Process Integration and Intensification

Year
4
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02021312
Subject Area
Chemical Engineering
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Other Languages of Instruction
English
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
5.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Chemical Thermodynamics; Mass and Energy Balances; Modeling, Simulation and Optimization; Transport Phenomena I; Transport Phenomena II; Transport Phenomena III; Chemical Reactors I; Chemical Reactors II; Projects and Operations Management; Industrial Facilities and Equipment; Advances Modeling and Simulation Techniques.

Teaching Methods

Classes are used to present the basic concepts, definitions, formulations and illustrative examples. These concepts are later practiced by the students during the solution of a set of tasks, in groups of 2-3 people.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit will help the students in developing capabilities of applying mathematical techniques (graphical and numerical) in the analysis and synthesis of heat and mass transfer networks, and in specific application problems in the area of process intensification. It is intended that the students master the concepts of maximum energy recovery networks, and become able to apply the concept of pinch locations in the determination of the most favorable solutions. The students will also develop their capabilities of knowledge integration in the areas of transfer, transformation and separation processes. Other capabilities also improved: process synthesis and critical thinking in the selection of alternative process solutions, capability of solving problems that require the integration of knowledge from various other curricular units, and capability of team work.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Individual energy efficiency and efficiency of interconnection. Pinch analysis in heat transfer networks. Maximum heat recovery networks. Basic rules for the design of heat transfer networks. Optimization of multiple utilities. Heat and power integration. Integration of unit operations based on heat exchanges (distillation and evaporation).

Mathematical optimization in the systematic design of heat transfer networks.

Pinch analysis in mass transfer networks.

Process intensification. Scales of mixture and heat transfer. Multifunctional equipment and operations. Microreaction. Combination of reaction and separation processes. Intensification of heat and mass transfer.

Retrofit of equipment based on pinch analysis. Limiting factor diagnosis in the performance of common industrial equipment.

Head Lecturer(s)

Nuno Manuel Clemente de Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

1. Kemp, I. C. Pinch Analysis and Process Integration, A User Guide on Process Integration for the Efficient Use of Energy, 2.a ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Amsterdam, 2007.

2. Relvas, S.; Fernandes, M. C.; Matos, H. A.; Pedro Nunes, C. Integração de Processos - Uma Metodologia de Optimização Energética e Ambiental, Programa Operacional da Economia, 2002.

3. Smith, R.R. Chemical Process Design and Integration, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2005.

4. El-Halwagi, M. M. Sustainable Design Through Process Integration, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2012.

5. Biegler, L. T.; Grossmann, I. E.; Westerberg, A. W. Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1997.

6. Hessel, V.; Hardt, S.; Löwe, H. Chemical Micro Process Engineering: Fundamentals, Modeling and Reactions, Wiley Interscience, New York, 2004.

7. Stankiewicz, A.; Moulijn, J. A. (Eds.) Re-Engineering the Chemical Processing Plant, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2004.