0.2: Chemical Engineering 301 Schedule for 2003

 

Tentative (7/21/03)

Week Starting or dates

Text 1. Chap. Sec. Subject

Text 2. Chap. Sec. Subject

Other Reading and Assignments

Lectures Primarily by

Aug. 25
1 What Some Chemical Engineers do for a Living

Introductory material

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K. Zygourakis

Sept. 2

 

3.0 to 3.6 Processes and Process Variables

4.0 to 4.2 Fundamentals of Material Balances.

1.0 Balances for many types of systems.

1.1 Discussion of Material Balances in chemical systems

Maple and other Computer Algebra Packages: what can we do with them?

S. H. Davis

Sept. 8

4.3 Mass Balances and the Degree of Freedom

1.6.1 Summary of Degree of Freedom Table

K. Zygourakis

Sept. 15

4.4 Flow charts

Graphics applied in your Project.

Written and oral presentation skills

L. Driskill

Sept. 22

4.5 bases, separators, mixers and the use of a Degree of Freedom Table. Multiple unit processes.

4.6 Balances on Reactive Systems, stoichiometry, species balances.

1.3.0 to 1.3.7 Flow Sheet simulation in non-reacting systems: mixing , separating, splitting streams

1.3.8 & 1.3.9 the reactor modules

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S. H. Davis

Sept. 29

2.0 to 2.8 Intro. to Engineering Calculations,

4.7 Balances on Reactive Systems; Atomic and Molecular Species Balances

4.8. Combustion Reactions

2.1 Discussion of the FORTRAN Programs, 2.3: Unit Conversion & 2.4 Molecular Weight Determination 2.5 The Atomic Matrix and 2.6 Element Balance Programs

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S. H. Davis

Oct. 6

11.0 to 11.2 Material Balances in Transient Systems

Appendix A Computational Techniques

 

Graphical solution of equations and presentation of results.

Quiz 1 assigned

Oct. 6th

K. Zygourakis

Oct. 15

4.9 to 4.10 Additional considerations and summary.

Part 4: Case Studies

1.4 Linear Independence of multiple reactions, 1.5 Analysis of Plant Units & 1.6 Flows and Reactions in a Plant

5.1 to 8 The Mass Balance Modules developed in Matlab

Quiz 1 Due, Oct. 15th

Description of Project Topics

S. H. Davis &/or ???

Oct. 20

7.0 to 7.1 The first Law

7.2 to 7.6 Forms of energy, balances on open systems at steady state,

Energy Content of fluids

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K. Zygourakis

Oct. 27

7.7 to 7.8: Energy and Energy Balances, Thermodynamic data and Energy Balance Procedures: Open and Closed systems

2.3: Unit Conversion

2.7 Thermodynamic Programs for steam and other fluids

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S. H. Davis

Nov. 3

8.0 to 8.4 (Mass and Energy) Balances on Non-reactive Processes

3.1: Compound Property Data

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S. H. Davis

Nov. 10

9.0 and 9.1 Reactive processes

 

3.2: Conservation of Energy: Terms in an Energy Balance

3.3.0 and 3.3.1 Main Energy Balance Functions

S. H. Davis

Nov. 17

11.3 and 11.4 Transient Energy Balances

More on transient processes

Quiz 2 Assigned Nov. 17th

K. Zygourakis

Nov. 24

9.2 to 9.5 Balances on Reactive Processes

3.3.2 & 3.3.3 Miscellaneous Topics on the use of the Energy Balance Functions, 3.4 Examples of Energy Balances,& 5.9 to 15 The Energy Balance Modules

Quiz 2 due Nov. 24th

Computational aids for energy balances

S. H. Davis

Dec. 1

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Project Due, Project Presentations

S. H. Davis, K. Zygourakis and G. Cheng

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