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CE50171: Clean technology: design of sustainable chemical processes

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • COURSEWORK (CW 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
To provide students with in-depth understanding of the principles of process engineering integrated with the overarching sustainability criteria for process technologies. Design principles with the integral aspects of clean synthesis, energy use integration/efficiency, use of biochemistry / biotechnology will be developed and used in the course in a number of case studies.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit students should be able to: Formulate specific process problems (develop process schemes), analyse reactor/system functionality, identify greener chemistry routes towards a desired chemical (from literature), use design methodologies and process engineering flow-sheeting to formulate new process design approaches; assess sustainability of alternative technologies.

Skills:
Numeracy, IT skills.

Content:
A combination of lectures and problem based learning. Hierarchy of process development; process schemes and analysis of process schemes; elements of metrics of sustainable processes; green chemical processes, green chemistry; biotechnology alternatives to chemical processes, flow chemistry, continuous integrated process, industrial ecology; flow-sheet development and process simulation in ASPEN (or HYSIS).
Programme availability:

CE50171 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Chemistry

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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