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CHE3163 - Sustainable processing I

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Engineering

Organisational Unit

Department of Chemical Engineering

Coordinator(s)

Dr David Kearns(Clayton); Dr Poh Phaik Eong (Malaysia)

Offered

Clayton

First semester 2016 (Day)

Malaysia

First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will explore cleaner production and sustainability concepts, the principles of process design and development and associated flow sheets, systematic approaches to waste minimisation in process and utility systems, the methodology of life cycle assessment and application of life cycle assessment to processes and products. These themes will be developed in lectures and supported by student project work related to selected industrial processes.

Outcomes

At the end of this unit, students should be able to

apply the principles of cleaner production and sustainability in the design and evaluation of processes and products
design and evaluate processes with emphasis on resource and energy efficiency and waste minimisation
develop and draw a detailed process flow sheet
produce the life cycle block diagram of a product and determine the main environmental impacts of the life cycle
analyse a process or product using life cycle assessment methodology
analyse the benefits and burdens of materials recycling
evaluate and apply the principles of greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and reporting under national and international schemes
examine and evaluate sustainable energy options

Assessment

Projects: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%
Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

3 hours lectures, 2 hours project work and 7 hours of private study per week

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Karen Hapgood

Prerequisites

CHE2162