EngrI 1120 Syllabus - Fall 2013
WEEK DATE LECTURE DATES CALCULATION SESSION
1 8/28 course objectives, course content, and course organization.
reading: chapter 1, pp. 1-6 and chapter 2, 2nd ed., pp 18-24. 		8/28,
8/29		 styles of learning and teaching.
the chemical engineering curriculum - TA panel for Q&A.
  8/30 Concept: process design - unit operations and flow sheets.
Context: ammonia synthesis.
reading: chapter 2, 2nd ed., pp 18-24. 		   
2 9/2 Labor Day - no lecture    
  9/4 Concept: process design - creative problem solving.
Context: separations strategies - purification of bromine.
9/4,
9/5		 process analysis, process design, and problem redefinition.
exercises 2.an.1, 2.9, 2.pr.2, 2.pr.3, 2.pr.4, and 2.de.7.
  9/6 an overview of chemical & biomolecular engineering.
reading: chapter 2, 2nd ed., pp 24-39.
homework: exercises 2.an.3, 2.13AB, 2.de.6, 2.20, and 2.28. 		   
3 9/9 Concept: process design - devising chemical cycles.
Context: methane from carbon dioxide and thermal energy.
reading: chapter 2, 2nd ed., pp 39-48.
   
  9/11 Concept: process design - reactors for solid reactants and products, reactants in excess to simplify separations.
Context: methane from carbon dioxide and thermal energy, cont'd. 		9/11,
9/12		 process design by problem redefinition and incremental evolution.
exercises 2.an.4, 2.de.1, and 2.17.
  9/13 Concept: process design - biomolecular processes.
Context: tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) synthesis.
homework: exercises 2.an.5, 2.de.2, and 2.de.8. 		   
4 9/16 Concept: process design - biomolecular processes.
Context: a process to produce tPA, cont'd.
reading: chapter 3, pp 61-68 and Appendix C. 		   
  9/18 Concept: process analysis - mathematical modeling based on fundamental laws.
Context: mass balances on processes without chemical reaction - desalination by freezing.
reading: chapter 3, pp 68-78. 		9/18,
9/19		 process design and mass balances.
exercises 2.de.3, 2.de.5, 3.4, 3.8, and 3.9.
  9/20 Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances.
Context: processes with chemical reactions - options for unreacted reactants.
homework: exercises 2.de.33, 3.de.6, 3.mb.2, and 3.14. 		   
5 9/23 Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances.
Context: options for unreacted reactants, cont'd. 		   
  9/25 Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances.
Context: design with informal mass balances - estimation.
reading: chapter 3, pp 78-88. 		9/25,
9/26		 process design using informal mass balances.
exercises 3.21, 3.mb.22, 3.de.2, and 3.10.
  9/27 Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances.
Context: heaters and heat exchangers
reading: chapter 3, pp 88-95.
homework: exercises 3.13, 3.27, 3.31, and 3.de.11. 		   
6 9/30 Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances.
Context: modeling a complex unit as several simple units. 		   
  10/2 Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances.
Context: energy balances to calculate mass flow rates.
reading: chapter 3, pp 95-101. 		10/2,
10/3		 process analysis with energy balances.
exercises 3.29, 3.34, and 3.de.1.
  10/4 Concept: process economics - conservation of assets.
Context: chemical production and sales.
reading: chapter 3, pp 101-106.
homework: exercises 3.mb.12, 3.mb.19, 3.eb.3, 3.eb.5, and 3.de.20. 		   
7 10/7 Concept: mathematical modeling - process economics.
Context: capital costs vs. operating costs. 		   
  10/9 Concept: mathematical modeling - process economics.
Context: comparing process alternatives.
homework: spreadsheet exercises 		10/9,
10/10		 mass balances with spreadsheets - bring your charged laptop.
  10/11 Concept: mathematical modeling - process economics.
Context: strategies for starting a specialty chemical company.
reading: chapter 4, 2nd ed., pp 201-211. 		   
8 10/14 Fall Break - no lecture    
  10/16 Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling.
Context: mass & energy balances and the lever rule.
reading: chapter 4, 2nd ed., pp 211-221. 		10/16,
10/17		 economics tournaments
  10/17 First preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm)    
  10/18 Concept: process analysis - graphical methods.
Context: a graphical model for the conservation of energy, cont'd. thermodynamic maps for binary mixtures.
homework: exercises 3.44, 3.48, 4.lever.1, 4.lever.9, and 4.14. 		   
9 10/21 Concept: graphical modeling and phase maps.
Context: the lever rule and tie lines for flash drums. reading: chapter 4, 2nd ed., pp 221-226.
   
