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 411-102 Chemical Process Analysis 1

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

Two one-hour lectures and one hour tutorial class per week

Subject Description

Introduction to basic chemical engineering flowsheet calculations, including material balances, unit systems and real gas and vapour behaviour prediction. Systems of units and unit conversion; concept of conservation of mass is developed as the basis for determining mass flows in chemical processing systems. Mass balances around single process units, and groups of units, involving simple systems and recycle streams, and non-reacting and reacting systems; component, elemental balances. Gases, liquids and vapours; ideal and real gas behaviour; use of compressibility factor and generalised compressibility factor charts; vapour pressure estimation. Study of humidity as an example of material balances involving gases and condensing vapours.

Assessment

One examination not exceeding three-hours at the end of first semester



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