- UCAS course code
- H800
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
BEng Chemical Engineering
Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: H800 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Scholarships available
Accredited course
- Typical A-level offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: AAB including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: ABB including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Course unit details:
Process Design (BEng)
| Unit code | CHEN33121 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 3 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Process design is the most important skill in the education of chemical engineers. This unit provides a link between the taught units in the first 3 years of the course to provide the core skills required to perform the design of a chemical process.
Lecture 1: Energy Targeting and Design for Maximum Energy Recovery
Lecture 2: Putting Process Integration into Practice
Lecture 3: Hot Utilities
Lecture 4: Cold Utilities
Lecture 5: Reliability, Maintainability and Availability Concepts
Lecture 6: Reliability, Maintainability and Availability of Systems
Lecture 7: Process Control – Concepts
Lecture 8: Process Control - Flowrate and Inventory Control
Lecture 9: Process Control – Degrees of Freedom
Lecture 10: Process Control - Control of Process Operations
Lecture 11: Process Control - Overall Process Control
Lecture 12: Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams – Piping and Pressure Relief
Lecture 13: Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams - Process Operations
Lecture 14: Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams - Construction
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Process Synthesis | CHEN30031 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
| CHEN30091 | Pre-Requisite | Compulsory |
Aims
The unit aims to:
Develop the necessary skills to create maximum heat recovery schemes in practice in a process design.
Develop the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to select heating and cooling utilities required to service a process design.
Develop knowledge of process control to be able to synthesise the control system for an overall chemical process.
Develop the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to analyse the reliability, maintainability and availability aspects of a process design.
Develop the background knowledge necessary to be able to create a piping and instrumentation diagram for a chemical process.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
ILO1. Synthesise a maximum heat recovery system for a process.
ILO2. Select heating and cooling utilities required to service a process design.
ILO3. Synthesise the control systems for individual process operations and overall chemical processes.
ILO4. Analyse the reliability, maintainability and availability aspects of a process design.
ILO5. Create a piping and instrumentation diagram for a chemical process
Teaching and learning methods
Fundamental aspects supporting the critical learning of the module will be delivered as pre-recorded asynchronous short videos via our virtual learning environment. These will be supported by synchronous sessions (three one-day workshops) with master lecture content, Q&A, and problem-solving. Attendance is compulsory for workshops and non-attendance will be penalised.
Students are expected to expand the concepts presented in the session and online by additional reading (suggested in the Online Reading List) in order to consolidate their learning process and further stimulate their interest to the module.
Assessment methods
20% Exam Style assessment
80% Final Exam
Feedback methods
Feedback on problems and examples, feedback on coursework and exams, and support will also be provided through the virtual learning environment. A discussion board provides an opportunity to discuss topics related to the material presented in the module.
Recommended reading
Reading lists are accessible through the Blackboard system linked to the library catalogue.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Assessment written exam | 32 |
| Lectures | 24 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 44 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Marloes Peeters | Unit coordinator |
| Nan Zhang | Unit coordinator |