- Course Code
- EG 2580
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr N C Renton
Pre-requisites
None.
Overview
Introduction to the discipline of chemical engineering begins with early development in the industrial revolution and the production of sulphuric acid and soda ash on an industrial scale. Units and dimensional analysis are considered in detail including the identification of dimensionless groups for the analysis of complex systems. The principle elements of chemical processes, unit operations, are introduced including the main heat, mass, and momentum transfer operations. Each of the transport phenomena are then studied in more detail. Heat Transfer by conduction, convection, and radiation are covered together with basics of heat exchanger design; Mass Transfer by diffusion; Momentum Transfer includes a study of Bernoulli's equation, Eularian and Lagrangian co-ordinate systems; Pump and pipe design and introduced.
Structure
36 hours of lectures; 12 hours of tutorial.
Assessment
1st Attempt: Two hour examination (100%).