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~ ~ 7 4 Instrumentation 0
and Measurement
Systems
No. of hours per week: two hours
Assessment: assignment, laboratory and
examination
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to give a basic foundation in the principles
and practice involved in instrumentation and measurement
systems used in the chemical industry.
Principles and role of sensors for the measurement of
displacement, time velocity, force, pressure, flow-rate, density
and temperature. Transducing elements for conversion among
mechanical, thermal and electrical quantities, including
examples of electro-mechanical, capacitance, piezo-electric,
resistance, inductance, and thermo-electric transducers.
Analysis of the static and dynamic performance of electromechanical
transducers, input-output characteristics of
transducers; compatibility of transducers, amplifiers, measuring
circuits and recorders in measuring systems.
Applications of digital measurement techniques, digital type
transducers, digital to analogue and analogue to digital
conversions, data transfer and communications between
microcomputers.
E! References
5.
5, Bell, D.A. Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements. Reston, VA,
2 Reston Pub. Co., 1983
Del Toro, V. Electrical Engineering Fundamentals. 2nd edn, Engelwood
Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1986
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Doebelin, E.O. Measurement Systems: Application and Design. 4th
3 edn, Tokyo, McGraw-Hill, 1990
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4. - ~ ~ 7 4Control 1 Engineering
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No. of hours per week: two hours
5.
3 Assessment: assignment and examination
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3 Subject aims and description
a An introduction to classical methods of analysis for linear
control systems.
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lntroduction to closed-loop control: definitions, terminology
and examoles. Mathematical modellins of physical systems:
transfer fhctions, linearisation, block-diagrams of dosed-loop
systems. Transient analysis: the inverse transform and the time
solution of linear models, response of first and second order
systems to a unit impulse and unit step inputs. Stability
analysis: Routh's stability criterion for linear control systems.
Frequency response analysis: steady state solution to sinusoidal
inputs and the frequency response function G ow),
representation on logarithmic plots - Bode diagrams, nyquist
stability criterion.
Textbook
Dransfield, P. Systems and Control, Part 1 and 2. Clayton, Vic.. Monash
University, 1994
References
Ogata, K. Modern Control Engineering. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., Prentice Hall International, 1990
Palm, W.J. Modeling Analysis and Control of Dynamic Systems. New
York, Wiley, 1983
Palm, W.J. Control Systems Engineering. New York, Wiley, 1986
~ ~ 7 5 Equipment 5 Life Cycle
No. of hours per week: two hours
Assessment: project
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to introduce students to engineering aspect
of equipment life cycle; from conception throuqh definition,
realisason, integraiion, commissioning, life usage and ultimate
decommissioning/disposaI.
Types of equipment; fixed and mobile: equipment acquisition
and procurement cycle; design research and development;
equipment trialling, testing and demonstration.
Maintenance strategy: types and approaches, preventive
maintenance, condition monitorinq. Intearation and
commissioning process.
Maintenance operations: maintenance planninq and control,
work planning, resource analysis and allocatio< maintenance
activities, repair and performance and condition monitorina.
Maintenance access and creation of maintenance window;.
Measures of maintenance effectiveness.
Configuration: configuration control and modification.
Decommissioning, disposal and system replacement.
Textbooks
To be advised
References
Byrt, W.J. and Masters, P.R. The Australian Manager. 2nd edn,
Melbourne, Macmillan, 1982
Corder, A.S. Maintenance Management Techniques. London, McGraw-
Hill, 1976
Cunningham, C.E. and Cox, W. Applied Maintainability Engineering.
New York, Wiley Interscience, 1972
Dhillon, 0.5, and Reiche, H. Reliability and Maintainability
Management. New York, Von Nostrand Rheinhold, 1985
Kelly, A. Maintenance Planning and Control. London, Butterworths,
1984
Moss, M.A. Designing for Minimal Maintenance Expense: The Practical
Application of Reliability and Maintainability. New York, M. Dekker,
1985
~ ~ 7 5 Chemical 6 Engineering Design 3
No. of hours per week: two hours
Assessment: examination
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to give students a basic understanding of the
principles involved in the design of batch and continuous
reactors, and to specifically study the operation of small scale
batch plant as used in many Australian industries.
Reactor design - a review of chemical reaction kinematics,
flow kinematics of various reactor types including batch,
tubular and CSTR, temperature and pressure effects on reactor
performance. ~diabatic and isothermal operation. Gas and
liquid phase reactions. Heterogeneous operations.
Batch processes - unsteady state operation of chemical plant
with examples includina batch distillation. batch drvina. batch
filtration, batch react06 and batch leaching and absorption,
solvent extraction, ion exchange, semibatch operation.
Textbooks
Coulson, J.M., Richardson, J.F. and Backhurst, J.R. Chemical
Engineering, Vol. 2.4th edn, Pergamon Press. 1991
Denbigh, K.G. and Turner, J.C.R. Chemical Reactor Theory: An
Introduction. 3rd edn, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1984
Levenspiel, 0. lntroduction to Reaction Engineering