MANUFACTURE OF DIMETHYL ETHER FROM METHANOL A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING By (NAMES) (NUMBERS) under the guidance of (GUIDE NAME) DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ANIL NEERUKONDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES (UGC AUTONOMOUS) VISAKHAPATNAM 2022 ANIL NEERUKONDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES (UGC AUTONOMOUS) (Affiliated to AU, Approved by AICTE & Accredited by NBA & NAAC) Sangivalasa 531 162, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam Dist DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the project report entitled “MANUFACTURE OF DIMETHYL ETHER FROM METHANOL” has been prepared by (NAMES) under the guidance of (GUIDE NAME) .This project report is being submitted to the Department of Chemical Engineering, ANITS in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering by Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. (Name of the Guide) Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering ANITS Visakhapatnam Dr. Ch. Anil Head Department of Chemical Engineering ANITS Visakhapatnam Acknowledgements We acknowledge with sincere thanks to our guide (guide name), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, ANITS for his arduous effort and keen interest shown towards our project work, inspite of his/her preoccupations. We with euphoria owe him immense gratitude for his valuable advice which was great source of inspiration to us and to successfully complete this project work in time. We are grateful to Dr. Ch. Anil, Head, Department of Chemical Engineering for the keen interest he has shown and for his valuable suggestions. Others (faculty/ non teaching/parents/ friends) Finally, we thank all those who helped us directly or indirectly to carry out this project work. (Names ) Problem Statement To prepare a project report on the MANUFACTURE OF DIMETHYL ETHER FROM METHANOL with a capacity of (tons per annum). INDEX S. No. Topic 1. Introduction (includes –Properties &Uses) 2. Various processes available 3. Selection of the process 4. Process description 5. Material balance 6. Energy balance 7. Design of the (Specific Equipment) 8. Plant location and Plant layout 9. Cost Estimation 10. Safety, Environmental considerations 11. Bibliography Page No. General information 1. Entire document should be in times new roman font only except the pages provided above. TITLE (times new roman font 16, bold, center) Sub heading (times new roman font 14, bold, align text left) Sub sub heading (times new roman font 12, bold, align text left) Paragraph (times new roman font 12, normal, 1.5 line spacing, justify) 2. New paragraph must be indented with a single tab space 3. Figures and tables should be aligned to center 4. Figure and table number should be given chapter wise. For example, second figure in chapter three should be specified as Fig. 3.2 title of the figure. 5. Figure title should be at the bottom of the figure (times new roman font 12, center). 6. Table title should be at the top of the table (times new roman font 12, align text left). 7. Bibliography: For research articles Author name, “title of the paper”, Journal name, volume no.(issue no.), page no., year. Example. Graham, Elspeth and Boyle, Paul. “Editorial introduction:(re)theorising population geography: mapping the unfamiliar”, International Journal of Population Geography, 7(6) , pp. 389-394, 2001. For text books Author, “text book name”, edition, book publisher, place, year. Example. Fabozzi, Frank J., Modigliani, Franco and Jones, Frank J. “Foundations of financial markets and institutions” 4th ed. Boston: Prentice Hall, New York, 2010. For e sources Include (if available): author, organization, authority or company; (year) ; title of document or page; name of web site or owner of web site; last update of web page ; complete URL (http://.....) and date of access. Example. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2010/sep/29/statisticslies-abuse