Course Objectives
1. To help develop an understanding of the fundamental principles underlying chemical engineering through practical experimentation
2. To understand issues related to experimental aspects of chemical engineering
3. To establish expertise relevant to the practice of engineering
4. To develop management skills related to planning, developing and report writing activities
5. To develop some understanding of the professional obligations related to the discipline of engineering, with a special emphasis of the development of safe working practices during laboratory exercises

Students operate in small groups, but submit separate written reports, with each experiment taking between one and three weeks to complete. The report formats will be specified by the academic in charge. The following experiments are indicative of those that may be covered in this course.

1. Packed and fluidised bed behaviour in a solid-liquid system
2. Mass transfer from falling liquid drops
3. An analysis of simple liquid mixing
4. A study of binary distillation in a packed column
5. Flotation kinetics of an ore
6. Reaction kinetics in a tubular flow reactor
7. Stirred tank power studies
8. Water softening and ion exchange

Subject to the availability, other projects of longer duration can be undertaken by students.

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CHEE2820

This course is offered in semesters 1 and 2. However, enrolment in the first semester offering is subject to the approval of the Program Convenor or Head of Discipline.

Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning

Problem Based Learning
Laboratory

Laboratory: for 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term