Energy Integration

- Knowledge of the fundamentals and industrial applications of energy integration.
- Ability to design networks of heat exchangers.
- Applied knowledge on saving energy costs in systems with chemical reaction and component separation sequences.
- Know how to use specific computer tools for the integration of energy in chemical processes.
- Ability to process synthesis.

- Energy integration. Pinch method.
- Analysis and design of heat exchange networks.
- Integration of heat and work.
- Energy integration in systems with chemical reaction.
- Energy integration in component separation systems.

*Basic:
- KEMP, I.C.,“Pinch analysis and process integration : a user guide on process integration for the efficient use of energy”. 2ª Ed. Amsterdam. Ed. Elsevier-Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. ISBN 9780750682602. Signature QUT 393.
- El-Halwagi, M.M., “Process integration”. Boston. Ed. Elsevier/Academic Press, 2006. ISBN 0123705320. Signature QUT 415.

*Complementary:
- PUIGJANER L. y col., "Estrategias de modelado, simulación y optimización de procesos químicos". Madrid., Ed. Síntesis, 2006. ISBN 9788497564045. Signature QUT 388/…/390.
- SINNOT R. y TOWLER G., “Diseño en ingeniería Química”. Barcelona. Ed. Reverté, 2012. ISBN 9788429171990. Signature QUT 398/…/401/410.

Among all those included in the memory of the title, those that will work most intensively on this matter are:

*Basic:
- CB3: That students have the ability to collect and interpret relevant data (usually within their study area) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
- CB4: That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialized and non-specialized audience.
- CB5: That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

*Transversals:
- CT2: Ability to use computer applications in the field of Industrial Engineering.
- CT3: Ability to manage information.
- CT4: Ability to work in a team.
- CT11: Ability to make decisions.
- CT12: Ability for autonomous learning (included in CB5).

*As optional subject:
- CEOP12: Knowledge about the utility and use of energy integration in industrial chemical processes, and the ability to use specific computer tools for the simulation and integration of equipment and processes.

The achievement of the student's training will be through 15 hours of expository teaching, where the theoretical foundations of the subject will be explained and exercises that serve to apply the theoretical knowledge will be solved. The active participation of the student will be sought, who will be encouraged to intervene continuously.

Interactive teaching, through seminars (10 hours) and compulsory practices (24 hours) will focus on the approach and resolution of problems and practical cases on the contents of the subject.

During the second week of the course the compulsory completion of a group work will be indicated, in which the students, autonomously, must carry out the energy integration of an installation trying to minimize its operating costs.

Individual tutorials will be held to clarify particular problems of each student, as well as tutorials in small groups (2 hours) to monitor student learning.

During the course, students will have at their disposal on the USC Learning Management System the basic theoretical contents of the subject, as well as a collection of exercises for explanation during classes.

Free and freely accessible specific computing tools will be used for this subject, such as Heatit v5.2.4 or Hint v.2.2, but also Excel and the chemical process simulation program Hysys.

In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or proofs, the provisions of the “Regulations for evaluating student academic performance and reviewing qualifications” will apply.

Only students who have not participated in any of the assessment activities may receive the final grade of Not Presented.

- FIRST OPPORTUNITY:
The evaluation will be carried out through Continuous Evaluation (75%) and a complementary Final Exam (25%).

*A1) Continuous Assessment, the minimum grade required to pass the subject without having to take the Final Exam will be 67%, and will consist of three sections:
1st) Group Work: compulsory and asynchronous, you can get up to 25%. Competencies assessed: CB3, CB4, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT11 and CEOP12.
2nd)Classroom activities (seminaries): compulsory and synchronous, you can get up to 25%. Competencies assessed: CB4, CB5, CT3, CT11 and CEOP12.
3rd) Practices: compulsory and synchronous, you can get up to 25%. Competencies assessed: CB3, CB4, CB5, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT11, CT12 and CEOP12.
Students who do not reach the minimum required grade must compulsorily take the Final Exam; Students who wish to improve their final grade may also take this exam.

*A2)-Final Exam, synchronous, with the following characteristics:
1st) Theoretical Part: you can get up to 5%; minimum qualification required 2%.
2nd) Practical Part: you can get up to 20%; minimum qualification required 8%.

Assessed competencies: CT3 and CEOP12. It is mandatory to achieve the minimum qualification required in each of the parts.

The final grade will be the result of adding each and every one of the grades obtained in the sections described above.


B)SECOND OPPORTUNITY:
The grades obtained during the Continuous Assessment are not retained and there will be a synchronous Final Exam, which will have two parts with the following characteristics:
1st) Theoretical Part: up to 2.5 points can be achieved; minimum qualification required 1.5 points.
2nd) Practical Part: you can get up to 7.5 points; minimum required grade 3.5 points.

Assessed compecencies: CT3, CT12 and CEOP12. It is mandatory to achieve the minimum qualification required in each of the parts to pass the subject.

The subject is divided into 15 hours of expository teaching, 34 hours of interactive teaching, 2 hours of group tutoring and 4 hours of exam.
From the above, the student must use a total of 95 hours of personal work to complete the total of 150 hours of dedication to the subject: 30 hours for the theoretical part, 56 hours for the applied part (group work, problems, seminars and practices), 3 hour for tutorials and 6 hours for the preparation of the final exam.

It is essential that the student has a laptop, tablet or any other device to use spreadsheets in the classroom.

It is highly recommended to have previously taken the subjects, "Mass transfer", "Heat transfer", "Chemical reaction engineering" and "Industrial chemistry processes", as well as having user-level knowledge of Excel and the chemical process simulation program Hysys.

It is very important to bring the matter up to date, as well as to try to carry out all the problems and exercises proposed.

The subject is taught in both official languages of the community: Spanish and Galician.