Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who have passed the module should be able to

• Account for the principles of process simulation
• Explain process optimization using process simulation
• Account for computational aspects of phase equilibria
• Account for instrumentation and PFD & PID’s
• Describe commercial process simulators

Skills

• Illustrate an actual process in a PFD
• Convert a PFD into a working process simulation
• Perform both steady-state and dynamic simulations

Competences

• Investigate a given case using simulation tools
• Select an appropriate thermodynamic model for a given case

Type of instruction

Lectures, practical exercises, group and individual instructions

Extent and expected workload

150 hours

Exam

Exams