CHE4173 · Monash University
Sustainable process integration
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 4
- Workload
- ≈ 12 h / week
- Faculty
- Engineering
What it covers
This unit focuses on strategies for enhanced industrial ecology to drive sustainable resource use and minimise waste in process industries. Topics include heat integration, water integration and recycling of process streams to improve resource efficiency, reduce waste, and mitigate ecological impacts. You will examine waste generation and minimisation in reactors and separation processes, pollution mechanisms and effects, emissions management, and the roles of regulatory and economic drivers in cleaner production. These themes will be developed in lectures and be supported by student project work on selected industrial processes, applying ecological principles to sustainable process design.
Assessment
| Task | Type | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Group assignmenthurdle | Written | 20% |
| Final assessmenthurdle | Examination | 50% |
| Group assignmenthurdle | Written | 20% |
| Computer quizhurdle | Quiz / Test | 10% |
Hurdle tasks must be passed regardless of your overall mark.
When and where
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On-campus |
| Malaysia | On-campus |