VanVeckhoven, Jonathan Butler (2018) Process Design and Optimization: Analysis of an Ethylbenzene Production Plant. Undergraduate thesis, under the direction of Adam Smith from Chemical Engineering, The University of Mississippi.
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This thesis will cover the steps I took to evaluate an ethylbenzene production plant. I, along with my senior design team, was first tasked with optimizing a vapor-phase ethylbenzene production plant based off of a given base case. Our team was able to improve the net present value of the plant from -$4.8 million to $70.4 million through discrete optimization. After the vapor-phase plant was evaluated, I was tasked with creating a base case, liquid-phase ethylbenzene production plant. I explain the theory behind process flow diagram development, then explain how I produced the process flow diagram and stream table for the base case.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate) |
|---|---|
| Creators: | VanVeckhoven, Jonathan Butler |
| Student's Degree Program(s): | B.S. in Chemical Engineering |
| Thesis Advisor: | Adam Smith |
| Thesis Advisor's Department: | Chemical Engineering |
| Institution: | The University of Mississippi |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Depositing User: | Butler VanVeckhoven |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2018 19:24 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2020 18:38 |
| URI: | http://thesis.honors.olemiss.edu/id/eprint/1174 |
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