Extraction on SuperPro Designer

Summary

This video tutorial guides viewers through the process of creating a flow diagram for the extraction of crude oil from sunflower seeds using SuperPro Designer. It covers the essential steps such as registering components, setting up unit procedures, defining reaction parameters, and customizing mass coefficients for accurate balance. The tutorial walks through the configuration of separation calculations, stream flows, and the mass balance equation, ensuring the design is efficient. Additionally, it includes instructions on setting up economic summaries and reports, making it a comprehensive guide for designing a batch process in a chemical engineering context.

Takeaways

• 😀 Open SuperPro Designer and create a batch process for the crude oil extraction simulation from sunflower seeds.
• 😀 Use the 'Register Components' function to add the necessary components for the process, ensuring they appear in the 'Registered Pure Components' tab.
• 😀 If a component is missing, use the magic wand icon to register new components manually.
• 😀 Go to the 'Unit Procedures' tab to add all necessary procedures like reaction, filtration, mixing, leaching, and flashing to your process flow diagram.
• 😀 Connect the unit procedures using the 'Stream' icon and modify stream flows with the 'Edit Elbows' option.
• 😀 Label each stream using the 'Edit Labels' option to ensure clarity in the flow diagram.
• 😀 Input specifications into each procedure by right-clicking and selecting 'Operation Data' to personalize the reaction procedure.
• 😀 Personalize the reaction by adding sunflower seeds, biomass, crude oil, and water to the reactants and products while balancing mass coefficients.
• 😀 Change the reaction progress to 100% and adjust the component split in the Split Tab to match the specified percentages.
• 😀 Set up the import stream of sunflower seeds, adjust the time average to hours, and specify the mass to metric tons.
• 😀 Solve the mass balance equation by selecting 'Tasks' and clicking 'Solve Mass Balance Equations', then save the file.
• 😀 Generate materials and stream reports using the 'Reports' tab and add economic details to produce an executive economic summary.

Q & A

What is the first step in creating the process flow diagram for extracting crude oil from sunflower seeds?

The first step is to open SuperPro Designer and create a batch process.

How do you register components in SuperPro Designer?

To register components, go to the toolbar, locate 'Task Pure Components', and click 'Register Components'. Search for the component, click 'Register', and it will appear in the 'Registered Pure Components' tab.

What should you do if you do not see a component listed in the 'Registered Pure Components' tab?

If a component is not listed, click the magic wand icon and register a new component.

What type of procedures are added to the process flow diagram?

The procedures added include reaction, separation, plate and frame filtration, mixing, leaching, flashing, and another round of plate and frame filtration.

How do you connect the unit procedures in the diagram?

You connect the unit procedures by selecting the stream icon and linking them together. Use the 'Edit Elbows' option to modify stream flows and the 'Edit Labels' option to label each stream.

What is the purpose of inputting specifications into each procedure?

Inputting specifications helps customize each procedure for the specific process, such as adding reaction details and setting appropriate parameters for calculations.

What components are included in the reaction for the crude oil extraction process?

The reaction includes sunflower seeds as reactants and biomass, crude oil, and water as products.

How do you balance the reaction in the system?

You balance the reaction by personalizing the mass coefficients for each component and setting the reaction progress to 100%.

What do you do after entering the reaction details?

After entering the reaction details, go to the split tab, switch to 'Component Split' from 'Flow Split', and enter the split percentages. Make sure the top stream is selected as your specification stream.

How do you input the import stream of flakes?

To input the import stream of flakes, right-click the stream, select 'Simulation Data', choose sunflower seeds from the 'Pure Components', and register it. Then, set the time average to hours and the mass to metric tons, adjusting the ingredient flow to 60 metric tons per hour.

What is the next step after setting up the import stream?

After setting up the import stream, you can solve the mass balance equation by selecting 'Tasks' and using the 'Solve Mass Balance Equations' option. Make sure to save the file for later use.

How do you generate economic details for the process?

Economic details are added using the 'Tasks' tab, where you can include an executive economic summary and other necessary data for the process.