Department of Chemical Engineering. Year 3 Module Synopses

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1 Department of Chemical Engineering Year 3 Module Synopses CENG301P Process Plant Design Project (1.0cu) CENG302P Process Dynamics & Control CENG303P Chemical Reaction Engineering CENG304P Transport Phenomena II CENG305P Advanced Safety & Loss Prevention Minor II and Minor III (see IEP Minor website) Please note information contained here was correct at time of publishing and information may change. Where reading lists are provided, you are advised not to purchase books based on these as modules are reviewed each year.

2 Module Code: CENG301P Module Title: Process Plant Design Project 1.0c u 15 ECTS Pass mark: 40% 3 Textbooks: Prof L G Papageorgiou, Prof E Sorensen, Dr M Pollock, D Pacifici, C Striolo The module aims to further develop and test the students' ability to apply the knowledge gained in earlier modules and to apply this to the design of a chemical processing plant in a sustainable context. Lectures, tutorials and group meetings will provide training in the techniques and tools required to carry out the design project, applying appropriate design concepts and computational tools. The module also develops the following transferable skills: teamwork, presentation, written communication and project management. On completion the students will be expected to: Understand the importance of identifying the objectives and context of the design in terms of: the business requirements; the technical requirements; sustainable development; safety, health and environmental issues; appreciation of public perception and concerns. Understand that design is an open-ended process, lacking a predetermined solution, which requires: synthesis, innovation and creativity; choices on the basis of incomplete and contradictory information; decision making; working with constraints and multiple objectives; justification of the choices and decisions taken. Be able to deploy chemical engineering knowledge using rigorous calculation and results analysis to arrive at, and verify, the realism of the chosen design. Be able to take a systems approach to design appreciating complexity; interaction and integration. Be able to work in a team and understand and manage the processes of: peer challenge; planning; prioritising and organising team activity; the discipline of mutual dependency. Be able to communicate effectively to: acquire input information; present the outcomes of the design clearly, concisely and with the appropriate amount of detail, including flowsheets and stream data; explain and defend chosen design options and decisions taken. Chemical engineering design is the creation of a system, process, product, or plant to meet an identified need and serves to: Develop an integrated approach to chemical engineering. Encourage the application of chemical engineering principles to problems of current and future industrial relevance including sustainable development, safety, and environmental issues. Encourage students to develop and demonstrate creative and critical powers by requiring choices and decisions to be made in areas of uncertainty. Encourage students to take a broad view when confronted with complexity arising from the interaction and integration of the different parts of a process or system. Encourage the development of transferable skills such as communication and team working. Give students confidence in their ability to apply their technical knowledge to real problems. As recommended for the particular project Felder, R.M., Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Wiley, McCabe, W.L., J.C. Smith and P. Harriott, Unit Operations of Chemical

3 Engineering, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 7 th ed., Towler, G. and R. Sinnott, Chemical Engineering Design: Principles, Practice and Economics of Plant and Process Design, 2 nd rev. ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Coursework: 60 hours 10% How to Change the World project 45% Project work - Group 45% Project Work - Individual (must be passed in order to pass the module) Examination: 0%

4 Module Code: Alternative Code: CENG302P CENGM22P CENGG22P Module Title: Process Dynamics and Control 15 credits (CENG302P) (CENGM22P) (CENGG22P) Pass mark: 40% (CENG302P) 50% (CENGM22P) 50% (CENGG22P) 3 (CENG302P) 4 (CENGM22P) MSc (CENGG22P) Masters Compulsory (BE w/ce) Masters (Affiliate) Dr F Galvanin, Dr V Dua The aim of the module is to consider the concepts of process dynamics and control showing why, and how, control ensures safe, smooth and stable operation of process plants, in the context of sustainability and sustainable development. On completion of this module, students are expected: to be aware, and have an appreciation of, the importance of process control in the safe, efficient, economic and sustainable operation of process plants; understand system dynamics, be able to predict the response to changes in a dynamic system, and be able to design and determine the characteristics and performance of measurement and control functions; to have an understanding of the elements of control loops in regards to feedback and more complex systems, the types of controllers available and the methods of controller tuning; to have an understanding of the fundamentals of instrumentation for control purposes. To consider the concepts of: Modelling and analysis of the behaviour and dynamics of typical chemical processes; Description and analysis of chemical processes in terms of block diagrams to represent behaviour with associated controlled variables, manipulated variables and disturbances; The essential functionality of feedback control loops and the circumstances in which their potential benefits may be realised; Control system design and functionality; Advanced, complex and plantwide control; Instrumentation for control The Masters level (level 7) version of the module (CENGM22P and CENGG22P) has a stronger focus on unseen, and more open ended, problem solving. Textbooks: Stephanopoulos, G., Chemical Process Control, Prentice Hall, Seborg, D.E., T. F. Edgar, Process Dynamics and Control, Wiley, 2 nd ed, Ogunnaike, B.A. and W.H. Ray, Process Dynamics, Modeling and Control, Oxford University Press, Examination: 40 hours lectures & problem classes 6 hours experimentation 80% (3 hour written exam) Module Code: CENG303P Module Chemical Reaction Engineering

