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Subject:	Chemical Engineering
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Name:	University of Colorado (University of Colorado)
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Process Design

Video Lectures

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Lecture 1 Play Video	Basics of BFDs, PFDs, & PIDs Compares block flow diagrams (BFDs), process flow diagrams (PFDs), and piping and instrumentation diagrams (PIDs).
Lecture 2 Play Video	Block Flow Diagram Examples Gives examples of block flow diagrams (BFDs) for various processes.
Lecture 3 Play Video	BFD: Avoiding Common Mistakes Describes common mistakes made when drawing block flow diagrams and how to avoid making them.
Lecture 4 Play Video	Rule of Thumb: Adding an Expander to a System Uses a design heuristic related to recovering energy from a process when reducing the pressure of a fluid stream.
Lecture 5 Play Video	Rule of Thumb: Energy Losses in a Piping System Uses a design heuristic related to energy losses in a piping system.
Lecture 6 Play Video	Temperature Interval Method for Heat Exchanger Networks Use the temperature interval method to determine minimum energy requirements in designing a heat exchanger network.
Lecture 7 Play Video	Designing a Heat Exchanger Network Using MER targets and pinch point determined in prior screencast, setup a heat exchanger network with utilities.
Lecture 8 Play Video	Working in a Team (Part 1) Provides guidance on how to work in teams on a project.
Lecture 9 Play Video	Working in a Team (Part 2) Provides guidance on how to work in teams on a project.
Lecture 10 Play Video	Working in a Team (Part 3) Provides guidance on how to work in teams on a project.
Lecture 11 Play Video	Gross Economic Profit Analysis Performs a gross economic profit analysis on two reactions to determine which pathway should move forward in the design tree.
Lecture 12 Play Video	Net Present Value and Investor's Rate of Return Calculates the net present value (NPV) for a project using cash flow and time value of money as well as the investor's rate of return (IRR).
Lecture 13 Play Video	Approximate Profitability Measures Introduces the concept of return on investment, payback period and venture profit.
Lecture 14 Play Video	Capital Cost Comparison: Present Worth Analysis Compares the cost of two equipment options using the concept of present worth.
Lecture 15 Play Video	Capital Cost Comparison: Capitalized Cost Analysis Compares the cost of two equipment options using the concept of capitalized cost.
Lecture 16 Play Video	Excel User Form: Heat Exchanger Cost Estimator Uses VBA to develop a user form to estimate the cost of a heat exchanger given type of heat exchanger, internal heat exchange area, construction material, and inflation.
Lecture 17 Play Video	SuperPro Designer: Fermentation Simulation Tutorial on setting up a fermentation in SuperPro Designer.
Lecture 18 Play Video	SuperPro Designer: Adding a Stock Mixture Shows how to add a stock mixture to an inlet stream and have the outlet streams composed of only the stock mixture components.
Lecture 19 Play Video	SuperPro Designer: Modeling a Reactor and Separator Uses transesterification reaction to demonstrate setting up reactor and separator to obtain product of interest.
Lecture 20 Play Video	SuperPro Designer: Modeling a Batch Reactor Overview of setting up a batch reactor in SuperPro Designer.