Ch.

E-403
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PLANT DESIGN

Lecture # 1
Ch.E-403 Chemical Engineering Plant Design
Lecture # 1
Dr. Syed Zaheer Abbas
szabbas@uet.edu.pk

Department of Chemical Engineering,

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
 Course Description

Introduction to process design and development

General design considerations
Optimal design
Materials of fabrication and their selection
Material transfer handling and equipment design
Heat transfer equipment design
Mass transfer equipment design
Application of computer aided design software
 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

CLO-1: Create, design, and evaluate alternate processes and

equipment for a chemical process and assess various societal,
environmental, and safety issues associated with such design
CLO-2: Apply knowledge acquired in core Chemical Engineering
courses (e.g., Stoichiometry, Reaction Engineering, Thermodynamics,
and Unit Operations) for selection and design of materials handling,
heat transfer, and separation process equipment.
CLO-3: Understand the concept of heat integration for minimization
of overall energy footprint of a chemical process.
CLO-4: Use process simulation software for process creation and
simulation, equipment sizing and costing, and process optimization
 Grading Breakup

SESSIONAL: 30% [(Quiz = 20 %), (Assignments = 10

%)]
MIDTERM: 30 %
FINAL TERM: 40 %
NOTE:
An attendance of 75% is mandatory to sit in the final
examination.
 BOOKS

Text Book:
“Plant Design and Economics for
Chemical Engineers” by M. S.
Peters, K. D. Timmerhaus, and R. E.
West
 Reference Books

“Ludwig’s Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical

Plants” by A. K. Coker
“Chemical Process Equipment: Selection and Design” by J. R.
Couper, W. R. Penney, J. R. Fair, and S. M.Walas
“Equipment Design Handbook: For Refineries and Chemical
Engineers” by F. L. Evans
“Chemical Process: Design and Integration” by R. Smith
“The Art of Chemical Process Design” by G. L. Wells, and L. M. Rose
“Coulson and Richardson’s Chemical Engineering Volume 6
 First Week Plan

Introduction: General overall design

considerations: Process design and flow sheet
development, computer aided design, cost
estimation and profitability analysis of
investments, optimum design; practical
consideration and engineering ethics in design
 Introduction

A successful chemical engineer needs more than a

knowledge and understanding of the fundamental
sciences and the related engineering subjects
The engineer must also have the ability to apply
this knowledge to practical situations
Design of new chemical plants and the expansion
or revision of existing ones
 Process Design Development

Inception Procurement
Preliminary evaluation Commissioning
of economics and market Startup and trial runs
Development of data Production
necessary for final design
Final economic
evaluation
Detailed engineering
design
 General overall design consideration

Plant design includes all engineering aspects involved in

the development of either a new, modified, or expanded
industrial plant.
Design engineer
Cost engineer
Process engineer
Plant location, plant layout, materials of construction,
structural design, utilities, buildings, storage, materials
handling, safety, waste disposal, federal, state, and local
laws or codes, and patents.