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Your Role: You are a manager for RiceUtility Production, and you missed themeeting with the consultants design team.You¶v e been gi v en their PowerPoint file.You ha v e to let the other two managers onthe committee know what you think of theproposed design.

Sample Chemical EngineeringStudent Team PowerPoint for

Analysis



N ote : Throughout, orange slides like thisone will ask you questions to help you pickout things you want to remember aboutdesigning team PowerPoints.For more help or background information : M aking Logical Technical

Arguments PPT; Team Presentations in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering PPT

Sample Chemical EngineeringStudent Team PowerPoint for

Analysis



Acetone Production PlantDesign

December 2, 20__

Student Team AFrom Ace Consultants



Project Goals

Increase Acetone Production by 30%

M inimize Plant CostsOperating costs

Additional capital purchasing costs



. eac or an r pp ng o umn1. Reactor and Stripping Column

1. Reactor and Stripping Column



2 . Acetone Purification



3 . Isopropyl Alcohol Recovery Column



Process Specifications99.9% Pure Acetone

90% Pure Hydrogen

TOC<50 ppm in Waste Water Stream



Cost Analysis

$243,000 /yr profit from gi v en base case

~1¢ per pound of acetone product profitmargin



If these are the speci f ications, whatcriteria will you be looking f or in theteam ¶ s design?What does the team need to show youto convince you the design will dowhat is needed?Did the team meet these requirementsin its design solution? How do youknow?

In regard to the previous slide:



M odeling IssueUNIFAC VLE M odel does not accuratelypredict x-y diagram at high acetone

concentrations

NRTL is best property package for

acetone/water binary systemBased on DeChema VLE data



Options1) Use extracti v e distillation methods

2) Purchase 39 MM lb acetone (openmarket)

3) Produce 97.6% acetone



1) Extracti v e Distillation3 Sol v ents

1,2 dimethoxyethane (Diglyme) Acetonitrile

N-M ethylpyrrolidone (N M P)

Case Study : Diglyme

Prohibiti v e Cost$6.765 MM /yr to purchase Diglyme

Additional Column



How do you know the cost of extracti v edistillation Is prohibiti v e?

Why is the Diglyme case of interest?Is an additional column a solution or

part of the cost?

Is extracti v e distillation theh usualmethod of making acetone?




2) Purchase AcetonePurchase 39 MM lb per year acetone for $10.92 MM

Shut down acetone production

M inimize in v estment losses



How does the team know the cost willbe this much?

What has been the cost trend for acetone in the past?

How much of a ³ loss ´ will be a v oided?

How do you know?





What about the break-e v enpoint?

What would it cost to produceacetone at this purity?Is that purity acceptable?What is this slide telling us aboutthe option?What do these three bulletpoints ha v e in common?



Recommendations

Buy acetone off open market

Dissol v e acetone production facility

Reco v er maximum amount of lost $$




Why put the conclusion after therecommendation?



TAKE AWAY POINTS After v iewing this PowerPointWhat are your ³ take-away ´ lessons that

you will apply to your own PowerPointnext time?



This team puts its conclusions at the end and didnot use informati v e headings on its process flow

diagrams. The headings do not outline theargument. A pitch that presented the recommendation firstand ga v e e v idence of calculations to support

claims would ha v e been more persuasi v e.The PPT can ¶t reinforce the oral message or persuade readers on its own.For more help : M aking Logical Technical Arguments PPT; TeamPresentations in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering PPT

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