C34Q [CHEM3403] CHEMICAL PROCESS PRINCIPLES
(8 Credits) Semester 2 Level III

This course is available to Applied Chemistry majors (as a requirement) and Food Chemistry majors (as an elective).It is also available to students doing minors in Food Processing and Industrial Chemistry.

Pre-requisite: C23J and Permission of HOD.

Co-requisite: C34M or C35Q

Syllabus:

Process Material Balances. Transfer Operations and Separation Processes. Applied Thermodynamics and Kinetics.

A practical course of 72 hours.

Evaluation:

Two 2 hour written papers 60%

In course test 15%

Practical work 25%

Practical work is assessed throughout the duration of the courses. Students whose practical work is considered to be unsatisfactory are required to sit a practical examination of not more than six (6) hours duration. Candidates must provide the ORIGINAL notebooks and reports of their laboratory work at the practical examination. These must be certified by the laboratory course supervisor and may be taken into consideration by the examiners.