1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

atoms and molecules.
Organic chemistry: alkenes and alkynes; benzene and other
aromatic compounds; alcohols; alkyl halides; ethers; nitriles
and amines; aldehydes and ketones; carboxylic acids and
their derivatives.
Inorganic chemistry: ionic and metallic bonding.
Analytical chemistry: precipitation equilibria; complex ion
equilibria; the Nernst equation.
Introduction to kinetics.
Establishing basic laboratory skills in analytical, organic and
physical chemistry. Some instrumental analysis will be
included.
Recommended reading
Chang, R Chemistry, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill
SCE206 Fluid Mechanics
10 credit points 4.5 hourspw week @Hawthorn
*Instruction: lectures, tutorials, laboratory work
Assessment: examination 60%, assignments 30%, laboratory
reports 10%
This is a subject in the intermediate stage of the Bachelor of
Engineering (Chemcial).
0 b jedives
To provide students with the ability to design and
analyse piping and pumping systems as used in the
process industries.
To achieve this major aim, the following knowledge will
be provided to students:
Fluid Properties
Momentum and energy, and equations concerning their
conservation.
Fluid flow measurement techniques
Dimensional analysis and similarity studies
Pipeline analysis and design.
Centrifugal and other pumps -their construction,
operation and design.
Content
Fundamental concepts
perfect and real fluids - density, viscosity,
compressibility, basic work on Newtonian and Non
Newtonian fluids.
Fluid pressure and its measurement, laws of fluid
pressure, Basic fluid dynamics
Continuity, Energy and Momentum equations, -
application to devices for measurement of velocity and
flow.
Introduction to boundary layer theory
laminar and turbulent flow, qualitative treatment of
boundary layer growth
Advanced concepts
Kinetic and ~otential energy, The Bernoulli equation,
equivalence of pressure and head,
Criteria of similarity, dimensional analysis and its
application to the Moody or Darcy chart
Comparison of various forms of friction factor charts
Piping systems and their design, equivalent length for
valves and fittings, non circular ducts, the Stanton and
von Karman charts
Laminar flow in pipes, the Hagen Poiseuille equation
Operation and characteristics of centrifugal pumps,
relationships between throughput, power and head for
pumps, pump efficiency and its dependence on impeller
diameter and speed, specific speed, cavitation, net
positive suction head (NPSH).
Appljcation of the above concepts to the solution of
problems.
Recommended reading
Coulson, J.M., and Richardson, J.F., Chemical Engineering
Volume 1,4th edition, Pergarnon Press 1990
Roberson, J.A., and Crowe, C.T., Engineering Fluid Mechanics,
Houghton-Mifflin, 5th ed., 1993
Douglas, J. F., Gasiorek, J.M., and Swaffield, J.A., Fluid
Mechanics, 3rd ed., Longman, 1995
SCE207 Chemical Engineering Laboratory 1
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn *I
nstruction: tutorials, laboratory work Assessment: tutorials
30%, laborato y rtports 40%
This is a subject in the intermediate stage of the Bachelor of
Engineering (Chemcial).
Obiedives
To extend laboratory skills from chemical analysis to
applied chemical engineering processes as used in
industrv.
To establish skills in the designing of experiments to
include those measurements necessarv for the
monitoring and control of unit operations.
- To demonstrate the application of elementary principles
of chemical engineering.
Content
Laboratory work will supplement material studied in other
subjects- a selection from distillation, filtration, drying,
crushing and grinding, mixing, liquid / liquid / gas
extraction, cooking, sterilisation.
SCE302 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
10 credit points 4 hours per week *Hawthorn @Instruction:
lectures, tutorials Assessment: examination 70%, tests 15%,
assignments 15%
This is a subject in the intermediate stage of the Bachelor of
Engineering (Chemcial).
0 b jedives
To train students in the application of thermodynamic
principles in analyzing engineering problems.
To provide sound understanding of the fundamental
principles and methods of thermodynamics, and
underlines the theoretical bases of many chemical
engineering operations such as separation processes,
vapour cycles and reactive systems.
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