ENCH 433 Chemical
Process Operations (3)
Required course
for majors in the chemical engineering specialty.
Catalog Description
Fundamental
variables of environmental process operations; generalized treatment of
mass-transfer operations including separation processes. Application of
fundamental principles of continuous and stage-wise separation processes
applicable to resource recovery, recycle and reuse. Design project. Fall
semester. Lecture 3 hours.
Prerequisites:
ENGR
222, 307, 308, ENCH 331 with grades of C or better. May be registered as ENEV 433. Credit not allowed in both ENCH 433 and ENEV
433.
Text book/References:
McCabe,
R. L, J. C.Smith and P. Harriott, "Unit Operations of Chemical
Engineering", McGraw-Hill, 6th ed., 2000.
Perry,
R. H., C. H. Chilton, “Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, McGraw-Hill.
Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate the relationship to engineering and
chemical program outcomes)
Familiarize
students with the theory and practice of various separations technologies,
including continuous and stage-wise processes (2). Promote lifelong learning skills through
independent study projects in separations processes applicable to resource
recovery and reuse (6). Promote effective communication through group design
projects requiring written and oral reports (4,5).
Class/Laboratory Schedule:
Lecture
either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at
75 minutes per class.
Topics Covered:
Week Topic
1 Stagewise
and continuous contact processes.
2 Leaching.
3 Continued.
4 Extraction.
5 Continued.
6 Single
effect evaporation.
7 Continued.
8 Independent
study reports.
9 Multiple
effect evaporation.
10 Continued.
11 Continued.
12 Gas
absorption.
13 Continued.
14 Continued.
15 Design
project presentations.
Contribution to Professional Component:
Contributes
toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 3 credit hour course in
engineering sciences and engineering design.
Relationship of course to program outcomes
This
course supports engineering outcome 2, 4, 5 and 6.
Prepared by: Dr. Jim Cunningham,