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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.

313760 (v.1) Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer Processes 422

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: 2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Design and Operation of Thermally-driven Column Systems for Multicomponent Separations: Review of binary distillation; Design for multicomponent distillation; Short-cut design methods; Rigorous staged-separation methods; Design of column internals; Techniques for difficult separations. Design and Operation of Low-energy Alternative Multicomponent Separations. I Adsorption Systems: adsorbent materials; adsorption isotherms and kinetic data; batch versus continuous systems; mathematical modelling approaches. II Ion Exchange Separations., III Membrane Separation Processes and Systems. Evaporator Design and Operation: Single versus multiple effect systems; energy-saving techniques. Crystalliser Design and Operation: Theory, application and equipment. Drying: Types of dryers; theoretical considerations; mathematical modelling for heat and mass transfer; energy-saving techniques; operational problems.
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

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