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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2021/2022

Modelling of Chemico-Technological Processes

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 617-3011/02
Abbreviation MCHTP
Course title Modelling of Chemico-Technological Processes
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Marek Večeř, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

Lectures:
1. Introduction to process modeling. History, model structure, available commercial software.
2. Aspen Plus – user interface, basic inputs, library of unit operation models
3. Physical properties of involved components, thermodynamic models, basic property analysis of individual compounds.
4. Diffusion separation processes, model RadFrac.
5. Chemical reactors, overview of available models, application example.
6. Sensitivity analysis, design and simulation calculation.
7. External calculation using Fortran or MS Excel.
8. Heat exchangers, design and simulation calculation.
9. Pressure changers, Compressors, Pumps, pipelines.
10. Models of manipulators.
11. Solid handling models, separators, filters, dryers, etc.
12. User defined functions, hierarchy, complex approach to the process modeling.
13. Real time modeling and optimization, Aspen on line.
14. Course recapitulation.

Practical excercises:
1. Introduction to the user interface, creating balance schematics of processes, search folders.
2. Searching of physical properties of pure components, binary and ternary mixtures.
3. Basic balance calculations, the balance with by a chemical reaction, energy balances, production scheme cumene and cyclohexane.
4. Separation of a mixture of methanol-water, separation of the mixture of low molecular weight hydrocarbons, model RadFrac.
5. The stoichiometric reactor yield reactor, an equilibrium reactor, batch reactor, plug flow reactor, a continuous stirred tank reactor, comparison of models to calculate esterification.
6. Sensitivity analysis and design calculation in the production process, cumene and cyclohexane.
7. External calculations: calculation of pressure losses in the production process cumene, calculating the ratio reactants in the steam reformation of methane.
8. Temperature profiles exchangers, comparison with of calculation methods and models Heater HeatX.
9. Model of pressure regulation in the production of cumene, and cyclohexane. Manipulators and measuring nodes.
10. Continuous control work on semestral project and discussion of problems.
11. Physical properties of unconventional of solids calculation of dryer separating solid particles from the gas mixtures, coal pyrolysis.
12. A more complex processes, thermal dehydration of phthalic acid, the production of ammonia.
13. Dynamical analysis of cyclohexane the production process.
14. Presentation of projects.

Povinná literatura

Aspen Plus V10.0 User Guide, Aspen Tech, 2017.
Aspen Properties V10.0 User Guide, Aspen Tech, 2017.

Doporučená literatura

FOGLER, H. Scott. Elements of chemical reaction engineering [CD-ROM]. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, c2006. ISBN 0-13-047394-4.
CUTLIP, Michael B. a Mordechai SHACHAM. Problem solving in chemical and biochemical engineering with POLYMATH, Excel, and MATLAB. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN 978-0-13-148204-3.
BELFIORE, Laurence A. Transport phenomena for chemical reactor design. New York: J. Wiley, 2003. ISBN 0-471-20275-4 .
JOHNSTONE, Robert Edgeworth a Meredith Wooldridge THRING. Pilot plants, models, and scale-up methods in chemical engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957.