COURSE #: ChE 487

COURSE TITLE: Chemical Process Simulation & design ii

TERMS OFFERED: Fall, Winter

PREREQUISITES: ChE 360, Chemical Engineering Laboratory I, ChE 344 Reaction Engineering and Design, and MSE 250 or 220, or graduate standing

TEXTBOOKS/REQUIRED MATERIAL:

RECOMMENDED: Douglas, James M., Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1988, ISBN:  0-07-017762-7

Peters, Max S., Klaus D. Timmerhaus and Ronald West,  Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers, 5th ed., New York, McGraw-Hill, 2003 ISBN: 0-07-119872-5

COGNIZANT FACULTY: Montgomery, Schwank, Weber, Fishstrom

 

 

INSTRUCTORS: Schwank, Barkel, Fishstrom

FACULTY APPROVAL:  6/1/2004

CoE BULLETIN DESCRIPTION: 

Process conceptualization and design.  Computer simulation of process and components. A major team design project with progress reports, oral presentation, and a technical report with engineering drawings and economics.

COURSE TOPICS: (number of hours in parentheses)

1.   Team dynamics and interpersonal relationships (1)

2.    Conceptual design and energy integration (10)

3.   Process simulation (4)

4.   Equipment sizing and cost estimation (3)

5.   Process economics and profitability (5 4)

6.   Team meetings with instructor (10)

7.   Technical communication (13)

8.    Ethics (1)

COURSE STRUCTURE/SCHEDULE:  Lecture:  3 per week @ 1 hour

 

 

course objectives

 

 

Links shown in brackets are to course outcomes that satisfy these objectives.

 

1.   To provide a basis for students to function effectively in teams on a major project [1-9].

2.   To equip students to conceptualize and develop a chemical engineering process [1, 4-8].

3.   To equip students to design the essential elements of a chemical engineering process (equipment sizes, material & energy balances, economics, environmental, safety) [1, 4-8]. 

4.   To provide experience using commercial process simulation software as a design tool [5].

5.   To develop studentsÕ skills in written and oral technical communication [2,3].

6.   To integrate and apply subject matter from previous courses to solve open ended problems [4-8]

7.    Provide opportunities to apply design concepts to biological systems [1-9]

 

 

 

COURSE

OUTCOMES

 

 

 

Links shown in brackets are to program educational outcomes.

 

1.     Research chemically related technical and business related information [9, 11]

2.     Write, edit, revise, and critique technical memos and formal written reports [7]

3.   Prepare and present effective oral reports [7]

4.   Assemble a logical sequence of interconnected unit operations for an effective chemical engineering process [1-3, 5, 10, 11-13]

5.   Use, and interpret results from a commercial process simulation software package [1-3, 5, 11-13]

6.   Assess the profitability of a chemical engineering process [8, 11]

7.   Determine sizes, materials, and capital and operating costs of equipment commonly used in the chemical processing industries [1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 13]

8.      Account for environmental and safety issues in designing a chemical engineering process [8, 12-13]

9.   Work as a member of a team [4]

 

 

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

 

1.     Regular team meetings with the course and project instructors including environmental and safety reviews, assess course outcomes 1-9

2.     Oral reports assess outcomes 1 and 3-8

3.     Written reports assess outcomes 1,2 and 4-8

4.     Written critique of other teamsÕ final design reports assesses outcomes 2 and 4-8

5.     Periodic self and peer evaluations assess outcome 9

6.     End-of-term course evaluation provides student self-assessment of outcomes 1-9