Capstone Plant Design Project
| Title | Μελέτη Σχεδιασμού Βιομηχανικής Εγκατάστασης / Capstone Plant Design Project |
| Code | BE9 |
| Faculty | Engineering |
| School | Chemical Engineering |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600020599 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos CΗīmikṓn Mīchanikṓn (2021-2026
Registered students: 86
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 7 |
| Total Hours | 91 |
| Class ID | 600280275
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Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600280275
- At the Website of the School: https://cheng.auth.gr/spoudes/proptychiaka/odigos-kai-programma-spoudon/
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- HY4 Numerical Methods for Engineers
- ME2 Mass and Energy Balances
- FD5 Unit Operations I
- FD6 Unit Operations II
- XA6 Chemical Reactor Design I
- XE8 Chemical Plant Design and Economics
General Prerequisites
From the 6 prerequisites students are required to have 5 successfully completed
Learning Outcomes
Apply acquired Chemical Engineering principles in the analysis, simulation, design, energy integration, optimization, and economic evaluation of current industrial processes. Final year students apply the knowledge they gained from the various areas in preparing a feasibility study that concerns a chemical plant.
Specific aims / educational objectives of the course are:
- Literature review
- Process alternatives
- Process flowchart development
- Mass and energy balances
- Basic and advanced design of unit operations (heat exchanger, catalytic reactor, etc.), process synthesis
Use of commercial simulators
- Energy integration (if appropriate)
- Economic evaluation
- Environmental impact using Life Cycle Assessment (if appropriate)
- HAZOP/HAZAN (if appropriate)
- Writing a technical report
- Presentation of results.
Other Objectives
- The development and promotion of collaboration skills in teams
- The writing and presentation of a technical report
- The development of critical and design skills
- Selection of process flowcharts or units
- Simulation of the installation using modern computer tools.
- Optimization of units or their processes
- Economic evaluation of an industrial facility with real financial, technical, and other data
- Integration of specific environmental and risk assessments and risk analysis
- The technical presentation of the study
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Study Implementation
Use of modern computational tools for process modeling and simulation such as Honeywell UniSim Design, GAMS and Mathworks MATLAB.
As required by the type of operation: Using Life Cycle Analysis assess the environmental impact of the process plant, and perform a risk and functionality study (HAZOP).
Student form teams of 5 members (with few exceptions).
The selection of individuals per team will be made by faculty with specific criteria that are followed internationally.
Each team represents a company of consultants or design team of Chemical and Process Engineering (up to each team to decide the company name and its logo)
Each team will select a representative (team leader) responsible for communicating with the faculty supervisor
Each team will be supervised by a faculty member.
There will be frequent mandatory meetings with supervisors throughout the duration of the project
The content and objectives of the meetings will be defined in detail in advance.
- Completing the detailed process design
- Selection of Process Flowsheet
- Enery Integration
- Equipment sizing
- Plant optimizatiob
- Full economic evaluation (calculation of the Net Present Value of the investment, repayment time and cash flow analysis over a period of 25 years)
- Environmental assessment (if required)
- HAZOP/HAZAN (if required)
- Writing a detailed, well-structured technical report (no page limit)
- Presentation in a panel of two examiners.
The presentation lasts about an hour and is followed by discussion/examination and grading of the group
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Students are encouraged to use Process Simulators and other appropriate computational tools (e.g. UNISIM, GAMS and Matlab). The course's complete material is available via the e-Learning platform, which is also used for interacting with the student teams.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 10 | ✓ | |||
| Seminars | 10 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 10 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 230 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 40 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 300 |
Student Assessment
Description
Evaluation of each team and each student separately from the supervisor based on a detailed technical report and (ii) presentation of the project (two supervisors will be participate in the final project presentation)
Student Assessment methods
- Oral Exams (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Summative)
- Report (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Ιωάννης Κ. Κούκος, Εισαγωγή στο Σχεδιασμό Χημικών Εργοστασίων, Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, 2η Έκδοση, 2020
Additional bibliography for study
Ιωάννης Κ. Κούκος, Εισαγωγή στο Σχεδιασμό Χημικών Εργοστασίων, Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, 2η Έκδοση, 2020
Ray Sinnott & Gavin Towler, Chemical Engineering Design, SI Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 6th Edition, 2020
Max Peters & Klaus Timmerhaus, Σχεδιασμός και οικονομική μελέτη εγκαταστάσεων για μηχανικούς, Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, 5η Έκδοση, 2020 (με επίσης ελεύθερα διαθέσιμο εργαλείο υπολογισμών κόστους http://www.mhhe.com/engcs/chemical/peters/data/)
W.l. McCabe, J.C. Smith, P. Harriott, Βασικές Διεργασίες Χημικής Μηχανικής, 7η Έκδοση, 2015
Last Update
04-09-2025
