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Syllabus ( CED 201 )


   Basic information
Course title: Chemical Engineering Calculations
Course code: CED 201
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ercan ÖZDEMİR
ECTS credits: 5
GTU credits: 3 (2+2+0)
Year, Semester: 2, Fall
Level of course: First Cycle (Undergraduate)
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: none
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: The aim of this course is to teach basic concepts of chemical engineering and provide knowledge on chemical processes, that form foundation for all other chemical engineering courses. The objectives within the scope of this course are: to train students in writing mass and energy balance, drawing and fully labeling a process flow diagrams, formulating and solving balance equations for processes with chemical reaction and without reaction.
   Learning outcomes Up

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Demostrate knowledge of chemical engineering systems analysis and the concept of unit operations.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve Complex Engineering problems; select and apply proper modeling and analysis methods for this purpose.
    2. Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for solving complex problems in Engineering practice; employ information technologies effectively.

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  2. Identify the unit operations and process variables involved in a process, draw process flowcharts, label streams, determine the physical and chemical properties of flows and stream components.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve Complex Engineering problems; select and apply proper modeling and analysis methods for this purpose.
    2. Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for solving complex problems in Engineering practice; employ information technologies effectively.

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  3. Develop mass and energy balance equations for reactive and nonreactive processes.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve Complex Engineering problems; select and apply proper modeling and analysis methods for this purpose.
    2. Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for solving complex problems in Engineering practice; employ information technologies effectively.

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  4. State basic concepts and empirical equations needed for the solution of mass and energy balance equations.

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Ability to identify, formulate, and solve Complex Engineering problems; select and apply proper modeling and analysis methods for this purpose.
    2. Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for solving complex problems in Engineering practice; employ information technologies effectively.

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
   Contents Up
Week 1: Introduction to chemical engineering calculations: units and dimensions, conversion and systems of units, dimensional homogeneity, process data representation and analysis.
Week 2: Processes and process variables: mass, volume, flow rate, chemical composition, pressure and temperature.
Week 3: Mass balances: process classification, mass balance calculations, mass balances on multiple-unit processes, recycle and bypass systems.
Week 4: Mass balances: chemical reaction stoichiometry, mass balances on reactive processes.
Week 5: Mass balances: combustion reactions. Homework 1
Week 6: Single-phase systems: liquid and solid densities, ideal gases. Quiz 1.
Week 7: Midterm
Week 8: Multiphase systems: single-component phase equilibrium, the Gibbs phase rule.
Week 9: Multiphase systems: gas-liquid systems, multi-components gas-liquid systems, solutions of solids in liquids, equilibrium between two liquid phases.
Week 10: Energy and energy balances: forms of energy, the first law of thermodynamics, energy balances on closed systems. Homework 2
Week 11: Energy and energy balances: energy balances on open systems at steady state, tables of thermodynamic data, mechanical energy balances. Quiz 2
Week 12: Balances on nonreactive processes: energy balance calculations, changes in pressure at constant temperature, changes in temperature, phase-change operations, mixing and solution.
Week 13: Balances on reactive processes: heats of reaction, measurement and calculation of heats of reaction, formation reactions and heats of formation, heats of combustion, energy balances on reactive processes.
Week 14: Balances on transient processes: material balances, energy balances on single-phase nonreactive processes, simultaneous transient balances.
Week 15*: -
Week 16*: Final
Textbooks and materials: Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, & Lisa G. Bullard. (2016). Felder's Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Global Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-1-119-24921-4.
Recommended readings: David M. Himmelblau & James B. Riggs. (2012). Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering, 8th ed., U.S.A.: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-234660-5.

Robert H. Perry & Don W. Green. (2008). Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, 8th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill.
  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 7 30
Other in-term studies: - 0
Project: - 0
Homework: 5, 10 15
Quiz: 6, 11 15
Final exam: 1 40
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 2 14
Own studies outside class: 2 10
Practice, Recitation: 2 14
Homework: 3 5
Term project: 0 0
Term project presentation: 0 0
Quiz: 2 2
Own study for mid-term exam: 5 3
Mid-term: 3 1
Personal studies for final exam: 5 2
Final exam: 2 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
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  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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