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Industrial green process simulation
01HHNUJ
A.A. 2025/26
Course Language
Inglese
Degree programme(s)
Master of science-level of the Bologna process in Industrial Chemistry For Circular And Bio Economy - Torino/Napoli
Course structure
| Teaching | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lezioni | 36 |
| Esercitazioni in aula | 24 |
Lecturers
| Teacher | Status | SSD | h.Les | h.Ex | h.Lab | h.Tut | Years teaching |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monteverde Alessandro Hugo Antonio | Professore Associato | ICHI-02/A | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Co-lectures
Context
| SSD | CFU | Activities | Area context | ING-IND/27 | 6 | C - Affini o integrative | Attività formative affini o integrative |
|---|
2025/26
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In this course, new technologists are expected to be trained to evaluate emerging processes by conceptualizing the use of renewable energy, biomass and waste raw materials through efficient processing units. The course will address the use and conversion of biomass (lignocellulosic materials, algae, etc) and waste materials (OFMSW, plastics, etc) into bulk green-chemicals, fine green-chemicals and green-fuels using a systems-level view. The course will focus on the design and modeling of the most intensive process units, evaluating different technologies and comparing performance indicators (KPIs) at the systemic level. The course will address upstream and downstream process modeling, with a focus in process optimization. The macro areas covered will be: electrification of the chemical industry, bio-refinery concept, and zero waste industries. Finally, case studies of green and sustainable processes will be developed and discussed during the course by comparing them with existing products and evaluating their KPIs.
•The student will be able to conceptualize a PFD with respective material and energy balances
•The student will be able to design and simulate upstream and downstream units
•The student will be able to calculate KPIs to compare different process choices such as:
o Specific consumption (energy, water, solvents);
o CO2 produced per kg of product;
o Biochemical impact: kg GMO/kg product (where GMO: genetically modified organisms);
o Material impact: kg CRM/Kg product (where CRM: critical raw material);
o number of units in the process.
-The student will be able to conceptualize a PFD with respective material and energy balances
-The student will be able to design and simulate upstream and downstream units using a commercial simulation software
-The student will be able to calculate KPIs to compare different process choices such as:
o Specific consumption (energy use per product, water used per product, solvents usd per product);
o CO2 produced per kg of product;
o Biochemical impact: kg GMO/kg product (where GMO: genetically modified organisms);
o Material impact: kg CRM/Kg product (where CRM: critical raw material);
o Number of units in the process;
o Costs (CAPEX/OPEX) and MSP.
The student must have already taken the following courses:
-Green unit operations
- Green plants design
- Industrial green process simulation
The contents of the course "Green unit operations" have to be acquired.
Sustainable chemical processes: renewable raw materials, biomass, new building blocks for sustainable chemistry.
Electrification of chemical industry:
Green-fuels: green-ethanol, green-kerosene, green-methanol, green-methane.
Green-chemicals: Green-plastics, Green-chemicals (bulk and fine chemicals).
Renewable energy sources and peak storage problem: Power to X (heat, hydrogen, chemicals).
Utilities: heating pumps and heat integration
Sustainable chemical processes: renewable raw materials, biomass, new building blocks for sustainable chemistry.
Electrification of chemical industry:
Green-fuels: green-ethanol, green-kerosene, green-methanol, green-methane.
Green-chemicals: Green-plastics, Green-chemicals (bulk and fine chemicals).
Renewable energy sources and peak storage problem: Power to X (heat, hydrogen, chemicals).
Utilities: heating pumps and heat integration
Teaching will include lectures and classroom exercises; special attention will be given to the use of software to perform Process Simulation .
Teaching will include lectures and classroom exercises; special attention will be given to the use of software to perform Process Simulation .
-Juma Haydary, Chemical Process Design and Simulation,Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS Applications, Wiley-AIChE, 2019.
-Kamal Al-Malah, ASPEN PLUS® Chemical Engineering Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey, Canada, 2017.
-D. Reay, C. Ramshaw, A. Harvey – Process Intensification. Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013, ISBN: 9780080983042
- Juma Haydary, Chemical Process Design and Simulation,Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS Applications, Wiley-AIChE, 2019.
- Kamal Al-Malah, ASPEN PLUS® Chemical Engineering Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey, Canada, 2017.
- D. Reay, C. Ramshaw, A. Harvey – Process Intensification. Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013, ISBN: 9780080983042
Dispense; Libro di testo; Strumenti di simulazione;
Lecture notes; Text book; Simulation tools;
Modalità di esame: Prova orale obbligatoria; Elaborato progettuale in gruppo;
Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group project;
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Students will be divided previously into groups to which a case study will be assigned. The research project should address a sustainable process and compared with existing process. The group-written project paper is due before the final exam. The project will be evaluated on the basis of the design documentation provided by the student groups at the end of the course, which will be viewed and corrected before a final presentation (during the exam session) in which the design choices will be justified and defended before a panel of judges. The objective of the oral examination is to ascertain the student's ability to develop and justify design choices, and to present his or her work in a technically correct manner.
Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unità Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione più idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.
Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group project;
Students will be divided previously into groups to which a case study will be assigned. The research project should address a sustainable process and compared with existing process. The group-written project paper is due before the final exam. The project will be evaluated on the basis of the design documentation provided by the student groups at the end of the course, which will be viewed and corrected before a final presentation (during the exam session) in which the design choices will be justified and defended before a panel of judges. The objective of the oral examination is to ascertain the student's ability to develop and justify design choices, and to present his or her work in a technically correct 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.