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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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# [[Environmental concerns]]
# [[Environmental concerns]]
# [[Process controls]]
# [[Process controls]]
# [[Process location and layout decisions]]
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* [[Design S1 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S1)]]
* [[Design S1 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S1)]]
* [[Design S2 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S2)]]
* [[Design S2 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S2)]]
* [[Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling (2014)]] for (Hydrogen Design Contest)
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* [[Ethanol to Ethylene (B1)]]
* [[Ethanol to Ethylene (B1)]]
* [[Biomass to Ethylene (B2)]]
* [[Biomass to Ethylene (B2)]]
* [[Ethane to Ethylene (G1)]]
* [[Shale Gas to Ethylene (G1)]]
* [[Shale gas to Ethylene (G2)]]
* [[Shale Gas to Ethylene (G2)]]
* [[Natural Gas to Hydrogen (H)]]
* [[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]]
* [[Innovative Hydrogen Fueling Station Models (2015)]]
* [[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 19:32, 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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