Chemical Process Design with Aspen Plus®
- 1st Edition - June 1, 2027
- Latest edition
- Author: Vassilis J. Inglezakis
- Language: English
Chemical Process Design with Aspen Plus® adopts a unique, integrated approach, prioritizing a solid foundation in Aspen Plus® alongside the essential framework of chemical engin… Read more
Description
Description
Chemical Process Design with Aspen Plus® adopts a unique, integrated approach, prioritizing a solid foundation in Aspen Plus® alongside the essential framework of chemical engineering design principles, this book will equip students with crucial skills for setting up and conducting simulations, such as identifying relevant models and data, understanding their limitations, and correctly using them with the software. Additionally, students learn critical thinking and problem-solving skills to interpret the simulation's outputs effectively. This not only empowers them to master the software but also prepares them to tackle complex problems, draw sound conclusions from simulation scenarios, and make informed decisions in various fields. Chemical Process Design with Aspen Plus® is designed for advanced undergraduate chemical engineering students on and after their third year of studies, as well as at graduate, postdoc, or master’s level. Professional chemical engineers will also find this book useful as a window into using the popular Aspen Plus® software.
Key features
Key features
- Teaches the essential chemical engineering design principles that are directly relevant to using Aspen Plus® for reliable, capability-focused process modeling
- Bridges the research-to-industry gap through hands-on workshops that show how to source, validate, and structure real simulation input data
- Builds proficiency through a “learn by doing” workshop sequence that guides students through core Aspen Plus® workflows and common modeling tasks
- Enables plant-relevant modeling by extending from individual unit operations to integrated, plant-wide simulation of end-to-end process designs
- Applies practical, real-world problem scenarios to strengthen decision-making, helping students confidently translate theoretical concepts into working Aspen Plus® studies
Readership
Readership
Advanced undergraduate chemical engineering students on and after their third year of studies as well as at MSc/MEng level
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Aspen Plus® interface and functions
2.1. Properties environment
2.2. Simulation environment
2.3. Basic principles of process simulation
3. Phase equilibrium models & analysis
3.1. What you will learn
3.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
3.3. Aspen Plus® implementation 3.3.1. Components and models
3.3.2. Analysis and estimation
3.3.3. Properties databases & data regression
3.4. Workshops
4. Process synthesis, simulation tools & convergence
4.1. What you will learn
4.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
4.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
4.3.1. Simple blocks for mass balance (separation processes, reactors, heaters & pressure changers, other blocks)
4.3.2. Recycles, accumulation & convergence
4.3.3. Simulation tools (sensitivity analysis, design specification & calculator block)
4.4. Workshops
5. Process integration & energy analysis
5.1. What you will learn
5.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
5.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
5.3.1. Utilities
5.3.2. Heat exchangers
5.3.3. Energy analysis
5.4. Workshops
6. Separation processes
6.1. What you will learn
6.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
6.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
6.3.1. Flashes and decanter
6.3.2. Distillation columns (Equilibrium-based distillation, enhanced distillation, rate-based distillation)
6.3.3. Absorption & extraction columns
6.4. Workshops
7. Rigorous reactors
7.1. What you will learn
7.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
7.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
7.3.1. Simple kinetics
7.3.2. Complex kinetics
7.4. Workshops
8. Optimization & economic analysis
8.1. What you will learn
8.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
8.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
8.3.1. Process optimization
8.3.2. Plant economic analysis
8.4. Workshops
9. Processes with solids
9.1. What you will learn
9.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
9.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
9.3.1. Setting up a flowsheet with solids
9.3.2. Solids separation blocks (Cyclones, dryers)
9.3.3. Fluidized beds (Hydrodynamics and reactions)
9.3.4. Freezing & freeze-out of CO2
9.4. Workshops
10. Process dynamics and control
10.1. What you will learn
