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Please do the T - xy MEA - WATER solution table and the McCabe - Thiele diagram for the MEA distillation column The preliminary equipments

Please do the T-xy MEA-WATER solution table and the McCabe-Thiele diagram for the MEA distillation column
The preliminary equipments ate :
o The Ammonia-Ethylene oxide reactor,
o Flash drum (ammonia removal),
o Compressor (ammonia recycler),
o MEA-water distillation column
o Feed pumps.
A new facility to produce Monoethanolamine (MEA) is being considered due to an
increase in demand. Therefore, you have been requested to design a plant to produce
10,000 metric tons per annum of MEA (at 99.5% purity). The plant is to be located in
Richards Bay, South Africa. Ammonia feed is available at 10 atm and 50\deg C from an
adjacent plant. Ammonia is available as an aqueous solution of 55 wt.% of ammonia
and 45 wt.% water. Ethylene Oxide (99.99% pure) is available at 5 atm and 40 oC. A
reaction temperature of 150 oC is maintained in the reactor, and a pressure of 160
atmospheres is used to avoid the evaporation of ammonia. Under specified conditions
of reaction, only MEA is produced when the feed ratio of Ammonia /Ethylene oxide is
10. The plant should operate for 330 days in a year, in order to allow for shutdown and
maintenance.

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