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:
- Text: [download id=”5351″]
- Excel: Pinch-technology-REV
Heat pumps:
- Text: [download id=”5354″]
- Excel: [download id=”5389″]
Cooling towers:
- Text: [download id=”5392″]
- Excel: [download id=”5395″]
- MS VC++ source: [download id=”5399″]
- Matlab source: [download id=”5402″]
- Prof. Di Pretoro’s Matlab Template: CoolingTowerTtemplate
Evaporators:
- Text: [download id=”5405″]
- Cocurrent solution Excel: [download id=”5431″]
- Countercurrent solution Excel: [download id=”5434″]
- Economic assessment: [download id=”5437″]
Crystallizaers:
- Text: [download id=”5479″]
- Solution I: [download id=”5482″]
- Solution II: [download id=”5485″]
FIlters:
- Text: [download id=”5527″]
- Excel: [download id=”5524″]
- Excel centrifugal filtration: [download id=”5521″]
Dryers:
- Excel: [download id=”5518″]
Spray Dryers:
- Text: [download id=”5508″]
- Excel: [download id=”5505″]
- Matlab: [download id=”5511″] [download id=”5514″]
Lyophilizers:
- Excel: [download id=”5502″]
Gas-solid separators:
- Excel: [download id=”5499″]
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