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Laboratory and pilot-plant experiments, design and analysis of experiments using statistical methods, and computational tools useful for analysing data.
Practical demonstration of hardware, concepts and phenomena in relation to the broader context of a process engineering system.Solve open ended chemical engineering problems by researching, designing, planning and conducting experiments.Gather, manage, interpret and use experimental information appropriately.Effective communication using a variety of formats to a variety of audiences.Function effectively in a team environment by working cooperatively with your lab partner.
ENCH295
ENCH371
Matt James Watson
Alfred Herritsch
COURSE CONTENT• 5 experiments with process equipment at pilot plant scale, reported in various ways.• Lectures describing the laboratories, safety, statistical analysis.• 1 day workshop on plant start-up.RELATION TO OTHER COURSESThis course builds on the skills acquired in first-professional year chemical engineering laboratories, extending the range of reporting, allowing the student to take more initiative, and generally increasing the size of the plant used to pilot scale. The experiments are related to other ENCH 300 series courses currently being studied.
Five reports will be completed:1 workshop (worth 5%) – A one-day workshop on P&IDs and the start-up of CAPE’s distillation column.One Management Report (worth 15%) - reports to management (due 6 working days after lab)One Management Report and Poster (worth 25%) - poster is on A3 sheet, large print, brevity, clarity and presentation important (due 9 working days after lab)Two Same-day Reports (worth 15%) - a rapidly-executed industrial report to immediate superior.One Formal Report (worth 25%) - full experiment including an improvement component. Students are expected to use their prior experience and data from the first management report (earlier in the year) to improve the experiment. In addition, they will supplement this with the data from other students who have completed the lab in 2017. This will result in an augmented statistical analysis. Final report to be submitted 16 working days after the experiment.
LECTURESScheduled as described in “My Timetable”LABORATORIESLaboratories generally start at 8 am or later upon agreement with tutor and finish around 12 pm. Students will be able to choose 1 of 4 laboratory streams which will run on alternating Mondays and Fridays. Each stream will contain 4 of the following experiments:• 2x Reactor – CSTR, conversion of the reaction• Filtration - scale up from laboratory to industrial size• Heat Exchanger - Plate type - heat balances and transfer coefficients• Spray Drier – water balances and drying rates of milk droplets• Non Newtonian Flow - small tube viscometry for prediction of flow in large tubes• Level Dynamics - modelling the filling and emptying of tanks• Refrigeration - determining the thermodynamic efficiency• Dissolving Oxygen – oxygen transfer in an air-bubbled stirred tankWORKLOAD• 5 laboratory days with contact time 3-6 hours each, time of report preparation 10-25 hours for different report styles, total 130 hours• Lecture attendance (approximately 10 hours)• 1 workshop
Domestic fee $919.00
International fee $5,000.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering .