Course overview
This course aims to provide guidance in the practical design and sizing of typical process equipment items encountered in industrial processes, combined with an introduction to process synthesis and simulation.
Key concepts relevant to the professional practice of chemical engineering are presented, including fundamental elements of process economics and safety, together with the provision of utilities in process plants.
This course aligns with the program’s intent to demonstrate a chemical engineering body of knowledge and to apply this knowledge along with critical thinking, creativity, and innovation to solve complex problems relevant to industrial process design.
- Concept Design and Process Synthesis
- Process Equipment Design
- Process Evaluation and Optimisation
Course learning outcomes
- Understand the hierarchy of process design
- Can apply basic elements of the mechanical design of process equipment
- Understand and classify typical process hazards
- Understand the principles of process simulation & use software for process design and optimisation
- Rigorously size and design industrial heat exchangers and distillation columns
- Identify utilities required in a typical process plant & size systems for their provision
- Estimate capital cost of typical process equipment
- Effectively work as part of a small team
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 54292
Section LE01
Size 80
Available 63
Class number 54293
Section PR01
Size 44
Available 35
Class number 54294
Section PR02
Size 44
Available 42
Class number 51667
Section PR03
Size 80
Available 74
Class number 54295
Section TU01
Size 80
Available 63
Class number 54296
Section WS01
Size 80
Available 63
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