Ma​ster of Science in Process Integration

​​Introduction

Process industries such as oil & gas, chemical, and petrochemical are major economic enablers and contributors. Amid rising oil and energy prices, these industries are now forced to operate nimbly in order to be globally competitive and sustainable. Going forward, designing, optimising, and controlling new processes that offer higher efficiencies are pivotal in overcoming formidable global challenges. At UTP, Master of Science in Process Integration is designed to keep pace with industry-wide process system engineering challenges. As such, the programme will prepare you to face up to the challenges across multiple sectors that demand the expertise of resourceful process system engineers.

Significantly, the programme highlights the applications of recent advances in process system engineering and analysis techniques that will provide a different perspective from the outgoing conventional practices. These include heat integration, modelling, optimisation, process safety, control, and operability in order to optimise the utilisation of raw materials and energy to gain an edge towards sustainability. Designed in collaboration with the industry, UTP's Master of Science in Process Integration helps students break through conventional thinking to plan and deliver an exciting future. Building a talent pipeline of process integration specialists. Benefit from learning objectives tied to the contours of reality-based industry situations and changes.

Join a leading feeder university for the process integration industry. Get in touch with the latest industry thinking. Grow your industry perspective with subjects grounded in day-to-day industry challenges, opportunities, and outcomes. Learn how to leverage real industry data and research evidence to provide solutions through cutting tools and techniques.​

​​Programme Objective​​​

1. Process Integration specialists with insights to articulate complex industry problems and solutions.
2. Industry leaders with integrity towards sustainable development through continuous improvement and innovation for the betterment of society.

​​​​Programme Outcomes

Upon graduation, the candidates shall be able to:

1. Demo​nstrate in-depth and frontier knowledge and understanding in the relevant field/s or practice.
   
2. Critically and creatively apply knowledge in one or more fields to resolve complex disciplinary and practical problems.
   
3. Conduct credible problem-solving or investigation to resolve complex issues and questions in the field or practice.
   
4. Conduct research or investigation with minimal supervision adhering to legal, ethical, professional, and sustainable practice.
   
5. Demonstrate leadership qualities through collaboration with peers and others.
   
6. Communicate and interact effectively with peers in the field/s as well as general audience.
   
7. Select and use suitable digital and analytical tool techniques to resolve problems.
8. Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning and personal development.​
   

​​Why You Should Join Our MSc Programme

1. Modular based programme.​​
2. Programme jointly developed with relevant industrial custodian engineers.
3. Enjoy free access to other specialisation clusters' short-courses and modules offered under the programme.​​​
4. Choose between the two options below:
   • Carry out an individual design project across a 4-month industrial attachment with a hosting company, OR
   • Carry out a design project using real industry-derived data

​​Course Duration and Offering

This course is available Full-Time only.

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Mode	Minimum Duration	Maximum Duration
​Full-Time	​​12 months	36 months​

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​​Entry Requirements

• A bachelor's degree with a minimum CGPA of 2.50 or equivalent, or
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent not meeting CGPA of 2.50, can be accepted subject to a minimum of 5 years of working experience in a relevant field.

​​Fee Structure

Local Students

International Students

​​Programme Curriculum Structure 

​​Structure B (subject to changes)

SEMESTER 1		SEMESTER 2		SEMESTER 3
​​Course	​Credit Hours	​​Course	Credit Hours​	​​Course​	Credit Hours​
Heat Integration	2	Operability & Control​	2	Process Safety	2
​Modeling	2	Optimisation	​2	​Design Projects	12​
​Elective I	​3	Elective III​	​3	Project Management​​	2
​Elective II	​3	​Elective IV	​3	​-	​-
​Research Methodology	2	Data Analytics​	​2	-	​​-

​​​List of Technical Electives 

​​​​Structure B

​Please choose any FOUR (4) technical electives below.

• Advanced Distillation Design​
• Cogeneration & Site Utility​​
• Environmental Design for Aqueous Emissions​
• Environmental Design for Atmospheric Emission
• Refinery and Petrochemical Processes​
• Refinery Optimization
  
• Synthesis of Reaction and Separation Systems
  

​​Structure C (subject to changes)

​SEMESTER 1		SEMESTER 2		SEMESTER 3
​​Course	​Credit Hours	​​Course	Credit Hours​	​​Course​	Credit Hours​
Heat Integration	3	Operability & Control​	3	Elective III	3
​Modeling	3	Optimisation	​3	​Elective IV​	3
​Elective I	​3	Elective II​	​3	Project II	7
​Research Methodology	​2	​Project Management​​	​2	​-	​-
​Data Analytics​​	3	Project I	​3​	-	​​-​

List of Technical Electives

Structure C

Please choose any FOUR (4) technical electives below.

