41382 Unit Operations

Description

In this Developing subject, students will exercise their knowledge and skills to design and operate unit operations and equipment for chemical process engineering applications safely and economically, e.g., oil & gas refining, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, and water purification. Students will learn the principles of membrane separation, distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, ion exchange, absorption, adsorption, and drying in industrial processes, as well as learning to incorporate economics, safety, and environmental sustainability in all stages of the design.

By the end of this subject, students will be able to analyse the transport phenomena of the fluids as well as various separation processes. Furthermore, students will develop skills to design and formulate the piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) of an integrated system of multiple unit operations and provide justification/assessment of the P&ID based on hazard and operability study, safety life cycle and techno-economic analysis. Students will also gain the ability to critically evaluate process designs using hazard identification techniques, assess operability for safe and efficient operation, and perform techno-economic analyses to ensure project feasibility, equipping them to make informed decisions about the process design lifecycle, safety, operability, and economic viability.
Learning is delivered in a flipped mode where students will be required to interact with a range of learning materials before class. During class students can ask questions and engage in active learning activities to consolidate and review the learning material with the guidance of staff.

This will include individual analysis, problem-solving and quantitative reasoning, and peer collaboration and discussion. Laboratory practicals will also provide students with hands-on experience and the opportunity to work on different scenarios which will connect the principles to real-life applications.