CN4122 Process Synthesis and Simulation

Dehydrogenation of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) yields a mixture of acetone, hydrogen, and unreacted IPA. We can separate 99.50 wt% pure acetone as the main product, while IPA and hydrogen can be recycled back to the reactor. Develop and simulate a separation process to recover these products. Use COMThermo with Peng-Robinson for vapor and NRTL for liquid.Design Basis:Process Feed is 100 kgmol/h, 350 C, 300 kPa, 38 mol% H2, 38 mol% acetone, 4 mol% isopropyl alcohol and 20 mol% water. Pure water is available at 130 kPa and 30 C.Product Specs:Acetone: 99.50 wt% pure, 30 C, 125 kPaObjective:Develop and simulate a process with the least production cost ($ per tonne of acetone product, not acetone component).The lower this cost, the higher your marks for solution quality.Recover at least 95% of the acetone component in the feed.Recover 99 wt% pure water at 35 C and at least 120 kPa for use as a solvent in any absorber, if needed. Display summaries of key results and process variables in the form of various tables inside your Hysys BFD. Show all computations and results on production cost in a Spreadsheet module