ENGEV580-20D (HAM)

Environmental Design Project

30 Points

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Division of Health Engineering Computing & Science
School of Engineering

Staff

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Convenor(s)

Graeme Glasgow

Graeme Glasgow
5269
CD.3.02
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graeme.glasgow@waikato.ac.nz

Lecturer(s)

Martin Atkins

Martin Atkins
9637
EF.2.03
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martin.atkins@waikato.ac.nz

Mark Lay

Mark Lay
4556
C.3.01
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mark.lay@waikato.ac.nz

Peter Kovalsky

Peter Kovalsky
4582
E.G.16A
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peter.kovalsky@waikato.ac.nz

Timothy Walmsley

Timothy Walmsley
4619
E.2.07
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tim.walmsley@waikato.ac.nz

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Placement/WIL Coordinator(s)

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Lab Technician(s)

Librarian(s)

: cheryl.ward@waikato.ac.nz
: debby.dada@waikato.ac.nz

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Paper Description

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The final year design project is the capstone project for the environmental engineering degree. It gives young engineers an opportunity to put into practice and showcase their individual technical ability and abilities to communicate and co-operate with other engineers to work toward a common goal. Teams will be assigned an academic supervisor to help support the design process.

Design teams of 4 to 5 students will be issued with design brief to design a green urea plant as a multi-disciplinary team. They will be expected to meet the specifications required in the brief and cover the essential items that are required. Aspects including assessing the problem within the wider community context (social, cultural, environmental), environmental impact and mitigation, multi-criteria analysis, process selection, flowsheet development, process flow diagrams, mass and energy balances incuding minimisation, process simulation, specification of equipment items, safety, environmental impact assessment, plant layout, life cycle assessment, carbon cost and economic evaluation. Individuals will be expected to produce a detailed process and mechanical design of a nominated piece of plant equipment. Individualks will be expected to produce an environmental assessment, LCA and carbon account and environmental product declaration (EPD) where approriate.

Interim reports will be required to help design teams make steady progress and focus their effort during the course. The final design report is an important tangible outcome of the design team’s efforts and should be a comprehensible and coherent work that covers the essential tasks/elements required to meet the design brief within the project context. Detailed guidelines for report structure and content will be provided during the course.

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Paper Structure

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The paper is taught through a combination of lectures and workshops. There is one lecture and one 2-hour workshop per week. The course work is a largely done in teams of 4 to 5 students. The workshops will be an important component for design teams to meet together to plan work and receive assistance for the project from a designated academic supervisor. Lectures will be given by School of Engineering staff and guest lecturers from industry. The lectures will align with the design tasks. Additional support material will be posted on moodle.

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Learning Outcomes

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Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:

  • Process Evaluation, Selection and Impact
    Develop and evaluate a wide range of conceptual process technologies and designs for a given product design brief and market specification. Select a feasible process technology and design based on criteria such as economics, envronmental impact, sustainability, safety and social, cultural and environmental acceptability. Draft EIA.
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  • Flow Sheet Design, Mass & Energy Balances, LCA and CA
    Develop and optimise feasible process flow diagrams for process designs. Apply engineering calculations with the use of supporting tools (spreadsheets, process simulators, etc.) detailed mass & energy balances for process flow diagram including utilities. Draft LCA and carbon cost assessment.
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  • Detailed Equipment Design
    Produce detailed engineering equipment design and communicate that through relevant drawings and specifications, including piping & instrument diagrams.
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  • Final Design Report

    Apply design principles acquired during the course of their degree to a significant environmental engineering design problem within a multi-disciplinary team. Use and apply engineering judgement to the design problem including problem understanding, assessment of the options, environmental impact and mitigation and design for sustainability.

    Apply engineering decision making and calculations to the selection and design of the overall plant layout within the wider context of the project (including social, cultural, environmental aspects), mass and energy balance of the problem, and unit operation specific calculations for the sizing and performance of major plant equipment where appropriate.

    Apply process safety and environmental sustainability principles to design problem, including a performing a HAZOP analysis and producing an environmental product declaration (EPD).

    Apply environmental sustainability principles to the design problem, including an environmental impact assessment, LCA and CA.

    Perform project financial analysis, including capital and operational cost estimation at the appropriate level.

    Work effectively and professionally as part of a multi-disciplinary design team.

    Prepare finalised LCA, CA and environmental product declaration (EPD).

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  • Communication of Final Design
    Communicate in both oral and written formats the final design with appropriate level of technical detail to a variety of audiences including specialised areas of EIA, LCA, CA and EPD where approriate.
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Assessment

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Assessment Components

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The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam. The final exam makes up 0% of the overall mark.

The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0 or 0:0, whichever is more favourable for the student. The final exam makes up either 0% or 0% of the overall mark.

Component DescriptionDue Date TimePercentage of overall markSubmission MethodCompulsory
1. Report - Process Technology & Site Selection, Initial EIA
9 Apr 2020
5:00 PM
10
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
2. Report- Flow Sheet Mass & Energy Balances, Draft LCA and CA
13 Jul 2020
12:00 AM
10
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
3. Report - Detailed Equipment Design
7 Sep 2020
12:00 AM
25
  • Online: Submit through Moodle
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4. Final Design Report
19 Oct 2020
5:00 PM
40
  • Hand-in: Department Office
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5. Design Show Presentation & Poster
21 Oct 2020
No set time
15
  • Presentation: In Lab
Assessment Total:     100    
Failing to complete a compulsory assessment component of a paper will result in an IC grade
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Required and Recommended Readings

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Recommended Readings

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Dieter G. and Schmidt L., (2013). Engineering design. 5th Ed, McGraw-Hill.

Mihelcic J. R. and Zimmerman J. B., (2014). Environmental engineering fundamentals, sustainability, design. 2nd Ed. Wiley.

Davis M. L. (2019). Introduction to environmental engineering. 5th Ed, McGraw-Hill

Towler, G., & Sinnott, R. (2012). Chemical engineering design: principles, practice and economics of plant and process design. Elsevier.

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Online Support

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This paper has a Moodle page (http://elearn.waikato.ac.nz) where you will be able to access PDFs of lecture notes and powerpoints, and assessment materials.
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Workload

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This paper has 3 contact hours per week. In addition students are expected to allocate times to meet and work in their assigned design teams and work individually on their tasks. Overall is it expected that a total of 300 hours are devoted to the paper by each student.
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Linkages to Other Papers

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Prerequisite(s)

Prerequisite papers: (ENGCB380 or ENMP321) and (ENGEV341 or ENMP341)

Corequisite(s)

Equivalent(s)

Restriction(s)

Restricted papers: ENGG492

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