Mekelle University

Ethiopian Institute of Technology - Mekelle

Department of Chemical Engineering
Course Number (code) ChEg5192 ECTS Credits 5
Course Title Computer Aided Process Design Contact Hours 5 (3 lecture + 3 Practical)
and Simulation
Degree Program B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering Pre-requisites ChEg5193
Class Year V Status of Course Compulsory
Lecturer Hagos M. Attendance 85%
hagos.mebrahtu@mu.edu.et Req.
Mobile: +251989846429
▪ Course Objectives & Competences to be acquired
The aim is to introduce students with process software used in process modeling and design.
▪ Up on the completion of courses,
The students will be able to use chemical engineering software to design process and simulate with
aid of computers.
Description/Course Course Contents
Week Day 1 Activity Day 2 Activity
1 ❖ General Introduction 1. Programming Basics
❖ Course Plan distribution ❖ Matrix
❖ MATLAB
❖ Aspen Plus
Mode of delivery: Lecture
2 2. Numerical Techniques ….Continued from 2.1
2.1 Algebraic & Nonlinear Equations ✓ MATLAB routines for solving functions of a
✓ Introduction single variable
✓ General form for a linear system of equations ✓ Mode of delivery: Practical
✓ Nonlinear functions of a single variable
Mode of delivery: Lecture
3 ….Continued from 2 ….Continued from 2.1
✓ Multivariable systems ✓ MATLAB routines for systems of nonlinear
• Newton’s method for multivariable problems algebraic equations
• Quasi-Newton methods
Mode of delivery: Lecture Mode of delivery: Practical
4 2.2. Numerical Integration ….Continued from 2.2
✓ Background ✓ Runge-Kutta Integration
✓ Euler integration ✓ MATLAB integration routines
✓ Implicit Euler
✓ Numerical Stability of Explicit and Implicit Euler Mode of delivery: Lecture & practical
Methods
Mode of delivery: Lecture
5 ❖ First Quiz1 on chapters 1 and 2 3. Modeling
❖ Individual assignment on problem solving using MATLAB 3.1. Basic Concepts
✓ Modeling Fundamentals
✓ Model Classification
3.2. A Systematic Approach to Model Building
✓ The Process System and the Modeling Goal
✓ The notion of a process system
6 ….Continued from 3.2 Test
✓ Incremental Evolution of the Ingredients of Process Assignment on Modeling
Models
✓ Plug Flow Reactor and Batch Reactor
3.3. Vapor Liquid Equilibrium
Mode of delivery: Lecture
7 4. Separation Processes ✓ Feedback for Quize 1 and Assignment 1
✓ Binary ✓ Feedback for Test and Assignment 2
✓ Multi-component
✓ Steady State Mode of delivery: tutorial
✓ Dynamics Remedial support: Individual consultation
8 5. Simulation Steady State simulation using Aspen Plus
5.1. Steady State simulation Mode of delivery: Practical
Mode of delivery: Lecture
9 5.2. Dynamics simulation Dynamics simulation using Aspen Plus
Mode of delivery: Lecture Mode of delivery: Practical
10 First Quiz2 on chapters 4 and 5 6. Design
Group assignment on Process Simulation using Aspen Plus 6.1. Reactor & separators
Mode of delivery: Lecture
11 ….Continued from 6.1 6.2. Entire plant
Reactor & separators design using Aspen Plus Mode of delivery: Lecture
Mode of delivery: Practical
11 ….Continued from 6.2 Feedback for Quize 2 and Group Assignment
Entire plant Using Aspen Plus Mode of delivery: tutorial
❖ Project Work on Flowsheet Simulation Remedial support: Individual consultation
12 Progress report of project work Progress report of project work (Cont…)
✓ Mode of delivery: tutorial ✓ Mode of delivery: tutorial
Remedial support: Individual consultation Remedial support: Individual consultation
13 Final project report Final Project presentation
14 Revision Week
15 Study Week
16 Final Exam week

Evaluation

➢ Assignments............................15%
➢ Quizzes...................................10%
➢ Tests........................................15%
➢ Project.....................................10%
➢ Final Exam...............................50%

References

1. Bequette, B. W. Process Dynamics: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation, Prentice-Hall: Upper

Saddle River, 1998
2. Luyben, W. L. Plant wide Dynamic Simulators in Chemical Processing and Control, Marcel
Dekker: New York, 2002.
3. Al-Malah, Kamal.I.M. Aspen Plus: Chemical Engineering Applications, Willy, 2017
4. Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, McGraw-Hill, 6th edition.