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| CHIM0040-2 | Process design workshop : mass and energy balances
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| Duration : | 60h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Georges Heyen |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| This course is organised as a workshop, where students work in small groups to solve an integrated problem : they must apply knowledge from several previous courses : chemical processes, chemical engineering, applied thermodynamics, process modeling.
Each group of students has to carry out a litterature search about a product : market and applications, commercial specifications, production routes, typical capacity of a plant, raw materials needed, economical data (price).
Then a production process is selected.
Physical property data for all components involved in the process must be retrieved or estimated. Next a simulation model of the plant is built with a flowsheeting software in order to obtain the mass and energy balance. Analysing the process energy demand allows to evaluate the minimum energy requirement, using the pinch design method. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Gain practical skill in process design by solving an open ended real life problem, which implies personal decisions (supported by sound reasoning) when confronted with redundant, missing or contradictory data.
Learn also to master several computer tools used in process flowsheeting, physical property estimation and optimisation. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic knowledge in applied thermodynamics, chemical engineering and process modeling |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is organised as a workshop, under supervision of 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. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The first part of the work (litterature search) takes place early in the academic year.
The process modelling and flowsheeting work takes place in the second part of the year, after completion of course SYST0004, where students learn how to use the flowheeting software. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Not 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 methods and criteria :
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| Evaluation is based on the report submitted by the team.
Results must be presented by the students. The exam consists in an individual discussion with the tutor and the teacher about the work. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| see also : http://www.lassc.ulg.ac.be/webCheng00/index.html |
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Contacts :
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| Georges Heyen
Institut de Chimie B6, room R68
Phone : 04 366 3521
FAX : 04 366 3525
Email : G.Heyen@ulg.ac.be |
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