UNDERGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2013 - 2014 THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 1 COURSE CODE: CHNG 1003 COURSE TITLE: SCIENCE OF MATERIALS NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3 PREREQUISITES: COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduction to materials science. Crystal structures. Thermal equilibrium diagrams. Iron and steels I. Non-ferrous alloys I. Joining processes. Corrosion. Properties of materials. Shaping of materials. Iron and steels II. Non-ferrous alloys II. Design and selection of materials. Polymers. Ceramics. Composite materials.
Course Descriptions
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 1 COURSE CODE: CHNG 1000 COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL & PROCESS ENGINEERING NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3 PREREQUISITES: COURSE DESCRIPTION: The structure of the process industries in the Caribbean. Role of the Chemical Engineer. Social and environmental impact of the process industries. Process equipment. Process flowsheets. Instrumentation and control. Introduction to mass and heat balances. Introduction to process economics. Separation processes simple applications of stage and continuous contacting. Safety and loss prevention.
LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 2 COURSE CODE: CHNG 1004 COURSE TITLE: CHEMICAL PROCESS PRINCIPLES I NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3 PREREQUISITES: COURSE DESCRIPTION: Applications of material and energy balances to special processes: single phase systems, multiphase systems, combustion, recycle processes. Transient balances. Introduction to flowsheet development. Property estimation techniques. Chemical kinetics. Introduction to reactor design.
LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 1 COURSE CODE: CHNG 1001 COURSE TITLE: APPLIED CHEMISTRY I NUMBER OF CREDITS: 2 PREREQUISITES: COURSE DESCRIPTION: Fundamental properties and behaviour of matter. Spectroscopy: UV, IR, AA and NMR. Applied physical chemistry: solid surface chemistry, surface and colloidal chemistry, solubility, ionic mobilities, physicochemical methods of analysis. Applied organic chemistry: reaction mechanisms and reaction types.
LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 1 COURSE CODE: CHNG 1005 COURSE TITLE: SCIENCE OF MATERIALS A NUMBER OF CREDITS: 1 PREREQUISITES: COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduction to materials science. Crystal structures. Thermal equilibrium diagrams. Iron and steels I. Non-ferrous alloys I. Joining processes. Corrosion.
LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 2 COURSE CODE: CHNG 1002 COURSE TITLE: APPLIED CHEMISTRY II NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3 PREREQUISITES: COURSE DESCRIPTION: Applied organic chemistry: building blocks for organic chemicals - natural gas, methanol, ammonia, ethylene. Characteristics of important organic and inorganic unit processes. Petroleum production, polymer chemistry. Applied Biochemistry: carbohydrates, proteins, enzymes, lipids. Metabolic pathways - chemistry and thermodynamics. Introduction to microbiology, biochemical processes. Introduction to geochemistry.
LEVEL: 1 SEMESTER: 2 COURSE CODE: CHNG 1006 COURSE TITLE: TRANSPORT PHENOMENA I NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3 PREREQUISITES: COURSE DESCRIPTION: Properties of fluids, statics, pressure distribution, forces on plane and curved surfaces. Kinematics: ideal and real fluids, streamlines, flow in pipes, flow measurements, introduction to dimensional analysis. Steady and unsteady state heat conduction. Convectionfilm and overall heat transfer coefficient. Application of dimensional analysis to heat transfer. Combined mode heat transfer. Temperature measurement. Introduction to mass transfer by molecular and convective diffusion. Introduction to heat exchangers. Analogy between heat and momentum transfer. Molecular and convective diffusion.
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