COURSE #: ChE 343

COURSE TITLE: SEPARATION PROCESSES

TERMS OFFERED: Fall

PREREQUISITES:

    ChE 230 Material and Energy Balances

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

 

 

INSTRUCTOR: Burns

FACULTY APPROVAL:  06/01/2004

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)

COURSE STRUCTURE/SCHEDULE:  Lecture:  3 per week @ 1 hour; Discussion: 1 per week @ 1 hour

 

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]

 

 

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]

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