PhD Courses in Denmark

To train the students in operating large scale process plants, to understand the details in the industrial design and properties of industrial components, to relate the chemistry and engineering theory to practical application and to troubleshoot the operational results. The course will provide the student with an advanced background for designing his/her own experimental setup, for planning and execution of experiments and for drawing the engineering conclusions from the results and process experiences. In addition the course will give a good background for work as assistant teacher during ordinary large scale experimental courses.

A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

• Operate process units incl. data acquisition systems and measuring equipment in pilot scale size.
• Apply theory on practical experimental problems and results
• Analyse results and draw conclusions concerning the quality and applicability of the results and to determine consequences for the process operation, plant and component design, scale up and functionality of the component
• Make P&I diagrams for a process
• Explain the design of processes and equipment units
• Select process components and design utility systems
• Identify and solve practical tasks concerning sampling and measuring techniques
• Perform uncertainty calculations on experimental results
• Identify process safety and health risks encountered for a practical plant operation
• Make short technical reports which are clear, well structured, easy to read and understand
• Present a process assignment orally in a holistic way

In groups of 2 persons the following tasks are performed: 1. 5 exercises based on unit operation, process control and reaction engineering large scale experiments. The exercises are identical with the experiments offered for course 28123 (International summer university course) with the following exceptions: To the ordinary manual are added a number of tasks comprising a selection of more advanced experimental work, more calculations, scale up considerations are included, as well as modeling and increased theoretical details (see the list on detailed supplementary tasks in the connected appendix). The report work is limited to results from calculations, process and safety discussions/conclusions, uncertainty calculations and synopsis. The selection of experiments is according to the principles in course 28121, but limited to max one process control or one reaction engineering exercise out of the total 5 experiments. The reports are discussed with the teacher and if necessary revised. Estimated time spent 160 h. 2. A report on the production and systems design principles of the following utilities: Process steam, clean steam, compressed air and various water qualities. Estimated time spent 25 h. Additionally each student must 3. Read background material and participate in a lecture on valves, pumps, instruments and special analytical and sampling methods, where working principles and functionality, design details, application and accuracy are covered. Estimated time spent 6 h. 4. Based on given information of a process plant the student will give a lecture room presentation of the resulting detailed PI diagram. Estimated time spent 4 h.