The course focuses on the implementation of the core chemical engineer's competences into a practical project work, the use of available experimental information, and the ability of taking decisions within the framework of a collaborative project.

The design activity requires that all fundamental disciplines (transport phenomena, separations, thermodynamics), as well as the typical chemical engineering equipment design criteria, are acquired.

The project work involves the design of an innovative process. The steps to undertake the whole project are: - data assessment and selection from patents and scientific literature; - block diagram (conceptual design of the process); - process flow diagram and basic engineering (mass and energy balances, equipment sizing); - piping & instrumentation diagram and process engineering package (process control strategy, reliability evaluation, equipment data sheets, process operating manual). The project work planning within the student teams is structured based on individual duties and responsibilities.

The course is organized as a team work. The activity is oganized as three intermidiate milestones for documentation delivery. The course ends with an oral discussion to present the results of the project.

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group project;

The project work will be assessed based on the technical quality of the documents issued by the student teams, and through a final presentation of the achieved results, where the design criteria will be discussed and evaluated by a commission. The objective of the oral assessment is to acknowledge the student's ability in elaborating and motivating design criteria, as well as presenting his/her own work in a technically-sound manner.

In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group project;

The project work will be assessed based on the technical quality of the documents issued by the student teams, and through a final presentation of the achieved results, where the design criteria will be discussed and evaluated by a commission. The objective of the oral assessment is to acknowledge the student's ability in elaborating and motivating design criteria, as well as presenting his/her own work in a technically-sound manner.

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group project;

The project work will be assessed based on the technical quality of the documents issued by the student teams, and through a final presentation of the achieved results, where the design criteria will be discussed and evaluated by a commission. The objective of the oral assessment is to acknowledge the student's ability in elaborating and motivating design criteria, as well as presenting his/her own work in a technically-sound manner.