Authors
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Badiea Babaqi
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Petroleum, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen. and 3Research Centre for Sustainable Process Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Malaysia.
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Ali Saleh Ba-Tuq
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Petroleum, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen.
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Ahmed Hasan Al-Jaberi
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Petroleum, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen.
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Aseel Saeed Ba-Tuq
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Petroleum, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen.
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Osamah Ali Al-Samawi
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Petroleum, Hadhramout University, Mukalla, Hadhramout, Yemen.
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Mohd S. Takriff
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. and 3Research Centre for Sustainable Process Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Malaysia.
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Hassimi Abu Hasan
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. and Research Centre for Sustainable Process Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Malaysia.
Keywords:
Simulation, Economic Analysis, Propylene/Propane, Distillation Column
Abstract
The distillation column represents an important unit in industrial processes to separate the mixture into multi products. This work shows simulation and economic analysis to separate propylene from propane to meet the required purity, besides to determine the cost of the process. The simulation process of distillation column is carried out via mass and energy balances for separating the propylene from propane using Aspen HYSYS®. The economic analysis conducted to define the total module cost for predicting the cost estimation of the process according to the Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) in 2022. The simulation results showed that the required purity in propylene was 99.2 mole percent (mol%), which was accomplished by having a distillation column comprising 148 trays and 74 as feed trays at 17°C and 2.3 MPa and the column operating at a pressure of 1.4 MPa with column height around 67m. Energy consumption of the condenser and re-boiler were 17.46 GJ/hr and 17.69 GJ/hr, respectively. The total module cost of a new construction process was USD$ 10,043,039.
