Experiment No.
01
Mixing of Ideal Liquid Streams
Objective
Develop a simple process sheet to mix two liquid streams and estimate the flow rate
and composition of outlet stream.
Data
Inlet stream 1: 10 mol % Methanol solution flowing at 20 kmol/h
Inlet stream 2: 80 mol % Methanol solution flowing at 10 kmol/h
Both the streams are at 30 oC and at 1 bar pressure
The liquid streams can be considered as ideal
DWSIM Blocks Used
Mixer
Procedure
1. Start a new DWSIM Simulation (DWSIM VER 5.1 - CLASSIC UI). Click on
“New steady state Simulation” as a template for new simulation
2. The simulation configuration window will be opened. It shows a specification
page. Add components required to solve the problem statement. In the present
case, add Water and Methanol. Ensure all components are added from the same
property database. For instance, in this case, both components are added from
“ChemSep” database.
3. Specify the thermodynamic package as Raoult’s law.
4. Customize the system of units for the simulation and click “Next”.
5. The flowsheeting section of simulation window will be opened. First, let provide
input and output streams for the unit operation to be performed. Drag and drop
two Material streams available at the right, in the object palette. Rename them
stream as “Inlet-Stream-1”and “Inlet-Stream-2”. These serve as input streams.
6. On clicking the “Inlet-Stream-1” and “Inlet-Stream-2” stream, general
information about the stream will be displayed on the left side of screen. Specify
the feed compositions, temperature and pressure for the inlet streams. Once
credentials are specified for the inlet streams, the color of stream turns blue.
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Specification for the inlet streams
Stream Molar Mol Mol Temperature Pressure
o
Flowrate fraction fraction C bar
(kmol/hr) MeOH Water
(-) (-)
Inlet Stream1 20 0.1 0.9 30 1
Inlet Stream 2 10 0.8 0.2 30 1
7. Add one more Material stream i.e. Drag and drop it into the flow sheet. Rename
the stream as “Outlet Stream”. This serves as output stream.
8. Below the Unit Operation tab on left, locate the Stream Mixer block. Drag and
drop into the flow sheet. Rename it as “Mixer”.
9. No separate specification is required for the “Mixer” block.
10. Now, all necessary credentials required for simulation are added. It should be
connected in a proper sequence. Click on “Mixer” block, the general information
about the block is displayed on the right. Under “connections” tab, for all streams
click the dropdown button and select the necessary connections. If all the
connections are given correctly, all the blocks will turn blue.
11. Run the simulation by pressing “Solve flow sheet” button on the top corner of the
screen.
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12. To analyze/display the results, select on “Master property table” icon on the tool
bar. A box will appear which is double clicked to modify it further. Select the
streams which have to be shown in output and click “OK”. The property table will
be opened showing all the results as shown in the figure below.
Results
Stream Results
Self-Learning Exercises
1. How to modify the simulation, if pure methanol is mixed with water to form
solution?
2. What if enthalpy of mixing is not negligible?
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