| WEEK | DATE | LEC # | LECTURE | DATE | CALCULATION SESSION |
| 1 | 8/21 | 1 | course objectives, course content, and course organization. reading: chapter 1, pp. 1-7 and chapter 2, pp 8-19. | ||
| 8/23 | 2 | Concept: process design - unit operations and process flowsheets. Context: green chemistry for hydrazine synthesis. reading: chapter 2, pp 19-25. | CS 1 8/23 |
process analysis & design by incremental evolution:
exercises 2.9 and 2.22. professional development - part 1: resumes |
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| 8/25 | 3 | Concept: process design - creative problem solving. Context: separations strategies - purification of bromine. reading: chapter 2, pp 25-42. homework 1: exercises 2.8, 2.20(A) and 2.25(A). | |||
| 2 | 8/28 | 4 | Concept: process design - devising chemical cycles. Context: producing methane from carbon dioxide and thermal energy. reading: chapter 2, pp 42-48. | ||
| 8/30 | 5 | 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. | CS 2 8/30 |
problem redefinition: exercises 2.45, 2.38, and 2.40. process design & analysis by incremental evolution: exercises 2.34 and 2.32. professional development - part 2: elevator pitch |
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| 9/1 | 6 | Concept: process design - design evolution by incremental improvement. Context: example exercises with approximate flow rates. reading: chapter 3, pp 89-99 and Appendix C. homework 2: exercises 2.41, 2.42, 2.51, 2.23, and 2.31. | |||
| 3 | 9/4 | Labor Day - no lecture | |||
| 9/6 | 7 | Concept: process analysis - mathematical modeling based on fundamental laws. Context: mass balances on processes without chemical reaction - desalination by freezing. reading: chapter 3, pp 99-106. | CS 3 9/6 |
process analysis & design by incremental evolution: exercise 2.35. process analysis - mass balances: exercises 3.4, 3.10, and 3.24. |
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| 9/8 | 8 | Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances. Context: processes with chemical reactions - options for unreacted reactants. reading: chapter 3, pp 106-110. homework 3: exercises 3.15, 3.26, 3.115, and 3.122. | |||
| 4 | 9/11 | 9 | Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances. Context: options for unreacted reactants, cont'd. reading: chapter 3, pp 110-117. | ||
| 9/13 | 10 | Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances. Context: process design with informal mass balances - estimation. reading: chapter 3, pp 117-123. | CS 4 9/13 |
process design with informal mass balances: exercises 2.34 redux, 3.116, and 3.114. | |
| 9/15 | 11 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: heaters and heat exchangers. reading: chapter 3, pp 123-132. homework 4: exercises 3.32, 3.42, 3.127 and 3.131. | |||
| 5 | 9/18 | 12 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: modeling a complex unit as several simple units. reading: chapter 3, pp 132-139. | ||
| 9/20 | 13 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: energy balances and chemical reactions; heat of reaction and adiabatic temperature change. reading: chapter 3, pp 139-145. | CS 5 9/20 |
process design with informal mass balances: exercise 3.121. process analysis - energy balances: exercises 3.64 and 3.68. professional development - part 3: LinkedIn pages |
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| 9/22 | 14 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: energy balances and chemical reactions; reactor design for an endothermic reaction. homework 5: exercises 3.70, 3.77, and 3.80. | |||
| 6 | 9/25 | 15 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances Context: example exercises. reading: chapter 3, pp 145-151. | ||
| 9/27 | 16 | Concept: process economics - conservation of assets Context: chemical production and sales. reading: chapter 3, pp 152-156. | CS 6 9/27 |
process analysis - energy balances: exercises 3.66 and 3.67. process economics: exercises 3.94 and 3.95. |
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| 9/29 | 17 | Concept: mathematical modeling - process economics Context: capital costs vs. operating costs. prelim 1 practice exercises 2.18, 3.20, 3.25, 3.41, 3.45, 3.123, and 3.132. | |||
| 7 | 10/2 | 18 | Concept: mathematical modeling - process economics Context: comparing process alternatives reading: chapter 3 exercises, pp 182-6. |
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| 10/3 | First preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm) | ||||
| 10/4 | S1 | Concept: spreadsheets for mass balances Context: ethanol synthesis from grain. reading: chapter 4, pp 243-253. | CS 7 10/4 |
spreadsheets for mass balances with process economics: exercise 3.112. process economics: exercises 3.109 and 3.110. |
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| 10/6 | 19 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: mass & energy balances and the lever rule. reading: chapter 4, pp 253-262. homework 6: exercises 3.91 and 3.97. |
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| 8 | 10/9 | Fall Break - no lecture | |||
| 10/11 | 20 | Concept: graphical modeling and phase maps. Context: gas-liquid separators - flash drums. |
CS 8 10/11 |
graphical modeling for energy balances: exercises 4.2 and 4.6. graphical modeling with two-component phase maps: exercise 4.15 professional development - part 4: The paradox of choice. |
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| 10/13 | 21 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: phase maps and the lever rule. reading: chapter 4, pp 262-267. homework 7: exercises 4.4, 4.9, 4.13, and 4.19. |
