| Unit name | Process Engineering |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MENGM5032 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Joe Quarini |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites | |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
The structure of this course is designed to cover a matrix of processes and industries. Specifically it will focus on generic processes (drying, separation, heating and mass transfer) and important industry sectors (utilities including water and electricity, food, build materials and petrochemicals).
Aims:
The objectives of this course are to provide an overview of the importance of thermofluids in the process industries, to embellish the thermofluids knowledge base of the student and to focus the needs and challenges faced by the wealth generating process industries. It will bring together the previous three years learning and apply it to the real problems faced by industry.
At the end of the course the student will have a good grounding in the application of the ‘thermofluids tool-kit’ to the problems and challenges faced by the process industries.
Students receive 2 x 1-hour (50 minutes) lecture each week for approximately 12 weeks. Within this period they are expected to consolidate and enhance the lecture material with approximately 36 hours of private study. Students will be invited to form groups (5 to 8 students) groups and undertake specific in-depth studies in relevant 'of-the-day' topics affecting the process industries, the utilities and government departments concerned with energy, sustainability and the environment. Each student is expected to spend 20 to 25 hours of focused study on the allocated topic. Each group will produce a formal report of the study. The study will generally be a ‘paper’ study and unlikely to include experimental work.
The material will be presented by Dr Hind Saidani-Scott, Dr Mark Gilbertson and Professor Joe Quarini; each focusing on their particular areas of expertise.
Bound lecture notes are provided at the start of the course. These notes are divided into sections reflecting the structure of the course in general and the chronology of the lectures. Each section gives some background, detail and limited worked examples to enable the student to enhance his personal learning experience both in the lecture room and outside it. Further printed notes (questions followed by selected worked solutions) will be given out at appropriate points of the course.
Overhead projectors, computer presentations and videos will be used as part of the delivery vehicles.
80% 2 hour examination, 3 Questions from 4; plus 20% coursework
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th edition, F. Incropera & D. DeWitt (Wiley), 2002
