📜 Course Description

Lectures and practicum on methods and calculations, including economic evaluations for the design of chemical plants; formal technical report required.

📜 Course Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• [ ] given an under-defined problem statement with product specifications, synthesize a chemical process sequence
• [ ] design and determine sizes of process equipment
• [ ] apply process simulation software (Aspen Plus) to model a multi-unit process
• [ ] estimate capital and operating costs and perform an economic analysis
• [ ] iteratively evaluate the initial design in light of process model and economics (e. g., heat integration)
• [ ] identify safety, health, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, and environmental issues relevant to the process design
• [ ] evaluate individual contributions to team success and function as a contributing team member
• [ ] write effective progress reports to a supervisor
• [ ] present design work to upper management
• [ ] create a project management plan