Course: Process Simulation & Modelling 1 credits: 5
- Course code
- CTVH24PROCESSIM1
- Name
- Process Simulation & Modelling 1
- Study year
- 2025-2026
- ECTS credits
- 5
- Language
- Dutch, with parts in English
- Coordinator
- M.E.F. Apol
- Modes of delivery
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- Practical / Training
- Tutorial
- Assessments
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- Processimulatie & Modelleren 1 Practicum - Other assessment
- Processimulatie & Modelleren 1 Theorie - Computer, organised by STAD examinations
Learning outcomes
This module has the following learning outcomes
- You can roughly dimension a stripper and a distillation column using existing correlations (Fenske, Gilliland-Eduljee), applying dish efficiency.
- You can apply the Lewis-Sorel method for sizing a flash vessel, a stripper and a distillation column for ideal and non-ideal binary mixtures.
- You can apply the McGabe-Thiele method for sizing a stripper and a distillation column for ideal and non-ideal mixtures.
- You can set up a model in the simulation programme Aspen Plus® and compare and evaluate experimental and model results with models in Excel.
- You can interpret research results using models and you can summarise, structure and interpret them in relation to the problem definition.
- You can roughly dimension a stripper and a distillation column using existing correlations (Fenske, Gilliland-Eduljee), applying dish efficiency.
- You can apply the Lewis-Sorel method for sizing a flash vessel, a stripper and a distillation column for ideal and non-ideal binary mixtures.
- You can apply the McGabe-Thiele method for sizing a stripper and a distillation column for ideal and non-ideal mixtures.
- You can set up a model in the simulation programme Aspen Plus® and compare and evaluate experimental and model results with models in Excel.
- You can interpret research results using models and you can summarise, structure and interpret them in relation to the problem definition.
Content
In the chemical and petrochemical industries, distillation is the most common separation technique. Distillation is a process in which a liquid or vapour mixture consisting of two or more components is separated into component fractions of a desired purity by supplying and removing heat.
Distillation is based on the fact that the vapour of a boiling mixture will generally be richer in the component(s) with the lower boiling points. This means that when this vapour is cooled and condensed, this condensate will contain more of the volatile components. As a result, the original mixture will contain more of the less volatile components.
This module covers various elementary aspects of distillation, such as gas-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibrium, saturated vapour pressure, dew point and bubble point of binary and ternary mixtures, and flash calculations. In addition, various models for liquid-vapour and liquid-liquid equilibria are covered.
These models can be applied in Excel and in Aspen plus to predict the properties of different component mixtures.
Distillation is based on the fact that the vapour of a boiling mixture will generally be richer in the component(s) with the lower boiling points. This means that when this vapour is cooled and condensed, this condensate will contain more of the volatile components. As a result, the original mixture will contain more of the less volatile components.
This module covers various elementary aspects of distillation, such as gas-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibrium, saturated vapour pressure, dew point and bubble point of binary and ternary mixtures, and flash calculations. In addition, various models for liquid-vapour and liquid-liquid equilibria are covered.
These models can be applied in Excel and in Aspen plus to predict the properties of different component mixtures.
Included in programme(s)
School(s)
- Institute for Life Science & Technology