Area: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
Credits: | 50.0 |
Contact Hours: | 14.0 |
Lecture: | 2 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 4 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 302268 (v.2) ChE 411 Advanced Process Control or any previous version
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302269 (v.2) ChE 421 Risk Management or any previous version
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302270 (v.2) ChE 422 Advanced Separation Processes or any previous version
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302271 (v.2) ChE 481 Process Laboratory Projects or any previous version
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Co Requisite(s): | 302272 (v.2) ChE 423 Process Economics and Management or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Process design. Process engineering. Project management. Process evaluation and selection. Site location, plant layout and process flowsheet and piping diagram. Preliminary design, specifications, and equipment schedule. Environmental impact. Industrial codes and legislation. Design report - chemical engineering design. Mechanical engineering design. Operational aspects. Full specification, complete chemical engineering design. Materials of construction, mechanical design, structural support, environmental, HAZOP, operability, costing, energy considerations, start-up and shutdown, maintenance, process control and instrumentation, detailed drawing. Pressure vessel design using AS1210. Pump and piping specifications. |
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Unit Outcomes: | To carry out an economic and technical feasibility study on a chemical process. To produce summary-type memo reports and a detailed technical case study report. To apply chemical engineering knowledge to the detailed design of chemical plant equipment. Basic mechanical designs. To produce a detailed technical design report. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Ray, M.S., and Sneesby, M.G., "Chemical Engineering Design Project: A Case Study Approach", Gordon & Breach Publishers, UK (1998). |
Field of Education: | 30301 Chemical Engineering | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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