Postgraduate Course: Advanced Chemical Engineering Design (MSc) (PGEE11242)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Students will develop creative thinking and team skills by facing an open-ended process design challenge including consideration of unsteady state operation and optimisation, such as implementation of carbon capture on a power plant. The problems have a clear link to 'real world' scenarios where safety and environmental considerations are paramount. Students must show they are capable of addressing multiple, and sometimes contradictory, design constraints while providing a comprehensive understanding of the process operation (both steady and unsteady state) and control. |
| Course description |
There will be introductory lectures followed by weekly face-to-face tutorials, which will be complemented by process simulation exercises using dedicated software. Students will work in small groups, working independently on tasks pre-agreed with other group members.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 4,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 16,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 100% |
| Feedback |
Weekly tutorial sessions |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply and adapt design processes/methodologies to unfamiliar, open-ended technical challenges;
- Work with incomplete/uncertain information, quantify the uncertainty in the design, and provide, where possible, mitigating measures;
- Generate an innovative design to fulfil a process requirement, which may require the optimisation and/or upgrade of key units/areas;
- Work with incomplete/uncertain information, quantify the uncertainty in the design, and provide, where possible, mitigating measures.
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Reading List
These are recommended texts:
J. Douglas, 'Conceptual design of chemical engineering processes', McGraw-Hill
J. M. Coulson, J. F. Richardson, R.K. Sinnott, 'Chemical Engineering Volume 6, Design', Pergamon
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Design,complex systems,modelling |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Hyungwoong Ahn
Tel: (0131 6)50 5891
Email: h.ahn@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Mark Ewing
Tel:
Email: mewing2@ed.ac.uk |
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