Archived-Announcements-2012

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• Update on the midterm : the midterm has been rescheduled to 29 October 2012, starting at 19:00 (please be at the venue from 18:45 onwards). It will be written in T29, room 101. As requested in the course evaluation, some practice questions have been posted.
• Assignment 5 for Monday is posted.
• Based on the course evaluation feedback, there is now a discussion board available on the Avenue2Learn website. Please participate!
• As promised, an example of self-directed learning report for 4N4 produced by a group in the 2011 class. There will be a memo with an update on the next steps for the SDL project in the next few days where you will have to write an outline of your project's scope.
• Question for class on Thursday:

Estimate the capital cost for a distillation column fabricated from 316 stainless steel, 26 trays at regular spacing of 0.6m, operating at 3.2MPa. The column height is 21.3m and diameter of 2.3m.

• Solutions for both assignment 2 and 3 are available; see below. Paper copies will be returned in class on Thursday.
• A reading on the Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI)
• The informal course evaluation results.
• An update regarding electronic submissions: a single Word document or PDF or Google Doc (preferred) will be accepted. Please read for more details.
• Inflation adjustment factors for the process industries
• 2 slides on the bare module method
• A list of costs that should be considered
• You will also require portions of Don Woods' book Cost Estimation for the Process Industries. This can only be downloaded from McMaster computers [30 Mb]. Please keep a copy for tutorials and use in class exercises. You do not need to print the entire book, only the parts from chapter 1. The other chapters are for reference.
• We'd like to be clear: a spreadsheet by itself is NOT a valid assignment submission and will essentially receive a grade of zero: it's as if handing in a report to your manager with only appendices but no content. Furthermore, we are seeing groups that do not follow the requirements posted a week ago: non-native Google Docs do not show up correctly and cannot be commented on by the TAs or myself.
• Assignment 4 is posted for Monday's tutorial.
• A short note regarding cover letters has been posted.
• For assignment 3, question 5: please use an MARR of 15%. The assignments are due at the start of your tutorial time slot; if handing in electronically, please make sure we get them by 17:00.
• A memo has been posted, dated 24 September 2012. We will discuss this in class on 25 September.