Design of Pyrolysis Plant for Waste Methyl Ethyl Ketone from the Polarizer Manufacturing Process
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Feedstock
2.2. Lab-Scale System
2.3. Field System
2.4. Detection and Computational Detail
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Model of Lab-Scale System
3.2. Thermal Pyrolysis Result of Lab-Scale System
3.3. Field System
4. Conclusions
5. Patents
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Model | Thermal Cracking Unit | Cyclone-Heat Exchanger Unit |
---|---|---|
Software | SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation | SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation |
Mesh | Total cells: 1,416,169 | Total cells: 3,341,314 |
Fluid cells: 628,680 | Fluid cells: 2,171,307 | |
Solid cells: 787,489 | Solid cells: 1,170,007 | |
Boundary Conditions | Gas Inlet: 36 g/min @ 298 K | Gas Inlet: 36 g/min @ 1173 K |
Real Wall: 1173 K | Water Inlet: 30 LPM @ 298 K | |
Outlet: 1bar @ 298 K | Outlet: 1bar @ 298 K | |
Materials | Fluid: Syn-gas | Fluid: Methane&H2O |
Solid: Steel Stainless | Solid: Steel Stainless | |
Result | Heating Cylinder: | Tube Side: |
Average Heat Transfer Coefficient: 2.868 W/m2/K | Average Heat Transfer Coefficient: 529.6 W/m2/K | |
Average Tube Wall Temperature: 1173 K | Average Tube Wall Temperature: 294.5 K | |
Average Heat Flux: 2522.88 W/m2 | Average Heat Flux: −626.3 W/m2 | |
Spiral Deflector: | Shell Side: | |
Average Heat Transfer Coefficient: 4.79 W/m2/K | Average Heat Transfer Coefficient: 493.5 W/m2/K | |
Average Tube Wall Temperature: 1105 K | Average Tube Wall Temperature: 294.0 K | |
Average Heat Flux: 2344 W/m2 | Average Heat Flux: 488.3 W/m2 |
NO | ASPEN EDR Input/Result | Unit | Value |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mass flow rate | kg/s | HotSide: 0.0036; ColdSide: 0.1657 |
2 | Inlet temperature | °C | HotSide: 870; ColdSide: 25 |
3 | Heat exchanged | kW | 8.7 |
4 | Allowable pressure drop | bar | HotSide: 0.11; ColdSide: 0.2 |
5 | Fouling resistance | m2·K/W | HotSide: 0.00035; ColdSide: 0.00035 |
6 | TEMA type | -- | B-E m * |
7 | Tube OD/Pitch/Pattern | mm | 20.7/29.5/30 Triangular-Unbaffled |
8 | Shell ID/OD | mm | 203.2/208.92 |
9 | Tube length | mm | 1000 |
10 | Number of tubes/Tube passes | -- | 37/1 |
11 | Actual/Required area ratio | -- | 0.95 |
12 | Film coefficient | W/m2/K | Overall fouled: 16.7 Overall clean: 16.9 |
Chemical Compound | Inlet (% mol/mol) | Outlet (% mol/mol) | LOD (% mol/mol) | DRE |
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MEK | 57.06 | N.D. | 0.221 | >99.6% |
CH4 | -- | 31.78 | 0.138 | -- |
C2H4 | -- | 1.56 | 0.047 | -- |
C2H6 | -- | N.D. | 0.316 | -- |
C2H2 | -- | 0.07 | 0.059 | -- |
C3H8 | -- | N.D. | 0.174 | -- |
CO | -- | 20.66 | 0.217 | -- |
CO2 | -- | 0.51 | 0.057 | -- |
Case | Temperature (°C) | MEK Flow Rates (mL/min) | N2 Flow Rate (L/min) | Retention Time |
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(a) | 900 | 10 | 0.33 | 13.96 |
(b) | 900 | 20 | 0.65 | 6.98 |
(c) | 900 | 30 | 1 | 4.65 |
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Zhang, Y.-Q.; Huang, C.-H.; Wu, C.-Y.; Tseng, Y.-H. Design of Pyrolysis Plant for Waste Methyl Ethyl Ketone from the Polarizer Manufacturing Process. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 7362. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137362
Zhang Y-Q, Huang C-H, Wu C-Y, Tseng Y-H. Design of Pyrolysis Plant for Waste Methyl Ethyl Ketone from the Polarizer Manufacturing Process. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(13):7362. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137362
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Yan-Quan, Chih-Hsiang Huang, Chao-Yuan Wu, and Yao-Hsuan Tseng. 2023. "Design of Pyrolysis Plant for Waste Methyl Ethyl Ketone from the Polarizer Manufacturing Process" Applied Sciences 13, no. 13: 7362. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137362
APA StyleZhang, Y. -Q., Huang, C. -H., Wu, C. -Y., & Tseng, Y. -H. (2023). Design of Pyrolysis Plant for Waste Methyl Ethyl Ketone from the Polarizer Manufacturing Process. Applied Sciences, 13(13), 7362. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137362