1. AIChE Contest Organization
Terry A. Ring
University of Utah

2. Project Organization
Senior Design Project

3. Project Schedule CH EN 5253 Design II - Spring 2018 Week Day
Lecture Topic
Assignments
Due Date
Lecture No.
Screen Cast 12
26-Mar
AIChE Contest Problem Kick Off
Design Contest Problems Assigned
28-Mar
AIChE Contest Problem for 30 Days
Sieder Chapter 23
30-Mar
Memo 1 Due - Planning Memo
Memo 1 13
2-Apr
4-Apr
6-Apr
Memo 2 Due - Progress Report -1
Memo 2 14
9-Apr
11-Apr
13-Apr
Memo 3 Due - Progress Report-2
Memo 3 15
16-Apr
18-Apr
20-Apr
Memo 4 Due - Progress Report-3
Memo 4 16
23-Apr
24-Apr
Last Day of Classes (Tuesday)
Contest Projects due at Midnight
Report Due
No Final Exam

4. Deliverables Memo Due Each Friday for Each Team (5% of Grade)
Friday 3/30 Planning Memo
Example in Lectures Section of Course Website
4/6, 4/13, 4/20 Progress Report Memos
4/24 Final Report Due at Midnight (45% of Grade)
Electronic copy in Canvas
For submission to AICHE
All HW Before Spring Break (50% of Grade)

5. Planning Memo – Due Friday 3/30
Introduction Paragraph
The plan
Paragraph of Plan overview
Short Paragraph for each task
Gantt Chart
Sequential Order of Tasks
Times Required for Each Task
Conclusion Paragraph
Task
wk 1
wk 2
wk 3
wk 4
Design
Research Reactor Kinetics x
Aspen Simulation of Reactor
Aspen Simulation of Separation System
Heat Integration
Plant-wide Control
Plant Hazard Analysis and Chemical Safety
Costing of
Reactor
Separation System
Other
Report Writing

6. Progress Report Memo Introduction Body Conclusion
Give and Report on the Updated Old Gantt Chart
State past progress and list what has been finished
Discuss the progress since the last progress report.
Explain any overdue problems
Why they occurred
Implication on project
Efforts you will use to overcome problems
Conclusion
Give prognosis for total project
Progress Report Memo 1
After 1st Week
Task
wk 1
wk 2
wk 3
wk 4
Design
Research Reactor Kinetics
85%
Aspen Simulation of Reactor 5% x
Aspen Simulation of Separation System
Heat Integration
Plant-wide Control
Plant Hazard Analysis and Chemical Safety
25%
Costing of
Reactor
Separation System
Other
Report Writing

7. Competition Rules Project Rules
Departments, including advisors, faculty, or any other instructor, cannot provide technical aid specifically directed at the solution of the national student design competition.
The problem may not be discussed with anyone (students, faculty, or others, in or out of class) before or during the period allowed for solutions.

8. Rules

9. Rules

10. Rules

11. 1. Letter of Transmittal
2. Cover Page
3. Table of Contents
4. Abstract
5. Introduction
6. Process Flow Diagram and Material Balances
7. Process Description
8. Energy Balance and Utility Requirements
9. Equipment List and Unit Descriptions
10. Equipment Specification Sheets
11. Equipment Cost Summary
12. Fixed Capital Investment Summary
13. Safety, Health, and Environmental Considerations
14. Other Important Considerations
15. Manufacturing Costs (exclusive of Capital Requirements)
16. Economic Analysis
17. Conclusions and Recommendations
18. Acknowledgements
19. Bibliography
20. Appendix (this can be a separate pdf or word document)
Report Format
The body of the report must be suitable for reproduction, that is, computer-generated and in a printable format. Tables, supporting calculations and other appendix material may be handwritten.
This report should follow the outline suggested in Seider, Seader and Lewin [Sieder, Ch 23]. Further details on what should be included in the design report can be found in that text. Write the document from the point of view of the organization’s engineer making a report and recommendation to their own organization management.
The solution itself must bear no reference to the students’ names and institution by which it might be identified. Please expunge all such references to the degree possible.
Final submission of solutions to AIChE must be in electronic format (PDF and MS-Word). The main text must be 125 pages or less, and an additional 100 page or less is allowed for supplementary material only. The final submission to AIChE must consist of no more than 2 electronic files.

12. Project Report Grading
Process Simulation
Explain Reaction Route Chosen, Mass & Energy Balance
PFD/P&IDs
Process Control
Process Safety
PRVs
Flare
CAPEX/OPEX
Environmental
Discharges
Air (pollutants and Carbon Footprint)
Water
Consequence Analysis
Report Quality
25%
20%
10%

13. Consequences Analysis
Sheet
Release Rate
Gas Flammability Test
Consequence Input
Down Wind Concentrations
Bursting Vessel
Fireball Damage
Explosion Blast Damage
Release due to
Punctured Tank
Ruptured Line
Consequences Considered
Down Wind Concentration
Exfixiant
Poison
Vessel Explosion
Damage to surrondings
Projectiles
Fire Ball Damage
Explosion due to Vapor Cloud