Course

Unit 1

Chemical process design process, Hierarchy of chemical process design and integration, Newdesign vs. retrofit, approaches, Heuristics for process design. Conceptual Process Synthesis – Diagrams for understanding chemical processes, Structure and hierarchical synthesis of flow sheets.

Reactor Network Synthesis – Reactor type and conditions for reaction systems, geometric techniques for synthesis of reactor networks.

Unit 2

Separation system Synthesis – Distillation column sequencing for ideal liquid mixtures, Separation system structure for non-ideal mixtures using distillation / residue curves. Reaction, Separation and recycle systems for batch and continuous processes.

Unit 3

• Warren D. Seider, J. D. Seader, Daniel R. Lewin, Soemantri Widagdo, Product and Process Design Principles: Synthesis, Analysis and Design, 3^rd Edn, Wiley, 2010
• Richard Turton, Richard C. Bailie, Wallace B. Whiting, Joseph A. Shaeiwitz, Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes, 3^rd Edn, Pearson Education, 2008
• Biegler, L. T., Grossmann, I. E., and Westerberg, A. W. “Systematic Methods for Chemical Process Design”, Prentice-Hall, 1997.
• Douglas, J. M. “Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes”, McGraw Hill, 1988.
• Harry Silla, Chemical Process Engineering Design and Economics, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 2003