Course Code and Name: SCE 4203 PROCESS SIMULATION AND INTEGRATION

Course Level: YEAR FOUR SEMESTER TWO

Course Credit: 4 CU
Contact hours: 60

Brief course description

This course introduces phenomenological model development, the use of mathematical
models to describe physical processes and determination of the necessary components in a
mathematical model.

Course Objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:

 Create mathematical model describing the chemical process

 Discuss the physical properties of the processes
 Analyze the problems and make simulation of them

Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:

 Construct mathematical models of physical processes

 Simulate the mathematical models and make solutions
 Programming and analyzing the results
 Solve the algorithm involved in the mathematical models
 Determine the limitations of models

Detailed course description

 Generalized structures for phenomenological models development.

Mathematical models: Describing physico-chemical phenomena. (12 hours)

 Description levels. Determination of the necessary phenomenological

components in a mathematical model, starting from the equipment or process
characteristics in which the phenomenon occurs, the physical properties of
the process medium and the nature of the operation variables: deterministic or
random. (12 hours)
  Analysis of the physico-chemical structure of the mathematical models and
identification of its implicit physical considerations, foreseeing their
possibilities and limitations. (12 hours)

 Problem analysis and developing of the elements required to make a

simulation study. (12 hours)

 Mathematical models, the solution algorithm, programming and analyzing the

results. (12 hours)

Mode of delivery
The course is thought by lectures, assignments and examinations.
Assessments
The course is assessed by assignments, tests and final examinations whose contributions are
show below:
Requirements Contribution
Assignments 15%
Tests 25%
Final course examination 60%
Total 100%

Study Materials

1- HYSYS (or ChemCAD) User and Tutorial Guides.

2- Chau, Pao C. “Process Control: A First Course with MATLAB”, Cambridge University
Press, 2002.
3 - Davis, Timothy A. and Sigmon, Kermit, “MATLAB Primer, 7th Ed.” Chapman &
Hall/CRC, 2004.
4- Smith, R, “Chemical Process Design and Integration” 2005, John Wiley & Sons.