DWSIM/C2/Shortcut-Distillation/English

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Slide Number 1 Title Slide	Welcome to this tutorial on Simulating a Shortcut Distillation column in DWSIM.
Slide Number 2 Learning Objectives	In this tutorial, we will learn to: Simulate a Shortcut distillation column Calculate Minimum number of stages Calculate Minimum reflux ratio Calculate Optimal Feed stage location Calculate Condenser and Reboiler duty
Slide Number 3 System Requirements	This tutorial is recorded using DWSIM version 5. 8 (Classic UI) Update 3 Windows 10 OS But, this process is identical in Linux, Mac OS X or FOSSEE OS on ARM.
Slide Number 4 Prerequisites	To practise this tutorial, you should know to- Add components to a flowsheet Select thermodynamic packages Add material and energy streams and specify their properties.
Slide Number 5 Prerequisite Tutorials and Files https:\\spoken-tutorial.org	The prerequisite DWSIM tutorials are available on this website. You can access these tutorials and all the associated files from this site.
Slide Number 6 Compounds: Benzene & Toluene Thermodynamics: Raoult’s Law Inlet Stream: Flow Rate: 100 Kmol/h Pressure: 1 atm Mole Fractions: Benzene = 0.4, Toluene = 0.6 Method: Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland	We will develop a flowsheet to determine Outlet stream properties after Shortcut Distillation. Here we give Compounds, Thermodynamics and Inlet stream conditions.
Slide Number 7 Column Properties Reflux Ratio: 1.4 times minimum reflux ratio. Product: Light: Benzene, Heavy: Toluene Distillate: XD = 0.99 Bottams: XB = 0.01	Next, we give Shortcut Column Properties.
Switch to DWSIM.	I have already opened DWSIM.
File >> New Steady-state Simulation	Go to File menu and select New Steady-state Simulation.
Cursor to Simulation Configuration Wizard window	Simulation Configuration Wizard window opens.
Click on Next button at the bottom.	Click on Next button at the bottom.
Type Benzene in the search tab	In the Compounds Search tab, type Benzene.
ChemSep database >> Benzene	Select Benzene from ChemSep database.
Type Toluene in the Search tab	Similarly, add Toluene.
At the bottom, Click on Next.	Click the Next button at the bottom.
Point to Property Packages	Now comes Property Packages.
Property Packages >> Available Property Package Double click on Raoult’s Law	From Available Property Packages list, double-click on Raoult’s Law.
At the bottom, Click on the Next button.	At the bottom, click on the Next button.
Point to System of Units	Next option is System of Units.
System of Units >> C5	Under System of Units, select C5.
Click Pressure and choose atm	Pressure menu appears at the top of this list. Select atm for atmosphere and press Enter.
Click on Finish	Lastly, at the bottom, click on the Finish button.
	Now maximize the Simulation window.
Click and drag Material Stream to the flowsheet	Now let’s insert a feed stream that has to be distilled.
Point to Streams.	At the bottom of the main simulation window, go to Streams.
Click and drag Material Stream to the flowsheet	From the displayed list, drag and drop a Material Stream to the Flowsheet.
Click MSTR-000	Click on the material stream named MSTR-000.
Type Feed Press Enter.	Let’s change the name of this stream to Feed. Press Enter.
	Now we will specify the Feed stream compositions.
Input Data >> Compound Amounts	For this under Input Data click on Compound Amounts tab.
Basis >> Mole Fractions	Choose the Basis as Mole Fractions, if not already selected. By default, Mole Fractions is already selected as Basis.
Benzene: 0.4 and press Enter.	For Benzene enter 0.4 and press Enter.
Toluene: 0.6 and press Enter.	For Toluene enter 0.6 and press Enter.
Click Accept Changes button	On the right, click on the Accept Changes button.
	Now we will specify the Feed stream properties.
Go to Input Data. Stream Conditions >> Flash Spec >> Pressure and Vapor Fraction. (PVF)	Go to Input Data. Under Stream Conditions tab, select Flash Spec as Pressure and Vapor Fraction. (PVF)
Change Pressure	Change Pressure to 1 atm and press Enter.
Click Molar flow	Change Molar flow to 100 Kmol/h and press Enter.
Click Vapor Phase Mole Fraction	Now locate Vapor Phase Mole Fraction. Here the default value is 0. This indicates that the liquid is saturated. Let us leave it as it is.
	Now let us insert a Shortcut Column into the flowsheet.
Click and drag Shortcut column to the flowsheet	At the bottom of the main simulation window, go to Columns tab. The Shortcut Column is based on Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland method.
Click and drag Shortcut Column to the flowsheet	From the displayed list, drag and drop a Shortcut Column to the Flowsheet
	Now let us insert two output streams.
Click and Drag Material Stream to the flowsheet	To do that, let us drag one Material Stream.
	Leave that stream as unspecified.
Type Distillate	Then we will change the name of this stream to Distillate.
Click and drag Material Stream to the flowsheet	Next, we will insert another Material Stream.
	Leave that stream as unspecified.
Type Bottoms Press Enter.	Let us change the name of this stream to Bottoms. Press Enter.
Click and drag Energy Streams to the flowsheet	Let us now insert two Energy streams for Condenser duty and Reboiler duty.
Click and drag material stream to flowsheet	Go to Streams tab. From the displayed list, drag and drop two Energy Streams to the Flowsheet.
