Chemical Engineering Syllabus Explained

SYLLABUS
CHEMICAL ENGINEER
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RESEARCH & ANALYSIS!

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

TOPICS
General Engineering
Theoretical
Basis
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

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

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

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

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

ANALYTICAL.
• Equilibrium
• Acid-Base Reactions, Buffers
• Titrations, Identification of species
• Gravimetric Techniques
• Cation Identification
• Equipment-based Analytical techniques
• Spectrometry
• Colorimetry
• HPLC
• Paper Cromatography

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)

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

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

NUCLEAR CHEM.
• The atom
• Bohr’s Model
• Quantum Models
• Light
• Energy – Mass relationship
• Nuclear Reactions
• Fission
• Fussion
• Schroedinger Equation

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

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

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

BUSINESS/MKT/ACCNT.
• Anything related to Business…
• Market Research
• Marketing fundamentals
• Basic Finances
• Entrepreneurship

BUSINESS/MKT/ACCNT.

THEORETICAL BASIS

THEORETICAL BASIS
• Mass Balance
• Energy Balance

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
• 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

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
• 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 Economics

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)

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

YOU’RE DONE!
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