Title Image

Hands-on Workshop on Steady-State Process Simulation

Hands-on Workshop on Steady-State Process Simulation

“Flowsheeting comes to an age – a hands-on tour of commercial, free downloads, and low budget software”

Process simulation is used widely by the chemical process industry and researchers are expected to possess simulation skills and adequate knowledge of the software choices available. At the university software options are difficult to discuss even though choices of software packages continue to increase, both as commercial as well as open-source software.

The workshop offers an overview of commercial software with an aim to equip participants on how to simulate an integrated process flowsheet, and to interpret results correctly. UniSim Design is used as a basis to explain the concept of sequential modular approach that is covered in the workshop and is applicable to most commercial process simulation.

Targeted participants: chemical engineers (including PhD students and postdoctoral researchers). University email ID is necessary for software use.

There is a maximum capacity for the event. Participants need to register in advance using the registration link. The workshop is mainly offered for research students. Other volunteers and MEng students may attend on a first-come first-serve basis provided that we have spare places and that they register in advance.

Time

Agenda
9:30 am Welcoming & introduction
9:45 Overview of commercial software – Aspen HYSYS, UniSim Design, SuperPro Designer, DESIGN II for Windows, PRO/II
10.10 Introduction to steady state process simulation – sequential modular approach; process synthesis model for process simulation
10:40 Base case development with UniSim Design
11:30 Simulation of separation processes
12:00 pm Lunch break
1:00 Simulation of recycle systems
2:00 Simulation of heat recovery system
3:00 End

Instructor

Professor Dominic Foo is a Professor of Process Design and Integration at the University of Nottingham Malaysia. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM), Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Professional Engineer (PEng), ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers (ACPE), as well as the Past President for the Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE). He is top 2% world-renowned scientist according to Stanford List, working in process integration for resource conservation and CO2 reduction. Professor Foo is an active author with 10 books, including a newly published process simulation textbook with Elsevier/IChemE – Chemical Engineering Process Simulation. He published more than 200 journal papers and made more than 240 conference presentations, with more than 30 keynote/plenary speeches. He also published eight books, including one on process simulation. Professor Foo is the Editor-in-Chief for Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability (Springer Nature), Subject Editor for Process Safety & Environmental Protection (Elsevier), and editorial board members for several other renowned journals. He is the winners of the Innovator of the Year Award 2009 of IChemE, Young Engineer Award 2010 of IEM, Outstanding Young Malaysian Award 2012, Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer 2013 (Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan), and Top Research Scientist Malaysia 2016 (ASM).


ESCAPE’33 will be proud to release an early announcement of the George Stephanopoulos Process Systems Engineering Award. The announcement is scheduled at the Welcome Reception on Sunday at 5.15pm at the Olympia Hall of the conference venue.

The award honors Prof. Stephanopoulos whose work includes seminal contributions influential to the community that provided the broadest coverage of PSE approaches and methodologies in process synthesis and design (continuous and batch); computer-aided modeling languages; process control; fault detection and diagnosis; operations planning; product design; synthesis of reaction and metabolic networks; synthesis and design of petrochemical sectors; synthesis and design of biorefineries; synthesis and design of pharmaceutical processes; AI in process engineering (products, processes, control, operations), and most recently in systems applications for the circular economy. He has received all major distinctions for a person in PSE.

The George Stephanopoulos Award is co-sponsored by the National Technical University of Athens, Greece; the EFCE-CAPE Working Party; and the AIChE-CAST Division. Winners will be selected from next year between European and North American nominees in rotating years. Winners among European nominees will be selected by the EFCE-CAPE Working Party; winners among North American nominees will be selected by the AIChE-CAST Division.

The announcement will be made by the President of the European Federation of Chemical Engineers with representatives from NTUA (the Rector of the university), AIChE and the Chairs of the CAPE WP and CAST Division.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,

Athens Panoramic Tour – Mon 19 Jun

Join to discover how this vivid city combines some of Greece’s greatest ancient treasures and the modern way of life!

This coach guided English speaking tour of top Athens sites, including the Greek Parliament, the Panathenaic Stadium, the Academy, the National Library, the National Archaelogical Museum, and many more, will give you the opportunity to explore Athens while enjoying the sunset in the Athenian sky.

  • Monday 19 Jun
  • Pick up time from Royal Olympic Hotel : 18:45 hrs
  • Duration 90 minutes approximately
  • Ticket: 24 EUR

Click here to book your voucher

We are happy to announce the 2024 edition of the Eurecha Student Contest Problem (SCP), sponsored by AVEVA.
The contest is organized by the European Committee for the Use of Computers in Chemical Engineering Education (EURECHA), with support by the CAPE Working Party and the Energy section of EFCE.
It is open to students from Bachelor through PhD level. The participating groups have to design and analyze a novel process converting carbon dioxide and renewable energy into chemical products, in the context of the host country of the next ESCAPE conference, Italy.
The awards include monetary prizes, invitations to present at ESCAPE or the CAPE Forum in 2024, and publication on the Eurecha website.
For further information, visit www.wp-cape.eu/index.php/student-contest-problem/ or contact Eurecha at eurecha.secretariat@gmail.com.

The Organizing Committee has organized guided tours for the Acropolis Museum.

Tickets are limited. Ticket cost is covered by the conference budget.

Login here! to check for availability and book your voucher.

Notes:

  • 30 minutes before your tour time you should be at the entrance of the conference hotel (Royal Olympic).
  • An escort will walk you to the museum (about a 15 minute walk) to join your tour guide.
  • Duration of the tour: 90 minutes

Participants need to register in advance using the registration link:
https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/workshops

  • Note that this workshop runs in parallel with this Machine Learning and Process Simulation workshops. Only one of them can be selected
  • Workshop Date: Sunday 18th of June.
  • Workshop Starting Time: 10:00 AM.
  • Participants Limit: 60.
  • Registrations Deadline: Monday 12 June 2023.
  • Workshop Coordinator: Prof Carl Laid, Carnegie Mellon University

Those wishing to participate should register at:

Registration Link: https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/icheme/Site/Register

 IRISS Thematic Session οn SSbD

Tuesday, June 20, 2023
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
CONF. ROOM II

The IRISS session in ESCAPE-33 aims to bring together IRISS, EFCE and ESCAPE communities, as well as, national and regional stakeholders, to discuss the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework and initiatives, their role and prospects in delivering sustainable processes and products. Under this perspective, the up-to-date results and achievements of the IRISS project, as well as the upcoming activities and events will be presented.

Who is it for

Lack of data has been publicly identified as a constraining bottleneck for an SSbD approach in research and innovation in the Chemical and Material Industry. In silico models are one of the most important tools to generate such data. This session addresses both worlds. For Systems practitioners: Full deployment of SSbD stands to benefit critically from systems-level design and re-design thinking, as exposed in ESCAPE-33. SSbD emerges as a priority application for systems tools. For SSbD practitioners: ESCAPE-33 hosts four themes with relevance to SSbD (Themes 1, 2, 3 & 7). These will open a window to a portfolio of tools and approaches for the SSbD community of IRISS.

Attendance is free, but registration is required for the session

Use the free registration form https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/reg to reserve your place, as the session 's capacity will be 50 participants.

Machine Learning Workshop

  • Workshop Date: Sunday 18th of June
  • Workshop Starting Time: 10:00 AM
  • Workshop duration: 5 hours
  • Participants Limit: 70
  • Workshop Coordinator: Prof Antonio Rio
    a.del-rio-chanona@imperial.ac.uk

Registration Link: https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/workshops

A Workshop on Course Development – Final Announcement

Workshop promoters: Daniel Lewin, Technion, and Edwin Zondervan, Twente

Workshop outcomes: Participants working in teams will complete a master plan for a complete course on one of three themes motivated by an invited talk from the conference. Each team will be mentored by the corresponding plenary/invited speaker:

  • Topic 1: AI in Chemical Engineering, led by Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Columbia
  • Topic 2: Optimization Methods for Energy Systems, led by Christos Marvelias, Princeton
  • Topic 3: Sustainable Circular Economy, led by Bhavik Bakshi, Ohio State

The master plans will include:

  • Step 1. learning objectives, syllabus, and schedule for the entire course.
  • Step 2. Learning objectives and syllabus for at least one week of activity in the course.
  • Step 3. Generation of suitable student activities for each week of activity outlined in Step 2.

Course participants are invited to review a short video describing how the flipped class is used to teach PSE subjects (recommended before attending ESCAPE-33):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6w6mqSPxp0 (28 min)

The workshop capacity will be 30 participants (Up to 10 participants in each of the three teams).

Those wishing to participate should register at:
https://era.eventsair.com/escape-33/workshops