Chemical Engineering Syllabus Explained

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TOPICS

•General Engineering•Theoretical Basis•Applied Operations•Design/Operation


TOPICS

General Engineering

TheoreticalBasis

Applied Operations

Design &

Operation

TOPICS• General Engineering• Maths: Algebra, Calculus, Diff. Equations, Etc.…• Sciences: Physics, Biology, Environmental• Chemistry: General, Analytical, Organic, Physical, • Computer Solving: Numerical Methods, Matlab, Excel• Industrial Engineering: Introduction to Engineering/Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Business &

Marketing/Accountings• Theoretical Basis

• Mass Balance• Energy Balance• Thermodynamics (Process)• Physical Chemistry / Equilibrium Thermodynamics• Transport Phenomena

• Unit Operations• Momentum Operations / Fluid Mechanics• Heat Transfer• Mass Transfer/Separation Processes• Reactor Engineering• Unit Operation Lab

• Design/Operation• Process Control/Automation• Computer Aided – Chemical Engineering• Plant Design/Operation• Plant Economics www.ChemicalEngineeringGuy.com


TOPICS

•General Engineering•Theoretical Basis•Unit Operations•Design/Operation

TOPICS• General Engineering• Maths: Algebra, Calculus, Diff. Equations, Etc.…• Sciences: Physics, Biology, Environmental• Chemistry: General, Analytical, Organic, Physical, • Computer Solving: Numerical Methods, Matlab, Excel• Industrial Engineering: Introduction to Engineering/Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing,

Business & Marketing/Accountings• Theoretical Basis



• Design/Operation• Process Control/Automation• Computer Aided – Chemical Engineering• Plant Design/Operation• Plant Economics



G.E MATH ALGEBRA/CALCULUS

• Algebra…• Set and Solve Equations• Set and Solve Simulatenous Equations• Matrix Algebra

• Calculus• Derivatives• Rate of changes• Integrals


G.E MATH DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

• Complex Differential Equation solving• Laplace Transform• Fourier Analysis


G.E SCIENCES PHYSICS & BIOLOGY



• Biology & Environment• Enzymes• CO2 and other pollutants• Environment (air, water, soil)

• Physics• Force, Free Body Diagrams, Newton’s Laws, Friction• Pressure &Temperature • Hydrostatic and some Fluid mechanics• Electricity and Magnetism


G.E CHEMISTRY


G.E CHEMISTRY• General Chemistry • Analytical Chemistry• Organic Chemistry• Physical Chemistry• Kinetic Chemistry• Electrochemistry• Nuclear Chemistry• Product/Materials Chemistry• Polymer Chemistry


G.E CHEMISTRY GENERAL CHEM.

• Element/Component/Molecules/ions• Mass Number, Electrons/Neutrons/Protons Atomic No.• Periodic Table and its relationship• Intra/Intermolecular Bondings and Geometry• Type of Reactions

• Acid & Bases; Precipitation; Redox No. and Reactions, Single/double Replacement• Basics on Equilibrium• Mixtures/Solutions• Reaction Balances• Ideal Gas Law


G.E CHEMISTRY ORGANIC CHEM.

• Carbon and its importance in Orgo• Family

• Alkane, alkene, Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic acids etc…• Common reactions

• Hydrogenation, Dehydrogenation, Hallogenation, Oxidation, • Reaction Mechanicsm

• SN1 and SN2• E1 and E2


G.E CHEMISTRY ANALYTICAL.

• Equilibrium• Acid-Base Reactions, Buffers• Titrations, Identification of species• Gravimetric Techniques• Cation Identification• Equipment-based Analytical techniques

• Spectrometry• Colorimetry• HPLC• Paper Cromatography


G.E CHEMISTRY PHYSICAL CHEM.

• Thermochemistry• Heat and Temperature• Specific Heat & Water/Gas• Heat of reaction/solution• Volatility• Vapor Pressure• Triple point, Boiling/Condensation; Melting/Freezing• Raoult’s & Henry’s Law of mixed solutions (liquid/gas)


G.E CHEMISTRY KINETIC CHEM.

• Speed of a reaction• Rate of Reaction• Stoichiometric relationship between rates• Arrhenius Law• Temperature and Pressure in Rates of Reaction• Rate Order• Elementary Rate Law• Identification of Rate Laws• Mechanism of reaction• Catalysts, Enzymes and Inhibitors


G.E CHEMISTRY ELECTROCHEMISTRY CHEM.

