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IPE 471
2
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. explain the fundamental principles of OR and how to develop OR techniques and tools; 2. develop linear programming and simplex models for industrial and Produ...
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Development of O.R. techniques and tools. Deterministic models and their place in industrial
operations. Scope, theory and application of linear programming models. Simplex method.
Resource allocation, assignment and transportation problems. Duality. Review of computer
programming with special reference to Industrial and production problems. Application of
software such as Solver, TORA etc to solve O.R. problems. OR project with written report and
an oral presentation
500 Level
TCH 405
2
At the end of this course, the students should be albe to: 1. explain the importance of process control in chemical engineering industry and classify chemical process variables; 2. solve first order and second order ODE’...
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Process dynamics. Transfer functions. Frequency response analysis. Discrete events. Control
system design. Cascade control. Feed forward and feedback control. Introduction to multi-
variable control. The control valves.
PCE 411
2
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. enumerate the fundamentals of process plant design; 2. carry out material and energy balance of a simple unit manually and using Computer software packages; 3...
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The general scope of design. Factors influencing the cost of products. Process evaluation.
Block diagrams. Mass and energy balances. Process flowsheets. Flowsheet symbols,
engineering flowsheets symbols, engineering flowsheets, mechanical flow diagram,
utility flowsheets. Presentation and discussion of real design problems. Design codes and
standards, design information and databases. Computer software packages (Aspen Hysys,
PV Elite, Chem Cad). Selection between packed and plate towers and column internals.
Detailed design procedures for distillation, extraction and absorption and costing. the
applicability of these methods to vacuum and high-pressure operation. Mechanical design
of columns including foundation and supporting structures.
PCE 502
2
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. manually design and scale-up jacketed vessels and shell-and-tube heat exchangers; 2. use pinch analysis to targeting minimum energy requirement for a process;...
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Reasons for scale-up and basic principles. Heat exchanger system. Design and scale-up
of jacketed vessels and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. Fluid flow system: scale-up of
pumps and pipe networks for laminar and turbulent flow Liquid-mixing systems. General
principles of scale-up and the use of pilot plant data. Optimization of plant dimensions,
operating conditions, and the economics of alternatives. Plant layout of petrochemical
plant. Design codes and standards, design information, and databases for heat exchanger
designs. Plant Costing. Computer software packages required (ASPEN HYSYS, ASPEN PLUS,
PV ELITE).
PRE: PCE 413
PCE 507
2
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. evaluate models and do an appreciation of their use in chemical engineering; 2. create mathematical models for processes governed by equilibrium, conservation...
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Introduction to process dynamics and control; review of mathematical tools needed for
modeling and simulation. Process dynamics: review of Laplace transforms. Transient behavior
of I5', 2nd, and higher-order systems. Components of a control system; operation and
design. Basic control actions, valves. Transfer functions. Use of block diagrams. Systems
response to the impulse. Step and sinusoidal inputs. Derivation of dynamics equations
for simple instruments-thermometers, liquid level, and manometer. Dynamic equations
for control of simple models-mixing vessels, single CSTR and CSTR in series, PFR.
Distillation and absorbers columns; Stability analysis/frequency response analysis; design
of feedback controllers based on transient response criteria; design of feedback controllers-
based on frequency response criteria. Design of model-based controllers such as IMC, DMC
etc. Applications of control to petrochemical plants PREG.
Minimum Academic Standards
Equipment
List of Laboratories/Workshops and Some Equipment/ Instruments/ Tools
Expected in them
Unit Operation Laboratory
Batch Drying Unit, liquid-solid Rotary Filtration Unit; Spray Dryer, Wetted Disc Absorption
Column, Apex Drier, Vacuum Distillation Unit, Double Effect Evaporator, Drying Ovens, Tray
Drier Unit, Packed Tower Gas/Liquid Unit. Fluidized Bed Unit Distillation Unit Solid/Liquid
Extraction Unit, Batch Reactor Assembly, Starch Hydrolyzing and Distillation Unit
Process Development /Petroleum testing Laboratory
Analytical equipment: viscosimeters, hydrometers, colorimeter, moisture balance,
refractometer, pH meter, conductivity meter, flash and cloud point apparatus, fluid bed dryer,
autoclave, cutting mill, vacuum pump, weighing balance, bomb and colorimeter, Soxhlet
extractor, automated pressure, automated pH control process, automated temperature.
