- Course Code
- EG 3016
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr N C Renton
Pre-requisites
Overview
Introduction to common processes; Unit Operations; Review of 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics; Equilibrium; The Phase Rule; Volumetric properties of pure fluids; PVT Behaviour; Virial Equation; The ideal gas; Equations of State; Van der Waals, Redlich-Kwong, SRK equations; Introduction to UniSim; Basic Modelling techniques; Thermodynamics Properties of Fluids; Thermodynamics of Flow Processes; Ideal behaviour of systems with variable composition; Phase Equilibria; Phase behaviour of vapour/liquid systems. Introduction to process control; The control loop; properties of controllers; repsonse functions.
Structure
3 one-hour lectures per week, 1 one-hour tutorial per week, 10 weeks of laboratory class at 2.5 hours per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 three-hour written examination (80%) and continuous assessment (20%).
Resit: 1 three-hour written examination (100%).