This course reveals the mind-set of chemical engineering to those with a science background, paving the way for improved collaboration and communication with chemical engineers. It will also enable scientists to take on a professional role that might be more orientated towards chemical engineering.
The course has been specifically designed for those with a science background, who want to understand more about chemical engineering and how to apply the methods to their day-to-day role. The course experience will be interactive, involving problem-based learning techniques to convey key concepts.
The course has been specifically designed for those with a science background, who want to understand more about chemical engineering and how to apply the methods to their day-to-day role. The course experience will be interactive, involving problem-based learning techniques to convey key concepts.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, delegates will understand:- the factors that distinguish chemical engineers from scientists
- how their scientific knowledge relates to chemical engineering and be able to demonstrate an engineers' problem-solving approach
- the principles of heat, mass and momentum transfer, and be able to solve simple problems
- the concept of mass and energy balances and solve simple problems
- the operating principles for the common unit operations
- the principles of reactor design
- conceptual process design and flow-sheeting
- key aspects of process control
- the various approaches to process safety
- the concept of process equipment scale-up and apply this to simple problems
Who will benefit?
- chemists
- physicists
- biologists
- pharmacists
- environmental scientists
Course outline
- what is chemical engineering?
- an introduction to unit operations
- the engineering approach to problem-solving
- a chemical engineer's view of chemistry
- heat and mass transfer
- fluid mechanics
- conceptual process design
- understanding process diagrams
- mass and energy balances
- reactor design
- separation processes
- scale-up
- process control
- process safety
