ENCH396-22S1 (C) Semester One 2022

Chemical Engineering Separations 1

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2022
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 15 May 2022

Description

Chemical engineering separation operations including humidification/dehumidification, drying, membrane separations, leaching and washing, crystallisation, ion exchange, distillation, gas absorption and liquid-liquid extraction.

This course covers process operations involving separations. The fundamental mass and energy transfer theories will be discussed in the context of: drying, (de-)humidification, membranes, leaching/washing, crystallization, ion exchange, distillation, gas absorption, and liquid-liquid extraction.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to:

  • Understand the value and context of separation processes.
  • Understand the fundamental phenomena utilized in separation processes.
  • Develop skills for identifying the key separation problem and developing effective solutions.
  • Understand and analyse specific separation processes including distillation, gas absorption etc.
  • Select appropriate separation techniques for chemical processing.
  • Relate fundamental separation phenomena to equipment design and operation.
  • Carry out design calculations for separation processes.

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator

Matthew Cowan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 45%
Assignment 1: Washing and Leaching 09 Mar 2022 10%
Test - Distillation 05 May 2022 20%
Assignment 3A - Interview Assignment 13 May 2022 3%
Assignment 2: Gas Absorption 16 May 2022 15%
Assignment 3B: Interview Assignment 20 May 2022 7%


Attendance at all lectures is highly encouraged. Completion of all assignments, tests, and exams is required.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Seader, J. D. , Henley, Ernest J., Roper, D. Keith; Separation process principles : chemical and biochemical operations ; 3rd ed; Wiley, 2011.

Wankat, Phillip C; Separation process engineering : includes mass transfer analysis ; 3rd ed; Prentice Hall, 2012.

Notes

All information about academic policies (e.g. special consideration, dishonest practice) can be found on the ENCH-Undergraduate LEARN page.

This is a compulsory course which provides a basis for many other courses in chemical engineering.
Prerequisites: ENCH292.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,002.00

International fee $5,625.00

* 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 .

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