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302270 (v.2) ChE 422 Advanced Separation Processes
Area: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Other: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 302202 (v.2) ChE 542 Advanced Separation Processes or any previous version
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Prerequisite(s): | 302257 (v.2) ChE 321 Mass Transfer Operations or any previous version
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302260 (v.2) ChE 323 Transport Phenomena or any previous version
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302261 (v.2) ChE 311 Process Design and Synthesis or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Binary methods revision, short-cut MCD, Smith-Brinkley method, rigorous methods, efficiency, VLE data, azeotropes, system design considerations, column internal design, column measurements, control, introduction to adsorption, basics of adsorptive separations, ion exchange, design of adsorption systems, membranes and applications, design of membrane separation systems, design and calculation methods, evaporation, crystallisation, drying. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have..... |
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: | Ricci, L, 'Separation Techniques' Vols. 1 and 2, papers reprinted from Chemical Engineering Magazine. Smith, B D, 1963, 'Design of Equilibrium Stage Processes' , McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., New York. King, C J, 1980, 'Separation Processes' 2nd Edn, , McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., New York. Reprint from Chemical Engineering 'Modern Design of Distillation Columns' by Fair, J R and Bolles, W.L. Treybal, R E, 1980, 'Mass Transfer Operations' 3rd Edn, pp.342-476, McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., New York. Coulson, J.M., and Richardson, J.F, 1991, 'Chemical Engineering, Volume 2' 4th Edn, (SI Units). Pergamon Press Ltd., Oxford. Coulson, J.M., and Richardson, J.F, and Sinnott R., 1994, 'Chemical Engineering Volume 6: Design' 2nd Edn. Kohl, A. and Riesenfeld, F., 1985, 'Gas Purification' 4th. Edn, Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, Texas. Kohl, A. and Neilsen, R.B., 1997, 'Gas Purification' 5th. Edn, Gulf Publishing Co., Houston. |
Unit Texts: | McCabe, W.L., Smith, J.C., and Harriott, P., 2001, 'Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 6th Edition', McGraw-Hill, New York. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Multicomponent Distillation Test 35%. Adsorptive Separations Test 35%. Evaporation, Crystallization and Drying Test 30%. A pass mark (50%) is required in at least two of these tests. |
Field of Education: |  30301 Chemical Engineering | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2   |
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Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | 2004 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
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