CPE61018   Process Design Project   (45 credits)

Description

The module aims to prepare students for professional practice in industrial development of chemical engineering processes. Students will learn to analyse an open problem, research the issues and synthesise a possible technical solution, taking account of the context and broader issues such as economics, the environment and safety. As part of this problem analysis, students are expected to have a critical awareness of current problems and new insights associated with the particular design context. Students will need to work effectively as a small team by work organisation and mutual support. Students work as a group under the guidance of a member of staff to develop an overall study of a substantial industrial process, taking account of geographical, social and economic factors and produce a group report and make a presentation outlining a possible scheme to satisfy the requirements. Sustainability is expected to be a key consideration in the design solutions generated. Students then take responsibility for parts of the solution and produce individual reports each including a detailed design of a piece of equipment and a more detailed consideration of a broader aspect of the proposed process. This makes use of most of the degree content and also requires self-directed learning. Any design problem presents with both over and under specification. As such, students deal with this complexity systemically and make sound judgments in the absence of complete data.

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