PROCESS MODELING AND SIMULATION

1. Describe the terms

a. Process
b. Modeling
c. Fundamental laws
i. Conservation of mass
ii. Conservation of Energy
iii. Species conservation
iv. Momentum conservation
d. Constitutive equations
i. Transport equations
1. Ficks laws
2. Fouriers law of heat conduction
3. Newtones law of cooling
4. Newtons law of viscosity
ii. Arrheneous equation for rate constant
iii. Gas laws
1. Equation of state
2. Vander Waals equation of state
iv. Vapor Liquid equilibrium relationships
e. Modeling types
i. Theoretical modeling
ii. Empirical modeling
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2. Classification of Models
a. Linear modeling
i. Lumped parameter
ii. Distributed parameter
b. Non-linear modeling
i. Lumped parameter
ii. Distributed parameter
c. Based on variables
i. State space model
ii. Transform domain model
1. Laplace transforms
2. z-transforms
iii. Frequency (complex or imaginary) domain model
iv. Convolution model (time domain )
d. based on number of inputs/outputs
i. SISO
ii. MIMO

3. Stages of model building

a. Process description
 b. Process flow sheet
c. Fundamental laws
d. Constitutive equations
e. Assumptions
f. Mathematical expressions with boundary conditions
g. Checking the consistency
h. Numerical or analytical solution
i. Validation
4. What is Simulation? Give the advantages and disadvantages of Simulation.
5. Explore few facts about following Simulation softwares
a. PRO-II (Chemical Process)
b. CHEMCAD(Chemical Process)
c. ASPEN plus(Chemical Process)
d. HYSIS(Chemical Process)
e. MATLAB ( Engineering Computations)
f. FLUENT (CFD)
g. CEASAR (Piping)
6. Matrix calculations

7. Numerical computations
a. Solution to differential equations (ODEs)
i. IVPs /BVPs
1. Euler method
2. RK2 method
3. RK4 Method
4. Taylor series method
ii. Solutions to simultaneous ODEs

b. Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)

i. Types of PDEs and criterion to identify
ii. Boundary conditions
1. Dirichlet boundary conditions
2. Neuman boundary conditions
3. Robin boundary conditions
iii. Solution by FDM
iv. Solution by FVM
v. Solution by FEM