| WEEK | DATE | LEC # | LECTURE | DATE | CALCULATION SESSION |
| 1 | 8/25 | 1 | course objectives, course content, and course organization. reading: chapter 1, pp. 1-7 and chapter 2, pp 8-19. | ||
| 8/27 | 2 | Concept: process design - unit operations and process flowsheets. Context: green chemistry for hydrazine synthesis. reading: chapter 2, pp 19-25. | CS 1 8/27 |
process analysis & design by incremental evolution: exercises 2.9 and 2.22. | |
| 8/29 | 3 | Concept: process design - creative problem solving. Context: separations strategies - purification of bromine. reading: chapter 2, pp 25-42. homework 1: exercises 2.7, 2.24 and 2.25(A only). | |||
| 2 | 9/1 | Labor Day - no lecture | |||
| 9/3 | 4 | Concept: process design - devising chemical cycles. Context: producing methane from carbon dioxide and thermal energy. reading: chapter 2, pp 42-48. | CS 2 9/3 |
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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| 9/5 | 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 2.23, 2.33, 2.43, 2.46, and 2.52. | |||
| 3 | 9/8 | 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. | ||
| 9/10 | 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 9/10 |
process analysis & design by incremental evolution: exercise 2.35. process analysis - mass balances: exercises 3.4 and 3.10. professional development - part 2: elevator pitches |
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| 9/12 | 8 | Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances. Context: processes with chemical reactions - options for unreacted reactants. reading: chapter 3, pp 106-110. homework 3: exercises 3.12, 3.28, 3.115, and 3.125. | |||
| 4 | 9/15 | 9 | Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances. Context: options for unreacted reactants, cont'd. reading: chapter 3, pp 110-117. | ||
| 9/17 | 10 | Concept: mathematical modeling - mass balances. Context: process design with informal mass balances - estimation. reading: chapter 3, pp 117-123. | CS 4 9/17 |
process design with informal mass balances: exercises 2.34 redux, 3.116, and 3.114. | |
| 9/19 | 11 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: heaters and heat exchangers. reading: chapter 3, pp 123-132. homework 4: exercises 3.33, 3.43, 3.119, and 3.124. | |||
| 5 | 9/22 | 12 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: modeling a complex unit as several simple units. reading: chapter 3, pp 132-139. | ||
| 9/24 | 13 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances. Context: energy balances and chemical reactions; heat of reaction and adiabatic temperature change. | CS 5 9/24 |
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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| 9/26 | 14 | Concept: mathematical modeling - energy balances Context: example exercises. reading: chapter 3, pp 145-151. homework 5: exercises 3.59, 3.72, 3.77 and 3.80(A)(B). | |||
| 6 | 9/29 | Heat Exchanger Module - no lecture | |||
| 10/1 | 15 | Concept: process economics - conservation of assets Context: chemical production and sales. reading: chapter 3, pp 152-156. | CS 6 10/1 |
process analysis - energy balances: exercises 3.66 and 3.67. process economics: exercises 3.94 and 3.95. |
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| 10/3 | 16 | 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 | 10/6 | 17 | Concept: mathematical modeling - process economics Context: comparing process alternatives reading: chapter 3 exercises, pp 182-6. |
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| 10/7 | First preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm) | ||||
| 10/8 | S1 | Concept: spreadsheets for mass balances Context: ethanol synthesis from grain. reading: chapter 4, pp 243-253. | CS 7 10/8 |
spreadsheets for mass balances with process economics: exercise 3.112. |
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| 10/10 | Optional Review Session: Preparation for the Process Economics Competition | ||||
| 8 | 10/13 | Fall Break - no lecture | |||
| 10/15 | 18 | 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. |
CS 8 10/15 |
process economics: exercises 3.109 and 3.110. graphical modeling for energy balances: exercises 4.2 and 4.6. professional development - part 4: The paradox of choice. |
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| 10/17 | 19 | Concept: graphical modeling and phase maps. Context: gas-liquid separators - flash drums. homework 6: exercises 4.4, 4.8, and 4.15. |
