CHE 477: DESIGN PROJECT

A design project is required for this course. It will carry 15% of your grade. You should:

Select a process to study

Prepare a preliminary flowsheet

Prepare a mass and energy balance using a simulator

Prepare an economic evaluation

Prepare a preliminary design report

Perform sensitivity and optimization studies study effect of varying process parameters)

You may choose any chemical engineering design problem. The project should satisfy the following basic requirements:

1. It should demonstrate a grasp of the basic concepts learned in class.

2. It should demonstrate a proficiency in the use of a simulator.

3. It should include sizing, costing and an economic evaluation.

In order to facilitate a gradual progress towards your project report, I will need the following intermediate reports.

1. Mon Oct 15: Form a 3-4 person group.

Designate a group leader. Select a name for your team. Set up a group account with CEC for your work. Submit a two page project management form as attached along with a one page project abstract. Keep a copy for each member of the group.

Start a project file to store the information and your work.

2. Friday Oct 26 Oral Report I.

Sign up to meet with me in my office for 10 minutes. Be on time. Bring a list of questions to discuss. Bring your project file. Show what progress you have made.

3. Friday Nov 2. Oral Report II Written Progress Report I

This should contain a preliminary simulation diagram and a project plan showing suitable division of labor among all team members. I will meet with each group leader and team members to discuss their plan.

Meet with me for 10 minutes as before.

4. Friday Nov 9. Oral Report III.:

Friday Nov 16. Oral Report IV Progress Report II

Simulation report. Submit PFD and stream summary. I will meet with each group to assess progress.

5. Friday Nov 30 Oral Report IV.

To wrap up project.

6. Monday Dec 3. Final Oral and Written Reports are due.

Final Report in format given below is due. An oral presentation of about 10 minutes is also required.

Guidelines for selecting a process:

1. Select a process that you like, perhaps something you are already familiar with through your summer job or other course work.

2. Stay away from processes involving:

solids/solid handling These require special treatment in Hysys

Unusual chemical compounds No physical property data may be available

Unknown chemistry yield data or unknown chemical kinetics.

Unusual unit operations a lot of batch processing, for example

Unusual operating conditions. These will be hard to simulate within the short time

we have

3. Work in groups of 3 or 4. Select a process in consultation with your partners.

Do something exciting and different, e.g. investigate a new separation method on an existing process. Innovate! Use your creativity.

Do not choose a trivial problem to solve. Challenge yourself. I will take into account the complexity of the problem when grading the project.

Remember that prospective employers look upon these kind of projects and team work as an essential part of your education. You can and should take the project report with you to interviews to demonstrate the depth of your knowledge. This project report becomes part of your portfolio when seeking a job.

Suggested Format for Report:

See Chapter 23 of Text on how to write a Technical Design Report.

1. Title page. Include title of project. Team name. Team members. Date of report.

2. Table of Contents. List all sections. List figures, figure captions and Tables.

3. Summary one page. Include critical data and information.

4. Introduction: Overview of Process 1-2 pages

5. Block Flow diagram and Economic Potential 1-2 pages

6. Process Flow Diagram. Process description. 1-2 pages

7. Simulation results. show flowsheet, stream summary; 1-3 pages

8. Equipment size and cost summary 1-3 pages

9. Economic evaluation summary 1-3 pages

10. Sensitivity studies and optimization 1-3 pages

11. Conclusion 1 page

12. Appendices

1. Input data used for simulation.

2. Other relevant material. Keep this brief and to the point.

Do not include long report files from your simulation, although you may extract parts of it in the body of your report.

Late reports will be penalized at 10% per day.

Grading:

Project Abstract 10 points

Oral Reports 10. If you are absent you will lose points.

Progress Report I 10

Progress Report II 10

Oral Presentation 30 ( See criteria for grading in attached sheet)

Final Report 40

Written report Grading

Final report will be graded on the basis of:

technical merit 10 points

technical accuracy 10 points

completeness 10 points

clarity, neatness, organization 10 points

Oral Presentation

The oral presentation should be about 10 minute duration. You may designate one or more persons from your team to do the oral presentation. All members should be present to answer any questions that may arise.

Suggested format:

Introduction. Introduce project. Team members.

Motivation and Objectives of project.

Project description. Describe what was accomplished.

Main results of your study.

Main conclusions of your project

Acknowledgements

You should use a presentation graphics software for preparing the slides. Make sure all slides are readable from the back of the room.

Grading of oral reports:

1. Content. 30 points

a. Clarity of problem introduction 10 points

b. Work accomplished 10 points

c. Clarity of results and conclusions 10 points

2. Quality of presentation 50 points

a. Flow of ideas and structure of presentation 10 points

b. Slide quality 10 points

c. Talk preparation, ability to handle questions 10 points

d. Clarity of speech 10 points

e. Time management 10 points

Project Management

Team Name

Project Name

CEC Group Account Name

Project Goal

Team Members

Name	e-mail		Phone #
Scheduled Weekly Meeting Time:		Location:

Task Assignments

Team Leader ( Also Project File Keeper)

Cost Expert

Simulation Expert

Process Expert

Project File contains: All reference material, Notes on meetings, Notes on Hysys work as to who did what when, log of Hysys runs made and files saved, intermediate results, pencil and paper calculation notes

Project Schedule

Acitivity	Person Responsible	Oct 15	Oct 22	Oct 29	Nov 5	Nov 12	Nov 19	Nov 26	Dec 3
1. Project Kickoff
Select Process
Write Abstract
2. Project Management
Develop plan
Assign Tasks
Set up CEC account
Set up meeting schedule
3. Hysys model development
Develop BFD, Economic Potential
Develop Prelim. Mass Balance
Choose Fluid package, set up
Below list all individual tasks that you have identified as necessary to complete the simulation
Task 1: ???
Task 2 ???
4. First Progress Report
5. Process Economics
Size equipment
Cost equipment
Profitabilty
Optimization
6. Second Progress Report

7. Written Report

Introduction

Process Description

Process PFD

Process Instrumentation

Simulation

Economics

Discussion

Submit Report

7. Oral Report

Prepare Slides

Give Presentation