Process Equipment Design

This subject is not offered in 2013.

Estimated 120 hours

Students must have completed:

Plus ONE OF the following subjects:

Plus ONE OF the following subjects:

ENGR30001 Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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Application to the design of chemical equipment. Design of fluid storage and transfer equipment; pressure and non-pressure vessels, pumps and compressors, nozzles, piping, valves. 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 out of equipment and pipelines in chemical process plants

• One written 3-hour end-of-semester examination (40%)
• One assignment due in three or more parts during semester (60%)
• 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.