Design Project

Code

CHEE3022

School

Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Level

3

Credits

40

Semesters

Full Year Malaysia

Summary

This is a group design project involving the preparation of heat and mass balances and flowsheets for a particular process scheme and the detailed design of certain important plant items. A study of the control, operational, safety, environmental and economic aspects, as well as project management and ethics will be included.

Target Students

Available to Year 3 students registered on the following courses: Chemical Engineering and Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering.

Classes

• One 3-hour lecture each week for 10 weeks

Assessment

• 15% Oral sessions: Oral sessions
• 15% Preliminary Report: Preliminary report
• 70% Final Report: Final report

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

A2.6.0.1 Understand the inherent nature of safety and loss prevention, and the principal hazard sources in chemical and related processes – including flammability, explosivity and toxicity (including biological hazards)

A2.6.0.2 Understand the principles of risk assessment and of safety management, and be able to apply techniques for the assessment and abatement of process and product hazards.

A2.6.0.3 Understand methods of identifying process hazards (e.g. HAZOP), and of assessing environmental impact.

A2.6.0.4 Be aware of specialist aspects of safety and environmental issues, such as noise, hazardous area classification, relief and blowdown, fault tree analysis.

A2.6.0.5 Have knowledge of the local legislative framework and how it is applied to the management of safety, health and environment in practice and in the workplace, from the perspectives of all involved, including operators, designers, contractors, researchers, visitors and the public.

A2.7.0.2 Understand and be able to apply the main methods of minimizing the environmental impact on air, water, land and integrated eco-systems, including waste minimisation at source and ‘end-of-pipe’ methods

A2.7.0.3 Be able to apply the principles of process, plant and project economics

A2.7.0.4 Understand the need for high ethical and professional standards and understand how they are applied to issues facing engineers.

A3.2.4 Be aware of the importance of codes of practice and industry standards and have some experience in applying them.

A3.2.5 Be aware of quality assurance issues and their application to continuous improvement.

A4.1.1 Develop an integrated approach to chemical engineering

A4.1.2 Encourage the application of chemical engineering principles to problems of current and future industrial relevance including sustainable development, safety, and environmental issues.

A4.1.3 Encourage students to develop and demonstrate creative and critical powers by requiring choices and decisions to be made in areas of uncertainty

A4.1.4 Encourage students to take a broad view when confronted with complexity arising from the interaction and integration of the different parts of a process or system

A4.1.5 Encourage the development of transferable skills such as communication and team working

A4.1.6 Give students confidence in their ability to apply their technical knowledge to real problems

A4.1.7 Process design – synthesis of unit operations into a manufacturing process to meet a specification.

A4.1.9 Equipment design – the design of specific and complex equipment items to deliver a process or product objective, e.g. extruder, distillation column, etc.

A4.1.12  System design – where creativity, broad range thinking, and systems integration are needed to design a system to meet a specification, e.g. manufacturing supply chain, effluent handling system, transportation system, safety auditing system, recycling system, site utility system, product distribution system.

A4.2.1 Understand the importance of identifying the objectives and context of the design in terms of: the business requirements; the technical requirements; sustainable development; safety, health and environmental issues; appreciation of public perception and concerns

A4.2.2 Understand that design is an open-ended process, lacking a pre-determined solution, which requires: synthesis, innovation and creativity; choices on the basis of incomplete and contradictory information; decision making; working with constraints and multiple objectives; justification of the choices and decisions taken

A4.2.3 Be able to deploy chemical engineering knowledge using rigorous calculation and results analysis to arrive at and verify the realism of the chosen design

A4.2.4 Be able to take a systems approach to design appreciating: complexity; interaction; integration

A4.2.5 Be able to work in a team and understand and manage the processes of: peer challenge; planning, prioritising and organising team activity; the discipline of mutual dependency

A4.2.6 Be able to communicate effectively to: acquire input information; present the outcomes of the design clearly, concisely and with the appropriate amount of detail, including flowsheets and stream data; explain and defend chosen design options and decisions taken

A4.3.4.5 Evaluation of financial and other risks

A5.2.1 Have developed a wide range of problem-solving skills

A5.2.2 Have developed a range of effective communication skills including written reports and presentations

A5.2.3 Recognise the importance of working effectively with others and have acquired a range of experience in achieving this

A5.2.4 Recognise the importance of leadership skills and have had some opportunity to acquire these

A5.2.5 Be effective users of IT

A5.2.6 Recognise the importance of project planning and time management and have acquired a range of experience in achieving these

EAC PO

EAC PO1: Engineering Knowledge - Apply knowledge of mathematics, natural science, computing and chemical engineering fundamentals, and an chemical engineering specialization as specified in WK1 to WK4 respectively to develop solutions to complex engineering problems
EAC PO3: Design/Development of Solutions - Design creative solutions for complex engineering problems and design chemical engineering systems, components or processes to meet identified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, whole-life cost, net zero carbon as well as resource, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations as required (WK5);
PO5: Tool Usage - Create, select and apply, and recognize limitation of appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools, including prediction and modelling, to complex engineering problems, (WK2 and WK6);
EAC PO6: The Engineer and the World - Analyze and evaluate sustainable development impacts to: society, the economy, sustainability, health and safety, legal frameworks, and the environment, in solving complex engineering problems (WK1, WK5, and WK7) 
PO7: Ethics - Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and norms of engineering practice and adhere to relevant national and international laws. Demonstrate an understanding of the need for diversity and inclusion (WK9);
EAC PO9: Communication - Communicate effectively and inclusively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, taking into account cultural, language, and learning differences;
EAC PO10: Project Management and Finance - Apply knowledge and understanding of engineering management principles and economic decision-making and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, and to manage projects in multidisciplinary environments; 
 

Conveners

• Dr Vasanthi Sethu