411-447 Design Project

411-332 Particle Mechanics and Processing, 411-333 Thermodynamics and Reactor Engineering 2, 411-335 Biochemical/Environmental Engineering 1B, 411-336 Process Dynamics and Control, 411-337 Practical Work and Computer Laboratory, 411-441 Heat and Mass Transport Processes 2, 411-442 Process Equipment Design and 411-443 Chemical Engineering Management.

Students successfully completing the course will learn the skills necessary to complete a chemical engineering feasibility study and to carry out the integrated process and equipment design for an industrial chemical process. They will be presented with an initially poorly-defined task for which much of the design data is not available. In completing the design they will apply most of the skills learned earlier in their course and will learn to function as part of a team and to manage their time effectively.

This unit requires the students to undertake a major design task utilising the knowledge gained throughout the chemical engineering course. This comprises the following tasks: design of a process to meet a specified requirement; feasibility study of alternative processes which meet the specification; determination of sequence for investigation of a chemical manufacturing project and preparation of a report; preparation of flowsheets; confirmation of effects of market forecasts; economic evaluation; preparation of estimates for the minimisation of capital and production costs; and specification of equipment; selection of construction materials; and specification of instrumentation location, staff and labour requirements and safety precautions. There will be a series of lectures on various aspects of design.

A technical report of up to 150 pages, including appendices.