Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

This course is focused on process design, simulation and optimization of processes within chemical engineering.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the module must be able to

• account for basic process synthesis and design methods
• account for the principles of process simulation
• explain process optimization using process simulation
• account for computational aspects of phase equilibria
• describe commercial process simulators

Skills

• illustrate actual processes in a PFD
• convert a PFD into a working process simulation
• perform rigorous process mass and energy balances
• perform steady-state simulation and evaluate results
• perform sensitivity analysis and optimization
• perform computer-aided process design and process improvements

Competences

• investigate processes using simulation tools
• select and utilise appropriate thermodynamic models

Type of instruction

• Lectures
• Practical exercises
• Group and individual instruction

Extent and expected workload

150 hours

Exam

Exams