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