Industrial Plant and Process Design

This course aims to provide knowledge of the theoretical principles of industrial plant and process design, including basic principles of material and energy balances, materials of construction and economical evaluation of the process. It also aims to provide basic understanding of the driving forces regulating choices of design, equipment selection, and document preparation; a capability to evaluate and select the most appropriate solution for a given practical problem in this area. After completion of the course students will demonstrate understanding and have practical experience in solving theoretical problems, show capability in managing basic preparation of drawings, schematics and data elaboration involved in plant and process design.

The aim of this course is to provide knowledge of theoretical industrial equipment and production process principles, to include materials and energy balance, and basic knowledge of construction and economic process evaluation.

Industrial biotechnology

1. Introduction to plant design, general definition and short history outlines. 2. Fundamentals of material balances. 3. Fundamentals of energy balances. 4. Preparation and presentation of the process flow-sheet and diagrams. 5. Piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID): preparation and specification. 6. Costing and project economical evaluation. 7. Materials of construction and their selection. 8. Design information and data representation. 9. Safety and hazard management. 10. Reactors: general definitions, basic geometries and configurations. 11. Reactors for liquid phase processes. 12. Reactors for solid phase processes. 13. Up-stream treatment: fundamentals and equipment used. 14. Down-stream processing: fundamentals and equipment used. 15. Equipment selection, specification and design. Practical work (contents): Case studies, exercise of material and energy balancing, materials and equipments, control and measurements, Liquid and Solid State Fermentation, Flow-sheeting and lay-out drawing and specification.

To show capability in evaluating the industrial target and how to achieve it. Understand integrative parts of the plant design techniques. Understand principles of the industrial plant and process utilization and development. Implement the theoretical knowledge working with the design tools. Manage the results obtained and present conclusions.