CME 440
Process Engineering and Design I
Credits and Contact Hours: 3 credits; 3 hours and 0 minutes
Course Instructor: Devinder Mahajan
Text(s):
1. Seider, W.D., Seader, J.D., and Lewin, D.R., Process Design Principles:
Synthesis, Analysis, and Design, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., December 2008 and
2009. ISBN 978-0-470-04895-5.
2. Svrcek, W.Y., Mahoney, D.P., Young, B.R., A Real-Time Approach to Process
Control, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2006.
Specific course information
a. Fundamentals of process control and its role in process design. Process synthesis and
reactor design parameters. Process flow sheet, P&ID symbols. Incorporation of
environmental and safety aspects into process design. Design project selection with
multiple realistic constraints. Team assignments, final project title and industrial mentor
assignments. Introduction to CHEMCAD.
b. CME Major: U3 or U4 standing; CME 320, CME 322, CME 323
c. Required course
Specific goals for the course:
1. Use modern tools and techniques, such as process simulation software.
2. Learn the key assumptions that underlie the design of chemical plants and their
comparative merits.
3. Learn all phases of process design of a chemical plant -- concept, design, cost
estimation, and economic analysis.
4. Apply the fundamentals of chemical engineering to the design of a chemical process.
Criterion 3 a-k: Outcomes
a. Ability to apply knowledge of math, engineering, and science
b1. Ability to design and conduct experiments
b2. Ability to analyze and interpret data
c. Ability to design system, component or process to meet needs
d. Ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
e. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
k. Ability to use techniques, skills, and tools in engineering
practice
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Introduction to process design, design project schematics,
guidelines, and report format
Process Control 1 – control and simulation, dynamic process
simulation
Process Control 2 – process control hardware, control system
components, primary elements, controllers (mass flow, P, T), final
control elements (control valves, e.g., for liquids).
Process Control 3 – open-loop control, disturbances, feedback
control, dead time, common control loops, basic control modes.
Quiz#1
Process Control 4 – Control in real systems.
Introduction to process flow sheet, P&ID symbols, process design
symbols for process flow diagram/engineering diagram.
Quiz#2
Project topic selection and layout
Mid term week.
Project Report due
VISIO tool – Process flow sheet preparation
Introduction to ChemCAD
ChemCad Webinar- Building a process flowsheet
Design of process piping: pumps, compressors.
Heat exchangers: design, operation and control.
Design project discussion
Power Point Presentation: Preliminary process design
Design project report due