Process rig, gas chromatograph, atomic absorption spectroscopy AAS, scanning electron
microscope.
Reaction, catalysis, and petrochemical analysis laboratory
Gyratory shaker, stuart with accessory, laboratory oven, water bath, rotary evaporator,
autoclave, centrifuge, liquid chemical reactor reaction vessel with pressure gauge, vacuum
pump, batch reactors, reaction distillation unit, electric heating mantle and electromagnetic
stirrer, burettes, pipette, beakers, laboratory chemicals.
Computer/Animation Laboratory
The computer laboratory should have at least 50 PCs and at least three petrochemical
engineering software (ASPEN HYSYS packages, CHEMCAD, POYMATH, MATLAB) plus AutoCAD
installed. Animation videos on several petrochemical plants such as the production of
polymers. Fuel blending, pyrolysis of seeds to fuel oil. Ethylene glycol, ethylene acetate,
production of sulphuric, phosphoric fertilizers. Production of gasoline, naphtha, kerosene,
fuel, and lubricating oils, paraffin wax, asphalt etc.
Inclusion of LabView software on the PCs. (LABVIEW Stands for Laboratory Virtual
Instrumentation Engineering Workbench). It is mostly used for automating the usage of
processing and measuring equipment in all the laboratory setup. It is used in the field of
industrial automation, instrument control, data acquisition and more).
Inclusion of SCILAB software (SCILAB is a numerical computation package that is very
important in instrumentation and control engineering. It is also used in data analysis, signal
processing, simulation of fluid dynamics and image enhancement).
Staffing
Academic Staff
The NUC guidelines on staff/student ratio of 1:15 for Engineering and Technology
departments shall apply. However, there should be a minimum of six full-time equivalents
of Staff in the department. There is need to have a reasonable number of Staff with doctoral
degrees as well as sufficient industrial experience. With a minimum load of 15 Units per
semester for students and a minimum of six full-time equivalent of staff in each programme,
staff should have a maximum of 15 contact hours per week for lectures, tutorials, practical’s
and supervision of projects.
NUC requirement encourages all academic staff to have PhD degrees; hence appointment
of academic staff is preferably to the Lecturer cadre. Only in exceptional cases are
candidates with great promise appointed to Graduate Assistant and Assistant Lecturer
positions for the purpose of being developed to the Lecturer cadre as registered PhD
candidates.
Academic Support Personnel
Teaching Assistant/Demonstrators to help lecturers in the conduct of tutorials, practical’s
and field work. This category of personnel is not expected to be regular staff as they are to
be paid on the basis of approved hourly rate.
Administrative Support Staff
The services of the administrative support staff are indispensable in the proper
administration of the departments and faculty offices. It is important to recruit very
competent senior staff that are computer literate.
Technical Support Personnel
The services of technical support staff, which are indispensable in the proper running of
laboratories and workshop/studios are required. It is important to recruit very competent
senior technical staff to maintain teaching and research equipment. They are also to
undergo regular training to keep them abreast of developments in equipment operation and
maintenance. The minimum of academic staff to technical staff ratio of 5:1 should be
maintained.
Minimum Number of Staff
Subject to the general standards specified by NUC:
1. there should be a minimum of two PhDs and four M.Eng degree holders full-time academic
staff to mount the programme;
2. each workshop or laboratory should have an adequate number of staff with the right mix,
such that each unit or section in that workshop or laboratory can run efficiently; and
3. there should be an adequate number of administrative staff of the appropriate caliber for
the office of the Head of Department to run.
Student/Staff Ratio
The minimum staff-to-student ratio should be 1:15 from 200 level to 500 level.
Library
There must be adequate library facilities to cater for the interest of all the programmes in the
faculty. These include current journals, handbooks, textbooks, manuals, codes of practice,
standards and specifications in sufficient numbers.
Classrooms, Laboratories, Workshops, Clinics and Offices
The following are the NUC requirements for various physical spaces:
Academic m2
Professor’s office 18.50
Head of Department’s office 18.50
Tutorial teaching staff space 13.50
Other teaching staff space 7.00
Technical staff space 7.00
Science staff research laboratory 16.50
Engineering staff research laboratory 14.50
Seminar space per student 1.85
Drawing office space (A.O. Board) (per student) 4.60
Drawing office space (A.I. Board) (per student) 3.70
Laboratory space 7.50
Non-academic
Secretarial space 7.00
Office Facilities
S/No Office No in Room Facilities
1. HOD 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
computer unit, Secretary and facilities.
