1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

SCE203 Industrial Process Engineering and
Management
10 credit points 4 hours per week @ Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, discussions, plant visits
Assessment: examination 50%, reports 30%, seminars 20%
This is a subject in the intermediate stage of the Bachelor of
Engineering (Chemcial).
0 b jectives
The aim of the subject is to impart a general understanding
and appreciation - - of the following:
the relationship between process engineering and other
branches of engineering
the steps involved and the various types of knowledge
required in the design and operation of a process plant
the technical and managerial responsibilities of the
process engineer
the tools of communication used by the process
engineer: flowsheets, drawings, reports
the economical, social and environmental impact of the
process industry
professional ethics and responsibilities in the work place
Content
History of the development of the process industry.
Industrial and social contexts of process engineering. The
role of the process engineer: technical and managerial.
Examples of processes from the chemical, mineral,
pharmaceutical, food, etc. industries.
Process description and process analysis; flowsheets.
The physical and chemical principles involved in a process;
the laws of thermodynamics; rate processes: momentum,
heat and mass transfer; reaction kinetics and mechanisms;
process dynamics and control. Unit operations in process
engineering.
General process-design principles; mass and energy balances.
Equipment design: materials, piping, instrumentation. Plant
design; analysis of technical and economic feasibilities.
Quality Assessment and control. Market research;
economic forecasting; cost and risk analysis.
Environmental and social issues; waste management;
renewable resources; occupational health and safety;
professional ethics.
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Responsibilities of the process engineer: design, operation,
investigation, research and development, management of
people and resources, management of projects.
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Engineering tools: process flowsheets; engineering
drawings; process/piping-and-instrumentation drawings
(P&ID's); verbal and written reports; computers and
microprocessors; modelling.
Recommended reading
Shreve, R.N., Austin, G.T., Shreve's Chemical Process Industries.
5th ed, McGraw Hill, New York, 1984
References
Field, R W. Chemical Enginewing - Introductory Aspects.
McMillan education. 1988
SCE204 Biochemistry 1
10 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction:lectures, laborato y Assessment: examination
50%, tests 20%, laboratoy reports 30% Prerequisites: SC108
Biology
This is a subject in the intermediate stage of the Bachelor of
Engineering (Chemcial).
Objectives
To acquaint students with detailed structures of
biomolecules.
To develop an understanding of enzyme structure,
mechanisms, kinetics (including the roles of coenzymes,
cofactors, activators, inhibitors). To develop a practical
appreciation of the techniques for handling delicate
macromolecules such as enzymes.
To develop a detailed understanding of the main
catabolic ~athwa~s, especially in relation to energy
transformations and inter-relationships of the pathways.
Content
Introduction to biomolecules: monosaccharides,
disaccharides, polysaccharides, amino acids, polypeptides,
structure of proteins, lipids, nucleotides, enzymes,
coenzymes, nucleic acids.
Enzyme kinetics simple enzyme mechanisms, Michaelis-
Menten kinetics, inhibition.
Catabolic pathways for carbohydrate, lipid and protein.
Laboratory exercises will include quantitative
spectrophotometric analysis, colorigenic assays, biochemical
extractions and analyses, model building of peptides,
enzyme kinetics, computer simulated enzyme catalysis,
isoenzyme analysis, and enzyme assays. The program
supports the theory content by illustrating biochemical
structures, enzyme kinetics and metabolic pathways.
As well as practice in basic biochemistry laboratory
techniques and procedures, skills emphasised by the
practical program include protocol interpretation and
design, and calculations and interpretation of data from
quantitative analyses.
Recommended reading
Moran, L A, et al, Biochemistry, 2nd edition, Neil Patterson
Publishers, Prentice Hall 1994
SCE205 Chemistry 2
10 credit points fi hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, laboratoy work Assessment: tests 15%,
examination 35%, laboratory work 50% Prerequisites:
SClfi4N Chemist?
This is a subject in the intermediate stage of the Bachelor of
Engineering (Chemcial).
Obiectives
To build on the many basic concepts acquired elsewhere in
Chemistry and to extend this knowledge to a level that is
applicable for chemical engineering.
Content
Overview of chemical bonding, electronic structure of