MSc Advanced Chemical Engineering

Introduction to formulated products.

Introduction to the product design process and product specification.

Sorting, screening and selection of ideas and routes to market.

Understanding of rheology and how this links to product uses and microstructure.

Use concepts of process design to improve product performance.

Introduction to and modelling key production methods for chemical products.

Understanding of key mixing methods for both batch and continuous production.

The unit aims to:

Give a broad knowledge of formulated products within the scope of chemical engineering.

Give an understanding of chemical product properties and how they relate to consumer needs.

Give an understanding of mixing and production of chemical products.

ILO 1. Develop new chemical products based on customer needs.

ILO 2. Screen and select ideas for new products/product improvement

ILO 3. Examine real product properties and relate them to product function.

ILO 4. Analyse key mechanisms for the creation of functional product microstructure.

ILO 5. Design of processes to produce key chemical products taking into account concerns of scale-up and cost.
 

Lectures

Tutorials

Group presentation

Group literature and research review

Office Hour for general queries

Online formative and summative quizzes
 

Continuous assessment

Feedback will be provided to students through the virtual learning environment.

Office hours are also available for general queries relating to the course.

Core Reading

E.L. Cussler and G.D. Moggridge; 2011; Chemical Product Design, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition.

Recommended Reading

H.A. Barnes, J.F. Hutton, and K. Walters; 1989; An Introduction to Rheology, Elsevier.

E.L. Paul, V.A. Atiemo‐Obeng, and S.M. Kresta; 2003; Handbook of Industrial Mixing: Science and Practice, J. Wiley & Sons.