ASPEN PLUS modeling of the SRC-I Demonstration Plant. Task 2: SRC unit detailed model report

Technical Report · Fri Sep 28 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6181923

Kalb, C E; Guro, D E; Bixler, A D; Vakil, T D

A detailed model of the SRC process areas of the SRC-I Demonstration Plant was developed using the ASPEN PLUS process simulator. The model permits, for the first time, steady-state flowsheet convergence for the entire SRC process area in a single computer run. Simulation results are presented based on new thermodynamic correlations derived from experimental data on coal liquids. The correlations predict separations in certain key vessels which are rather different from those in the current SRC-I Baseline Design, which was based on conventional petroleum thermophysical properties. The differences are discussed in-light of their effects on equipment configuration and size. Distillation column parameters were adjusted to maintain the purity specifications of the major product streams. Split fractions based on the coal-liquids results are presented which can be used in the Task 1 SRC area summary model. Notes: Task 2, Appendices 2 is DOE/OR/21486--T8. 5 references, 32 tables.

• Research Organization: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21486; AC05-78OR03054
• OSTI ID: 6181923
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/21486-T2; DOE/OR/03054-T36; ON: DE85004620
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DIAGRAMS
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