617-3011/02 – Modelling of Chemico-Technological Processes (MCHTP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Chemistry | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Marek Večeř, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Marek Večeř, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Objectives of subject:
- application of basic principles of physical chemistry, process engineering and reaction engineering on to modeling of technological problems in the frame of Aspen Engineering Suite,
- clarify basic concepts of operation and application of individual models involved unit operations involved,
- comments of complex problems related to diffusion separation processes and chemical reactors engineering,
- introduce online process modeling.
Acquired knowledge:
- The ability to recognize technological problem and propose a strategy for its solution,
- Ability to characterize the chemical reaction conditions and to choose the appropriate type of reactor for their implementation,
- The ability to choose the appropriate method for calculating the of physical properties the ingredients involved on the basis of knowledge their chemical nature.
Acquired skills:
- ability to design the design parameters of the devices,
- ability to carry out simulation and optimization a calculation on the existing equipment with respect to variable parameters input parameters,
- ability of online monitoring of separate of unit operations or processes of simple,
- ability to apply theoretical knowledge on more complicated technological processes.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Aims of the course are following: 1. to give systematic overview of computer aided methods for processes and modeling in chemical technology. 2. to allow practical application in the field of software Aspen Engineering Suite. Course is referring to Process engineering, Unit operation, and Physical chemistry courses. In the frame of the course general problems of heat, momentum and mass transfer will be located to realistic unit operation and solved using sophisticated modeling software. Graduate will be able to orient himself in processes simulation field; will be able to work with relatively complicated software; will be able to treat simple technological processes and provide optimization and parametric study independently.
Compulsory literature:
Aspen Plus V10.0 User Guide, Aspen Tech, 2017.
Aspen Properties V10.0 User Guide, Aspen Tech, 2017.
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Presentation of the project.
E-learning
Other requirements
Elaboration and presentation of the semester project.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures:
1. Introduction to process modeling. History, model structure, available commercial software.
2. Aspen Plus – user interface, basic inputs, library of unit operation models
3. Physical properties of involved components, thermodynamic models, basic property analysis of individual compounds.
4. Diffusion separation processes, model RadFrac.
5. Chemical reactors, overview of available models, application example.
6. Sensitivity analysis, design and simulation calculation.
7. External calculation using Fortran or MS Excel.
8. Heat exchangers, design and simulation calculation.
9. Pressure changers, Compressors, Pumps, pipelines.
10. Models of manipulators.
11. Solid handling models, separators, filters, dryers, etc.
12. User defined functions, hierarchy, complex approach to the process modeling.
13. Real time modeling and optimization, Aspen on line.
14. Course recapitulation.
Practical excercises:
1. Introduction to the user interface, creating balance schematics of processes, search folders.
2. Searching of physical properties of pure components, binary and ternary mixtures.
3. Basic balance calculations, the balance with by a chemical reaction, energy balances, production scheme cumene and cyclohexane.
4. Separation of a mixture of methanol-water, separation of the mixture of low molecular weight hydrocarbons, model RadFrac.
5. The stoichiometric reactor yield reactor, an equilibrium reactor, batch reactor, plug flow reactor, a continuous stirred tank reactor, comparison of models to calculate esterification.
6. Sensitivity analysis and design calculation in the production process, cumene and cyclohexane.
7. External calculations: calculation of pressure losses in the production process cumene, calculating the ratio reactants in the steam reformation of methane.
8. Temperature profiles exchangers, comparison with of calculation methods and models Heater HeatX.
9. Model of pressure regulation in the production of cumene, and cyclohexane. Manipulators and measuring nodes.
10. Continuous control work on semestral project and discussion of problems.
11. Physical properties of unconventional of solids calculation of dryer separating solid particles from the gas mixtures, coal pyrolysis.
12. A more complex processes, thermal dehydration of phthalic acid, the production of ammonia.
13. Dynamical analysis of cyclohexane the production process.
14. Presentation of projects.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction