Undergraduate Course: Chemical Engineering Design: Synthesis and Economics 4 (CHEE10005)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course covers process design synthesis with heuristic and target-based methods presented for distillation and heat recovery systems, and process economics covering project economic analysis and principles for the allocation of investment between competing projects. In the synthesis section, qualitiative and approximate quantitative synthesis are presented for multicomponent distillation systems, while the pinch design method for designing networks of heat exchangers is described. The process economics section also describes how considerations of pollution, resource depletion and environmental impact can be introduced in economic analyses.
Course description	20 Lectures L1-6 Distillation synthesis L7-12 Heat exchanger network synthesis L13-18 Process economics L19-20 Consolidation and revision

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Catalysis 3 (CHEE09010) AND Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 (CHEE09011) AND Chemical Engineering Unit Operations 3 (CHEE09009) AND Chemical Engineering in Practice 3 (CHEE09006) AND Environmental Issues in Chemical Engineering 3 (CHEE09012) AND Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer 3 (CHEE09013)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 75 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Two hour written examination at the end of the academic year (100%). For Semester 1 Visiting Students only, 100% coursework.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)			2:00

Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 57 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Two hour written examination at the end of the academic year (100%). For Semester 1 Visiting Students only, 100% coursework.
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No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to: (a) undertake rapid material balance and short-cut design calculations for a sequence of distillation columns; select promising sequences for a specified separation task using distillation; identify when distillation is inappropriate; compare alternative distillation sequences using an approximate quantitative method; (b) find the pinch and minimum utility loads for a specified process heat integration problem; propose feasible minimum energy and minimum exchangers designs for a specified process heat integration problem; (c) compare projects using the methods of Net Present Value, Discounted Cash Flow and Equivalent Minimum Investment Period; develop a plant capital cost estimate based on published data, Lang factors and cost indices; show how the 'external' costs of pollution etc may be internalised in the economic evaluation of a process; determine the impact of taxation, depreciation and investment incentives on the economic viability of a project; estimate the minimum acceptable rate of return at which a project will be viable.

Reading List
1. Chemical Engineering Design, RK Sinnott (Elsevier). 2. Chemical Process Design and Integration, R Smith (Wiley). 3. Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers (5th Edition), Peters and Timmerhaus (McGraw-Hill).