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Chemical Process Design and Analysis

This document provides an overview of a course on conceptual design and cost analysis for a chemical engineering degree. The course covers optimal process design including batch versus continuous processes, process flow diagrams, economic feasibility studies, separation and heat exchange systems, and process simulation software. It also addresses process reconciliation, optimization, and supervision, including model identification, process control hierarchies, and linear/nonlinear programming. Finally, the course covers cost analysis of chemical processes including cash flow, capital investment, cost indexes, break-even analysis, and feasibility studies.

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Chemical Process Design and Analysis

This document provides an overview of a course on conceptual design and cost analysis for a chemical engineering degree. The course covers optimal process design including batch versus continuous processes, process flow diagrams, economic feasibility studies, separation and heat exchange systems, and process simulation software. It also addresses process reconciliation, optimization, and supervision, including model identification, process control hierarchies, and linear/nonlinear programming. Finally, the course covers cost analysis of chemical processes including cash flow, capital investment, cost indexes, break-even analysis, and feasibility studies.

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Second level degree in Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering of Industrial Processes

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND COST ANALYSIS


prof. Davide Manca
credits: 5

Course contents

Optimal Design of a Process (Conceptual Design)


Elements of conceptual design. Batch vs continuous processes. Process flow diagrams and
PI&D diagrams. Economic potentials for the feasibility study of the process. Reacting
systems. Separation systems. Heat exchanger networks. Pinch technology. The economic
potential of level 2, 3, 4 and 5. Overview of process simulation software. Introduction to
the plant-wide process control.

Reconciliation, Optimization and Supervision


Reconciliation of the process measures: classical approach and gross error detection.
Model identification and coaptation. Design optimization and on-line optimization of the
process. Objective function, equality and inequality constraints. Monodimensional and
multidimensional optimization. Linear and non linear programming. The hierarchy of
Control, Optimization and Supervision of processes.

Cost Analysis
Cash flow. Investment and Operating costs. Capital investment. Cost indexes. Loans and
depreciation. Cost analysis of a whole process. Break-even point. Introduction to the
feasibility study.

Suggested literature

J. M. Douglas “Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes”, McGraw-Hill (1988)


W. D. Seider, J. D. Seader, D. R. Lewin "Process Design Principles, Synthesis, Analysis and
Evaluation", John Wiley & Sons, (1999)
R. Turton, R. C. Baille, W. B. Whiting, J. A. Shaeiwitz "Analysis, Synthesis and Design of
Chemical Processes, Prentice Hall, (1998)
T. F. Edgar, D. M. Himmelblau “Optimization of Chemical Processes”, McGraw-Hill, (1989)
M. S. Peters, K. D. Timmerhaus, R. E. West “Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers”,
McGraw-Hill (2002)

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