Industrial Chemistry 2016-2017

Technologies Degree

4 Course Engineering in Industrial

EXERCISE 3: FLUID CIRCULATION

The sewerage system of a Chemical Industry requires to collect the different types
of water into a homogenization tank previously to be sent to a wastewater plant
that is attached to the plant facilities.
Homogeneization
TANK

Figure 1. Wastewater plant.

In this industry, there are three types of residual waters to be collected: cooling
water, cleaning equipment water and sanitary water. The initial conditions of the
waters are:
1. Cooling water: Inlet conditions: 20.000 kmoles/h of water at 545 kPa y 47 C
2. Cleaning equipment water: 2500 kmoles/h of water at 22 C and 250 kPa.
3. Sanitary water: 980 kmoles/h of water at 300 kPa and 17 C.
Each of this type of water follow a different process before enter the homogenization
tank:
1. Cooling water
Before being recirculated to the process, the inlet stream must cool down to 20
C by a two-streams heat exchanger that operates with a flowrate of 25.000
kmol/h of water at 15 C and 500 kPa. The pressure drop in the hot stream is
50 kPa.
Later, the stream enters into a splitter where is split into two lines; 90% of
water will return to the industrial plant, while the rest goes the homogenization
tank. This second stream leaves the splitter at 470 kPa pressure.
2. Cleaning equipment water:
It flows through a section of pipe equivalent length of 320 m, internal diameter
of 15 cm and absolute roughness of 4.10 -4 cm. Inside the pipe there is no heat
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Industrial Chemistry 2016-2017

Technologies Degree

4 Course Engineering in Industrial

exchange (duty = 0). Then, this type of water goes to a pump to increase the
pressure up to 300 kPa. Pump efficiency is 80%.
3. Sanitary water:
It circulates through a system of 390 m of equivalent length, internal diameter
of 8 cm and roughness of 5. 10 -4 cm. Inside the pipe there is no heat exchange
(duty = 0). Later the stream goes to a pump to achieve a pressure of 440 kPa.
The effectiveness of the pump is 75%.
Finally, after the homogenization tank, the mixed stream goes through a valve to
decrease the pressure to 60kPa. Thermodynamic method RK-SOAVE.
Questions:
1. Determines the flowrate (kmol/h), pressure (atm) and temperature (C) of the
product stream.
2. Indicate which pump does more work (W) and why.
3. Indicate on that line the pressure drop is higher (atm) and why.
4. Indicates the heat exchanged (cal/s) in the heat exchanger.
5. Indicates the outlet temperature ( C) of cool stream in the two streams
exchanger.
6. Reynolds number in pipes inside.
7. Indicates the type of flow (liquid or vapor).
8. Change the thermodynamic method: STEAMNBS and indicate the conditions of
the product stream.