May 09, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

CHEN 440 - Process Design II


When Offered: F, S

3 Credit(s)
1 Lecture Hour(s)
4 Lab Hour(s)

This capstone design course emphasizes the design of a complete chemical process including a literature survey, mass and energy balances, flow diagrams, equipment selection and design, and cost and economic analysis. Students develop and use computer-aided simulation to model process equipment design. Projects include extensive use of the ASPEN PLUS simulation package. Oral and written presentations of the design projects are required.

Prerequisite(s): CHEN 400 , CHEN 422 , CHEN 430 , CHEM 441 ;
Corequisite(s): CHEN 340