Current and future technological changes and their impacts on society are explored from a chemical engineering point of view. Impacts of petroleum production, mineral industries, and chemical industries.
A series of experiments using bench scale and pilot plant scale apparatus to study fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. The method of reporting results is emphasized.
An examination of the principles of applied chemical kinetics and their use in chemical reactor design and chemical plant operation. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous kinetics, including catalysis, are considered.
Simulations of chemical process control systems is introduced. Low order dynamic equations are developed. Nonparametric process identification is studied.
Further topics in mass transfer operations. Molecular diffusion, mass transfer coefficients, continuous contacting, gas absorption, air-water contacting, drying.
Detailed design of an actual industrial chemical process including preparation of the engineering flow sheet, process simulation and optimization, plant energy and material balances, equipment sizing and design, plant layout, hazards and operability and environmental impacts, and economic analysis of the chemical process.
Instrumentation and the distributed control systems will be discussed. The Classical linear control theory and stability criteria for control system design are introduced. The Development of dynamic equations for elements of control loops is emphasized. Data acquisition, interfacing and digital computer control with emphasis on the analysis of sampled data systems are studied. Survey and discussion of particular control schemes for chemical engineering processes.
Current and future technological changes and their impacts on society are explored from a chemical engineering and a professional engineering point of view. Impacts of petroleum production, mineral industries, and chemical industries.