MABY5360 Design and Optimisation Projects Emneplan

This course will allow students to apply fundamental and advanced hydraulic and process engineering principles in real-life style projects. Students will analyse the influence of design and operating conditions on complex smart water infrastructure and process functionalities. The focus will be on students developing an integral systems approach to design selected water systems.

The course content includes: Environmental legislation and influencing factors; Control of water discharges and gas emissions; Environmental risks assessments; Technical and economic appraisals of a process in which safety and environmental impacts form integral parts of screening alternative solutions; Literature review of alternative solutions; Safety and operability of water system; Unit specification and flow sheets; Engineering drawings; Executive summary; Detailed unit design.

The students will work on a project of their own choice related to a design project.

The students will make use of suitable software for the individual projects.

Language of instruction: English

No formal requirements over and above the admission requirements.

On successful completion of this course the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge:

The student will have advanced comprehension of

• sustainability and environmental risk in relation to water system design;
• project management in team and individual based settings;
• applying combined hydraulic and process engineering methods.

Skills:

The student

• has creative and critical skills, and is able to select amongst alternatives and make decisions in areas impacted with uncertainty;
• can communicate effectively results of their work in the form of written reports and oral presentations with strict page and time limits, respectively;
• has hands-on experience in creating model implementations of complex bio-processes;
• can implement and apply computational tools for scenario analysis to evaluate cost-benefits and to infer effective design and operational solutions;
• can apply software for integrated control of environmental pollution;
• can analyse water systems in terms of capital investment and operating costs.

General competence: 

The student

• has deep insight into preliminary and rigorous process and unit design;
• Is able to draw engineering drawings, process flow-sheets, control and P&I diagrams of the water system;
• Is able to solve complex water system problems by combining statistics, process and hydrology modelling tools.

The teaching will consist of a combination of:

• Lectures & exercises
• Coursework assignments
• Guest lectures
• Modelling and simulation using software.

Live in-person and online lectures will be recorded, and the material will be made available to students on CANVAS.

None.

The exam consist of two parts, one group and one individual:

1. A written individual or group (max. 2 members) report on the overall process design and operation, (max. 1500 words); counting 50% of the grade.
2. A individual report (max. 1500 words) on the rigorous design of a selected unit operation process; counting 50% of the grade.

Both parts of the exam must be awarded a pass grade in order for the student to pass the course.

In the event of failed or valid absence of exam, the postponed exam will be given as either an oral or written examination.

Part one and part two can be appealed.

Any coursework produced via group work, the students’ different contributions must be reflected in the submitted work. Normally, all members of the group receive the same grade, but in exceptional cases, individual grades may be assigned within groups after further assessment. In such cases, all students in the relevant group will be informed that grades will be given individually before the grades are published.

All aids permitted as long as rules for source referencing are followed.

Grade scale A-F.

1.One internal examiner.

2.One internal examiner.

External examiners are used regularly.

Benedek Plosz