ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 102 Hours of tutorials: 6 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable | 1st year (Yes)
The main objective of the subject is for students to acquire the skills associated with the conceptual design of processes, for which the development of a group project of conceptual design of a productive process will be carried out. The following partial objectives are proposed:
- To integrate the knowledge acquired in the degree and in the first module of the Master’s degree to conceptually design a process.
- To develop the necessary stages to attain the design of a new production process or the improvement of an already existing process, including aspects related to safety and the environment.
- To understand the usefulness of carrying out experimental work in the laboratory, or of operating a pilot plant prior to the construction of the plant on a real scale, to obtain experimental data and thus be able to correctly select and optimize the units of a process.
- To use process engineering methodologies, heuristic design criteria, and computer programs to create flowcharts and perform simulations of new production processes or improve existing ones.
- To use energy integration methodologies and design separation systems for the synthesis of production processes.
- To evaluate aspects related to economic viability of the designed process.
The conceptual process design (DCP) consists of a creative activity for the definition of new schemes of industrial production processes. In a conceptual engineering project a set of activities must be performed to generate a process flow diagram, which serves to perform the preliminary evaluation of a possible new process or to achieve the improvement of an existing one.
The contents that are developed in the course are those contemplated succinctly in the descriptor of the subject: “Study of practical cases, by teams of students, in which will consider: (i) conception and stages in the design of processes, (ii) identification and interrelation of the main units, (iii) obtaining process data in the laboratory and interpreting them, (iv) simulation and operation strategies, (v) economic viability and (vi) safety and environmental aspects. ”
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY:
SEIDER, W.D., SEADER, J.D. E LEWIN, D.R. Product and Process Design Principles - Synthesis, Analysis and Evaluation, 3ª ed. EE.UU: John Wiley and Sons, 2010. ISBN 978-0470-04895-5. SINATURA ETSE: A150 10 C
COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY:
TURTON, R., BAILIE, R.C., WHITING, W.B. E SHAEIWITZ, J.A. Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes, 4ª ed. Upper Saddle, NJ, EE.UU: Prentice Hall, 2013 ( y anteriores). ISBN 978-0-13-261812-0. SINATURA ETSE: A151 9
PERRY, R.H. E GREEN, D.W. Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, 7ª ed. EE.UU: McGraw Hill, 1998. ISBN 9780071422949. SINATURA ETSE: 100-3
SINNOTT, R. E TOWLER, G. Chemical Engineering Design, 2ª ed. Elsevier, Oxford, Reino Unido: 2009. ISBN 9780080966595. SINATURA ETSE: A140 11 , A140 16
SMITH, R. Chemical Process, Design and Integration, Wiley & Sons, New York (2010). ISBN 9780471486817. SINATURA ETSE: A151 13
(See the Memory of the Master’s Degree for interpretation of the codification.)
General and basic skills: CG1, CG7, CG8, CB7, CB10
Specific skills: CE4, CE5, CE6, CE8, CE11
Transferable skills: CT1, CT4, CT5
The enrolled students will have to carry out the conceptual design of an industrial process, working in groups of 3-5 students. Work on this process will be carried out throughout the entire semester.
The teaching in the form of seminars in this course will consist of activities related to the different parts of the conceptual design of a process. The role of the teachers will be of guidance and supervision for the correct development of the project.
As an example, the following activities are proposed:
-Design of a block diagram
-Design of a preliminary flowsheet diagram
-Simulation and strategies of operation
-Preliminary design of laboratory experiments
-Predesign of the main units of the process
-Economic viability of the process
-Energy integration of the process
The student will be the central player in the development of this course in the laboratory and in the computer room. The student will be responsible for proposing ideas and define the tasks to perform at each stage of the conceptual design. The specific tasks developed will be highly dependent on the process selected. The teachers will only adopt a role of continuous supervision and advice, they will not be the promoter of decisions related to the progress of conceptual design.
A group tutorial is also considered, involving open presentations and the refining of the scope of the projects.
