ENCH295-18W (C) Whole Year 2018

Chemical Engineering Professional Practice

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 7 September 2018

Description

This course will introduce the students to the chemical engineering laboratory environment and process safety. It will also build on the professional skills introduced in ENGR101 such as sketching, ethics and report writing.

Topics
1. Laboratory skills – exposure to chemical process equipment and working with experimental apparatus
2. Professional skills – Computing with Excel, Visio, technical drawing, engineering report writing, library skills
3. Process Safety – an introduction to chemical and physical hazards, important industrial accidents and the concept of hazard vs risk.
4. Electrical systems relevant to chemical engineers

Learning Outcomes

After passing this course, a student is able to:
LO1: Demonstrate engineering sketching and technical drawing skills including CAD. Obtain an appreciation of design process and manufacturing including material selection.
LO2: Exhibit familiarity with some electrical concepts relevant to the process industries.
LO3: Understand and apply introductory concepts such hazard identification and preliminary risk analysis required to assess the safety of industrial processes and the laboratory environment.
LO4: Conduct chemical engineering experiments on laboratory and pilot-scale equipment in a team situation and analyse the results quantitatively using statistical tools and computational packages such as Excel Solver.
LO5: Write engineering reports analysing and discussing experimental results following the style typical of the chemical process industry  

This course contributes to the following IPENZ Graduate competency profiles:
2) Understand and apply the mathematical and engineering sciences (LO3, LO4)
3) Formulate and solve models that predict the behaviour of part or all of complex systems, using first principles of fundamental engineering sciences and mathematics (LO4)
5) Recognise when further information is needed and be able to find it by identifying, evaluating and drawing conclusions from all pertinent sources of information, and by designing and carrying out experiments (LO4, LO5)
6) Understand methods of dealing with uncertainty, the limitations of design and analysis methods, and identify, evaluate and manage risks in complex engineering problems (LO3, LO4, LO5)
7) Function effectively in a team by being able to work cooperatively with the capability to lead or manage a team (LO4)
8) Communicate effectively, comprehending and writing effective reports and design documentation, summarising information, making effective oral presentations and giving and receiving clear oral instructions. (LO5)
9) Be aware of the role of engineers and their responsibility to society by demonstrating understanding of the general responsibilities of a professional engineer (LO3)
11) Demonstrate competence in the practical art of engineering by showing in design an understanding of the practical methods for the construction and maintenance of engineering products, and using modern calculation and design tools competently for complex engineering problems (LO1, LO2, LO4)

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Subject to the approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry.

Timetable Note

TIMETABLED ACTIVITIES
Listed below are the different activities scheduled for this class with a brief description.  These activities take place in the afternoons.  The (letters) indicate the particular event codes used in My Timetable.  As this is a full-year paper, it covers activities in both S1 and S2.

Tutorials
• Engineering Drawing (ComA & ComB, TutC & TutD) –.  The tasks that will be undertaken in the Engineering Drawing or the Computer Aided Design (CAD) laboratory on the preceding lecture.  The tutorials prior the labs are in lecture theatre E5. Please confirm location in “My Timetable”.
• Engineering Library (TutL) – a tour of the facility and introduction to the resources and technical assistance available. The library tour has 5 streams: 3 on Tuesday (21/2) afternoon; 2 on Wednesday (22/2) afternoon. You may select a stream that you prefer in the same way that you select stream for your other lab classes.
• Boiler tutorial (TutE) – a tutorial to support the boiler experiment.  This is scheduled for Sept. 11th.
• Field Trip – a trip to local chemical processing facility in Semester 2.  Details will be released later in the year.

Computer Laboratories
Lab coordinator –Dr. Alfred Herritsch
For all lab activities, you must attend the occurrence you have been scheduled for.  Please use My Timetable to confirm your scheduled slot.
• Excel Lab (ComC): This one afternoon session builds on the self-paced worksheet presented in ENGR101 and introduces/reinforces tools such as absolute referencing and Solver.  There are no marks associated with this but all students must attend a session and complete it satisfactorily to obtain a pass in this session.  The lab takes place in the Engineering Core CAD laboratories on 23rd of February.
• Visio Lab (ComD): This one afternoon session introduces the software Visio for creating process flow diagrams and piping & instrumentation software. There are no marks associated with this but all students must complete it satisfactorily to obtain a pass in this session.  The lab takes place in the Engineering Core CAD laboratories on 5th of April.

