| WEEK | DATE | LEC # | LECTURE | DATE | CALCULATION SESSION |
| 1 | 8/26 | 1 | course objectives, course content, and course organization. reading: chapter 1, pp. 1-7 and chapter 2, pp 8-19. | ||
| 8/28 | 2 | Concept: process design - unit operations and process flowsheets. Context: green chemistry for hydrazine synthesis. reading: chapter 2, pp 19-25. | CS 1 8/28 |
process analysis & design by incremental evolution: exercises 2.9 and 2.22. | |
| 8/30 | 3 | Concept: process design - creative problem solving. Context: separations strategies - purification of bromine. reading: chapter 2, pp 25-42. homework 1: exercises 2.10, 2.21 and 2.26. | |||
| 2 | 9/2 | Labor Day - no lecture | |||
| 9/4 | 4 | Concept: process design - devising chemical cycles. Context: producing methane from carbon dioxide and thermal energy. reading: chapter 2, pp 42-48. | CS 2 9/4 |
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 1: resumes |
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| 9/6 | 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. homework 2: exercises 2.28, 2.29, 2.37, 2.44, and 2.50. | |||
| 3 | 9/9 | 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. | ||
| 9/11 | 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 9/11 |
process analysis & design by incremental evolution: exercise 2.35. process analysis - mass balances: exercises 3.4, 3.10, and 3.24. professional development - part 2: elevator pitch |
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| 9/13 | 8 | Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances. Context: processes with chemical reactions - options for unreacted reactants. reading: chapter 3, pp 106-110. homework 3: exercises 3.13, 3.27, 3.117, and 3.128. | |||
| 4 | 9/16 | 9 | Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances. Context: options for unreacted reactants, cont'd. reading: chapter 3, pp 110-117. | ||
| 9/18 | 10 | Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances. Context: process design with informal mass balances - estimation. reading: chapter 3, pp 117-123. | CS 4 9/18 |
process design with informal mass balances: exercises 2.34 redux, 3.116, and 3.114. | |
| 9/20 | 11 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: heaters and heat exchangers. reading: chapter 3, pp 123-132. homework 4: exercises 3.38, 3.39, 3.120, and 3.130. | |||
| 5 | 9/23 | 12 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: modeling a complex unit as several simple units. reading: chapter 3, pp 132-139. | ||
| 9/25 | 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 9/25 |
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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| 9/27 | 14 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: energy balances and chemical reactions; reactor design for an endothermic reaction. homework 5: exercises 3.60, 3.79, and 3.81. | |||
| 6 | 9/30 | 15 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances Context: example exercises. reading: chapter 3, pp 145-151. | ||
| 10/2 | 16 | Concept: process economics - conservation of assets Context: chemical production and sales. reading: chapter 3, pp 152-156. | CS 6 10/2 |
process analysis - energy balances: exercises 3.66 and 3.67. process economics: exercises 3.94 and 3.95. |
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| 10/4 | 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 | 10/7 | 18 | Concept: mathematical modeling - process economics Context: comparing process alternatives reading: chapter 3 exercises, pp 182-6. |
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| 10/8 | First preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm) | ||||
| 10/9 | S1 | Concept: spreadsheets for mass balances Context: ethanol synthesis from grain. reading: chapter 4, pp 243-253. | CS 7 10/9 |
spreadsheets for mass balances with process economics: exercise 3.112. process economics: exercises 3.109 and 3.110. |
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| 10/11 | 19 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: mass & energy balances and the lever rule. reading: chapter 4, pp 253-262. practice exercises:3.96 and 3.97. |
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| 8 | 10/14 | Fall Break - no lecture | |||
| 10/16 | 20 | Concept: graphical modeling and phase maps. Context: gas-liquid separators - flash drums. |
CS 8 10/16 |
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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| 10/18 | 21 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: phase maps and the lever rule. reading: chapter 4, pp 262-267. homework 6: exercises 4.5, 4.10, 4.20, and 4.22. |
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| 9 | 10/21 | 22 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: combined mass and energy balances for binary mixtures. |
