Introduction to Chemical Products and Processes

Overview

NAME CONTRIBUTION
Dr Nicole Gui
m.gui@qub.ac.uk
7 Lectures – 1. Introduction to Chemical Industry; 4. Materials and Energy Balances; 5.9 Renewable energy
22 Workshops – 2. Materials and Energy balances; 5. Introduction to Chemical Manufacturing Processes (5.3; 5.5; 5.7, 5.9); Design Challenge Workshops
Dr Patricia Marr
p.marr@qub.ac.uk
6 Lectures (3. Principles of green and sustainable chemistry)
2 Workshops (Sustainable chemistry)
Dr Kevin Morgan
k.morgan@qub.ac.uk
6 Lectures ¬– 2. Unit Conversion and Dimensional Analysis; 5. Introduction to Chemical Manufacturing Processes (5.1, 5.2, 5.4; 5.6)
4 Workshops – Units conversion and dimensional analysis; Case studies of industrial processing and manufacturing; (5.8)

Detailed Syllabus – Lectures/Tutorials (20 hours/26 hours):

 1. Introduction to Chemical Industry (Lec. 2 hrs.Work 2 hrs) Dr N. Gui
 1.1. Introduction to chemical industry. 1.2. Background and development of the Chemical Industry. 1.3. The future of chemical industry. 1.4. Introduction to sustainable processing.

 2. Unit Conversion & Dimensional Analysis (Lec. 3 hrs. Work. 2 hrs.) Dr K. Morgan
 2.1. System of units and unit conversion. 2.2 Physical properties. 2.3. Dimensional analysis. 2.4. Dimensionless groups.

 3. Principles of Green & Sustainable Chemistry (Lec. 6 hrs. Work. 2 hrs.) Dr P. Marr
 3.1. Principles of Green Chemistry. 3.2. Examples of green and sustainable Chemistry in practice.

 4. Material and Energy Balances (Lec. 4 hrs, Work. 12 hrs) Dr N. Gui
 4.1. Material balances: (Lec. 2 hrs. Work. 4 hrs.)
-single unit and multiple unit systems under steady state condition.
-Material balance for steady-state reaction system.
 4.2. Energy balances: (Lec. 2 hrs. Work. 4 hrs.)
-single unit and multiple unit system under steady state condition.
-energy balance for steady state reaction system.
 4.3. Steam tables (Work. 4 hrs.)

 5. Introduction to Chemical Manufacturing and Processes (Lec. 5 hrs. Work. 8 hrs.)
 5.1. Introduction to product and process design. 5.2. Strategies of product and process design. 5.3. Flow diagrams. 5.4. Environmental and safety considerations. 5.5. Waste reduction and resource management. 5.6. Risk assessment. 5.7. Reporting design data. 5.8. Case studies of industrial manufacturing processes: process, applications, and environment pollution (workshops) 5.9. Renewable energy system.



Design Challenge– Group projects:
 Students are provided opportunity to solve real-life engineering problem through participating the Design Challenge motive organised by the Engineers Without Borders (EWB). The problem statement, learning materials, and marking criteria are provided by the EWB. Students working in small groups of 5, are required to provide solution to help in sustainable development of local community selected by the EWB. The outcome of this group project is a group report and a poster that to be submitted via Canvas at the end of the semester. The project is facilitated by 2 hours workshop with Engineers without Borders.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this module a learner should be able to:
 Demonstrate knowledge on unit conversion and dimensional analysis techniques in related to chemistry/chemical engineering calculations. (Quiz 1) (A1.2-2)
 Demonstrate knowledge on the principles of green and sustainable chemistry. (Quiz 2) (A1.2-3)
 Understand the background of the chemical processing and concept of sustainable processing. (Energy project/Design Challenge) (A1.2-1)
 Understand the principles of material and energy balances and apply the concepts to solve problems related to chemical processes (Class test) (A2.2-1)
 Understand the background of chemical engineering processing chemical engineering. (Energy project/Design challenge) (A1.2-3)
 Produce simple process flow diagrams based on written process descriptions. (Energy Project/Design Challenge) (A1.2-5)
 Describe the ethical principles related to chemical industry and the consequences of unethical practices. (Class test) (A2.7-1)
 Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of health, safety and environmental management in the chemical process industry. (Energy project/Design challenge) (A2.7-5)

Skills

Skills associated with module:
 STEM – Core skills in underlying physics, chemistry and maths and biology are applied to solving problems including dimensional analysis, mass and energy balances, efficiency calculation and economic evaluation.
 Independent and team working - Group and individual assessments.
 Analytical – Evaluation of data and its use in design.
 Communication – discussion of important factors in the chemical industry and the presentation of data including written reports.
 Learning and management - Improving time management.

Assessment

Continual Assessment: 100%

Element type Element weight (%):
Quiz 1 10%
Quiz 2 10%
Energy Project 35%
Class Test Week 13 45% 100

To gain modular credit a student must pass all of the continual assessment elements of the module.

Course Requirements:
Assessed Classes Attendance at 80 %.
Module Pass Mark Veto at 40 %.