Department of Chemical Engineering Year 2 Module Synopses ENGS203P Mathematical Modelling and Analysis II CENG201P Design and Professional Skills II CENG202P Engineering Experimentation CENG203P Process Heat Transfer CENG204P Separation Processes I CENG205P Particulate Systems and Separation Processes II CENG206P Chemical Reaction Engineering I (0.25cu) CENG207P Process Design Principles (0.25cu) Minor I (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.
Module Code: ENGS203P Module Title Mathematical Modelling and Analysis II Weighting: 0.5cu 7.5 ECT S Pass mark: 40% F Akinmolayan, Dr R Wang and other Faculty staff To provide the core mathematics, modelling and analysis skills that underpin studies in engineering through a blended learning and teaching programme of mathematics that: Emphasises the modelling of engineering systems and the analysis of data; Integrates mathematics theory and engineering practice On successfully completing the ENGS203P Modelling and Analysis II module, students will be able to: Recognise the connections between mathematics and engineering, and how mathematical ideas are embedded in engineering contexts; Represent real-world systems from engineering in a mathematical framework; Identify and draw upon a range of advanced mathematical concepts, including Vector Calculus, Matrices and Eigenvectors/Values, Statistics, Series and Transforms, and Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) to analyse specific problems and identify the appropriate mathematics to realise a solution; Employ appropriate computer programming and modelling techniques and statistical analysis to efficiently solve and evaluate the performance of engineering systems; Relate the behaviour of the output of mathematical models to the underlying physical or conceptual models of interest; Carry our engineering problem solving both collaboratively in a team and independently; Present and interpret mathematical results in effective and appropriate ways to varied audiences, including non-mathematical engineering audiences. Series and Transforms Polynomial approximations Taylor, Maclaurin and Fourier Series Laplace and Fourier Transforms Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) First order PDEs Second order PDEs Vector Calculus, Matrices, Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues Line and multiple integrals Matrix decomposition Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Least squares formulation in matrix form Advanced Statistics and Data Analysis Hypothesis Testing, Estimation, Regression Analysis and Experimental Design Discrete Statistics Online material 40 hours Coursework: 40% 60% (2 hour written exam)
Module Code: CENG201P Module Title Design and Professional Skills II Weighting: 0.5cu 7.5 ECT S Pass mark: 40% Prof E Sorensen, Dr M Pollock, Ms C Striolo and other Faculty staff The module aims to offer the student a variety of authentic engineering problems and experiences in order to promote professional values and behaviour, and to locate Chemical Engineering theory in a realistic context. The topics selected for the scenarios will be related to material taught in other Year 2 modules. On completion of this module students should: Understand issues important to engineering designers and which support the development of their own design skills such as decision-making, team organization, idea development, concept testing, material selection, engineering judgment etc. Understand the relation between environment, society and societal development Be able to perform simple sustainable assessment in process design Be able to identify hazards and understand the concepts of inherently safe design Understand the legal framework in which a chemical engineer operates This course comprises four professional design projects (scenarios) designed to complement and, where appropriate, extend the learning opportunities afforded by the modules running throughout Year 2. Students are posed authentic engineering challenges intended to explore different aspects of the design cycle and to simulate real-world, professional practice. The scenarios will be supplemented by materials, classes and/or online materials provided by the Faculty of Engineering Sciences and external sources as appropriate. Each scenario will comprise different combinations of practical engineering and design skills, systems integration, ethics, management and sustainability. TBC 40 hours Coursework: 100% 0%
