Lectures
1/16/19— Course Overview and some motivation for the subject
1/18/19 — Additional Introductory and motivating material
1/21/19 — Scaling of variables and the importance of dimensions for variables
1/23/19 — Formal approach to engineering problem solving, formulation of a general conservation equation.
1/25/19 — Continued derivation of conservation of mass equation and example of use.
1/28/19 — Draining a tank and the need for constitutive equations
1/30/19 — Some mathematical “what ifs” for a draining tank, the normal case and some help from Wolfram Alpha
2/1/19 — Derivation and use of general single component mass balance for non-reacting systems
2/4/19 — Steady state and transient analysis for a stirred tank with inflow and outflow
2/6/19 — Steady state dilution and room ventilation examples
2/8/19 — Test 1 review: Overall and component mass balances and associated problems.
2/15/19 — Multistage_separations:_membrane dialysis
2/18/19 — Continuous multistage separations
2/20/19 — Results of mass balance analysis of dialysis/Optimal design
2/22/19 — Optimal design/Cross and countercurrent staging
2/25/19 — Introduction to chemically reacting systems
2/27/19 — Mass balance analysis of chemical reactor
3/1/19 — Review of chemical kinetics
3/4/19 — Analysis of CFSTR
3/6/19 — Analysis of CFSTR_ Comparison with batch reactor
3/18/19 — Test 2 review: Staged separations and chemical reactors
3/25/19 — Utility of dimensional reasoning and quantitative comparison
3/27/19 — Reversible chemical reactions
3/29/19 — Reprise of optimization: tradeoff between number of stages and higher internal flows
4/1/19 — Formulation of mass transfer between two immiscible phases
4/3/19 — Analysis of multiphase mass transfer
4/5/19 — Introduction to energy balance formulation
4/8/19 — Derivation of energy conservation equation
4/10/19 — Physical properties and other information necessary to use energy balance.
4/12/19 — Heat capacity, enthalpy and some example problems.
4/15/19 — Examples: Space heater, plate heat exchanger, “How to make cold”
4/17/19 — Analysis of refrigeration cycle including different fluids
4/24/19 — Continuation of refrigeration cycle including different fluids
4/29/19 — A piston, “Creature problems”
5/1/19 — Analysis of a sauropod
5/2/19 — Final exam review
“My favorite chemical engineering things”