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Aspen Plus Tutorial 1:Vinyl Chloride Monomer Production Process Process Discription Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) is produced through a high-pressure, noncatalytic process involving the pyrolysis of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC), according to the following reactions: CH2CI-CH2CI (EDC)" HCl + CHC1=CH2 (VCM) The process flow diagram is shown in Figure 1. The cracking of EDC occurs at 900oF and 300 psia in a direct-fired furnace. The pure EDC feed enters the furnace at 60oF and 390 psia, with a rate of 2000 lbmol/hr. Byproducts of pyrolysis consist principally of acetylene and chloroprene through the following reactions: EDC " C2H2 + HCl VCM + C2H2 " Overall EDC conversion is maintained at 55%, with a selectivity of 98% for VCM production and 2% for acetylene production. 75% of the acetylene produced is converted to chloroprene. The hot gases from the furnace are quenched to 10 degrees below saturation, prior to fractionation. Two distillation columns are used for the purification of the VCM product. In the first column, anhydrous HCI is removed overhead and sent to the oxychlorination unit. In the second column, VCM product is delivered overhead, and the bottoms stream containing unreacted EDC is recycled back to the cracker. The recycle EDC stream is treated, in a black box separator, to remove chloroprene, which could hinder pyrolysis and fractionation. Specifications for the two columns are: HCl Column ? Theoretical stages 15 Condenser pressure 367 psia Reboiler pressure 372 psia HCl in bottoms 50 ppm (weight) VCM recovery in bottoms 99.9 percent ? VCM Column ? Theoretical stages 10 Condenser pressure 115 psia Reboiler pressure 118 psia VCM recovery in overheads 99.9 percent EDC recovery in bottoms 99.9 percent Tutorial Base Case Simulation Develop a base ASPEN PLUS simulation for the VCM flowsheet, using the following specifications. Detailed instructions follow these general ones. 1.????? Model the cracker furnace with the RSTOIC reactor model. Con