CHEM ENG 4053 PINCH ANALYSIS & PROCESS SYNTHESIS

CHEM ENG 7039 PINCH ANALYSIS

STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS 2017

CHEM ENG 4053 Pinch Analysis & Process Synthesis

Assignments (Individual)
1. Critically assess (~1,000 words) the value of the software provided by Kemp1 [50 Marks]
2. Prepare a summary statement (~750 words) to illustrate your understanding of the effect
on pinch analyses of the change in Cp with variation in process temperature [50 Marks]
3. In ~500 words state carefully what information can be gained by a professional chemical
engineer from a Grand Composite Curve [20 Marks]
4. What could a professional design engineer deduce from Figure 4-19 of the Course Notes?
Draw a comparable HEN for this diagram [20 Marks]
5. Hand-up worked solutions to Questions 1 and 2 of Module 4 [40 marks]
6. Hand-up worked solutions to Questions 3 and 4 of Module 4 [20 Marks]

Threshold Concepts Presentation (Group)

Prepare and present a 5 – 10 min seminar for one (1) only of the following topics:
• Choosing ΔTmin
• Temperature intervals and cascade diagrams
• System independence above and below the pinch
• Minimum number of heat exchangers
• Loops and overall network
• Grand composite curve
• Stream splitting
In your presentation allow for a further 5 min for questions.

Design Project (Group)

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CHEM ENG 7039 Pinch Analysis

Assignments (Individual)
1. Critically assess (~1,000 words) the value of the software provided by Kemp1 [50 Marks]
2. Prepare a summary statement (~750 words) to illustrate your understanding of the effect
on pinch analyses of the change in Cp with variation in process temperature [50 Marks]
3. In ~500 words state carefully what information can be gained by a professional chemical
engineer from a Grand Composite Curve [20 Marks]
4. What could a professional design engineer deduce from Figure 4-19 of the Course Notes?
Draw a comparable HEN for this diagram [20 Marks]
5. Hand-up worked solutions to Questions 1 and 2 of Module 4 [40 marks]
6. Hand-up worked solutions to Questions 3 and 4 of Module 4 [20 Marks]

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Presentation (Individual)
Prepare and present a 15-20 min lecture for one (1) only of the following topics:
• Pinch Analysis – The procedure
• The Pinch and its Significance
• Problem Table – A targeting procedure
• Composite Curves
In your presentation allow for a further 10 min for questions.

Design Project (Group)

TBA
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Kemp I C (2007) Pinch Analysis and Process Integration – A User Guide on Process Integration for the Efficient Use of Energy
2nd Edn. (IChemE Publications-Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford). Appendix-Using the spreadsheet software and found at:
http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/science/book/9780750682602

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