Area: |
Department of Chemical Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credits: |
12.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contact Hours: |
2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
** 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tutorial: |
2 x 1 Hours Monthly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anti Requisite(s): |
302209 (v.2) ChE 553 Petroleum Processing or any previous version |
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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 |
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Other Requisite(s): |
Appropriate Skills: Average mark of greater than or equal to 65% in ChE 325 Reaction Engineering 302263 and ChE 223 Thermodynamics 302249 |
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Syllabus: |
Requirements of the hydrocarbon age - products and specifications, chemistry of crude oil, hydrocarbon types, crude oil types and crude characterisation. Distillation - refining topography, distillation, atmospheric, vacuum and pressurised. Reforming andcracking - reforming, catalytic cracking. Gas production - hydrocracking and hydroprocessing. Light end - light end processing, alkylation, catalytic polymerisation and isomerisation. Heavy end - heavy end strategies (lube production, bitumen, coking), sulphur and sulphur treating (sulphur removal and sweetening, sulphur recovery, amine systems) and miscellaneous processes (drying, desalting). Logistics and economics - refining and logistics, economics and optimisation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
** 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: | 030301 Chemical Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result Type: | Grade/Mark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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