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Che Report Writing Format
Dear Students, The faculty of the Chemical Engineering Department (ChE), University of Jordan have written these guidelines in an attempt to improve the quality of final year project (FYP) reports generated by our valued students. The faculty of the ChE hope that you make the most of these guidelines and follow them as well as report to us any corrections and/or modifications that you think will provide a better revision of these guidelines. Your feedback is welcome and will be given the utmost attention. You will find copies of these guidelines and other resources on the website of Dr. Ali Al-Matar (http://fetweb.ju.edu.jo/staff/che/aalmatar). We wish you have a very fruitful experience in your stay at the department and will make the most of it as well as provide us with your feedback.
2 REPORT DIVISIONS
The report is divided into two main parts: front matter and the report body. The following sections describe the expected divisions in these two parts.
8. Nomenclature or list of symbols: In this section, all symbols used in equations in the text or axis of plots have to be properly defined including the units. The order should be as follows: a. Roman letters (a, A, b, B , y, Y, z, Z) sorted alphabetically with lower case letters preceding upper case letters. b. Greek letters (, , ..., , ) sorted alphabetically with lower case letters preceding upper case letters. c. Subscripts used throughout and sorted alphabetically. d. Superscripts used throughout and sorted alphabetically. e. List of abbreviations: list the abbreviation used in the document with their definition to the right.
3. Process selection and design: Alternatives considered. Why were other processes rejected? How did you select your flowsheet structure? Include simple sketches for this section. Discuss here any aspects related to economical, environmental and ethical issues. Basis of design: a precise statement of the problem, including feed compositions, product specifications, available utilities. 4. Process description: Describe the selected process in detail and provide a detailed flowsheet including assumptions and limitations for such flowsheet. Label all streams and equipment properly and sequentially using standard symbols and abbreviations. 5. Material and energy balances (stream information table): Report for each stream its temperature, pressure, component flow rates, total flow rate, and vapor/liquid/solid fraction. Every stream must have a separate entry in the table. Streams differing only in pressure, temperature, or vapor fraction should appear in adjacent columns: only the changed quantities need to appear for the downstream entries. Include utilities and make-up streams. The stream information table must reside on a single page. Place the stream table on the same page as the flowsheet and insert it in your document as A3 page instead of the standard A4 page size. Simulation software e.g., ASPEN PLUS, HYSYS or CHEMCAD are capable of producing such a summary for you automatically and you encouraged using them throughout your project. Whether you have used a simulation software or hand calculations, state clearly the material and energy balances for each piece of equipment in your flowsheet. 6. Design: Equipment list, design methods and approaches, and specification sheets are placed here. The bulk of your work is in this section; so pay attention to the methods and results and always include specification sheets for your equipment. There are many ways to organize this part, the easiest would be to classify the design of equipment according to its category: a. Heat exchangers: heat exchangers with no phase change e.g., heaters and coolers, heat exchangers with phase change e.g., vaporizers, evaporators and condensers, fired heaters and furnaces. b. Fluid movers: pumps, compressors, fans, blowers. c. Mass transfer equipment: distillation columns, absorptions columns, extraction equipment etc.
d. Reactors: CSTR, PFR and other types. e. Solid handling equipment: crushers, grinders, mills, screens etc. 7. Feasibility study and economic analysis: Factorial methods for the purchased equipment cost and their installation cost. Include the estimated capital investment, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), ROI and ROR, payback period, manufacturing cost and breakeven cost. Use the most comprehensive economic indicators that you can produce. Be specific to Jordan and change some indices to match the investment and economic environment in Jordan. 8. Control strategy: May be impeded in the design part of each piece of equipment or discussed here. Develop the proper control strategy and schemes to control the selected process. 9. Plant layout and site: use the CCPS guidelines to layout your plant and provide a plot plan for the layout of the plant on an A3 page instead of the standard A4 page. Determine a suitable location for your plant and justify this selection. 10. Safety and environmental aspects: Include safety and environmental concerns due to the selected process. Identify the methods and means to prevent or deal with hazard sequences preferably carrying out a HAZOP study. 11. Conclusions and Recommendations: These should be itemized and concisely stated. Conclusions should be justified by the results of the previous chapters. Conclusions have to do with the main results of the work and are based on the objectives of the work. Recommendations are helpful for identifying areas requiring further work, areas of concern and means for improvement. 12. References (Bibliography): this part documents the references cited in your report. Make sure that all the references you have used are included. Also, make absolutely sure that you are aware of plagiarism ( ) and its implications. Every idea or word that you have taken from a reference are credited to that reference. This part is very important for the following reasons: a. To build an evidence of the conclusions or results you obtain based on similar results and conclusions other researchers have obtained. b. To acknowledge that you have the work of others in your work. c. Provide the reader with the necessary references regarding the topic of your work in the original citations.
