Calendar 2005/2006

Chemical Engineering 315 H(3-2T-1)

Chemical Engineering Process Calculation

Material and energy balances of physical and chemical systems for steady state and transient conditions. Introduction to analysis and synthesis of chemical processes.

Corequisites: Engineering 311.

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Chemical Engineering 331 H(3-3T-3/2)

Process Fluid Dynamics

Fluid Properties; Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Fluid statics. Bernoulli equation; derivation and applications. Control volume and system representation. Differential analysis of Flows. The Navier-Stokes equation; applications. Dimensional analysis. Flow in conduits; laminar and turbulent flows; single-pipe and multiple-pipe systems. Forces on immersed bodies; fluidization. Metering.

Prerequisites: Engineering 201; Engineering 249 or 349; and Applied Mathematics 219.

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Chemical Engineering 401 H(3-2T-1)

Analyses of Chemical, Oil and Gas Engineering Processes

Partial differential equations in different coordinate systems. Approximate and exact methods of solving equations - Similarity Transform, Separation of variables, Laplace transform. Fourier series and Sturm-Liouville systems. Different boundary conditions and their meaning. Analysis and solution of steady state and transient diffusion dominated problems in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering including Fourier, Darcy and Fick's law analogies. Application to energy transfer in solids and pressure propagation in reservoirs. Introduction to convective processes and their formulation.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 331, 403 and Applied Mathematics 307.

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Chemical Engineering 403 H(3-3T-4/2)

Heat and Mass Transfer

A study of concepts involved in heat and mass transfer. Applications of the continuity and energy equations. Boundary layer theory. Conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer. Boiling and condensation. Heat exchanger calculations. Molecular diffusion. Mass transfer rates.

Prerequisites: Applied Mathematics 307 and Chemical Engineering 331.

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Chemical Engineering 405 H(3-2T-1)

Separation Processes I

Diffusion and convective mass transfer. Staged and continuous contacting. Leaching, distillation, absorption and extraction.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 403, 427.

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Chemical Engineering 421 H(3-1T)

(formerly Chemical Engineering 521)

Chemical Engineering Kinetics

A study of the design of chemical reactors; a review of the kinetics of homogeneous reactions and the interpretation of kinetic data; the design of single and multiple reactors for simple, simultaneous and consecutive reactions; the influence of temperature, pressure and flow on reactions and reactor design; an introduction to heterogeneous reaction systems and catalyzed fluid reactions.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 403 and Chemistry 357.

Corequisites: Chemical Engineering 405.

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Chemical Engineering 423 H(3-2T-1)

Chemical Engineering Process Development

General approach to the design of chemical processing units and plants; cost estimates and chemical process economics; optimization techniques; introduction to linear programming. Safety and environmental considerations in process design. A team design project will be included. Written reports are required.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 315.

Note: Credit for both Chemical Engineering 423 and Petroleum Engineering 423 will not be allowed.

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Chemical Engineering 427 H(4-2T-1)

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Review of first and second law principles; application to the properties of fluids and solutions; vapour liquid equilibria; the third law; applications to chemical equilibrium and chemical reactions.

Prerequisites: Engineering 311 and Chemical Engineering 315.

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Chemical Engineering 501 H(3-2T-1)

Transport Processes

Simplification, scaling and dimensional reasoning. Error estimation. Transport Phenomena - heat, mass and momentum transfer analyses. Convective-Diffusive transport in open and porous media. Formulation of equations for problems typically encountered in industrial practice. Systems and process modelling. Analytical solutions by the lumped, integral and differential techniques. Industrial examples.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 401 or Applied Mathematics 407.

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Chemical Engineering 503 H(3-1)

Upgrading and Refining Processes

Upgrading objectives; analysis and composition of non-distillable material and its relationship to upgrading; upgrading processes; refinery products and specifications. Processes for which technical and scientific data are available will be emphasized.

Prerequisites: One of Chemistry 409 or 459 and one of Chemical Engineering 421 or 521.

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Chemical Engineering 505 H(3-2T-1)

Separation Processes II

Application of fundamental concepts in chemical engineering to develop process design specifications for various unit operations including: evaporation, crystallization, humidification and cooling, drying, adsorption, and membrane processes.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 405.

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Chemical Engineering 511 H(3-4)

Chemical Process Design I

Team design project applying principles of process engineering and project management; Gantt charts; critical path method; process simulation, degrees of freedom analysis; considerations in process selection; plant location; block flow diagrams; process flow diagrams; short cut process equipment design/sizing procedures; preliminary equipment cost estimating techniques; oral and written presentations are emphasized.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 315, 405, 421 and 423.

