Catalogue Description

Systems of units and dimensions. Stoichiometry. Ideal and nonideal gases, critical properties and compressibility charts. Vapor-liquid equilibria. Material balance calculations for steady and unsteady state processes with and without chemical reactions. Recycle, by pass and purge calculations. Material balance involving condensation and vaporization

Prerequisite

CHEM102 General Chemistry II

Textbook

Himmelblau, D.M.; “Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering”, Seventh Edition. Prentice  Hall, PTR. New jersey 1998

Reference

T Felder, R. M. and R. W. Rousseau, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Second Edition. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York 1986

Instructor

Dr. Saad Al-Shahrani

Time& Room

8.00-9.30 (Sunday and Tuesday)

1:00-  3:00 Sunday(Tutorial Work)

Bldg.79,Room 106R

Goals

Develop Solving Skills Using The Engineering Approach For Process Related Problems.

Understand units and Measurements of Physical Properties, Basic Laws about the behaviour of gas ,liquids ,and solids, and some basic Mathematical tools.

To Learn what Material Balances and how to apply them.

Become Familiar With The Use of the Tables of Thermodynamic Data.

Developing a Professional Attitude

Prerequisites  by Topics

 Freshman Chemistry.

 Freshman Mathematics.

 Computer Programming.

Topics

1-Units, dimensions, and dimensional analysis.

2-Density, specific gravity, specific volume, the mole, concentrations,  temperature, and pressure.

3-Introduction to processes and process variables.

4-Problem solving techniques.

5-Material balances: single unit processes, differential and integral balances.

6-Material balances with chemical reaction; defining limiting reactant, conversion, yield, etc.,

7-Material balances for combustion reactions; theoretical and excess air.

8-Material balances on multi-unit processes, recycle, bypass, purge.

9-Thermodynamics of single-phase systems; real and ideal gases,   compressibility, corresponding states, equations of state.

10-Thermodynamics of single component, multi-phase systems; vapor pressure, phase rule.

11-Thermodynamics of multi-component, multi-phase systems: Raoult’s, Henry’s law, phase diagrams.

12-Material balance problems involving variations in saturation.