Wah engineering college

Department of chemical engineering

Final Year Project Guidelines

 Preface
This is final year project handbook of chemical engineering department. This handbook contains
guidelines about conception, preparation, completion and assessment of final year projects. The
role of supervisors, group leaders and group members towards the successful completion of final
year project has also been explained. This handbook aims to develop uniform structure and outlook
for undergraduate FYP. It serves as an instructional manual for the expected contents, deliverables,
quality and the required quantity of the final projects for students and also provides evaluation
rubrics for supervisors and evaluators.
 Introduction
The final year project (FYP) is one of the primary mechanisms used by the university to provide
students with an opportunity to gain experience in the practical and effective application of what
students have studied for the past several years. Naturally, student will continue to gain
engineering experience after graduating but the final year project will be the first exposure to the
engineering practice. It is essential that students learn from this exposure and practice all of the
engineering methodologies involved. It is particularly important that students learn not just to
apply what they know, but also to be judgmental and selective, with the ability to assess what they
are doing and to be critical of it. FYP is also mandatory in awarding the students with a Bachelor
in Chemical Engineering from Wah Engineering College (University of Wah).
FYP course is different other courses because it demands independent objective formulation,
planning, management and self-motivation. It is therefore essential to design fair and
comprehensive guidelines for the students, supervisors and the evaluators. A structured manual
and lifecycle process is therefore essential in order to help students conform to the required quality
standards, outline general expectations from the supervisors and sketch assessment criteria for the
evaluators. Hence, contribute as a fundamental underpinning to achieve high quality learning
outcomes of the projects.

Final Year Project PLO’s

Engineering Knowledge: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering

fundamentals and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
Problem Analysis: An ability to identify, formulate, research literature, and analyze complex
engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics,
natural sciences and engineering sciences.
Design/Development of Solutions: An ability to design solutions for complex engineering
problems and design systems, components or processes that meet specified needs with appropriate
consideration for public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
Investigation: An ability to investigate complex engineering problems in a methodical way
including literature survey, design and conduct of experiments, analysis and interpretation of
experimental data, and synthesis of information to derive valid conclusions.
Modern Tool Usage: An ability to create, select and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and
modern engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modeling, to complex engineering
activities, with an understanding of the limitations.
The Engineer and Society: An ability to apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to
assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant
to professional engineering practice and solution to complex engineering problems.
Environment and Sustainability: An ability to understand the impact of professional engineering
solutions in societal and environmental contexts and demonstrate knowledge of and need for
sustainable development.
Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms
of engineering practice.
Individual and Team Work: An ability to work effectively, as an individual or in a team, on
multifaceted and /or multidisciplinary settings.
Communication: An ability to communicate effectively, orally as well as in writing, on complex
engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as being
able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective
presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
Project Management: An ability to demonstrate management skills and apply engineering
principles to one’s own work, as a member and/or leader in a team, to manage projects in a
multidisciplinary environment.
Lifelong Learning: An ability to recognize importance of, and pursue lifelong learning in the
broader context of innovation and technological developments.
 Project Milestones and Marks Distribution
Proposal Defense 5%
 supervisor + co supervisor marks 5%
Presentation 1 15 %
 supervisor + co supervisor marks  5%
 Evaluation committee marks  5%
 Supervisor + cosupervisor marks report  5%
Mid Defense 25%
 supervisor + co supervisor marks  10%
 Evaluation committee marks  10%
 Supervisor + cosupervisor marks report  5%
Presentation 2 15%
 supervisor + co supervisor marks  5%
 Evaluation committee marks  5%
 Supervisor + cosupervisor marks report  5%
Final Defense 30%
 supervisor + co supervisor marks  5%
 Evaluation committee marks  5%
 Aspen simulation marks  5%
 Supervisor + cosupervisor marks on final report  15%
Open house 10%
 Open house committee marks  10%
Total 100%

Detailed Schedule of FYP

Proposal Defense 19th September

Presentation 1 18th October

Mid Defense 6th December

Presentation 2 7th February

Final Defense 6th March

Final Thesis Submission 3rd April

Final viva 17th April

Open house 1st week of May

Proposal defense
The students must choose a project title to produce a certain product, discuss in detail the processes
available to synthesize the desired product and well define the reasons for choosing the aimed
process. Motivation for the project should be clearly stated. The format of FYP proposal defense
and evaluation forms and their rubric are given in Annex A.

Presentation 1
Introduction to product, market assessment feasibility study, process detail, flowsheet

Mid defense
Material and energy balance

Presentation 2
Equipment design, pump compressor calculations, mechanical design

Final defense
Full project defense with aspen simulation, Cost estimation.

