Syllabus

JNTUK B.Tech Process Integration (Elective – III) for R13 Batch.

JNTUK B.Tech Process Integration gives you detail information of Process Integration R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.

Learning Objectives

  • To learn the fundamental principles in chemical process integration.
  • To provide a deeper insight into the graphical techniques for process integration.
  • To visualize the potential of process integration for enhancing the efficiency of the existing process in terms of optimal raw material utilization, energy and waste minimization.
  • To visualize similarities between energy and water pinch problems.
  • To systematically address process integration through mathematical techniques.

UNIT-I: Introduction: Formulation of the design problem and introduction to process integration; Hierarchy of process design and integration; Onion diagram; Approaches for chemical process integration – graphical and mathematical.

UNIT-II: Distillation sequencing: Sequencing of simple columns; Thermal coupling; Crude oil distillation.

UNIT-III: Energy integration – Energy targets: Composite curves; Heat recovery pinch; Problem table algorithm; Grand composite curve; Combined heat and power generation; Integration of heat pumps.

UNIT-IV: Energy integration – cost targets: Number of heat exchange units; Heat exchange area targets; Number of shells target; Capital cost targets; Total cost targets. Energy integration – network design: The pinch design method and streams splitting; Design for multiple pinches.

UNIT-V: Water system design: Water use; Targeting maximum water reuse for single contaminants; Limiting composite curves; Water pinch; Design for maximum water reuse for single contaminants.

UNIT-VI: Mathematical techniques for process synthesis: Mixed integer linear programming (MILP); Mixed integernon linear programming (MINLP); Branch and Bound Method; Outer Approximation method Mathematical approach for process integration: Super structure; LP transhipment model for energy targets; MILP transhipment model for heat exchanger networks; MILP formulation for the synthesis of distillation sequences; Solution of MILP formulations.

Outcomes: After doing the course the students must possess analytical skills for the sustainable design of chemical processes and shall be able to

  • Identify envelopes in existing processes that can be subjected to energy and mass integration.
  • Extract data from industrial processes to carry out process integration.
  • Estimate minimum hot and cold utilities in a heat integration project.
  • Design heat exchanger network above and below the pinch.
  • Evaluate capital and total cost targets.
  • Identify optimal distillation sequence among the alternatives.
  • Design an efficient water utility network.
  • Formulate MILP problems for super structure optimization of heat exchanger networks and distillation sequences.

Text Books

  • Smith R., (2005). Chemical Process Design and Integration, John Wiley Sons Ltd., England.
  • Biegler L.T., Grossmann, I.E. and Westerberg A.W., (1997). Systematic methods of chemical process design, Prentice Hall PTR, New Jersey.
  • Mahmood M. El – Halwagi, (2006). Process integration, Volume 7, Process system engineering series, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

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