Complementary Industrial Skills

Code:

PDERPQ009

Acronym:

CIC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Complementary Sciences

Instance: 2022/2023 - 3T

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EAERPQ	1	Syllabus 2010/11	1	-	6	80	162
PDERPQ	5	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2009/10	1	-	6	80	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Acquisition of technical knowledge in the areas of maintenance engineering, industrial safety, industrial automation, process instrumentation and engineering ethics.

Ability to integrate knowledge from multiple domains.

Capacity for analysis and synthesis.

Learning outcomes and competences

The syllabus involves the different technological areas defined in the objectives (maintenance, safety, automation, instrumentation, control and ethics). The level of depth has been adapted to the heterogeneous training profile of the students. It is intended to obtain a balance between an introductory type of approach, for students who are having their first contact with some of the subjects, and a more in depth analysis, for those who along their professional training have already been familiarized with those subjects.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Industrial safety: serious industrial hazards, HAZOP analysis, risk assessment techniques, SIL methodologies (integrated safety levels), industrial hygiene.

- Engineering maintenance: curative maintenance, predictive / preventive maintenance, organization and supervision of general stops, organization of inspection (static and dynamic).

- Automation and industrial communications: automation and field signals; control systems; necessary infrastructures; technological trends.

- Meters, analysers and final control elements: measurement of physical variables (temperature, force, pressure, level and flow); terminology and technical specifications associated with measurement devices; chemical composition analysers; sampling modes; valves and other types of final control elements.

Process control: revisiting concepts of system dynamics and process control. Use of several software tools to solve process control problems.

- Ethics for Engineers.

Mandatory literature

Seborg, D. E., Mellichamp, D. A., Edgar, T. F., Doyle, F.J. (2016); Process Dynamics and Control (4th ed.). Danvers, MA: Wiley.
Webster, J.G., Eren, H (2014); Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, CRC Press.
Moubray, J. (1999); Reliability-Centered Maintenance. Industrial Press.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching staff associated with this curricular unit is composed of industry and academia members with large real-world experience on the presented subjects. This allows for highly engaging classes, enriched with discussion of practical cases. Highlighting relevant industrial practices is a constant concern along the curricular unit.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	40,00
Total:	40,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable.

Calculation formula of final grade

Classes are expository, combined with discussion of real case studies and execution of activities/exercises that illustrate de concepts under study. Students are encouraged to share related experiences and knowledge. Support texts and made available to complement class notes. 4 group works are programmed along the period, supporting the final student evaluation, with weights proportional to the number of classes corresponding to the contents.