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Engineering Economics and Problem Solving: CHE 4N4

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Course outline Course videos from 2012 Copyright and other legal stuff Comments, questions, feedback? Don't wait for official course evaluations. Announcements (previous ones) Tutorial/assignment 7 is now posted and is due on 13 November 2012 at class. There will be class all week on 13, 15 and 16 November to cover the final topic: process troubleshooting. No tutorial next Monday, 12 November: please use the 2 hours to work on your SDL projects. Two useful resources relating to this week's classes and assignment: A free PDF chapter from Turton's textbook on flow diagrams Instrumentation for process control: click on the section 2 on Sensors on the left hand side to learn how flow, temperature, level and other sensors work. Operability notes with solutions have been posted. New: The final memo regarding the SDL project has been posted.

Course overview Group work and chairperson skills Engineering economics Process safety Life-long and self-directed learning Process troubleshooting Dealing with uncertainty (reference only) Process operability Enrichment topics Course pack for 2012

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Assignments/Tutorials Assignment questions will be available here. Parts of the assignments will be covered in the tutorial period. Personal finance SDL assignment/tutorial (solutions covered in tutorial) Assignment 2: Time value of money (with solutions) Assignment 3: Profitability measures, depreciation, taxes and TVM (with solutions) Assignment 4: Sensitivity analysis, depreciation and taxes (with solutions) Assignment 5: Capital and operating cost estimation (with solutions) Assignment 6: Safety workshop (solutions covered in class on 23 Oct) Assignment 7: Process drawings and engineering operability Assignment 8: Troubleshooting New: Please follow these instructions when submitting electronically. Tests, exams and project Written midterm Self-directed learning project Final exam Practice questions for tests and exams Cover letter guidelines for written submissions