  10/23 Concept: process analysis - graphical methods for combined mass & energy balances.
Context: enthalpy-concentration maps for binary mixtures.
10/23,
10/24		 design competition - first year. graphical methods for energy balances, combined mass & energy balances, ternary diagrams.
exercises 4.lever.8, 4.lever.4, 4.41, 4.37 and 4.38.
  10/25 Concept: process analysis - graphical methods.
Context: combined mass & energy balances for binary mixtures.
reading: chapter 4, pp 154-160.
homework: exercises 4.20, 4.42, 4.de.9, and 4.32. 		   
10 10/28 Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling.
Context: thermodynamic maps for absorbers and strippers. reading: chapter 4, pp 160-166.
   
  10/30 Concept: graphical analysis - operating lines
Context: multistage, counter-current absorbers and strippers.
reading: chapter 4, pp 154-160.
10/30,
10/31		 design competition - design competition - 1st year redux, but with contracts. graphical analysis with operating lines and solid-liquid phase maps.
exercises 4.9, 4.8, 4.13, and 4.35.
  11/1 Concept: graphical modeling with operating lines.
Context: osmotic extraction and matching graphical models to absorbers & strippers.
reading: chapter 4, pp 174-80.
homework: exercises 4.7, 4.ab.4, and 4.de.20. 		   
11 11/4 Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines for distillation.
Context: multiple, countercurrent flash drums and x-y diagrams.
reading: chapter 4, pp 180-85.
   
  11/6 Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines for distillation.
Context: McCabe-Thiele method for distillation columns.
11/6,
11/7		 graphical analysis with operating lines - distillation columns.
exercises 4.di.2a, 4.21, and 4.31.
  11/8 Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines.
Context: examples with distillation columns.
reading: chapter 4, 2nd ed, pp 249-55.
homework: exercises 4.25, 4.30, 4.de.7, and 4.de.18. 		   
12 11/11 Concept: separating condensible and non-condensible vapors.
Context: condensing water from air by decreasing the temperature at constant total pressure.
reading: chapter 4, 2nd ed, pp 255-62.
   
  11/13 Concept: separating condensible and non-condensible vapors, cont'd.
Context: condensing water from air by increasing the total pressure at constant temperature.
11/13,
11/14		 graphical analysis with phase maps of pure components.
exercises 4.2, 4.ph.5, 4.ph.6, and 4.6.
Guided tours of unit operations lab.
  11/15 Concept: graphical analysis with phase maps for pure substances.
Context: examples of condensing condensible vapors from non-condensible vapors.
reading: chapter 5, pp. 236-45.
   
13 11/18 Concept: units and dimensions, dimensional analysis and scaling - geometric and dynamic.
Context: a pendulum.
reading: chapter 5, pp. 245-52.
   
  11/20 Concept: a method for dimensional analysis - Pi groups.
Context: dynamics of people walking.
reading: chapter 5, pp. 252-65. 		11/20,
11/21		 design and analysis with graphical modeling - review.
exercises 4.de.5, 4.ab.7, and 4.di.1.
  11/21 Second preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm)    
  11/22 Concept: dimensional analysis: choosing core variables.
Context: the terminal velocities of spheres.
reading: chapter 5, pp. 265-73. 		   
14 11/25 Concept: dimensional analysis: how to design a dynamically similar model.
Context: the terminal velocities of spheres, cont'd.
reading: chapter 5, pp. 273-86.
   
  11/27 Concept: examples of scaling and dynamic similarity.
Context: heating in microfluidics, explosive shock waves, ants throwing stones, and reptiles flying.
11/27,
11/28		 Thanksgiving Break - no calculation sessions
  11/29 Thanksgiving Break - no lecture    
15 12/2 Concept: applications of dynamic similarity.
Context: universal dimensionless correlations for fluid flow through porous media, gas compressibility, and trucks.
   
  12/4 Concept: course summary - part 1.
Context: design with mathematical modeling
12/4,
12/5		 dimensional analysis and dynamic scaling.
exercises 5.4, 5.8, 5.16, 5.pi.7, 5.22, and 5.ds.1. The Reynolds Number Song.
  12/6 Concept: course summary - part 2.
Context: design with graphical modeling and dimensional analysis.
   
 

Exercises assigned in weekly two-hour calculation sessions are worked in ad hoc teams of 3-4 students. The solutions are discussed during the calculation session and are posted later. Homework assignments are due one week after assigned. Reading assignments cover the material of the next lecture.