Dr Richard Butterfield

Darlithydd, Chemical Engineering

+44 (0) 1792 606139

r.c.butterfield@abertawe.ac.uk

Swyddfa Academaidd - C_207
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Mae’r Dr Richard Butterfield yn ddarlithydd mewn Peirianneg Gemegol.

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EG-103 Heat Transfer

The module aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to heat transfer principles and its applications in a chemical engineering context. The encountered problems will involve the mechanisms of conduction, convection and radiation.
EG-200 Separation Processes

This module aims to give the student the standard methods to solve problems using specific key design parameters for a range of separation processes (Distillation, gas-liquid absorption, liquid-liquid extraction and evaporation). The module explains the underlying theoretical background to solving separation problems and then demonstrates how problems are solved for a range of simple two component systems.
EG-208 Process Design and Simulation

This module provides consolidation of earlier studies of material & energy balances, thermodynamics and separation processes. Commonly available process simulation software packages will be utilized to verify hand calculations performed to design chemical engineering unit operations. Utilising the process flowsheeting functions of these simulation packages, this module will highlight the ability to simulate and optimize the design of a chemical engineering unit operation or process.
EG-M91J MSc Design Project (January intake)

This module aims to take MSc students, who arrive with a variety of backgrounds, and carry out an advanced, in-depth design of a novel manufacturing process. The course will be composed of lectures and independent project work, and will start in Semester 1 by developing the necessary background skills for process design and process synthesis, to then focus on more specific topics that deal with the use programming tools to support decision-making. Taught topics include: mass and energy balances, ASPEN simulations, costing, life cycle analysis, market analysis etc. In parallel with the taught aspects, students will be expected to start researching into an appropriate compound for manufacture. The project itself requires the students to develop an innovative design for a plant to make a molecule for which no large scale production facility exists. The molecules to be produced need to be selected on the following characteristics: they should not be manufactured on a large capacity production facility (there may however be small scale production) and an outline of a manufacturing process including basic chemistry exists somewhere. The project will require the students to make choices and judgments on: the production capacity, time of operation, raw materials to use, production process, and benefit of the molecule to the company (i.e. economic, extending the knowledge base etc). As design is essentially a team exercise working well as a team is critical to successfully completing this project.

Dr Richard Butterfield

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Modiwlau a Addysgir

EG-103 Heat Transfer

EG-200 Separation Processes

EG-208 Process Design and Simulation

EG-M91J MSc Design Project (January intake)