Most chemical engineering bachelor programs integrate the expertise and guidance of experienced industrial design leaders (IDLs) through the Process Design Project course. This course becomes a fundamental opportunity for students to kick-start their career and allows IDLs to share their invaluable experience. This presentation highlights the 4 key principles used by IDLs to successfully develop these future engineers in a demanding but rewarding project. An approach is proposed to involve IDLs in specialised workshops as learning accelerator sessions that would benefit students for their design project. Topics such as how to control a process, building P&IDs, modelling with simulation software, creating HAZOPs, health & safety, and project management could be covered and would elevate the students understanding and, in turn, the quality of their project deliverables. This will not only prepare them for their projects and careers, but it is also an opportunity to develop a strong community of IDLs around their university.

1. CONSIDER INDUSTRIAL DESIGN LEADERS
INVOLVEMENT IN SPECIALIZED WORKSHOPS
Sergio Joao, eng.
Steven Sidthiphol, jr. eng.
SUCCESSFUL INVOLVEMENT IN DESIGN COURSES
66th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference
October 17th, 2016

2. AGENDA
• Context
• Key factors for successful design projects
• Benefits
– Students
– Industrial Design Leader
• Design course – Looking Forward
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3. INVOLVEMENT IN DESIGN COURSES
• McGill & Polytechnique - since 2013
• Team achieved great success
• High quality reports and presentations
• Not only technical…
3Context Key Factors Benefits Forward

4. EXAMPLE – LNG TERMINAL PROJECT
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Source: David Chondon, Tinke-Marie De Witte, Kevin Qiu, Gabrielle Trzcinski, CLEAN ENERGY TERMINAL, Final Presentation
Winter2016, CHEE 457 - DESIGN PROJECT
200,000 m3 LNG Carrier pool fire
Loss of life
Damage to Equipment
𝟑𝟓 𝐤𝐖/𝐦 𝟐
𝟏𝟖 𝐤𝐖/𝐦 𝟐
5 𝐤𝐖/𝐦 𝟐
Radiation Radius Effects
5 kW/m2 2.25 km
Permissible Level of
Emergency operations
18 kW/m2 1.85 km
Ignite wood and melt
plastic tubing
35 kW/m2 1.5 km
Damage to Steel piping
and Process Equipment

5. KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS
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Define
Scope
Give
Feedback
Act as One
Team
Provide
Training
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6. DEFINE SCOPE
• Start with Kick-off Meeting!
– Mandate
– Roles & Expectations
– Methodology
• Bring team to:
– Define Boundary Limits
– Oversee whole Context
6Context Key Factors Benefits Forward
Can you break the problem into pieces ?

7. EXAMPLE – LNG TERMINAL PROJECT
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Source: David Chondon, Tinke-Marie De Witte, Kevin Qiu, Gabrielle Trzcinski, CLEAN ENERGY TERMINAL, Final
Presentation Winter2016, CHEE 457 - DESIGN PROJECT, McGill

8. EXAMPLE – SULPHURIC ACID PROJECT
8Source: Pierre-Étienne Auclair, Mylène Gosselin, Maxime Lavoie, Catherine Marsan, Conception d’une usine d’acide sulfurique,
GCH4160 : Projet de conception et analyse d’impacts, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

9. GIVE FEEDBACK
• Weekly meetings
– Project progress over schedule
– Powerpoint presentation
• Deliverables commented
– Technical Aspects
– Clarity of the information
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We don’t want to know it, we want to see it (Yvon Deschamps)
Can you add some Wow effects ?
Context Key Factors Benefits Forward

10. Industry
Control Narratives
It is important to control the liquid level inside the column
to ensure that adequate mass transfer takes place between
the vapor and liquid phases, and to prevent flooding. This is
accomplished by using a feedback control system in loop
204 that regulates the flow of rich amine leaving the
bottom of the absorber (stream 12). Excessively high and
low liquid levels pose an operational risk, and as such are
insured by interlock action. I-3 trips the motor on pumps P-
201 at the bottom of the absorber if the liquid level is
excessively low, which terminates the outflow of liquid.
Conversely, the amine inflow (stream 10) is terminated by I-
4 using a shutoff valve if the liquid level becomes very high.
Source: Nathan Goldstein, Anand Natu, Chantelyn Pineda and K. Praneet Akilla , Carbon Capture Facility Design Final Design
Recommendations for Apatite Inc., Final Presentation Winter2015, CHEE 457 - DESIGN PROJECT, McGill
EXAMPLE - CARBON CAPTURE PROJECT

