Marking Rubric

Criteria Excellent/Above Average Good attempt (60% - 69%) Average attempt (50-59%) Poor attempt (<50%)
(>70%)

Part A1 Excellent description of Good description of calculation Reasonable description of Poor description of
Burner design calculation procedures. Neat procedures. Neat layout of calculation procedures. Average calculation procedures.
layout of calculations. Correct calculations. Minor error in neatness in layout of calculations. Incorrect answers.
answers. Excellent calculations. Good Minor error in calculations. Weak
demonstration of understanding demonstration of understanding demonstration of understanding of
of cases. of cases. cases.
Part A2 Excellent description of Good description of calculation Reasonable description of Poor description of
Flame calculation procedures. Neat procedures. Neat layout of calculation procedures. Average calculation procedures.
temperature layout of calculations. Correct calculations. Minor error in neatness in layout of calculations. Incorrect answers. Lack
calculations answers. Excellent calculations. Good Minor error in calculations. Weak of understanding of
demonstration of understanding demonstration of understanding demonstration of understanding of case differences in
of cases and comparisons. of cases and comparisons. cases and comparisons. comparisons.
Part A3 Excellent depth of discussion Good depth of discussion and Reasonable depth of discussion and Submission
Combustion and understanding of explosion understanding of explosion understanding of explosion demonstrates a lack of
and principles as applied to the TWA principles as applied to the principles as applied to the TWA understanding of
Explosions case study. Well annotated TWA case study. Well annotated case study. However, depth of combustion, explosions
diagrams with detailed captions. diagrams with detailed captions. understanding missing in some key and mitigation.
Excellent understanding of Good understanding of areas. Well annotated diagrams with
preventative design measures to preventative design measures to detailed captions. Lack of
prevent explosions taking place. prevent explosions taking place. understanding of preventative design
measures to prevent explosions
taking place.
Part B1 Concise, accurate and complete Submission demonstrates good Submission demonstrates some Submission
Carbon capture descriptions of capture understanding of carbon capture understanding of carbon capture demonstrates a lack of
technologies technologies, solvent processes, but possibly with the processes, but with significant errors understanding of carbon
parameterization and values, and occasional errors or gap in or gaps in answers. capture processes.
methods to increase CO2 flue gas answers. Missing or incorrect
concentration answers in many places.
Part B2 Submission demonstrates an Submission demonstrates a good Submission demonstrates some Submission demonstrates a
Aspen excellent engagement with the engagement with the process of engagement with the process of lack of engagement with
plus process of learning Aspen and learning Aspen and creating and/or learning Aspen and creating and/or the process of learning
models creating and/or manipulating the manipulating the required process manipulating the required process Aspen and creating and/or
required process models. Annotated models. Annotated flowsheet models. Not all model investigation manipulating the required
flowsheet snapshots as requested
that show correct model execution.
All tabulated data requested; all
discussion/explanation as requested
with few if any errors.
snapshots as requested that show
correct model execution. Most
tabulated data requested along with
discussion/explanation as
requested. Possibly some
errors/omissions in discussion, or
incomplete results tabulation.
requested is complete, but what is process models. No,
presented should be free of errors, or limited, or incorrect
if everything is attempted then the flowsheet snapshots,
presence of significant errors or tabulated data or
omissions in parts. discussion of results.