Use of advanced simulation software Aspen Plus as teaching tool in chemical reaction engineering

A comprehensive step-by-step Aspen Plus simulation for limonene epoxidation in a batch reactor using a Langmuir – Hinshelwood – Hougen – Watson (LHHW) kinetic expression is detailed described. Model validation is presented by comparison of the Aspen Plus simulated data and laboratory-scale experimental data. The RMSD between experimental and simulated data lies around 4x10-4. Thus the presented model is a valid tool for studying and analyzing the conceptual design and scale-up for the reaction system. This work is currently used in normal sessions of a Chemical Reaction Engineering course and can be used as pedagogic tool for improving inductive as well as deductive mental processes in the Chemical Reaction Engineering students.

• Autores: Agudelo Arenas, Yeison de Jesús; Barrera Zapata, Rolando de Jesús
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2015
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/47997
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/47997
• Palabra clave: Reacciones químicas; Chemical reactions; Simulación por computadores; Computer simulation; métodos de simulación; Simulation methods; ODS 4: Educación de calidad. Garantizar una educación inclusiva y equitativa de calidad y promover oportunidades de aprendizaje permanente para todos
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/