“chemical engineering”

Assistant Professor Valdemārs Ščerbaks

Course description: 4Credit units; 64 hours (32 lectures, 32 laboratories)

Control forms: exam
Course content:

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  Introduction
  
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  Process variables, set point, disturbances
  
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  Control strategies
  
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  Feedback control
  
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  Feedforward control
  
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  Dynamic behavior of chemical processes
  
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  First order systems
  
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  Response to different types of forcing functions
  
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  The Laplace transform
  
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  Stability analysis of feedback systems
  
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  Aspects of control system design
  
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  Software application (MATLAB, SIMULINK)
  

Literature:

1. 
   Drejers I., Vītols P. “Ķīmijas tehnoloģijas procesu teorijas pamati”, Zvaigzne, 1986.
   
2. 
   Vollmann T. E., Berry W. L., Whybark D. C. “Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems”, IRWIN, 1988.
   
3. 
   Luyben M. L., Luyben W. L. “Essentials of Process Control”, McGraw Hill, 1997.
   
4. 
   The Student Edition of SIMULINK. Software.
   
5. 
   The Student Edition of MATLAB. Software.
   
6. 
   Doebelin E. O., “Measurement Systems. Application and Design”, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1983.
   
7. 
   Polotsky L. M., Lapshenkov G. I., “Avtomatizatsija himitsheskih proizvodstv”, Himija, (in Russian), 1982.
   

Analysis of technological lines

ĶVT 501

Assistant Professor Valdemārs Ščerbaks

Course description: 4Credit units; 64 hours (32 lectures, 32 laboratories)

Control forms: exam
Course content:

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  Introduction
  
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  Structure of Chemical Process Flow Diagrams
  
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  Boundary Graph Theory
  
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  Tracing Chemicals through the Process Flow Diagram
  
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  Synthesis and Optimization of a Process
  
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  Design of Process Flow Diagram as a Matrix
  
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  Software application (MAX)
  

Literature:

1. 
   M. S. Peters M. S., Timmerhaus K. D., “Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers”, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968.
   
2. 
   Vollmann T. E., Berry W. L., Whybark D. C., “Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems”, IRWIN, 1988.
   
3. 
   Turton R., Bailie R. C., Whiting W. B., Shaeiwitz J. A. “Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes”, Prentice Hall International, 1998.
   
4. 
   MAX (Education Version). Software.
   

Statistical Process Control

ĶVT 503

Assistant Professor Ilo Dreijers

Course description: 2Credit units; 32 hours (16 lectures, 16 laboratories)

Control forms: test
Course content:

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  Quality management systems and process variabilty.
  
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  Random variables and distribution functions.
  
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  Military standard 105E.
  
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  Shewhards control charts. Average, range, etc. charts. Control chart for subgroup size one.
  
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  Patterns in the runing record.
  
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  Capability, stability and World class quality.
  
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  Charts based on counts and atributes. Causality analysis.
  
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  Case studies: analysis of simulated data.
  

Literature:

1. 
   Ellis R. Ott, Ed. G. Schilling Process Quality control, McGraw-Hill,1990. 462pg.
   
2. 
   D.S.Chambers, D.J.Wheeler Statistical Process Control, McGraw-Hill, 1998. 412pg.
   

Process simulation

ĶVT 504
Assistant Professor Ilo Dreijers

Course description: 2Credit units; 32 hours (32 laboratories)

Control forms: test
Course content:

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  Commercially available CP simulators.
  
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  Training and case studies with AspenPlus, Max or ProII, also VisiMIx:
  
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  Two column azeotropic distillation,
  
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  methilChloride recuperation,
  
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  Ethanol-acetic acid esterification reactor,
  
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  Vapor-liquid equilibrium estimation (ethanol-water system),
  
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  Liquid-liquid equilibrium.
  

Literature:

1. 
   User guide, Reference Manual
   

Special Proceses and Equipment

ĶVT 505

Assistant Professor Jurijs Ozoliņš

Course description: 3Credit units; 48 hours

Control forms:
Course content:

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  Construction materials for the CPI.
  
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  Pipes and fittings. Valves. Termal compensation.
  
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  Solid material handling. Conveying, storage. Dosing and weighting.
  
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  Comminution and attrition.
  
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  Solid particulate material mixing.
  

Literature:

1. 
   Osipovs L. Ķīmijas tehnoloģijas pamatprocesi un aparāti, I – daļa.- Rīga: Latvijas valsts izdevniecība, 1962. – 555 lpp.
   
2. 
   Osipovs L. Ķīmijas tehnoloģijas pamatprocesi un aparāti, II – daļa. – Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1968. – 413 lpp.
   
3. 
   Машины и аппараты химических производств. Примеры и задачи. Под ред. В. Н. Соколова. ^_ Ленинград: Машиностоение, 1982. ^_ 384 с.
   
4. 
   Ходаков Г. С. Физика измельчения. ^_ Москва: Наука, 1972. ^_ 308 с.
   
5. 
   Сиденко П. М. Измельчение в химиеской промышленности. ^_ Москва: Химия, 1968. ^_ 382 с.
   
6. 
   Макаров Ю. И. Аппараты для смешения сыпучих материалов. ^_ Москва: Машиностроение, 1973. ^_ 216 с.
   
7. 
   Клушанцев Б. В. Косарев А. И. Муйземнек Ю. А. Дробылки. Конструкция, расчет, особенности эксплуатации. ^_ Москва: Машиностроение, 1990.^_320 с.
   
8. 
   Ignatowitz E. Chemietechnik, 4 – Auflage. – Verlag Europa – Lehrmittel, Nourney, 1992. – 456 S.
   
9. 
   R. C. King, S. Crocker. Piping handbook. McGraw Hill,1997.
   

Groundwater treatment technologies

KVT 507