Semester 2

Unit(s) of Assessment	Weighting Towards Module Mark (%)
Contribution to meeting with supervisors	10%
Process Design Report	90%
Qualifying Condition(s)  A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module

This module is one of a suite of modules covering all aspect of chemical engineering process and equipment design.  The design of a chemical process paying appropriate consideration to sustainability, economic and operational feasibility and engineering practicality is a key skill for chemical engineers and requires a robust understanding of all aspects of Chemical Engineering.  Working in groups with other BEng students from the Chemical Engineering programme you will design a chemical process working from a comprehensive brief.

To provide students with: 

·         a systematic understanding and critical awareness of process design and its importance in chemical industry 

·         the experience of integrating the design methods and fundamental analysis taught in earlier modules by completing an overall plant process design in cooperation with a small group  other MEng students 

·         a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of interactions which must be reconciled during the design process

On completion of this module, you will be able to: 

·         confidently analyse the factors involved in completing the mass and energy balances of a complex chemical process, the principles of plant start-up and shut-down and the health and safety considerations inherent to the process design 

·         confidently specify materials of construction of equipment items and analyse how these may affect the selection of process parameters; 

·         work effectively as a member of a design team converting a design brief into a feasible process design 

·         effectively analyse the interaction between process requirements and practical equipment design 

·         identify and correctly interpret the essential Safety and Health topics related to process plant design and operation

Process design project       Organisation, deadlines and report format

                                                Use of Library resources and reference
                                                citation

Design tutorials                    Process development

                                                Block diagram, operating conditions

                                                Equipment requirements

                                                Material and energy balances

                                                Process control

                                                Layout
                                                Hazop

20 hours (3 per week) of group tutorials, 180 hours of independent learning 

Total student learning time 200 hours

A comprehensive design brief will be issued together with a series of subject specific design notes when these are required

Essential Reading :

Coulson JM, Richardson JF & Sinnott RK, Chemical Engineering, Volume 6, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996 (ISBN 07506 25570X)

Perry RH & Green DW, Chemical Engineer's Handbook, 7^th ed, McGraw-Hill, (ISBN 00704 94787)

Required Reading : 

Skelton B, Process Safety Analysis, Institution of Chemical Engineers, 1996.  (ISBN 0 8529 5378 X) 

Kroschwitz JI, Encyclopaedia of Chemical Technology (Kirk-Othmer), 4^th ed, Wiley, 1992.  (ISBN 0 4715 26$$ $) 

Ludwig EE, Applied Process Design for Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, 1-3, 2^nd ed, Gulf Pub, 1977.  (ISBN 0 8720 1755 9, ISBN 0 8720 1753, ISBN 0 8720 1754 0) 

Ulrich GD, Guide to Chemical Engineering Process Design and Economics, Wiley, 1984.  (ISBN 04710 82767) 

Kern DQ, Process Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill, 1950.  (ISBN 00703 41907) 

Strelzoff S, Technology and Manufacture of Ammonia.

Recommended Reading :

Additional reading will be specified as appropriate.

30th  September 2010