1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Content
Review of fundamental concepts: temperature, heat, work
and energy;
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state of a system.
Work and heat functions; state functions; reversibility.
Kinetic theory ofgases. Ideal and real gas behaviour;
compressibility; law of corresponding states. Theories of
viscosity, thermal conductivity, and mass diffusivity of
gases.
Flow and non-flowprocesses. First law of thermodynamics.
Calculation of internal energy and enthalpy functions.
Statistical interpretation of thermal processes.
Macroscopic properties of pure substances; phases; phase
transition and ~hasequilibrium.
Thermochemistry. Heat capacities; heat of reaction and heat
of formation; Hess's law. Molecular theories of heat
capacities and heat of reaction. Heat of solution.
Second law of thermodynamics. The Carnot cycle; efficiency
of heat engines. Thermodynamic temperature scale.
Entropy; entropy calculation; second-law analysis of
processes; molecular basis of entropy. Thermodynamic
charts. The third law of thermodynamics.
Phase equilih. Degrees of freedom; Gibbs phase rule.
Thermodynamics of liquids; vapour pressure; heat of
vaporisation; theory of viscosity of liquids.
Ideal and non-ideal mixtures; vapour pressure of solutions;
Raoult's law and Henry's law. Solubility. Liquid-vapour
systems with one, two and three components. Partial molal
quantities; chemical potential; Gibbs-Duhem relation;
activities and activity coefficients of non-ideal solutions;
distribution coefficients.
Colligative properties; boiling-point elevation and freezingpoint
depression.
Chemical equilibria. Standard free-energies; dependence of
free energyon pressure and temperature. Fugacity; activities
and activity coefficients. Equilibrium constant.
Vapour cycles. T-s and P-h diagrams. Rankine cycle.
Refrigeration and heat pumps.
Recommended reading
Smith, J M & Van Ness, H C. Introduction to Chemical
Engineering Thermodynamics. 4th ed, McGraw-Hill, 1987.
Daubert, . Chemical Enginem'ng Thermodynamic, 1985.
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v Barrow, G M. Physical Chemistry. 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, c1988
o SCE304 Microbiology 1
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10 credit points 04 hours per week .Hawthorn .Instruction:
lectures, laboratory Assessment: examination 70%,
laboratory tests 30% Prerequisites:SCI08 Biology
This is a subject in the advanced stage of the Bachelor of
Engineering (Chemcial).
0 b jedives
To develop knowledge and practical skills related to the
isolation and identification of bacteria, especially with
reference to the food and beverage industries.
Content
Basic microbiology: General anatomy of the bacterial cell.
Structure and function of bacterial components. Bacterial
nutrition and growth. Types and composition of media for
growth. Special growth techniques - anaerobic, enrichment.
Counting techniques as a method for measuring bacterial
growth. These will also include simple field techniques such
as membrane filtration and MPN counts.
Sterilisation methods: a wide range of physical and chemical
methods of sterilisation and disinfection will be considered.
Practical work will develop the manipulative skills
associated with the handling and culturing of
microorganisms and the techniques required for the
operation of a microbiological laboratory.
Recommended reading
Cano, R. J., & Colome, J.S., Microbiology, West Pub., 1986.
Tortora, G.J., Funk, B.R., & Case, C.L., Microbiology: An
Introduction, 5th ed. Benjamin/Cummings, 1995.
Brock, T.D., & Brock, K.M., Basic Microbiology, 5th ed, 1973.
SCE305 Separation Processes
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials Assessment: examination
70%, assignments 30% Prerequisites: SCE201 Basic Process
Analysis & Cablations; SCE203 Industrial Process
Engineering and Management; SCE205 Chemistry 2
This is a subject in the advanced stage of the Bachelor of
Engineering (Chemcial).
Objectives
To develop an understanding of the types of separation
process that can be used in chemical engineering plants
To apply basic engineering science in the design of
separation systems
To develop basic design skills for selecting and sizing
separation systems
T; develop an understanding of and sensitivity to the
environmental impact of the selection of particular
separation processes
Content
Leaching: mass transfer in leaching operations,
countercurrent washing of solids, calculation of the number
of stages, graphical methods.
Distillation: the methods of distillation (two component
mixtures), the fractionating column, multicompo~ent
mixtures. azeotro~ic and extractive distillation, steam
distillation.
Liquid-liquid extraction: extraction processes, calculation of
the number of theoretical stages.
Adsorption: the nature of adsorbents, adsorption equilibria
Membrane separation processes: classification of processes,
microfiltration, ultrafiltration.
Recommended reading
Coulson and Richardson: Chemical Enginea'ng, Vol2 1991