Introduction to Petrochemical Engineering Calculations

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. formulate and solve closed steady-state material balances on multi-stage systems with and without a recycle and purge; 2. formulate and solve closed steady-state material balances on multi-stage systems that include single and multiple chemical reactions; 3. formulate and solve closed steady-state material balances on multi-stage systems that include complete and incomplete conversions; 4. formulate and solve problems involving species and elements for reacting and non- reacting systems; 5. formulate and solve Energy balances; and 6. formulate and solve combined material and energy balances for simple petrochemical units. It is expected that 2hrs every week should be used by students to learn how to use software such as CHEMCAD, HYSYS for simple calculations based on the content of this course.

Analysis of material balances for multiple systems. Analysis of material balances problems with direct solutions. Material balances using algebraic techniques control surface and stage balances for open and closed systems. Problems involving species and elements for reacting and non-reacting systems. Material balances in process flow sheets. Energy balances procedures, energy balances for reactive and non-reactive processes, heat capacity. Calculation and enthalpy changes, without change of phase and for phase transitions. The heat of reaction combined mass and energy systems for steady-state and unsteady- state processes. Computer-aided combined mass and energy balance calculations. 300 Level