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Postgraduate Course: Advanced Chemical Engineering Design (MSc) (PGEE11242)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryStudents will develop creative thinking and team skills by facing an open-ended process design challenge including consideration of unsteady state operation and optimisation, such as implementation of carbon capture on a power plant. The problems have a clear link to 'real world' scenarios where safety and environmental considerations are paramount. Students must show they are capable of addressing multiple, and sometimes contradictory, design constraints while providing a comprehensive understanding of the process operation (both steady and unsteady state) and control.
Course description There will be introductory lectures followed by weekly face-to-face tutorials, which will be complemented by process simulation exercises using dedicated software. Students will work in small groups, working independently on tasks pre-agreed with other group members.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 4, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 16, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework 100%
Feedback Weekly tutorial sessions
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Apply and adapt design processes/methodologies to unfamiliar, open-ended technical challenges;
  2. Work with incomplete/uncertain information, quantify the uncertainty in the design, and provide, where possible, mitigating measures;
  3. Generate an innovative design to fulfil a process requirement, which may require the optimisation and/or upgrade of key units/areas;
  4. Work with incomplete/uncertain information, quantify the uncertainty in the design, and provide, where possible, mitigating measures.
Reading List
These are recommended texts:
J. Douglas, 'Conceptual design of chemical engineering processes', McGraw-Hill

J. M. Coulson, J. F. Richardson, R.K. Sinnott, 'Chemical Engineering Volume 6, Design', Pergamon
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsDesign,complex systems,modelling
Contacts
Course organiser Course secretaryMrs Shona Barnet
Tel: (0131 6)51 7715
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