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| 9 | 10/16 | 22 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: combined mass and energy balances for binary mixtures. |
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| 10/18 | 23 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: combined mass and energy balances for binary mixtures. reading: chapter 4, pp 267-272. |
CS 9 10/18 |
graphical modeling with enthalpy-concentration maps: exercise 4.35. graphical modeling with ternary diagrams: exercises 4.27, 4.28, and 4.96. |
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| 10/20 | 24 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: absorption maps and single-stage absorbers. reading: chapter 4, pp 272-277. homework 8: exercises 4.34, 4.38, 4.91, and 4.101. |
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| 10 | 10/23 | 25 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines. Context: multistage countercurrent absorbers |
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| 10/25 | 26 | Concept: graphical mass balances with operating lines. Context: osmotic extraction and matching graphical models to absorbers & strippers. reading: chapter 4, pp 277-289. |
CS 10 10/25 |
graphical analysis of absorbers and solid-liquid separators: exercises 4.39 and 4.44. process design with graphical analysis: exercises 4.104 and 4.92. |
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| 10/27 | 27 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines for distillation. Context: multiple flash drums and x-y diagrams. prelim 2 practice exercises: 3.74, 3.76, 3.88, 3.99, 4.3, 4.7, 4.98, and 4.103. |
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| 11 | 10/30 | 28 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines. Context: McCabe-Thiele Method for distillation columns. reading: chapter 4, pp. 289-301. |
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| 10/31 | Second preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm) | ||||
| 11/1 | 29 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines. Context: examples with distillation columns. reading: appendix D - Graph Paper and Log Scales. |
CS 11 11/1 |
graphical analysis with operating lines; distillation columns: exercises 4.56a, 4.63, and 4.107. | |
| 11/3 | 30 | Concept: separating condensible and non-condensible vapors. Context: condensing water from air by decreasing the temperature at constant pressure. homework 9: exercises 4.45, 4.67, 4.68, and 4.105. |
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| 12 | 11/6 | 31 | Concept: separating condensible and non-condensible vapors, cont'd. Context: condensing water from air by increasing the pressure at constant temperature. |
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| 11/8 | 32 | Concept: graphical analysis with phase maps for pure substances. Context: example exercises. reading: chapter 5, pp 423-431. | CS 12 11/8 |
graphical analysis of pure-component phase maps: exercises 4.73, 4.84, and 4.112. | |
| 11/10 | 33 | Concepts: units and dimensions, dimensional analysis and scaling - geometric and dynamic. Context: a pendulum. reading: chapter 5, pp. 431-436. homework 10: exercises 4.76, 4.79, and 4.111. |
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| 13 | 11/13 | 34 | Concept: a method for dimensional analysis - Pi groups. Context: dynamics of walking. reading: chapter 5, pp. 436-447. |
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| 11/15 | 35 | Concept: dimensional analysis: choosing core variables. Context: the terminal velocities of spheres. reading: chapter 5, pp. 447-454. | CS 13 11/15 |
forming dimensionless groups: exercises 5.22 and 5.13. review of operating lines: exercises 4.42 and 4.72. |
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| 11/17 | 36 | Concept: how to read a dimensionless correlation; obtaining the value of a non-core variable. Context: the terminal velocities of spheres, cont'd. reading: chapter 5, pp. 454-467. prelim 3 practice exercises: 4.40, 4.47, 4.48, 4.58, 4.59, 4.69, 4.70, 4.77, 4.81, 4.109, and 4.113. |
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| 14 | 11/20 | 37 | Concept: dimensional analysis: how to design a dynamically similar model. Context: pressure drop in an artificial kidney, heating in microfluidics, explosive shock waves, ants throwing stones, and reptiles flying. |
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| 11/21 | Third preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm) | ||||
| 11/22 | Thanksgiving Recess | 11/22 | Thanksgiving Recess | ||
| 11/24 | Thanksgiving Recess | ||||
| 15 | 11/27 | 38 | Concept: applications of dynamic similarity. Context: summary of dynamic scaling. Dimensional analysis of everyday phenomena. |
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| 11/29 | 39 | Course summary - part 1. Context: design with mathematical modeling practice exercises: 3.69 and 3.75. |
CS 14 11/29 |
dimensional analysis and dynamic scaling: exercises 5.29, 5.33, and 5.34. review for final exam Ode to McCabe-Thiele and the Reynolds Number song |
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| 12/1 | 40 | Course summary - part 2. Context: design with graphical modeling and dynamic scaling. practice exercises: 4.93, 4.94, 5.8, 5.15, 5.20, 5.28, 5.30, and 5.39. |
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| 12/4 | 41 | Course summary - part 3. Context: xxx practice exercises: 5.xx, and 5.xx. | |||
| 12/16 | Final exam (2:00-4:30 p.m.) | ||||