Contents of the Report:

Chapter 1 Introduction
 Introduction to Product
 Physical Properties & Thermodynamic Data
 Reactions of the Product
 Industrial Applications
 Handling, storage and safety
 Shipping of the product
 Production and consumption data of product in world ( graphs or pie charts)
 Production and consumption data of product in Pakistan ( graphs or pie charts)
 Market Assesment
 Future Trends
Chapter 2 Manufacturing Processes
 Production Methods
 Detail of each process (i.e. Reactions, Catalyst, conversion, yield, Reaction Conditions,
side reactions, byproducts and their handling, flow sheet of each process)
 Comparative study of production methods and summarize them in tabulated form.
 Process selection
 Process description
 Capacity selection and its justification based on raw material availability and cost,
production and consumption data in world and Pakistan, capacities of plants currently
working in the world.
 Detailed flow sheet of the process (The flow sheet must include all heat exchangers, pumps,
compressors, storage tanks and must be made in MS Visio. The flow sheet presentation
should be using appropriate symbols as given in the in the text books of Plant Design and
Economics for Chemical Engineers and Chemical Engineering volume 06.)

Chapter 3 Material and Energy Balance

(The presentation of material and energy balance should be in proper matrix format, process stream
number on the top row and components or materials in the vertical column. The stream number
should refer to the streams in original flow sheet prepared in your design project.
MS Excel sheet of material and energy balance calculations must be submitted to project
supervisor and project coordinator.
Reference must be provided for each assumption and data used in material and energy balance
calculations. Any graph, table or equation used for physical property estimation must be shown in
chapter with reference. Use of online calculators is not allowed for physical properties estimation
or any other calculations. Equations and tables provided in books for physical properties must be
used.)

Equipment Selection and Design

All design groups must include the design and specification sheets, in proper format, of each
equipment in process flow sheet. The design of equipment should be based on the fundamental
principles of chemical engineering. Dimensions/ units of quantities must be consistent throughout
your project report. Standard Visio flow sheet of each equipment must be included at the start of
chapter showing the inlet, outlet streams, and composition of each stream, temperature and
pressure of each stream, operating temperature and pressure of the equipment. Standard
Specification sheet of the equipment must be shown at the end of the chapter.
Mechanical Design
 Design temperature and Pressure
 Maximum Allowable Stress
  Thickness of shell and heads
 Materials of construction
 Weight
 Support design
 Engineering drawing of the equipment for which mechanical design has been done.
 Each equipment should be designed for a specific purpose, objective and relative to the
assigned design project.

Pumps & Compressors Calculations

 Type of unit used
 Selection of the unit ( selection must base on characteristic curves of each unit and data
given in design books)
 No of stages, Inter-stage Temperature/pressure, cooling water requirements
 Power calculation
 Characteristic curves of pumps and compressors
 Specification sheet of each unit

Cost Estimation
 Cost estimation methods and Selection of method for cost estimation
 Cost estimation (Capital as well as Production cost *must be calculated and presented in
proper format. The evaluation of investment by any method (e.g. return on investment) is
mandatory. Moreover, the cost estimation (capital and operational) should be based on the
data available in the literature and calculations must be based on design parameters for
which the cost data is available
 Market Survey ( costs of raw material and price of product in market with reference)
 Profit
 Rate of Return
*As listed in Chapter 6 of Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers by Peter
& Timmerhaus
Safety & HAZOP Study
The HAZOP study must comprise a detailed examination of the streams flowing into and out of
each equipment. All significant aspects of deviation for each of streams must be considered under
‘Key Word’ headings. It should also contain steam circuit for entire plant. It should also include
the material and safety datasheet (MSDS) for raw material, by-product and for the final product.
Instrumentation and Control of Major Equipments
 Control Objective
 Manipulated Variables
 Control Variables
  Disturbances
 Instruments used for measurements and selection of Instruments
 Control Scheme (The control loop must be prepared in proper format given in the design
books, using the standard symbols of instruments. It must also include measurement,
indication and control of the process variables).

Environmental Impact Assessment

 The treatment of unwanted chemicals (by-products) and the concentrations of liquid

discharges and gaseous emissions during normal operation; the handling of a major
chemical accident, including all chemicals within the plant and any subsequent reaction
products, and containment and clean up.
 Use National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) and WHO guidelines.
 Exposure evaluation and Control
 Care should be taken for handling the utilities (water, steam, air). Use proper standards and
symbols.
 Emission standards ( threshold limit value( TLV-C), permissible exposure limit(PEL),
IDLH value,
 Safety of the workers

Plant Layout of entire plant

A preliminary determination of the plant layout enabling consideration of pipe runs and pressure
drops, access for maintenance and repair and in the event of accidents and spills, and location of
the control room and must ensure economical construction and efficient operation of the plant.
Simulation of Plant
The simulation of the plant will be done in Aspen HYSYS. The report must include the selection
criteria of property package. The purpose of this exercise is to check design done with the
simulated solution/design.
Report Format:
 Each upcoming report will be in the same word document and format as of preceding
report.
 All preliminary reports must be uniform according to the following format.

