Computational process design

By Prof. Hariprasad Kodamana, Prof. Manojkumar Ramteke | IIT Delhi

Learners enrolled: 366 | Exam registration: 8

ABOUT THE COURSE:
The course is about learning techniques for designing and synthesising processes and process flow sheets. The course covers methods for basics of process analysis and evaluation, detailed analysis using models, basics of process synthesis and optimization for process synthesis design.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG Chemical Engineering.

PREREQUISITES: Numerical methods, Transport phenomenon.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: All chemical industries.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering Computational Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	17 Feb 2025
End Date :	11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends :	17 Feb 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	24 Feb 2025
Exam Date :	03 May 2025 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1 : Flowsheet synthesis, mass and energy balance

Week 2 : Design of batch plants and simulations for process design

Week 3 : Process flowsheet optimization

Week 4 : Heat and power integration

Week 5 : Reactor network synthesis

Week 6 : Operability and process scheduling

Week 7 : Quantifying sustainability for design

Week 8 : Sustainable process design

Books and references

1. Systematic methods of chemical process
2. design; Lorenz T Biegler, Ignacio E Grossmann, and Arthur E Westerberg; Prentice Hall International Series
3. Chemical process design and integration; Robin Smith; John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
4. Sustainable Design Through Process Integration; Mahmoud M El-Halwagi; Elsevier
5. Sustainable engineering: principles and practice; Bhavik R Bakshi, Cambridge University Press.

Instructor bio

Prof. Hariprasad Kodamana

IIT Delhi

Prof. Hariprasad Kodamana is an associate professor in the Dept of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi. He is also a joint faculty in the Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence, IIT Delhi. His research interests include Machine learning, Optimization, Graphs, Predictive control, process monitoring, and sustainable systems.

Prof. Manojkumar Ramteke

Prof. Manojkumar Ramteke is an associate professor in the Dept of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi. He is also an associate faculty in the Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence, IIT Delhi. His research interests include Multi-objective Optimization, Scheduling, Machine Learning, Sustainable Systems and Novel Computing Methods.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: May 3, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team