Chemical Engineering

Prerequisite:PHYS1110
This course aims to impart the basic concepts of thermodynamics, principle of conservation of energy applied to thermodynamic systems, laws of thermodynamics, volumetric and thermodynamic properties of pure fluids, and developing property relation equations (Solution thermodynamics), vapour-liquid equilibrium, chemical reaction equilibrium and industrial applications of thermodynamics.

Prerequisite:CHEM1120
This course aims to introduce students to the chemical engineering profession and to introduce concepts related to materials and energy balances. The course is designed to address the following topics: the chemical engineering profession, units and dimensions, unit operations and processes, material balances for single and multiple units with and without chemical reactions and energy balances with and without chemical reactions.

Prerequisite:PHYS1220
This course aims to provide the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics, importance of fluid mechanics principles in chemical process industries, pressure measurement techniques in flow systems, mass, energy and momentum continuity equations, Bernoulli’s equation, pressure and energy losses in pipes, flow over spherical and non-spherical objects, fluid mechanics perspective of fluidized bed, packed bed, pumps, fans, blowers and compressors.

Prerequisite:CHEM1120
This course aims to provide the students with the understanding of the basic concepts and principles of industrial applications organic chemistry & apply these concepts in the study of the chemistry of hydrocarbons and simple mono-functional group compounds.

Prerequisite:MATH1200

Prerequisite:EGCH2110
This course aims to equip students with an understanding of reaction kinetics, chemical equilibria, and the principles of chemical reactor analysis and design. The mole balances; energy balances of batch reactor, continuous stirred tank reactor, plug flow reactor, and packed bed reactor will be discussed including conversion and reactor sizing, rate laws and stoichiometry, Isothermal reactor design, collection and analysis of rate data for single and multiple reactions, and steady state and non-isothermal design and introduce the students to catalysts, and catalytic reactor design.

Prerequisite:EGCH2130
This course aims to impart the students with the fundamental concepts of heat transfer in chemical process industries, examine the modes used in transferring the heat and acquire the problem-solving skills required for the effective heat transfer engineering practice in real-world applications.

Prerequisite:EGCH2140
This course aims to study the origin and chemistry of petroleum and petrochemicals and the physical and chemical processes to convert crude oil into desired products. The course introduces the cracking process used in petroleum and petrochemical industries. The chemical reactions, products, by-products of primary and secondary refinery processes are covered. This includes fractional distillation, catalytic cracking process and production of a high-grade gasoline including Fischer Tropsch process and testing the properties of petroleum and petrochemical products.

• Uncs2215- Communication Skills
• Unpr2217- Preparing for Work
• Unwe2216- Working Ethics
• Unis2206- Islamic Studies
• Unoc2207- Oman Civilization and Man
• Unct2210- Critical Thinking
• Uncl2211- Chinese Language

Prerequisite:EGCH2110, EGCH2120
This course aims to enable students to apply engineering skills and making use of technical and modern tools in Chemical Engineering applications to create, evaluate and solve related problems and managing industry-related tasks in group and make search in advanced topics and state of art technology related to the project work.

Prerequisite:EGCH2120
This course aims to present an overview of the environment and the application of fundamental principles of environmental engineering, fostering social responsibility and awareness of global environmental concerns in students. To impart a firm background in environmental pollution control, methods and applications resolute on water, air, and solid waste quality engineering. To understand environmental impact assessment. This encourages students to make decisions and inferences to solve environmental problems by incorporating various interdisciplinary aspects.

Prerequisite:EGCH2230
This course aims to set forth knowledge regarding the sources and segmental manufacturing processes of foremost industrial chemical products and their industrial applications along with their technological advancements in manufacturing processes.

Prerequisite:EGCH2130
This course aims to elaborate the basic theories of solid particles properties in the chemical processing and separations such as particle sizing, reduction, classification, filtration, centrifuging, sedimentation and fluidization. Application in chemical processing as case studies to be discussed specially in mineral processing and reactor designs.

