Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process
A Master of Science thesis in Chemical Engineering by Muhammad Tahir Ashraf entitled, "Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process," submitted in June 2013. Thesis advisor is Dr. Rached Mohamed Chebbi and Co-advisor is Dr. Naif Abdelaziz Darwish. Available are both soft and ha...
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| author | Ashraf, Muhammad Tahir |
| author_facet | Ashraf, Muhammad Tahir |
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| dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv | Chebbi, Rached Mohamed Darwish, Naif |
| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Ashraf, Muhammad Tahir |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2013-09-11T06:25:58Z 2013-09-11T06:25:58Z 2013-06 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | p-xylene production toluene methylation p-xylene selectivity Xylene |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process |
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| description | A Master of Science thesis in Chemical Engineering by Muhammad Tahir Ashraf entitled, "Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process," submitted in June 2013. Thesis advisor is Dr. Rached Mohamed Chebbi and Co-advisor is Dr. Naif Abdelaziz Darwish. Available are both soft and hard copies of the thesis. |
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| spelling | Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production ProcessAshraf, Muhammad Tahirp-xylene productiontoluene methylationp-xylene selectivityXyleneA Master of Science thesis in Chemical Engineering by Muhammad Tahir Ashraf entitled, "Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process," submitted in June 2013. Thesis advisor is Dr. Rached Mohamed Chebbi and Co-advisor is Dr. Naif Abdelaziz Darwish. Available are both soft and hard copies of the thesis.In this study a process is developed for selective production of p-xylene from toluene methylation using reactive distillation for p-xylene separation. Complete process is simulated in Aspen Plus® and reaction parameters are optimized to get 97.5% p-xylene selectivity using built-in optimization tool. Highly selective p-xylene production greatly reduces the separation cost and also reduces the production of less desired xylene isomers. After separation p-xylene product stream purity of 99.7% is achieved. Then a second law analysis is made on the process developed and lost work of different blocks is compared. Heat integration of the process is done using Aspen Energy Analyzer® resulting in 23% reduced total lost work generation.College of EngineeringDepartment of Chemical EngineeringMaster of Science in Chemical Engineering (MSChE)Chebbi, Rached MohamedDarwish, Naif2013-09-11T06:25:58Z2013-09-11T06:25:58Z2013-06info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdf35.232-2013.23http://hdl.handle.net/11073/5896en_USoai:repository.aus.edu:11073/58962025-06-26T12:31:24Z |
| spellingShingle | Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process Ashraf, Muhammad Tahir p-xylene production toluene methylation p-xylene selectivity Xylene |
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| title | Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process |
| title_full | Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process |
| title_fullStr | Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process |
| title_short | Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process |
| title_sort | Analysis and Optimization of p-Xylene Production Process |
| topic | p-xylene production toluene methylation p-xylene selectivity Xylene |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11073/5896 |