The USC learning management system (LMS), Moodle, will be used as a tool to facilitate the dissemination of information and announcements related to the teaching activity during the course, as well as of complementary materials for the study of the course.
A series of activities throughout the course will involve the submission of written documents via the learning management system (LMS) or oral presentations (either in-person or remotely), all of them being assessable. In the end, a final report will have to be submitted, and subsequently presented and defended in oral format before the teachers of the course (either in-person or remotely). Additionally, the students will develop the evaluation of the energetic integration of the process to be designed, which will be part of the assessable activities of the course "Industrial energetics". They will also evaluate aspects related to the safety of the process, which will be part of the assessable activities of the course "Analysis and management of industrial risks".
A visit will be made to a company related to the contents of the subject, depending on the current circumstances in matters of public health and the available financial resources, and seeking as far as possible an integration with the contents of other subjects of the Module. The aim of the visit is to connect the contents of the subject with the industrial reality. In the event that this visit cannot be carried out, it will be replaced by an activity to get closer to the industrial world, for example a seminar via MS Teams or a video conference given by a specialist in the industrial sector.
Regarding safety and risk prevention for each of the practices in the laboratory, a basic manual of operation containing the most relevant aspects is available to the students.
Activities to be carried out and competences to be achieved:
- Seminar interactive lectures: CG.1, CG.7, CG.8, CB.7, CB.10, CE.4, CE.5, CE.6, CE. 8, CE.11, CT.1, CT.4
- Laboratory interactive lectures: CG.7, CG.8, CB.7, CB.10, CE.4, CT.1, CT.4, CT.5
- Computer room interactive lectures: CB.7, CB.10, CE.4, CE.6, CT.4
- Group tutorial: CG.8, CB.7, CT.1, CT.4, CT.5
Description of the activities to be carried out:
INTERACTIVE SEMINARS (10 sessions)
- Interactive session 1: Presentation of the course, including a detailed description of the program and the working philosophy. Organisation of the working groups.
- Interactive session 2: Final definition of the conceptual design projects
- Interactive session 3: Steps for the design of a preliminary flowsheet diagram
- Interactive session 4: Heuristics applied to process design
- Interactive session 5: Preliminary design main units
- Interactive session 6: Economic evaluation of processes
- Interactive session 7: Environment and safety in a conceptual design project
- Interactive session 8: Practice of 'Elevator pitch'
- Interactive session 9: Parts of the report of a conceptual design project
- Interactive session 10: Important points in the presentation of a conceptual design project
LABORATORY SESSION (6 sessions)
- Laboratory - Safety rules and available equipment, planning of experiments
- Start of the experiments and collection of data in the laboratory
- Experimental work in the laboratory
- Collection of experimental data
COMPUTER ROOM SESSION (4 sessions)
- Simulation with Aspen Hysys
- Simulation with SuperPro Designer
GROUP TUTORIAL SESSION (4 sessions)
- Presentation of the proposals of conceptual design projects by the students.
The assessment of the student will be made on the basis of the different assessable activities carried out during the course, of the final report, and of the presentation and oral defence by each group. The final mark will be completed with a report by the teachers about the attitude and aptitude of each student during the course, enabling an individualisation of the final mark of each student.
Distribution of the assessment weights:
- Proposed activities, industry visit, Work in the laboratory and in the computer room: 35% of the final mark
- Group tutorial/Teachers' report: 5% of the final mark
- Conceptual design Pre-report (end of the 1st module): 10% of the final mark
- Conceptual design final report (end of the 2nd module): 25% of the final mark
- Exam: 25% of the final mark. This exam will consist of two parts: a test of knowledge on aspects of the conceptual design of processes (10% of the final grade) and the presentation and defense of the development of the conceptual design (15% of the final grade).
A minimum of 3 out of 10 will be required in each of the previous sections, as well as in each of the parts of the final exam, to average and be able to pass the subject, except for the Tutorials / Teacher Report section. If the 5 points in the final mark are reached without fulfilling any of the partial minimums, the final mark will become that of the section in which the said minimum has not been reached.