5 Alternative Code: CENGG23P Title: II 15 credits (CENG302P) (CENGG23P) Pass mark: 40% (CENG303P) 50% (CENGG23P) 3 (CENG303P) MSc (CENGG23P) Prof A Gavriilidis To provide an understanding of advanced reactor design and the principles and phenomena that are present in multiphase and catalytic reactions. Upon completion of this module student should: be able to design advanced chemical reactors be able to evaluate the influence of mass transfer and hydrodynamics on reactor performance to apply advanced concepts for the design of chemical reactors. to combine analytical and computational approaches for reactors design to critically evaluate what phenomena and under what circumstances need to be considered as related to the level of accuracy required for a specific design problem to gain experience on the operation and data analysis form laboratory chemical reactors - Nonisothermal reactor design - Multiple reactions in PFR/CSTR - Design of reactors under unsteady conditions - Nonideal reactors and residence time distribution - Introduction to catalysis - Mass transfer and reaction in heterogeneous catalytic reactions - Design of fixed bed reactors - Mass transfer and reaction in gas/liquid reactions - Design of three-phase reactors The Masters level (level 7) version of the module (CENGG23P) has a stronger focus on unseen, and more open ended, problem solving. Textbooks: Fogler, H.S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Pearson, Levenspiel, O., Chemical Reaction Engineering, John Wiley & Son, 3 rd ed., Examination: 40 hours lectures & problem classes 6 hours experimentation 80% (3 hour written exam)

6 Module Code: Alternative Code: CENG304P CENGM24P CENGG24P Module Title: Transport Phenomena II 15 credits (CENG304P) (CENGM24P) (CENGG24P) Pass mark: 40% (CENG304P) 50% (CENGM24P) 50% (CENGG24P) 3 (CENG304P) 4 (CENGM24P) Masters (Affiliate) MSc (CENGG24P) Dr L Mazzei To convey advanced concepts and their application to problem solving in the areas of fluid dynamics, transport phenomena (with focus on mass and linear momentum transport), non-newtonian flow and mass transfer with chemical reaction. On completion of this module students will be expected to: be able to apply the mass and linear momentum balance equations to analyze simple flow problems be able to interpret the physical meaning of transport equations and estimate the relative importance of the terms featuring in them be able to apply scaling and order-of-magnitude arguments to simplify transport equations before attempting to solve them analyze problems involving diffusion of mass, linear momentum and energy be able to analyze turbulent flows using simple modelling approaches be aware of non-newtonian fluid behavior and how to model it analyze simple problems involving mass transfer with chemical reaction - Mass and linear momentum balance equations (Eulerian and Lagrangian form) - Stress within a fluid and problem of closure - Scaling of transport equations and order of magnitude analysis - Penetration theory (diffusion of mass, linear momentum and energy) - Boundary layer theory - Turbulent flow (characteristics of turbulent flows, averaged transport equations, Reynolds stress, problem of closure, mixing length theory, Kolmogorov theory) - Non-Newtonian fluids (shear thinning, shear thickening, Bingham fluids) - Mass transfer with chemical reaction (film and penetration theories) The Masters level (level 7) version of the module (CENGM24P and CENGG24P) has a stronger focus on unseen, and more open ended, problem solving. Textbooks: Bernard, P.S., Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, Bird, R.B., W.E. Stewart, and E.N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2 nd ed., Wiley, Welty, R., G.L. Rorrer and D.G. Foster, Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer, Wiley, hours lectures & problem classes Examination: 80% (3 hour written exam)

7 Module Code: Alternative Code: CENG305P CENGM25P CENGG25P Module Title: Advanced Safety and Loss Prevention 15 credits (CENG305P) (CENGM25P) (CENGG25P) Pass mark: 40% (CENG305P) 50% (CENGM25P) 50% (CENGG25P) 3 (CENG305P) 4 (CENGM25P) Masters (Affiliate) MSc (CENGG25P) Prof H Mahgerefteh To provide students with advanced training in hazard identification, quantification and mitigation as well as risk management. On completion students should: be able to fully appreciate the importance of Safety and Loss Prevention in the process industries; be able to identify, quantify and manage hazards in terms of their potential to cause damage to the environment, the work force and the general population outside the perimeter fence; be able to apply their knowledge during conceptual design, operation and decommissioning of process plant. The application of safety as an inherent part of process plant design will be dealt with and procedures for its implementation are discussed. Incidents which have been significant in achieving changes in culture will be highlighted. Formal present-day requirements of engineering for safety, including the methodology for establishing necessary criteria, implementation and monitoring, verification and validation of safety systems, and responsibility for auditing. Basic procedures for Hazard Identification and Development (HAZID), Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA). Safety Studies, Safety Cases and their development, Safety Management Systems and the role of the Health and Safety Executive. Key consequences arising from gas accumulation and dispersion, explosion, escalation and smoke, area classification and transportation. Textbooks: The Masters level (level 7) version of the module (CENGM25P and CENGG25P) has a stronger focus on unseen, and more open ended, problem solving. Mannan, S., Lees loss prevention in the process industries: hazard, identification, assessment and control, 4tf rev. ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Bond, J., Sources of ignition, Butterworth, Zucrow, M. and J.D. Hoffman, Gas dynamics, Willey, Vol 1, 1976, and Vol 2, hours lectures and problem classes Examination: 80% (3 hour written exam)