Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Overview

Detailed Syllabus – Lectures/Tutorials:
 1. Introduction to Chemical Industry
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
2.1. System of units and unit conversion.
2.2 Physical properties.
2.3. Dimensional analysis.
2.4. Dimensionless groups.

 3. Material and Energy Balances
3.1. Material balances:
-single unit and multiple unit systems under steady state condition.
-Material balance for steady-state reaction system.
 3.2. Energy balances:
-single unit and multiple unit system under steady state condition.
-energy balance for steady state reaction system.
3.3. Steam tables (Work. 4 hrs.)
3.4. Energy balance for transient system

4. Introduction to Chemical Manufacturing Processes
4.1. Introduction to product and process design.
4.2. Strategies of product and process design.
4.3. Flow diagrams.
4.4. Environmental and safety considerations.
4.5. Waste reduction and resource management.
4.6. Risk assessment.
4.7. Reporting design data.
4.8. Case studies of industrial manufacturing processes: process, applications, and
environment pollution (workshops).
4.9. 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)
 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. (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. (Design challenge) (A2.7-5)

Skills

Learners are expected to demonstrate the following on completion of the 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

Assessment Profile
Element type: Continual Assessment (100%)
Quiz 20%
Design Challenge 35%
Class Test Week 13 45%

Course Requirements:
 Assessed Classes Attendance at 80 %.
 Module Pass Mark Veto at 40 %.
 To gain modular credit a student must pass all of the continual assessment elements of the module.