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MP713 Chemical Engineering Design 1
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: assignments an examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to instruct students in the fundamentals of
chemical engineering thermodynamic and the basic
principles of mass and energy balances as a basis for further
study in chemical process technology.
Basic design techniques: mass and energy balance
calculations; flowsheets; stoichiometry calculations involving
bypass, recycle and purge; combustion and heat engine
calculations.
Chemical engineering thermodynamics: physical equilibrium,
bubble and dewpoint relations, phase diagrams, activity and
activity coefficients, Gibbs Duhem equation, chemical
reaction equilibria, heats of reaction and mixing.
Textbooks
Felder. R.M. and Rousseau, R.W. Elementary Principles of Chemical
Processes. 2nd ed, New York: Wiley, 1986
Smith, J.M. and Van Ness, H.C. Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics. 4th ed, New York: McGraw Hill, 1987
MP714 Stagewise Processes
No. of hours per week: five hours
Assessment: practical work and examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to give students a general understanding
of industrial mass transfer operations, and of stagewise
methods for the design of mass transfer equipment.
Applications of mass transfer operations such as distillation,
gas absorption, liquid-liquid extraction and leaching in
chemical manufacturing; descriptions of the equipment in
which these operations are carried out.
Behaviour of plate and packed columns; characteristics of
packings; bubble cap and sieve trays. weirs and
dmncomers; flooding, hold-up and pressure drop; selection
of optimum column diameter.
The concept of the equilibrium stage as applied to
u" distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, leaching and other mass
4 transfer operations. Graphical and computer-based design
techniques employing this concept: McCabe-Thiele, Sorel and
. Ponchon-Savrit methods.
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Treybal, R.E. Mass Transfer Operations. 3rd ed, (51 Units), McGraw
a Hill, 1983
Reference
Ludwig, E.E. Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical
Plants. 2nd ed, Houston, Texas: Gulf Pub. Co., 1977
~ ~ 7 1 Heat 5 Transfer
No. of hours per week: five hours
Assessment: practical work and examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to provide the student with a sound
approach to the design and selection of heat transfer
equipment.
Description and characteristics of shell and tube exchangers,
and alternative geometries; boilers, condensers, etc. with
examples of their use.
Rwiew of previous work in heat transfer, namely unidimensional
conduction, Newton's Law of cooling, overall
heat transfer coefficients.
Prediction of heat transfer coefficients by the mechanisms of
natural and forced conwction, film and dropwise
condensation, nucleate and film boiling. LMTD, FT and E-
NTU methods to determine temperature driving forces.
Thermal rating of shell and tube exchangers; pressure drop
in heat exchangers.
Textbooks
Blackhurst, J.R. and Harker. J.H. Chemical Engineering. Vol. 1. 4th ed,
Oxford: Pergarnon Press, 1990
Coulson. J.M.. Richardson. J.F with editorial assistance from
Holman, J.P. Heat Tmnsfer. 6th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1986
MP717 Industrial Processes and Wllution
Control
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: assignment and class participation
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to teach students by the use of case
studies and other means to scientifically assess the possible
pollution outcomes of various processes.
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
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: assignments and examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to provide a working knowledge of types
of hazards encountered in the workplace and means by
which these may be overcome.
Environmental hazards: accident prevention. Work-related
injuries including tenosynovitis, back and muscle injuries.
Noise and vibration. Physics of sound. Measurement and bioeffects.
Heat and ventilation. Measurement of dusts and
fumes, bio-effects. Body temperature regulation, effects of
heat and cold. Radiation. lonising and non-ionising (including
ultra-violet).
Toxicoloav: toxic substance: mechanisms of action and
pathoggic effects (carcinobenesis, 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
No. of hours per week: five hours
Assessment: assignments, practical work and
examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to acquaint the student with the
responsibilities of the professional chemical engineer and
some of the issues he or she may have to confront.
A separate segment seeks to consolidate the student's