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Prarancangan Pabrik Dimetil Eter Menggunakan Proses Indirect Synthesis Dengan Desain Alat Utama Distilasi Metanol (T-401)
Dimethyl Ether (DME) is the simplest ether compound in the form of a colorless gas. Dimethyl ether has similar properties to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) so it can be used as a new energy source. The main raw materials for the manufacture of dimethyl ether are methanol and catalyst support material Alumina (Al2O3). The process used in the dimethyl ether plant is an indirect synthesis process because it produces high yield and selectivity. This plant is planned to operate for 330 days per year and work 24 hours/day with a production capacity of 60,000 tons/year. The dimethyl ether plant is planned to be built in the city of Bontang, East Kalimantan because it is located close to the main raw material source of methanol, which comes from PT. East Kalimantan Methanol Industry. Form this company is a Limited Liability Company (PT) with a line and staff organizational system. Employees working in this factory consist of shift employees and non-shift employees. The methanol distillation tower (T-401) serves to increase the purity of the methanol feed before recycling it back to the mixer with a purity of 99.8%.. The methanol distillation tower (T-401) has a height of 12,83 m and a diameter of 1,61 m and is operated at a temperature of 92,86 oC and a pressure of 1,61 atm. Economic analysis shows that the dimethyl ether plant is feasible to establish. With a Break Even Point (BEP) value of 46%, Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 22.724% and Pay Back Period (PBP) of 2.83 years.
Keywords: Dimethyl ether, Indirect synthesis, Methanol, The methanol distillation tower
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