8CH1-Process Engineering & Plant Design |
Units: I |
Process Design and Development : General design considerations: The hierarchy of
chemical process design, the nature of process synthesis and analysis.
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Units: II |
Developing a conceptual design and finding the best flowsheet : input information and
batch versus continuous, input/output structure of the flowsheet; Recycle structure of the
flowsheet; Separation system; Heat Exchanger Networks. |
Units: III |
Plant Design : Process design Development and general design considerations.
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Units: IV |
Process Economics : Economic feasibility of project using order-of-magnitude cost
estimates, plant and equipment cost estimation, product cost estimation.
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Units: V |
Profitability Analysis : Rate of return, payback period, discount rate of return, net present
worth, internal rate of return, comparing investment alternatives.
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Text/ Reference Books |
1. Douglas, J.M. Conceptual Design of Chemical Process, McGraw- Hill, 1989
2. Peters, M.S. and Timmerhaus, K.D., “Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers.”
4th ed., McGraw Hill, 1991.
3. Biegler, L., Grossmann, I.E. Westerberg. A.W. “Systematic Methods of Chemical
Engineering and Process Design,” Prentice Hall, 1997
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