Unit1
Unit 1: Introduction to Process Integration
8 hrsOverview of process integration, Historical development, and significance, Understand the fundamental concepts and evolution of process integration
Pre-requisites: Thermodynamics, HTO
Syllabus
5 units · 40 lecture hoursUnit2
Unit 2: Pinch Technology
8 hrsBasic concept, comparison with energy auditing, the role of thermodynamic laws, the problem addressed by pinch technology. Key Steps of Pinch Technology: Data extraction, targeting, designing, optimization, and supertargeting.
Unit3
Unit 3: Basic Elements of Pinch Technology
8 hrsGrid diagram, composite curve, problem table algorithm, grand composite curve. Targeting of Heat Exchanger Network (HEN): Energy targeting, area targeting, number of units targeting, shell targeting, cost targeting.
Unit4
Unit 4: Designing of HEN
8 hrsPinch design methods, heuristic rules, stream splitting, design of maximum energy recovery (MER), design of multiple utilities and pinches, design for threshold problem, loops and paths.
Unit5
Unit 5: Heat Integration of Equipment
8 hrsHeat engine, heat pump, distillation column, reactor, evaporator, drier, refrigeration systems. Heat and Power Integration: Co-generation, steam turbine, gas turbine. Case Studies in Process Integration: Industrial applications, Success stories and lessons learned, Analyse real-world applications of process integration in industry
Course Objectives
- To disseminate the understanding of the mass targets in the design of processes.
- To disseminate the understanding of the energy targets in the design of processes.
- To teach the basics of process integration and its application.
- To teach the basics of applications of process integration.
- To impart the pinch analysis, heat exchange networking and industrial applications.
Course Outcomes (COs)
After completion of the course student will be able to:
- CO1Understand the fundamentals of process integration.
- CO2Perform pinch analysis.
- CO3Analyze and design heat exchanger networks.
- CO4Minimize water consumption and waste generation.
- CO5Do the heat exchange networking
- CO6Application of networking for industrial problems
REFERENCEBOOKS
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- Kemp I. C., “Pinch Analysis and Process Integration: A user Guide on Process Integration for the Efficient Use of Energy”, 4th Ed., Butterworth-Heinemann. 2022
- Smith R, “Chemical Process Design and Integration”,2nd Ed., Wiley. 2020
- Shenoy U. V., “Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis”,2e, Gulf Publishing Company. 2006
- El Halwagi M. M., “Process Integration”,7thEd., Academic Press. 2022
Official AKTU syllabus
This subject is on page 29, 30 of the original AKTU PDF.