Systematic Methods for Process Synthesis and Design

Over the past four decades, process design has evolved into a systematic approach to synthesize, develop, improve and evaluate a chemical process - both from technical and economic viewpoints. This approach can be viewed from a number of different levels that include a hierarchy of alternatives, thermodynamic insights and pinch concepts, heuristics that guide decision-making and especially mathematical models for analysis and optimization. Moreover, these strategies have evolved and matured to a level suitable for undergraduate education.

This talk outlines this systematic decision-making framework for design education that combines the above concepts. A number of case study projects are presented along with an outline of the course sequence.