Course Details

Subject {L-T-P / C} : CH6331 : Process Plant Simulation { 3-0-0 / 3}

Subject Nature : Theory

Coordinator : Prof. Madhusree Kundu

Syllabus

Module 1:
First Principle based dynamic models of various chemical engineering processes including reactors, Distillation Column, CSTR, evaporator and Heat exchanger, Linearization and state space models, lumped and distributed parameter systems, dynamic simulation. [10 hrs.]
Module 2:
Sampling of continuous time signal. Ideal impulse sampler, Signal re-construction from their discrete values. Step response and Finite Impulse Response (FIR) model. Dynamic empirical models (ARX, ARMAX, ARMA), and System identification. [10 hrs.]
Module 3:
Optimization: Traditional (constrained optimization, Kun-Tucker condition) and non-traditional optimization techniques (Differential evolution and simulated annealing). [8 hrs.]
Module 4:
Design of Heat exchanger network (HEN) and mass exchanger network (MEN) as a tool of process intensification. [10 hrs.]

Course Objectives

Course Outcomes

1. Students will acquire requisite computational techniques/numerical methods to solve engineering problems based on modeling, simulation, and optimization (using MATLAB and SIMULINK platform). <br />2. Students will be proficient in System identification from plant data and dynamic empirical modeling. <br />3. Students will be prepared for adapting and practicing the techniques and tools required for HEN and MEN design in a process plant.

Essential Reading

Supplementary Reading

Journal and Conferences