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ME729 Fluid Mechanics
No. of hours per week: three hours
Assessment: practical work and examinations
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
Subject aims and description
To provide a knowledge of fluid mechanics adequate for the
graduate entering the process industry.
Kinematic and potential energy, the equivalence of pressure
and head. Bernoulli equation and its application to Pitot
tube, orifice plate and Venturi, and weir plates.
Momentum and the momentum equation. Viscosity, its
measurement and use. Criteria of similarity; dimensional
analysis and its application to the derivation of the Stanton
(Moody) chart. Equivalent length and diameter. Stanton and
von Karrnan charts. The Hagen-Poiseuille equation.
Operation and characteristics of centrifugal pumps and fans;
means of output control. The virtual head equation, the
dimensionless groups relating pump head, throughput,
power consumption and efficiency with impeller diameter
and speed. Specific speed; cavitation and NPSH; relationships
between frictional head loss in pipework and head
development of pump or fan.
Application of the above concepts to the solution of
problems.
Positive displacement pumps and blowers; valves - gate,
globe, diaphragm, pinch, ball etc.
Textbook
Coulson. J.M., Richardson, J.F. and Backhunt. J.R. Chemical
Engineering. 4th ed, Oxford. England: Pergamon. 1990
~ ~ 7 3 Instrumentation 1
and System Control
No. of hours per week: three hours
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Air-conditioning.
Subject aims and description
General concepts. Overview of instrumentation in
monitoring, control and experimental analysis.
Functional concepts. Functional elements of instruments and
system control loops.
n Measuring devices. Principles of measuring temperature,
pressure, flow, velocity and humidity. Relevant instruments,
2 measurement techniques and interpretation.
Interrelation of plant and control systems, and interpretation
3
=, of schematic control drawings.
Control devices and controllers. Broad understanding of
2. pneumatic, electric and electronic control systems, relative
merits, overview of controller types and a practical
understanding of system control.
DDC, building automation and monitoring.
System studies. Linking of the above elements into control
systems for air-conditioning, refrigeration and heating and
fire services.
Application of control systems within overall energy,
management strategies - link with ME781.
References
Haines, R.W. Control Systems for Heating, Lentilating and
Airconditioning. 2nd ed. New York, London: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
1977
ktherrnan, K.M. Automatic Controls for Heating and Aimnditioning:
Principles and Applications. 1 st ed, Oxford: Pergamon, 1981
ME774 Maintenance Practices and Technology
No. of hours per week: two hours for two
semesters
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Maintenance
Engineering.
Subject aims and description
Diagnostic and analytical methods with applications to plant
and equipment, for condition and system performance
monitoring.
Vibration and noise: measurement methods, analysis
methods.
Oil analysis methods: interpretation of atomic absorption
spectrographic methods, development of inspection and
trend anal~is techniques.
Wear debris: methods of determination and interpretation,
ferrography.
Thermography: monitoring devices, interpretation and
ma~fundion through temperature measurements.
Aoolication . . of diaanostic - methods to machine health
monitoring, setting up inspection procedures, record
keeping, trend monitoring, life curves.
References
Collacot, T. Mechanical Fault Diagnosis & Condition Monitoring.
London: Chapman Hall, 1977
Meirovitch, L. Elements of Vibration Analysis. New York: McGraw-Hill.
1975
Neale, M. and Associates. A Guide to the Condition Monitoring of
Machinery HMSO, 1978
Steidel, R.F. An Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations. 3rd ed, NRN
York: Wilq, 1989
ME776
Maintenance Engineering Science
No. of hours per week: three hours
Assessment: assignment
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Maintenance
Engineering.
Subject aims and description
Equipment deterioration mechanisms, failure, reclamation
and repair strategies. Corrosion detection, treatment and
preventative methods. Mechanisms of wear, war
measurement, design for wear resistance, lubrication
theories. Review and evaluation of metallic and non-metallic
materials.
References
Sarkar, A.D. Wear of Metals. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1976
Sarkar. A.D. Friction and Wear. London: Academic Press, 1980
Stewart, D. & Tulloch, D.S. Principles of Corrosion and Protection.
London: Macmillan, 1968
ME777 Maintenance Management
No. of hours per week: two hours for two
semesters
Assessment: assignment
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Maintenance
Engineering.
Subject aims and description
Strategies for srjtems operations and support. Maintenance
strategies: emergency, corrective, preventative, RAM-D
engineering, fundamentals, concepts and applications.
Maintenance operations: selection of maintenance strategies
based on management decisions, maintenance planning.
work planning, resource analysis and allocation, plant
inventory, maintenance control, plant records.
Stores and spares inventory: scientific inventory control,
inventory analysis and strategies, stores and spares
management policy assessments.
Work measurement in maintenance: method study, work