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MH2039 Process Engineering 6.0 credits

Course memo Autumn 2022-51647

Version 2 – 08/05/2022, 12:25:05 AM

Course offering

Autumn 2022-1 (Start date 29/08/2022, English)

Language Of Instruction

English

Offered By

ITM/Materials Science and Engineering

Course memo Autumn 2022

Headings denoted with an asterisk ( * ) is retrieved from the course syllabus version Autumn 2019

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

Material production and treatment processes including preparation of raw materials,
production of metals,
heat and mechanical treatments of metal products.
Basic knowledge of physicochemical processes in metallurgy including application of thermodynamic and kinetic processes, ternary phase diagrams, mass and energy balances for calculations in metallurgical processes.

Intended learning outcomes

Having finishing the course the student will be able to:

· Briefly describe the structure of main routes for material production and treatment processes from raw material to final production

· Briefly describe the main processes of material production in liquid and solid states at high temperature, analyse and compare advantages and disadvantages of main production processes

· Understand and apply ternary phase diagrams in metallurgical processes

· Understand and apply heat and mass balances in metallurgical processes

· Carry out an advanced literature survey in KTH databases to obtain relevant information for specific projects

· Apply individual skills as well as team skills in preparation of project report and presentation

Learning activities

The course consists of four types of learning activity:

  • Lectures
  • Online (asynchronous) learning
  • Workshop/seminars
  • Group project

Recordings of all lectures will be available online afterwards for you to review the content.  If recording works as expected, the lectures given in this course offering will be available.  If recording does not work for any reason, recordings of the equivalent lectures from previous years will be made available. No major changes have been made to the course content since last year. Slides from this year will be made available on Canvas.

It is not mandatory to attend lectures, but it is highly recommended.  You are asked to have reviewed material from previous lectures and the online teaching material related to previous lectures on Canvas before each lecture.  No other preparation is necessary.  It is intended that each lecture will give you an introduction to new information, which you will then use as the basis of your own learning.

You will not need to prepare for the first workshop/seminar (on research methodologies and resources at KTH).  You will be asked to perform a small task to prepare for the second workshop/seminar (on gender equality in metallurgy). Instructions will be given during the course.  It is hoped that the presentations from each workshop will be recorded and made available for you on Canvas, but this is not guaranteed and depends on the leaders of each individual workshop.  Slides will be made available from each workshop.

You are expected to work on your group project throughout the course, using information provided during the course.  Time is provided in your timetable (each Friday 0900-1200 during the course). You do not need to use this time if you and your group decide that another arrangement is better for you: it is up to each group to decide when they work. The time booked in the timetable is only provided to guarantee that all group members will be available at the same time to collaborate, but if you can collaborate at other times and prefer to not work together in the time slot provided, that is perfectly acceptable.  The workload of four hours per week is also a good guide for the total work required, regardless of when you perform the work.

Detailed plan

Here is the provisional course timetable.  Please check Schema (KTH timetable system, via the KTH website) to check for updates.  All dates, times and locations are subject to change during the course.

Date Start End Learning activities Room Teacher Content Preparations

2022-08-30

13:00

15:00

Lecture

B22

Chris Hulme

Course introduction, project, introduction to pyrometallurgical processes

None
2022-09-01 13:00 15:00 Lecture V12 Chris Hulme Introduction to steelmaking Review previous lecture, pick project topic

2022-09-02

08:00

12:00

Project

       

2020-09-06

13:00

15:00

Lecture

B22

Chris Hulme

Mass balance calculations

None

2022-09-08

13:00

15:00

Workshop

B24

KTH Library (Lina Andrén)

Fundamental research tools at KTH

None

2022-09-09

08:00

12:00

Project

       

2022-09-13

13:00

15:00

Exercise

D35

Chris Hulme

Mass balance exercises

Review lecture on mass balance calculatinos and related online material

2022-09-15

13:00

15:00

Workshop

B23

Charlotte Holgersson

Gender equality in metallurgy

Prepare short presentation-information to be provided in research methodology seminar

2022-09-16

08:00

12:00

Project

       

2022-09-20

13:00

15:00

Lecture

B23

Chris Hulme

Heat in metallurgical processes

Review mass balance calculations material

2022-09-22

13:00

15:00

Lecture

D35

Chris Hulme

Heat balance calculations

 

2022-09-23

08:00

12:00

Project

       

2022-09-27

13:00

15:00

Lecture

M32

Chris Hulme

Advanced heat balance calculations

Review previous lecture and related online material

2022-09-29

13:00

15:00

Exercise

B23

Chris Hulme

Heat balance exercises

Review previous lecture and related online material

2022-09-30

08:00

12:00

Project

       

2022-10-07

08:00

12:00

Project

       

2022-10-14

09:00

12:00

Seminar

W38

Andrey Karasev, Chris Hulme

Complete group project.

Subscribe to course calendar using this link (downloads calendar file that can be used with multiple programs like iCal, iPhone Calendar and Outlook).

Preparations before course start

Recommended prerequisites

Fundamental principles of process metallurgy corresponding to what is taught in the course MH1029 Sustainable process technology

Specific preparations

No specific preparations are required for this course.

Literature

No specific literature is recommended for the metallurgical processing parts this course, but various textbooks are available.

Thermodynamics of metallurgy are sumamrised well in Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials by David R. Gaskell and David E. Laughlin, CRC Press, ISBN 978-1-4987-5700-3. This book is available in the KTH library and student union bookshop.  It is not required or suggested to purchase the book for this course.

Software

No specialist software will be used in the course. Standard software, such as Microsoft Office or LaTeX are recommended for preparing the report and presentation for the group project. Microsoft 365 is available to KTH students via the KTH website (https://intra.kth.se/en/it/programvara-o-system/programvara/installera/download/office-365).  LaTeX is available for free on the internet to download and run on your computer (e.g. from the Tex User's group (www.tug.org) as packages TeXLive (Windows, Linux) or MacTeX (Mac)) and can also be run via an online typesetting service, such as Overleaf (www.overleaf.com).

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • PRO2 - Project, 3.0 credits, Grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TEN1 - Written exam, 2.0 credits, Grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • ÖVN1 - Exercise, 1.0 credits, Grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

The section below is not retrieved from the course syllabus:

Project ( PRO2 )

Students shall perform a project in a small group throughout the course and the outcome of this project shall be presented in a seminar at the end of the course and as a written report. Students shall also provide a short personal reflexion of the group performance.

Written exam ( TEN1 )

Students shall perform a time-limited home task. Each student shall get a unique randomly-generated question.

Exercise ( ÖVN1 )

Students are required to participate in two exercise sessions during the course.

Grading criteria/assessment criteria

Detailed rubrics are available in Canvas for individual examinations.  Grades will be based on the sum of grades from all individual examinations. The individual parts of the examination are worth the following credit:

  • Home exam: 40 points
  • Group report: 30 points
  • Group presentation: 22 points
  • Individual assessment of group project: 8 points
  • Participation in mandatory exercise sessions: pass/fail

The overall grade for the course will be given according to criteria that will be published during the course.  By default, Canvas generates grades according to a different set of criteria.  Every effort will be made to hide or prevent these grades from appearing in Canvas, but any such grades generated by Canvas should be ignored.  Grades will be published in a special assignment created in Canvas called "Overall course grade".

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

Students who miss the project presentation without prior discussion with the examiner may complete the course by presenting at an alternative meeting.  In such cases, the student who missed the original session shall be expected to present alone and not with any members of their group who did attend the original session.

Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

Currently, there is no opportunity to improve grades by repeating any part of the examination.

Alternatives to missed activities or tasks

If students have a valid reason to not attend the mandatory exercise session or the project presentation seminar (illness, family funeral, clash with another mandatory session, etc.), they should contact the examiner, Chris Hulme (chrihs@kth.se) to arrange an alternative task.  It is the responsibility of the student to request such a task in good time if at all possible.

Reporting of exam results

Grades for each assignment will be reported in Gradebook in Canvas in the first instance, shortly after the individual deadlines or examination sessions.  The final course grade will be reported in a special assignment called "Overall course grade" only - no other grades (e.g. automatically generated by Canvas) should be taken as correct.  Grades will be reported via Ladok shortly after the final grades (from the home exam) are reported in Gradebook.

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Changes of the course before this course offering

Based on feedback from students in the 2021 offering, the following changes were made to the course:

  • More practice questions shall be made available on Canvas.
  • Very few students attended the session with KTH Library, as in 2020 it was criticised by students from the KTH bachelor's programme as it gave them no new information. The first lecture shall be updated to highlight the benefits of this session to students from all backgrounds, including those who entered from the KTH bachelor's programme.
  • The workshop on gender equality may be digital, due to the availability of suitable workshop leaders.  Students will be kept updated about this during the course.

Round Facts

Start date

29 Aug 2022

Course offering

  • Autumn 2022-51647

Language Of Instruction

English

Offered By

ITM/Materials Science and Engineering

Contacts

Communication during course

You should contact teachers via Canvas if possible.  This creates a record of your communication and will allow you to review the information later via Canvas.  To do this, log in to canvas, click on the "Help" button in the bottom of the menu bar o nthe left-hand side of the screen and then select "Ask your intructor a question". Select "MH2039 HT21-1 Process Engineering" from the list and type your message.  All teachers will see the message. Only contact teachers by email if you do not wish other teachers to see the messwage or if you are unable to send yoru message using Canvas.

You are welcome to contact Chris Hulme at any time to ask questions about the course or any content.

If you have questions about KTH Library resources, please contact the KTH library. You may also contact Lina Andrén with questions about the content of the seminar/workshop with the KTH Library.

Questions concerning gneder equality may be sent to Charlotte Holgersson.

Course Coordinator

Teachers

Examiner