Design Projects

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Three types of design projects are available here:
  1. Companion projects for vertical integration of design experiences through the curriculum. See Bailie, R. C., J. A. Shaeiwitz, and W. B. Whiting, "An Integrated Design Sequence. Sophomore and Junior Years," Chemical Engineering Education, 28 (1), 52-57 (1994).

  2. Design, debottlenecking, troubleshooting, and retrofitting problems, suitable for the capstone course. See Turton, R. and R. C. Bailie, "Chemical Engineering Design. Problem-Solving Strategy," Chemical Engineering Education, 26 (1), 44-49 (1992); Shaeiwitz, J. A. and R. Turton, "Acetone Production from Isopropyl Alcohol: An Example Debottlenecking Problem and Outcomes Assessment Tool," Chemical Engineering Education, 33 (3), 210-215, (1999).

  3. Large-scale design projects produced in our unique, student-led, senior design class. These are suitable for large, capstone projects. See Shaeiwitz, J. A., W. B. Whiting, and D. Velegol, "A Large-Group Senior Design Experience. Teaching Responsibility and Life-Long Learning," Chemical Engineering Education, 30 (1), 70-75 (1996).

All project descriptions are available in either Word (zipped) for Windows or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.

Companion Projects for Curriculum
A. Material Balances
B. Material Balances, Energy Balances, Numerical Methods, and Optimization
C. Fluids, Heat, Thermodynamics plus topics in A and B
D. Separations and Reactors plus topics in C -- these may also be suitable for capstone design


Background for many of these projects can be found in our design textbook.

  A B C D
acetone word
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acrylic acid word
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allyl chloride word
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cumene word
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phthalic anhydride word
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styrene word
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dimethyl ether word
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ethylene oxide word
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drying oil word
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maleic anhydride word
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MTBE word
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ethylbenzene word
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formalin word
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ethanol word
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ammonia word
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pdf 		coming 2009-10 academic year coming 2009-10 academic year


The following faculty members have participated in these integrated projects:

 

Eung H. Cho
Brian J. Anderson
Eugene V. Cilento
Dady Dadyburjor
Rakesh K. Gupta
David J. Klinke
Hisashi O. Kono

  

Edwin L. Kugler
Aubrey L. Miller
Joseph A. Shaeiwitz
Charter D. Stinespring
Richard Turton
John W. Zondlo



Design, debottlenecking, troubleshooting, retrofitting

  1. debottlenecking and/or troubleshooting
  2. retrofitting -- in some cases, necessary information is in project #1 statement
  3. design


Background for many of these projects can be found in our design textbook.

  1 2 3
acetone word
pdf 		word
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pdf
acrylic acid word
pdf 		word
pdf
allyl chloride word
pdf 		word
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pdf
cumene word
pdf		 word
pdf 		word
pdf
phthalic anhydride word
pdf 		word
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pdf
styrene word
pdf 		word
pdf		 word
pdf
dimethyl ether word
pdf 		word
pdf 		word
pdf
ethylene oxide word
pdf 		word
pdf
drying oil word
pdf 		word
pdf
maleic anhydride word
pdf 		word
pdf
MTBE word
pdf 		word
pdf
ethylbenzene word
pdf 		word
pdf
formalin word
pdf 		word
pdf
ethanol word
pdf 		word
pdf
ammonia word
pdf 		word
pdf


Large-scale Process Design Projects

gold production word
pdf
formaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide enzymatically from methanol word
pdf
formalin production from methanol word
pdf
sulfur compounds from waste acid-gas stream word
pdf
tank farm for fuel oil storage word
pdf
olefin and alcohol production from wet natural gas word
pdf
production of dimethyl ether word
pdf
air separation into oxygen, nitrogen, and argon word
pdf
production of silicon compounds word
pdf
production of acrolein word
pdf
production of d,l methionine word
pdf
maleic anhydride production from n-butane word
pdf
acetaldehyde production by ethanol dehydrogenation word
pdf
carbon dioxide removal and sequestration from a power plant word
pdf
electricity cogeneration with a fuel cell using byproduct hydrogen word
pdf
recovering useful products from animal waste word
pdf
batch production of amino acids word
pdf
cellulosic ethanol production word
pdf
methane-syngas-methanol with microprocessing word
pdf


For additional, environmentally related process design projects, click here.

Chemical Product Design Projects

Zebra Mussel Control Technology word
pdf
Salt Chlorination Device word
pdf
Magnetic Refrigerator word
pdf
Coated Seeds and Fertilizers word
pdf
Hydrogen Fuel Cell word
pdf


Multi-scale Design Projects

Transdermal Drug Patch word
pdf
Ice Cream Manufacture word
pdf


WVU Chemical Engineering Department

Written Report Guidelines word
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Oral Report Guidelines word
pdf


For additional information, contact:

Joseph A. Shaeiwitz
Department of Chemical Engineering
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6102
Morgantown, WV 26505-6102
(304) 293-9361
fax: (304) 293-4139
joseph.shaeiwitz@mail.wvu.edu
   Richard Turton
Department of Chemical Engineering
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6102
Morgantown, WV 26505-6102
(304) 293-9364
fax: (304) 293-4139
richard.turton@mail.wvu.edu