After successful completion of the course, students are able to

- perform a basic process design using commercial process simulators (e.g., Aspen Plus)

- perform process optimisation (e.g., process synthesis, heat integration) using process simulators

- evaluate process designs using technoeconomic assessment and LCA on the basis of process simulation data

- resemble the work of an engineerign team with distinctive roles

- Process synthesis, basic design, and process flowsheeting including upstream, downstream and process energy utility sections (including material and energy blances, material and energy recycling strategies, equipment sizing and costing)

- Evaluation of process designs in the context of sustainable production (e.g., NPV analysis, environmental assessment indicators, optimisation).

- Workflows using process simulation software for process design.

- Introduction of the case study including workflows and roles etc.

- Teamwork

- Meetings for reviewing the work-progress (Q&A sessions)

- Weekly support for process simulation, optimisation and assessment tasks

- Visit a relevant industrial site, on-site presentation on-site of the case study results and discussion with industrial experts

Technical report and oral presentation

This course builds upon the pre-feasibility study performed in 166.725 Case Studies in Process Design 1.

Aspects of the courses "166.718 Systematic Methods in Process Design", "166.720 Optimisation in Process Systems Engineering" and "168.717 LCA in Process Systems Engineering" are applied in this course.