Relation between assessment of activities and competences:
- Activity 1 (Final report): CG1, CG7, CG8, CE11, CT1, CT4
- Activity 2 (Proposed activities): CG1, CG7, CG8, CE11, CT1, CT4
- Activity 3 (Work in the computer room and the laboratory): CG1, CG7, CG8, CB7, CE4, CE6, CE8, CT4, CT5
- Activity 4 (Group tutorial): CG8, CB7, CT4
- Activity 5 (Exam): CG1, CB7, CB10, CE5, CE6
Attendance to the interactive sessions of laboratory and computer room will be compulsory.
It is also highly recommended to attend the first session of expository classes, according to the calendar of the subject, as it is considered critical for the proper development of the rest of the course.
Attendance to the technical visit to the chemical company (or the activity that substitutes it) will be mandatory. It will be evaluated by means of a test, and it will be one more mark within the group of proposed activities.
The evaluation system will be the same in the first and second opportunity, conserving from one opportunity to another the notes of the sections that have exceeded the indicated minimum. No notes will be kept from one call (academic year) to another.
Those students not participating in the compulsory activities or in at least a 25% of the non-compulsory proposed activities will have the consideration of 'Not-shown'.
If it is detected that any assignments or tests were carried out in a fraudulent manner by the students, the document "Regulations for assessment of the academic performance of the students and for revision of marks" ("Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico ods estudants e de revisión das cualificacións") will be of application.
A total of 150 hours (6 ECTS) is estimated, accounting for both classroom/laboratory hours and personal work by the student. Of this total number of hours, 53 h will be in the form of interactive seminar classes, interactive sessions of laboratory and computer room, and one hour of group tutorial; as detailed in the following table.
Distribution of the teaching activity in ECTS:
Activity...................Classroom hours...Personal work....... ECTS
Seminars.......................20.0.....................30.0............. 2.0
Computer room................8.0.....................12.0..............0.8
Laboratory.....................24.0....................36.0...............2.4
Group tutorials.................1.0......................4.0...............0.2
Subtotal........................53.0....................82.0...............5.4
Individualised tutorials...... 1.0......................4.0...............0.2
Exam and revision.............2.0......................8.0...............0.4
Total............................56.0.....................94.0...............6.0
To pass the course, a continuous work throughout its duration is recommended to the students. In this way, the student will progress in the development of the conceptual design of the selected process, ensuring that each of its stages is correctly based on the necessary knowledge previously acquired.
In order to access the laboratory, the student must be equipped with laboratory coat and safety glasses. The admission and permanence of the students enrolled in the practical laboratory requires that they know and comply with the standards included in the Protocol of basic training in security matters for experimental spaces of the Higher Technical School of Engineering, available in the security section of its Web. To access the document do as follows:
1. https://www.usc.gal/gl/centro/escola-tecnica-superior-enxenaria
2. Access your intranet
3. Go to Documentación/Seguridade/Formación
4. Press in “Protocolo de formación básica en materia de seguridade para espazos experimentais”
The online platform Learning management system (LMS) will be used as a tool to facilitate information/announcements on the teaching activity throughout the course, as well as supplementary materials for the study of the course.
The course will be instructed in Spanish.
Those students interested in obtaining additional information about questions related to the organisation of teaching and research in the School can check the following web pages:
- Department of Chemical Engineering (e-mail addresses, staff offices and telephone numbers, research activities)
- School of Engineering (description of the degree, general organisation of the School, timetables and calendars of lectures and exams, administrative forms)
Eva Rodil Rodriguez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816796
- eva.rodil [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Anuska Mosquera Corral
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816779
- anuska.mosquera [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Hector Rodriguez Martinez
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816804
- hector.rodriguez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Julio José Conde López
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- julio.conde [at] usc.es
- Category
- Xunta Post-doctoral Contract
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