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Process engineering (5 cr)

Code: EN00BH70-3001

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2019 - 30.08.2019

Timing

26.08.2019 - 20.12.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 25

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Energy Engineering

Teachers

  • Merja Mäkelä
  • Kalle Tarhonen

Teacher in charge

Kalle Tarhonen

Groups

  • ENKT17SM

Objective

After completing this course, you will be able to
• describe the significance of process design in process integration
• present main processes and machinery of process industries
• work out the dimensioning of process machinery and compute steady states
• define dynamic flow, heat and mass balances for simulations
• identify authority obligations in process design.

Content

How are you able to design processes by taking into account technical, economic, safety-related and environment-related aspects?
What kinds of machines are used in processes and how do they work?
How do you compute the capacity of a process and its steady state?
How do you create a dynamic process model and make a simulation program?
Which processes need authority obligations?

Location and time

After completing this course, you will be able to
- describe the role of process design in process integration
- present main processes and machinery of process industries
- work out the dimensioning of process machinery and compute steady states
- define dynamic flow, heat and mass balances for simulations
- identify authority obligations in process design.
How are you able to design processes by taking into account technical, economic, safety-related and environment-related aspects?
What kinds of machines are used in processes and how are they working?
How do you compute the capacity of a process and compute its steady state?
How do you come to a dynamic process model and make a simulation program?
Which processes do need authority obligations?

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
-

Independent track:
As a project designer a portfolio

Blended track:
After completing this course, you will be able to
- describe the role of process design in process integration
- present main processes and machinery of process industries
- work out the dimensioning of process machinery and compute steady states
- define dynamic flow, heat and mass balances for simulations
- identify authority obligations in process design.
How are you able to design processes by taking into account technical, economic, safety-related and environment-related aspects?
What kinds of machines are used in processes and how are they working?
How do you compute the capacity of a process and compute its steady state?
How do you come to a dynamic process model and make a simulation program?
Which processes do need authority obligations?

Exam schedules

Exam 11.1.2020, additional exams in February and May, 2020.
Resit exam 6.2.2020, klo 16.30-19, B3006.

Completion alternatives

As a project designer a portfolio

Student workload

xx h lectures
xx h supervised design and simulation exercises

Further information

Prerequisite courses are:
Energy Engineering Mathematics 2
Technical visualisation and CAD
Statics and strength of materials
Thermodynamics and heat transfer.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam, with grades 0-5