studies

Plant Design

A3 Advanced module in Plant Design (KE430-3)

Person in charge: Professor Markku Hurme

Compulsory courses:

Process Design I 3 cr

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Students understand the basics of process design of an inorganic chemical process
  2. Can search information's for market and feasibility study
  3. Can select and calculate reaction and separation operations
  4. Can draw PFD, layout and calculate material and energy balance
  5. Can size the equipment such as reactors, pumps, heat exchangers, vessels, pipes and control valves

Content: Course gives practical knowledge on process development and design. A case study on selection, design and feasibility of an inorganic chemical process is presented including safety, environmental and economic aspects.

Assessment Methods and Criteria: Lecture and exercise participation, design work and seminar presentation, examination

 

Process Safety 3 cr

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Students acquire the basic knowledge of safety issues in chemical process industry
  2. Can identify the hazard of chemicals and chemical processes
  3. Can identify fires and explosions, and design the preventions
  4. Can understand the methods and principles in chemical process safety

Content: Introduction, chemical plant accidents, toxicology, industrial hygience, MSDS, control, fires and explosions, prevent fires and explosions, reliefs, hazards identification, reactive chemicals, also Process risk management, dangerous properties of chemicals. Course does not contain lectures.

Assessment Methods and Criteria: 1-2 literature works (each 6 page), exam based on notes given.

 

Plant Design II 8 cr

Learning outcomes:

  1. Students acquire advanced practical knowledge on process design and preliminary plant design
  2. Can define market study of raw materials, products, material margin and process alternatives
  3. Can calculate material and enery balance and simulation of the process
  4. Can draw PFD, PI-diagrams, lay out and define utilities, emissions and waste of the plant
  5. Can define equipment sizing, equipment list, specification and instructions
  6. Can calculate capital invesment, operating cost, production cost, analyse profitabily and finacial planning
  7. Can demonstrate team work, presentation, management and leadership skills in real plant design

Content: A preliminary design and feasibility study of a process, which is done as a design project. Includes acquiring of source information for design, methods of design, cost and profitability estimation. Project work is done in teams of 5 students. The design project is divided into five reports: I. Project start-up, market study and plant location, process alternatives and comparison of process alternatives

II.Selecting the process alternatives; process design, PFD

III. PI diagram, equipment specifications, instructions, layout,
laws, regulation and permits

IV. Cost estimations, profitability, time schedule, financing plan

V. Final report

Assessment Methods and Criteria: Accepted design reports and presentations, participation in meetings.

 

Elective courses:

Process Development 4 cr

Learning outcomes: Understanding the steps of process development.

Content: Nowadays the same time scale of process development must be short
to be competitive. The stops of process development from idea to
product or process are taught to find innovative solutions to
technical problems and process configurations. Case based learning.

Assessment Methods and Criteria: Lectures, exercises and exam.

 

Introduction to Biorefineries and Biofuels 5 cr

After the course the student will be able to

  • realise why we need biofuels
  • list the most important biofuels and processes related to biofuels and their future prospects
  • present the most promising new sources for biofuels
  • explain what a biorefinery is and the role of biorefineries as a source of sustainable fuels

Content: Energy outlook and legislation concerning the biofuels. Raw materials for biofuels. Processes related to biofuels. Most common biofuels used in transportation and stationary energy production. Properties of biofuels and their applications and comparison with the conventional fuels. Various biorefinery concepts.

Assessment Methods and Criteria: Evaluated assignments, altoghether 11 weekly assignments

 

Process Simulation 3cr

Learning outcomes:

  1. Students acquire the engineering knowledge and experience to use commercial process simulator Pro II
  2. Can calculate physical and equilibrium properties of components
  3. Can simulate heat exchanger, flash, columns (distillation, absorption, stripping), extraction and reactors
  4. Can use calculator, controller and optimizer in simulation
  5. Can carry out a detailed steady state simulation of a chemical process and analyze process flow sheets

Content: Fundamentals of steady state chemical process simulation, flowsheeting, and optimization. Course focuses on the simulation of physical properties, equilibrium properties, flash. Columns, distillation, adsorption and extraction. Reactors. Other equipment and processes. Controllers, optimization using Pro/II simulation program.

Assessment Methods and Criteria: Examination, exercise participation and accepted home work.

 

Special Study in Plant Design 1-7 cr

Learning outcomes: The course provides students deep knowledge of independent special studies in chemical process and plant design.

Content: One ore more special studies in chemical process and plant design area. Topics are agreed with professor/instructor.

Assessment Methods and Criteria: Special work reports or literature studies.

 

Special Course in Plant Design 1-5 cr

Learning outcomes: The course provides students in-dept knowledge on special topics in chemical process and plant design.

Content: Recent special topics in chemical and process plant design. The subject of the course varies.

Assessment Methods and Criteria: Participation and Examination

 

Basics of Production Planning and Control 6 cr

After completing the course, the student

  • Knows the most important systems of the production planning and control used in the process industries, their structure and operation principles;
  • Knows the most important operation research areas and their typical problems;
  • Is able to use linear programming: Simplex methods and its variants;
  • Knows the methods for transportation and networks optimization;
  • Knows dynamic proramming, integer programming and nonlinear programming methods and their use;
  • Knows inventory theory, forcasting and scheduling methods and their use.

Content: The aim of the course is to give knowledge about methods used in production planning and control of industrial processes. Applications of production control are also discussed.

Assessment Methods and Criteria: Lectures, exercises and exam.

 

Environmental Management 2 cr

Learning outcomes: After completing the course students will understand the wider context to environmental management in terms of environmental themes and pressures on organisations, recognise essential practical questions and be able to explain working methods and tools available for managing and evaluating organisational environmental performance. The student will learn to analyse environmental efficiency from a sustainable development perspective by studying practical examples.

Content: A broad based introduction to the practical aspects of
environmental management in businesses and available approaches to achieving the objective of continuous improvement in the reduction of significant environmental impacts. The course looks at challenges to industry in the context of sustainable development, available tools to aid organisational responses and an introduction to the major themes in environmental protection legislation. Environmental management systems, the application of ISO 14001 and EMAS are covered, as is the role and use of life cycle assessment tools (LCA), eco-labelling and environmental permitting (IPPC). A computer based exercise covering the construction of a simple LCA model for a paper industry product is also included.

Assessment Methods and Criteria: Exam, practical computer exercise and other short exercises.

 

Introduction to Project Management 3 cr

 

Total 20 cr

 

Course descriptions can be found at Noppa.