Undergraduate Course: Chemical Engineering Design: Synthesis and Economics 4 (CHEE10005)
Course Outline
School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | This course covers process design synthesis with heuristic and target-based methods presented for distillation and heat recovery systems, and process economics covering project economic analysis and principles for the allocation of investment between competing projects.
In the synthesis section, qualitiative and approximate quantitative synthesis are presented for multicomponent distillation systems, while the pinch design method for designing networks of heat exchangers is described.
The process economics section also describes how considerations of pollution, resource depletion and environmental impact can be introduced in economic analyses. |
Course description |
20 Lectures
L1-6 Distillation synthesis
L7-12 Heat exchanger network synthesis
L13-18 Process economics
L19-20 Consolidation and revision
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Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
75 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Two hour written examination at the end of the academic year (100%).
For Semester 1 Visiting Students only, 100% coursework.
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Chemical Engineering Design: Synthesis and Economics 4 (CHEE10005) Exam Paper | 2:180 | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
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Academic year 2024/25, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
(
Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
57 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Two hour written examination at the end of the academic year (100%).
For Semester 1 Visiting Students only, 100% coursework.
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- undertake rapid material balance and short-cut design calculations for a sequence of distillation columns; select promising sequences for a specified separation task using distillation; identify when distillation is inappropriate; compare alternative distillation sequences using an approximate quantitative method.
- find the pinch and minimum utility loads for a specified process heat integration problem; propose feasible minimum energy and minimum exchangers designs for a specified process heat integration problem.
- compare projects using the methods of Net Present Value, Discounted Cash Flow and Equivalent Minimum Investment Period; develop a plant capital cost estimate based on published data, Lang factors and cost indices; show how the 'external' costs of pollution etc may be internalised in the economic evaluation of a process; determine the impact of taxation, depreciation and investment incentives on the economic viability of a project; estimate the minimum acceptable rate of return at which a project will be viable.
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Reading List
1. Chemical Engineering Design, RK Sinnott (Elsevier).
2. Chemical Process Design and Integration, R Smith (Wiley).
3. Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers (5th Edition), Peters and Timmerhaus (McGraw-Hill).
4. Turton, Bailie, Whiting, Shaeiwitz and Bhattacharyya's Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes (4th Edition)
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | synthesis,optimisation,process design,pinch,Analysis,CAPEX,OPEX |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Enzo Mangano
Tel: (0131 6)50 4861
Email: E.Mangano@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Mark Ewing
Tel:
Email: mewing2@ed.ac.uk |
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