Module Code: CENG202P Module Title Experimentation Weighting: 0.5cu 7.5 ECT S Pass mark: 40% V Bharath, Prof P Angeli To reinforce lecture material from other modules by use of laboratory equipment; To provide practical experience on equipment assembly, operation and disassembly; To promote a safe approach to laboratory work; To develop experimental, teamwork and communication skills; On completion, the students would be expected: to be familiar with a range of process equipment, such as stirred vessels, packed towers, pumps; to be familiar with the use of flow measuring devices and be able to measure flow rates; to be familiar with the use of pressure measuring devices and be able to measure pressure differences; to be able to assemble and disassemble flow lines; to be able to run experiments and collect data; to have an appreciation of, and be able to calculate, experimental errors; to have practised data analysis and comparison with theory; to be able to present their work orally, in writing or in posters; to know how to write technical reports; to have developed skills in team working. This module consists of lectures, experiments and presentations. Lectures include laboratory safety, experimental methods and presentation of engineering information. For the experiments the students normally work in groups on topics such as: - transport properties; - pumping and flow; - dimensional analysis and scale-up; - drag coefficients of spheres; - packed towers; - flowline assembly and operation; - heat transfer; Laboratory Handbook, obtained from department. 21 hours Coursework: 100% 0%
Module Code: CENG203P Module Title: Process Heat Transfer Weighting: 0.5cu 7.5 ECT S Pass mark: 40% Dr J Tang To provide a broad study in the principles of steady and unsteady state heat transfer, heat transfer with phase change and radiation heat transfer. To develop skills in the design of practical heat transfer equipment with emphasis on improving efficiencies and the use of renewable energy sources. On completion of this module students should: be able to understand the physical phenomena present in heat transfer processes; be able to calculate or estimate heat transfer coefficients; be familiar with the procedures for the design of heat transfer equipment ; Understand pressure drop and fouling factors in a heat exchanger; Select an appropriate heat exchanger to meet the required heat transfer rate or heat transfer area Key mechanisms of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation; Fourier's law; Conduction in cylindrical and spherical shells; Derivation of heat conduction equations for transient and multidimensional cases; Methods for solving 1-D transient heat conduction equation; lumped heat transfer coefficient; Forced convection; Natural convection; Correlations for heat transfer coefficient; Thermal radiation; Radiation transfer through gases; Evaporation and Boiling; Condensation; Film condensation; Heat exchangers; Condensers and Reboilers; Logarithmic mean temperature difference; Direct contact gas-solid exchangers Cengel, Y.A., Heat Transfer a Practical Approach, Higher Education, 2006. Incropera, F.P. and D.P. Dewitt, Principles of Heat and Mass Transfer, Wiley, 2012. Levenspiel, O., Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange, Springer, 2014. 40 hours lectures and problem classes Coursework: 30% 70% (3 hour written exam)
Module Code: Alternative Code: CENG204P CENGM26P CENGG26P Module Title: Separation Processes I Weighting: 0.5cu 15 credits 7.5 ECTS 7.5 ECTS CENGM26P/ CENGG26P) Pass mark: 40% (CENG204P) 50% (CENGM26P/CENGG26P) Year of Study: 2 (CENG204P) 4 (CENGM26P) MSc (CENGG26P) Level: Intermediate - Compulsory Masters Option Masters Option Prof E Sorensen To provide an understanding of the principles of fluid separation processes; To develop skills in the design of practical fluid separation equipment in the context of sustainability and sustainable development; To provide a basic understanding of process simulation On completion of this module students should: be able to understand the mass and heat transfer phenomena involved in fluid processes; be familiar with the procedures for the design of fluid separation equipment in the context of sustainability and sustainable development; be able to select an appropriate fluid separation process to meet a required separation performance; be able to simulate simple steady-state process flowsheets and mass transfer operations Fundamentals of mass transfer including driving forces, the ideal stage, mass transfer units, stage efficiency; and methods of two-phase contacting for the purpose of mass transfer; With a focus on distillation, absorption and extraction consider: Estimation of thermodynamic properties; Design and analysis methodologies; Graphical methods for analysis; Equipment design including olumn design and column internals; Fundamentals of process flowsheeting and mass transfer simulation. Gorak, A. and E. Sorensen, Distillation: Fundamentals and Principles, Academic Press, 2014. McCabe, W.L., J.C. Smith and P. Harriott, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 7 th ed., 2005. Richardson, J.F. and J.H. Harker, Coulson & Richardson s Chemical Engineering, Vol 2, 5 th ed., Butterworth Heinemann, 2002. Seader, J.D., E.J. Henley and D.K. Roper, Separation Process Principles, 3 rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2013. Sinnott, R.K., Coulson & Richardson s Chemical Engineering, Vol 6, 4 th ed., Butterworth Heinemann, 2005. Treybal, R.E., Mass-Transfer Operations, 3 rd ed., McGraw-Hill International Editions, 1981. 40 hours lectures and problem classes Coursework: 30% 70% (3 hour written exam) Updated May 2016
