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 Week 2

Chemical Engineering And Chemical Product Design


Chemical Products Category
  • Commodities (Made in large quantity)
  •  Molecular Products (Discovered through research)
  •  Micro-structured products (Products with specific functions)
  • Chemical Device (makes use of chemical engineering principles) 

Chemical Engineering Principles

    • Mass Transfer
    • Heat Transfer
    • Fluid Flow
    • Mechanical Process 

Week 3

Pain Points

    • Specific problems experience by the user while using a product or service
    • Can generate friction and cause customer to abandon the product or service


Common Pain Points

    1. Interaction ( Long wait times for customer service)
    2. Purchasing( Confusion about payment method)
    3. Compatibility( A lack of support for certain devices or operating systems)
    4. Functionality( Outdated features)


 Group Discussion

After discussing for long intense hours, our group has decided to make a device for people device. We intend to make a device where it can absorb sweat and make it remove bacteria too, The design would be similar to a tissue packet in a way that its portable and light. We tried to think of possible ideas such as an insole to help people with sweaty feet. However, we soon discovered that a product like that would be too difficult so we decided to stick with the handkerchief instead.



Pratical 1

Pratical 1 is about reverse engineering and coffee makers. We first need to make use of Year 1 knowledge like thermodynamic to calculate the total energy absorbed by the water. For the second activity, we need to dismantle the coffee maker to figure out how the water is being transported to the condenser at the top of the coffee maker. We realised that it was possible due to the presence of steam, it pushes the water up to the condenser and there is a check valve to prevent the steam from condensing and flowing back into the bottom part.