Course Details

1. Develop flowsheets of industrial processes.
2. Use commercial simulators.
3. Learn about process integration technology to calculate efficiency targets, especially in the use of energy.
4. Design stages of process development.
5. Understand basic principles of modelling.
6. Understand and practice principles of process integration.

Module A – ProcessDesign

·    Design hierarchy in process development.

·    Design and integration of chemical reactors.

·    Design and selection of separation trains.

·    Integration of reaction and separationsystems.

·    Design with purge and recycle streams.

·    Trade-off and Parametric Analysis.

·    Design for Environmental performance andsafety.

Module B – IndustrialSimulation

·    Introduction to flowsheeting.

·    Model-based approaches and methodology.

·    Introduction to commercial simulators.

·    Selection of unit operations.

·    Integration and simulation of flowsheets.

·    Selection of property and thermodynamicmodels.

·    Project work – development of an industrialflowsheets.

Module C – ProcessIntegration

·    Basic principles of process and energyintegration.

·    Design and targeting of heat recoverynetworks.

·    Design and targeting of utility networks.

·    Process modifications.

·    Integration of simple and complexdistillation.

·    Data extraction.

·    Total Site Analysis.

·    Project work – retrofitting an industrialprocess.

Computer Laboratory

• R. Smith, Chemical Process Design and Integration, Wiley, 2005.
• R. Smith, Chemical Process Design, McGraw Hill, 1995.

• L T. Biegler, I. Grossman and A. Westerberg, Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design, Prentice Hall, 2004.
• Douglas, 1988, Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, McGraw-Hill.
• G. Towler and R Sinnott, Chemical Engineering Design, Elsevier, 2008.
• User Guide on Process Integration for the Efficient Use of Energy, IChemE, 1982.
• Understanding Process Integration, IChemE, 1982.