Process Equipment Design

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

431-202 Engineering Analysis B or equivalent, 411-203 Fluid Mechanics; 411-331 Heat and Mass Transport Processes 1

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Design of fluid storage and transfer equipment; pressure and non-pressure vessels, pumps and compressors, nozzles, piping, values. Design of other operational units commonly used in chemical plants; heat exchangers, solid handling devices, fluid processing units. Hydraulic aspects of plate distillation column, packed columns, fluidised beds. Safety and integrity of equipment; safe working stress. Design standards and codes of practice. Flow sheets, plant layout; equipment, piping and site layouts

On completion of this subject students should be able to display an understanding of the principles of process equipment design, the mechanical aspects of the design and operation of process equipment, including safety considerations. Students will have completed detailed designs of several unit operations. Students should be able to develop process flow sheets and lay outs equipment and pipelines in chemical process plants.

One written 3-hour end-of-semester examination (50%); one assignment due in three or more parts during semester (50%). Students must pass both components of assessment in order to pass the subject.

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals

• in-depth technical competence in at least one engineering discipline

• ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution