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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.

313771 (v.1) Process Synthesis and Design 312

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Tuition Patterns

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Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Workshop: 1 x 5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 302253 (v.5) Process Heat Transfer 228 or any previous version
AND
302257 (v.3) Process Mass Transfer 221 or any previous version
AND
313756 (v.1) Process Engineering and Analysis 212
Syllabus: Synthesis of chemical processes, systematic consideration of process alternatives; Selection of thermodynamic property package; Reactor simulation and reactor network synthesis; Separator simulation and separation network synthesis; Reactor-separator-recycle network synthesis; Unit and flowsheet optimisation; Heat exchanger network and mass exchanger network synthesis; Control system simulation and synthesis; Batch process scheduling; Applications an case studies in chemical, hydrocarbon and particulate processes.
Field of Education: 030301 Chemical Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External