Process Integration and Pinch analysis

The course generally addresses two areas: optimization and Process integration with a special concern for pinch technology. 

  • Process Optimization: Optimization approaches to process synthesis &design; Basic concepts of optimization principles: Formulation of an optimization problem, Convexity Analysis, Linear Programming, Nonlinear Programming, Optimality Conditions, Dynamic Optimization, Dynamic Programming, Introduction to Mixed Integer programming. 

  • Process Integration: Pinch Point analysis, Practical Energy Integration, Heat and power integration, Distillation systems, Chemical reactors Network synthesis, Controllability analysis, SISO, and MIMO systems, integrating plant wide control in Hierarchical conceptual design.

Having dealt with this course, the course have objective expected to be achieved by the students 

General objective: 

  • To give a detailed analysis and understanding of the process integration and optimization.

specific objectives: 

·  To understand optimization techniques and the application to chemical engineering problems.
·  To approach the design of processes in an integrated fashion, how a realistic and practical process can be achieved starting from basic information through integrated optimization concept.