5. Luyben W L Process Modelling Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers McGraw-Hill 1973
6. Timoshenko S Strength of Materials Part 1 3rd ed Van Nostrand/
Rheinhold
Blackhurst J R & Harker J H Process Plant Design Heinemann Educa- tional Books
EXAMINATION
Five 3-hour papers for pass and honours. All laboratory work will be taken Into account and tutorial work may be taken Into account In assessing the results of the annual examination.
bined with stress, and hydrogen contamination. Case studies of some engineering alloys considered in relation to a range of applications.
Theory of corrosion process. Practical aspects of corrosion and micro- biological attack. Corrosion mitigation by design, inhibitors, barriers, cathodic and anodic protection. Economics and management of corro- sion protection.
5. Chemical reactor principles
Comparison of single ideal reactors for single reaction systems. Effect of varying feed composition. Multiple ideal reactor systems with single reactions. Flow characteristics of real reactors and effect of departure from ideal models. Conversion in real, homogeneous reaction systems.
Homogeneous multiple reaction systems. Optimization. Heterogeneous reactions. Analysis of catalytic and non catalytic reaction systems and application to design. Consideration of the relationship between reactor type and reaction system characteristics by means of case studies.
6. Process dynamics and control
Response of linear and non linear systems for both closed and open loop situations. Frequency response of processes, controllers, and control loops. Prediction of controller settings. Adaptive, optimal and direct digital control. Analog and digital computer simulations.
7. Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic cycles in gaseous and condensing systems and their engineering applications. This Includes gas turbine and steam power systems, Internal combustion engines, compressors, etc. Conventional and advanced systems of power generation. Utilization of heat and power In industrial plant.
BOOKS
Recommended textbooks:
As for Chemical Engineering Part Il together with- 1. None
2. None
з. Wilkinson W L Non-Newtonian Fluids, Pergamor 4. Fontana & Green Corrosion Engineering, McGraw-Hill
Guy A G and Iren J J Elements of Physical Metallurgy 3rd ed Addison- Wesley
Wulff J ed The Structure and Properties of Materials Vol III Wiley 5. Levenspiel O Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2nd ed Wiley
6. Luyben W L Process Modelling, Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers McGraw-Hill 1973
7. Hayes A E J Applied Thermodynamics, Pergamon. Commonwealth and International Library of Science and Technology Series, Mechanical Engineering Division.
EXAMINATIONS
Twelve 1 1/2-hour papers for pass and final honours. Examinations may be held during the year. Laboratory work will be taken into account and tutorial work may be taken into account in assessing the result of the annual examination. Other tests may be held at the discretion of the examiners during the year.
411-402. CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION A course of about 16 lectures.
SYLLABUS
Organization of a chemical company and its factories. Financial and commercial aspects including assessment of profitability and its opt1- 78
mizatlon in this Industry. Aspects of factory operation such as raw materials, maintenance, labour relations and factory laws and regula- tions. Market forecasts, sales and distribution, control of capital expen- diture. Purchased information and royalties, research and development requirements and costs, tariffs, patents.
A review of the Australian chemical and related industries.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbook:
Buchanan R H & Sinclair C G (eds) Costs and Economics of the Australian Process Industries, West
EXAMINATION
One 2-hour paper at the conclusion of the course.
411-403. CHEMICAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN The course will consist of the following:
1. Process engineering (30 hours of tutorials) 2. Safety aspects of design (3 lectures)
3. Chemical plant feasibility study (36-hour assignment) 4. Chemical plant design study (10 hours per week for 7 weeks) SYLLABUS
1. Systems analysis and optimization in the process Industries.
2. Safe plant design and operation.
3. Application of the above to process evaluation.
4. The design of a chemical plant to meet a specified requirement. The sequence for Investigation of a chemical manufacturing project and the preparation of a report on the work. This Includes the preparation of flowsheets, the consideration of the effects of market forecasts, eco- nomic evaluation, estimates for and minimization of capital and produc- tion costs, the specification of equipment, the selection of appropriate materials of construction, instrumentation location, the requirements of staff and labour, and safety precautions.
BOOKS
Recommended textbooks:
1. Buchanan R H & Sinclair C G (eds) Costs and Economics of the Aus- tralian Industries, West
2. Vilbrandt F C & Dryden C E Chemical Engineering Plant Design, McGraw-Hill
3. Peters M S & Timmerhaus K D Plant Design and Economics for Chemi- cal Engineers, McGraw-Hill
4. Rudd D F & Watson C C Strategy of Process Engineering, Wiley EXAMINATION
Students will be assessed on the assignments and the design project completed during the course.
610-004. CHEMISTRY (ENGINEERING COURSE)
A course of three lectures per week during Terms 1 and II, with 17 three- hour sessions of laboratory work, commencing In Week 7 of Term I.
prerequisite Standard. While there is no prerequisite, a knowledge of chemistry equivalent to Higher School Certificate will be assumed as a basis for the course.
