School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Process Systems Analysis
  • Unit Code

    ENS6167
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Muhammad Rizwan AZHAR

Description

This unit introduces students to a systems approach to analysing and understanding the structure and behaviour of industrial processes. The context and requirements that give rise to process systems are examined along with the concepts of unit operations and unit processes. The nature of individual units and complex flowsheets is explored through analysis of degrees of freedom and solvability issues. Techniques for the decomposition of large, complex systems to smaller problems are developed. The application of computer-aided flowsheeting tools to facilitate process analysis, including economic factors, environmental impacts, sensitivity studies, and overall optimisation is also covered.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS6166

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5555

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe and explain basic complex systems analysis processes.
  2. Describe and explain the usefulness and limitations of process simulation packages and relate how the results from simulation reflect the real situation.
  3. Determine the overall input-output structure of a process including carrying out economic potential calculations to determine various measures of profitability.
  4. Identify and describe the impact and significance of operational, technical, economic, safety and environmental issues on process goals.
  5. Interpret process descriptions and transfer technical and risk management information into a variety of process engineering diagrams using conventional notation and symbols.
  6. Perform analysis of complex flowsheets including material and energy balance, degrees of freedom, and decomposition and tear structures for processes with recycles individually and as part of an engineering team.
  7. Research new developments in the field of process systems analysis and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.
  8. Simulate and critically interpret sizeable process flowsheets using the Aspen Plus (or similar) simulator.

Unit Content

  1. Formal description of processes and process engineering diagrams.
  2. Input-output structure of processes and economic potential calculations.
  3. Operating and design parameters and equipment selection.
  4. Process flowsheets- material and energy balance, degrees of freedom, and decomposition and tear structures.
  5. Process simulation - use and limitations.
  6. Process systems and goals -operational, technical, economic, safety and environmental issues.
  7. Simulation of process flowsheets.
  8. Structure and behaviour of industrial processes.
  9. The process as a system.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkLaboratory reports20%
ReportDesign reports40%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseVirtual laboratory activities20%
ReportDesign reports40%
Assignment ^Summative assessment of unit content40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Process Systems Analysis
  • Unit Code

    ENS6167
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Muhammad Rizwan AZHAR

Description

This unit introduces students to a systems approach to analysing and understanding the structure and behaviour of industrial processes. The context and requirements that give rise to process systems are examined along with the concepts of unit operations and unit processes. The nature of individual units and complex flowsheets is explored through analysis of degrees of freedom and solvability issues. Techniques for the decomposition of large, complex systems to smaller problems are developed. The application of computer-aided flowsheeting tools to facilitate process analysis, including economic factors, environmental impacts, sensitivity studies, and overall optimisation is also covered.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ENS6166

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5555

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply complex systems analysis to produce process flow sheets and engineering deliverables.
  2. Conduct process simulation using industrial software in order to critically analyse complex process flowsheets.
  3. Evaluate industrial process systems in terms of technical, environmental, financial and economic feasibility.
  4. Evaluate the social impacts of chemical process projects on local communities.
  5. Work collaboratively to report and orally present an industrial process evaluation for an engineering audience.

Unit Content

  1. Formal description of processes and process engineering diagrams.
  2. Industrial processes as chemical engineering system
  3. Input-output structure of processes and economic potential calculations.
  4. Operating and design parameters and equipment selection.
  5. Process flowsheets- material and energy balance, degrees of freedom, and decomposition and tear structures.
  6. Process simulation and industrial simulators - use and limitations.
  7. Process systems and goals -operational, technical, economic, safety and environmental issues.
  8. Simulation of process flowsheets.
  9. Structure and behaviour of industrial processes.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 1 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkLaboratory reports20%
ProjectDesign project30%
PresentationProject presentation10%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseVirtual laboratory activities20%
ProjectDesign project30%
PresentationProject presentation10%
Examination ^Summative assessment of unit content40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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