302257 (v.2) ChE 321 Mass Transfer Operations

Area:

Department of Chemical Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Other:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

302200 (v.2) ChE 516 Mass Transfer Operations or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

302240 (v.3) ChE 227 Process Principles or any previous version
AND
302246 (v.2) ChE 221 Fluid Mechanics or any previous version
AND
302248 (v.2) ChE 222 Process Analysis or any previous version
AND
302249 (v.2) ChE 223 Thermodynamics or any previous version

Syllabus:

Equilibrium and rate processes. Staged and continuous contact processes. McCabe-Thiele and Ponchon-Savarit methods of design for the unit operations of distillation. Solvent extraction. Leaching. Gas absorption and humidification. The two resistance model for mass transfer, transfer coefficients and units. Column internals, packing and their characteristics.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

30301 Chemical Engineering

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

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