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| 9 | 10/20 | 20 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: phase maps and the lever rule. reading: chapter 4, pp 262-267. |
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| 10/22 | 21 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: combined mass and energy balances for binary mixtures. |
CS 9 10/22 |
process design with graphical analysis: exercise 4.92. graphical modeling and design with ternary diagrams: exercises 4.27, 4.28, and 4.96. |
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| 10/24 | 22 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: combined mass and energy balances for binary mixtures. reading: chapter 4, pp 267-272. prelim 2 practice exercises: 3.74, 3.76, 3.79, 3.96, 3.97, 3.99, 4.3, 4.7, 4.88, 4.89, and 4.90. |
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| 10 | 10/27 | 23 | Concept: process analysis - graphical modeling. Context: absorption maps and single-stage absorbers. reading: chapter 4, pp 272-277. |
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| 10/29 | 24 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines. Context: multistage countercurrent absorbers |
CS 10 10/29 |
graphical analysis with enthalpy-concentration diagrams: exercise 4.35. graphical analysis of absorbers and strippers: exercises 4.39 and 4.44. |
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| 10/30 | Second preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm) | ||||
| 10/31 | 25 | Concept: graphical mass balances with operating lines. Context: osmotic extraction and matching graphical models to absorbers & strippers. reading: chapter 4, pp 277-289. homework 7: exercises 4.34, 4.46, 4.101, and 4.104. |
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| 11 | 11/3 | 26 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines for distillation. Context: multiple flash drums and x-y diagrams. |
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| 11/5 | 27 | Concept: graphical mass balances - operating lines. Context: McCabe-Thiele Method for distillation columns. reading: chapter 5, pp. 423-431. homework 8: exercises 4.67, 4.68, 4.103, and 4.108. |
CS 11 11/5 |
graphical analysis with operating lines; distillation columns: exercises 4.56a, 4.63, and 4.107. | |
| 11/7 | Distillation Module - no lecture | ||||
| 12 | 11/10 | 28 | Concepts: units and dimensions, dimensional analysis and scaling - geometric and dynamic. Context: a pendulum. reading: chapter 5, pp. 431-436. | ||
| 11/12 | 29 | Concept: a method for dimensional analysis - Pi groups. Context: dynamics of walking. reading: chapter 5, pp. 436-447. |
CS 12 11/12 |
TA panel on pre-enrollment. review for Prelim 3: exercises 4.93, 4.42, and 4.72. |
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| 11/14 | 30 | Concept: dimensional analysis: choosing core variables. Context: the terminal velocities of spheres. reading: chapter 5, pp. 447-454. homework 9: exercises xxxx. |
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| 13 | 11/17 | 31 | 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. | ||
| 11/19 | 32 | 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. |
CS 13 11/19 |
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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| 11/21 | 33 | Concept: applications of dynamic similarity. Context: summary of dynamic scaling. Dimensional analysis of everyday phenomena. prelim 3 practice exercises:4.37, 4.40, 4.47, 4.48, 4.58, 4.59, 4.69, 4.70, 4.77, 4.81, 4.102, 4.109, and 4.110. | |||
| 14 | 11/24 | Optional: Review Session for Prelim 3. | |||
| 11/25 | Third preliminary exam (7:30-9:30 pm) | ||||
| 11/26 | Thanksgiving Recess | 11/26 | Thanksgiving Recess | ||
| 11/28 | Thanksgiving Recess | ||||
| 15 | 12/1 | Dynamic Scaling Module - no lecture | |||
| 12/3 | 34 | Course summary - part 1. Context: design with mathematical modeling practice exercises: 3.69 and 3.75. |
CS 14 12/3 |
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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| 12/5 | 35 | 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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| 16 | 12/8 | 36 | Course summary - part 3. Context: | ||
| 12/xx | Final exam (xx:00-xx:30 p.m.) | ||||