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 411-309 Process Equipment and Design 2

Credit Points

7.1

Coordinator

Professor David Boger and Ms Joan Gravina

Prerequisites

421-205 Mathematics for Engineers 2.2 and 411-202 Process Equipment and Design 1

Corequisites

None

Semester

2

Contact

36 hours, comprising 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials

Subject Description

The objective of this unit is to present the techniques used to select and design process equipment and to make appropriate interconnections between these items. Principles of pipework layout. Design of heat exchangers; special types and thermosyphon reboilers. Hydraulic design of plate and packed columns for gas-liquid contacting. Comparison of plate vs. packed columns, and corrosion and materials selection.

Assessment

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



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