Chemical Engineering for Scientists

24 - 26 March 2020, Rugby, United Kingdom

Introduction

This 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. It reveals the mind-set of chemical engineering, examining the core concepts and key features of the discipline. Particular emphasis will be placed on conveying concepts of practical engineering design and operation.

This is an interactive course, involving problem-based learning techniques to convey key concepts.

Course outline:

What is chemical engineering and what is unique about chemical engineering
Engineering concepts
The engineering approach to problem-solving
Transport processes – heat transfer, mass transfer, fluid dynamics
Essential chemistry – the aspects that are essential to chemical engineers
Initial design steps – identifying a process route, basic conceptual process design and flow-sheeting
Mass and energy balances
Reactor design
Separation processes
Process control
Process safety
Scale-up
Sustainability

Learning outcomes:

The course will help you to take on a professional role that involves aspects of chemical engineering and enable you to communicate and collaborate more effectively with chemical and process engineers.

It will help you to understand:

the factors that distinguish chemical engineers from scientists
how your scientific knowledge relates to chemical engineering
the operating principles for the common unit operations
how to demonstrate an engineer's problem-solving approach
the principles of heat, mass, and momentum transfer, and how to solve simple problems
basic conceptual process design and flow-sheeting
the principles of mass and energy balances and how to solve simple problems
the principles of reactor design
key aspects of process control
the various approaches to process safety
the concept of process equipment scale-up and how to apply this to simple problems.