Process Simulation 1

Code School Level Credits Semesters
CHEE3020 Chemical & Environmental Engineering 3 10 Autumn Malaysia
Code
CHEE3020
School
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Level
3
Credits
10
Semesters
Autumn Malaysia

Summary

This module is about steady-state process simulation by computer. Students will use a commercial package in a design environment and will develop an understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of such tools. Students will complete a series of assignments in their own time. (The current package is HYSYS).

Target Students

Available to Year 3 students registered on the following courses: Chemical Engineering and Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering; MSc in Chemical Engineering.

Classes

Assessment

Educational Aims

This module aims to promote a deeper understanding of steady-state process simulation by computer. It has as an objective to illustrate the benefits and limitations of using commercial simulation software for process design.

Learning Outcomes

 Module Learning Outcomes (MLO)

A student who has successfully completed this module will be able to:

1.    Decide whether process simulation is appropriate and useful for a process or part of the process.

2.    Build simple simulations from problem descriptions.

3.    Be sufficiently familiar with the software to tackle new simulation problems distinctly different from the taught examples.

4.    Analyse and evaluate simulation output.

5.    Communicate simulation objectives, methods and outcomes to a technical audience.

Engineering Accreditation Council Malaysia (EAC) Programme Outcomes (EAC PO):

PO2 - Problem Analysis (Complexity of analysis) - Identify, formulate, research literature analyse complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using principles of mathematics, natural sciences and chemical engineering sciences. (WK1 to WK4).

PO5 - Modern Tool Usage (Level of understanding of the appropriateness of the tool) - Create, select and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modelling, to complex engineering problems, with an understanding of the limitations. (WK6).

Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Programme Outcomes (IChemE PO):

A2.3.1 Be familiar with the application and limitations of a range of modelling approaches including first-principles models, simple empirical correlations, and artificial intelligence approaches.

A2.3.2 Be competent in the use of numerical and computer methods, including commercial software for solving chemical engineering problems (detailed knowledge of computer coding is not required).

A2.5.4 Be able to apply digital techniques to solving chemical engineering problems.

A5.2.5 Be effective users of IT.

 

 

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Last updated 09/01/2025.