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 411-101 Industrial Process Engineering

Availability

May be offered in semester two subject to demand

Credit Points

7.1

Coordinator

Professor David Boger and Ms Joan Gravina

Prerequisites

None for students gaining entry to the Engineering or Science Faculties. This unit is also available for Community Access Programmes

Corequisites

None

Semester

1

Contact

36 hours for the semester made up of 3 plant visits (12 hours) and 24 hours of lectures at 2 per week

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to introduce students to process engineering issues related to chemical plants including process safety, process design and to create an awareness of the complexity of chemical plants.

The responsibility of the process engineer in the process industries particularly with respect to hazards and safety case studies. Plant visits. Requirements for new process developments- research to commercialisation. Process engineering ethics.

Assessment

Three plant visit reports of no more than 3000 words will be assessed for 40% of the overall work. One examination not exceeding three-hours accounts for the remainder of the assessment



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