CAD

 What do you mean by CAD?

 CAD = Computer Aided Design.
 The term computer aided design (CAD) is widely used within engineering.
 For chemical engineer engaged in design work, computers and CAD have several common
 operations which include the preparation of flow sheets and P&ID, calculation of the
 mass and energy balances, balance for the overall process and individual units,
 costing and economic analysis, the optimization of the process schemes and detailed
 design of individual chemical engineering equipment, e.g. Heat exchangers, distillation
 columns etc.
 Important software used in CAD for
chemical engineers
 ASPEN-HYSYS
 UNISIM
 CHEMCAD
 CHEMSEP
 PRO-II
 PROSIM
 PROSYS
 HTRI
 HEXTRAN
 Above programs contain sets of programmed, general-purpose unit operation based
upon the data input.
 The flow sheet type program can also be connected to a physical property database
(or databank) so that appropriate data can be obtained automatically for a wide
range of components without the need for user input.
 Flow sheeting programs can provide much more information than just the material
and energy balance for the process. In performing such calculations each item of
equipment has effectively undergone a preliminary design evaluation.
 The result can usually include details of equipment heat loads, reflux ratios, utility
requirements, and preliminary sizing.
 If the program is connected to a physical property database then extensive
component property data can also be obtained for each process stream.
Computer programme useful in Process Design
 CHEMCAD
 CHEMCAD is a powerful and flexible chemical process simulation environment,
built around three key values of innovation, integration, and open architecture.
 It has power & tremendous range of capabilities to meet an engineer’s chemical
process simulation needs, from day-to-day challenges to large projects
 Capable of modeling continuous, batch, and semi‐batch processes, and it can
simulate both steady‐state and dynamic systems.
 Used extensively around the world for the design, operation, and maintenance of
chemical processes in a wide variety of industries, including oil and gas exploration,
production, and refining; gas processing; commodity and specialty chemicals;
pharmaceuticals; biofuels; and process equipment manufacturing.
 Advantages of CHEMCAD

 Has been shown:

- Increased productivity by 25%

- Reduced cost by 30%

- Improve accuracy of calculation by 80%

 The latest chemical engineering techniques at your fingertips.

 Requires minimal training & saving lots of time.

CHEMCAD can be used to address a variety of challenges :
 Initial design of new processes.
 Optimization or de‐bottlenecking of existing processes.
 Performance monitoring of processes.
 Design and rating of process equipment such as vessels, columns, heat exchangers,
piping, valves, and instrumentation.
 Evaluation of safety relief devices.
 Heat exchanger sizing.
 Pressure and flow balancing of complex piping networks.
 Reconciliation of plant data.
 Economic comparisons of process alternatives.
CHEMCAD Products and Features :
The CHEMCAD suite consists of several modules that serve specific purposes.
1. CC-STEADY STATE:
 Enable to design new processes, rate existing processes, and optimize processes in
steady state.
2. CC-DYNAMICS:
 Can be used to design and rate existing processes using a dynamic simulation.
 Can be used to simulate everything from simple vessel accumulation to complex
control systems on columns.
 Provides tools for simulation of continuous stirred‐tank reactors (CSTRs),
including complex reaction rate and pressure calculation.
3. CC-BATCH:
 Can be used to design, rate, or optimize a batch distillation column.
 This module includes a scheduling interface to allow an “operation step” approach
to simulation of batch columns.
4. CC-THERM:
 Can be used to design a single heat exchanger.
 Can simulate shell‐and‐tube, air‐cooled, plate‐and‐frame, and double‐pipe
exchangers.
 Can be used to calculate exit conditions from exchanger geometry for high‐fidelity
simulations.
 Can be used to perform calculations on hypothetical situations.
5. CC-SAFETY NET:
 Can be used to design or rate piping networks and safety relief devices and systems,
in both steady‐state and dynamic systems.
 Can be used to make simultaneous flow‐ and pressure‐balanced simulations even in
reverse‐flow situations—for single‐ or multi‐phase flow.
6. CC-FLASH:
 This module provides physical property and phase equilibrium data, as well as property
prediction, phase equillibria (VLE, LLE, VLLE for mixtures and pure components) and
regression.
 CC‐FLASH is a subset of CC‐STEADY STATE.
 CHEMCAD has a variety of applications, including;
• Research & Development
• Project/Process design
• Project/Process redesign & optimization
• Operation/Maintenance
• Safety & Hazard Analysis
• Environmental Study & Analysis
• Project & Product Sales
• Education
CHEMCAD is commonly used in such industries as:

• Exploring & production

• Refining
• Commodity chemicals
• Fine & specialty chemicals
• Pharmaceuticals
• Engineering & construction
• Process equipment manufacturing
• Power plants
• Academic university programs
First look of CHEMCAD :

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