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This course introduces students to key concepts of process design, including the detailed design of unit operations. The course builds on the topics covered in the 1st Professional year and begins to explores how unit operations can interact to shift the overall optimal operating conditions away from, say, the conditions that optimise a reactor alone. The course also extends the process safety concepts introduced in ENCH295 to cover more quantitative analysis techniques and provides an introduction to materials engineering for chemical engineers.
An introduction to engineering materials is also provided to guide students to select proper materials for their process design and future applications. Considering that most industry relies on technology, and the world is in patent war, an introduction to intellectual property will be given.
Knowledge outcomesEvaluate safety of proposed processes. Design systems to reduce the risk in industrial processes. Understand and be capable of applying energy and material balance analysis in process engineering.Rapidly analyse the economics of potential processes for the production of chemicals. Optimise processes using process modelling software. Perform pinch analysis to integrate processes and to save energyUnderstand and be capable of securing and not infringing intellectual property. Understand how microstructure influences material properties. Classify materials based on measured properties. Identify suitable materials for process applications.Transferable skillsIndependent problem solvingTeam working and interpersonal relation Communication of complex idea to peersManaging tasks timely not to cramHandling stress during treating with real world problems under time pressurePerforming simple economic analysis Approaching problems rationallySourcing necessary information, data, literature, equipment, and materials
ENCH291
36 lectures and 4 computer labs/tutorials.
Heon Park
Rachael Wood
Douglas, James M; Conceptual design of chemical processes ; McGraw-Hill, 1988.
Felder, Richard M. , Rousseau, Ronald W; Elementary principles of chemical processes ; 3rd ed., 2005 ed. with integrated media and study tools; Wiley, 2005.
Himmelblau, David Mautner; Basic principles and calculations in chemical engineering ; 5th ed; Prentice Hall, 1989.
Murray, G. T; Handbook of materials selection for engineering applications ; M. Dekker, 1997.
Ashby, M. F; Materials selection in mechanical design ; 3rd ed; Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.
Prerequisite: ENCH291This is a core chemical engineering course and is a prerequisite of ENCH494.
Domestic fee $1,002.00
International fee $5,625.00
* 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 .