What You Will Gain

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Principles

Understand the Role of Chemical Engineering:

• Gain a clear understanding of the chemical engineering profession, its role in industry, and its impact on society and the environment.

Apply Core Principles:

• Apply basic principles of mass and energy balances to simple chemical systems and processes.

Identify Key Unit Operations:

• Recognize the key unit operations in chemical engineering such as heat transfer, mass transfer, and fluid flow.

Understand Process Design Fundamentals:

1. Understand the basic principles of designing simple chemical processes, including the selection of equipment and materials.

Process Control and Instrumentation

Understand Process Control Concepts:

• Learn the fundamentals of process control systems, including feedback loops, control valves, and sensors.

Apply Basic Control Strategies:

• Develop a basic understanding of process control strategies such as open-loop and closed-loop control systems.

Identify Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques:

• Understand the role of instrumentation in monitoring and controlling chemical processes, and recognize common measuring instruments like pressure gauges, temperature sensors, and flow meters.

Analyze Simple Process Control Systems:

1. Analyze and interpret simple process control systems, focusing on their operation, stability, and performance.

Fluid Mechanics and Transport Phenomena

Understand Fluid Flow Principles:

• Learn the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics, including fluid properties (density, viscosity), flow regimes (laminar, turbulent), and flow behavior in pipes and channels.

Apply Fluid Flow Equations:

• Apply basic equations such as Bernoulli’s equation and the Darcy-Weisbach equation to calculate pressure drops, flow rates, and velocity profiles in simple fluid systems.

Understand Transport Phenomena:

• Gain an understanding of transport phenomena, including momentum, heat, and mass transfer, and their role in chemical engineering processes.

Design Simple Fluid Systems:

1. Design and analyze basic fluid transport systems, including piping networks, pumps, and valves, for chemical processes.

Chemical Reaction Engineering

Understand Chemical Kinetics:

• Gain knowledge of reaction kinetics, including rate laws, reaction orders, and mechanisms, and how they relate to chemical reactions in engineering processes.

Analyze Reaction Systems:

• Analyze simple batch and continuous reactors, determining key parameters such as reaction rates, conversion, and residence time.

Apply Reactor Design Principles:

• Understand the basic principles involved in the design of reactors, including the distinction between ideal and non-ideal reactors.

Design Simple Reactors:

1. Design simple chemical reactors, applying concepts of chemical reaction engineering to optimize performance.

Safety, Health, and Environmental Considerations in Chemical Engineering

Identify Safety Risks in Chemical Processes:

• Recognize potential hazards and risks in chemical engineering processes, such as chemical reactions, equipment failure, and material handling.

Understand Health and Environmental Regulations:

• Gain an understanding of health, safety, and environmental regulations and standards that govern chemical engineering practices.

Apply Safety and Risk Management Principles:

• Learn how to apply basic risk assessment techniques to identify hazards and develop strategies to mitigate safety risks.

Implement Environmental Protection Strategies:

1. Understand the environmental impact of chemical processes and learn how to apply sustainable practices to reduce waste, emissions, and resource consumption.

Project Management and Communication in Chemical Engineering

Understand Project Management Fundamentals:

• Learn the fundamentals of project management, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management for chemical engineering projects.

Apply Communication Skills:

• Develop effective communication skills for presenting technical information, both written and oral, to a range of audiences including stakeholders and team members.

Work in Teams:

• Collaborate effectively in teams, managing responsibilities and contributing to project tasks in a professional and efficient manner.

Manage Engineering Projects:

1. Understand the stages of project management in chemical engineering, from initiation through to execution and completion, ensuring successful outcomes.