411-442 Process Equipment Design

431-202 Engineering Analysis B (prior to 2001, 421-205 Engineering Analysis B) or equivalent, 411-203 Fluid Mechanics

411-441 Heat and Mass Transport Processes 2

Students completing this course should have acquired an understanding of engineering mechanics, the behavior of different materials, the mechanical aspects of the design and operation of process equipment, including safety considerations.

Content: Elements of statics; forces, moments, equilibrium of rigid bodies, application to simple structures. Properties of materials for chemical engineering plant and equipment; ferrous and non-ferrous metals, polymers, composites, ceramics. Strength of materials; selection of materials. Response of materials to steady and dynamic loading; thermal expansion, thermal shock. Beams, bending moments, stresses and deflections. Columns and compression members. Application to the design of chemical equipment. Design of fluid storage and transfer equipment; pressure and non-pressure vessels, pumps and compressors, nozzles, piping, valves. Disassembly, inspection, and assembly of equipment. Design of other operational units commonly used in chemical plants; solid handling devices, fluid processing units. Hydraulic aspects of plate distillation column, packed columns, fluidised beds, demisters and decanters. Safety and integrity of equipment; safe working stress; corrosion of metallic components. Design standards and codes of practice. Plant layout; equipment, piping and site layouts. Documentation.

An assignment of not more than 5000 words contributing 30% to the final assessment and an examination of not more than three hours at the end of the semester contributing 70% to the final assessment. Students must pass both components of assessment in order to pass the subject.