1. CL 425 Process Synthesis and Design

Date: Semester 1, 2021-22

The objective of this course is to perform integration of various unit operations and carry out process design. The contents of the course are listed below:
1.Process synthesis: Integration of various unit operations and processes for plant-wide operation. Introduction to recycle and purge streams, chemical reactors, and vapour and liquid recovery.
2.Flowsheet development: Mass and energy balance equations and process design calculations for a plant flowsheet.
3.Reactor network: Design of a network of continuous reactors, concept of attainable region, and inclusion of recycle streams in reactor network design.
4.Heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS): Minimum energy recovery, minimum number of heat exchangers required for energy exchange, pinch point analysis, and composite curve for heat recovery.
5.Controllability: Process and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) and plant-wide control system design under disturbances.
6.Optimal design and scheduling of a batch process: Design optimization and scheduling of a batch process for optimal usage of material and energy while satisfying process and target constraints.

Reference Books:

1.J. Douglas, Conceptual Design of Chemical Processes, McGraw Hill, 1989.
2.L.T. Biegler, I.E. Grossmann, and A.W. Westerberg, Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design, Prentice Hall International Inc., 1997.
3.W.D. Seider and J.D. Seader, Product and Process Design Principles: Synthesis, Analysis and Evaluation, 2nd ed., John Wiley, 2004