insurance and replacement; Cost control; Quality control; Safety; Productivity;
Project management; Disputes, arbitration and claims.
421-653 SPECIAL STUDIES IN ENGINEERING PRACTICES EP5 For graduate students desiring further study of special topics.
' health engineering, mining and manufacturing, building and housing, transport and communications, and community services.
400-805 ECONOMIC A S P E C T S OF ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES — A
(Second Semester only.)
Principles of engineering economics; resource allocation in engineering design;
financial analysis using discounted cash flow techniques; systems analysis for decision-making; production functions and marginal analysis; linear program- ming, benefit cost analysis for project appraisal in developing countries;
mechanics of operation of financial aid agencies. Case studies.
Double Units
400-806 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 2 (48 hours of classes in Second Semester only)
As for 400-803 Development Economics (Aspects of National Development) - A, plus 400-805 Economic Aspects of Engineering in Developing Countries - A.
400-802 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 1 (48 hours of classes in First Semester only.)
Origins of appropriate technology; influence of technology on the growth of industrialized countries; technology and underdevelopment; appropriate and inappropriate technologies; hardware and software; appropriate technology in food production, energy production, water and public health engineering, mining and manufacturing, building and housing, transport and communica- tions, community services, and tertiary education; planning and assessment of development projects.
TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES
(a) ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY Single Units
436-804 ENERGY FUNDAMENTALS (First Semester only.)
Thermodynamics and heat transfer; world resources and energy demand;
levels of extraction and efficiency of conversion and use; general survey of conversion systems; energy content of products and processes; energy con- servation; environmental aspects of energy use; economics of energy utilisation.
436-805 SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING (Second Semester only.)
(i) Nature and availability of solar radiation; radiation estimations and mea- suring instruments.
(ii) Materials for solar energy utilisation; radiative properties and thermal transport'properties.
(iii) Introduction to non-concentrating and concentrating collectors, design techniques and performance estimation.
(iv) Solar component and solar system operational characteristics.
(v) Practical applications of solar energy; special solar devices for developing countries, including solar desalination, solar photovoltaics, and solar water pumping.
411-802 WASTE UTILISATION FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION - A (First Semester only.)
Wastes: nature, composition and availability. Briquetting. Combustion with energy recovery. Pyrolysis. Gasification. Biological processes. Social economic and environmental factors. Costs. Case Studies.
411-803 RENEWABLE S O U R C E S OF FUELS (Second Semester only.)
Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels from biomass. Crop and forest residues. Crops for energy. Energetics of agricultural production. Capital and production costs.
Employment and decentralisation. Environmental impact.
400-807 WIND AND WATER S O U R C E S OF ENERGY (Second Semester only.)
Wind energy; turbines; types, construction and control; efficiencies, costs.
Hydro-electric schemes; hydrological investigations; structures; conduits; tur- bines; governing and local control.
Transmission and reticulation of small-scale power supplies. Management of rural electrification schemes.
436-806 UTILISATION OF CONVENTIONAL FUELS (Second Semester only.)
The conversion of fuel energy into heat and work. The design of burners, combustion chambers, furnaces. The elements of heat engines, and their efficiency. Waste heat rejection or utilisation. Fuel combustion products. Fuels in vehicles and efficiency.
436-807 UTILISATION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS (Second Semester only.)
The special requirements of proposed alternative fuels in furnaces. The use of alternative fuels in transport; engine-fuels matching, and optimisation, alterna- tive engines, durability, vehicle fuel storage options, engine-vehicle matching.
Double Units
436-810 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 1 - ENERGY TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS
(48 hours of classes in First Semester only.) Energy conversion and utilisation
(i) Background thermodynamics of energy systems; fundamental concepts of heat and mass transfer.
(ii) World resources and energy supply and demand; levels of energy extrac- tion; efficiency of conversion and use; general survey of conversion systems.
(iii) Energy content of products and processes; energy conservation tech- niques; energy management, environmental aspects of energy use; eco- nomics of energy utilisation.
Fuel technology
(i) Origin and composition of solid fuels; concepts of ranking of fuels;
potential for fuel upgrading.
(ii) Production and properties of conventional liquid fuels; unconventional liquid fuels including alcohol fuels and plant oils.
(iii) Production and properties of gaseous fuels, use of conventional and unconventional gaseous fuels.
411-804 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 2 - ENERGY FROM WASTES AND BIOMASS
(48 hours of classes in Second Semester only.)
Wastes; nature, composition and availability, Briquetting. Combustion with energy recovery. Pyrolysis. Gasification. Biological processes. Social, eco- nomic and environmental factors. Costs. Case Studies.
Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels from biomass. Crop and forest residues. Crops for energy. Energetics of agricultural production. Capital and production costs.
Employment and decentralisation. Environmental impact.
436-808 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 3 — SOLAR S O U R C E S OF ENERGY (48 hours of classes)
(i) Nature and availability of solar radiation; radiation estimations and mea- suring instruments.
(ii) Materials for solar energy utilisation, radiative properties and thermal transport properties.
(iii) Introduction to non-concentrating and concentrating collectors, design techniques and performance estimation.
(iv) Solar component and solar system operational characteristics.
(v) Practical applications of solar energy, special solar devices for developing countries, including desalination, solar photovoltaics, and solar water pumping.
(vi) Wind energy; turbines; types, construction and control; efficiencies, costs. Hydroelectric schemes; hydrological investigations; structures, conduits; turbines; governing and local control.
(vii) Transmission and reticulation of small-scale power supplies. Management of rural electrification schemes.
436-809 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 4 — CONVENTIONAL AND NON- CONVENTIONAL FUELS
(48 hours of classes in Second Semester only.)
The conversion of fuel energy into heat and work. The design of burners, combustion chambers, furnaces. The elements of heat engines, and their efficiency. Waste heat rejection or utilisation. Fuel combustion products. Fuels in vehicles and efficiency.
The special requirements of proposed alternative fuels in furnaces. The use of alternative fuels in transport; engine-fuels matching, and optimisation, alterna- tive engines, durability, vehicle fuel storage options, engine-vehicle matching.
(b) CIVIL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Units may be selected from those described in the section of this Handbook referring to Civil and Agricultural Engineering courses at graduate level and final year undergraduate level.
(c) ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Units may be selected from those described in the section of this Handbook referring to the Masters program in Environmental Engineering.
(d) S P E C I A L UNITS
400-808 PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING IN HOT CLIMATES (First Semester only.)
Health aspects of water supply and waste disposal in hot climates. Water supply for low-income communities: quality criteria; resource allocation; pat- terns of water usage; sources; extraction, storage and delivery methods;
treatment processes; economic aspects. Waste disposal for low-income com- munities in hot climates: introduction; processes not using reticulation; sys- tems involving reticulation, effluent and sludge disposal; agricultural wastes;
garbage disposal; economic aspects.
400-809 SPECIAL STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES - A A course of 24 hours of lectures, literature survey or its equivalent for students wishing to pursue special interests as appropriate for development technol- ogies. The detailed content of the course will be specified by the Course Co- ordinator after discussion with the student.
400-810 SPECIAL STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES - B A course of 48 hours of lectures or its equivalent for students wishing to pursue special interests in Heat Treatment of Metals and Mineral Dressing as appropri-
ate for development technologies. The detailed content of the course will be specified by the Course Co-ordinator after discussion with the student.
400-801 RESEARCH PROJECT 1 — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES 400-617 RESEARCH PROJECT 2 — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES 421-802 RESEARCH PROJECT — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES (AGRICULTURAL) 421-801 RESEARCH PROJECT — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(CIVIL) 411-801 RESEARCH PROJECT — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(CHEMICAL) 431-801 RESEARCH PROJECT — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(ELECTRICAL) 436-802 RESEARCH PROJECT — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(INDUSTRIAL) 436-801 RESEARCH PROJECT — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(MECHANICAL) 421-618 RESEARCH PROJECT 2 — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(AGRICULTURAL) 421-617 R E S E A R C H PROJECT 2 — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES (CIVIL) 411-617 R E S E A R C H PROJECT 2 — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES (CHEMICAL) 431-617 RESEARCH PROJECT 2 — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ELECTRICAL) 436-618 RESEARCH PROJECT 2 — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES (INDUSTRIAL) 436-617 RESEARCH PROJECT 2 — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(MECHANICAL) Students in the Graduate Diploma program will take one of the Research Project subjects. Masters' degree students will take one of the Research Project 2 subjects after completion of a Research Project subject (completion of both will be required for Masters' degree candidates).
421-628 MASTER OF ENGINEERING S C I E N C E — DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGIES (AGRICULTURAL) 421-604 MASTER OF ENGINEERING S C I E N C E — DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGIES (CIVIL) 411-606 MASTER OF ENGINEERING S C I E N C E — DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGIES (CHEMICAL) 431-604 MASTER OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE — DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGIES (ELECTRICAL) 436-613 MASTER OF ENGINEERING S C I E N C E — DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGIES (INDUSTRIAL) 436-605 MASTER OF ENGINEERING S C I E N C E — DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGIES (MECHANICAL) 400-499 MASTER OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE (PRELIM) —
DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES
400-610 MASTER OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE — DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES (DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES)