Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Chemical Engineering

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Plant Design I
CCB4013
Major
Bachelor
3
Industrial Internship
Coursework (Reports and Presentations)
- 100%
All Chemical Engineering Lecturers
7/4
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Integrate their chemical engineering skills in the conceptual design of a chemical plant
2. Generate cost effective process options while maintaining operability and safety of the
design
3. Screen and evaluate the design alternatives
4. Incorporate heat integration concepts in the selected design alternative
5. Perform preliminary economic evaluation of the proposed process design
6. Employ effective interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills to effectively function
as a process engineer
Conceptual Process Design, Material and Energy Balance, Plant location, Process Flowsheeting
and simulation, Environmental and Safety Aspects, and Economics.
Project
Market study, choice of plant location
Conceptual process design elements:
Week 4
Material and energy balance
Choice of reactor and reactor preliminary optimisation
Selection of separation
Week 6
Separation system synthesis (sequencing),
Process screening
Heat Integration and waste minimization
Week 8
Utility requirements
Process flowsheeting and Simulation
Process Optimization
Preliminary Economic Analysis
Week 12
Environmental Impact Assessment
Health, safety and environmental (HSE) analysis

Presentation
Week 14
Total Weeks
14
1. UTP Chemical Engineering Plant Design Guidelines.
2. Peters M. S and Timmerhaus K. D., Plant Design and Economics for
Chemical Engineers, 4th Ed., McGraw Hill, 1991.
3. Coulson J. M., Richardson J. F. and Sinnott R. K., Coulsons and
Richardsons Chemical Engineering, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.
4. Ulrich G.D, A Guide to Chemical Engineering Process Design and
Economics, John Wiley, 1984.
Optional Reference
5. Seider, W.D., Seader, J.D., Lewin, D.R. Process Design Principles
Synthesis, Analysis and Evaluation, John Wiley, 1999.
6. Smith R., Chemical Process Design, McGraw Hill, 1995.
7. Douglas J. M., Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, McGraw
Hill, 1985.
8. Perry, R. H. and Green D. W., Perrys Chemical Engineers Handbook,
7th Ed., McGraw Hill, 1997.

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