Integrating Design Projects in Early Chemical Engineering Education: A Comparative Study of Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning

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The project-based learning model focuses on methanol production from syngas. In this case, feed composition, target production capacity, and expected deliverables were specified. Students were asked to draw a process flow diagram (Figure 3b), perform heat and mass calculations, design a distillation column for methanol separation from water, and justify the operational conditions, using chemical and mechanical engineering design, process control, and HAZOP analysis. An explicit template of dataset as support for heat and mass balances and distillation column dimensioning is presented.

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Faculty of science and technology, Lancaster university

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• Lancaster University

  England, Lancaster

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