2. Professor 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
computer unit, Secretary and facilities.
3. Reader 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
computer unit.
4. Senior 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
Lecturer computer unit.
5. Lecturer I 2 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves.
6. Lecturer II 3 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves
TCH 304
2
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. explain the principles of various flow, temperature, pressure and liquid level measurements; 2. explain the principles of some analytical instruments use in p...
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Measuring instruments for level, pressure, flow, temperature and physical properties.
Chemical composition analysers. Measurement. Gas chromatograph. Mass Spectrometer.
Sampling systems. Description and use of current instrumentation such as atomic
spectroscopy, infra-Red spectroscopy, High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Scanning
Electron Microscope (SEM)
TCH 406
2
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. generate and solve mathematical models involving chemical process systems such as transfer processes, separation processes, chemical reactions and thermodynam...
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Use of computational tools to solve models and implicit equations covering transfer,
separation, chemical reactions and thermodynamic systems involving steady and unsteady
state. Process simulation using the HYSYS software or any other process simulation software,
including ASPEN, MATLAB, Geogebra, Winplot, ESES.
IPE 421
3
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. recognise the strategic role of the supply chain and the key parameters of performance by identifying Facilities, Inventory, Transportation, Sourcing, Informa...
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Simple Inventory control Methods with deterministic and stochastic demand. The EOQ Model.
lot sizing. supply chain management. Scheduling. Materials Requirement Planning (MRP). Just-
in-Time models. Pull Control Systems and Aggregate Planning.
PEE 312
2
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. apply theories described in Reservoir and Production Engineering; and 2. explain the fabrication of the needed equipment
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This course is basically to expose the students to some of the topics learnt in Fundamental of
Reservoir Engineering, Production Engineering 1: Darcy’s Law, Emulsion Treatment, Sand
Consolidation. It is expected that all the main equipment in use would be fabricated.
IPE 531
3
At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. state the types and principles of production processes; 2. apply basic materials management concepts; 3. develop group technology and cellular; 4. Explain the...
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Principles of production. Types of production processes. Development of Group technology
and cellular systems. Materials management. Purchasing methods. Engineering Economy.
Economic analysis of engineering projects. Selection of appropriate interest rates and
methods of analysis, depreciation and tax considerations. Survey of manufacturing methods
in a range of industries, textiles, timber, food, agriculture, etc. Plant visits. Overview of
Some manufacturing industries such as cement, electronics, etc. Industrial computers and
their applications. Small–scale businesses in Industrial and Production Engineering.
IPE 532 : Production Management II (3 Units C: LH 45)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. explain the fundamental principles of production planning and control and indicate how
the knowledge of budgeting and cost control influences their outcome;
2. explain the meaning of forecasting, identify its types and show its importance;
3. determine forecast accuracy and interpret the result;
4. explain the principles of quality control and identify problems in quality improvement
process;
5. explain and apply statistics and probability to quality control and management;
6. describe the basic concept of Total Quality management, the steps involved and its
implementation;
7. perform process capability and specification studies;
8. explain the basic principles of reliability;
9. apply the principles of statistics and probability in characterising the reliability of an item
or system;
10. explain the bathtub curve and its application;
11. determine the reliability of series and parallel systems;
12. explain basic concepts such as preventive ; and
13. corrective maintenance, maintainability and availability.
Course Contents
Production Planning and Control. Principles of control, Budgetary and cost control. Information
Processing and Control. Forecasts. Principles of forecasting. Simple forecasting models and
forecast accuracy. Schedulling Techniques. Sequencing n-jobs through n-machines. Quality
Control. Quality Control Principles, Total Quality Concepts, economics of quality. process
capability. Control Charts. Sampling systems. Inspection Systems. Quality Motivation and
Training. Basic concepts of Reliability Engineering. Principles of reliability engineering, The
Bathtub Curve. Failure rate analysis. Reliability of systems – Series and Parallel Systems,
Maintenance – Preventive and Corrective. Maintainability and Availability.
Minimum Academic Standards
Equipment
The required equipment and tools required for the Industrial and {Production engineering
programme in accordance with the requirements of major laboratories are listed below. Note
that accessories and consumables needed for effective use of these equipment are not listed
but will be requested by the department that runs this curriculum when purchasing the
equipment.
Industrial and Production Engineering Laboratory Equipment
1. Induction Furnaces.
2. CNC machines
3.Lathe Machines.