13. Appendices: All derivations, some of the tables and figures, which are referred to in the text, are to be included in this section(s).
VLE. Equations and coefficients with particular attention to units shall be included. Other properties which may be needed in the calculations such as density etc. should be included. vii. Any particular design aspects should be noted. viii. Chemical costs include reference and year and update using the M&S index. ix. Health, safety, hazard and operability (HAZOP) and environmental aspects. x. References
Comparison: Compare your hand calculated mass and energy balances with the ASPEN PLUS / HYSYS / CHEMCAD results. If different, discuss why.
viii. Make it absolutely clear that you have cited the appropriate references.
3.7.2 TABLES
Unless resolution and clarity dictates the tables must be in black color. The following guidelines are recommended to be taken into consideration: 1. Give every table a number, provide a caption (title) above the table and centered in the page. 2. Number tables sequentially throughout. You may use global sequential numbering throughout the document i.e., Table 1, Table 2 etc. The recommended in this case is to use tables numbered according to their chapter i.e., Table 1.1, Table 1.2, Table 2.1, Table 2.2, etc. 3. Always, try your best to place the table at the location where it is referred to. Never place the table before it is being cited.
4. Order the columns in a logical manner and list any units and dimensions in the column head. 5. Always use decimals and never use fractions unless it is absolutely necessary.
3.7.3 EQUATIONS
1. Give every important equation a number, equations are centered in the page with their numbers right justified as below:
x
i =1
=1
(1.1)
If you are using Microsoft word, the Mathtype add on will facilitate the numbering and justification of equations for you. The following are unacceptable formats for the same equation above
No number assigned to an important equation
x
i =1
=1
x
i =1
= 1 (1.1)
2. Number equations sequentially throughout. You may use global sequential numbering throughout the document i.e., Equation 1, Equation 2 etc. The recommended in this case is to use equations numbered according to their chapter i.e., (1.1), (1.2), (2.1), (2.2), etc. 3. If there is a division in your equation keep the division line aligned with the equal sign. 4. If the equation is lengthy and requires more than one line, the lines starting from the second must start aligned with the equal sign in the first line. 5. Provide sufficient space before and after the equation.
Note that the above references are listed alphabetically according to the last name of the first author.
o Or, if more than two references are cited (with one author, each)
Al-Abri (1999), Fulan1 (2005), Fulan2 (2005) and Abbas (2006) developed a theoretical model for the solar still based on one-dimensional energy analysis. Their findings showed that the productivity is 4.0 L/day.
When the reference is cited in the passive clause sentence as something was done by Fulan, etc.
The analysis of heat and mass transfer in liquid desiccant dehumidification was investigated by Al-Sinani et al. (1999) and Chen and Yoon (1994).
When the reference is cited in reference to state factual information, conclusions, or findings. Note (in the example below) the way in which authors are cited. That is, if one or two authors are cited their full last name(s) is cited while when more than two authors are cited the first author last name is mentioned followed by "et al.". Note also the way in which two references are cited in reference to the same fact, i.e., they are separated by semicolon ;.
Maintaining stratification in storage tanks is essential for better performance of energy systems with which these tanks are integrated. Solar collectors operate at higher efficiency as the collector inlet temperature is decreased (Duffie and Beckman, 1982). Stratification was found to improve the overall performance of solar collector systems by reducing the average absorber plate operating temperature. Performance improvements reported in the literature are 10% (Davis and Bartera, 1975), 5 to 15% (Sharp and Loehrke, 1979; Cole and Bellinger, 1982). Simulations with ideally-stratified and fully-mixed storage tank models show improvements in annual collector system performance ranging from 11.5 to 18.5% when using the ideally stratified model (Wuestling et al., 1985).