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  1. esterplant

    Oversized Flash Vessel

    I have the actual dimension and drawing to indicate the location of all nozzles. The location of condensate inlet is only 250mm from the vapor outlet. To me this top entry is causing serious carryover. What do you think? Anyone interested to have a look at the drawing? Just provide me with your...
  2. esterplant

    Oversized Flash Vessel

    Steam(water) enter the flash vessel at 1.5 Metric tonne per hour(MT/hr),65bar,100% saturated liquid. Dry steam, come out at 14 bar at 0.3145 MT/hr.Liquid flow out at 1.1855MT/hr,14bar. Actual dimension of flash vessel in plant:Height=1.645m,diameter=0.8m,steam outlet,condensate inlet and outlet...
  3. esterplant

    Oversized Flash Vessel

    I have sized a flash vessel with operating pressure 14 bar and design pressure 21 bar. The actual vessel in the plant seems to have diameter twice of what I sized but height more or les the same. However this flash vessel have a great water carryover. A decision is made to install a separator...
  4. esterplant

    Effect of increasing injection rate of alcohol in ester production.

    I have increased the injection rate of the isopropyl-alcohol to reactor from 1.1 metric tonne per hour to 1.5. I still charge the same amount of palmitate acid and catalyst to the reactor. Do you think this will speed up my reaction?

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