Referent : Jürgen Rarey
1st Day
The first day introduces the major elements and some typical workflows with a special focus on separation processes involving the vapor and liquid phase such as the 2-phase flash and distillation.
Basic thermodynamic concepts are covered together with the most important gE-models and equations of state. Due to the importance in distillation, some general rules and simplifications concerning azeotropic behavior as well as options for the separation of close-boiling or azeotropic mixtures are discussed.
The greatest part of the day is occupied by workshop examples to let the participants become familiar with the user interface and the basic workflows of CHEMCAD.
09.00-11.00 | Welcome, introduction
CHEMCAD – elements, user interface, symbols |
11.00-11.15 | Break |
11.15-12.00 | Examining results, convergence Presenting results, Excel report |
12.00-13.00 | Lunch break |
13.00-14.45 | Pure component and mixture behavior basics
Entering user components and pure component data regression |
14.45-14.45 | Chemical thermodynamics of pure component and mixture behavior
Entering user components and pure component data regression |
14.45-15.00 | Break |
15.00-16.30 | Chemical thermodynamics of mixture behavior Azeotropic behavior Options to separate close-boiling or azeotropic mixtures |
2nd Day
The second day covers a variety of topics, mostly in form of practical workshops starting with important tools like sensitivity studies, optimization controller and data reconciliation.
After brief hands-on introductions to dynamic simulation and batch distillation, final workshops on distillation and column sizing and a session on mixture VLE estimation conclude the course.
09.00-11.00 | Sensitivity studies Optimization Controller |
11.00-11.15 | Break |
11.15-12.00 | Data Reconciliation |
12.00-13.00 | Lunch break |
13.00-14.45 | Dynamic simulation example and workshop (tank filling)
Introduction to CC-Batch (batch distillation) |
14.45-15.00 | Break |
15.00-17.00 | Rate based models in SCDS column
Column sizing for tray and packed columns (Sherwood – Eckert, Billet – Schultes, Bravo – Fair) Property estimation |