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'''Welcome to the Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Textbook.''' <br />
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.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 Textbook</font>

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|width = "550pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">Chemical Process Design Theory and Method</font>'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design Basis'''
# [[Define product and feed]]
# [[Preliminary market analysis and plant capacity]]
# [[Site condition and design]]
# [[Block Flow Diagram| Block flow diagram]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Flowsheet'''
# [[Process flow diagram]]
# [[Process alternatives and flowsheeting]]
# [[Reactors]]
# [[Separation processes]]
# [[Process hydraulics]]
# [[Heat Transfer Equipment| Heat transfer equipment: Heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, heaters and coolers]]
# [[Pinch analysis]]
# [[Utility systems]]
# [[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'''
# [[Equipment sizing]]
# [[Estimation of capital]]
# [[Estimation of production cost and revenue]]
# [[Engineering economic analysis]]
# [[Sensitivity analysis and design optimization]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Other Process Design Considerations'''
# [[Materials of construction]]
# [[Process safety]]
# [[Process hazards]]
# [[Environmental concerns]]
# [[Process controls]]
# [[Process location and layout decisions]]
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|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)]]
* [[Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling (2014)]] for (Hydrogen Design Contest)
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2015'''
* [[Ethanol to Ethylene (B1)]]
* [[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;'''Design projects 2016'''
* [[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'''

[[File:Centennial_Logo.jpg|left|150px]]

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