• Electron• Electric Current• The Faraday Constant• Galvanic/Voltaic Cell• Electric Flux• Electromagnetism• EMF = Electromotive Force• Galvanization


G.E CHEMISTRY NUCLEAR CHEM.

• The atom• Bohr’s Model• Quantum Models• Light• Energy – Mass relationship• Nuclear Reactions

• Fission• Fussion

• Schroedinger Equation


G.E CHEMISTRY PRODUCT/MATERIALS CHEM.

• Commodity vs. Fine Chemistry• Common Chemicals & Materials in the industry

• Chlor-Alkali• Air (Cryogenics) Nitrogen, Argon, Oxygen, Helium• Sulfuric Acid• Metallurgy Gold, Iron, Steel, Copper• Water Treatment• Cement and Building Materials• Pharmaceutics

• Oil and Gas exploration/production/distribution• Upstream• Downstream


G.E CHEMISTRY POLYMER CHEM.

• Addition/Condensation Polymerization• Plastics

• Polymers• Polyethylene• Polypropylene

• Synthetic Rubber• Vulcanization


G.E COMPUTER SOLVING


G.E COMPUTER SOLVING MATLAB/NUMERICAL METHODS/EXCEL

• Solving Matrices• Solving Complex Maths• Solving high time-consuming


G.E COMPUTER SOLVING MATLAB/NUMERICAL METHODS/EXCEL


G.E INDUSTRIAL ENG.


G.E INDUSTRIAL ENG. INTRO TO CHEM. ENG

• This ppt should be in your class!• About Engineering• What is an Engineer• Where does the Engineer Works• Future of the Chemical Engineer


G.E INDUSTRIAL ENG. MANUFACTURING

• Six Sigma• Lean Manufacturing• Manufacturing Strategies• Cycle time• Process Optimization


G.E INDUSTRIAL ENG. BUSINESS/MKT/ACCNT.

• Anything related to Business…• Market Research• Marketing fundamentals• Basic Finances• Entrepreneurship


G.E INDUSTRIAL ENG. BUSINESS/MKT/ACCNT.


TOPICS



THEORETICAL BASIS


THEORETICAL BASIS• Mass Balance• Energy Balance• Thermodynamics (Process)• Physical Chemistry / Equilibrium Thermodynamics• Transport Phenomena


MASS BALANCE


MASS BALANCE (WHAT)• Introduction to Process and Many other Industrial Processes• Unit Variables• Steady vs. Unsteady State• Degrees of Freedom• Single Phase Mass Balance

• Combustion• Single Reaction• Multiple Reactions• Yield/Selectivity

• Multiple Phase Mass Balance• Vaporization• Humidity/Psychometrics• Extraction/Distillation/Flashing

• Transient State Mass Balance• Batch Process


MASS BALANCE (WHY)• We need this for:

• Balances of material• Material going in/out• Final Product Specifications• Sizing Equipment• Raw Material Cost/Price calculation• Eventually

• Energy Balances• Unit Operation Design/Operation• Plant Design/Operation• Scale-up/down


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ENERGY BALANCE


ENERGY BALANCE (WHAT)• Energy Balance Equation

• Processes with change of Temperature (specific heat capacity)• Process with change of phase (Latent heat)• Flashing and other binary systems

• Systems• Isothermal (Ti = Tf) and Adiabatic (Q=0)• Heat/Enthalpy of…• Formation, Reaction, Solution/Mixture

• Reading Enthalpy Diagrams/Graphs/Tables• Humidity/Psychrometric Chart Balances

• Fuels and Combustion• Low Heating Value vs. High Heating Value• Fuel Energy Output (MW/kg) • Environment

• Unsteady State Energy Balance (Batch)


ENERGY BALANCE (WHY)• Calculate Energy requirement of Process/Units• Fuel consumption calculation• Unit Operation Design/Operation• Utility Requirements• Pricing/Costing of energy consumption• CO2 emissions• Temperature Calculations• Equilibrium Calculations


THERMODYNAMICS (PROCESS)


THERMODYNAMICS (WHAT)• Type of Systems, enthalpy, Temperature, Pressure, State variables• Laws of Thermodynamics• 1st Law Conservation (Equation Q - W = H + Ek + Ep)

• Energy Balances of Common Equipments• 2nd and 3rd Law Entropy concept

• Forward Process vs. Reversible. Possible vs. Impossible• Machines

• Cycle Efficiency, Carnot Cycle, Carnot Efficiency• Energy Generation Plant, Refrigeration and Heat Pump• Rankine, Carnot, Brayton, Internal Combustion, Diesel

