KKA 3306 PROCESS AND PLANT DESIGN Lecture 1

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KKA 3306 - PROCESS AND PLANT DESIGN Lecture 1

• Robiah Yunus
• Faculty of Engineering
• Universiti Putra Malaysia
• Serdang,43400 Selangor.

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INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS DESIGN

• What is Engineering Design?
• Engineering Design is an activity to device an
  artifact, system or process to best meet a stated
  objective based on mathematics, basic science,
  engineering science, and flavored by the
  humanities and social science

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INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS DESIGN

• Chemical Process Design
• Chemical Processes are concerned with making
  materials from which other materials are
  manufactured
• Examples range from ceramics to fibers and fuels,
  from resins and refrigerants to elastomers and
  explosives, from papers and polymers to
  pharmaceutical etc.
• Capital cost intensive
• operating expense intensive
• not flexible

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INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS DESIGN

• Plant Design Project Stages
• Conception and Definition
• Preliminary Evaluation of Economics and Market
• Development of Data
• Final Economics Analysis
• Detailed Engineering Design
• Procurement
• Erection/Construction
• Startup and Trial Runs
• Production

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INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS DESIGN

• PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
• OVERALL DESIGN CONSIDERATION
• COST ESTIMATION
• FACTORS AFFECTING PROFITABILITY AND INVESTMENTS
• OPTIMUM DESIGN

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INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS DESIGN

• PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGN
• PRACTICAL LIMITATIONS
• PHYSICAL PROBLEMS
• DESIGN APPROACH
• THEORY
• PRACTICE
• ORIGINALITY
• COMMON SENSE

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PROCESS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

• DESIGN-PROJECT PROCEDURE
• Types of Design
• Feasibility Survey
• Technical
• Economics
• Process Development
• material and energy requirement
• types of process
• Preliminary Design
• Process PFD
• material and energy balances
• Construction and Operation