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This electronic textbook is a student-contributed open-source text covering the materials used in our chemical engineering capstone design courses at Northwestern.
This electronic textbook is a student-contributed open-source text covering the materials used in our chemical engineering capstone design courses at Northwestern.
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If you have any comments or suggestions on this open textbook, please contact [//www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/directory/profiles/Fengqi-You.html Professor Fengqi You].
If you have any comments or suggestions on this open textbook, please contact [//www.cheme.cornell.edu/cbe/people/profile.cfm?netid=fy86 Professor Fengqi You].
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<font size="6">Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Text Book</font>
<font size="6">Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Textbook</font>


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|width = "600pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">Chemical Process Design Theory and Method</font>'''
|width = "550pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">Chemical Process Design Theory and Method</font>'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design Basis'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design Basis'''
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# [[Block Flow Diagram| Block flow diagram]]
# [[Block Flow Diagram| Block flow diagram]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Flowsheet'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Flowsheet'''
# [[Process flow diagram]]
# [[Process alternatives and flowsheeting]]
# [[Process alternatives and flowsheeting]]
# [[Reactors]]
# [[Reactors]]
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# [[Process hydraulics]]
# [[Process hydraulics]]
# [[Heat Transfer Equipment| Heat transfer equipment: Heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, heaters and coolers]]
# [[Heat Transfer Equipment| Heat transfer equipment: Heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, heaters and coolers]]
# [[Pinch analysis]]
# [[Utility systems]]
# [[Utility systems]]
# [[Pressure Vessels| Pressure vessels]]
# [[Pressure Vessels| Pressure vessels]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Simulation'''
# [[Property package]]
# [[Mixer and Splitter]]
# [[Separator]]
# [[Heat exchanger]]
# [[Column]]
# [[Reactor]]
# [[Pressure changer]]
# [[Solids-involved equipment]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Economics'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Economics'''
# [[Equipment sizing]]
# [[Estimation of capital]]
# [[Estimation of capital]]
# [[Estimation of production cost and revenue]]
# [[Estimation of production cost and revenue]]
# [[Engineering economic analysis]]
# [[Engineering economic analysis]]
# [[Sensitivity analysis and design optimization]]
# [[Sensitivity analysis and design optimization]]

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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Other Process Design Considerations'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Other Process Design Considerations'''
# [[Materials of construction]]
# [[Process safety]]
# [[Process safety]]
# [[Process hazards]]
# [[Process hazards]]
# [[Environmental concerns]]
# [[Environmental concerns]]
# [[Process controls]]
# Controls and P&ID
# [[Process location and layout decisions]]
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|width = "400pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="3.5">Chemical Process Design Projects</font>'''
|width = "400pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">Chemical Process Design Projects</font>'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2014'''
* [[Design G1 | Glycerol to Propylene Glycol (G1)]]
* [[Design G2 | Glycerol to Propylene Glycol (G2)]]
* [[Design S1 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S1)]]
* [[Design S2 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S2)]]
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* [[Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling (2014)]] for (Hydrogen Design Contest)
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Glycerol to Propylene Glycol'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2015'''
* [[Design G1]] (2014)
* [[Ethanol to Ethylene (B1)]]
* [[Design G2]] (2014)
* [[Biomass to Ethylene (B2)]]
* [[Shale Gas to Ethylene (G1)]]

* [[Shale Gas to Ethylene (G2)]]
* [[Natural Gas to Hydrogen (H)]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2016'''
* [[Design S1]] (2014)
* [[Desalination - Team A]]
* [[Design S2]] (2014)
* [[Desalination - Team B]]
* [[Desalination_-_Team_D|Team D - A New San Diego: Reverse Osmosis Moving Forward]]

* [[Desalination_-_Team_E|Los Angeles Droughts - Team E]]
* [[Nueces Desalination Center: Production of Drinking Water by Multi-Stage Flash Distillation]]
* [[Desalination - Team G]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Hydrogen Student Design Contest'''
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* [[Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling (2014)]]

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'''Acknowledgement'''
'''Acknowledgement'''


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Latest revision as of 18:32, 24 January 2017

Welcome to the Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Textbook.
This electronic textbook is a student-contributed open-source text covering the materials used in our chemical engineering capstone design courses at Northwestern.
If you have any comments or suggestions on this open textbook, please contact Professor Fengqi You.



Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Textbook


  Chemical Process Design Theory and Method

  Design Basis

  1. Define product and feed
  2. Preliminary market analysis and plant capacity
  3. Site condition and design
  4. Block flow diagram


  Process Flowsheet

  1. Process flow diagram
  2. Process alternatives and flowsheeting
  3. Reactors
  4. Separation processes
  5. Process hydraulics
  6. Heat transfer equipment: Heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, heaters and coolers
  7. Pinch analysis
  8. Utility systems
  9. Pressure vessels


  Process Simulation

  1. Property package
  2. Mixer and Splitter
  3. Separator
  4. Heat exchanger
  5. Column
  6. Reactor
  7. Pressure changer
  8. Solids-involved equipment


  Process Economics

  1. Equipment sizing
  2. Estimation of capital
  3. Estimation of production cost and revenue
  4. Engineering economic analysis
  5. Sensitivity analysis and design optimization


  Other Process Design Considerations

  1. Materials of construction
  2. Process safety
  3. Process hazards
  4. Environmental concerns
  5. Process controls
  6. Process location and layout decisions
  Chemical Process Design Projects

  Design projects 2014


  Design projects 2015


  Design projects 2016



Acknowledgement

Centennial Logo.jpg
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