Advanced Computational Methods
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| CHEE4004 | Chemical and Environmental Engineering | 4 | 10 | Spring UK |
- Code
- CHEE4004
- School
- Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
Introduction to Matlab Programming: writing code for modelling engineering systems; script files, arrays, loops, if statements, functions, plotting; application to Finite Difference and Monte Carlo modelling methods.
Advanced features of HYSYS:
• using the dynamics package to simulate (a) fluid flow in tanks in series (b) the control of a separator drum;
• students devising their own steady-state question.
Target Students
Students registered in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering only.
Classes
- One 3-hour computing each week for 12 weeks
Assessment
- 25% Coursework 1: Written report on student's Matlab program. c.10 pages including text and computer output.
- 75% Coursework 2: Written report on student's Hysys simulations. c.10 pages including text and computer output.
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
The module is designed to offer experience of advanced software applications in chemical engineering, with potential application to Research Projects. (The current software is Matlab and Hysys.)Learning Outcomes
A2 Chemical Engineering Principles:
A2.3.3, be able to select and adapt computational and analytical techniques to tackle complex problems;
A2.3.4, recognise the limitations of standard commercial software for solving chemical engineering problems and identify requirements for more advanced techniques or specialist expertise.
A2.3.4, recognise the limitations of standard commercial software for solving chemical engineering problems and identify requirements for more advanced techniques or specialist expertise.
“Demonstrated by the ability to build programming codes from scratch to solve discretised transport models and to compare them with built in solvers. As evidenced by compulsory coursework which requires students to analyse limitations of commercial solvers and justify their selection of analytical and computational techniques.”
A2 Chemical Engineering Principles:
A 2.2.6 Be able to apply the same underlying principles to more complex problems, critically evaluating the limitations of assumptions of the approach taken.
A 2.4.5 Be able to apply their knowledge of chemical engineering principles to complex and/or novel unit operations, process equipment, and substances with complex behaviour.
A 2.6.8 Have some understanding of the limits of available technology and of the potential of new and emerging technology
A2 Chemical Engineering Principles:
A 2.2.6 Be able to apply the same underlying principles to more complex problems, critically evaluating the limitations of assumptions of the approach taken.
A 2.4.5 Be able to apply their knowledge of chemical engineering principles to complex and/or novel unit operations, process equipment, and substances with complex behaviour.
A 2.6.8 Have some understanding of the limits of available technology and of the potential of new and emerging technology
A2 Chemical Engineering Principles:
A 2.2.6 Be able to apply the same underlying principles to more complex problems, critically evaluating the limitations of assumptions of the approach taken.
A 2.4.5 Be able to apply their knowledge of chemical engineering principles to complex and/or novel unit operations, process equipment, and substances with complex behaviour.
A 2.6.8 Have some understanding of the limits of available technology and of the potential of new and emerging technology
A2 Chemical Engineering Principles:
A 2.2.6 Be able to apply the same underlying principles to more complex problems, critically evaluating the limitations of assumptions of the approach taken.
A 2.4.5 Be able to apply their knowledge of chemical engineering principles to complex and/or novel unit operations, process equipment, and substances with complex behaviour.
A 2.6.8 Have some understanding of the limits of available technology and of the potential of new and emerging technology
A3 Chemical Engineering Practice:
A.3.2.14 Have a critical awareness of the wider engineering discipline;
Demonstrated by the ability to transfer knowledge and skills in relation to existing and future technologies for storage of energy in various forms, such as fuels, heat, mechanical energy, and electricity. Building on prior knowledge of energy conservation. As evidenced by exam questions and coursework