Main Page: Difference between revisions

From processdesign
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
 
(142 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
<!-- Header table. Introduction. -->
<!-- Header table. Introduction. -->
'''Welcome to the Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Textbook.''' <br />
{| class="wikitable" style="padding:5px" valign="top" width = "1080"
|-
|
'''Welcome to the Northwestern University Chemical Engineering 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.
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 would like to suggest changes to these pages, please email you[at]northwestern.edu .
|}

<br />
<br />
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].

<br />
<font size="5">Northwestern University Chemical Engineering Process Design Open Text Book</font>
----
----
<br /><br />
<font size="6">Northwestern University Chemical Process Design Open Textbook</font>


{| class="wikitable" style="padding: 1em; text-align:left"
<!-- Table of Contents -->
__TOC__

{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top" style="border: 1px solid red; padding:1px"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid darkgray; padding:5px;" width="590"
|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
|width = "550pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">Chemical Process Design Theory and Method</font>'''
|
----
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design Basis'''
# [[Define product and feed]]
# [[Preliminary market analysis and plant capacity]]
# [[Site condition and design]]
# [[Block Flow Diagram| Block flow diagram]]
<br />
----
&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]]
<br />
----
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Simulation'''
# [[Property package]]
# [[Mixer and Splitter]]
# [[Separator]]
# [[Heat exchanger]]
# [[Column]]
# [[Reactor]]
# [[Pressure changer]]
# [[Solids-involved equipment]]
<br />
----
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Economics'''
# [[Equipment sizing]]
# [[Estimation of capital]]
# [[Estimation of production cost and revenue]]
# [[Engineering economic analysis]]
# [[Sensitivity analysis and design optimization]]
<br />
----
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Other Process Design Considerations'''
# [[Materials of construction]]
# [[Process safety]]
# [[Process hazards]]
# [[Environmental concerns]]
# [[Process controls]]
# [[Process location and layout decisions]]
<br />


= Chemical Process Design Theory and Method =
|-
|
==Design Basis==
# Define product and feed
# Preliminary market analysis and plant capacity
# Define site condition
# [[Block Flow Diagram| Block flow diagram]]
|-
|


|width = "400pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">Chemical Process Design Projects</font>'''
==Process Flow Diagram==
----
# Literature review
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2014'''
# Process alternatives and technology options
* [[Design G1 | Glycerol to Propylene Glycol (G1)]]
# Define the major unit operations
* [[Design G2 | Glycerol to Propylene Glycol (G2)]]
# Process flow diagram
* [[Design S1 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S1)]]
# Byproducts and waste
* [[Design S2 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S2)]]
|-
* [[Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling (2014)]] for (Hydrogen Design Contest)
|
<br />

----
==Process Modeling and Simulation==
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2015'''
# Reactors
* [[Ethanol to Ethylene (B1)]]
# Separation processes
* [[Biomass to Ethylene (B2)]]
# Heat Exchangers
* [[Shale Gas to Ethylene (G1)]]
# Storage vessels
* [[Shale Gas to Ethylene (G2)]]
# Other vessels
* [[Natural Gas to Hydrogen (H)]]
# Plant hydraulics
<br />
# Utility systems
----
# HYSYS
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2016'''
# Aspen Plus
* [[Desalination - Team A]]
|-
* [[Desalination - Team B]]
|
* [[Desalination_-_Team_D|Team D - A New San Diego: Reverse Osmosis Moving Forward]]
==Process Economic Analysis==
* [[Desalination_-_Team_E|Los Angeles Droughts - Team E]]
# Estimation of capital
* [[Nueces Desalination Center: Production of Drinking Water by Multi-Stage Flash Distillation]]
# Estimation of production cost
* [[Desalination - Team G]]
# Estimation of revenue
<br />
# Profitability measures
|-
----
|
==Other Process Design Considerations==
# Plant hazards and safety analysis
# Environmental concerns
# Controls and P&ID
# Sensitivity analysis
# Process optimization
|}
| width="5" height="100%" border="0" |
|

{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid darkgray" padding:5px; width="480"
|-
|

=Chemical Process Design Projects=
|-
|
== Examples ==
* Sugar Cane Ethanol Plant (2011)
* Other examples
|-
|
==Glycerol to propylene glycol==
* Design 1
* Design 2
* Design 3
|-
|
==3-Hydroxypropionic acid to 1,3-propanediol==
* Design 1
* Design 2
* Design 3
|-
|
==Succinic acid to 1,4-butanediol==
* Design 1
* Design 2
* Design 3
|}
|}
|}


<br>


'''Acknowledgement'''


[[File:Centennial_Logo.jpg|left|150px]]
== Guide to Use Wiki ==
* [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents MediaWiki User's Guide]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]

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
Retrieved from "https://processdesign.mccormick.northwestern.edu/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=5300"