CL2501 - Process Analysis
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Engineering |
Application of the energy balance to the material and energy flow processes in engineering. Introduction to enthalpy, psychometric charts and heats of reaction as they are used in the energy balance. Writing and solving combined mass and energy balances. Introduction to economic, environmental and safety issues important to chemical process design and process flowsheet development. Unsteady and steady state material and energy balances and solving complex problems with computers. Introduction to process flowsheeting packages.
Learning Outcomes
- develop an understanding of the key principles in sustainable chemical process design;
- develop and practice communication, team working and problem solving skills by designing and analysing large scale industrial systems;
- develop and practise strategies and tactics for problem identification, formulation and solution;
- develop the skills necessary to be able to retrieve and estimate important physical properties;
- learn to apply engineering fundamentals and to take a systems approach to derive and solve mass and energy balances.
| Prerequisites: | EG1010 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Madoc Sheehan. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment, some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%). |
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