Course detail
Automation and Digitization in Chemical Engineering
FCH-MC_ADCAcad. year: 2025/2026
Principles and advanced mathematical procedures of chemical engineering. Design of technological equipment used in the realization of chemical engineering processes in industrial processes. Simultaneous sensing and processing of process quantities in chemical engineering processes using current computer technology. Fundamentals of designing, automation and robotization in chemical and new materials production.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Mathematics - fundamentals of vector, differential and integral calculus; use of EXCEL;
Physics - fundamentals of mechanics, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics and diffusion processes;
Chemical engineering of heat and mass transfer calculations.
Physics - fundamentals of mechanics, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics and diffusion processes;
Chemical engineering of heat and mass transfer calculations.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
To obtain graded credit is required active participation in exercises, successful solution of assigned credit examples and oral examination of theoretical, numerical and practical knowledge of the field.
For the written part of the exam, the literature designated by the examiner can be used.
Participation on lectures and computational exercises; elaboration of individual assignments.
For the written part of the exam, the literature designated by the examiner can be used.
Participation on lectures and computational exercises; elaboration of individual assignments.
Aims
Advanced acquisition of principles and mathematical procedures of chemical engineering processes. Introduction to the design of technological equipment used in the implementation of these processes in industrial processes. Use of current specialized chemical engineering calculation programs. Basics of process quantities sensing in chemical engineering processes. Fundamentals of designing, automation and robotization in chemical and new materials.
Students will acquire advanced knowledge of selected Unit Operations of Thermal Processes and Diffusion Processes of Chemical Engineering which are used in the design and assessment of individual process nodes in the practice of chemical and other productions on a laboratory scale and in industrial practice. Students will be acquainted with computational methods on specialized SW on which chemical engineering processes are routinely assessed in practice. Students will be acquainted with the current possibilities of sensing and evaluation of process quantities, with the possibility of automatic control and management of chemical engineering processes, as well as with the possibilities of robotization in this area.
Students will acquire advanced knowledge of selected Unit Operations of Thermal Processes and Diffusion Processes of Chemical Engineering which are used in the design and assessment of individual process nodes in the practice of chemical and other productions on a laboratory scale and in industrial practice. Students will be acquainted with computational methods on specialized SW on which chemical engineering processes are routinely assessed in practice. Students will be acquainted with the current possibilities of sensing and evaluation of process quantities, with the possibility of automatic control and management of chemical engineering processes, as well as with the possibilities of robotization in this area.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Frank Lamb: Advanced PLC Hardware & Programming: Hardware And Software Basics, Advanced Techniques & Allen-Bradley And Siemens Platforms Paperback, Automation Consulting, LLC 2019, ISBN-13 978-0578482231 (EN)
Gavin Towler: Chemical Engineering Design, Principles, Practice and Economics of Plant and Process Design, Elsevier 2012, ISBN: 978-0-08-096659-5 (EN)
Robert H. Perry: Perry's Chemical Engineers' Platinum Edition, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1999 (EN)
Gavin Towler: Chemical Engineering Design, Principles, Practice and Economics of Plant and Process Design, Elsevier 2012, ISBN: 978-0-08-096659-5 (EN)
Robert H. Perry: Perry's Chemical Engineers' Platinum Edition, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1999 (EN)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NKCP_ECHT Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme NPCP_ECHT Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme NPCP_CHTM Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme NKCP_CHTM Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
13 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
The course is taught in four separate spheres:
Advanced Chemical Engineering operations:
1. Non-stationary heat conduction;
2. Kinetics of absorption processes;
3. Chemisorption;
4. Membrane processes;
Chemical engineering calculation conducted in a special SW (ChemCad, for example):
5. Calculations of fluid and gas flow;
6. Modeling of liquid-gas mass sharing;
7. Calculations of heat transfer;
Basics of designing:
8. and 9. Sorting of project level and process assignment of process variables;
Fundamentals of automation and robotization of chemical processes and production of new materials:
10. Design of automatic measurement and control of technological processes and bioprocesses;
11. Design of control systems based on artificial intelligence;
12. Design of methods of signal and image analysis, Statistical data analysis, Analysis of random dynamic processes;
13. Industry Program 4.0, Human-Robot Collaboration - HRC, collaborative technology, edge computing, cyber security.
Advanced Chemical Engineering operations:
1. Non-stationary heat conduction;
2. Kinetics of absorption processes;
3. Chemisorption;
4. Membrane processes;
Chemical engineering calculation conducted in a special SW (ChemCad, for example):
5. Calculations of fluid and gas flow;
6. Modeling of liquid-gas mass sharing;
7. Calculations of heat transfer;
Basics of designing:
8. and 9. Sorting of project level and process assignment of process variables;
Fundamentals of automation and robotization of chemical processes and production of new materials:
10. Design of automatic measurement and control of technological processes and bioprocesses;
11. Design of control systems based on artificial intelligence;
12. Design of methods of signal and image analysis, Statistical data analysis, Analysis of random dynamic processes;
13. Industry Program 4.0, Human-Robot Collaboration - HRC, collaborative technology, edge computing, cyber security.
Guided consultation in combined form of studies
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer