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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

302257 (v.3) Process Mass Transfer 221

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Tutition Patterns

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Area: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 4 x 3 Hours Yearly
Anti Requisite(s): 302200 (v.2) ChE 516 Mass Transfer Operations or any previous version
Prerequisite(s): 302249 (v.3) Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 223 or any previous version
AND
308807 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics 230 or any previous version
Syllabus: Molecular diffusion and convective diffusion, types of mass transfer coefficient. Interphase mass Transfer & Two resistance model, overall mass transfer coefficient. Equilibrium and Rate Processes. Distillation, V-L Equilibrium, Binary Equilibria, Enthalpy-concentration diagram, McCabe Thiele and Ponchon-Savarit methods of design for the unit operations of distillation. Material balance in contacting equipment, counter current mass transfer, staged and continuous contact processes. Gas Absorption & Packed Tower Design. Packings and Column Internals. Solvent Extraction & Leaching. Humidification.
Field of Education: 030301 Chemical Engineering
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
2011 Bentley 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