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 Academic Year: | 2018/9 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Description:
| Aims: To introduce advanced process design, concepts and tools that can be applied to existing plant designs and industrial examples. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students the student should be able: * To undertand and analyse process flowsheets, mass and energy balances; * To understand and analyse piping and intrumentation diagrams; * To analyse and provide recommendations following systematic chemical engineering principles; * To plan plant operating, maintenance and commissioning schedules; * To carry out preliminary safety and hazard analysis; * To plan and organise the use of group time. Skills: Analysis [T,F,A] Problem solving [T,F,A] Design [T,F,A] Team work [T,F,A] Decision making [T,F,A] Report writing [T,F,A] Content: * Plant layouts including site, plot and equipment layouts * Scheduling, commissioning and start-up/shut down of chemical processes. * P&IDs, safety instrumented systems, advanced control and instrumentation, * Safe isolations for maintenance and engineering drawings * Computer based process simulation * Risk and hazard analysis, including HAZOP and other safety assessment techniques * Sizing of safety relief valves and pressure relief systems * Individual and group project management * Making process decisions and exploring the consequences. |
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CE30123 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Chemical Engineering
CE30123 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemical Engineering
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