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| CHIM0040-1 | Process design workshop : mass and energy balances
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| Duration : | 45h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Georges Heyen |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The course is organised as a workshop.
It is an integrated project, where knowledges and skill acquired in other chemical engineering courses (applied thermodynamics, unit operations, reactors, separation processes, modelling and optimization) are put into practice. Each group of students, supervised by a tutor, has to complete a design project involving :
- literature search and documentation on a product (market and applications, specifications, production routes, typical plant size, raw materials, economic data)
- selection of a suitable alternative
- evaluation of physical and thermodynamic properties for all components and mixtures
- use of a simulation software to build a sumplified mass and energy balance of a typical production plant
Projects change each year. Computer aided process design tools are available on the department intranet. |
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| Course objective : | Gain a practical experience in process design by addressing an open problem similar to daily practice in industry. This implies personnal choices when facing redundant or missing or contradictory data.
Gain a practical experience in using various simulation and optimisation software, as well as accessing physical property data bases. |
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| Prerequisites : | Basics in applied thermodynamics, chemical engineering, unit operations, process modelling |
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| Workshops : | The course is organised as a workshop, supervised by a tutor.
Student must organise the team work and share the tasks. They have unlimited access to the department computer ressources and software tools. The tutor is available for advice at least 4 hr/week.
Progress review meetings are organised every 3-4 weeks. |
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| Organization : | First part (litterature search and documetation takes place early in the year, and a first report is produced.
Process modelling and mass and energy balance calculation take place at the end of the year, after completion of the SYST004 course, where use of flowsheeting software is introduced. |
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| Written notes : | Nor relevant
Reference books :
A. WESTERBERG, H.P. HUTCHISON, R.L. MOTARD, P. WINTER, "Process Flowsheeting", Cambridge University Press, 1979.
L. T. BIEGLER, I.E. GROSSMANN et A.W. WESTERBERG, "Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design", Part II, Printice Hall, 1997. |
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| Assessment : | Evaluation is based on the reports submitted by the team.
The exam consists in an individual discussion with the tutor and the teacher about the work. |
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| Contacts : | Georges Heyen
Institut de Chimie B6, local R68
Téléphone : 04 366 3521
FAX : 04 366 3525
Email: G.Heyen@ulg.ac.be |
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| Remarks : | see also : http://www.lassc.ulg.ac.be/webCheng00/index.html |
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