Note: Credit for both Chemical Engineering 511 and Petroleum Engineering 511 will not be allowed.

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Chemical Engineering 519 H(3-0)

Special Topics

Current advanced topics in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.

Prerequisites: Consent of the Department Head or designate.

MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

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Chemical Engineering 529 H(3-3/2)

Process Dynamics and Control

The development of mathematical models to describe the transient response characteristics of basic process elements, capacity and dead time; fundamentals of single input/single output systems; use of a dynamic process simulator; block flow diagram of a feedback control loop; process control hardware; basic control modes; tuning feedback controls; cascade control; feedforward control; common control loops; distillation column control; design of multiple single loop controllers; plant wide modelling and control.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 501, 505 and one of 421 or 521.

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Chemical Engineering 531 H(2-6)

Chemical Process Design II

Team design project continuing from Chemical Engineering 511. Detailed design of large commercial plants involving the preparation of a process and instrumentation diagram; emphasis on computer design procedures; specification sheets for chemical processing equipment such as separators, pumps, compressors, columns and process piping. Other topics include operational considerations in design, plant safety; relief system design; waste treatment and pollution control processes; plant and equipment plot plans; control and computer simulation; oral and written presentations are emphasized.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 511.

Note: Credit for both Chemical Engineering 531 and Petroleum Engineering 531 will not be allowed.

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Chemical Engineering 535 H(3-2)

Principles of Biochemical Engineering

Introduction to biochemistry, enzyme kinetics and cell growth and metabolism. Aspects of mass transfer, heat transfer and fluid flow related to the design of biological process equipment. Fermentations, sterilization and extraction techniques. Treatment of effluents. Introduction to bio-reactor design and scale-up. Introduction to process instrumentation and control.

Prerequisites: Chemistry 357.

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Chemical Engineering 537 H(3-1)

Computational Thermodynamics

Multicomponent system computations. Thermodynamic properties. Phase behaviour. Equations of state and liquid solution models. Characterization of petroleum fractions. Reacting systems equilibria. Applications to industrial process design.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 427 or equivalent.

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Chemical Engineering 539 H(3-0)

Polymer Engineering

Introduction to polymer synthesis and processing. Overview of polymer structure, characterization, and mechanisms of polymerization. Familiarization with the basic principles of polymer processing, rheology, technical aspects and design for extrusion and various molding processes.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 403.

Corequisites: Prerequisite or Corequisite: Chemistry 357.

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Chemical Engineering 541 H (3-1.5T)

(formerly Chemical Engineering 519.02)

Introduction to Cell and Tissue Engineering

An introduction to tissue engineering. Fundamentals of cell biology, biochemistry, tissue structure and function, biomaterials, cell culture, bioreactors, mass transfer in vivo and in vitro, and clinical applications.

Prerequisites: Chemistry 357 or equivalent.

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Chemical Engineering 551 H(1-4)

Chemical Engineering Laboratory

Experiments which demonstrate the operation of chemical process equipment involving heat and/or or mass transfer, or kinetics. Lectures will cover experimental design and applied statistics.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 405.

Corequisites: Chemical Engineering 505.

Note: Credit for both Chemical Engineering 551 and Petroleum Engineering 551 will not be allowed.

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Chemical Engineering 601 E(0-3S)

Research Seminar

Reports on studies of the literature or of current research. Required of all full-time graduate students in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.

MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

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Chemical Engineering 607 H(3-0)

Natural Gas Processing Principles

A review of the physical and chemical properties of natural gas; phase behaviour; vapour-liquid equilibrium data and computations; water-hydrocarbon systems; flow of gas and gas-liquid mixtures; mass transfer operations applied to separation of gaseous mixtures; heat transfer in gas processing; engineering principles used in production of natural gas and its associated liquids.

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Chemical Engineering 609 H(3-0)

Natural Gas Processing Technology

A detailed review of design and operations criteria encountered in the transportation and processing of natural gas; refrigeration and compression; cryogenics; hydrocarbon dew point control; LPG recovery; sulphur recovery; mechanical flow diagrams; process simulation.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 607.

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Chemical Engineering 613 H(3-0)

Advanced Topics in Mass Transfer

Review of fundamentals and advanced treatment of mass transfer in multiphase systems. Theories of mass transfer as well as mass transfer with simultaneous chemical reaction and heat transfer will be examined with regard to their application to practical systems.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 501 or equivalent.

