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Courses Handbook 2014

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2014.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2013.

302273 (v.3) Design Project 499

Area: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 50.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 2 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     7039 (v.5) Chemistry 101 or any previous version
    OR
    314448 (v.1) Principles and Processes in Chemistry 100 or any previous version
AND
    7040 (v.6) Chemistry 102 or any previous version
    OR
    314450 (v.1) Reactivity and Function in Chemistry 120 or any previous version
AND
302253 (v.5) Process Heat Transfer 228 or any previous version
AND
302257 (v.3) Process Mass Transfer 221 or any previous version
AND
    302259 (v.3) Process Plant Engineering 322 or any previous version
    OR
    313663 (v.1) Oilfield Processing 300 or any previous version
AND
302263 (v.3) Reaction Engineering 325 or any previous version
AND
307668 (v.2) Process Instrumentation and Control 328 or any previous version
AND
    313771 (v.1) Process Synthesis and Design 312 or any previous version
    OR
    308572 (v.1) ChE 312 Process Synthesis and Design I or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
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 and 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 and detailed drawing. Pressure vessel design using AS1210. Pump and piping specifications.
Field of Education: 030301 Chemical Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2014 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2014 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

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Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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