BIRCHAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

MODULE: Chemical Engineering

Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 36 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.

DESCRIPTION:

This program embraces the understanding of chemical processes in relation with the functioning and design of industrial plants. Chemical Engineers need integrated chemical and management skills to enable them to design and operate chemical processes as well as supervise the effective operation and upgrade of full-scale production plants and refineries. Areas of interest include petro-chemical reactions, food and drink technology, plastic formation procedures and biotechnology.

Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).

Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics

Academic Supervisor: Ranvir Aggarwal

More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.

This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.

* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.

* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.

* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.

* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.

* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.

* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.

BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.

Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

Chemical Engineering

This course explores the systems of units; laws of conservation of momentum, mass, and energy; material balances and chemical reactions, gas laws, phase phenomena, energy balances for systems with and without chemical reactions. It describes chemical engineering processes, and the analytical and numerical solutions of resulting equations.

Instructor: Ranvir Aggarwal

Thermodynamics

This course reviews the main principles and laws of thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and fluid dynamics. It introduces the use of entropy and free energy, energy conversions and energy systems, combined heat and power, tri-generation systems (power, heating, cooling), hybrid systems and energy conversion efficiencies. It offers an understanding of the role of chemical thermodynamics in the development and design of energy systems.

Instructor: Ashraf Elsayed Mohamed

Transport & Fluid Mechanics

This course studies continuity, momentum, and energy equations, laminar and turbulent flow in pipes, rheology, flow in porous media, filtration, and fluidization. It provides a unified treatment of momentum, heat, and mass transport, with development of equations of change and application of microscopic and macroscopic balances to a variety of chemical engineering problems.

Instructor: Ranvir Aggarwal

Energy Process Engineering

This course explains the concepts and process of energy conversion. It presents power systems structure, components and operation. It deals with the applications of power transmission lines and transformers, energy system representation, load flow, power system protection, symmetrical components, faults and stability.

Instructor: Jose A. Cordova

Chemical Process Systems

This courses analyzes the structure of chemical process systems. It considers chemical process analysis, thermodynamic and kinetic of process operations and configuration, process synthesis, networks of heat exchangers, separation schemes, decomposition and heuristic methods, simulation of chemical process systems, and chemical engineering process optimization.

Instructor: Ranvir Aggarwal

Chemical Process Dynamics & Control

This course explores methods of chemical process control, dynamic response of chemical processing equipment and systems, modes of control and controller characteristics, and the use of mathematical and experimental models. It considers cost estimation, materials and fabrication in the optimum design of chemical processing systems and equipment.

Instructor: Ranvir Aggarwal

Chemical Reaction Engineering

This course examines treatment of chemical reaction engineering including effects of non-ideal flow and fluid mixing on reactor design, multi-phase reaction systems of non-heterogeneous catalysis and catalytic kinetics. It also explores corrosion processes and protection by electrochemical, chemical, surface modification or barrier methods.

Instructor: Ranvir Aggarwal

Polymer Science

This course examines polymer chemistry, polymerization kinetics, polymer rheology, and material characteristics. It considers design and analysis of polymer reactors, extruders, molding machines, and other forming operations, and discusses modern industrial and commercial processes for production and fabrication of polymer materials.

Instructor: Ranvir Aggarwal

Natural & Synthetic Fossil Fuels

This course studies the reserves of coal, oil, and natural gas. It deals with petroleum processing and refining; coal, oil shale, and tar sand; gasification and liquefaction of coal. It explores methods used to evaluate the natural and synthetic properties of oil and gas.

Instructor: Ranvir Aggarwal

Water & Air Quality

This course reviews the control technologies used for management of air, water, and wastewater pollutants. It examines the characteristics of air and water quality, their physical, chemical, and bacteriological parameters, and control, including filtration, sedimentation, coagulation, absorption, chemical treatment, and aeration.

Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos

Energy Pollution Control

This course examines energy supply, conventional fuel reserves (coal, oil, natural gas), alternative sources (nuclear, solar, geothermal, etc.) and their corresponding pollution levels, economic and environmental impacts. It presents current methods and technology for energy pollution control and the regulatory standards for environmental protection.

Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán

Biochemical Engineering

This course analyzes immobilized enzyme technology, microbial biomass production, transport phenomena in microbial systems, biological reactor design, process instrumentation and control, applications in separation and purification processes.

Instructor: Ranvir Aggarwal

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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.

Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.

Non formal and independent education.