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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.

313756 (v.1) Process Engineering and Analysis 212

Area: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 302240 (v.4) Process Principles 227 or any previous version
Syllabus: Professional practice: scope, overall setting and activities associated with process industries; Process engineering unit operations and their analysis; Systems analysis concept: complex systems vs. simple systems; Introduction to process synthesis and design; Chemical process flowsheet: DOF and solvability; independence and consistencies of process specifications; decomposition and tear structures; Process flowsheet simulation & optimisation: computer-aided flow-sheeting tools (Hysys, Aspen); Basic analysis of economical and environmental impact of chemical processes; Ill-defined process problems: approaches and solutions; Personal and professional skills and attributes: reasoning, problem solving, knowledge discovery, system thinking, personal and professional skills and attributes; Interpersonal skills: teamwork and communication.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
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 2 Y        
2012 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