• Advanced Distillation Design​
• Cogeneration & Site Utility​
• Environmental Design for Aqueous Emissions​
• Environmental Design for Atmospheric Emission​
• Process Safety
• ​Refinery and Petrochemical Processes
• Synthesis of Reaction and Separation Systems​

​Programme Module Synopsis

Module​: Modeling

​No. of credits:​​ 2 (Structure B); 3 (Structure C)​

Overview of Modeling Concept; Mathematical Modeling, model Building, Development Constitutive relations by experiment and correlation, Sensitivity and simulation Analysis, Chemical Modeling, Pressure-Volume-Temperature, Phase equilibrium & thermodynamic pr​​operties, Liquid phase nonideality.

Module​: Heat Integration

​No. of credits:​​ 2 (Structure B); 3 (Structure C)​

​Introduction to Heat Integration, Energy Targets, pinch design Methods, Capital Cost Targeting, Automated Design, Integration of Heat Engines and Heat Pumps, Integration of Reactors and Separators, Process Modifications, and Data Extraction.

Module​: Optimisation

​No. of credits:​​ 2 (Structure B); 3 (Structure C)​

Overview on Optimisation Basics, Theory, and Methods, Model Building, Applications.

Module​: Process Safety

No. of credits:​​ 2 (Structure B); 3 (Structure C)​

Overview on Safety, Toxic Hazards, Release Modeling, Fire and Explosion, Pressure Relief System, Reactor Safety, Storage, Hazard Identification, and Risk Assessment.

Module​: Operability & Control

No. of credits:​​ 2 (Structure B); 3 (Structure C)​

​Introduction, Control Configuration, Unit Operation Control, Control of Complete Processes, Dynamic Behaviour, Feedback Controller design, model Based Control, MIMO Systems, Operability, and Continuous Process.

Module​: Environmental Design for Aqueous Emissions

No. of credits:​​ 3
​Wastewater Minimisation, Effluent Treatment System Design, Waste Minimisation.

Module​: Environmental Designs for Atmospheric Emissions

No. of credits:​​ 3

Introduction, Remediation Processes, Control of VOC, Emissions, Control of Nox, Emissions, Control of Flue Gas Emissions.

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Module​: Synthesis of Reaction & Separation Systems

No. of credits:​​ 3

Process Economics, Choice of Reactor, choice of Separator, Synthesis of Reaction-Separation Systems, Reactive Distillation, Economic trade-offs, reducing Process Hazards.

Module​: Advance Distillation Design

No. of credits:​​ 3

Distillation Design, Column Sequencing, Thermodynamic Analysis of the Distillation Column, Crude Oil Distillation Design, Retrofit Design of Distillation Systems, Representation of Ternary Mixtures, Azeotropic Distillation Sequence Synthesis.

​Module​: Cogeneration and Site Utility Systems

No. of credits:​​ 3

Introduction to Cogeneration and Site Utility Systems, Furnaces, steam Systems, Site Composite Curves, Optimizing Steam levels, Top Level Analysis, Site Retrofit, Gas Turbine Integration, Driver selection, Site Power to Heat Ratio, and Refrigeration Systems.

Module​: Refinery Optimisation (Structure B only)

No. of credits:​​ 3

Refinery Processes and Operation, General System Representation and Simulation, Modeling of Large Systems, Rigorous Models vs Simple Models, Advanced Mathematical Programming, and Applications.

Module​: Refinery and Petrochemical Processes

No. of credits:​​ 3

Crude Oil and Refinery Product, Crude Oil Distillation, Octane Processes, Hydroprocessing, Heavy End Processes, Light End Processes, Lube Oils, Sulphur Recovery, Petrochemical Processes, Refinery Integration, Hydrogen Integration.​

Module​: Design Projects

No. of credits:​​ 12 (Structure B); 10 (Structure C)

Practical Aspects – applying process design tools in the design projects.​

Module​: Project Management

No. of credits:​​ 2

In today's environment, certainty of change is without precedent. As such, managers in the contemporary organizations have to embrace project management in enhancing organizational effectiveness and success of their energy management. Energy projects have to be delivered on schedule, within budget, with the required performance capability, and compliant with quality, environmental, safety and health standards. The need to place energy management in the context of the design, strategies, and execution of project management is compelling.

Module​: Data Analytics

No. of credits:​​ 2 (Structure B); 3 (Structure C)

The course provides thorough understand process, content, concepts, techniques, issues and challenges involved in big data analytics, prepare students to be technically competent in analyzing data and prepare students to improve management decision making using data analytics tools.

Career Opportunities​

Graduates with an MSc in Process Integration degree will enhance their employment and career prospects in the process industries. The de​gree is also a good starting point for a career in research and academia.

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​CONTACT

​Programme Manager
TS Dr Wan Zaireen Nisa Yahaya
Email: zaireen.yahya@utp.edu.my​​​

 

 

 

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​​​Updated as of 27 June 2023
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