4.Drilling Machines.
5.Hacksaw, Stolling, Cutting Machine.
6.Universal Gear Hobing Machine.
7.Sheet streaming, Bending, Rolling Machine.
8.Work Press Machines such as Eccentric press, punch press, Arbor press, Double Piller Type.
9.Screw presses.
10.Hammer mills.
11.Modern callipers and gauges.
12.Computer Workstations and Software.
13.Ergonomic Lab Workstations.
Staffing
Academic Staff
The NUC guidelines on staff/student ratio of 1:15 for Engineering and Technology
departments shall apply. However, there should be a minimum of six full-time equivalents
of Staff in the department. There is need to have a reasonable number of Staff with doctoral
degrees as well as sufficient industrial experience. With a minimum load of 15 Units per
semester for students and a minimum of six full-time equivalent of staff in each programme,
staff should have a maximum of 15 contact hours per week for lectures, tutorials, practical’s
and supervision of projects.
NUC requirement encourages all academic staff to have PhD degrees; hence appointment
of academic staff is preferably to the Lecturer cadre. Only in exceptional cases are
candidates with great promise appointed to Graduate Assistant and Assistant Lecturer
positions for the purpose of being developed to the Lecturer cadre as registered PhD
candidates.
Academic Support Personnel
Teaching Assistant/Demonstrators to help lecturers in the conduct of tutorials, practical’s
and field work. This category of personnel is not expected to be regular staff as they are to
be paid on the basis of approved hourly rate.
Administrative Support Staff
The services of the administrative support staff are indispensable in the proper
administration of the departments and faculty offices. It is important to recruit very
competent senior staff that are computer literate.
Technical Support Personnel
The services of technical support staff, which are indispensable in the proper running of
laboratories and workshop/studios are required. It is important to recruit very competent
senior technical staff to maintain teaching and research equipment. They are also to
undergo regular training to keep them abreast of developments in equipment operation and
maintenance. The minimum of academic staff to technical staff ratio of 5:1 should be
maintained.
Minimum Number of Staff
Subject to the general standards specified by NUC;
1. there should be a minimum of two PhDs and four M.Eng degree holders full-time academic
staff to mount the programme;
2. each workshop or laboratory should have an adequate number of staff with the right mix,
such that each unit or section in that workshop or laboratory can run efficiently; and
3. there should be an adequate number of administrative staff of the appropriate caliber for
the office of the Head of Department to run.
Student/Staff Ratio
The minimum staff-to-student ratio should be 1:15 from 200 level to 500 level.
Library
In addition to the university and faculty libraries, the programme must have a departmental
library well equipped with specialised and modern books and journals in both physical and
E-collections (E-Resources) of various types. Various field and research reports of the
programme must also be available in the library for staff, students and researchers.
The library must be connected to subscribed repository of:
1. Institutions (national and international);
2. Open access sources;
3. Professional Bodies’ E-learning platforms; and
4. Relevant international organizations;
The library must also have adequate facilities for reading, lending services and reservation
for specialised materials. It must have a dequate seating capacity for users up to 2,700.
Other requirements include shelves (Main/Engineering Branch Library) , trolleys, reading
chairs/tables. Computers, Printers, Scanners, Labelling machine, Catalogue cabinets, Kirk
stand, cataloguing and classification tools, giant size staplers, cutter tables, library of congress
subject heading, delivery decimal classification scheme, Universal decimal classification
scheme.
Classrooms, Laboratory, Workshops, Clinics and Offices
The ICE programme shall adopt NUC recommendations for physical space requirement as
presented below:
Academic Size (m2)
Head of Department’s Office 18.50
Professor’s Office 18.50
Tutorial Teaching Staff Space 13.50
Other Teaching Staff Space 7.00
Technical Staff Space 7.00
Science Staff Research Laboratory 16.50
Engineering Staff Research Laboratory 14.50
Seminar Space per student 1.85
Drawing Office Space (A.O. Board) (Per Student) 4.60
Drawing Office Space (A.I. Board) (Per Student) 3.70
Laboratory Space 7.50
Non-Academic
Secretarial Space 7.00
Office Accommodation
The requirements for office accommodation are:
S/No Office No in Facilities
Room
1. HOD/Professor 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
computer unit, Secretary and facilities.
2. Reader/ 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
Associate Professor computer unit.
3. Senior Lecturer 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
computer unit.
4. Lecturer I 2
5. Lecturer II 3