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PROJECT CODE TRANSFER OF REACTOR MODELLING
RDU121001; I-ECO/66 (UMP-12) KNOWLEDGE FOR INTENSIFYING THE

PROJECT LEADER PRODUCTION IN A CHEMICAL PLANT
ASSOC. PROF. IR. DR. CHIN SIM YEE

ACADEMICIAN
1. ASSOC. PROF. DR. CHENG CHIN KUI
2. IR. DR. MOHD SABRI BIN MAHMUD
3. DR. RUZINAH BINTI ISHA

INDUSTRIAL / COMMUNITY PARTNER
PETRONAS CHEMICALS MTBE SDN BHD

CORE FOCUS AREA
ECONOMIC GAINS FOR SECTOR/SOF INDUSTRY INIDENTIFIED SECTOR

DURATION
1th AUGUST 2012 – 31th AUGUST 2014
25 months

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In a business environment where the future feedstock is gradually
decreasing, propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant needs to look
into innovative ways of increasing their yields with minimal increase
in feed volume and capital investment. To date, most of the PDH
plants have been operating the reactor as a black box and optimis-
ation was performed based on the feedback from licensor as well as 1
trial and error.

Therefore, knowledge in reactor and kinetic modelling is required to
introduce a new level of understanding to the catalytic step in the
plant for optimisation purposes. In the present work, several meetings
and industrial lectures were conducted with the industrial partner to
exchange information for the PDH reactor modelling and simulation.

The model established was able to predict the trends of the reactor
performance. The graphical user interface was developed to simpli-
fy the future usage of the model by the plant personnel.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

NO. LEADER / AKADEMICIAN / GI AREA OF EXPERTISE INFORMATION OF INDUSTRIAL / COMMUNITY PARTNER
ASSOC. PROF. IR. DR. CHIN SIM CHEMICAL REACTION
YEE ENGINEERING NO. ITEM DETAILS
ASSOC. PROF. DR. CHENG CHEMICAL REACTION COMPANY’S NAME PETRONAS CHEMICALS MTBE
CHIN KUI ENGINEERING SDN BHD
IR. DR. MOHD SABRI BIN CHEMICAL REACTION (180387-T)
MAHMUD ENGINEERING NAME OF OWNER/ IKMAL HISHAM MAHARON
DR. RUZINAH BINTI ISHA CHEMICAL REACTION MANAGER
ENGINEERING BUSINESS ADDRESS LOT 111& 112, GEBENG INDUSTRIAL
MS. GOH AIK LENG GRADUATE INTERN (CHEMICAL AND PHONE NUMBER ESTATE, PO BOX 1, BALOK, 26080
ENGINEERING) KUANTAN, PAHANG, MALAYSIA
MS. FATHIN BINTI IDROS GRADUATE INTERN (CHEMICAL NO.OFFICE : 09-5856504
ENGINEERING) NO.MOBILE : 012-5223045
MR. MOHD AMIRUL ASYRAF GRADUATE INTERN (CHEMICAL NUMBER OF STAFF 500
BIN AHMAD ENGINEERING) NUMBER OF BENEFI- 50
8. MS. NORUL SHAHIDA BINTI CHE GRADUATE INTERN (CHEMICAL CIARIES
DIN ENGINEERING)

Best Practices in KTP
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