CEIC3005 Aspen Simulation Quiz No 2

Thursday 10/09/2015

Quiz descriptionThe purpose of this quiz is to assess your ability to use Aspen® Plus to solve a reactor problem. The quiz will use the skills developed over week 1 to 6, however, students are advised to watch Aspen video #4 and read tutorial #7 to thoroughly prepare for this Quiz.

The quiz is based on one problem and consists of five with 5 questions. You will have 50 minutes to complete the simulation and submit your answers after you open the quiz in Moodle. The quiz will be held on Thursday the 10th of September. Students may take the quiz once in the normal Aspen simulation tutorial times.

Tutorial time Quiz time*Thursday, 9:00am to 10:00am Thursday, 9:00am to 10:00amThursday, 10:00am to 11:00am Thursday, 10:00am to 11:00amThursday, 11:00am to 12:00am Thursday, 11:00am to 12:00pm

*:Please do not attempt the quiz multiple time, the lowest mark will be counted for multiple attempts.

You will be presented with one of three possible reactions that can be performed in a plug flow reactor. The process equipment consists a pre-heating element, a plug flow reactor, a cooling element and a flash separator to separate the desired production from its bottom stream. The process flowsheet will be similar to this:

The three possible reactions include:

Synthesis of Benzene via Hydrogen and Toluene Synthesis of Propylene Glycol (PG) from water and propylene oxide (PO) Ethane cracking reaction to produce ethylene

Detailed information regarding to feed stream, block and reaction will be available once the quiz opens in Moodle