1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	15
Laboratory exercises	75

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

PURPOSE: To familiarize students with the fundamentals of process plant design. Mastering the basis of process design in the software package SuperPro Designer using all the knowledge acquired during the studies.

THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE:
1st week
Introductory lecture. Basic terms of process plant design.
2nd week
Project organization. Basics of process design.
3rd week
Criteria for the location of process plant. Adoption of investment decision. Phases of project realization and work distribution.
4th week
Contracts - regulation of relations between investor and designer.
5th week
Research and process development. Phases of process development. Example from practice - development of industrial process for the production of tert-L-leucine.
6th week
Rating of the process. Feasibility study of the process. Distribution of expenses in production. Financial effect of investment.
7th week
First preliminary exam
8th week
Project assignment.
9th week
Process design. Process scheme. Block scheme. Process flow scheme.
10th week
Mathematical formulation of the problem. Synthesis, optimization and simulation of process schemes.
11th week
Mass and energy balances. Stoichiometry. Systems of linear and non-linear equations. Method of division factors.
12th week
Pipes and instrumentation. Process control and instrumentation. Process safety.
13th week
Detailed process design. Program of the project. Layout of the process plant.
14th week
Auxiliaries and facilities. Environmental Impact Assessment.
15th week
Second preliminary exam.

Parallel with the lectures through the entire semester students work on their project assignments in small teams on computers.

GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMPETENCE:
Students acquire basic knowledge needed for project development and develop the skill of solving a problem by team work by working in groups.

KNOWLEDGE TESTING AND EVALUATION:
1. Partial preliminary exams
2. Written exam

MONITORING OF THE COURSE QUALITY AND SUCCESSFULNESS:
Student survey

LITERATURE:
1. Šef, Olujić: Projektiranje procesnih postrojenja, SKTH/Kemija u industriji, Zagreb 1988

Expected learning outcomes at the level of the course:
1. To define the theoretical background of process plant design.
2. To apply the principles of mass and energy conservation laws on the project assignment.
3. To sketch the process scheme and specify process units and flows.
4. To write a mathematical model of the chemical or physical process in the project assignment on the basis of input data.
5. To simulate the example in the project assignment by using the program package SuperPro Designer..
6. To design the process units by using SuperPro Designer.
7. To optimize the process considering the output values.

Learning outcomes at the level of the study programme:
1. Analysis and optimization of process plant by using the computer program
2. Application of chemical engineering methodology on the development of environmentally friendly process.
3. Application of computer program, and computer techniques in general in modeling and process optimization.
4. Recognition and finding solutions to problems regarding environmental protection.

Teaching units with the corresponding learning outcomes and evaluation criteria:
1. Basics terms in process design. Project organization.
Learning outcomes
to define and explain the roles of investors and designer
to define the factors that affect the choice of process plant location
to define the phases in project realization
Evaluation criteria
explain the roles of investor and designer
explain how the process plant location is chosen
number and describe the phases of project realization

2. Contracts - regulation of relationship between the investor and designer
Learning outcomes
to define the types of contracts between investor and designer
to define the advantages and disadvantages of each contract type
Evaluation criteria
distinction and recognition of advantages and disadvantages of types of contract between investor and designer

3. Research and process development. Process development phases.
Learning outcomes
to explain the role of chemical engineer in process development
to define the possibilities of technological process development
to define the phases of process development
to discuss technical problems of scale up
Evaluation criteria
explain the role of chemical engineer in process development
number the phases of process development and the possibilities of technological process development
explain the problems with process scale up

4. Process rating. Feasibility study of the process. Production costs differentiation. Financial effect of investment
Learning outcomes
to define the expenses of the process development
to define the cumulative money flow during investment
Evaluation criteria
number and explain the types of expenses in process development

5. Project assignment. Process schemes. Block schemes. Process flow scheme.
Learning outcomes
to define the important features of process assignment
to define the types of process schemes
to summarize and apply the accumulated knowledge during studies on project assignment
Evaluation criteria
to define the project assignment and process scheme on the basis of given example
use the mathematical model to describe the given process and incorporate it in the project
optimization of the given process by using the program SuperPro Designer

6. Pipes and instrumetation. Process control and instrumentation. Process safety.
Learning outcomes
to define P&I diagram
to define and explain the features that affect the process safety
Evaluation criteria
explain the significance of P&I diagram
explain the important features for process safety

7. Detail process design. Project program. Plant schedule.
Learning outcomes
to define the contents of project program
to define and explain the important steps in the schedule of process plant
Evaluation criteria
explain the important facts for detail process design
explain the way to determine the schedule of process units in process plant

8. Auxiliaries and objects. Environmental assessment.
Learning outcomes
to define the auxiliaries and objects necessary in the process plant
to define and explain the environmental assessment study
Evaluation criteria
number the auxiliaries and objects necessary in the process plant
explain the legal basis of environmental assessment and explain what it means

Mandatory course - Regular studij - Environmental Engineering