BHEA_JKA/CR01-08

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

COURSE INFORMATION Confidential

Code Course Level Credit Unit Contact Hour Part Course Status (Core/Non Core) Prerequisite

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CHE324 Process Plant Operations and Maintenance Diploma 3 5 6 Core None

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Nama Fakulti: Nama Program:

Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia Diploma Kejuruteraan Kimia

Tahun Mula: 2003 Tahun Semakan: 2006, 2009

Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA

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Course Outcomes At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. 2. Describe the relationship between Malaysian Regulation on facilities service function and operations or maintenance activities. Explain the basic working principle and general maintenance of typical or common process plant equipments such as pumps, boilers, heat exchangers, cooling towers, compressors and combustion equipments. Identify the various system mechanisms in industrial plant utilities such as water distribution system, refrigeration system and electrical system.

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Course Description This course comprises topics that cover plant utilities and auxiliary systems. The topics include general maintenance and administration, environmental regulations, various utility systems, industrial safety and health and auxiliaries for prime movers and drivers.

Syllabus Content 1. AN OVERVIEW OF FACILITIES SERVICE FUNCTION & REGULATIONS 1.1 Malaysian Regulations EQA 1974 1.2 OSHA 1994 PRIME MOVERS 2.1 Pumps 2.2 Steam Turbines/Engine 2.3 Gas Turbine WATER SYSTEMS/SUPPLY & MAINTENANCE 3.1 Source 3.2 Distribution 3.3 Impurities 3.4 Maintenance BOILER OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE 4.1 Feedwater Treatment 4.2 Operation 4.3 Boiler Operation Maintenance, Inspection, Non-Destructive Testing. 4.4 Regulation HEATING SYSTEM & MAINTENANCE 5.1 Heat Exchangers 5.2 Steam Generation and Condensates 5.3 Process Heating Equipment, Gas and Air Heaters and Cogeneration 5.4 Heat Recovery Systems COOLING SYSTEM & MAINTENANCE 6.1 Cooling System Options 6.2 Cooling Tower Operation 6.3 Cooling Tower Standards and Maintenance
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Nama Fakulti: Nama Program:

Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia Diploma Kejuruteraan Kimia

Tahun Mula: 2003 Tahun Semakan: 2006, 2009

Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA

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REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING 7.1 Choice of Refrigerants and selection of Refrigeration Unit Operations 7.2 Air Conditioning for Clean Rooms, Computer Rooms, Offices and Test Cells. 7.3 Maintenance COMPRESSED GAS/ AIR SYSTEM 8.1 Types, applications and service requirements of compressors 8.2 Maintenance ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS Generators, single phase, 3-phase, UPS

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10. COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT Industrial Furnaces, Fuel, Flare system, incinerators, 11. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE Teaching Methodology Lectures Tutorials Visits or practical sessions Assessment Laboratory / Report / Tests and Assignments Final Exam 50% 50%

Recommended Text Charles E. Thomas (2007). Process Technology Equipment and Systems. 2nd ed. ThomsonDel,ar Learning References Hansen, Gary W. & Hansen, James V. (1994). Databases Management and Design. 2nd ed. London: Benjamin/Cummings Rosaler, R. C. (2002). Standard Handbook of Plant Engineering (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill Perry, R.H and Green, D.W. (1997). Perrys Chemical Engineers Handbook (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Sinnot, R. K. (1996). Coulson & Richardsons Chemical Engineering, Vol. 6 (2nd ed.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.

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Nama Fakulti: Nama Program:

Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia Diploma Kejuruteraan Kimia

Tahun Mula: 2003 Tahun Semakan: 2006, 2009

Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA