Process Design
Video Lectures
Displaying all 20 video lectures.
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Basics of BFDs, PFDs, & PIDs Compares block flow diagrams (BFDs), process flow diagrams (PFDs), and piping and instrumentation diagrams (PIDs). |
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Block Flow Diagram Examples Gives examples of block flow diagrams (BFDs) for various processes. |
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BFD: Avoiding Common Mistakes Describes common mistakes made when drawing block flow diagrams and how to avoid making them. |
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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. |
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Rule of Thumb: Energy Losses in a Piping System Uses a design heuristic related to energy losses in a piping system. |
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Temperature Interval Method for Heat Exchanger Networks Use the temperature interval method to determine minimum energy requirements in designing a heat exchanger network. |
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Designing a Heat Exchanger Network Using MER targets and pinch point determined in prior screencast, setup a heat exchanger network with utilities. |
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Working in a Team (Part 1) Provides guidance on how to work in teams on a project. |
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Working in a Team (Part 2) Provides guidance on how to work in teams on a project. |
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Working in a Team (Part 3) Provides guidance on how to work in teams on a project. |
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Gross Economic Profit Analysis Performs a gross economic profit analysis on two reactions to determine which pathway should move forward in the design tree. |
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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). |
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Approximate Profitability Measures Introduces the concept of return on investment, payback period and venture profit. |
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Capital Cost Comparison: Present Worth Analysis Compares the cost of two equipment options using the concept of present worth. |
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Capital Cost Comparison: Capitalized Cost Analysis Compares the cost of two equipment options using the concept of capitalized cost. |
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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. |
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SuperPro Designer: Fermentation Simulation Tutorial on setting up a fermentation in SuperPro Designer. |
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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. |
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SuperPro Designer: Modeling a Reactor and Separator Uses transesterification reaction to demonstrate setting up reactor and separator to obtain product of interest. |
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SuperPro Designer: Modeling a Batch Reactor Overview of setting up a batch reactor in SuperPro Designer. |