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| 10/23 | 23 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: combined mass and energy balances for binary mixtures. reading: chapter 4, pp 267-272. |
CS 9 10/23 |
process design with graphical analysis: exercise 4.92. graphical modeling with ternary diagrams: exercises 4.27, 4.28, and 4.96. |
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| 10/25 | 24 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: absorption maps and single-stage absorbers. reading: chapter 4, pp 272-277. prelim 2 practice exercises: 3.74, 3.76, 3.88, 3.99, 4.3, 4.7, 4.89, and 4.90. |
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| 10 | 10/28 | 25 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines. Context: multistage countercurrent absorbers |
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| 10/29 | Second preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm) | ||||
| 10/30 | 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 10/30 |
graphical analysis of absorbers and solid-liquid separators: exercises 4.39 and 4.44. process design with graphical analysis: exercise 4.104. |
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| 11/1 | 27 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines for distillation. Context: multiple flash drums and x-y diagrams. homework 7: exercises 4.35, 4.43, 4.46, and 4.100. |
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| 11 | 11/4 | 28 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines. Context: McCabe-Thiele Method for distillation columns. reading: chapter 4, pp. 289-301. |
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| 11/6 | 29 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines. Context: examples with distillation columns. reading: chapter 6, transient-state systems, pp. 499-512. |
CS 11 11/6 |
graphical analysis with operating lines; distillation columns: exercises 4.56a, 4.63, and 4.107. | |
| 11/8 | 30 | Concept: transient-state systems. Context: accumulation and degradation of a pollutant in a river-fed lake. reading: chapter 6, transient-state systems, pp. 512-523. homework 8: exercises 4.67, 4.68, and 4.102. |
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| 12 | 11/11 | 31 | Concept: transient-state systems, cont'd. Context: chemical reactions in a batch reactor. Predicting the maximum of an intermediate in a series reaction. |
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| 11/13 | 32 | Concept: transient-state systems, cont'd. Context: numerical integration for complex reaction schemes and predicting the concentration of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere. reading: chapter 5, pp 423-431. | CS 12 11/13 |
review for Prelim 3: exercises 4.93, 4.42, and 4.72. | |
| 11/15 | 33 | Concepts: units and dimensions, dimensional analysis and scaling - geometric and dynamic. Context: a pendulum. reading: chapter 5, pp. 431-436. homework 9: exercises 6.16, 6.18, and numerical integration (spreadsheet assignment 2). |
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| 13 | 11/18 | 34 | Concept: a method for dimensional analysis - Pi groups. Context: dynamics of walking. reading: chapter 5, pp. 436-447. |
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| 11/20 | 35 | Concept: dimensional analysis: choosing core variables. Context: the terminal velocities of spheres. reading: chapter 5, pp. 447-454. | CS 13 11/20 |
forming dimensionless groups: exercises 5.22 and 5.13. using dimensionless correlations: exercise 5.29 review of McCabe-Thiele analysis: exercises 4.61a. |
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| 11/22 | 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 | 11/25 | 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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| 11/26 | Third preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm) | ||||
| 11/27 | Thanksgiving Recess | 11/22 | Thanksgiving Recess | ||
| 11/29 | Thanksgiving Recess | ||||
| 15 | 12/2 | 38 | Concept: applications of dynamic similarity. Context: summary of dynamic scaling. Dimensional analysis of everyday phenomena. |
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| 12/4 | 39 | Course summary - part 1. Context: design with mathematical modeling practice exercises: 3.69 and 3.75. |
CS 14 12/4 |
dimensional analysis and dynamic scaling: exercises 5.33 and 5.34. review for final exam Ode to McCabe-Thiele and the Reynolds Number song |
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| 12/6 | 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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| 12/9 | 41 | Course summary - part 3. Context: | |||
| 12/19 | Final exam (7:00-9:30 p.m.) | ||||