Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is to give understanding on making process: Process development, Preliminary and Basic design. This course will help you to perform Practical Design Project form industry in Master education as well as skills in process and plant design, hand calculations, Aspen simulation and ability to work in the chemical process industry. 

After the course student:

1. Understands the basics of process development, preliminary and basic design of chemical processes
2. Can search information for market and carry out feasibility study
3. Can draw process flow diagrams (PFD), piping and instrumentation (PI) and layout drawings 
4. Can calculate material and energy balances and use of process simulation tools
5. Can size the equipment, such as reactors, tanks, pumps, heat exchangers, pipes, control valves and solid handling
6. Can select the appropriate construction materials
7. Can understand energy savings and calculate heat integration by using pinch technology
8. Can calculate process economics
9. Can apply  environmental, health and safety (EHS) principles in design

Credits: 5

Schedule: 07.01.2025 - 10.04.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Golam Sarwar, 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:

  1. Process design steps, design approach, process selection, evaluation of the process concept and comparison, information searching.
  2. 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.
  3. Drawing of flowsheets, process flow diagrams (PFD) and piping & instrumentation (PI) diagrams, layout drawings, basic controls of process, and selection of construction materials
  4. Process economics, investment and profitability
  5. Process heat integration, Pinch analysis
  6. Health, safety and environment (HSE), wastes
  7. Process simulation (recycle, VLE, LLE, flash)
  8. Process simulation (reactors)
  9. Process simulation (distillation, absorption, etc.)
  10. Process simulation (optimization of a process)

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures, exercises, home works and 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

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lecturing materials, calculation exercises, books

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

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: 2024-2025 Spring III - IV
  2025-2026 Spring III - IV

  Registration:

  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.

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