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~ ~ 4 9 1 Biochemical Engineering
No. of hours per week (including practical work):
four hours for two semesters
Assessment: by examination
Subject aims
To give students a grounding in the theory and practice of
biological processes used in engineering.
Subject description
Requirements for growth in biological material; variations in
micro-organisms; fermentation pathways. Enzyme reaction
kinetics and absolute reaction rate theory; continuous
fermentation, aeration and agitation. Mass transfer theories.
Bubble and mechanical aeration; scale up; operational and
control. Biological water treatment - BOD, COD.
Mathematical modelling for the design of activated sludge
plants, trickling filter and sludge digesters. Nitrification,
eutorphication and river modelling.
References
Aiba, 5. et al. Biochemical Engineering. 2nd edn, New York, Academic
Press, 1973
Bailey, J.E. and Ollis, D.F. Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals. 2nd
edn, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1986
Metcalf and Eddy Inc. Wastewater Engineering: Collection, Treatment,
Disposal. New York, McGraw-Hill. 1972
EEISI
Engineering Science - Electronics
and Computing
No. of hours per week: four hours for two
semesters
Subject aims .
To introduce the principles of electrical circuits and electronics
to engineering students and to make links between electrical
and other engineering disciplines.
To introduce fundamental concepts of computing, familiarity
with personal computers and some proficiency in the use of
the PASCAL language for constructing solutions to engineering
problems.
Syllabus (Semester 1)
ldeal circuit elements (electronics and circuits)
SI units in electrical engineering
Resistance, inductance, capacitance, voltage sources, current
sources, energy storage and energy dissipation.
Linear circuit analysis (electronics and circuits)
Kirchoff's Voltage Law (KVL), Kirchoff' s Current Law (KCL).
Voltage and current division. Circuit analysis using Mesh and
nodal equations. Thevenin and Norton theorems. Superposition
theorem.
Sinusoidal circuit analysis - Part I (electronics and circuits)
Reason for emphasis upon sinusoidal analysis. Peak, rms,
average values. Response to sinusoidal excitation of resistive,
inductive and capacitive elements. The phasor representation
and the phasor diagram.
Digital electronic concepts (electronics and circuits)
Electrical representations of numerical data. Binary, octal and
hexadecimal number systems. General number systems
conversions. Basic logic gates. Boolean algebra. De Morgan's
theorems. Truth tables. Combinatorial logic circuits including
sum of products (SOP) and product sums (POS) realisations.
Simple Karnaugh map. Simple flip-flop.
Computing Part I
Brief history of computing.
lntroduction to computer systems including the disk operating
system (DOS) and the Turbo Pascal development environment.
Introductory Pascal including syntax diagrams, control
structures, elementary types, continuing Pascal including
subrange types, arrays, procedures, functions, variable and
value parameters, predefined functions, identifier scope,
enumerated types, sets, records, with statements, text files.
Elementary inputloutput interfacing techniques using Pascal.
Syllabus (Semester 2)
Computing Part II
Sinusoidal circuit analysis - Part 2 (electronics and
circuits)
Review of complex numbers. Concepts of reactance and
impedance and admittance, conductance and susceptance.
Series and oarallel combination of elements. A~~lication of
linear circit laws to AC circuits (include ~hevenjn and Norton
theorems).
Resonance. lntroduction to frequency response.
Analogue electronic circuits (electronics and circuits)
Models for ideal amplifiers. Linear amplifier circuit analysis
using Kirchoff's Laws. ldeal operational amplifiers. Linear
applications of op-amps. Op-amp integrators and
differentiators. Power gain and voltage gain.
Power calculations (electronics and circuits)
Instantaneous and average power. Real power, reactive power,
apparent power and power triangle. Power factor and power
factor correction. Complex power. Power measurement.
Transformers (electronics and circuits)
lntroduction to magnetic fields. EMF equation. ldeal
transformer including voltage and current ratios, power
transfer, impedance reflection/referral. Maximum power
transfer, impedance matching.
Text books
Bishop, J.M. Turbo Pascal Precisely. Wokingham, England. Addison-
Wesley, 1992
Carlson, A.B. and Gisser, D.G. Electrical Engineeering Concepts and
Applications. 2nd edn, Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1990
EE188 Administrative and Resource Package. Swinburne, 1994
EE188 (Computing) Resource Package. Swinburne, 1994 (compulsory)
KO ffman, E. B. Turbo Pascal: Problem Solving and Programme Design.
3rd edn, Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1991
References
Ashley, R. and Fernandez, J. PC-DOS: A Self Teaching Guide. 3rd edn,
New York, Wlley, 1990
Bobrow, L.S. Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering. Fort Worth, Tex.,
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985
Borland. Turbo Pascal User's Guide. Version 5.0 or 5.5
Borland. Turbo Pascal Reference Guide. Version 5.0 or 5.5
Carmody, L.A. and Holliday, R.L. A First Course in Computer Science
with Turbo Pascal. Computer Sciences Press, 1991
Cogdell, J.R. Foundations of Electr~cal Engineereing. Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., Prentice Hall, 1990
Del Toro, V. Electrical Engineering Fundamentals. 2nd ed, Englewood
Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1986
DiElsi, J. Turbo Pascal 6.0: The Nuts and Bolts of Program Construction.
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1991
DOS Reference Manual
DOS Technical Reference
Duntemann, 1. Complete Turbo Pascal. 3rd edn, Scott, Forsman, 1989
Leestma, S.C. and Nyhoff. Turbo Pascal-Programming and Problem
Solving. New York, Maxwell Macmillan, 1990
Marateek, S.M. Turbo Pascal. New York, Wiley, 1991