Prerequisite:EGCH2110
This course aims to enable students to understand the basic principles of mass transfer. Apply the principles of mass transfer to the analysis and design of equilibrium stage and continuous contacting separation processes, molecular diffusion in fluids and solids using correlation and theories, Interpret the theories of mass transfer for individual and overall mass transfer coefficients, absorption and adsorption equipment, equipment used for liquid extraction, leaching, cooling tower, drier, and crystallizer used for Industrial applications.

Prerequisite:CHEM1120
This course aims to provide the fundamental knowledge on structure/properties of engineering materials and selection for engineering applications. Understanding the nature, composition and application of various engineering materials such as metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites. To acquire knowledge of properties, structure, and characterization of materials and testing.

Prerequisite:MATH2100

Prerequisite:EGCH2110
This course aims to present an overview of energy, forms of energy, energy conversion, and the impact of energy conversion & energy consumption on the environment. The fundamental principles of energy engineering will be discussed concerning energy efficiency and conservation, energy storage, nuclear energy, renewable energies such as solar energy, and biomass. This acquaintance will impart the prominence of energy conversion efficiency and renewable energy preferences in monitoring environment protection.

Prerequisite:EGCH2120
This course aims to enable the students to acquire a complete knowledge of design procedures commonly used in process industries. It also helps to understand the mechanical and process design methods for various process equipment.

Prerequisite: EGCH3260 Polymer Science & Technology.
EGCH3261 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering.
EGCH3262 Total Quality Management.
EGCH3263 Pharmaceutical Technology.

Prerequisite:UNEN1203

Prerequisite:EGCH2240
This course aims to apply engineering skills and making use of technical and modern tools in Chemical Engineering applications to create, evaluate and solve related problems and managing industry-related tasks in group and make search in advanced topics and state of art technology related to the project work.

Prerequisite:EGCH3140
This course aims to provide adequate information to the modelling of chemical engineering process systems and familiarize the numerical methods to solve model equations, develop the typical mathematical models for the chemical processes and enhance the skill of engineering software applications which illustrate various modelling techniques.

Prerequisite:EGCH3220
The course is aims to determine possible control objectives, input variables (manipulated variables and disturbances), model the dynamic behavior of a process, design PID controllers, frequency response and analyze stability of closed loop and open loop systems.

Prerequisite:EGCH2130
This course aims to deals with the techniques related to managing engineering activities. Enable engineers transition into management; engineering managerial functions; motivation of individual and group behavior; productivity assessment/improvement. Provide knowledge on managing the quality function and communications.

Prerequisite: EGCH4160 Solid Waste Management.
EGCH4110 Advanced Separation Processes.
EGCH4162 Process Integration.
EGCH4163 Mineral Processing.
EGCH4164 Nanotechnology.

Prerequisite:EGCH3230
This course aims to provide students with a solid background in the research areas of chemical engineering in order to propose a solution to a real research task using knowledge, skills and methods of chemical engineering and to propose a specific methodological procedure in the form of a written report and to present the proposal orally to the professional committee.

Prerequisite:EGCH3220
This course aims to explain the various concepts of economics, feasibility analysis, design consideration, project management, cost estimation, Profitability analysis of a chemical industry.

Prerequisite:EGCH3120
This course aims to equip students with the fundamental concepts of engineering sustainability and sustainable development and designs, introduce the methodology to develop safe and sustainable engineering solutions and green chemistry in chemical process design concepts. The course is designed to address Green Chemistry, Environmental Risk Assessment, Ecological footprint, Life Cycle Assessment, Occupational Health and Safety, Risk Assessment, HAZOP and HAZEN, FTA and ETA.

Prerequisite: EGCH4260 Natural Gas Processing.
EGCH4261 Water and Wastewater Treatment.
EGCH4262 Catalysis and Catalytic Reactors.
EGCH4263 Carbon Dioxide Capture, Sequestration and Utilization.
EGCH4264 Corrosion Engineering.

Prerequisite:MATH3120

Prerequisite:EGCH4130
This course aims to provide students with a solid background in the research areas of chemical engineering in order to find a solution to a real research task using knowledge, skills and methods of chemical engineering and to propose a specific methodological procedure in the form of a written report and to present the proposal orally to the professional committee.