302273 (v.2) ChE 499 Design Project

Area:

Department of Chemical Engineering

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

14.0

** 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:

2 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

4 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

302268 (v.2) ChE 411 Advanced Process Control or any previous version
AND
302269 (v.2) ChE 421 Risk Management or any previous version
AND
302270 (v.2) ChE 422 Advanced Separation Processes or any previous version
AND
302271 (v.2) ChE 481 Process Laboratory Projects or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

302272 (v.2) ChE 423 Process Economics and Management or any previous version

Syllabus:

Process design. Process engineering. Project management. Process evaluation and selection. Site location, plant layout and process flowsheet and piping diagram. Preliminary design, specifications, and equipment schedule. Environmental impact. Industrial codes and legislation. Design report - chemical engineering design. Mechanical engineering design. Operational aspects. Full specification, complete chemical engineering design. Materials of construction, mechanical design, structural support, environmental, HAZOP, operability, costing, energy considerations, start-up and shutdown, maintenance, process control and instrumentation, detailed drawing. Pressure vessel design using AS1210. Pump and piping specifications.

** 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:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	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