PE3512: Computational Petroleum Engineering Laboratory syllabus for PE 2021 regulation

Computational Petroleum Engineering Laboratory detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (PE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the PE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Petroleum Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of computational petroleum engineering laboratory is as follows.

Course Objectives:

• To enhance the students to develop enrich practical knowledge on computational process simulator with different refinery operation.
• To provide industrial working environment and practical working knowledge on different oil/gas upstream sectors
• To give the students an understanding the fundamentals concepts in mathematics, problems solving and computer programming.

List of Equipments:

Stand alone desktops/server with respective simulation software’s 30 users.

Softwares

• MATLAB Single user license
• Chemical engineering simulation software
• process simulator software package – Petrochemical Engineering Suite Open source office
• Modelling in Reservoir Characterization

List of Suggested Exercises

Practice the following using process simulator. The simulator can be used from Virtual Lab simulators:

1. Change the P & I values and process parameters and observe the change in trend, bar graph and mimics
2. Attend the malfunction occurring in the plant then restoring to its design conditions.
3. Perform the experiments using the simulator by varying the process variables and tabulate the results.
4. Practice correct start up and shut down procedure of plant.

Practice the above exercise on the following modules given below using process simulator.

• Glass plant .
• Refinery operations.
• Fractionation column for the distillation of binary mixture.
• shell and tube Heat exchanger
• Level and flow control in different sizes of vessel
• Centrifugal pump
• Centrifugal compressor
• Fluidized bed column
• Packed bed column
• Cyclone separator
• Evaporator
• Crude Distillation unit
• Manufacture of urea in urea plant
5. Equations of state using Newton’s method
6. Regression for parameter estimation using a set of data points
7. Equilibrium flash distillation (Multicomponent Ideal)
8. Solving a simple flow sheet by simultaneous approach
9. Simulation of batch Distillation (binary ideal).
10. Gravity Flow Tank
11. Heat Exchanger
12. Absorber

Specific Examples in Matlab/Excel / Process Simulation Software Tool

1. Solving equation of state, regression of parameters using EXCEL/MATLAB
2. Calculation of Reynolds number, friction factor and pressure drop using EXCEL/MATLAB
3. Calculation of heat transfer coefficient in a Crude Heat Exchanger using EXCEL/MATLAB
4. Calculation ofminimumRefluxratioforbinary/tertiarysysteminafractionatorsusing

EXCEL/ MATLAB

1. Calculation of HTU and NTU in a Absorber using EXCEL/MATLAB
2. Calculation of Antoine‘s coefficient using EXCEL/MATLAB
3. Estimation of settling velocity ofsolidsinliquidsusingStoke‘slawusingEXCEL/MATLAB
4. CalculationofminimumnumberofstagesinadistillationcolumnusingEXCEL/MATLAB
5. Solving mass and energy balance problems using EXCEL/MATLAB
6. Dynamic simulation of an Absorption column using PROCESS SIMULATION SOFTWARE TOOL
7. Developing Heat and Mass balance diagram using PROCESS SIMULATION SOFTWARE TOOL

Course Outcomes:

1. Remembering industrial exposure environment in computational pro-simulation.
2. Understanding In-depth reservoir characterization
3. Applying project knowledge and Carry out In-house projects
4. Analyze Sound Fundamental Concepts of Process Control and safety with DCS Operations.
5. Evaluate the Intricacy & Complexity of process dynamics.
6. Create Employability opportunities in simulation models.

Reference Books:

1. Bequette.B.W, ProcessDynamicsIl: Modeling, Analysis and Simulation,IIPrenticeHall(1998)
2. Himmelblau.D.M.andBischoff.K.B, ProcessAnalysisandSimulationll, Wiley, 1988.
3. Strang.G.,IIntroduction to Linear AlgebraI, Cambridge Press, 4th edition, 2009.
4. William. Luyben, Process Modeling, simulation and control for Chemical Engineers, 2nd Edn., Mc Graw Hill International Editions, New York, 1990
5. Chapra.S.C. and Canale.R.P. Numerical Methods for Engineers I, McGraw Hill, 2001

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Petroleum Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit PE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

For all Petroleum Engineering results, visit Anna University PE all semester results direct link.