	Let us now arrange it as required.
Click on stream. Go to the Property Editor Window Type C-Duty and R-Duty	Name these streams as C-Duty and R-Duty.
Click Shortcut distillation column	We are now ready to specify the Shortcut distillation column. So let’s click on it.
Point to the tab on the left.	On the left, we can see a tab displaying properties related to the Shortcut Column.
Go to Connections Click on drop down arrow against Feed Stream Select Feed.	Under Connections, click on the drop-down against Feed Stream. Select Feed.
Click on drop down arrow against Distillate Stream Select Distillate.	Click on the drop-down against Distillate Stream and select Distillate.
Click on drop down arrow against Bottoms Stream Select Bottoms.	Click on the drop-down against Bottoms Stream and select Bottoms.
Click on drop down arrow against Condenser Duty Select C-Duty.	Click on the drop-down against Condenser Duty and select C-Duty.
Click on drop down arrow against Reboiler Duty Select R-Duty.	Click on the drop-down against Reboiler Duty and select R-Duty.
	This completes the connectivity of the flowsheet.
Point to Calculation Parameters	Now, go to the Calculation Parameters. This section is used to specify various attributes of a Shortcut Column.
Click on drop down arrow against Light Key Compound (LK) Select Benzene.	Click on the drop-down against Light Key Compound (LK) and select Benzene.
Click on drop down arrow against Heavy Key Compound (HK) Select Toluene.	Click on the drop-down against Heavy Key Compound (HK) and select Toluene.
Hover mouse at Properties, Parameters, Condenser type	Now go to Condenser Type. By default, it is Total Condenser. If a partial condenser is required, we can change it here.
LK Mole Fraction in Bottoms >> 0.01 Press Enter	Click on the field against LK Mole Fraction in Bottoms and enter it as 0.01 and press Enter.
HK Mole Fraction in Distillate >> 0.01 Press Enter	Click on the field against HK Mole Fraction in Distillate and enter it as 0.01 Then press Enter.
	Let us go back to the slides.
Show Slide Highlight 1.4	Recall that we want our reflux ratio to be 1.4 times the minimum reflux ratio. So let us check the minimum reflux ratio.
	For this, let us run simulation once.
Click Solve Flowsheet	To do this, click on Solve Flowsheet button.
	Click on the Distillation Column.
	From the Property Editor Window, locate Results section.
Results >> Minimum Reflux Ratio Actual Reflux Ratio = 1.655*1.4 = 2.317	Now we can see that Minimum Reflux Ratio is 1.655. So the actual Reflux Ratio will become 2.317.
Hover mouse at Results >> Actual Number of Stages, Optimal Feed Stage	Next let us enter the reflux ratio. Look at the Shortcut Column results. Here note the Actual Number of Stages and Optimal Feed Stage. We can see that these values are NaN. This is because the default value of reflux ratio is 1.5. It is less than minimum reflux ratio.
Reflux Ratio >> 1.655*1.4 and ress Enter Reflux Ratio: 2.317	Now let us enter the Reflux Ratio. Enter the value as 1.655*1.4 and press Enter. Now the Reflux Ratio is 2.317.
Condenser Pressure >> 1 atm Press Enter	Click on the field against Condenser Pressure and enter it as 1 atm and press Enter.
Reboiler Pressure >> 1 atm Press Enter	Click on the field against Reboiler Pressure and enter it as 1 atm . Then press Enter.
	Now we will run the simulation.
Click Solve Flowsheet	To do this, click on the Solve Flowsheet button on the toolbar.
Click on the Shortcut column	When calculations are completed, click on the Shortcut column.
Hover mouse at Properties, Results	From the Property Editor Window, locate Results section. This shows the all required results like: Minimum Reflux Ratio Minimum Number of Stages Actual Number of Stages Optimal Feed Stage Condenser Duty, Reboiler Duty, etc
Slide Number 8 Results	I have tabulated these results in a slide.
	Let us go back to the simulation.
Click File and Save As >> File name = shortcut-end	Let me save this. I will save it as shortcut-end.
	Let's summarize.
Slide Number 9 Summary	In this tutorial, we have learnt to: Simulate a Shortcut distillation column Calculate Minimum number of stages Calculate Minimum reflux ratio Calculate Optimal Feed stage location Calculate Condenser and Reboiler duty
Slide Number 10 Compounds: Ethanol & Water Thermodynamics: Raoult’s Law Inlet Stream: Flow Rate: 100 kmol/h Pressure: 1 atm Mole Fractions: Ethanol = 0.5, Water = 0.5 Method: Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland	As an assignment, Repeat this simulation with different compounds. Different feed conditions.
Slide Number 11 Column Properties Reflux Ratio: 1.5 times the minimum reflux ratio. Product: Light: Ethanol, Heavy: Water Distillate: XD = 0.99 Bottams: XB = 0.01	Different Column Properties.
	This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
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Slide Number 17 Acknowledgements	Spoken Tutorial and FOSSEE projects are funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
Slide Number 18 Thanks	We thank the DWSIM team for making it as an open source software. This tutorial was originally recorded by Prof Kannan Moudgalya in May 2015. This is Kaushik Datta from IIT Bombay. Thanks for joining.

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Kaushik Datta, Nancyvarkey