Assessment 6 Methyl Acetate

CED3601: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
Assessment 6: Final Project
Competency level: Student must illustrate the ability to complete the provided assignment satisfactorily.
 Students need to obtain a performance mark of 50% or higher, awarded according to the
weighted mark rubric (provided below).
 Furthermore, demonstrated competency of the graduate attributes (GAs) at the appropriate
level as elaborated in the GA rubrics provided.
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This is an individual assignment. It should be your sole effort. You may consult fellow students, internet
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Production of Methyl Acetate

A new facility to produce methyl acetate is being considered due to an increase in demand.
Therefore, you have been requested to design a plant to produce 600 000 metric tons per
annum of methyl acetate (at least 99.5 wt. %). The plant is to be located in Sasolburg, South
Africa.
The following feed streams are available:

 Dimethyl ether feed is available at 10 atm and 50°C from an adjacent plant. The
dimethyl ether contains 1 mol % methanol.
 Carbon monoxide (98.0 mol % CO, 2 % H2) is available at 5 atm and 40°C.
The plant should operate for 330 days in a year, to allow for shutdown and maintenance.
In this final assessment, you will submit a complete report covering all the aspect that has
been considered in the previous five assessments. Please consider the feedback provided in
the previous assessments to improve your submission. Please ensure that you cover every
aspect given below in detail. The detailed requirements were provided in the previous
assessments.
This entails the following:
1. Design basis
2. Literature Review
3. Process Synthesis
4. Process Description
5. Block flow diagram (BFD) and process flow diagram (PFD)
a. Block diagram of the entire process
b. Process flow diagram
6. Major equipment list
7. Preliminary sizing of the major equipment
8. Detailed design of one heat exchanger
9. Economic evaluation and profitability assessment
10. Sustainability of the process in terms of the safety and environmental impact
11. Site selection and plant layout
12. Self-assessment (compulsory to submit this-part of GA assessment)
Final Report Submission
Compile your findings in an appropriate technical report. Please refer to Learning Unit 3 of
your workbook for information regarding how the report should be structured. This is
compulsory.
Please follow the style of a technical report. Include an executive summary, introduction,
conclusion, references etc. Your workbook contains valuable information about what content
is required in the report and how to structure the report. Provide citations and references for
all sources of information. Substantiate all assumptions. Remember calculations should be
provided in an Appendix, not in the main report.
Mark Scheme
The following scheme will be used to mark the assessment:
Assessment 6: Final Project
GA
assessed
1. Design basis 5
2. Literature Survey 25 GA 9
3. Process Synthesis (including mass and energy 30 GA 5

balances)
4. Process Description 10
5. Block flow diagram (BFD) and process flow diagram 20

(PFD)
6. Major equipment list 5
7. Preliminary sizing of the major equipment 20
8. Detailed design of one heat exchanger 20 GA 3
9. Economic evaluation and Profitability assessment 25
10. Sustainability of the process in terms of the safety 20 GA 7

and environmental impact
11. Site selection and plant layout 5
12. Reporting and Presentation 15
TOTAL 200
In addition, the GA rubrics provided will be utilized to assess competence in the GAs assigned
to this assessment.
Graduate Attributes being assessed:
Graduate Attribute
5: Engineering Graduate Attribute 7:
Graduate Attribute Graduate Attribute 9:
methods, skills and Sustainability and
3: Engineering Independent
tools, including impact of engineering
design learning ability
information activity
technology
Demonstrate
Demonstrate critical Demonstrate
Perform procedural competence to use
awareness of the competence to
design and synthesis appropriate
sustainability and impact engage in
of components, engineering methods,
of engineering activity independent learning
systems, engineering skills and tools,
on the social, industrial through well-
works, products or including those based
and physical developed learning
processes. on information
environment. skills.
technology
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CED3601: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN

Assessment 6: Final Project

Production of Methyl Acetate

The following feed streams are available:

Final Report Submission

The following scheme will be used to mark the assessment:

Assessment 6: Final Project

3. Process Synthesis (including mass and energy 30 GA 5

5. Block flow diagram (BFD) and process flow diagram 20

7. Preliminary sizing of the major equipment 20

8. Detailed design of one heat exchanger 20 GA 3

9. Economic evaluation and Profitability assessment 25

10. Sustainability of the process in terms of the safety 20 GA 7

12. Reporting and Presentation 15

Graduate Attributes being assessed:

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