CBE 20255

Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Fall 2005

Texts:

T. W. F. Russell, M. M. Denn

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis

"1.5^th" Edition (Available from Copy Shop.)

Course Description: This is the foundation course in chemical engineering. The principles of mass and energy conservation, which comprise fundamental physical laws are used with constitutive equations to analyze a variety of chemical, biological and physical systems. Through this analysis process, students learn the technique and art of engineering problem solving. Additional topics that are woven through the course include chemical and physical properties of matter, computational techniques, phase equilibria and heat and mass transfer.

Topics

1. Example situations that can be analyzed by energy and mass balances (1/2 class)

2. Engineering analysis and development of mathematical models (1/2 class) 2^#

3. Conservation laws, the mass balance (1 class) 3

4. Constitutive equations, control volumes (1 class) 3

5. Units, dimensions and dimensional analysis (1 class) 3

6. Analysis of nonreacting liquid systems using mass balances (4 classes) 4

7. Analysis of closed reacting systems, batch reactor, reaction rate, (2 classes) 5

8. Analysis of open reacting systems, continuous stirred tank reactor,plug flow reactor, (3 classes) 6

9. Two-phase systems, transfer between phases (4 classes) 7

10. State variables, heat, work, energy, conservation of energy (2 classes)

11. Balance equations for conservation of mass and energy (2 classes)

12. Applications of mass and energy balance to open and closed systems (3 classes)

^#(red number refers to corresponding chapter in Russell and Denn)