Lecturers: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fabian Jirasek, Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Hayer

Workload: 2+1 SWS (4 ECTS as a module)

Recommended prerequisites: Thermodynamics I + II + III, Thermal Process Engineering

Start:

Mon, October 19, 2026

Office Hours:

Office hours for the lecture and tutorial are offered by appointment. Please contact Hannah Mennecke directly by email.

Examination:

An oral examination will take place at the end of the course. Examination dates will be announced in due course.

Contents:

• Introduction to thermodynamic process design
• Conceptual design of distillation processes for multicomponent mixtures: topology of vapor–liquid equilibria, distillation line and residue curve diagrams, ∞/∞ analysis, single columns, separation sequences
• Thermodynamic analysis and synthesis of overall processes
• Energy optimization of processes
• Thermodynamics of hybrid processes: reactive distillation
• Teamwork and presentation of project results; work with process simulation software (Aspen)

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