• Thermodynamic Properties Maxwell Equations • Joule Thomson, Thermal Compression, Volumetric Expansion Coef. And Bridgman Table


THERMODYNAMICS (WHY)• Energy Balancing• Equipment Design/Calculations• Direction of process• Substance identification and properties• General Process Flow

• (Compressions/Expansions/Cooling/Heating)• Thermal Machine Input/outputs• Refrigerator/Electric Generation/Heat Pump design• Efficiency Calculations• Other Thermodynamic Properties derived from Maxwell Eqn


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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY / EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS


PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY/ EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS (WHAT)

• Definitions and Introduction in Equilibrium (Phase Equilibrium)• Gibbs free Energy• Fugacity of gases• Van’t Hoff Equation & Clasius-Clapeyron Equation

• Multicomponent Mixtures• Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium (LVE)• Residual Properties and Real Mixtures• Henry and Raoult Law (ideal)

• The law deviations, azeotropes, activity coeff…• Ideal Solution and Real Gas (IS-RG) Ki of substances• Real Solution and Real Gas (RS-RG) Margules, Van Laar, Wilson, NRTL and UNIQUAC,

UNIFAC • Reaction Equilibrium


PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY/EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS (WHY)

• Equilibrium Calculation• Phase identification (Mixture, Pure substance, gas, vapor, liquid, solid)• Phase Diagram construction/reading• Mass Separation Processes

• Flashing• Distillation• Extraction• Crystallization• Washing/Leaching

• Very useful in Petrochemicals!


TRANSPORT PHENOMENA


TRANSPORT PHENOMENA (WHAT)

• Relating phenomena to movement (location)• Basics dimensional analysis, adimensional numbers

• Momentum Transport (velocity) • fluid mechanics modeling, viscosity, continuity equation, shear stress, velocity

profile, laminar, turbulent flow. Reynolds number, Pipe Flow, plug flow• Heat Transport (temperature)

• Conduction, Convection, Radiation. Insulation• 1-D Heat Transfer, Optimal Radius, LMTD• Overall Coefficient, heat transfer coefficient

• Mass Transport (concentration) • Gradient, concentration, diffusion, fick’s law. • Equimolar Counterdiffusion


TRANSPORT PHENOMENA (WHY)

• Model a LOT of things• Velocity profiling• Friction losses due to pipe flow, • Temperature gradients• Insulation Material• Separation Processes

• Flashing• Evaporation• Distillation

• Extraction/Leaching


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UNIT OPERATIONS


MOMENTUM TRANSPORT OPERATIONS


MOMENTUM TRANSFER OPERATIONS (WHAT)

• Incompressible Flow• Bernoulli Equation in Piping Systems• Friction and Pipe accessory/material• Friction Calculation, Energy Loss• Pumping, Head of a System/Pump• Mechanical Energy Equation Application

• Compressible Flow• Gas Flow through nozzles

• Isentropic, adiabatic, isothermal• Compression and Compression Stages• Packed & Fluidized Beds


MOMENTUM TRANSFER OPERATIONS (WHY)

• Increase/Decrease Pressure• Fluid Movement/Storage• Unit Operation Design• Energy/Mass Balacnce

• For Unit Operation• Optimization for processes

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HEAT TRANSFER OPERATIONS


HEAT TRANSFER OPERATIONS (WHAT)

• Heat Transfer Theory• Conduction/Convection/Radiation• Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient• Fauling Effects

• Unit Operations• Heat Exchangers (Basic Theory)

• Shell and Tube Heat Exchagner Design• Equipment Description/Function

• Condensation• Evaporators• Multiple-Stage Evaporators


HEAT TRANSFER OPERATIONS (WHY)

• Increase/Decrease Temperature• Evaporate material• Condense vapors• Design Equipment • Decrease Fauling• Optimize Process

• (i.e. Set Temperature or vapor quality)


MASS TRANSPORT OPERATIONS / SEPARATION PROCESSES


MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS (WHAT)

• Mass Transfer theory• Fick’s Law and Difusivity

• Single-Stage Separations• Flashing & Extraction

• Multiple-Stage Separations• Distillation (Binary & Multiple Component)• Absorption/Stripping (Binary and Multicomponent)• Liquid-Liquid Extractions• Reflux ratio• McThiele Diagram• Murphree Efficiency and No. Trays• Optimal Feed

