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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

313603 v.1 Chemical Engineering Major (BEng)

Introduction

Chemical Engineering covers the development, design and operation of chemical processes and plants for the extraction, conversion and recovery of materials that is based on both chemical and biological systems. A great variety of process industries serve the needs of society. Among the more familiar are petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical and polymer production, bio-processing and bio-production, biopharmaceutics and food processing, fertilizer manufacture, cement and lime production, minerals and metals extraction and refining, paper and board manufacture, biomass and sugar refining, production of industrial and fine chemicals.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
313608 v.1   Chemical Engineering Stream (BEng) 275.0
  OR  
313609 v.1   Oil and Gas Stream (BEng) 275.0
  OR  
313610 v.1   Biosystems Engineering Stream (BEng) 275.0
  275.0
Year 2 Semester 1
302240 v.3   ChE 227 Process Principles 5.0 25.0
308807 v.1   Fluid Mechanics 230 4.0 25.0
7039 v.5   Chemistry 101 7.0 25.0
  75.0
Year 2 Semester 2
302249 v.2   ChE 223 Thermodynamics 5.0 25.0
302253 v.4   ChE 228 Process Heat Transfer 5.0 25.0
7040 v.6   Chemistry 102 7.0 25.0
  75.0
Year 3 Semester 1
302257 v.2   ChE 321 Mass Transfer Operations 5.0 25.0
  25.0
Year 3 Semester 2
307668 v.1   ChE 328 Process Instrumentation and Control 3.0 25.0
  25.0
Year 4 Semester 1
302269 v.2   ChE 421 Risk Management 5.0 25.0
302297 v.2   ChE 491 Research Project 1 3.0 12.5
  37.5
Year 4 Semester 2
302272 v.2   ChE 423 Process Economics and Management 5.0 25.0
302273 v.2   ChE 499 Design Project 10.0 50.0
302299 v.2   ChE 492 Research Project 2 3.0 12.5
  87.5

NB    The year and/or semester that units are offered in may change due to the combination of Engineering and Commerce Majors