10.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
10.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
10.3.1. Distillation columns
10.3.2. Reactors
10.4. Workshops
11. Plant design case studies
11.1. Reflection on the workshops plant design case studies (Hydrodealkylation of toluene, styrene, cumene)
11.2. Vinyl-chloride monomer
11.3. Cyclohexane
11.4. Ethylene oxide
11.5. Methanol from syngas
11.6. Methane and ethane separation from natural gas
11.7. Sabatier and reverse-water-gas shift reaction for CO2 utilization
11.8 E-kerosene from CO2 and H2
2. Aspen Plus® interface and functions
2.1. Properties environment
2.2. Simulation environment
2.3. Basic principles of process simulation
3. Phase equilibrium models & analysis
3.1. What you will learn
3.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
3.3. Aspen Plus® implementation 3.3.1. Components and models
3.3.2. Analysis and estimation
3.3.3. Properties databases & data regression
3.4. Workshops
4. Process synthesis, simulation tools & convergence
4.1. What you will learn
4.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
4.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
4.3.1. Simple blocks for mass balance (separation processes, reactors, heaters & pressure changers, other blocks)
4.3.2. Recycles, accumulation & convergence
4.3.3. Simulation tools (sensitivity analysis, design specification & calculator block)
4.4. Workshops
5. Process integration & energy analysis
5.1. What you will learn
5.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
5.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
5.3.1. Utilities
5.3.2. Heat exchangers
5.3.3. Energy analysis
5.4. Workshops
6. Separation processes
6.1. What you will learn
6.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
6.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
6.3.1. Flashes and decanter
6.3.2. Distillation columns (Equilibrium-based distillation, enhanced distillation, rate-based distillation)
6.3.3. Absorption & extraction columns
6.4. Workshops
7. Rigorous reactors
7.1. What you will learn
7.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
7.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
7.3.1. Simple kinetics
7.3.2. Complex kinetics
7.4. Workshops
8. Optimization & economic analysis
8.1. What you will learn
8.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
8.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
8.3.1. Process optimization
8.3.2. Plant economic analysis
8.4. Workshops
9. Processes with solids
9.1. What you will learn
9.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
9.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
9.3.1. Setting up a flowsheet with solids
9.3.2. Solids separation blocks (Cyclones, dryers)
9.3.3. Fluidized beds (Hydrodynamics and reactions)
9.3.4. Freezing & freeze-out of CO2
9.4. Workshops
10. Process dynamics and control
10.1. What you will learn
10.2. Chemical engineering principles and heuristics
10.3. Aspen Plus® implementation
10.3.1. Distillation columns
10.3.2. Reactors
10.4. Workshops
11. Plant design case studies
11.1. Reflection on the workshops plant design case studies (Hydrodealkylation of toluene, styrene, cumene)
11.2. Vinyl-chloride monomer
11.3. Cyclohexane
11.4. Ethylene oxide
11.5. Methanol from syngas
11.6. Methane and ethane separation from natural gas
11.7. Sabatier and reverse-water-gas shift reaction for CO2 utilization
11.8 E-kerosene from CO2 and H2
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 1, 2027
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
Vassilis J. Inglezakis
Author
Vassilis J. Inglezakis is a Reader in Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, UK, where he teaches process design and simulation. He holds a Diploma and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and has taught since 2013 at Nazarbayev University, the Open University of Cyprus and Strathclyde. At Nazarbayev University (2013-2020), he built teaching and research laboratories, chaired the Biosafety & Chemical Safety Committee, and received a 2016 national education award from Kazakhstan's Ministry of Education. He has evaluated research proposals for the European Commission since 2011. His research covers environmental chemical engineering, process design and simulation, and Astrochemical Engineering, which he introduced in 2023. He published over 155 papers and authored two Elsevier books. Previously, he was an environmental consultant (2004-2012) and advisor to the Slovak and Romanian environment ministries. He now heads Process Engineering & Scale-Up at Ureaka Ltd, a carbon-negative construction materials spin-out.
Affiliations and expertise
Reader, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK