E Design Projects

K.l Institution of Chemical Engineers (I. Chem. E.) Design Projects... 

The notes presented in this section are intended to provide guidance to the student preparing a literature review for a project report. They should not be considered as a definitive set of rules to be followed in all situations. These notes should be applicable to the presentation of any type of report, e.g. design project, laboratory investigation, theoretical study, etc. 

The following list contains a summary of the design projects set by the I. Chem. E. since 1959, more details are included in the actual papers, e.g. process description, design data, references, etc. It should be possible to design these plants using information that is freely available in the technical literature. 

In some chemical engineering departments, the length of student design projects tends to increase each year or to have stabilized at a rather voluminous norm . Students refer to previous projects and usually assume that their length is acceptable and required. Quite often student projects are unnecessarily lengthy and much of the extra information is attributable to other sources, e.g. Perry (1984), Kirk-Othmer (1978-84) etc., and could be replaced by an appropriate reference. 

Organize HAZOP or What-If reviews (obtain required support, funding, select and notify team members, etc.). PHA project reviews normally should be included as part of the project design cost (i.e. the project corporate budget request) or existing facility operating costs. 

Additional flowsheeting problems are given in the form of design projects in Appendices E and E. 

The design exercises given in this appendix are somewhat more structured than those given in Appendix E. They have been adapted from design projects set by the Institution of Chemical Engineers as the final part of the Institution s qualifying examinations for professional chemical engineers. 

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