BEng Chemical Engineering [2015-2018]

Covered Material

1. Design of a Reverse Osmosis Filtration Unit (FT18)

using various software suites:

• Solidworks
• AutoCAD Plant3D.
• Visio
• Navisworks

Physical Unit	CAD Model (Solidworks)

2.AspenPlus & AspenHysys

3. MATLAB

Engineering problem solving using MATLAB applied to a practical engineering problem.

• (UI, Variables, constants, strings, scalar arrays, m-files, plotting)
• Creating and manipulating matrices (array and matrix operators, transpose, concatenation, determinant, inverse, solving simultaneous equations)
• File input and output (saving and loading variables, importdata, xlsread, reading from keyboard, output to screen)
• Graphing and Visualization (2D and 3D graphs, plotting functions, formatting plots)

Outline of Syllabus

Algebra: manipulation, linear and quadratic equations; powers and roots; exponential and logarithmic forms.

Co-ordinate geometry; graphs in Cartesian and polar co-ordinates.

Complex numbers; algebra and properties; polar and exponential forms; applications to the appropriate engineering discipline.

Elementary vector algebra; lines and planes.

Matrices; definitions, basic algebra, linear systems, applications to the appropriate engineering discipline.

Functions; general concepts, composition, specific functions, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions, inverses and limits.

Differentiation; definitions and rules.

Integration: definitions, techniques.

Applications of differentiation and Integration to the appropriate engineering discipline.

Ordinary Differential Equations; first and second order equations, applications to the appropriate engineering discipline.

Sequences, series and power series.

Numerical methods; errors, solution to equations, numerical integration.

Applications and context for the appropriate engineering discipline will be explored at every opportunity.

Outline of Syllabus

• Units and dimensions
• Properties of fluids
• Hydrostatics – forces on immersed surfaces
• Buoyancy forces
• Pressure measurement
• Mass conservation and Energy Conservation – Bernoulli’s equation
• Applications of laws of conservation
• Force and momentum
• Energy and Power
• Introduction to Reynolds’ number, pipe flows and dimensionless numbers
• Laboratory – Use of energy principles to measure flow rate

This module consisted of an introduction to the basic principles of thermodynamics, based on first principles and using real-world engineering examples.

• The fundamental principles of heat, work and power.
• Different forms of energy, together with energy transfer methods by heat and by mechanical work.

Software covered:

• CES EduPack

Outline of Syllabus

1.

• HEAT TREATMENT (THERMAL PROCESSING) OF FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
• Phase diagrams, e.g. Fe-C, Al-Cu;Case study 1and Laboratory practical: Effect of carbon on iron in terms of micro-structure and mechanical properties.

2.

• METAL FORMING AND VARIOUS CASTING TECHNIQUES
• CAST IRONS: Types, Properties and Applications
• Case study 2: Common casting techniques for various applications

3.

• POLYMER STRUCTURES, PROCESSING, APPLICATIONS AND PROPERTIES

4.

• CERAMIC STRUCTURES, PROCESSING, APPLICATIONS AND PROPERTIES

5.

• Different types of bonding and their effect on various properties.

6.

• CALCULATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS, POLYMERS AND CERAMICS:Tensile and Yield Strengths,3-and 4-Point bend (fracture) strength,Young’s modulus, % Elongation, % Reduction in area, and Toughness.

Semester 1

• Organic Nomenclature
• Nature  of Chemical Bonds
• Stereochemistry

Semester 2

• Lab Work
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Module Syllabus

• Individual PAT Research Report
• Lab Report

• • Magnetically Coupled Centrifugal Pump Apparatus
  • Filterability Index Apparatus
  • Co-Current and Counter-Current Heat Exchanger Apparatus
  • Permeability/Fluidisation Apparatus
  • Stokes Law (using Perspex tube containing Glycerine and Metal ball)

• Group Report and Presentation (Water-Gas Shift Reaction)