Chemical engineering science
12 points * Six 1-hour lectures/tutorials, one 3-hour practical per week * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: MAT1051/MAT1022/MAT1072 or MAT1011/MAT1022
Objectives The student is expected to acquire knowledge and understanding of material and energy balance calculations for simple and complex processes; a basic knowledge and understanding of the design and analysis of idealised versions of reactors important to the process industries; a further understanding of the laws of thermodynamics and applications of these laws to the analysis of cycles of processes using perfect gas or vapour as the working fluid.
Synopsis Mass and energy conservation for steady-state operation of process plants and equipment. Material and energy balance computation. Unsteady mass balances for non-reacting and reacting systems. Analysis of ideal-reactors - batch, semi-batch, continuous stirred tank, plug flow tubular. First and second laws of thermodynamics. Energy conservation applied to thermal systems. Entropy changes and reversibility. Power and refrigeration cycles.
Assessment Examinations: 85% * Laboratory work: 15%
Prescribed texts
Felder R M and Rousseau R W Elementary principles of chemical processes 2nd edn, Wiley, 1986
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