Laboratories
• Drawing (TutA & TutB, LabB & LabC): These afternoon sessions are to develop the engineering drawing techniques introduced in the tutorial
• Industrial Hardware (LabH): This is a hands-on activity in one afternoon learning about steam transportation, valve types and steam traps. It will take place in EPS Library Level 2, Discussion Rms 1 & 2.   Sessions will start in S1, Week 2, please see My Timetable for your occurrence.
• Mechanical Engineering Practice (LabE): This is a hands-on activity in one afternoon session learning about connectors (bolts, nuts, etc.) and bearings.  An online quiz, on Learn, must be completed before attending the lab. The lab will take place in University Warehouse (adjacent to the Recreation Centre) in Rm 01. Sessions will start in S1, Week 2, please see “My Timetable” for your occurrence.
• Measurement (LabM) (Special Purposes Lab): This activity investigates the principles of measurement accuracy.  Students examine the accuracy of basic measuring operations and apply these principles to calibrate a variable area flow meter.  The lectures on statistics of measurements will be applied in this and later labs.  The lab session is approximately 3 hours long and individual reports will be required. This activity starts in S1, Week 3. Please see “My Timetable” for your occurrence.
• Pump Applications (LabP) (Special Purposes Lab):  Students work as a group to dismantle and reassemble a pump and piping network. The pumping rate is then investigated for different discharge pressures. The objectives are to give the students experience of some important plant items, to foster teamwork and time management skills and to introduce appropriate safety procedures.  There are no marks associated with this but all students must complete it satisfactorily to obtain a pass in this course. This activity starts in S1, Week 8. Please see My Timetable for your occurrence.
• Blower (LabV) (Special Purposes Lab): To measure the isentropic efficiency of the Roots Blower in the Special Purposes Chemical Engineering Lab using two different methods, and to critically examine each method. The lab session is approximately 1.5 hours long and individual reports will be required. This activity starts in S2, Week 8. Please see My Timetable for your occurrence.
• Evaporator (LabS) (Special Purposes lab): The objectives to this experiment include calculating the overall heat transfer coefficient of a ~125 kW evaporator and perform a heat balance. The lab session is approximately 1 hour long and individual reports will be required. This activity starts in S2, Week 8. Please see My Timetable for your occurrence.
• Boiler (LabA) (University Boiler House): The objective of this experiment is to perform a coupled mass & energy balance along with determining the thermal efficiency on one of the University’s industrial scale coal-fired boiler. This activity consists of a tutorial (TutE) on 11th of September followed by the actual experiment (LabA) on 18th September. Individual reports will be required. Please see My Timetable for your occurrence.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Alfred Herritsch

Lecturers

John Pearse , Sean Pourazadi and Don Clucas

Lab Technicians

Frank Weerts and Eric Cox

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
CAD Tasks 6% 6 CAD tasks (assignments) due at the end of class on dates: May 3rd, 8th, 10th, 15th, 17th and 22nd.
Engineering Drawing 5% 5 Drawing Assisgnments due at the start of class on dates: Feb 28th, Mar 5th, 7th, 12th & 14th
Blower 5% Due one week after the lab
Boiler 15% Due two weeks after the lab
Evaporator 5% Due one week after the lab
Industrial Hardware - pass/fail
Measurement 5% Due one week after the lab
Mechanical Engineering Practice pass/fail
Pump Applications- pass/fail
Engineering Drawing Test 28 Mar 2018 30% Test date 28th March.
CAD Assignment 31 May 2018 14% CAD Assignment date due 31 May 2018.
Electrical Systems 24 Aug 2018 5% Assignment Due Semester 2 due 24 August
Safety Test 24 Sep 2018 10% Semester 2 - 24 September


ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSIONS
All assignments must be stapled securely at the top left-hand corner and be handed in to level 4 of the Link Building by 5:00 pm on the due date.  Please ensure that you put your assignment to the box corresponding to ENCH295 at the admin desk. Some of the labs and other assignments will also require electronic submission in addition to the hardcopy to facilitate the use of Turnitin.  This will be indicated on the lab briefing sheet.

LATE OR MISSED COURSEWORK
ALL late work must be handed in directly to the Senior Tutor, Dr Alfred Herritsch, A404, Link building as soon as possible and will be penalised 25% per day or part thereof (weekends will be counted as one day for this purpose).

