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Group Exercise 1
Picture an everyday
situation, any.
Think how it is impacted on
or even dependent on
engineers/engineering.
Group work 1
What engineers did to impact on a perfectly ordinary
every-day activity
PAPER
Na2SO4+2C = Na2S+2CO2
Bleaching : H2O2 ?
Need :
Give up
s considered:
ng water on tap
icity
eral theme
elivering cheap to many people what used to be a luxu
the privileged few in history
..and nobody even mentioned chocolate or coffee
Watch this:
Introduction to Engineering, by Dr Tyler Ley, a
structural engineer
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUuWXqRJmns
Group Exercise 2
Q: If a chemical engineer had given this
lecture, would it have been different?
How? (and why?)
neral vibes:
ineers are PASSIONATE about what they specialise in. If they get to talk about
ineering they will often talk about their niche a lot more than other branches.
Nor would a mech enger have been likely to pick wind turbines (un
his field of expertise)
tant : Professional engineers will only talk about in public what they know well.
sionalism means you are being respected as a expert. People listen to you. do n
that trust by giving opinions where not qualified.
damages the reputation of our profession.
Group Exercise 3
Smiles-R-us
We need to consider..
Safety
Equipment safety (risk assessment)
Public health
Location
Site selection
Environment
Pollution
Waste disposal / management
Energy source
Transport
Raw material availability
Cost
of equipment
of raw materials /
feedstocks
of energy
of transport
profit!
(plant) maintenance cost
Production (operational)
cost
Financing loans/payback
Product properties
Lifespan
Demand / marketable?
Purity
Side-effects? Long term
Process Properties
Easy to control
Product yield
Energy demand
Separation processes
Design of equipment
Scaling of equipment
Efficiency of equipment
Atom economy
Green process?
Human Factors /
Workforce / Community
Workers welfare
Health
Operating hours
Legal matters