Font Style: Times New Roman Font Size: 12 Heading Size: 14

Line Spacing: 1.15 Text Alignment: Justified
Table: Title will be at the top of the table with center alignment
Figure: Figure title will be at bottom of the figure with center alignment
 Generate table of contents automatically.
  The final report must include self-written dedication, acknowledgment, summary and
abstract in comprehensive way.
 Thesis report will be written in given template as approved by the department.

Guidelines for Poster Presentation:

The Poster Presentation will necessarily include the following:
 Title of the project including capacity, starting (raw) material, name of the selected
process and the end product.
 Brief introduction about the need of the product, its uses, consumption and the existing
plants’ production in Pakistan and in rest of the world.
 Selected process and its brief summary along with major chemical reaction(s).
 Complete process flow diagram (PFD) of the process.
 A table mentioning the material and energy balance of the main streams.
 The mechanical design of the equipment highlighting specific features of major
equipments in the form of table as given in the following example;
Installed Product
Equipment Service/Operation Internals
units Specification
5000 kg-
Distillation Sieve Plates
Separation/Rectification 3 mol/hr (99%)
Column :15
benzene

 A table of estimated cost of each unit, payback period and the unit cost of the product.
 Safety and environmental aspects of the raw materials, by products and the final product.
 Applications/Uses.
 References in proper format.
 Embedded logo of the college and the name of the department.

Guidelines for Physical Plant Layout:

 Use small pipes, tubes, wires, bottles, silver paper, wooden board etc.
 Show the process flow diagram with the help of bottles; join them with pipes/tubes using
glue or with any other suitable material.
 Use standard symbols for the process lines, fittings, equipments, machines, vessels etc.
 Use proper standard colors for each stream and for its name as they are used in industry
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/piping-equipment-identification-d_1442.html.
 Recommended Books:
 PLANT DESIGN AND ECONOMICS FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERS. 4th edition,
Max S. Peters, Klaus Timmerhaus, Boulder. Ronald E. West.
 Hand book of chemical engineering calculation, Nicholas p. choppy, Tyler G. Hicks.
 Process Heat Transfer, D. Q. Kern, 1st edition.
 Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers, 5th Edition.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123877857.
 Rules of Thumb for Mechanical Engineers
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780884157908
 Ludwig's Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants (All volumes).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750685245
 Separation Process Principles, Seader, Henley, 3rd edition.
 Chemical Engineering design, Coulson and Richardson, volume 6, 4th edition.
 Fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, Chemical Engineering, Coulson and Richardson,
volume 1, 6th edition.
 Transport Process and Unit Operations, Christie J. Geankoplis, 3rd edition.
 Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McCabe Smith, 5th/6th edition.
 Chemical Process engineering design and economics, Harry Silla.
 Metering Pumps: Selection and Application, James P. Poynton.
 BASIC Programs for Chemical Engineering Design, James H. Weber
 Compressors and Expanders: Selection and Application for the Process Industry, Heinz
P. Bloch, Joseph A. Cameron, Frank M. Danowski, Jr., Ralph James, Jr., Judson S.
Swearingen, and Marilyn E. Weightman.
 The Desulfurization of Heavy Oils and Residua, James G. Speight.
 Chemical Reaction and Reactor Engineering, edited by J. J. Carberry and A. Varma
 Modem Control Techniques for the Processing Industries, T. H. Tsai, J.W. Lane, and C.
S. Lin.
 Process Modeling and Control in Chemical Industries, edited by Kaddour Najim.
 Process Engineering Economics, James R. Couper.
 Chemical Reactor Design, Peter Harriott.
 Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Design: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, John B.
Butt.
 Proposal Defense Rubrics Annex A
Criteria PLO 1 2 3 4 5
Delivery & PLO-10 Presentation was Presenter occasionally Presenter spoke clearly. Presenter spoke very Presenter spoke clearly
Presentation Communication not clear at all. spoke clearly. Holds little Language was generally clearly. Language was and at a
Skills Language was not to no eye contact. clear but mostly reading generally clear and good pace to ensure
from notes. delivery was fluent. audience
appropriate Consistent use
R-1 comprehension.
of direct eye contact with Language was used
audience effectively and delivery
was fluent
and expressive.
Subject PLO-1 Student has no Student has no or very less Student is Student has competent Student has presented
knowledge Engineering knowledge of both knowledge of both project uncomfortable knowledge and is at ease full knowledge of both
Knowledge project technical and processes. Cannot with information. with information. Can problem and solution.
R-2 aspects and processes. answer questions. Seems novice and can answer questions but Answers to questions
Cannot answer basic answer basic without rationalization are strengthen by
questions. questions only and rationalization and
explanation. explanation
Project PLO-6 Project aim Project motivation and aim Project motivation and Project motivation and Project motivation and
motivation Engineer and and motivation are not clearly aim are identified but aim are identified and aim are clearly
society are not identified and identified/inaccurate and students are not well presented in satisfactory identified and presented
R-3 presented. explanation is too brief. aware and aren’t able to manner. and students are well
justify the significance. aware of the project
Significance of project significance.
is not addressed at all.

