Course overview
This is a project course that aims to develop the practical skills required in process engineering with the focus on design, simulation, operation, control, and optimization of chemical processes. It applies the previously acquired knowledge of mass and heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid and particle mechanics, reaction engineering, separation processes, process modelling, and process control to understand the interaction between unit operations, to analyse the process flowsheets using flowsheeting software, and to carry out equipment selection and detailed design of plant equipment for the process.
- Concept Design And Process Synthesis
- Materials Of Construction And Pressure Vessel Design
- Process Safety And Plant Layout
- Process Simulation And Optimisation
- Rigorous Heat Exchanger Design
- Rigorous Column Design
- Process Economics And Cost Estimation
- Column Design
- Capital Cost Estimation
Course learning outcomes
- Understand the hierarchy of process design and its utility in the synthesis of an industrial process
- Perform calculations to appropriately size pumps, valves and pipelines for a given process
- Rigorously size and design an industrial heat exchanger
- Rigorously size and design an industrial distillation column
- Identify the utilities required in a typical process plant and to size systems for their provision
- Estimate the capital cost of typical process equipment using commonly utilised methods
- Understand the principles of process simulation and use software to assist in process optimisation and performing sensitivity analyses
- Understand and classify typical process hazards and with the aim to inform the plant layout
- Effectively work as part of a small design team to produce a written technical report documenting their process design and findings in a clear and concise manner
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 54292
Section LE01
Size 80
Available 80
Class number 54293
Section PR01
Size 44
Available 44
Class number 54294
Section PR02
Size 44
Available 44
Class number 51667
Section PR03
Size 80
Available 80
Class number 54295
Section TU01
Size 80
Available 80
Class number 54296
Section WS01
Size 80
Available 80
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