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Course, academic year 2026/2027
  
   
Calculations of Chemical Industry Equipment - AM215009
Title: Calculations of Chemical Industry Equipment
Form of teaching: lecture+practicals
Guaranteed by: Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry (228)
Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Technology
Actual: from 2026
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: both
Points: 4
E-Credits: 4
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 1/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: winter:unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Repeated enrollment: - / - / - / 9
Note: you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Maxa Daniel Ing. Ph.D.
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The aim of the course is the application of chemical engineering for design and calculations of equipment used in refineries and fuel processing industry. Characteristics of unit operations, their basic principles, and principles of calculations are subject of study. Special attention is paid to the properties of streams (crude oil and petroleum fractions) and other specific aspects of unit operations used in refinery processes.
Last update: Cibulková Jana (06.03.2026)
Course completion requirements

For successful fulfillment, min. 50% evaluation is required for i) interim tests ii) final written exam iii) mini-project.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (06.03.2026)
Literature -

Recommended:

  • Haydary, Juma. Chemical Process Design and Simulation - Aspen Plus and Aspen Hysys Applications. : John Wiley & Sons, 2019, s. ISBN 978-1-119-08911-7.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (06.03.2026)
Requirements to the exam - Czech

Pro úspěšné absolvování předmětu je nutno získat alespoň celkově 50% hodnocení z i) průběžných testů ii) písemné zkoušky, iii) miniprojektu.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (06.03.2026)
Syllabus -

1. Simulation in refinery industry, software, principles

2. Aspen Hysys, user interface, properties, creating simple case

3. Equilibrium and properties calculations, selection of proper fluid package, simulation errors

4. Simulation "debugging", case study

5. Exercise

6. Distillation

7. Petroleum fractions, characterization methods, pseudo-components

8. Utilities, Spreadsheet, data export/import

9. Exercise

10. Fluid transport, pipes

11. Chemical reactions, reactors

12. Optimization

13. Exercise

14. Crude Oil Atmospheric distillation

Last update: Cibulková Jana (06.03.2026)
Learning resources -

Haydary, Juma: Chemical Process Design and Simulation - Aspen Plus and Aspen Hysys Applications. Willey 2019 (online)

Maxa D., texts and exercises, http://web.vscht.cz/maxad/VZCHP

Last update: Cibulková Jana (06.03.2026)
Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to:

Use chemical process simulator at basic level.

Choose appropriate unit operation(s) for particular chemical processes.

Work out basic equipment design, prepare the model of simple units, choose appropriate calculation methods.

Optimize important process parameters.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (06.03.2026)
Registration requirements -

Math I

Chemical Engineering I

Last update: Cibulková Jana (06.03.2026)
 
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