Modern Chemical Process Design- A Combined Steady State and Dynamic (CSAD) Approach

我们的项目的目标是取代现有的两个序列的本科设计课程与教学法，教结合稳态和动态（CSAD）的概念，在设计过程的各个方面。我们的概念验证旨在研究如何实施这种新的教学法。我们的主要工作是在工厂范围的过程控制领域应用/实施PI和其他人开发的结果。目前的化工过程设计教学只涉及稳态设计概念，而往往忽略了操作和控制方面的考虑。这些仍然是控制/仪器工程师的领域。不幸的是，启动和关闭期间的操作要求通常与稳态时的操作要求大不相同，并且仅针对给定稳态条件设计的过程可能不是可操作的或可控的。今天的化学工业需要更有效的设计，他们寻求能够同时完成设计和控制任务的化学工程师。我们的工作就是试图解决这个问题。

The objective of our project is to replace the existing two sequence undergraduate design courses with pedagogy that teaches Combined Steady state and Dynamic (CSAD) concepts in all aspects of the design process. Our proof-of-concept is aimed at investigating how this new pedagogy can be implemented. The mainstay of our work is the application/implementation of results, developed by the PIs and others, in the area of plantwide process control. The present pedagogy of chemical process design covers only steady-state design concepts but tends to ignore operational and control considerations. These remain the domain of a control/instrument engineer. Unfortunately, operating requirements during startup and shutdown usually are much different than those at steady state, and a process designed solely for a given steady-state condition may not be operational or controllable. Today's chemical industry needs more efficient design and they seek chemical engineers capable of doing the tasks of design and control simultaneously. Our work is an attempt to address this issue.