ENCH291-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015

Chemical Process Technology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2015

Description

Mass and energy balance calculations, an introduction to chemical and process thermodynamics.

Mass Balances (Dr. Gabriel A. Visnovsky)
Weight volume and molar compositions of gas, liquid and solid mixtures.  Choice of convenient basis for solving problems.
Material Balances of chemical processes.  Classification of processes.  General material balance equation.  Methods for solving material balances.  Balances on non-reactive systems.
Material balances on reactive systems.  The chemical equation and stoichiometry.  Yield, Selectivity, Conversion.
Material Balance of Systems with Chemical Reactor.  Recycle, Bypass and Purge streams.  Solving Material Balances.
Combustion of Fuels.  Combustion process and terminology.  Excess air and gas analysis.  .  Material balances for combustion processes.

Energy Balances & Thermodynamics (Dr. Aaron T. Marshall)
Thermodynamic concepts including internal energy and enthalpy, heat, work and the first law of thermodynamics.
Phase diagrams and the Phase rule
Application of the 1st law of thermodynamics to closed and open systems
Calculations for processes involving ideal gases
Energy balances for combustion processes

Visio:
This hands-on session will introduce the use of Visio for drawing flow sheets. This will be useful for producing diagrams for lab reports over the next two years and for flow sheets for Design in 2nd and 3rd Pro.

Works Visits:
Visits to one industrial site will be arranged.  The visit will sample some of the more interesting Chemical and Process Industries in Christchurch.  The site visit will provide an opportunity to apply the theory of mass and energy balances to real industrial practice.  The visit will have a related assignment as part of the assessment for the course.  Usually, the class is divided into two groups for the visit (Time and date to be announced)

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Gabriel Visnovsky

Lecturer

Aaron Marshall

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment 12% Mass Balance assessments x 3 due 13th and 27th May and 5th June 2015
Work Visit 5%
Final Exam 40%
Energy Balance Quizzes 3% 3 online quizzes. 13th, 20th and 27th March worth 1% each
Assignment 29 Apr 2015 5% Energy Balance Assignment
Test 04 May 2015 35% Mid-semester Thermo Test

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Felder, Richard M. , Rousseau, Ronald W; Elementary principles of chemical processes ; 3rd ed., 2005 ed. with integrated media and study tools; Wiley, 2005.

Smith, J. M. , Van Ness, H. C., Abbott, Michael M; Introduction to chemical engineering thermodynamics ; 7th ed; McGraw-Hill, 2005 (also used in ENCH292, ENCH392 and ENCH492).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $874.00

International fee $4,725.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering .

All ENCH291 Occurrences

  • ENCH291-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015