Area: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 302278 (v.2) ChE 373 Fuels and Combustion Technology or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Introduction to the field of fuels, combustion engineering and emission control technologies. Chemical composition and chemistry of fossil fuels, physiochemical properties and combustion of common fuels, ignition and flame stabilisation, flame detection, monitoring and control, practical applications of fuel and combustion technologies, combustion-generated pollutants and control. |
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Unit Outcomes: | Master physico-chemical properties of common fuels and their selection and use, basic combustion calculations. Common combustion technologies for practical applications. Select and use of common flame detection, monitoring and control techniques. Pollutant formation mechanisms during fuel combustion and emission control strategies. |
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: | Perry R.H, Green D.W, Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook, 7th Ed, (1997), McGraw-Hill. |
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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