Course overview

Duration: 45 hrs (3 credits)

CHAPTER 1 ¨

INTRODUCTION ¨ Prerequisites: none

¨ Description: Teach the fundamental aspects of

chemical engineering problem solving and provide
the foundation for all subsequent chemical
engineering courses.

Sem 2, 2021-2022 Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes

Course objectives Textbook

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¨ Obtain a feel for what Chemical Engineers do.

¨ Learn about basic chemical process units.
¨ Learn to analyze and solve material balance
problems.
¨ Learn to analyze and solve energy balance
problems.
¨ Learn to analyze more complex balance problems
involving coupling of material and energy balances
for multiple units.
 Week Subject Assessment of student progress
Introduction
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1 Chap. 1: What Some Chemical Engineers Do for a Living
Chap. 2: Introduction to Engineering Calculations ¨ Attendance 10%
2 Chap. 2 (cont.) ¨ Homework 30%
3 Chap. 3: Processes and Process Variables
¨ Midterm Exam 40 %
4 Chap. 3 (cont.)
Midterm Exam #1
¨ Final Exam 20 %
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Chap. 4: Fundamentals of Material Balances
6 Chap. 4 (cont.)
7 Chap. 7: Energy and Energy Balances
8 Chap. 7 (cont.)
Midterm Exam #2
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Review for Final Exam
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What Some Chemical Engineers What Some Chemical Engineers

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Do for a Living
¨ About 45% of the class went to work for large
chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper, plastics
and other materials, or textile manufacturing firms.
¨ Another 35% went to work for government agencies
and design and consulting firms and for companies
in fields such as microelectronics and biotechnology
that have not traditionally been associated with
chemical engineering.
¨ About 10% of the class went directly into graduate
school in chemical engineering.
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Do for a Living
¨ The remaining 10% of the class went into graduate
school in an area other than chemical engineering,
such as medicine, law, or business.
¨ Several graduates went to work for companies
manufacturing specialty chemicals-pharmaceuticals,
paints and dyes, and cosmetics, among many other
products.
¨ Some went to work for companies that manufacture
integrated semiconductor circuits.
 What Some Chemical Engineers
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Do for a Living
¨ Some took elective courses in biochemistry and
microbiology and got jobs with small but rapidly
growing biotechnology firms.
¨ Some joined companies that manufacture polymers
(plastics).
What Some Chemical Engineers
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Do for a Living
¨ Some will work in laboratories, designing processes
and products and control systems, managing the
construction and startup of manufacturing plants,
supervising and troubleshooting and improving
operations, technical sales and service, performing
administrative functions, in government agencies
responsible for environmental and occupational
health and safety, in hospitals and clinics, in law
offices specializing in chemical process-related
patent work, and in classrooms teaching the next
generation of chemical engineering students.