Instructors: Costas Elmasides
Course Code: 15ΖΕ1Ν – Κ1
Semester: 8th
Weekly teaching hours: 6
ECTS credits: 5
Prerequisites: –
Course offered to Erasmus students: No
Course URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/ TMC377/
Learning Outcomes:
The aim of the course is the design of chemical processes and the expansion or reorganization of existing processes using principles and theories of engineering in conjunction with the practical application of the limits imposed by regulations on environmental protection, safety and hygiene.
After the successful completion of the course students will be able to:
- apply the knowledge gained from courses of previous years, for the design of industrial plants
- estimate the cost of installing and operating industrial plants
- assess the economic viability of the investments concerned
General Skills:
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,
ICT Use
Teamwork
Critical thinking
Course Content:
1. Introductory course – Objective of design
2. The stages of design
3. The design data
4. Composition and development of a flowchart
5. Economic analysis of investment projects
6. Degrees of freedom. Design variables
7. Solving design systems
8. Energy Optimization
9. Energy integration
10. Process control
11. Study of investment idea Ι
12. Study of investment idea ΙΙ
13. Study of investment idea ΙΙΙ
Suggested Bibliography:
- Peters M., Timmerhaus K. D., West R. E., (2003), Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers. McGraw-Hill Chemical Engineering. ISBN-13:063-9785503897.
- Klemes J., (2011), Sustainability in the Process Industry: Integration and Optimization, McGraw-Hill ISBN: 9780071605540.