• Membranes/Adsorption• Solid Phase Separations

• Leaching and Washing• Crystallization• Drying of solids


MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS (WHY)

• Increase/Decrease concentrations/purity of products• Get product up to specs.• Separate toxic components• Separate undesired components• Purify• Recover material


REACTOR ENGINEERING


REACTION ENGINEERING (WHAT)

• Batch vs. Continuous• Isothermal Reactor Design

• CSTR Continuous Stirred Tank R.• PFR Plug Flow Reactor• PBR Packed Bed Reactor• Kinetics

• Non-Isothermal Design• Adiabatic• Change in Temperature


REACTION ENGINEERING (WHY)

• Produce new materials• Model Reactions• Get Kinetic Models• Build Reactors• Optimize time/size and no. of cycles• Increase selectivity/yield• Decrease heating/cooling and recycle costs


UNIT OPERATIONS LAB


UNIT OPERATIONS LAB (WHAT)

• Lab Safety & Environment• Momentum

• Pumps, Fluidized/Packed Beds, compressors. • Friction/Pump loss in pipe systems

• Reactor• Batch Reactors• Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors• Plug Flow Reactors

• Heat• Heat Exchanger (Shell and Tube & Double Pipe & Plate Exch.),• Evaporator/Condenser

• Mass• Batch Distillation, Binary Distillation, Liquid-Liquid Extraction• Absorption, Cooling Tower, Sieve Tower, Drying• Membrane Separation and Adsorption, Osmosis, Filters

• Plants• Pilot Plants (Biodiesel, Ethanol/Water distillation,


UNIT OPERATIONS LAB (WHY)

• Actually know what/how they are• Recognize the unit operations in the plants• Don’t be a clown when in the industry• Design/Operation/Optimization of Unit Operations• Practice with them• Actually work with them• Understand their basic principles (mechanical and chemical)


TOPICS

•General Engineering•Theoretical Basis•Applied Operations•Design/Operation


DESIGN & OPERATION


PROCESS CONTROL & AUTOMATION


PROCESS CONTROL/AUTOMATION

(WHAT)• Dynamic behavior• Maths Laplace Transform, First/Second Order Process, Process Response• Linearization of Non-Linear Models (Block Math)• Feedback controllers

• PID• Closed Loops• Multiple Loops• Cascade Control

• Sensors/Actuators


PROCESS CONTROL/AUTOMATION

(WHY)• Control of Processes• Automate responses• Process Variable Set• Set Variables• Target Variables• Automatic control of:

• Levels• material flows• heat energy• electricity, etc…


COMPUTER AIDED CHEM. ENGINEERING


COMPUTER AIDED CHEM. ENG. (WHAT)

• Molecule Draw/Model• Mixture/Solution Property Modeling• Assay Model• Model Unit Operations/Processes• Process Analysis• Operation Price/Costing Analysis• Energy Input/Output Analysis• Model of Automated Processes


COMPUTER AIDED CHEM. ENG. (WHY)

• It will help you to understand MORE!• It saves you time!• It is useful in real life

• i.e. Chemical Plant simulation/modeling• Get ahead of your classmates/competition


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PLANT DESIGN & OPERATION


PLANT DESIGN/OPERATION (WHAT)

• Diagrams: PFD, Block Diagrams, P&ID• Equipment Sizing and Set of Operation Conditions• Equipment Integration• Recycle/Purgres/Bypass• Continous vs. Transient Processes• Start-up; Scaling-up, Scaling-Down, Shutting down• Heuristics and Golden Rules for Process Design/Operations• Energy Integration/Analysis. Heat Exchange Networks


PLANT DESIGN/OPERATION (WHY)

• Integrate all your previous knowledge• Be able to read/understand Process Diagrams• Create Processes:

• Legal• Environmental• social responsibility

• Build chemical plants with the best designs• Low waste, utility, energy requirements, risk, costs• High yield, high safety, high profitability


PLANT ECONOMICS


PLANT ECONOMICS (WHAT)• Product Design (Synthesis, Valuation, Evaluation)• Process Economics:

• Operating and capital costs• ROI return on investment• Discounted cash flow calculations• Net present value• Annual Costs

• Process Simulation (Aspen Plus or HYSYS)• Final Project/ Chemical Plant Design


PLANT ECONOMICS (WHY)• Understand the importance behind all the Economic effort that a

Chemical Plant requires• Return on investment• Excellent for Directors Presentations• Calculate the feasibility of a Plant


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