Flash Drum Trainer with PLC
The flash drum trainer is a bench-scale plant that demonstrates the continuous separation of a binary mixture of water saturated with carbon dioxide. The process has instrumentation to provide for control of operating flow, temperature, level, and pressure. This trainer provides the student the opportunity to gain real operating experience focusing on both the process of flash separation and control strategy.
The separation of volatile gasses dissolved in a liquid and recovery of the components usually involves a flash drum. Flash drum operations are found throughout the petroleum, petrochemical, and numerous other industries. This trainer separates a water/CO2 mixture into a see-through, industrial glass vessel. The trainer is equipped with process measurement and control devices. It has one each of temperature, pressure, level, and flow controls. The entire trainer is controlled from a programmable logic controller computer interface (PLC).
Equipment Specification Highlights:
- See-through separator vessel 6 (15mm) ID
- Electric process heater
- Membrane pre-carbonator using bottled CO2 and tap water
- Electronic process measurement with 4 PID control loops by PLC
- Time to reach a steady state after a reasonable step change of less than 10 minutes
- Complete unit mounted on a metal table
- Approximate overall dimensions 122 x 66 x 150 cm high (48 x 26 x 60 high)
- Available in all world voltages/frequencies (customer to specify electrical power available on-site)
Options:
- Pneumatic or electric modulating control valves
- Control by PID loop controllers mounted in a control panel
- Control Component Protocol:
- Hart 4-20 mA