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500 Level Course Description

ALPHA SEMESTER

CHE 510 Pulp and Paper Technology (3 units)

Structural, physical and chemical properties of raw materials for the industry; Preparation of

Pulp wood; Mechanical, semi-chemical, chemical mechanical, sulphite, sulphite/Kraft pulping

Processes ; Recovery processes of energy and chemicals from pulping processes residuals;

Bleaching of pulps and stock preparation; Paper making and finishing operations; Economics

and ecological aspects of paper manufacture.

CHE 511 Biochemical Engineering (3 units)

Introduction to microbiology; Cell structure, Growth and influencing factors; Theory and

design of microbial culture process in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, commercial

enzymes, alcoholic beverages and biological waste treatment; Methods of solving processing

problems imposed by both physical and biological factors in food industries.

CHE 512 Process Dynamics and Control (3 units)

Review of Mathematical concepts) Laplace Transform Process Dynamics (Linear lumped and

distributed parameter systems, non-linear system); Feedback control and experimental cases

studies. Introduction to Computer Control.

CHE 513 Chemical Engineering Process Design I (3 units)

A design problem involving the study of process. Preparation of flow' sheets, heat and

materials/mass balances and detailed design of some plant items. Economics and safety

considerations must be stressed. Pre-requisite - CHE410

CHE516 Chemical Reaction Engineering III (3 units)

Departures from plug ideal flow, mixing and RTD; Introduction to heterogeneity; Fluid-fluid

reaction; Fluid-solid reaction; Mass transfer and reaction in porous solids; Adsorption of

gases on solids; Kinetics of heterogeneous and catalytic reactions (Principle of surface

chemistry); fixed bed and fluidized bed reactors design Pre-requisite CHE 416
CHE 517 Industrial Hazards and Environmental Pollution (3 units)

Gaseous, liquid and solid pollution: Measurement air pollution control, water pollution

control, solid water control. Design and objectives of pollution control system. Cases studies,

waste recycling.

CHE 518 Introduction to Polymer Engineering & Processing (3 units)

Polymer chemistry and polymerisation systems. Polymer characterization, molecular weight

measurements, configuration and conformation, transition temperatures, solid-state

properties, dynamics mechanical testing. Rubber elasticity, Rheology, Polymer Processing.

CHE 519 Research Project I (0 units)

Individual assigned projects under the supervision of an academic staff, Projects should focus

on national and state industrial problems.

OMEGA SEMESTER
CHE 520 Inventions and Patents (3 units)

Discoveries, inventions and their contributions to Development. The Background History of

Inventions and their Economic impacts on World-wide development. Examples of inventions

in various field of Technology, Management, Socio-economic and Political systems. Patents

and Need for Patency. Procedure to obtain the various types of cover. Rights and

Trademarks interferences. Breaches of Patient Rights - the Legal Angle. Patency in

Developing Economics.

CHE 521 Industrial Chemical Operations and Management (3 units)

Process Calculation on Management of materials and energy integration of processing steps

and equipment on practice. Encyclopaedic Review of the manufacturing Process of various

heavy chemical and intermediates. These include sulphuric, hydrochloric and nitric acids,

ammonia, caustic soda and potash, soaps and detergents, petrochemical, fertilizers, cement,

pulp and paper, industrial fermentation processes and metal ore processing.
CHE 522 Process Optimisation (3 units)

A Chemical Engineering Treatment of the normal forms of the calculus of Variations,

Maximum Principles, Dynamics Programming. Optimization of staged System. Optimum

Seeking Methods. Network Analysis and Queuing Theory.

CHE 523 Chemical Engineering Process Design II (3 units)

This is a continuation of CHE513.

CHE 524 Principles of Plant Design II (3 units)

General Design considerations; Siting of plants; Process Services; Materials handling.

Industrial hazards and environmental pollution; Process Design Methodology

CHE 527 Sugar Technology (3 units)

Description of equipment and consideration of unit operations involved in sugar production

and refining from sugar cane (cane sugar).

CHE 528 Petroleum Refinery Engineering and Petrochemical Technology (3 units)

Introduction to petroleum refining – Refinery products and properties. Some refining

processes. Introduction to petro-chemical Technology. Petrochemical precursors, socioeconomics,

socio-political and geographical implication of the petrochemical industry. Petrochemical

precursors and the chemification of some of these. Planning petrochemical

industries for a developing country.

CHE 526 PINCH Technology (3Units)

PINCH Technology and Energy savings. Heat Exchanger Network (HEN) representation,

Location of PINCH and significance of PINCH. Design for maximum energy recovery.

Minimum number of Heat Exchanger Units,. Splitting of streams. Matching of Units.

CHE 529 Research Project II (6 Units)

This is a continuation of CHE519.

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