Projects

1. 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

Companion Projects for Curriculum

Material	A	B	C	D
acetone	acetone A - Word acetone A - PDF	acetone B - Word acetone B - PDF	acetone C - Word acetone C - PDF	acetone D - Word acetone D - PDF
acrylic acid	acrylic acid A - Word acrylic acid A - PDF	acrylic acid B - Word acrylic acid B - PDF	acrylic acid C - Word acrylic acid C - PDF	acrylic acid D - Word acrylic acid D - PDF
allyl chloride	allyl chloride A - Word allyl chloride A - PDF	allyl chloride B - Word allyl chloride B - PDF	allyl chloride C - Word allyl chloride C - PDF	allyl chloride D - Word allyl chloride D - PDF
cumene	cumene A - Word cumene A - PDF	cumene B - Word cumene B - PDF	cumene C - Word cumene C - PDF	cumene D - Word cumene D - PDF
phthalic anhydride	phthalic anhydride A - Word phthalic anhydride A - PDF	phthalic anhydride B - Word phthalic anhydride B - PDF	phthalic anhydride C - Word phthalic anhydride C - PDF	phthalic anhydride D - Word phthalic anhydride D - PDF
dimethyl ether	dimethyl ether A - Word dimethyl ether A - PDF	dimethyl ether B - Word dimethyl ether B - PDF	dimethyl ether C - Word dimethyl ether C - PDF	dimethyl ether D - Word dimethyl ether D - PDF
ethylene oxide	ethylene oxide A - Word ethylene oxide A - PDF	ethylene oxide B - Word ethylene oxide B - PDF	ethylene oxide C - Word ethylene oxide C - PDF	ethylene oxide D - Word ethylene oxide D - PDF
drying oil	drying oil A - Word drying oil A - PDF	drying oil B - Word drying oil B - PDF	drying oil C - Word drying oil C - PDF	drying oil D - Word drying oil D - PDF
maleic anhydride	maleic anhydride A - Word maleic anhydride A - PDF	maleic anhydride B - Word maleic anhydride B - PDF	maleic anhydride C - Word maleic anhydride C - PDF	maleic anhydride D - Word maleic anhydride D - PDF
MTBE	MTBE A - Word MTBE A - PDF	MTBE B - Word MTBE B - PDF	MTBE C - Word MTBE C - PDF	MTBE D - Word MTBE D - PDF
ethylbenzene	ethylbenzene A - Word ethylbenzene A - PDF	ethylbenzene B - Word ethylbenzene B - PDF	ethylbenzene C - Word ethylbenzene C - PDF	ethylbenzene D - Word ethylbenzene D - PDF
formalin	formalin A - Word formalin A - PDF	formalin B - Word formalin B - PDF	formalin C - Word formalin C - PDF	formalin D - Word formalin D - PDF
ethanol	ethanol A - Word ethanol A -PDF	ethanol B - Word ethanol B - PDF	ethanol C - Word ethanol C - PDF	ethanol D - Word ethanol D - PDF
ammonia	ammonia A - Word ammonia A - PDF	ammonia B - Word ammonia B - PDF	ammonia C - Word ammonia C - PDF	ammonia D - Word ammonia D - PDF
phthalic anhydride (new version)	phthalic anhydride (new version) A - Word phthalic anhydride (new version) A - PDF	phthalic anhydride (new version) B - Word phthalic anhydride (new version) B - PDF	phthalic anhydride (new version) C - Word phthalic anhydride (new version) C - PDF	phthalic anhydride (new version) D - Word phthalic anhydride (new version) D - PDF
styrene	styrene A - Word styrene A - PDF	styrene B - Word styrene B - PDF	styrene C - Word styrene C - PDF	styrene D - Word styrene D - PDF
diethyl ether	diethyl ether A - Word diethyl ether A - PDF	diethyl ether B - Word diethyl ether B - PDF	diethyl ether C - Word diethyl ether C - PDF	diethyl ether D - Word diethyl ether D - PDF

The following faculty members have participated in these integrated projects:

• Brian J. Anderson
• Eung H. Cho
• Eugene V. Cilento
• Dady Dadyburjor
• Rakesh K. Gupta
• David J. Klinke
• Hisashi O. Kono
• Edwin L. Kugler
• Fernando V. Lima
• Aubrey L. Miller
• Joseph A. Shaeiwitz
• Charter D. Stinespring
• Richard Turton
• John W. Zondlo

2. Design, debottlenecking, troubleshooting, retrofitting

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

Design, debottlenecking, troubleshooting, retrofitting

Material	1	2	3
acetone	acetone 1 - Word acetone 1 - PDF	acetone 2 - Word acetone 2 - PDF	acetone 3 - Word acetone 3 - PDF
acrylic acid	acrylic acid 1 - Word		acrylic acid 3 - Word acrylic acid 3 - PDF
allyl chloride	allyl chloride 1 - Word allyl chloride 1 - PDF	allyl chloride 2 - Word allyl chloride 2 - PDF	allyl chloride 3 - Word allyl chloride 3 - PDF
cumene	cumene 1 - Word cumene 1 - PDF	cumene 2 - Word cumene 2 - PDF	cumene 3 - Word cumene 3 - PDF
phthalic anhydride	phthalic anhydride 1 - Word phthalic anhydride 1 - PDF	phthalic anhydride 2 - Word phthalic anhydride 2 - PDF	phthalic anhydride 3 - Word phthalic anhydride 3 - PDF
dimethyl ether	dimethyl ether 1 - Word dimethyl ether 1 - PDF	dimethyl ether 2 - Word dimethyl ether 2 - PDF	dimethyl ether 3 - Word dimethyl ether 3 - PDF
ethylene oxide	ethylene oxide 1 - Word		ethylene oxide 3 - Word ethylene oxide 3 - PDF
drying oil	drying oil 1 - Word		drying oil 3 - Word drying oil 3 - PDF
maleic anhydride	maleic anhydride 1 - Word		maleic anhydride 3 - Word maleic anhydride 3 - PDF
MTBE	MTBE 1 - Word		MTBE 3 - Word MTBE 3 - PDF
ethylbenzene	ethylbenzene 1 - Word		ethylbenzene 3 - Word ethylbenzene 3 - PDF
formalin	formalin 1 - Word		formalin 3 - Word formalin 3 - PDF
ethanol	ethanol 1 - Word		ethanol 3 - Word ethanol 3 - PDF
ammonia	ammonia 1 - Word ammonia 1 - PDF		ammonia 3 - Word ammonia 3 - PDF
phthalic anhydride (new version)	phthalic anhydride (new version) 1 - Word		phthalic anhydride (new version) 3 - Word
styrene	styrene 1 - Word
diethyl ether	diethyl ether 1 - Word
cumene (new version)	cumene (new version) 1 - Word		cumene (new version) 3 - Word

