You will find necessary information for developing a capital cost estimate for these three components in your textbook and by using the CapCost EXCEL file provided. The required area of the heat exchanger is 200 m2. The required residence time in the reactor is 0.8 hours, and the reactor volume is 20% occupied by catalyst. Note that the reactor has a cooling jacket around it to cool the exothermic reaction, as indicated in the figure. The unit operations for which I am asking you to prepare a capital cost are the reactor (R-101), the cooler (heat exchanger) after the reactor (E-101), and the liquid-vapor separator (V-101).
Absolutely no process simulation in Aspen is needed for this problem. A portion of the process (reactor, heat exchanger, and gas-liquid separator) used to make ethylbenzene is shown in Figure P1.1 Benzene ethylene- ethylbenzene The objective of this problem is to generate a capital cost estimate (must use CapCost EXCEL software) for the portion of the ethylbenzene shown in Table P1.1 below gives all of the mass and volumetric flowrates and conditions needed to prepare the cost estimate. Transcribed image text: #1 : Capital cost estimation using CapCost: Ethylbenzene is made from the reaction of benzene with ethylene.