Course detail

Computer-Aided Design and Simulations

FSI-9SVCAcad. year: 2023/2024

The postgraduate students will get acquainted with process simulations and computer-aided design of processes and equipment. The course includes classification of mathematical modelling approaches for systems with mass and heat transfer, fluid flow, and chemical reactions. The students will enhance their knowledge of balancing and simulations of complex systems including multiphase, reactive, or transient processes. Furthermore, attention will be paid to numerical methods for the solution of systems of equations. Optimisation techniques for process systems will also be discussed together with error propagation and regression analysis.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Vojtěch Turek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Process Engineering (ÚPI)

Entry knowledge

Graduate-level knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Each student will develop a model of a process or a simulation model related to their doctoral thesis.


Attendance at lectures is recommended. Absences are compensated by self-study of the literature specified by the lecturer or, if needed, by pre-arranged consultations at which the models developed by the students are discussed.

Aims

The main aim of the course is for students to be able to develop, implement, and apply models suitable for solving problems related to their doctoral theses.


Students will understand the principles of mathematical modelling and simulations of complex systems. They will have general knowledge regarding computer-aided design, analysis, and optimisation.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Dahlquist, G; Björck, Å.: Numerical Methods in Scientific Computing, SIAM, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2008) (EN)
Felder, R. M.; Rousseau, R. W.; Bullard, L. G.: Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 4th ed., Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, USA (2015) (EN)
Chaves, I. D.; López, J. R.; Zapata, J. L.; Robayo, A. L.; Niño, G. R.: Process Analysis and Simulation in Chemical Engineering, Springer, Cham, Switzerland (2016) (EN)

Recommended reading

Press, W. H.; Teukolsky, S. A.; Vetterling, W. T.; Flannery, B. P.: Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing, 3rd ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2007) (EN)
Puigjaner, L.; Heyen, H. (Eds.): Computer Aided Process and Product Engineering, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Germany, (2006) (EN)
Upreti, S. R.: Process Modeling and Simulation for Chemical Engineers: Theory and Practice, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, USA (2017) (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme D-ENE-P Doctoral 1 year of study, winter semester, recommended course
  • Programme D-ENE-K Doctoral 1 year of study, winter semester, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Vojtěch Turek, Ph.D.