Bachelor of Engineering Honours
Environmental Engineering stream
Energy and the environment specialisation
Energy and the Environment specialisation |
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| Students in the Environmental Engineering stream must complete 18 credit points to achieve this specialisation. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Students complete the following core unit:
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| AMME5101 Energy and the Environment |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer; P MECH3260 or MECH8260 or MECH9260 or AERO3261 or AERO8261 or AERO9261 or CHNG2803 N AMME8101 |
Students complete 12 credit points from the following: |
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| AMME5202 Computational Fluid Dynamics |
6 | A Partial differential equations; Finite difference methods; Taylor series; Basic fluid mechanics including pressure, velocity, boundary layers, separated and recirculating flows. Basic computer programming skills; P (AMME2000 and MECH3261) or (AMME2000 and AERO3260) or ENGG5202 or MECH8261 N AMME8202 |
| MECH5255 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer P MECH3260 or MECH8260 or MECH9260 N MECH4255 or MECH6255 |
| MECH5265 Combustion |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer P (MECH3260 or MECH8260 or MECH9260) and (MECH3261 or MECH8261 or MECH9261) N MECH4265 or MECH8265 |
| AMME5292 Applied Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence |
6 | A MECH3261 or MECH8261 or MECH9261 or CIVL3612 or CIVL9612 or AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260 P MECH3261 or MECH8261 or MECH9261 or AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260 or CIVL3612 or CIVL9612 N AMME6292 |
| MECH5275 Renewable Energy |
6 | A The student will need a sound background in advanced level fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and heat transfer. In particular, students should be able to analyse fluid flow in turbomachinery; perform first and second law thermodynamic analysis of energy conversion systems, including chemically reacting systems; and perform advanced level calculations of conductive and convective and radiative heat transfer, including radiative spectral analysis P (MECH3260 and MECH3261) or (AMME2262 and CHNG2803 and MECH3261) or (MECH8260 and MECH8261) or (MECH9260 and MECH9261) or (AERO3260 and AERO3261) or (AERO8260 and AERO8261) or (AERO9260 and AERO9261) N MECH6275 |