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Chemical Engineering 615 H(3-0)

Model Predictive Control

Advanced model predictive control methods for the control of chemical and process engineering systems. Multiple loop control (multiple loop pairing, tuning and de-coupling). Multiple unit and plant wide control. Model predictive control - single and multi variable Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC), Internal Model Control (IMC) and Generic Model Control (GMC). An introduction to self-tuning and adaptive control. An introduction to computational intelligence in control (expert systems, fuzzy logic and neural networks). Application to chemical and process engineering systems.

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Chemical Engineering 617 H(3-0)

Modelling and Identification Advanced Control

Modelling and identification for the advanced control of chemical and process engineering systems. Decisions concerning causal relationships between process signals. Model purpose - prediction, simulation or control. Development and formulation of process models - theoretical and empirical. Linear regression models (e.g. ARX, ARMAX, Output-Error, Box-Jenkins). Importance/ incorporation of process knowledge. System identification. (Problem definition. Experimental design. Model set parameterisation. Identification criterion. Least Squares and Maximum Likelihood methods. Recursive computations). Model Validation. Closed Loop Identification. Real plant considerations. Application to chemical and process engineering systems.

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Chemical Engineering 619 H(3-0)

Special Problems

Designed to provide graduate students, especially at the PhD level, with the opportunity of pursuing advanced studies in particular areas under the direction of a faculty member. Students would be required to consider problems of an advanced nature. Current course offerings include, but are not restricted to, specialized courses in the petroleum, biochemical and environmental engineering fields.

MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

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Chemical Engineering 620 F(0-4)

Graduate Project

Individual project in the student's area of specialization under the guidance of the student's supervisor. A written proposal, one or more written progress reports, and a final written report are required. An oral presentation is required upon completion of the course. Open only to students in the MEng (course-based) program.

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Chemical Engineering 621 H(3-0)

Reservoir Simulation

The current state of reservoir simulation. Enhanced recovery modelling (generalized black-oil models, compositional and miscible), well treatment, grid orientation and new developments in gridding, thermal models, naturally fractured reservoirs, modelling of induced fractures (hydraulic and waterflood), reservoir geomechanics, and practical aspects of conducting simulation studies.

Corequisites: Prerequisite or Corequisite: Petroleum Engineering 523 or equivalent.

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Chemical Engineering 623 H(3-0)

Chemical Reactor Design

An advanced study of the factors involved in the design and operation of chemical reactors for both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems; batch reactors; continuous flow stirred tank reactors; tubular reactors; multibed adiabatic reactors; cold shot cooling in reactors; determination of optimal temperature gradients and yields; catalyst effectiveness factors, optimal control with decaying catalysts. Analysis of sulphur plant reactor design using an approach to equilibrium procedure, optimization of reactor cost including capital, maintenance, feed stock, heat and control.

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Chemical Engineering 625 H(3-0)

Advanced Topics in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics

Review of fundamentals of diffusive and convective transport of heat and momentum. Analytical and approximate solutions to steady state and transient conduction and convection problems. Superposition techniques. Forced convection of heat and momentum in laminar and turbulent regimes. Transport across boundaries. Moving-boundary problems involving phase change. Applications in numerous industrial problems.

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Chemical Engineering 627 H(3-0)

Chemical Process Simulation

Synthesis. Analysis and Screening of Process Alternatives. Steady State Simulation. Material and Energy Balances for Systems of Process Units. Modular Approach. Heat Exchanger Network and Separation Processes.

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Chemical Engineering 629 H(3-0)

Secondary and Tertiary Recovery

Discussion of displacement processes for recovering additional hydrocarbons. Waterflooding, gas flooding, solvent flooding and chemical flooding. Techniques for predicting the performance of these processes.

Prerequisites: Petroleum Engineering 525 or equivalent.

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Chemical Engineering 631 H(3-0)

Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena

Vector and tensor analysis. Development of the basic equations for the conservation of momentum, energy and mass. Constitutive equations. Formulation of mathematical models of transport phenomena processes. Applications to industrial problems.

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Chemical Engineering 633 H(3-0)

Chemical Thermodynamics

Review of basic thermodynamic principles, calculation of thermodynamic properties, ideal and non-ideal solution theory, calculation of phase equilibria, properties of reacting mixtures.

Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 427 or equivalent.

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Chemical Engineering 639 H(3-0)

Applied Numerical Methods in Engineering

Application of numerical methods to engineering problems. Topics include numerical solution of systems of linear and non-linear algebraic equations, eigenvalue problems. Numerical solution of systems of ordinary and partial differential equations. Interpolation and extrapolation.. Introduction to finite element and spectral methods.

Prerequisites: Engineering 407 or equivalent.

Note: Knowledge of a programming language is necessary.

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Chemical Engineering 643 H(3-0)

Environmental Engineering Aspects of Air Pollution

Sources of air pollution. Risk assessment and the effects of pollutants. Air quality standards. Global warming, ozone layer. Meteorology. Regulation philosophies. Air pollution concentration models (box, 1-3D, dispersion models). Control of particulate matter (gravity settlers, cyclones, electrostatic devices, scrubbers and filtration). Control of VOCs, SOx, and NOx.

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Chemical Engineering 645 H(3-0)

Environmental Engineering Aspects of Water Pollution

Topics include: Fresh Water Resources, Wastewater sources, Water and wastewater treatment processes, Wastewater Characteristics, Treatment objectives and regulations, Unit Operation and Design (Pre and Primary Treatment, Secondary Treatment and Tertiary Treatment processes), Disinfections.

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Chemical Engineering 647 H(3-0)

Thermal Recovery Methods

Introduction to thermal oil recovery and EOR status. Heavy oil and oil sands: resources, reserves and recovery factor. Problems in heavy oil recovery and solutions. Comparison of recovery methods: non-thermal and thermal. Properties of rock, fluids, steam, steam additives, steam-gas mixtures. Heat transfer: conduction heating (linear and radial). Steam injection systems. Formation heating: hot water and steam. Steamflooding: theory, OSR, patterns and mechanisms. Cyclic steam stimulation (CSS): variations, mechanisms and simplified prediction methods. Surface equipment and operation. Numerical simulation of steam injection processes: methods and limitations. Steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD): principles, variations, field experience and limitations. Air injection based IOR processes, stoichiometry and kinetics. Laboratory and field performance evaluation of air injection based IOR processes. Field experience in Canada and the world.

Note: Credit for both Chemical Engineering 619.27 and 647 will not be allowed.

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Chemical Engineering 653 H(3-0)

Horizontal Wells for Petroleum Production

Drilling and completion methods for horizontal wells; mathematical analysis of steady state flow to horizontal wells and well combinations; pseudo steady state and constant well bore pressure models; theoretical comparisons of predicted performance and coning behaviour of horizontal and vertical well patterns; performance in fractured reservoirs; potential for horizontal wells in heavy oil and bitumen production; basic conceptual ideas of steam-assisted gravity drainage.

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Chemical Engineering 657 H(3-0)

Advanced Reservoir Engineering

Formulation and solution of reservoir-engineering problems. The solution methods will include combination of variables, Laplace transform, approximate Integral methods, and solution methods of moving boundary problems. Examples from thermal processes (e.g. hot waterflooding, SAGD), different recovery mechanisms (e.g. imbibition, expansion drive, solution-gas drive), well testing problems and naturally fractured reservoirs will be presented.

Note: Credit for both Chemical Engineering 619.35 and 657 will not be allowed.

Note: Prior knowledge of reservoir engineering and analytical solution methods of differential equations is necessary.

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Chemical Engineering 659 H(3-0)

(formerly Chemical Engineering 619.43)

Advanced Cell and Tissue Engineering

Current challenges in tissue engineering. Focus on specific tissues. Course topics include a brief biology review, cell fate processes, stem cells, tissue microenvironments and mass transfer, biomaterials, bioreactors, and clinical delivery of tissue engineered constructs tissue.

Prerequisites: Consent of the Instructor.

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Chemical Engineering 661 H(3-0)

(formerly Chemical Engineering 619.40)

Geostatistics for Reservoir Characterization

Reviews key statistical/probability concepts, exploratory data analysis, spatial structural analysis, estimation theory (Kriging), integration of auxiliary information and conditional stochastic simulation. Special emphasis on reservoir characterization and the particular problems encountered in that area. The geostatistical methodology for reservoir characterization will be demonstrated on a fluvial reservoir example.

Prerequisites: Consent of the Instructor.

Note: Open to graduate Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Geophysics students, and Geology graduate students with sound quantitative skills. Prior exposure to statistical/probability theory is required.

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Chemical Engineering 677 H(3-0)

Advanced Topics in Oil and Gas Production

An advanced study of the problems related to the production of conventional oil, heavy oil and natural gas; analysis of the interactions of oil, water and gas, the effects of fluid properties, rock structure and capillary, gravity and viscous forces acting on the reservoir system; application to the design of improved oil and gas recovery methods. New processes in oil and gas recovery.

Prerequisites: Petroleum Engineering 513 or equivalent.

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