Plant Design of Cumene Production (Simulation of Material and Energy Balances by GUI-Matlab)

Abstract

The aim of the project is to designed a chemical process to produce Cumene from Benzene and Propylene reaction fed to the reactor, with a purity 99.9% of cumene, and a capacity production of ( 173,000 ton/year) of Cumene, the reaction is carried out at 250°C and 30 atm. Chapter one presents general introduction, physical and chemical properties of Cumene and production, uses, safety and environmental information's of Cumene. Chapter two gives a description of all manufacturing processes, selection of the best process Q-MAX process is also presented. Comprehensive material and energy balance together with their flow sheets are given in chapters three and four, respectively. And simulation by [GUIMATLAB]. It is still fairly difficult to find a detailed thermal analysis of plant system in the open literature. It was found that the simulation done on the process [software program GUI MATLAB] showed that at appendix (B-1 & B-2). Three main equipment's with detailed design calculations in the present project and they are: (Reactor - Heat exchanger - Storage Tank) and they presented in chapters five to seven respectively. Chapter eight gives the evaluation of project economics, and the total capital cost was evaluated, it was $ 70,529,936.54. The control systems of the process are presented in chapter nine.