Educational guide 2023_24 School of Chemical Engineering

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Raw materials and energy sources. How they are taken into account in Process Synthesis.	Renewables and no renewables. Contamination. Rational use of resources and sustainability. Basics of Pinch analysis. Process Synthesis principles.
2.Oil and its derivatives. Bulk Chemicals.	Characterisation of oil. Refineries and their process units. Commercial product specifications. Other raw materials and chemical products with highest production. Biorefinery.
3. Design, storage and supply chain of chemical products.	Installations, operations, equipment and management syustems. Chemical product transport. Classification criteria and cost planning, equipment and seconderay elements. Transport system design. Loading and unloading operations. Service networks. Utilities. Chemical product design.
4. Design project.	Conceptual design of a chemical product production plant that includes at least a reactor with multiple reactions, a flash or distillation column, a heat exchanger. The economic and sustainability analysis are included as well as preliminary product design. Application of the Douglas hierarchical design methodology.