11. Industry
Control Narratives
It is important to control the liquid level inside the column
to ensure that adequate mass transfer takes place between
the vapor and liquid phases, and to prevent flooding. This is
accomplished by using a feedback control system in loop
204 that regulates the flow of rich amine leaving the
bottom of the absorber (stream 12). Excessively high and
low liquid levels pose an operational risk, and as such are
insured by interlock action. I-3 trips the motor on pumps P-
201 at the bottom of the absorber if the liquid level is
excessively low, which terminates the outflow of liquid.
Conversely, the amine inflow (stream 10) is terminated by I-
4 using a shutoff valve if the liquid level becomes very high.
Source: Nathan Goldstein, Anand Natu, Chantelyn Pineda and K. Praneet Akilla , Carbon Capture Facility Design Final Design
Recommendations for Apatite Inc., Final Presentation Winter2015, CHEE 457 - DESIGN PROJECT, McGill
EXAMPLE - CARBON CAPTURE PROJECT
Student
Control Narratives

12. ACT AS ONE TEAM
• Presence whole team at the meetings
• Design leaders involvement
• Guide the development
• Focus on Students Strenghts
• Found project execution bottlenecks
• Motivates & Free students’ Energy!
• Get Best from students
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Don’t Bring me Problems Bring me Solutions
Share your Problems !
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13. PROVIDE TRAINING
Not all students share the same field experience
Training is typically on:
Basic Controls & Interlocks
Link between HAZOP, P&ID & Interlocks
Read/draw a P&ID
Project Management
Simulation Skills (Aspen Hysys®…)
Hands-on
Project Accelerator
Difficult to integrate more training session during Design Course
13Context Key Factors Benefits Forward

14. EXAMPLE – P&ID
14Source: David Chondon, Tinke-Marie De Witte, Kevin Qiu, Gabrielle Trzcinski, CLEAN ENERGY TERMINAL, Final Presentation
Winter2016, CHEE 457 - DESIGN PROJECT
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What are the benefits for the
industrial Design Leaders?
Benefits for students:
Momentum for their career in a rewarding project
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16. WINS FOR DESIGN LEADERS
• Confront our own limitations
• Develop Management Skills
• Learn new technologies
• Essential relationship industry-university
• Develop high potential individuals
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17. LOOKING FORWARD…
• Develop specialized workshops
– Practical Topics
Ex: How to create/read P&ID
How to do an Hazop?
– Industrial Design Leaders – Subject Matter Experts
– Hands-on training
– Offered through out bachelor program
• Build strong community around universities
17Context Key Factors Benefits Forward

18. THANKS TO
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École Polytechnique de Montreal
McGill University
Pr. Tavares
Pr. Fradette
Pr. Chaouki
Pr. Patience
Pr. Bertrand
Pr. Coulombe
Pr. Yargeau
Pr. Kopyscinski
Pr. Hoesli
A. Al-Haiek
J. Baria
L. Dauphin
N. Ghoul
G. Milot
P.-É. Auclair-
Bédard
M. Gosselin
M. Lavoie
C. Marsan-
Loyer
C. Bourdeau-
Laferrière
V. Harvey
S. Jaffer
H. To
S. Viau
G. El Baghli
K. Laassel
P.D. Mbog
T. Pham Phu
S. Benjelloun
C. Brucel
A. Cimon
S. El Kabriti
N. Goldstein
C. Pineda
A. Natu
P. Kaustubh
A. Gershanov
J. Wilkinson
R. Nanua
D. Chondon
G. Trzcinski
K. Qiu
T.-M. De Witte
R. Chowdhury
A. Colantuoni
S. Marcotte
J. Montagut
R. Osseiran
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