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Chemical Plants and Process Operations Management

Professor: Prof. Flavio Manenti

Teaching Assistants: Prof. Alessandro Di Pretoro, Ing. Kristiano Prifti, Ing. Andrea Galeazzi, Ing. Matteo Fedeli, Ing. Federico Moretta, Ing. Anna Nova, Ing. Francesco Negri, Ing. Loretta Salano, Ing. Marcello Bozzini

Institutions: Politecnico di Milano, Jiao Tong Xi’an University

M.Sc. Students: Chemical Engineering

Semester: 1

ECTS: 10

Type: Mandatory course

Exams rules: please, refer to the dedicated slides on WeBeeP platform

Reference book: Non-conventional Unit Operations – Solving Practical Issues; A. Di Pretoro, F. Manenti, 2019 (Special discount link: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-9240242-12898971?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fit%2Fbook%2F9783030345716)

Reference book: Perry’s Manual (discounted price with AIDIC affiliation, www.aidic.it)

Reference book: Signor, Manenti, La Simulazione Dinamica di Processo (for free with AIDIC affiliation, www.aidic.it)

Lectures (labs are integrated in the frontal lectures) – Material on WeBeeP platform

  • 01 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Intro
  • 02 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Exam rules
  • 03 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Premise
  • 04 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Heat exchangers
  • 05 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Thermodynamic solar
  • 06 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Pinch technology
  • 07 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Heat pumps
  • 08 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Evaporators
  • 09 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Geothermal evaporators
  • 10 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – CO2 utilization (CCU) units
  • 11 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Crystallizers
  • 12 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Filters
  • 13 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Dryers
  • 14 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Spray dryers
  • 15 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Lyophilizers
  • 99 CP2 – KP – LECTURE – Gas-solid separators
  • 98 CP2 – AG – LECTURE – Gas-solid separators design
  • 95 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Non-conventional units in biorefineries
  • 16 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Distributed control systems
  • 17 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Big data analytics
  • 18 CP2 – FM – PREREQUISITE – Digital twin (Bricks)
  • 19 CP2 – FM – PREREQUISITE – Digital twin (Units)
  • 20 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Decision-making
  • 21 CP2 – FM – LECTURE – Supply chain management
  • 22 CP2 – FM – TUTORIAL – Digital twin, decision-making and series of operations
  • 23 CP2 – FM – MACRO-LABORATORY – Chemical process start-up and shutdown
  • 24 CP2 – FM – EYEDUCATION – Field operations in immersive environment

Lab solutions

Pinch technology:

Heat pumps:

Cooling towers:

Evaporators:

Crystallizaers:

FIlters:

Dryers:

Spray Dryers:

Lyophilizers:

Gas-solid separators:

Relevant readings

Evaporators:

  • Multiple-effect evaporation process – Process design HERE
  • Multiple-effect evaporation process – Process startup procedure HERE
  • Agitated thin-film evaporation (open access) – Process dynamics HERE

Heat exchangers:

  • Heat exchange network for water boiling – Process design and dynamics HERE
  • Bypass design in heat exchangers – Process design HERE
  • SRU waste heat boiler design including recombination reactions HERE

Crystallizers:

  • Simulation of Uranium Crystallization Process: HERE
  • Optimization of Uranium Crystallization Process using MPC: HERE

Dryers:

  • Digital twin of PET plant (dryer at the end of the process): HERE