ENCH396-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019

Chemical Engineering Separations 1

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 May 2019

Description

Chemical engineering separation operations including distillation, evaporation, humidification/dehumidification, drying, gas absorption, filtration, centrifugation and crystallisation.

This course deals with process operations involving separations. The separation operations considered include: drying, (de-)humidification, leaching/washing, crystallization, ion exchange, distillation, gas absorption, adsorption and liquid-liquid extraction.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to:

  • Understand and analyse specific separation processes including distillation, gas absorption etc.
  • Select appropriate separation techniques for chemical processing.
  • Carry out detailed design calculations for separation processes.

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Alex Yip

Lecturer

Matthew Cowan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 60%
Assignment 1 06 Mar 2019 15%
Assignment 2 22 Mar 2019 5%
mid-term test 10 May 2019 20%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Seader, J. D. , Henley, Ernest J., Roper, D. Keith; Separation process principles :chemical and biochemical operations ; 3rd ed; Wiley, 2011.

Notes

Concerns
Students with concerns about the course should contact Daniel Holland, the 2nd Pro Director of Studies, or the Head of Department.

General Policies of the Department
Students may obtain the general policies of the University from the website. For example:

Special considerations: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/special-consideration/  

Academic Appeals of Assessments: Students with concerns about assessment processes or grades should be advised to speak first with the relevant lecturer. If the matter cannot be resolved, then the student should meet and discuss the matter with the Head of Department/School and thereafter follow the procedures outlined in the University procedures http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/media/documents/postgraduate-/Academic-Appeals-Grievances-Principles-Procedures.pdf  and regulations http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations/general-regulations/academic-appeals-and-grievance-regulations/

Reconsideration of grades: If you are concerned that your final grade may be incorrect it is suggested (for CAPE) that you make an informal query to the course coordinator, but you may follow the official procedures: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/examinations/result-dates-and-appeals/

Disabilities: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/disability/

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

Part I (Dr. Matthew Cowan):  20% Assignments + 30% Final Exam
Part II (Dr. Alex Yip):  20% Mid-term Test on 10 May + 30% Final Exam

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $956.00

International fee $5,250.00

* 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 .

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