Organization PLO-10 Student is clueless Information is arranged in Information articulated Information articulated Information articulated
Communication about the content of confused and unstructured clearly but it is difficult clearly and the flow is clearly and is organized
and content of
his presentation. way. Key points are not to follow the reasonable All key points in a structured way
presentation. covered. The contents are presentation. are covered with logical flow
hard to understand and All key points are between parts. All key
but limited use of charts, points are covered.
interpret. covered but no use of graphs, figures etc., to
R-4 charts, graphs, figures Enhances presentation
explain salient points. and keeps interest by
etc., to explain salient
points effective use of charts,
graphs, figures etc., to
explain salient
points.
 Proposal Defense Evaluation Performa

Title: _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Student Names & Registration Numbers:

1.____________________________________ 2. __________________________________

3. ____________________________________ 4. __________________________________

Performance
Rubrics: Description PLO Marks
(1-5)

PLO-10
R-1: Delivery & Presentation Skills 1☐ 2☐ 3☐ 4☐ 5☐
Communication
PLO-1
R-2: Subject knowledge Engineering Knowledge 1☐ 2☐ 3☐ 4☐ 5☐

PLO-6
R-3: Project Motivation 1☐ 2☐ 3☐ 4☐ 5☐
Engineer and society

R-4: Organization and Content of

PLO-10
Presentation. 1☐ 2☐ 3☐ 4☐ 5☐
Communication

Evaluator Name: ________________________________________ Signature & Date: ________________________________

Comments: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mid Defense Rubrics
 Criteria PLO 1 2 3 4 5
Delivery & PLO-10 Presentation was Presenter occasionally Presenter spoke clearly. Presenter spoke very Presenter spoke clearly
Presentation Communication not clear at all. spoke clearly. Holds little Language was generally clearly. Language was and at a
Skills Language was not to no eye contact. clear but mostly reading generally clear and good pace to ensure
from notes. delivery was fluent. audience
appropriate Consistent use
R-1 comprehension.
of direct eye contact with Language was used
audience effectively and delivery
was fluent
and expressive.

Subject PLO-1 Student has no Student has no or very less Student is Student has competent Student has presented
knowledge Engineering knowledge of both knowledge of both project uncomfortable knowledge and is at ease full knowledge of both
Knowledge project technical and processes. Cannot with information. with information. Can problem and solution.
R-2 aspects and processes. answer questions. Seems novice and can answer questions but Answers to questions
Cannot answer basic answer basic without rationalization are strengthen by
questions. questions only and rationalization and
explanation. explanation
Project PLO-6 Project aim Project motivation and aim Project motivation and Project motivation and Project motivation and
motivation Engineer and and motivation are not clearly aim are identified but aim are identified and aim are clearly
society are not identified and identified/inaccurate and students are not well presented in satisfactory identified and presented
R-3 presented. explanation is too brief. aware and aren’t able to manner. and students are well
justify the significance. aware of the project
Significance of project significance.
is not addressed at all.

Organization PLO-10 Student is clueless Information is arranged in Information articulated Information articulated Information articulated
Communication about the content of confused and unstructured clearly but it is difficult clearly and the flow is clearly and is organized
and content of
his presentation. way. Key points are not to follow the reasonable All key points in a structured way
presentation. covered. The contents are presentation. are covered with logical flow
hard to understand and All key points are between parts. All key
but limited use of charts, points are covered.
interpret. covered but no use of graphs, figures etc., to
R-4 charts, graphs, figures Enhances presentation
explain salient points. and keeps interest by
etc., to explain salient
points effective use of charts,
graphs, figures etc., to
explain salient
points.