Chemical Engineering 1 (CE0001)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : EEL-1-CHChE

This course gives an introduction to the design of industrial chemical processes, including chemical reactions and reactor design, energetics of chemical processes, determination of material and thermal flows within processes, phase equilibria and separation processes. In so doing, it covers many of the principles involved in taking chemical processes from the bench/laboratory research scale to the construction and operation of modern commercial chemical plants and provides an introduction to discipline of Chemical Engineering.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : SCE Higher grade Chemistry or equivalent; prior attendance at Engineering 1 (With the permission of the Head of School, prior attendance at another course may be substituted for Engineering 1.)

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Chemical, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 7 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
08/01/2007	10:00	10:50	Room G.11, William Robertson Building	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	10:00	10:50	Central
Laboratory	Tuesday	14:00	17:00	KB
Lecture	Thursday	10:00	10:50	Central
Laboratory	Thursday	14:00	17:00	KB
Lecture	Friday	10:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to:
Calculate the 'economic potential' of a chemical process;
Put separation processes in an appropriate sequence;
Produce spreadsheets to solve defined problems quoting results in tabular or graphical form;
Formulate and solve material balances for processes involving reactor(s), separator(s), recycle and purge;
Solve an energy balance around a reactor;
Solve problems involving thermal conduction across stratified media, convection in laminar or turbulent flow and radiation in simple geometries;
Use dimensionless correlations to predict heat transfer coefficients;
Determine the heat duties and heat transfer area required in shell and tube heat exchangers, allowing for fouling on the tube walls;
Determine reaction rates for both a zero and first order isothermal reactions;
Use Arrhenius' Law to determine the reaction rate constant at a given temperature;
Evaluate the volume of plug flow and continuous stirred-tank reactors, either occurring singly or with several in series;
Sketch the concentration profile along an isothermal plug flow reactor (zero or 1st order reaction);
Describe a range of standard separation techniques;
Use phase diagrams for pure substances;
Obtain vapour pressures by empirical equation or from a phase diagram and to use them to describe the state of matter at a given temperature and pressure;
Predict the pressure within a storage vessel and the appropriate temperature for operation of a vaporiser or condenser;
Relate partial pressures to vapour pressure when more than one gas is present and determine dew point for a gas stream containing one condensable component;
Use Raoult's Law to relate compositions to temperature and pressure for a two component ideal mixture;
Design simple flash vessels and comment on their limitations