Universidad de La Sabana

Course Syllabi
Chemical Engineering

1. Course number and name:

Catalogue Course Number: 150801
Modelling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering

2. Credits and contact hours:

Credits: 3, Contact hours: 4, Individual work hours: 5

3. Text book, title, author, and year

• SCENNA N. J., Modelado, Simulación y Optimización de Procesos Químicos.
Libro electrónico:
http://www.modeladoeningenieria.edu.ar/libros/modeinge/modinge_f.htm
• LUYBEN W.L. Process modeling, simulation and control form chemical engineers.
Segunda edición. Mc Graw-Hill. 1990
• SEIDER W.D. , SEADER J. D. , LEWIN, D.R. , Process design principles :
synthesis, analysis and evaluation John Wiley & Sons, New York 2004.
• DE LA CUESTA, P. J., MARTINEZ, E. R. Operaciones de Separación en
Ingeniería Química. Pearson-Prentice Hall. (2004).
• PRAUSNITZ, J; ANDERSON, T; & GRENS, E. Computer Calculations for
Multicomponent Vapor – Liquid and Liquid – Liquid Equilibria. PRENTICE
HALL. Englewood Cliffs. (1980).
• KREYSZIG. ”Matemáticas Avanzadas para Ingeniería”. Vol II. Editorial Limusa
• PETLYK, F. B. Distillation theory and its application to optimal design of
separation units. Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering. (2004).
• TAYLOR, R., KRISHNA, R. Multicomponent mass transfer. JOHN WILEY &
SONS, INC. (1993).
• BIRD, R. B., STEWART, W. E., LIGHFOOT, E. N. Fenómenos de transporte.
Reverte. (1970).
• L. S. PALATNIK & A. I. LANDAU. Phase Equilibria in Multicomponent Systems.
HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON, INC. (1964).
• Revistas: AIChE Journal, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Science,
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Computers Chem. Eng., Chemical Engineering
Process. Book, Process Dynamics and Control, D. Seborg John Wiley & Sons, 2010

4. Specific course information

a. Brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)
In the Chemical Industry millions of dollars are spent on research, much of this capital
is used in experimentation either on a laboratory scale or pilot plants. In recent years,
and due in large part to the development of increasingly powerful and economical
computers, the simulation of Chemical Engineering processes has taken a great deal of
strength and acceptance among researchers.
It is necessary that the Chemical Engineer can develop, solve and apply different
characteristics of modeling and simulation of processes.
b. Prerequisites or co-requisites
Prerequisites: 150602 – Chemical Reaction Engineering
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Chemical Engineering

c. Indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1)
course in the program
Required

5. Specific goals for the course

a. Specific outcomes of instruction, ex. The student will be able to explain the
significance of current research about a particular topic.
The student will be able to:
• Model chemical processes through differential equations based on matter and
energy balances, chemical equilibrium, chemical reactions, heat transfer, and fluid
flow.
• Identify and design strategies of feedback and feedforward control with its
instrumentation
• Use the concepts of Laplace transform and transfer function to evaluate the
dynamic response at different inputs
• Use block diagramming and algebra to summarize and graphically represent
control strategies of a process.
• Apply linearization strategies of chemical process functions of one or more
variables
• Choose and design the type of controller for the process under study and establish
the response of the system by calculating the maximum gain and last period.
• Analyze and interpret control schemes in chemical plants.
b. Explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any
other outcomes are addressed by the course.
• d - An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
• i - A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
• k - an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

6. Brief list of topics to be covered

• Introduction
• General, historical review.
• Thermodynamic and transportation properties
• Basic unit operations
• Lines of pipes
• Chemical reactors
• Heat exchangers
• Design of heat exchange networks
• Distillation
• Extractive distillation
• Reactive distillation
• Economic analysis
• Process control