Area: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
Lecture: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 302270 (v.2) ChE 422 Advanced Separation Processes or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Multicomponent distillation and column design. Adsorptive separations, ion exchange and membrane separations. Evaporation, crystallisation, drying - theory, applications and equipment design. |
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Unit Outcomes: | An understanding of equilibrium-staged processes for multicomponent systems, and application to design calculations. Comprehensive consideration of all aspects of practical column design. Multicomponent distillation systems. Specialised separations methods such as adsorption, ion exchange, membranes, etc., and their chemical engineering applications. Design and operation of evaporation, crystallization, and drying systems. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | McCabe, W.L., Smith, J.C., and Harriott, P., "Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering", 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill (1993). |
Field of Education: | 30301 Chemical Engineering | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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