3. Large-scale Process Design Projects

Traditional Process Design

• gold production - Word
  gold production - PDF
• formaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide enzymatically from methanol - Word
  formaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide enzymatically from methanol - PDF
• formalin production from methanol - Word
  formalin production from methanol - PDF
• sulfur compounds from waste acid-gas stream - Word
  sulfur compounds from waste acid-gas stream - PDF
• tank farm for fuel oil storage - Word
  tank farm for fuel oil storage - PDF
• olefin and alcohol production from wet natural gas - Word
  olefin and alcohol production from wet natural gas - PDF
• production of dimethyl ether - Word
  production of dimethyl ether - PDF
• air separation into oxygen, nitrogen, and argon - Word
  air separation into oxygen, nitrogen, and argon - PDF
• production of silicon compounds - Word
  production of silicon compounds - PDF
• production of acrolein - Word
  production of acrolein - PDF
• production of d,l methionine - Word
  production of d,l methionine - PDF
• maleic anhydride production from n-butane - Word
  maleic anhydride production from n-butane - PDF
• acetaldehyde production by ethanol dehydrogenation - Word
  acetaldehyde production by ethanol dehydrogenation - PDF
• carbon dioxide removal and sequestration from a power plant - Word
  carbon dioxide removal and sequestration from a power plant - PDF
• electricity cogeneration with a fuel cell using byproduct hydrogen - Word
  electricity cogeneration with a fuel cell using byproduct hydrogen - PDF
• recovering useful products from animal waste - Word
  recovering useful products from animal waste - PDF
• cellulosic ethanol production - Word
  cellulosic ethanol production - PDF
• methane-syngas-methanol with microprocessing - Word
  methane-syngas-methanol with microprocessing - PDF
• carbon dioxide capture (2011 version) - Word
  carbon dioxide capture (2011 version) - PDF
• Mars space station - Word
  Mars space station - PDF
• ethoxene process (chemicals and ethylene from ethane from Marcellus shale gas) - Word
  ethoxene process (chemicals and ethylene from ethane from Marcellus shale gas) - PDF
• methane-to-gasoline process - Word
  methane-to-gasoline process - PDF
• motor oil recycling - Word
  motor oil recycling - PDF

Batch Processing Projects

• batch production of amino acids - Word
  batch production of amino acids - PDF
• batch production of benzaldehyde derivatives- Word
  batch production of benzaldehyde derivatives - PDF

Chemical Product Design Projects

• zebra mussel control technology - Word
  zebra mussel control technology - PDF
• salt chlorination device - Word
  salt chlorination device - PDF
• magnetic refrigerator - Word
  magnetic refrigerator - PDF
• coated seeds and fertilizers - Word
  coated seeds and fertilizers - PDF
• hydrogen fuel cell - Word
  hydrogen fuel cell - PDF

Multi-scale Design Projects

• transdermal drug patch - Word  
  
• ice cream manufacture - PDF

4. Optimization Problems

• pipe diameter-version 1 - basic
• pipe diameter-version 2 - basic
• bioreactor-version 1 - basic
• bioreactor-version 2 - basic
• bioreactor-version 3 - basic
• bioreactor-version 4 - more advanced
• batch bioreactor - more advanced
• distillation-version 1 - basic
• distillation-version 2 - basic
• distillation-version 3 - more advanced
• compressors-version 1 - basic
• compressors-version 2 - basic
• compressors-version 3 - more advanced
• absorber-version 1 - basic
• absorber-version 2 - more advanced
• generic chemical process-version 1 - project
• generic chemical process-version 2 - project
• trumpet tower - project
• ethanol from corn - project
• ethanol from sugar beets - project
• biodiesel from algae bioreactor - project
• biodiesel from algae pond - project
• geothermal absorption chilling - project
• geothermal power plant - project

The following faculty members have contributed optimization problems:

• Brian J. Anderson
• Robin S. Hissam
• Joseph A. Shaeiwitz
• Richard Turton

WVU Chemical Engineering Department

• Written Report Guidelines - Word
  Written Report Guidelines - PDF
• Oral Report Guidelines - Word
  Oral Report Guidelines - PDF

For additional information, contact:

• Richard Turton
  Department of Chemical Engineering
  West Virginia University
  P.O. Box 6102
  Morgantown, WV 26506-6102
  (304) 293-9364
  fax: (304) 293-4139
  richard.turton@mail.wvu.edu
Joseph A. Shaeiwitz
Department of Chemical Engineering
Auburn University
212 Ross Hall
Auburn, AL 36849-5127
(334)-844-4825
fax: (334)-844-2063
jas0105@auburn.edu