Design Specifications.docx

Design Specifications Neutralization Short Retention Time Clarifier Function: For the neutralization of the acid-sugar solution Type of Material: Type 304 Stainless Steel No of Units: 1 Capacity: 462,694.28 kg/day Volume of tank: 555.2331 m3 Dimension: Height of tank: 8.9083m Diameter of Tank: 8.9083m Width of Baffle: 0.7424 m Impeller above vessel floor: 2.9694 m Impeller Diameter: 2.9694 𝑚 Length of Blade: 2.2271 m Width of Blade: 1.7817 m Operating Temperature: 30 oC Cooling Jacket for neutralization Cooling Fluid: Water Height of Jacket: 8.55m No. of spirals: 15 Mass flow rate of water: 2611.4 kg/hr Spacing between jacket and vessel wall: 0.3m Pitch: 0.5938 m Cross sectional area of channel: 0.17814m2 Length of channel: 391.807 m Distillation Function: To separate ethanol from the fermented beer. Type: Bubble Cap Tray Distilling Column Capacity: No. of Units: 1 Height of Tower: 𝟏𝟑. 𝟖𝟔 𝒎 Diameter of Tower: 1.87 m Tray Spacing: 0.8 No. of Stages: 9 stages (including reboiler) Feed Tray: 7th tray

Condenser: Function: To condense the vapor containing by 95% volume ethanol. Materials of Construction: Carbon steel except for plates No. of units: 1 Materials of Construction for the plates: 304 Stainless Steel Dimensions: Area: 128.55 m2 Length of tubes: 8m Diameter of tubes: 7 Outside diameter : 8 𝑖𝑛 =22.23mm Inside diameter: 0.652 in = 16.56mm Surface area of one tube = 0.5587 m2 Number of tubes: 230 Pitch: Square pitch at 27.79 mm Bundle Diameter: 537.04 mm No. of tubes in Center row: 19

Reboiler: Function: To generate vapors in the bottoms which are returned to the column. No. of Units: 1 Materials of Construction: Carbon Steel Materials of Construction for Tube: 317 Stainless Steel Type: Kettle Type (Shell and Tube) Dimensions: Area: 21.56 m2 Nominal length (One U tube): 10 m Number of U tubes: 46 Outside Diameter: 50 mm Inside diameter 45 mm Pitch: Square pitch at 62.5 mm Bundle diameter: 0.57m Shell diameter: 1.14m Liquid level from base: 1 m Freeboard: 0.14 m