 K

Submission of Assignment 2 1 day 24/6/2019 24/6/2019 1 K

Assignment 3: Preliminary Process Synthesis and Heuristics 35 days 24/6/2019 29/7/2019

Assembly of necessary data for preliminary database creation 3 days 24/6/2019 26/6/2019 5 All

Findings on the raw materials and products specifications 2 days 27/6/2019 28/6/2019 5 All

Assembling the process operations for reactor 11 days 29/6/2019 9/7/2019 5 All
Elimination of differences of molecular types between raw materials and 3 days 29/6/2019 1/7/2019 5 All
product streams
Comparison of different types of reactor and selection of the most 4 days 2/7/2019 5/7/2019 5 All
appropriate reactor for each reaction system
Identification of appropriate material of construction for each reaction system 2 days 6/7/2019 7/7/2019 5 All

Creation of flowsheet for reaction systems 2 days 8/7/2019 9/7/2019 5 All

Assembling the process operations for separation equipment 8 days 10/7/2019 17/7/2019 3 L, N, Y
Elimination of differences in composition between effluent streams and 3 days 10/7/2019 12/7/2019 3 L, N, Y
desired products
Identification of suitable separation operations and their respective 3 days 13/7/2019 15/7/2019 3 L, N, Y
placements
Selection of suitable material of construction for each separation equipment 1 day 16/7/2019 16/7/2019 3 L, N, Y

Insertion of the selected separation system into the created flowsheet 1 day 17/7/2019 17/7/2019 3 L, N, Y
Application of heuristics to determine the suitability of pumps, 8 days 18/7/2019 25/7/2019 2 Z, K
compressors, heat exchangers, and other equipment
Elimination of differences in temperature, pressure and phase between feed 3 days 18/7/2019 20/7/2019 2 Z, K
and product streams of the reaction and separation systems
Determination of other suitable equipment to be used and their respective 3 days 21/7/2019 23/7/2019 2 Z, K
placements
Selection of appropriate material of construction for each equipment 1 day 24/7/2019 24/7/2019 2 Z, K

Insertion of selected equipment into the created flowsheet 1 day 25/7/2019 25/7/2019 2 Z, K

Preparation of the entire block flow diagram (BFD) 4 days 26/7/2019 27/7/2019 4 N, Y, Z, K

Construction of BFD for the overall process 1 day 26/7/2019 26/7/2019 2 N, Y

Identification and label of five core systems 1 day 27/7/2019 27/7/2019 2 Z, K

Compilation of completed tasks 1 day 28/7/2019 28/7/2019 1 L

Submission of Assignment 3 1 day 29/7/2019 29/7/2019 1 L

Assignment 4: HYSYS Simulation 23 days 22/7/2019 13/8/2019

Study on the property packages for HYSYS simulation 2 days 22/7/2019 23/7/2019 5 All
Selection of the most appropriate property package for HYSYS simulation of 1 day 24/7/2019 24/7/2019 5 All -
VCM production
Construction of individual core system(s) 2 days 25/7/2019 26/7/2019 5 All

Compilation of all core systems 1 day 27/7/2019 27/7/2019 5 All

HYSYS simulation of VCM production and optimization of system 13 days 28/7/2019 9/8/2019 5 All

Estimation of pipe sizes of selected large flow rate streams 1 day 10/8/2019 10/8/2019 5 All

Revision and correction of BFD (if any) 1 day 11/8/2019 11/8/2019 5 All

Compilation of completed tasks 1 day 12/8/2019 12/8/2019 1 N

Submission of Assignment 4 1 day 13/8/2019 13/8/2019 1 N

Assignment 5: Manual Calculation on Material and Energy Balances 16 days 29/7/2019 13/8/2019

Introduction on the function of selected core systems 1 day 29/7/2019 29/7/2019 5 All

Manual calculation on material and energy balances for the core systems 9 days 30/7/2019 7/8/2019 5 All

Comparison between the results of simulation and manual calculation 4 days 8/8/2019 11/8/2019 5 All

Compilation of completed tasks 1 day 12/8/2019 12/8/2019 1 Y

Submission of Assignment 5 1 day 13/8/2019 13/8/2019 1 Y

Assignment 6: Process Flow Diagram (PFD) 15 days 7/8/2019 21/8/2019

Revision and correction of HYSYS simulation (if any) 6 days 7/8/2019 12/8/2019 5 All

Construction of completed PFD 3 days 13/8/2019 15/8/2019 2 K, L

Construction of stream tables 4 days 16/8/2019 19/8/2019 3 N, Y, Z

Compilation of completed tasks 1 day 20/8/2019 20/8/2019 1 Z

Submission of Assignment 6 1 day 21/8/2019 21/8/2019 1 Z

Oral Presentation 7 days 17/8/2019 23/8/2019

Preparation of slides 2 days 17/8/2019 18/8/2019 5 All

Rehearsal 4 days 19/8/2019 22/8/2019 5 All

Presentation 1 day 23/8/2019 23/8/2019 5 All

Assignment 5 Correction 13 days 23/8/2019 4/9/2019

Revision and correction of Assignment 5 (if any) 12 days 23/8/2019 3/9/2019 5 All

Submission of corrected Assignment 5 1 day 4/9/2019 4/9/2019 1 Z