SPECIAL CONSIDERATION
For assessment work worth 10% or more, students may apply for special consideration if their performance is affected by circumstances including illness, bereavement, and some sporting events at a national level. For more information and procedures, please see www.canterbury.ac.nz/exams/ and find the “special consideration” link or ask the Course Coordinator.
For assessment work worth < 10%, students may contact the academic responsible for the assessment for special consideration no later than 7 days after the due date.  Acceptable reasons will be the same as assessment worth 10% or more.  
Students prevented by circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester.

DISABILITY RESOURCE SERVICES
For those students registered with Disability Resource Services and have a Learning Support Plan in place, please remember to contact the Course Coordinator if special arrangements are required for the test or the exam at least 10 days before.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Standards Association of Australia. , Standards New Zealand; Technical drawing for students : joint handbook ; Revised and designated as joint handbook SAA/SNZ HB1:1994; Standards Australia ;Standards New Zealand, 1994 (This standard may be downloaded free of charge from the University Library's Standards New Zealand database page which may be found at http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/databases).

Recommended Reading

Boundy, A. W; Engineering drawing ; 5th ed; McGraw-Hill, 1996.

Howard, William E. , Musto, Joseph C; Introduction to solid modeling using SolidWorks 2014 ;

Jordan, Pat; Foundations of Excel : for engineers and scientists ; Pearson, 2012.

Simmons, C. H. , Maguire, D. E; Manual of engineering drawing ; Rev. ed; Arnold, 1995.

Notes

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Safety glasses and lab coat: In CAPE, you are required to wear safety glasses and a lab coat in the lab. Please make sure you have these before the semester starts. For those of you who do not have safety glasses and a lab coat from the Engineering Chemistry class last year, you may purchase them on campus.

Safety glasses and lab coat purchase on campus: Safety glasses and laboratory coats can be obtained by presenting a receipt, obtained in advance, for the appropriate sum. The necessary receipts for glasses and laboratory coats may be obtained from the Copy Centre, Undercroft and exchanged in room 233 of the Chemistry Department between the hours of 10am – noon and 2 – 4pm, Monday to Friday in the first week of term.


CONCERNS

Students with concerns about the course should contact the lecturer of the associated section, the course coordinator (Assoc. Prof. Peter Gostomski), the Director of 1st Pro Studies (Assoc. Prof. Ken Morison).  Other options include the CAPE Administrative Services Manager Ranee Hearst or the Dean of Engineering.

COPYING AND PLAGIARISM

While most laboratory activities are done in groups, lab reports are individual assessments.  You may discuss data and approaches to calculations with your partners but all calculations and written portions of lab reports must represent individual work.  Evidence of copying of another person’s work will result in an award of 0 points on the lab report for everyone involved and a report will be submitted to the University Proctor.  This policy is also true for the assessments associated with this class.

RELATION TO OTHER COURSES
This is a core chemical engineering course and is a prerequisite for ENCH395.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
All labs must be attended to pass the course. All lab reports must be handed in and completed to a satisfactory standard to pass the course. Late assignments and lab reports will be penalised 25% per day after the due date.

Additional Course Outline Information

Evaluation

Special Consideration:
For assessment work worth 10% or more, students may apply for special consideration if their performance is affected by circumstances including illness, bereavement, and some sporting events at a national level. For more information and procedures, please see www.canterbury.ac.nz/exams/ and find the “special consideration” link or ask the Course Coordinator.
For assessment work worth < 10%, students may contact the academic responsible for the assessment for special consideration no later than 7 days after the due date.  Acceptable reasons will be the same as assessment worth 10% or more.  
Students prevented by circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester.

Disability Resource Services
For those students registered with Disability Resource Services and have a Learning Support Plan in place, please remember to contact the Course Coordinator if special arrangements are required for the test or the exam at least 10 days before.

Late submission of work

Late or Missed Coursework:
ALL late work must be handed in directly to the Senior Tutor, Dr Alfred Herritsch, E540, Civil/Mechanical building as soon as possible and will be penalised 25% per day or part thereof (weekends will be counted as one day for this purpose).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $937.00

International fee $5,125.00

* 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.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 25 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering .

All ENCH295 Occurrences

  • ENCH295-18W (C) Whole Year 2018