MSc Advanced Process Integration and Design / Course details
Year of entry: 2024
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Course unit details:
Computer Aided Process Design
Unit code | CHEN64291 |
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Credit rating | 15 |
Unit level | FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
- Introduction to Process Modelling
- Model Calibration and Validation
- Linear Algebraic Modelling
- Nonlinear Algebraic Modelling
- Flowsheet Structural Modelling
- Optimisation: Concept & Basics
- Optimality Conditions and One Dimensional Unconstrained Optimisation
- Multi-dimensional Unconstrained Optimisation
- Theory of Constrained Optimisation
- Linear Programming
- Non-linear Programming (NLP) with Constraints
- Mixed Integer Programming (MIP)
Aims
- Develop student’s understanding of and skills in building mathematical optimisation models for chemical process synthesis and design including chemical process modelling and flowsheet structural modelling
- Develop students’ understanding of and skills in process optimisation including optimisation theory, algorithms, and techniques for optimal chemical process synthesis and design
- Develop students’ skills in commercial modelling and optimisation software such as GAMS for implementation of mathematical models and generation of optimal results
Learning outcomes
Category of outcome | Students shouldbe able to: |
Knowledge and understanding |
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Intellectual skills |
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Practical skills |
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Transferable skills and personal qualities |
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Teaching and learning methods
The lecture notes, along with computer-based tutorials, solved problems and course work, will be uploaded on Blackboard. A number of demonstrators will also be able to answer practical questions during tutorials and at their office hours.
Assessment methods
Method | Weight |
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Written exam | 75% |
Written assignment (inc essay) | 25% |
Feedback methods
Feedback will be made available via the virtual learning environment following marks release.
Recommended reading
Edgar, HIMMELBLAU, LASDON, L., Optimisation of Chemical Processes, 2 edition, 2001, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-039359-1
Hangos, K., Cameron, I. Process Modelling and Model Analysis, Volume 4, 2001, Academy Press, ISBN0121569314
Williams, H. P., Model Building in Mathematical Programming, 5th edition, 2013, Wiley, ISBN1-118-44333-0 [Online access available via MyiLibrary]
Biegler, L. T., Grossmann, I. E., Westerberg, A. W., Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design, 1997, ISBN0134924223
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Lectures | 45 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 105 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Nan Zhang | Unit coordinator |
Jie Li | Unit coordinator |