Process Design of Petrochemical plant I

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. enumerate the fundamentals of process plant design; 2. carry out material and energy balance of a simple unit manually and using Computer software packages; 3. apply the criteria and procedures for equipment selection and sizing in design of distillation, absorber, adsorption column; 4. prepare a comprehensive basic engineering design report manually and use computer software packages; 5. design and prepare an assessment of the economic performance of the Petrochemical plant manually and use computer software packages; and 6. carry out the mechanical design of columns including foundation and supporting structures. * It is expected that 2hrs every week should be used by students to learn how to use software such as CHEMCAD, HYSYS to do simple Calculations based on the content of this course.

The general scope of design. Factors influencing the cost of products. Process evaluation. Block diagrams. Mass and energy balances. Process flowsheets. Flowsheet symbols, engineering flowsheets symbols, engineering flowsheets, mechanical flow diagram, utility flowsheets. Presentation and discussion of real design problems. Design codes and standards, design information and databases. Computer software packages (Aspen Hysys, PV Elite, Chem Cad). Selection between packed and plate towers and column internals. Detailed design procedures for distillation, extraction and absorption and costing. the applicability of these methods to vacuum and high-pressure operation. Mechanical design of columns including foundation and supporting structures.