Applications will be in areas such as petroleum, petrochemicals, emerging chemical industries and water desalination. Design topics will be assigned to teams of students.
 
Co-requisite: CHE 425

Course Outcomes

1 Integrate the knowledge acquired in different chemical engineering courses in the design of a chemical plant 2 Conduct preliminary feasibility study of the plant design assigned 3 Function and work with others in teams 4 Communicate effectively in English especially in presentations 5 Apply modern process simulation software (such as HYSYS, ASPEN) 6 Function professionally and behave ethically 7 Apply safety rules in the design of storage units or in the plant in general 8 Comply with environmental regulations in the design of the plant, especially separation columns

Textbook: Scientific Journals
1. Chemical Engineering Progress
Chemical Engineering
Hydrocarbon Processing

Encyclopedias:
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (2004) This has been acquired very recently by the Library
Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design (McKetta and Cunningham, 1976).
Ullman’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 1987.
Van Nostrand Scientific Encyclopedia (Considine, 1988)
Encyclopedia of Fluid Mechanics (Cherminisoff, 1986).
Encyclopedia of Material Science and Engineering, (Bever, 1986).

Handbooks and Reference Books:
Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Handbook
Handbook of Physics and Chemistry, Pub. By CRC
JANAF Thermochemical Tables (Chase, 1985)
Unit Operations Handbook, Mcketta, 1993.
Hand book of Heat Exchangers Design, CRC Press (Spalding and Taborek)
Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers (4th edition) by M. S .Peters and K. D. Timmerhaus, McGraw-Hill, 1991.
Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petroleum Plants (2nd edition) by Ernest E. Ludwig, 1983, Gulf Publishing Company, Book Div., vols1, 2 &3
Chemical Engineering by…