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sУLI.АBUS
The course consists of a selection of topics which have particular rele- vance to engineering practice and engineering materials.
The following syllabus provides a general guide to the topics to be discussed.
1. Physical Chemistry
Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry
First law: heat and work; calorimetry; functions of state, U and H.
Heat capacity. Standard thermodynamic quantities and their tabula- tion: enthalpies of formation of pure substances. Enthalpies of combus- tion. The laws of Hess and Kirchhoff. Combustion of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels.
Free energy. Direction of spontaneous chemical and physical changes, reversibility and maximum work. Standard free energies of formation and their application in calculation of equilibrium constants and maxi- mum cell e.m.f.'s.
Variation of equiliЬriит constant with temperature.
Kinetics
Measurement of reaction rate in homogeneous and heterogeneous sys- tems. Rate laws. Effects of temperature, catalysts, and radiation. Chain reactions. Simple collision model and reaction mechanism. Gas phase reactions and oxidation kinetics.
Diffusion controlled reactions.
The Solid State
Classification of crystalline solids: ionic, covalent, molecular crystals and metals. Influence of bond type on physical and chemical proper- ties of crystalline solids.
Band theory of solids. Crystal defects. Impurity systems: non-stolchio- metry; foreign impurity atoms or ions. Electrolytic, electronic and semiconduction in crystalline solids.
Polymers. Thermoplastic and thermosetting plastics. Mechanisms of polymerization. Properties and uses of addition and condensation poly- mers. Ion exchange systems.
Surface Chemistry
Surface phenomena. The colloidal state.
Physical and chemical properties of soll systems. Sewerage and water treatment.
Monolayers. Detergents and their action. Lubrication. Flotation.
Phase Equilibria
Solid-liquid-vapour equilibria in one-component systems. Critical phen- omena.
Two-component systems. Ideal and non-Ideal solutions; distillation.
Distribution and solvent extraction. Solid-liquid systems; thermal analy- sis; compound formation; solid solutions.
Electrochemistry
Reversible cells: measurement of e.m.f.'s, types of half-cell, Nernst equation. Concentration cells and the measurement of hydrogen Ion concentration. Mechanisms of electrode processes. Cells as sources of energy. Fuel cells. Storage batteries.
Corrosion
Galvanic series. Mechanism of corrosion. Factors influencing corrosion.
Methods of controlling corrosion, and evaluation of these methods.
2. Organic Chemistry
The scope of organic chemistry. Bonding, structure and elementary stereochemistry of carbon compounds.
An outline of the chemistry of hydrocarbons and of the major groups of mono-functional compounds in terms of molecular structure and elementary theory of reaction mechanisms.
Applications of organic compounds in engineering practice.
LABORATORY WORK
Three hours per week for 17 weeks commencing in Week 6 of Term 1, covering physical and organic chemistry. The experiments have been chosen to illustrate the theory course and to Introduce some new topics.
The practical classes for the subject are taken In the Chemistry Labor- atory of the Redmond Barry Building. All the apparatus Is supplied.
BOOKS
Recommended for preliminary reading:
Stranks D R, Heffeman M L, Lee Dow K C, McTigue P T & Withers G R Chemistry: A Structural View, 2nd ed MUP 1970
Prescribed textbooks:
'Glasstone S & Lewis D Elements of Physical Chemistry, Macmillan or *Campbell J A Chemical Systems: Energetics, Dynamics, Structure,
Freeman 1970
*Stark J G & Wallace H G Chemistry Data Book. S1 Edition, Murray 1970
or Aylward G H & Findlay T J V S1 Chemical Data 2nd ed Wiley 1974 'Morrison R T & Boyd R N Organic Chemistry 3rd ed Allyn & Bacon 1973 or 'Hart H & Schultz R D Organic Chemistry, 4th ed Houghton Mifflin 1972
'Otver N H Departmental Publications:
Experiments In Inorganic Chemistry Experiments in Physical Chemistry
Experiments in Organic Chemistry 1976 editions Recommended for reference:
Moore W J Physical Chemistry, 5th ed Longman 1972
Van Plack L H Elements of Materials Science, 2nd ed Addison-Wesley Tedder J M & Nechvatal A Basic Organic Chemistry, A Mechanistic
Approach, Wiley
Stumm W & Morgan J J Principles of Aquatic Chemistry, 2nd ed Wiley interscience 1971
Butler J N ionic Equilibrium, Addison-Wesley 1964 EXAMINATION
Tests may be held during the year. The annual examination will con- sist of one 3-hour written paper, for pass and honours combined.
There Is no practical examination but the work of each student Is assessed continually throughout the year and the assessment forms a significant proportion of the final examination mark.