Module Code: CENG205P Module Title: Particulate Systems and Separation Processes II Weighting: 0.5cu 7.5 ECTS Pass mark: 40% Dr M Salvalaglio To provide an understanding of particle technology; To provide an understanding of the principles of particulate separation processes and related processes; To develop skills in the design of practical separation equipment in the context of sustainability and sustainable development On completion of this module students should: be able to understand the mass and heat transfer phenomena involved in particulate processes and related processes; be familiar with the procedures for the design of separation equipment in the context of sustainability and sustainable development; be able to select an appropriate separation process to meet a required separation performance Fundamentals of particle technology including charaterisation of particle size, shape and size distribution, flow through packed beds and porous media; Fundamentals of humidification, dehumidification, cooling and drying; With a focus on particle formation processes, solid-liquid separation processes, membrane separations and chromatography consider: Estimation of thermodynamic properties; Design and analysis methodologies; Equipment design Cussler, E.L., Diffusion: Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems, Cambridge University Press, 3 rd ed., 2009. Jones, A.G., Crystallization Process Systems, Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. McCabe, W.L., J.C. Smith and P. Harriott, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 7 th ed., 2005. Mulder, M., Basic Principles of Membrane Technology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. Richardson, J.F. and J.H. Harker, Coulson & Richardson s Chemical Engineering, Vol 2, 5 th ed., Butterworth Heinemann, 2002. Seader, J.D., E.J. Henley and D.K. Roper, Separation Process Principles, 3 rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2013. 40 hours lectures and problem classes Coursework: 30% 70% (3 hour written exam)
Module Code: CENG206P Module Title Chemical Reaction Engineering I Weighting: 0.25cu 3.75 ECTS Pass mark: 40% Dr G Manos To provide a basic understanding of the principles of reactor design and of the reasons underlying the selection of reactor type to meet particular sets of process conditions for single phase systems. Upon completion of this module students should: have a fundamental understanding of reaction engineering have developed a critical thinking approach for reactor selection and design be able to design simple ideal reactors; appreciate technical, economic, safety and sustainability issues that can arise during reactor design; Introduction: Brief survey of the scope of the subject together with a review of some of its foundations. Mole Balances: Definition of reaction rate. The general mole balance. The batch, plug flow and continuous stirred reactors. Industrial reactors. Conversion and Reactor Sizing: Definition of conversion. Design equations for batch and flow systems. Reactors in series. Space velocity and space time. Rate Laws and Stoichiometry: Concepts of reaction rate, reaction order, elementary reaction and molecularity. Stoichiometric table. Isothermal Reactor Design: Design structure for isothermal batch, plug flow and continuous stirred reactors. Design of multiple reactor systems. Reversible reactions. Fogler, H.S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Pearson, 2013. Levenspiel, O., Chemical Reaction Engineering, John Wiley & Son, 3 rd ed., 1998. 20 hours lectures and problem classes Coursework: 20% 80% (2 hour written exam)
Module Code: CENG207P Module Title Process Design Principles Weighting: 0.25cu 3.75 ECTS Pass mark: 40% Prof E S Fraga To provide an introduction to process design, bringing together elements of process analysis and detailed process phenomena and preparing the students for the 3 rd year design project. To develop skills in the use of computational modelling and optimisation tools. Upon completion of this module students should: understand what design entails and how to apply this to both new and existing process designs understand the use of modelling, simulation and optimisation tools in design understand the connection between the technologies, the phenomena and overall processes. Introduction to design: processes, economics, flowsheeting Flowsheet design: heuristic, algorithmic Heat exchanger network design Case studies: reactor system design, separation sequencing, recycles Biegler, L.T., I.E. Grossmann and A.W. Westerberg, Systematic Methods of Chemical Process Design, Prentice Hall International Series, 1997. Towler, G. and R. Sinnott, Chemical Engineering Design: Principles, Practice and Economics of Plant and Process Design, 2 nd rev. ed., Butterworth- Heinemann, 2012. Coursework: 20 hours lectures and problem classes 100% (40% coursework, 60% project) 0%