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Contents
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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*: |
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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. |
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* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
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