Class Overview & Introduction
CHEN 4470 – Process Design Practice
Dr. Mario Richard Eden
Department of Chemical Engineering
Auburn University
Lecture No. 1 – Course Introduction and Project Overview
January 15, 2013
Class Overview 1:4
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Lectures
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Tuesday & Thursday 9:30–10:20 AM (Ross Auditorium)
Relies primarily on knowledge obtained earlier, but
several new topics will be introduced, e.g.
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Mass Integration and Advanced Heat Integration
Integration of Design and Control
Product Manufacturing and Six Sigma
Computer Aided Molecular Design
Labs
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Sections
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I: Tuesday & Thursday 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM (Ross 306)
II: Tuesday & Thursday 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM (Ross 306)
No required labs, the lab (Ross 306) is there for
computer access and team meetings
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Teaching Assistants
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No formal TA has been assigned to this class, but any of
my graduate students will be happy to help if the need
arises. You can find them in Ross 332 and/or 349.
Course Materials
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Textbook
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Seider, Seader, Lewin and Widagdo, Product and Process Design
Principles: Synthesis, Analysis, and Evaluation, 3e, 2008,
9780470048955, Wiley.
Additional material may be provided as handouts or placed on
the class homepage.
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Grading
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Three (3) Progress Reports (60%)
Final report and oral presentation (40%)
Team Status Meetings
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Scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday
Weekly 30 minute meeting with instructor
Discuss progress and/or problems (technical
management)
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Class Overview 4:5
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Open-Ended Design Project
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Literature studies
Flowsheet synthesis
Process simulation
Economic, environmental, health & safety evaluations
Not one single correct solution
Identify possibilities and argue for choices
Optimization of suggested process
Team Work
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Performed as consulting company
Emphasis on capability to delegate and structure efforts
Focus on presentation skills (oral & written)
Class Overview 5:5
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Industrial Collaboration
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Eastman Chemical, Kingsport, TN
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Evonik Degussa, Mobile, AL
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Production of acetic acid
Day-trip to see the plant
Scheduled for Tuesday March 5
Guest lectures throughout the semester
Technical Consultant
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Bob Kline, Eastman Chemical Company
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Senior process engineer (more than 10 years experience)
Project Overview 1:2
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Liquid Fuels and/or Chemicals from Synthesis Gas
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Processing 500,000,000 scf/day syngas (based on CO)
Fuel Gas
Methanol
Acetic Acid
Autothermal
Reforming
Methanol
Synthesis
Acetic Acid
Production
Natural Gas (CH4)
Steam
CO2
Air
Air
Separation
Lights
Syngas
500,000,000 SCF CO
Gas
Conditioning
& Clean-up
Fischer-Tropsch
Synthesis
O2
Gasification
Naphtha (C5-C10)
H2
Distillate and Wax (C11-)
Tail Gas (C1-C2)
Fuel Gas
LPG (C3-C4)
Water
LPG (C3-C4)
Naphtha (C5-C10)
Diesel (C11-C20)
Separation
Coal and/or Biomass
Separation
O2
Hydroisomerization
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Project Deliverables
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Three progress reports
Individual team assignment
Final report and oral presentation
Project Timeline
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Feb. 8:
March 8:
March 4-8:
April 5:
April 19:
April 25-26:
Progress report 1 due
Progress report 2 due
Individual team assignment selection
Progress report 3 due
Final report due
Oral presentations
Other Business 1:2
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Next Lecture – Thursday January 17
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Discuss contents of reports
Modeling gasification in Aspen
Team Status Meetings
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Should start next week, but delayed to due travel
Schedule will be posted on class webpage
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Homework
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Begin literature collection/review of materials on:
– Synthesis gas production
– Methanol synthesis
– Acetic acid production
– Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
– Hydroisomerization
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Sources:
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Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
Science direct, Scifinder Scholar
In Class Assignment
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Design Teams
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Team Names
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Total of 63 students
12 teams of 4 people
3 teams of 5 people
Catchy is always nice 
Not required right now
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