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COURSE #: ChE 343 |
COURSE
TITLE: SEPARATION
PROCESSES |
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TERMS OFFERED: Fall |
PREREQUISITES: ChE 230 Material and Energy
Balances |
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TEXTBOOKS/REQUIRED MATERIAL: Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 4th
ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall, 2003 ISBN: 0-13-101367-X |
COGNIZANT FACULTY: Burns, Yang, Wang, Weber |
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INSTRUCTOR: Burns |
FACULTY APPROVAL:
06/01/2004 |
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CoE BULLETIN DESCRIPTION: Introduction and survey of separations based on physical properties,
phase equilibria, and rate processes.
Emphasis on analysis and modeling of separation processes. Staged and countercurrent operations.
Includes applications to chemical, biological, and environmental systems. |
COURSE TOPICS: (number of hours in parentheses) 1. Classification and systems of
separation units (3) 2. Mechanical (phase) separations (4) 3. Equilibrium-based separations: a. General properties, operation, and
complexities (9) b. Mass separating agents (10) c. Energy separating agents (10) 4. Rate-based separations (3) |
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COURSE STRUCTURE/SCHEDULE: Lecture:
3 per week @ 1 hour; Discussion: 1 per week @ 1 hour
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course
objectives |
Links shown in brackets are to course
outcomes that satisfy these objectives.
1. Teach students the predominant
separation processes used in chemical engineering [1-8] 2. Introduce students to chemical
engineering processes and equipment
[1-7] 3. Show students how previous work in
mathematics and physics is
useful to them [2-6, 8] 4. Show students how the design of separation
units impacts the environment [6] 5. Provide the opportunity for computer
solution of problems [2-6, 8] |
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COURSE OUTCOMES |
Links shown in brackets are to program educational
outcomes. 1. Explain the fundamentals of chemical engineering separation
processes [1,3,5,11-13] 2. Design solid separation systems including filtration,
settling, and centrifugation equipment [1, 3, 5,11,13] 3. Design distillation equipment
including both batch and continuous [1,3,5,11-13] 4. Design extraction systems including
liquid-liquid and liquid-solid systems [1,3,5,11-13] 5. Design absorption and stripping units
[1,3,5,11-13] 6. Incorporate environmental concerns
and applications in designing separation equipment [8] 7. Explain the operation and design of
adsorption, crystallization, evaporation, and membrane-based separations
[1,3,5,11-13] 8. Apply separation techniques to
biological applications [12,13] |
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ASSESSMENT TOOLS |
1. Weekly homework problems
assess outcomes 1-9 2. Written examinations
assess outcomes 1-9 3. End of term course
evaluation provides student self-assessment of outcomes 1-7, 9 |
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