SCRS Proceedings of International Conference of Undergraduate Students
Design of Components for Liquefaction of Nitrogen Using DWSIM
Authors: Ruthu KS, Bhagyalakshmi L and Sreelakshmi Diddi
Publishing Date: 10-01-2023
ISBN: 978-81-95502-01-1
Abstract
The field of Cryogenics deals with low temperature refrigeration applications such as liquefaction of gases. The various cryogenic cycles such as the Linde cycle, Claude cycle, Kapitza cycle help in liquefaction of various gases such as nitrogen, helium etc. Of all the three cryogenic cycles, Linde cycle was chosen as it is the simplest cycle. Liquid nitrogen has wide applications in various industries like food processing and transportation, medicine, medical therapy, manufacturing of computers etc. Operating variables such as flow rates, temperature, pressure, energy in a thermal system operating in a steady state can be calculated by a process simulation. Since design of plants is a cost and time-consuming process in reality, chemical engineers use simulators to simulate design and operation of a chemical plant and its equipment which saves money and time. Today, many simulators are in use. DWSIM was our choice for the project as it was open software, easy to work on and gave accurate results.
Keywords
Cryogenics, Liquid Nitrogen, Linde cycle, Simulation, Process design, Heat exchanger.
Cite as
Ruthu KS, Bhagyalakshmi L and Sreelakshmi Diddi , "Design of Components for Liquefaction of Nitrogen Using DWSIM", In: Prashant Singh Rana, Deepak Bhatia and Himanshu Arora (eds), SCRS Proceedings of International Conference of Undergraduate Students, SCRS, India, 2023, pp. 49-63. https://doi.org/10.52458/978-81-95502-01-1-6