Description
Laboratory and pilot-plant experiments, design and analysis of experiments using statistical methods, and computational tools useful for analysing data.
Learning Outcomes
Aims
The course aims to give you:
Practice in designing, planning and conducting chemical engineering experiments.
Experience with chemical processing equipment at the pilot scale.
Practice in writing clearly and effectively for a variety of readers and purposes, writing both alone and in a group.
Practice in oral and poster presentation.
Practical demonstration of the concepts and phenomena described in other second professional courses.
Statistical methods to design and analyse experiments.
Practice at critically reviewing research reports.
Course Coordinator
Chris Williamson
Lab Coordinator
Richard Jordan
Assessment
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Formal report
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26%
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Management report and poster
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19%
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Management Reports
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26%
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x 2. Each worth 13%
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Same day report
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13%
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same-evening hand-in report
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Design and analysis of experiments test
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16%
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Textbooks
Required Texts
Montgomery, Douglas C. , Runger, George C;
Applied statistics and probability for engineers;
4th ed;
Wiley, 2007.
Recommended Reading
Coleman, Shirley;
The pocket statistician : a practical guide to quality improvement;
Arnold ;Copublished in North, Central and South America by Wiley, 1996.
Kirkup, Les;
Experimental methods : an introduction to the analysis and presentation of data;
John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
For further information see
Chemical and Process Engineering.
All ENCH395 Occurrences
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ENCH395-12S2 (C)
Semester Two 2012
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