CH 2082: Computational Programming and Process Simulation Laboratory

January May 2016

Instructors:
Basavaraj M Gurappa
Office:

basa@iitm.ac.in

HSB 151

Niket S. Kaisare
Office:

Course Website

Phone: 4164

Phone: 4176
MSB 149B

http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~nkaisare/CH2082/

Teaching Assistants
Aravid, Anamika, Arun Sankar, Krishna Saga, Swastik Basu, Saurabh, Sanjana, Fadil

Lab Objectives
The lab will run parallel to the Computational Techniques course. The objective of the lab is to
implement the numerical techniques developed in the course to problems of engineering interest. The second
objective is to use these tools and commercial packages to solve process simulation problems.
The first part of this course will focus on MATLAB, which is a powerful package for engineering
applications, whereas the second part will cover process simulation using the Aspen-Plus package.
Lectures and Laboratory Sessions
The first part (Matlab) consists of nine modules, while the second part (Aspen-Plus) consists of four
modules. In the first part, first two modules are meant to explore and learn the basics of MATLAB.
Thereafter, each module will introduce one concept, followed by hands-on programming session in the DCF.
Each module will have one 2 hr 30 min lab session for each student per week.
There will be a 30-minute lecture prior to every lab session (except for the 1st two modules) in MSB355 from 2:15 to 2:45 pm. In these lectures, general concepts and programming methods relevant to the
current module will be discussed during the 30-minute lecture. At the end of the lecture, a home assignment
will be given. The assignment will involve a programming problem covering the key concepts of the
particular module. The assignment will be due at 2:15 pm on the following Wednesday/Thursday.

CH 2082 Programming and Simulation Lab

The lab sessions will be held in the DCF: one group of students will have a session on Wednesday and
the next group on Thursday, from 2:45 onwards. In these lab sessions, students will be asked to solve another
problem related to the concepts discussed in the lecture delivered previous Friday.
The hands-on lab sessions on Wednesday/Thursday will be graded. Assignments are due for the entire class
on at 2:15 pm on the day of their lab sessions. Attendance is compulsory for all the sessions.
All students in this lab will do the assignments and lab sessions individually.

Code of Conduct
Students are expected to follow the model code of conduct. Any act of copying or academic
dishonesty will be punished. NO DISTINCTION WILL BE MADE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS COPYING AND
INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING MATERIAL TO COPY.

Grading
Part

In Class Sessions

Assignments

DCF Exam (Final)

MATLAB (9 sessions)

20%

20%

25%

Aspen-Plus (4 sessions)

10%

25%

Textbook(s)

Fausett L.V. (2007) Applied Numerical Analysis Using MATLAB, 2nd Ed., Pearson Education

Chapra S.C. and Canale R.P. (2006) Numerical Methods for Engineers, 5th Ed., McGraw Hill

Finlayson B. A. (2006) Introduction to Chemical Engineering Computing, John Wiley and Sons

Pushpavanam S. Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi,
ISBN: 978-81-203-1262-3

Relevant Websites

NETLIB: Online numerical methods repository. http://www.netlib.org

Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN and C: http://www.nr.com

This is the website for a highly popular and recommended book for numerical methods by Press et al. The
second edition of the book is available for download free of cost from this website.

CH 2082 Programming and Simulation Lab

Course Outline
Date
Jan 13

DCF Sessions

Assignment

th

Topic and Contents

Introduction and Overview of the lab.

Part 1: MATLAB
Jan 20th / 21st

Not graded

None

MATLAB Primer Self Learning

Jan 27th / 28st

Not graded

None

MATLAB Primer Self Learning

Graded

Assignment I

Linear Equations and their solution

rd

Feb 3 / 4

th

Feb 10th/ 11th

Graded

Assignment II

Nonlinear Equations

th

Graded

Assignment III

Differentiation / Integration

Feb 24th/ 25th

Graded

Assignment IV

Differential equations

nd

rd

Graded

Assignment V

Regression / Curve Fitting

th

th

Graded

Assignment VI

SURPRISE SESSION

th

Feb 17 / 18

Mar 2 /3

Mar 9 /10
th

Mar 16 /17

th

FINAL EXAM

Part 2: Aspen-Plus
Mar 24th
th

Mar 30 /31

Introduction to Aspen Plus

st

Simulation of individual equipment

Apr 6th /7th

Simulation of flowsheet

Apr 13th/21th

Design specification and sensitivity analysis

Apr 26th/27th
*

FINAL EXAM

Schedule is subject to change depending on pace of learning and other circumstances

CH 2082 Programming and Simulation Lab