Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

302290 (v.3) ChE 475 Petroleum Processing


Area:

Department of Chemical Engineering

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

2.5
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

2 x 1 Hours Monthly

Anti Requisite(s):

302209 (v.2) ChE 553 Petroleum Processing or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

302240 (v.3) ChE 227 Process Principles or any previous version
AND
308807 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics 230 or any previous version

Other Requisite(s):

Appropriate Skills: Average mark of greater than or equal to 65% in ChE 325 Reaction Engineering 302263 and ChE 223 Thermodynamics 302249
 

Syllabus:

Requirements of the hydrocarbon age - products and specifications, chemistry of crude oil, hydrocarbon types, crude oil types and crude characterisation. Distillation - refining topography, distillation, atmospheric, vacuum and pressurised. Reforming andcracking - reforming, catalytic cracking. Gas production - hydrocracking and hydroprocessing. Light end - light end processing, alkylation, catalytic polymerisation and isomerisation. Heavy end - heavy end strategies (lube production, bitumen, coking), sulphur and sulphur treating (sulphur removal and sweetening, sulphur recovery, amine systems) and miscellaneous processes (drying, desalting). Logistics and economics - refining and logistics, economics and optimisation.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

030301 Chemical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2007 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2007 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 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

 
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