Contains: Introduction, Flowcharts, Estimation of fixed capital costs, Estimation of total production costs, Evaluation of investment plans, Design objects and data, Structure and composition of processes, Preliminary design and sizing of equipment.

Building heat exchanger networks using the pinch method, Separation of multicomponent and azeotropic mixtures through fractional distillation, Basic concepts of process optimization, Applications of optimization, Safety and hygiene in facilities.

Basic principles of simulation and steady-state simulators, Introduction to the UniSim/Honeywell simulator (UniSim or Hysys ASPEN), Introduction to MATLAB software, Design of biodiesel production unit, Design of combined production unit for bioethanol/biohydrogen, Life cycle assessment.