Industrial process and energy systems engineering
ME-452 / 7 credits
Teacher(s): Florez Orrego Daniel Alexander, Lepour Dorsan Alexis A., Maréchal François
Language: English
Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.
Summary
Using a project based learning approach, this lecture present industrial process and energy system engineering techniques to design integrated industrial and urban system for a sustainable energy transition.
Content
- Concepts of Computer Aided Process System Engineering methods to tackle the problems of integrated energy systems modelling and optimisation. The students will acquire a methodology to state the problem, identify the solving procedure, generate system configurations integrating industrial processes and urban systems, interpret and report the generated configurations;
- Definition of the basic system modelling concepts : state variables, energy and mass balances, simulation parameters and equations, degree of freedom analysis, different types of specifications, inequalities, objective functions;
- Energy systems equipments models;
- renewables energy integration and efficiency in urban systems : buildings models and buidings retrofit, renewable energy integration and modeling renewable based energy systems for districts and cities.
- Parameter identification;
- Calculating systems performances : operating cost, efficiency, environmental impact, investments, thermo-economic and environmental performances;
- Process models : flowsheets, degrees of freedom, sequential or simultaneous solving approach, numerical methods and their implications;
- Process integration analysis with the definition of process requirements, calculation of the heat recovery potential, heat exchanger network design and closing the energy balance by the integration of energy conversion technologies
- Systemic integration considering cities as a colling and energy supply system to industrial processes in the perspective of the circular economy
The course is a project based course.
Keywords
Process system engineering, Process simulation, optimization
Learning Prerequisites
Recommended courses
Prerequisite skills
- Master the concepts of mass, energy, and momentum balance, E1 (Thermodynamique et énergétique I)
- Compute the thermodynamic properties of a fluid, E2 (Thermodynamique et énergétique I)
- Master the concepts of heat and mass transfer, E3 (Heat and mass transfer)
- Understand the main thermodynamic cycles, E5 (Thermodynamique et énergétique I)
- Notion of optimization (Introduction à l'optimisation différentiable)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Master the concepts of thermodynamic efficiency, E6
- Establish the flow diagram of an industrial process and calculate the corresponding energy and mass balance, E22
- Analyse the energy and exergy efficiency of industrial energy systems, E23
- Model, design and optimize energy conversion systems and ind ustrial processes, E24
- Establish the flow diagram of an industrial process and calculate the corresponding energy and mass balance, E20
- Explain and apply the concepts of thermodynamic efficiency, E6
- Analyze the energy and exergy efficiency of industrial energy systems, E21
- Model , design and optimize energy conversion systems and industrial processes, E22
Transversal skills
- Write a scientific or technical report.
- Make an oral presentation.
- Keep appropriate documentation for group meetings.
- Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.
Teaching methods
The course is organised as theoretical sessions and the resolution of a real case study to be realised by a student team coached by an assistant.
Expected student activities
Participation to a team project and contribution to the report.
Active participation to the lectures and mastering the theoretical concepts applied to solve the project.
Assessment methods
The lecture is evaluated based on
- individual configuration assessment report
- Group project report
- An oral presentation and defense of the results at the exam session.
Supervision
| Office hours | Yes |
| Assistant.e.s | Yes |
| Forum | Yes |
| Others |
Resources
Bibliography
All the material can be downloaded from the moodle website (http://moodle.epfl.ch/course/view.php?id=11).
Moodle Link
In the programs
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Number of places: 40
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Industrial process and energy systems engineering
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional