Department of Chemical Engineering
Year 1 Module Synopses
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ENGS101P Integrated Engineering
ENGS102P Design & Professional Skills I
ENGS103P Mathematical Modelling & Analysis I
CENG101P Introduction to Chemical Engineering
CENG102P Transport Phenomena
CENG103P Thermodynamics
CENG104P Physical Chemistry
CENG105P Computational Modelling & Analysis
Please note information contained here was correct as at September 2014 and information may change.
Where reading lists are provided, you are advised not to purchase books based on these as modules are
reviewed each year.
Module Code:
ENGSP101
Weighting:
0.5
Year of Study:
1
7.5 ECTS
Module Title:
Integrated Engineering
Pass mark:
40%
Level:
First/Introductory
Teaching Staff:
Prof E Sorensen, and other Faculty staff
Aims:
To provide students with an engaging and interdisciplinary view of engineering that
will maintain and align with a rigorous core of fundamental mathematics, modelling
and analysis skills, but firmly embedded in the professional practice of engineering
and the context of engineering design. It will be deliberate how engineering, design
and practice are brought to the fore with the intention of imparting the students with
an awareness of an engineer’s influential role in the 21st century.
Learning
Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module students should be able to:
 Identify and define the requirements, constraints and design parameters of a
project;
 Generate concepts, exercise critical thinking, implement a methodology to
compare ideas and use engineering judgment choose a viable solution;
 Apply the design process, mathematics and engineering analysis to the
development and creation of an integrated engineering solution;
 Demonstrate communication skills in various approaches, which includes written,
oral and visual formats, to present a coherent and well-argued solution that
considers issues from across the project lifecycle;
 Appreciate the complexity of cross-functional design and interaction between
multidisciplinary teams working on a project with a broad societal context;
 Recognize and seize leadership opportunities and work effectively within a team,
whilst implementing relevant personal, team and project management skills;
 Professionally address ethics, sustainability and aspects of safety in the context
of an engineering project; and
 Relay the significance and describe the influential role of engineering in modern
society and concurrently grasp the contextual relevance of their chosen
discipline.
Whilst, ENGS102P Design & Professional Skills I provides students with an
introduction into design as practiced by professional engineers and elements of
professional practice, this module is intended to give the students an opportunity to
put their learning into practice by way of an interdisciplinary, problem based learning
and design focus environment.
Synopsis:
The learning within this module has been structured around two major 5 week design
challenges that are intrinsically link to the UCL Grand Challenges. These will act as
overarching themes providing direct opportunities to integrate the experimental
methods, coding, modelling and simulation as well as the critical thinking/problem
solving, effective team-working, self-directed learning and communication skills
developed in other modules.
Textbooks:
Contact Time:
52 hours
Coursework:
100%
Examination:
0%
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Module Code:
ENGSP102
Weighting:
0.5
Year of Study:
1
7.5 ECTS
Module Title:
Design and Professional Skills 1
Pass mark:
40%
Level:
First/Introductory
Teaching Staff:
Dr George Manos, Prof D Bogle and other Faculty staff
Aims:
To prepare students to work successfully, responsibly, and ethically as professional
engineers, both in group work during their degree, and when they leave college.
Learning
Outcomes:
Synopsis:
By the end of the course students should be able to:
 Outline the basic elements of the design cycle and use these to tackle real
engineering problems;
 Give examples of ethical issues related to engineering and recall tools that can
be used to analyse future problems as they arise;
 Give examples of how their specific discipline interacts with sustainability and
describe their responsibilities as an engineer in this regard;
 Describe an engineering problem and its constraints in a concise written or
spoken report;
 List the basic tools for critical thinking and problem solving and use these to
tackle real problems, whether engineering or otherwise;
 Identify and describe the utility of important structural features in writing and
presentation (such as introductions, conclusions, and topic sentences), use these
effectively, and evaluate their use in others’ work;
 Analyse the audience for a given communication (report or talk) and determine
the appropriate point of view, level of detail, and jargon;
 Identify their own strengths and weaknesses as potential team members (in
terms of work habits, technical knowledge, and ability to communicate) and
develop a plan to address their weaknesses and capitalize on their strengths;
 Describe basic concepts in entrepreneurship, and recall the facilities available to
them to develop their abilities in this area;
 Recall the basic elements of engineering drawing, and identify whether further
study in this area is appropriate for them;
 Recognize the level of conduct expected of them by the body governing their
profession, explain why such codes of conduct are necessary; and recall where
they are spelled out in detail.
This module is intended to introduce students to engineering, design, technical
communication, engineering practice and professionalism. Specific components will
include: introduction to engineering/ discipline; critical thinking/problem solving; team
working/learning own strengths and weaknesses; ethics for engineers; introduction to
entrepreneurship; the design cycle, including project lifecycle and sustainability;
sourcing information and the technical literature; visualization; introduction to
engineering drawing; technical writing and presentation; industry
standards/professional conduct. Discipline-specific professional material will also be
included.
Textbooks:
Contact Time:
70 hours
Coursework:
100%
Examination:
0%
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Module Code:
ENGSP103
Module Title:
Mathematical Modelling and Analysis 1
Pass mark:
40%
Level:
First/Introductory
Weighting:
0.5
Year of Study:
1
Teaching Staff:
Dr M Stamatakis, Dr KY Lee and other Faculty staff
Aims:
To provide the core mathematics, modelling and analysis skills that underpin
studies in engineering through a blended learning and teaching programme of
mathematics that:
 Emphasises the modelling of engineering systems and the analysis of data;
 Integrates mathematics theory and engineering practice.
Learning Outcomes:
Synopsis:
7.5 ECTS
On successfully completing the ENGSP103 Modelling and Analysis module,
students will be able to:
 Recognise the connections between mathematics and engineering, and how
mathematical ideas are embedded in engineering contexts;
 Represent real-world systems from engineering in a mathematical framework;
 Identify and draw upon a range of mathematical concepts, including Calculus,
Linear Algebra and Differential Equations to analyse specific problems and
identify the appropriate mathematics to realise a solution;
 Employ appropriate computer programming and modelling techniques and
statistical analysis to efficiently solve and evaluate the performance of
engineering systems;
 Use estimation, approximation and dimensional analysis to reduce complexity;
 Relate the behaviour of the output of mathematical models to the underlying
physical or conceptual models of interest;
 Carry our engineering problem solving both collaboratively in a team and
independently;
 Present and interpret mathematical results in effective and appropriate ways to
varied audiences, including non-mathematical engineering audiences.
Topics covered include Building Mathematical Models, Presentation of Data,
Employ assumptions to simplify systems, Engineering Uncertainty, Analysing Data,
Dynamic Systems Modelling, Represent engineering systems and signals using
complex numbers, Describing the world in 3D, Matrices and Linear Algebra, Use
differential equations to model systems.
Textbooks:
Contact Time:
40 hours
Coursework:
20%
Examination:
80%
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Module Code:
CENG101P
Module Title:
Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Pass mark:
40%
Level:
First/Introductory
Weighting:
0.5
Year of Study:
1
Teaching Staff:
Professor E Fraga
Aims:
To provide the basic principles of chemical process analysis
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module students should:
 have a knowledge of basic chemical process properties;
 have an understanding of basic process analysis and problem solving
procedures
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Textbooks:
Elementary principles of chemical processes, by R M Felder and R W
Rousseau John Wiley & Sons
Contact Time:
40 hours
Coursework:
20%
Examination:
80%
7.5 ECTS
Definition of a chemical process
Process analysis and modelling
Physical quantities and process variables
Material balances, with and without reactions
Single and multi-phase systems
Energy balances
Combined mass and energy balances
Process safety
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Module Code:
CENG102P
Module Title:
Transport Phenomena I
Weighting:
0.5
Year of Study:
1
Teaching Staff:
Professor P Angeli
Aims:
To provide an introduction to the principles of transport phenomena, treating
momentum, heat and mass transfer as a single unified subject and to develop skills
in applying these principles to the design and specification of process equipment.
To develop skills in solving problems in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module students should:
 understand the mechanisms of momentum, heat and mass transfer by
molecular motion and by convection;
 have a knowledge of the properties of, and the differences between,
laminar and turbulent flow;
 understand the concept of pressure and the instruments for measuring
pressure difference;
 understand the concept of physical similarity and to be able to design
experiments for scale-up purposes;
 be able to calculate average values of properties in a system by using
macroscopic balance equations;
 be able to calculate a property profile in a system by using microscopic
balance equations;
 have a knowledge of momentum, heat and mass transfer coefficients, film
and overall coefficients;
 understand flow measuring devices;
 understand simple momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies
Synopsis:
7.5 ECTS
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Pass mark:
40%
Level:
First/Introductory
Nature of transport processes and fluids, laminar and turbulent flow
Fluid statics, pressure measurement, buoyancy
Dimensional analysis and similarity, Buckingham's Pi theorem
Conservation of mass, momentum and energy equations, Bernoulli's
equation
Heat, momentum and mass transport in laminar flow and in solids
Transport in turbulent flow: characteristics of turbulent flow
Momentum, heat and mass transfer coefficients
Frictional losses due to roughness and fittings
Whitman two-film theory for mass transfer
Simple momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies
Textbooks:
Transport Processes Textbook, provided by the Department;
“Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer", J.R. Welty, C. E. Wicks
and R. E. Wilson;
“Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering Vol 1”
Contact Time:
40 hours
Coursework:
20%
Examination:
80%
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Module Code:
CENG103P
Weighting:
0.5
Year of Study:
1
Teaching Staff:
Dr O Yazaydin
Aims:
Learning Outcomes:
7.5 ECTS
Module Title:
Thermodynamics
Pass mark:
40%
Level:
First/Introductory
To cover the main principles of classical thermodynamics required by the chemical
engineer in order to study the engineering and chemistry required to design and
operate processes associated with the chemical industry.
Upon completion of this module students should:
 be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the essential facts,
concepts, theories and principles of thermodynamics
 have the knowledge to apply appropriate science, engineering and
mathematical tools to the analysis of problems arising in thermodynamics
 have an understanding of the wider multidisciplinary context of the underlying
theory of thermodynamics, including its applications to engineering design and
application to real world problems
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Textbooks:
“Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” by Smith, Van
Ness, Abbott.
“Chemical, Biochemical, and Engineering Thermodynamics” Stanley I. Sandler
Contact Time:
40 hours
Coursework:
20%
Examination:
80%
Fundamentals and basic definitions
First Law of Thermodynamics
Internal energy, enthalpy and heat capacity
Equations of state
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Criteria for spontaneous change and equilibrium
Definition of reversible and irreversible work
Thermodynamic properties of fluids
Thermodynamics of compressors and refrigeration systems
Gas liquefaction and power cycles
Introduction to phase equilibrium
Fugacity and activity
Introduction to solution thermodynamics
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Module Code:
CENG104P
Module Title:
Weighting:
0.5
Year of Study:
1
Teaching Staff:
Dr G Manos, Dr J Tang
Aims:
Learning Outcomes:
7.5 ECTS
Physical Chemistry
Pass mark:
40%
Level:
First/Introductory
To provide a strong basis of physical chemistry that is applicable to the wider area
of chemical engineering, in particular chemical reaction engineering and process
design, with specific reference to applications relating to sustainable development.
Upon completion of this module students should:
 have an understanding of the basic facts of atomic and molecular structure
and their manifestation in properties of materials;
 have a knowledge of chemical thermodynamic definitions and concepts and
be able to apply them in property estimation and phase equilibrium problems;
 have an understanding of chemical kinetics principles and concepts;
 be able to apply modelling and experimental techniques to estimate kinetic
parameters of complex reaction systems
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Textbooks:
TBC
Contact Time:
40 hours
Coursework:
20%
Examination:
80%
State of matter and molecular interaction
Aspects of matter involving gases, liquids and solids
State conversion
Energy flow and entropy
Atomic picture, molecular interaction and structure determination
Chemical reaction kinetics and equilibrium
Kinetics and mechanism of gas-phase reactions
Kinetics and mechanism of catalytic reactions
Material balances for reactors
Theories of reaction rates
Complex reactions
Photochemistry
Experimental methods
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Module Code:
CENG105P
Weighting:
0.5
Year of Study:
1
Teaching Staff:
Dr V Dua
Aims:
Learning Outcomes:
Synopsis:
Computational Modelling and Analysis
Pass mark:
40%
Level:
First/Introductory
To provide the core computational and modelling skills that underpin studies in
chemical engineering with emphasis on the modelling and analysis of systems
through integration of computation, modelling theory and engineering practice.
Upon completion of this module students should:
 have a knowledge of, and be able to use, a range of modeling strategies,
computational methods and tools for process design and simulation
 have an understanding of numerical methods for the solution of simple sets of
algebraic and differential equations and of linear programming problems
 understand the role of the computational tools in building management
strategies
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Textbooks:
7.5 ECTS
Module Title:
Development of mathematical models for Chemical Engineering process design
and simulation
Basic theoretical knowledge of numerical methods: nonlinear equations,
differential equations, optimisation
Tools for design and simulation
“Process Flowsheeting", A Westerberg, H P Hutchison, R L Motard and P Winter,
Cambridge University Press 1979
"Process Design Principles - Synthesis, Analysis and Evaluation", W D Seider, J D
Seader and D Lewin, Wiley 2004
“Applied Numerical Analysis”, CF Gerald and PO Wheatley, Pearson Addison
Wesley 2004
Contact Time:
40 hours
Coursework:
40%
Examination:
60%
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