Teaching chemical product design

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Alírio Rodrigues (Author) FEUP; E. L. Cussler (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Education for Chemical Engineers

Vol. 14

Pages: 43-48

ISSN: 1749-7728

Publisher: Elsevier

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Associated Projects

LSRE-LCM - Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reação - Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00K-9G8

DOI: 10.1016/j.ece.2015.12.001

Abstract (EN): The chemical industry today includes both commodity products and higher value-added products. While the design of commodities is dominated by the process costs, higher value-added products also depend on product design, including discovery, product selection, and time-to-market. Chemical engineering education has sensibly begun to change toward courses on both process and product design. However, while there is an emerging consensus that these changes should take place, there is no clear agreement on what the changes should be. Moreover, these new directions are very difficult to teach, at least in the current environment. This paper will discuss different efforts to incorporate product design into the chemical engineering curriculum and different successes in doing so. However, while the value of including this material seems unquestioned, the way in which it is best taught is unclear.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6