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Courses Handbook 2015

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Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

CHEN4013 (v.1) Petroleum Processing

Area: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 6.0
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.
Workshop: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 302290 (v.4) Petroleum Processing 475 or any previous version
Anti Requisite(s): 302209 (v.3) Petroleum Processing 553 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     302263 (v.3) Reaction Engineering 325 or any previous version
    OR
    CHEN3010 (v.1) Reaction Engineering or any previous version
AND
    302249 (v.3) Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 223 or any previous version
    OR
    CHEN2001 (v.1) Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Other Requisite(s): Appropriate Skills: Average mark of greater than or equal to 75% in ChE 325 Reaction Engineering 302263 and ChE 223 Thermodynamics 302249
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.
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.
Field of Education: 030301 Chemical Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark


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Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 1 Y        

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