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CE50171: Clean technology: design of sustainable chemical processes

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2018/9
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Chemical Engineering
Further information on credits Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 120
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • COURSEWORK (CW 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions 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).
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

CE50171 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Chemistry

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