LEARNING OUTCOMES
After the course student:
- Understands the basics of research and development (R&D) stage of chemical processes
- Can search information for market and carry out feasibility study
- Can draw process flow diagrams (PFD), piping and instrumentation (PI) and layout drawings
- Can calculate material and energy balances and use of process simulation tools
- Can size the equipment, such as reactors, tanks, pumps, heat exchangers, pipes, control valves and solid handling
- Can select the appropriate construction materials
- Can understand energy savings and calculate heat integration by using pinch technology
- Can calculate process economics
- Can apply environmental, health and safety (EHS) principles in design
Credits: 5
Schedule: 09.01.2023 - 21.04.2023
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Golam Sarwar, Tiia Viinikainen, Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
- Process R&D and design steps, process synthesis, process selection, evaluation of the process concept and comparison, information searching.
- Selection of process chemistry, conceptual design and feasibility study, process design. Selection and dimensioning the equipment (reactors, tanks, columns, mechanical separation devices), heat exchangers, pumps, compressors and pipes.
- Drawing of flowsheets, process flow diagrams (PFD) and piping & instrumentation (PI) diagrams, layout drawings, basic controls of process, and selection of construction materials
- Process economics, investment and profitability
- Process heat integration, Pinch analysis
- Health, safety and environment (HSE), wastes
- Process simulation (recycle, VLE, LLE, flash)
- Process simulation (reactors)
- Process simulation (distillation, absorption, etc.)
- Process simulation (optimization of a process)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures, exercises, home works, exam
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
5 cr = 135 h
Lectures 30 h
Exercises 30 h
2*Home assignments 30 h
Independent self studying & preparation for exam, 41 h
exam 4 h
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
3 Good Health and Well-being
7 Affordable and Clean Energy
8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
13 Climate Action
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring III - IV
2023-2024 Spring III - IVEnrollment :
Students in the Chemical Engineering and Processes major are prioritized.
A course implementation may be cancelled if the number of students enrolled to the course implementation does not meet the required minimum of five students. In the case of cancelled course implementations, the students enrolled to them must be provided with an alternative way of completing the course or be advised to take some other applicable course.