APPLIED PROCESS DESIGN I

Course objectives

Applied Process Design I The course aims at providing the students the knowledge needed to perform the process design of the main heat transfer equipment (shell and tube heat exchangers, other types of heat exchangers and furnaces) and the capability of dealing with the problems related to heat transfer operations (insulation, thermal circuits, heat integration. In addition, criteria for the choice and the design of some mass transfer equipment (crystallizers, driers, non conventional distillation units)will be illustrated. The proposed methods will be applied in numerical and simulation exercises.

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GIORGIO VILARDI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Membrane separation processes: separation mechanisms, types of membranes, practical applications, membrane reactors (plant engineering aspects), sizing. Direct flame equipment: heat transfer mechanisms, types of furnaces, practical applications (reformers, process furnaces, rotary kilns and their sizing and simulation), sizing of burners, elements of combustion fluid dynamics. Drying: selection and sizing of specific equipment. Reactor engineering: practical examples and selection of the correct reaction equipment, plant engineering aspects.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of process units Basic knowledge of transport phenomena and thermodynamic methods Basic knowledge of the process simulator
Books
slides and textbook suggested by the professor
Frequency
in presence
Exam mode
Numerical exercise on the sizing of a specific piece of equipment
Lesson mode
Lectures and exercises
BENEDETTA DE CAPRARIIS Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
-Thermal exchange: Shell and tube heat exchangers capacitors Reboilers Thermal exchange in the vessels Evaporators -Problems related to heat exchange: Insulation Thermal circuits Thermal integration – pinch theory -Liquid Liquid Extraction -Unconventional distillations
Prerequisites
-termodynamics -Chemical Plant -transport phenomena
Books
• A.K. Coker, “Ludwig’s Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants”, 4th ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007. • R.H.Perry, D.W.Green, "Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook", 7th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1997. • J.F.Richardson, J.H.Harker, J.R.Backhurst, "Coulson & Richardson’s Chemical engineering”, Vol.2, 5th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2002. • R. Sinnot, G.Towler "Chemical Engineering Design - Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering Series", Vol.6, 6th ed., Btterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2020.
Frequency
In class
Exam mode
Written exam Oral exam
Lesson mode
Traditional lessons and use of simulation software (pro II)
  • Lesson code1034947
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseChemical Engineering
  • CurriculumIngegneria Chimica dei materiali
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDING-IND/25
  • CFU9
  • Subject areaIngegneria chimica