Technological Designers Program

Process and Product Design

WELCOME!

Technological Designers Program

Process and Product Design

Raúl Velasco

Henk Leegwater

The Netherlands

Country name - Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

Population 16.8 million

Language – Dutch

Industry - predominantly in food

processing, chemicals, petroleum refining, and electrical

machinery.

Eindhoven – city of lights

Fifth largest city

Philips first light bulb

Van Abbemuseum, Evoluon…

PSV

High Tech Campus

STRP festival of art and technology

TU/e was founded in 1956 as Technische Hogeschool

(Technical College)

3000 employees, 240 professors, 7100 students, 190

PDEng students, 640 PhD students…

In 2009, ranked 1st

worldwide in university-

industry research

cooperation

Connection

Programs of the Stan Ackermans

Institute

Stan Ackermans

Institute

USI

PPD

ADMS

BPD

BPE

DTIICT

LMS

MI

PED

ST

• Architectural Design Management Systems (ADMS)

• Bioproduct Design (BPD)

• Bioprocess Engineering (BPE)

• Design and Technology of Instrumentation (DTI)

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• Logistics Management Systems (LMS)

• Mathematics for Industry (MI)

• Process and Product Design (PPD)

• Process and Equipment Design (PED)

• Software Technology (ST)

• User System Interaction (USI)

Process and Product Design

Two years program

Industrial projects

Experienced lecturers

Working contract (salary 1650

Euro/month before taxes)

Process and Product Design

Past

• Pre-paradigm - engineers with no formal education• Descriptive treatment of specific processes (potash, sulfuric acid, soap)

1923

• The first paradigm - Unit Operations• Processes broken into common, standard units such as heat exchange, distillation, etc.

1960

• The second paradigm - Transport Phenomena• Unified mathematical treatment of momentum, heat and mass transfer

Present

• The third paradigm - Product Design? (Wei, Cussler)• Converting customer needs and new technologies into new chemical products

• Industrial Chemical Engineering: theory applied!

• Synthesis between PRODUCT design and PROCESS design

• Grass roots design

• Improvement of existing installations

• Learning and earning in a multi cultural environment

Process and Product Design

• multi disciplinary

• application oriented

• state-of-the art design technology

• insight in other technical directions

• cost awareness

• technical creativity

• communication skills

Process and Product Design

What do we expect from a PPD

PDEng?

‘Professionals who can design, develop

complex new products and processes

to offer innovative solutions’

First year

• Lectures

• Team work

• Developing communication skills (PD)

• 6-week project

Compulsory Courses Lectures Casework Total

Plant Design and Scale-up 25 75 100

Product Design 40 30 70

Process Control 8 34 42

Separation Technology 10 30 40

Chemical Reactor Development 11 17 28

Process Synthesis 6 6

Methods and Techniques for Design 5 15 20

Applied Statistics 10 10 20

Professional Development 10 10

Chemical Thermodynamics 5 5 10

Process Thermodynamics 5 5 10

AspenTech Course 1 8 9

Process Economics 8 8

Matlab 3 5 8

Technical Writing and Editing 6 6

P&ID 4 4

HAZOP 3 3

First Year Courses

What do we do? Some examples…

• Process Design: Economical evaluation of different

alternatives for methanol production

• Product Design: Conceptual design of a future

bathroom with water and energy integration

• Process Control: Development of a Simulink model to

control the temperature in a jacketed reactor

• Process Synthesis: Process synthesis of fatty alcohols

• …

Facilities

• Shared offices

• Computer room with 15 PC’s

• Lecture room

• Octave Levenspiel’s room

Second year

Project

Full year in the industry

From the preferences, project

proposal, project planning, reports,

finalizing project

Need to move to other place in Holland

Satisfy the employer (TU/e) and the

customer (Company)

‘Terugkomdag’ last Friday of the month

Companies

Examples of last year projects

Application Prerequisites:

• Chemical Engineering (or related) background

• Among top 25% of your discipline

• Strong motivation

• Extended Curriculum Vitae

• Copy of your Diploma’s (Bachelors and

Masters)

• List of marks (officially translated into English)

• Proof of English

• One or two letters of recommendation

And much more…

Questions?