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This course will introduce the students to the chemical engineering laboratory environment and process safety. It will also build on the professional skills introduced in ENGR101 such as sketching, ethics and report writing.
This is a core chemical engineering course and is a prerequisite for ENCH395.1. Laboratory skills – exposure to chemical process equipment and working with experimental apparatus2. Professional skills – computing with Excel, Visio, technical drawing, engineering report writing, library skills3. Process Safety – an introduction to chemical and physical hazards, important industrial accidents and the concept of hazard vs risk.4. Electrical systems relevant to chemical engineers
After passing this course, a student is able to: LO1: Demonstrate engineering sketching and technical drawing skills including CAD and understand how engineering components are represented graphically. Obtain an appreciation of the design process and manufacturing including material selection.LO2: Exhibit familiarity with some electrical concepts relevant to the process industries. LO3: Understand and apply introductory concepts such hazard identification and preliminary risk analysis required to assess the safety of industrial processes and the laboratory environment.LO4: Conduct chemical engineering experiments on laboratory and pilot-scale equipment in a team situation and analyse the results quantitatively using statistical tools and computational packages such as Excel Solver.LO5: Write engineering reports analysing and discussing experimental results following the style typical of the chemical process industryThis course contributes to the following IPENZ Graduate competency profiles.2) Understand and apply the mathematical and engineering sciences (L03, L04)3) Formulate and solve models that predict the behaviour of part or all of complex systems, using first principles of fundamental engineering sciences and mathematics. (L04)5) Recognise when further information is needed and be able to find it by identifying, evaluating and drawing conclusions from all pertinent sources of information, and by designing and carrying out experiments. (L04, L05)6) Understand methods of dealing with uncertainty, the limitations of design and analysis methods, and identify, evaluate and manage risks in complex engineering problems. (L03, L04, L05)7) Function effectively in a team by being able to work cooperatively with the capability to lead or manage a team (L04)8) Communicate effectively, comprehending and writing effective reports and design documentation, summarising information, making effective oral presentations and giving and receiving clear oral instructions. (L05)9) Be aware of the role of engineers and their responsibility to society by demonstrating understanding of the general responsibilities of a professional engineer (L03)11) Demonstrate competence in the practical art of engineering by showing in design an understanding of the practical methods for the construction and maintenance of engineering products, and using modern calculation and design tools competently for complex engineering problems. (L01, L02, L04)
Subject to the approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
The course consists of three lectures (3x1h), one tutorial (1h) and one laboratory (2h) per week. Attendance at all lectures and tutorials is highly encouraged.Time recommendations for the course activities:Lectures: Lectures provide context and a different perspective to the course materials. They provide opportunity to learn in real time. (36 hours)Tutorials: These tutorials prepare you for the upcoming labs, contextualise the more academic content of the lectures and demonstrate the use of software tools. (12 hours)Self-study: It is highly recommended to commit at least three hours per week to review the lecture material and practice programming. (36 hours)Laboratories: Laboratories offer the opportunity to increase your programming proficiencies, practice your problem solving skills and your results interpretation techniques. (24 hours)Assignments: Assignments will require to apply your gained knowledge to solve chemical and process engineering problems. Time spend on these assignments will highly depend on previous self-study. (30 hours)Revision: Focus on understanding the content and being able to articulate your ideas. (12 hours)Total: 150 hours• Engineering Drawing (TutC & TutD, TutE & TutF) – Lectorials on technical drawing and computer aided design. These will be held in lecture rooms, before going up to the Drawing Rooms Rata 222 and 223 (Term 1) or the CAD labs Rata 216 and 342 (Term 2).• Engineering Library (TutB) – A tour of the facility and introduction to the resources and technical assistance available. The library tour has 5 streams on Tuesday (18/2) afternoon. You may select a stream that you prefer in the same way that you select stream for your other lab classes.• Field Trip – A trip to a local chemical processing facility, in Semester 2. Details will be released later in the year.
Ben Reynolds
Don Clucas , Fred Herritsch , Peter Gostomski and Malcolm Taylor
Liam Caleb Pink and Frank Weerts
All labs must be attended to pass the course. All lab reports must be handed in and completed to a satisfactory standard to pass the course. Late assignments and lab reports will be penalised 25% if submitted after the due date without prior agreement with the course coordinator.In the assessments, you are permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) solely for the purposes of improving English and grammar in reports, and for initial fact-finding for assignments (similar to how Google is used). No other use of generative AI is permitted. Note that AI tools are not suitable sources of information for referencing. To assist with maintaining academic integrity, you must appropriately acknowledge any use of generative AI in your work. If it is used you must provide a screenshotted transcript of your interactions with the tool, which clearly indicate which AI tools were used and how they contributed to the assessment.
New Zealand Standards; SAA/SNZ HB1:1994 Technical Drawing for Students ; (This standard may be downloaded free of charge from the University Library's Standards New Zealand database page).
Boundry, A.W; Engineering Drawing ; McGraw-Hill, 2012.
Jordan, Pat; Foundations of Excel for Engineers and Scientists ; Pearson, 2012.
All information about academic policies (e.g. special consideration, dishonest practice) can be found on the ENCH-Undergraduate LEARN page .
Domestic fee $1,595.00
International fee $6,711.00
* 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.
This course will not be offered if fewer than 25 people apply to enrol.
For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering .