1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

MP717 Industrial Processes and Pollution
Control
4 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: assignment and class participation
0 bjedives
To teach students by the use of case studies and other means
to scientifically assess the possible pollution outcomes of
various processes.
Content
Use of process flow diagram. Simple process calculation
stoichiometry, combustion, heat and mass balances.
Disposal and dispersal of efficient, stack heights, etc.
Description of major industries and their problems
(aluminium industry, electroplating, etc.). Major
environmental issues of general concern (acid rain, atomic
power, PCBs, dioxide, dumping of toxic waste).
MP719 Occupational Health and Safety
4 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: assignments and examination
0 bjedives
To provide a working knowledge of types of hazards
encountered in the workplace and means by which these
may be overcome.
Content
Environmental hazards accident prevention. Work-related
injuries including tenosynovitis, back and muscle injuries.
Noise and vibration. Physics of sound. Measurement and
bio-effects. Heat and ventilation. Measurement of dusts and
fumes, bio-effects. Body temperature regulation, effects of
heat and cold. Radiation. Ionising and non-ionising
(including ultra-violet).
Toxicology toxic substance; mechanisms of action and
pathogenic eeffects (carcinogenesis, mutagenesis,
teratogenesis). Routes of ingestion toxic substances including
heavy metals, benzene, PCB, solvents, etc.
Safety technology machine safety. Hazard identification.
Principles of machine guarding. Boilers and pressure vessels.
Safe working practices. Fire and explosion. Use of
flammable and explosive substances. Chemical safety.
Handling, chemical safety, hazard identification storage and
transport of dangerous and toxic chemicals.
MP724 Chemical Engineering Design
9 credit points fi hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
assignments, practical work and examination
0 bjectives
To acquaint the student with the responsibilities of the
professional chemical engineer and some of the issues he or
she may have to confront.
To consolidate the student's previous work in computer
programming by applying it to problems relevant to his or
her future career.
Content
Computer-aided design the use of software packages for
flowsheeting, flowsheet preparation and layout; exercises in
preparation of computer solutions to problems in
momentum, heat and mass transfer.
Recommended reading
Ross. G., Computer Programming Examples for Chemical
Engineers. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1987
MP751
Design Applications
9 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
assignments, practical work and examination
0 b jedives
To apply the theories of heat and mass transfer studied in
the fourth year of the course.
Content
To the design of equipment for the operations listed below.
Industrial applications of heat and momentum transfer.
Diffusional operations drying, crystallisation, water cooling
and humidification.
Single and multi-effect evaporator systems; thermal and
mechanical recompression. Operation, control and
economics of evaporation systems.
Similarity studies mixing.
Recommended reading
Treybal, R.E., Mass Transfer Operations. 3rd edn, New York,
McGraw-Hill, 1980
Reference
Norman, W.S., Absorption, Distillation and Cooling Towers.
London, Longmans, 1961
SA203 Building Standards
fi credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
This is a subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
Fnvironmental Health)
Content
Introduction to the elements of construction with particular
emphasis on housing including timber-framed, brick veneer
and cavity brick dwellings. Examination of foundations,
footings, internal/external cladding, framing and roof
structures.
Water disposal theory with reference to vented, vented
modified, single stack, single stack modified systems.
Standards of installation, applications and inspection
methods.
Consideration of various forms of construction practices
related to concrete, steel, timber and masonry.
Relevant provisions of building and plumbing legislation,
codes and standards.
Plan review technique.
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