Process modeling examples
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Sour gas absorber using methylethanolamine. Units include amine absorber, regenerator, and flow controllers
Crude tower distillation overhead stream flowing through fans and coolers to accumulator, naphtha reflux returned to top tray
Simple BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenze, xylene) stripper using air. Absorber column unit only.
Claus process containing furnace, reactors and condensers.
Cooling tower - single stage
Cooling tower using a singler-stage separator and air volume controller. The case also includes a blowdown valve and makeup water flow controller.
Cooling tower - multi-stage
Cooling tower using a 3-stage column and air volume controller. The case also includes a blowdown valve and makeup water flow controller.
MEK, EtOH, IPA stripper
Thirty-tray column converged for volatiles removal
Combustion gas scrubber using limestone slurry. Impurities include Hg, Se, and As. Limestone inclues MgCO3 and FeS2
Glycol regeneration for hydrate inhibition. Units include tower, vacuum crystallizer, and pH controllers
Sour water (H2S, CO2, NH3) stripper using steam reboiler and total condenser recirculation unit
Production from the reservoir to the surface facilities. Calculation includes mineral saturation in the reservoir and glycol addition to flowline
Lithium recovery from Andean Salar
Multi-pond evaporation, pH adjustment, and Li recovery as Li2CO3
Caustic gas scrubber
Combustion gas scrubber using 10% caustic. The case a blowdown stream recycled for strong acid quench water.
Methanol still
Fourteen-tray methanol distillation column
Seawater evaporation to salt (NaCl) production. Three effects plus a crystallizer, counter-current steam included
Basic Autoclave procedure including charging steps with brine and gas at ambient conditions and pressure calculation at test temperature
Softening produced water. Units include reactor, clarifier, pH and total dissolved silica controllers
Multi-stage pond evaporation using a series of separator units and air.
Benfield rocess
Sour gas absorber using K2CO3. Simulation includes regenerator and energy-transfer block
Nitric acid distillation
Nitric acid distillation column plus a dehydrator and air bleaching
TM0185 Autoclave - low P
Autoclave procedure including charging steps with brine, gas and Oil. Gases include H2S and CO2. Low pressure (3.2atm, no N2 added)
TM0185 Autoclave - high P
Autoclave procedure including charging steps with brine, gas and Oil. Gases include H2S, CO2, and N2. High Pressure (200 atm).