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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

302273 (v.2) ChE 499 Design Project

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Area: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 50.0
Contact Hours: 10.0
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Individual Study: 1 x 10 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 7039 (v.5) Chemistry 101 or any previous version
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7040 (v.6) Chemistry 102 or any previous version
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302253 (v.5) Process Heat Transfer 228 or any previous version
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302257 (v.3) Process Mass Transfer 221 or any previous version
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302259 (v.3) Process Plant Engineering 322 or any previous version
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302263 (v.3) Reaction Engineering 325 or any previous version
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307660 (v.4) Engineering Sustainable Development 201 or any previous version
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307668 (v.2) Process Instrumentation and Control 328 or any previous version
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308572 (v.1) ChE 312 Process Synthesis and Design I or any previous version
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 and complete chemical engineering design Materials of construction, mechanical design, structural support, environmental, hazard operability (HAZOP), operability, costing, energy considerations, start-up and shutdown, maintenance, process control and instrumentation, and detailed drawing. Pressure vessel design using AS 1210. Pump and piping specifications.
Field of Education: 030301 Chemical Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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