After successful completion of the course, students are able to develop simple flowsheeting models in an industrial process simulation environment, to investigate chemical engineering problems and perform sensitivity analysis.
Using hands-on exercises based on tutorials students are introduced to the use of industrial process simulation tools. Afterwards, new skills are trained by working on a simple simulation task. After determining of basic process parameters via short-cut methods and checking the accuracy of relevant thermodynamic properties, a flowsheeting model of the process is developed and used for calculation of mass- and energy balances. Working with industrial flowsheeting software shall illustrate potential, but also boundaries of process simulation.
Introduction to selected flowsheeting software using Tutorials. Elaboration of a simulation task and development of a simple flowsheeting model for balancing the process as well as sensitivity analysis.
Work on a task takes place in goups of 2 students.
Students will use the simulation tool via Remote-Desktop function.
Support during work on the tasks will be given via TUWEL and regular online-meetings via Zoom.
Details to the procedure of the course will be given in the preliminary talk.
Protocol
Registration via TISS!
Attendance at preliminary talk!
Participation in the lecture 166.038 Process Simulation
Basic knowledge in chemical engineering (balancing, flowsheets) - especially thermal process engineering (evaporation, distillation, heat exchange) and chemical process engineering (reactors, reaction chemistry)
Basic knowledge in thermodynamics/physical chemistry (equation of state, activity coefficients, mixed phase thermodynamics, vapor-liquid equilibrium)