These memos describe the batch process design project for Diversified Chemical Products. They are of a vague, open-ended nature, so you will have to define the requirements for a solution. The ABACUSS II equation-based simulation program referred to in Memos 5-10 is unavailable.
Project table.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
MEMOS |
| L1 |
Course Goals and Requirements
Introduction to Batch Processing
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| L2 |
Lucretex Project
Project Team Assignments
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Memo 1 (PDF) |
| L3 |
Data Request for Reaction Kinetics |
Memo 2 (PDF)
Memo 3 (PDF)
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| L4 |
Laboratory Kinetic Data and Curve-fitting |
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| L5 |
Batch Reactor Modeling |
Memo 4 (PDF) |
| L6-L8 |
Reactor Model in ABACUSS |
Memo 5 (PDF) |
| L9 |
Batch Distillation |
Memo 6 (PDF) |
| L10 |
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Models |
Memo 7 (PDF)
Appendix (PDF)
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| L11-L12 |
Batch Distillation in ABACUSS |
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| L13 |
Base Case Simulation |
Memo 8 (PDF)
Memo 9 (PDF)
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| L14-L16 |
Batch Process Scheduling |
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| L17 |
Batch Process Economics |
Memo 10 (PDF)
Engineering Economics (PDF)(Courtesy of Kangyi Mao. Used with permission.)
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| L18-L22 |
Safety, Environmental Issues, Optimization |
Project Work |
Final Report Guidelines (PDF)