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CHNG9406: Chemical Engineering Design B
2025 unit information
In the overall design process, chemical engineers must clearly understand the (often complex) interactions and trade-offs that occur between technical, economic, social and environmental considerations. This UoS builds on concepts in each of these areas introduced in previous years but with an emphasis on their successful integration within a comprehensive design activity. This design activity is spread over two UoS (Chemical Engineering Design A and B) run in first and second semester. The primary aim in the first UoS is to consider the technical issues - with an emphasis on creating and evaluating a range of alternative options that exist at both the unit operation and complete flowsheet levels. The primary emphasis in this UoS is on evaluating how non-technical considerations affect the final process design and its operation. In addition to the above fundamentals, there will be considerable time spent during the semester on advanced topics related to designing chemical processes and associated technological developments.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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CHNG9402 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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CHNG5116 |
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Enrolment in this unit of study assumes that all core 9xxx chemical engineering UoS have been successfully completed |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. work effectively within a team to deliver a common objective
- LO2. identify knowledge gaps and evaluate the technical literature to close the knowledge gaps as it applies to the design of the proposed process flowsheet
- LO3. evaluate and optimise alternative process flowsheet designs to ensure compliance with the specified performance requirements.
- LO4. construct a complex process flowsheet with reference to the specified performance requirements, while dealing with competing objectives and constraints
- LO5. apply prior knowledge of unit operations to design a unit operation within a proposed process flowsheet, including the application of chemical engineering design tools
- LO6. undertake hazard assessments, hazard operability studies and comprehensive environmental impact assessments on a proposed process flowsheet
- LO7. communicate complex technical information to a broad audience
- LO8. explain the principles of project management
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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