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'''Welcome!''' This electronic textbook is a student-contributed open-source text covering the materials used in the capstone process design courses taught by Prof. Fengqi You at Northwestern University.  
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'''Welcome to the Northwestern University Chemical Engineering Process Design Open Textbook.''' <br />
Due to security measures, this site is restricted to invited registrations only.
This electronic textbook is a student-contributed open-source text covering the materials used in our chemical engineering capstone design courses at Northwestern.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design Basis'''
# [[Define product and feed]]
# [[Preliminary market analysis and plant capacity]]
# [[Site condition and design]]
# [[Block Flow Diagram| Block flow diagram]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Flowsheet'''
# [[Process flow diagram]]
# [[Process alternatives and flowsheeting]]
# [[Reactors]]
# [[Separation processes]]
# [[Process hydraulics]]
# [[Heat Transfer Equipment| Heat transfer equipment: Heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, heaters and coolers]]
# [[Pinch analysis]]
# [[Utility systems]]
# [[Pressure Vessels| Pressure vessels]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Simulation'''
# [[Property package]]
# [[Mixer and Splitter]]
# [[Separator]]
# [[Heat exchanger]]
# [[Column]]
# [[Reactor]]
# [[Pressure changer]]
# [[Solids-involved equipment]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Process Economics'''
# [[Equipment sizing]]
# [[Estimation of capital]]
# [[Estimation of production cost and revenue]]
# [[Engineering economic analysis]]
# [[Sensitivity analysis and design optimization]]
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Other Process Design Considerations'''
# [[Materials of construction]]
# [[Process safety]]
# [[Process hazards]]
# [[Environmental concerns]]
# [[Process controls]]
# [[Process location and layout decisions]]
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= Chemical Process Design Theory and Method =
|width = "400pt"|<br />'''&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">Chemical Process Design Projects</font>'''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2014'''
==Design Basis==
* [[Design G1 | Glycerol to Propylene Glycol (G1)]]
# Define product and feed
* [[Design G2 | Glycerol to Propylene Glycol (G2)]]
# Preliminary market analysis and plant capacity
* [[Design S1 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S1)]]
# Site condition and design
* [[Design S2 | Succinic Acid to 1,4-Butanediol (S2)]]
# [[Block Flow Diagram| Block flow diagram]]
* [[Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling (2014)]] for (Hydrogen Design Contest)
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&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2015'''
==Process Flow Diagram==
* [[Ethanol to Ethylene (B1)]]
# Process alternatives and flowsheeting
* [[Biomass to Ethylene (B2)]]
# Reactors
* [[Shale Gas to Ethylene (G1)]]
# Separation processes
* [[Shale Gas to Ethylene (G2)]]
# Process hydraulics: Hydraulic systems, pressure drop, valves, pumps, and compressors
* [[Natural Gas to Hydrogen (H)]]
# Heat transfer equipment: Heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, heaters and coolers
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# Utility systems
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# Pressure vessels
&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Design projects 2016'''
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* [[Desalination - Team A]]
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* [[Desalination - Team B]]
 
* [[Desalination_-_Team_D|Team D - A New San Diego: Reverse Osmosis Moving Forward]]
==Process Economics==
* [[Desalination_-_Team_E|Los Angeles Droughts - Team E]]
# Estimation of capital
* [[Nueces Desalination Center: Production of Drinking Water by Multi-Stage Flash Distillation]]
# Estimation of production cost and revenue
* [[Desalination  - Team G]]
# Engineering economic analysis
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# Sensitivity analysis and design optimization
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==Other Process Design Considerations==
# Process safety
# Process hazards
# Environmental concerns
# Controls and P&ID
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=Chemical Process Design Projects=
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== Examples ==
* Sugar Cane Ethanol Plant (2011)
* Other examples
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==Glycerol to propylene glycol==
* Design 1
* Design 2
* Design 3
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==3-Hydroxypropionic acid to 1,3-propanediol==
* Design 1
* Design 2
* Design 3
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==Succinic acid to 1,4-butanediol==
* Design 1
* Design 2
* Design 3
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'''Acknowledgement'''


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Latest revision as of 19:43, 8 October 2023

Welcome! This electronic textbook is a student-contributed open-source text covering the materials used in the capstone process design courses taught by Prof. Fengqi You at Northwestern University.
If you have comments or suggestions regarding this open textbook, please contact Professor Fengqi You, who is currently at Cornell University.
Due to security measures, this site is restricted to invited registrations only.




Chemical Process Design Open Textbook


  Chemical Process Design Theory and Method

  Design Basis

  1. Define product and feed
  2. Preliminary market analysis and plant capacity
  3. Site condition and design
  4. Block flow diagram



  Process Flowsheet

  1. Process flow diagram
  2. Process alternatives and flowsheeting
  3. Reactors
  4. Separation processes
  5. Process hydraulics
  6. Heat transfer equipment: Heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, heaters and coolers
  7. Pinch analysis
  8. Utility systems
  9. Pressure vessels



  Process Simulation

  1. Property package
  2. Mixer and Splitter
  3. Separator
  4. Heat exchanger
  5. Column
  6. Reactor
  7. Pressure changer
  8. Solids-involved equipment



  Process Economics

  1. Equipment sizing
  2. Estimation of capital
  3. Estimation of production cost and revenue
  4. Engineering economic analysis
  5. Sensitivity analysis and design optimization



  Other Process Design Considerations

  1. Materials of construction
  2. Process safety
  3. Process hazards
  4. Environmental concerns
  5. Process controls
  6. Process location and layout decisions



  Chemical Process Design Projects

  Design projects 2014



  Design projects 2015



  Design projects 2016




Acknowledgement

Centennial Logo.jpg

Cornell Prof. Fengqi You Research Group