Process and Product Design

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Textbooks

Screencasts

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado at Boulder): Approximately 70 screencast videos on flowcharts, process equipment, economics, and simulation software

    

Process Design Open Course Materials

• Chemical Process Design Open Textbook (Northwestern University) – Process design theory, method, and projects
• Integrated Chemical Engineering batch process analysis, modeling, and simulation (MIT Open Learning) – Assignments and projects
• Design Projects Compendium (West Virginia University) – Including companion projects with other ChE core courses such as reaction engineering, separations, etc.

Process Simulation Software Learning

• Aspen Plus
  • "Using Process Simulators in Chemical Engineering" multimedia guides (University of Pennsylvania) – Aspen Plus
  • Learn Aspen Plus in 24 Hours (Dr. Thomas A. Adams II, University of Science and Technology) – book and simulation file
• HYSYS/UniSim
  • "Using Process Simulators in Chemical Engineering" multimedia guides (University of Pennsylvania)
• CHEMCAD – Chemstations youtube channel and example book
• Matlab, Python, etc. – reference to Computer Programming resources

Recent Process Design Developments

• Sustainable process design
  • Life cycle analysis – EPA GREENSCOPE tool
  • Sustainable process and product design – Webinar series (PSE for Speed)
• Modular process intensification – eLearning courses (AIChE RAPID Institute)
  • ELA350: Process Design for Process Intensification
  • ELA351: Modeling and Simulation for Process Intensification
  • ELA355: A Practical Guide to Techno-Economic Analysis

Useful Links

• Visual Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering (University of Michigan)