Conclusion

As a conclusion, a proper mass and energy balances have been constructed to each of the unit
operation and linked together as a whole process. Overall and component mass balances of every
species are done on the basic in which the inlet flow rate will equal to the outlet flow rate and
there is no accumulation in the unit operation. Energy balance is done to determine the operating
condition at each unit operation and helps us to calculate the energy utility of the process. An
organized and complete Process Flow Sheet Diagram(PFD) has been generated by using
computer software, Autocad. The PFD consists of all unit operation and auxiliary equipment that
labelled in a systematic way. Finally, different students have designed different specific unit
operation involved in the process such as fluidized bed reactor, pack column absorber, pack
column stripping column and heat exchanger. The design fulfill both chemical and mechanical
engineering requirement. To sum up the conclusion, we can say that we have achieved all
objectives in this project.
Throughout this project, our groups have learned a lot of things aside from the project and course
objectives. We start to realize the importance and application of our previous subjects and study
in our future career especially when we are required to design a real industrial unit operation. It
is not a homework or project that we can copy from seniors or friends but each of us have to
really understand the design methodology of different type of unit operation and come out with a
specific design. We have to apply our previous knowledge such as Chemical Process Principles,
Thermodynamics and Separation to extract our equilibrium data, construct mass and energy
balance, and design a specific unit operation. Besides, our group also trained to work in a group
instead of individual. Without the cooperation and hard work from every group members, we are
sure that we cannot complete this project on time. Each of us have been sharing knowledge and
idea throughout the whole project so that we can always learn something news from other
people. Furthermore, we found out that we should not limit our source or reference in notes
given by lecturer only but we should always broaden our knowledge from all kind of source
available in the internet or library. Study and understand of others people work sometimes can
give us a better guideline on how to do our work especially in the design of our unit operation.
Hereby, we also like to deliver our highest gratitude to our mentor Dr. Brahim on guiding us
throughout the whole project. All of us are sure that without this proper guidance, we are unable
to work on the project. Thank you.
For the coming project, our groups feel that it would be much better to have more than one
mentor because we know it is really tiring and hard for only one mentor to guide all the students.
Each of the student is designing a different unit operation and it is sometime hard for a mentor to
assist all the student due to the time constraint. So, we feel that more mentors that have been
assigned to the students might help every student to understand or master this subject better.