BASICS OF ASPEN PLUS, KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

Department of Chemical Engineering as a part of institutional social responsibility activity has organized a workshop on Basics of Aspen Plus exclusively for the students of polytechnic institutions. This event is aimed at providing knowledge for the students in the domain of Computational Chemical Engineering to enhance their skills in using the software tools used. The expected outcome of the programme is to give hands on training on the software and attain skill to meet the industry requirements of the design companies in their field. Students pursuing diploma in Chemical and petrochemical engineering in Kongu vellalar polytechnic college from perundurai has attended the workshop along with a faculty. The workshop was started at around 9.30 am and the coordinator of the event Mr.N.Arunkumar, Assistant Professor (Sr.G) in the department of chemical engineering has welcomed the students and elaborated the importance of the workshop. Dr.R.Bharathi Ganesan, Assistant Professor (Sr.G) in the department of chemical engineering was the resource person of the workshop. Various unit operations in chemical engineering such as distillation column etc were taught using simulation. Hands on training was given to the students by giving them problem and asked them to solve using the simulation tool. Overall the session was very good and students feedback was well received. After the session interaction with the students was arranged in the fluid mechanics laboratory where students cleared their doubts about higher studies in chemical engineering department at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore. Mr.Alagusowdeswaran and Mr.Karthik of II year chemical Engineering were the student coordinators of the event.