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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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&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]]
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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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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Simulation'''
# [[Preparation]]
# [[Establishing a process flowsheet]]
# [[Recycles and treatment]]
# [[Internal & external functions]]
# [[Common questions]]


|width = "400pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">Chemical Process Design Projects</font>'''
|width = "400pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">Chemical Process Design Projects</font>'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Glycerol to Propylene Glycol'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2014'''
* [[Design G1]] (2014)
* [[Design G1 | Glycerol to Propylene Glycol (G1)]]
* [[Design G2]] (2014)
* [[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)]]
* [[Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling (2014)]] for (Hydrogen Design Contest)
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2015'''
* [[Design S1]] (2014)
* [[Ethanol to Ethylene (B1)]]
* [[Design S2]] (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;'''Hydrogen Student Design Contest'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2016'''
* [[Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling (2014)]]
* [[Desalination - Team A]]
* [[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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'''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

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