Preceded or accompanied by: ChE 342 Heat and Mass Transfer

ChE 343 Separation Processes

ISBN: 0-07-049613-7

RECOMMENDED: W.F. Smith, Principles of Materials Science and Engineering, 3^rd ed., New York, McGraw Hill, 1996, ISBN: 0-07-059241-1

Crowl and Louvar, Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Appl., Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1990, ISBN: 0-13-129701-5

Cooper and Alley, Air Pollution Control: A Design Approach, 2^nd ed., Prospect Heights, IL, Waveland Press, 1994, ISBN: 0-88133-758-7

Fogler and LeBlanc, Strategies for Creative Problem Solving, Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-179318-7

DATE OF PREPARATION: Last Revision: 3/29/99

FACULTY APPROVAL: 3/29/99

Economic evaluation of chemical processes. Strategies for decision-making, trouble-shooting faults, potential problem analysis, environmental compliance, plant safety and failure analysis. The selection and specification of engineering materials for use in industries employing chemical engineers.

1. Introduction to design, database resources (4)

2. Design theory and methodology (4)

3. Flowsheets (4)

4. Open ended problem solving strategies (6)

5. Chemical engineering economics (10)

6. Materials of construction (14)

7. Codes and standards (2)

8. Safety, risk assessment (6)

9. Environmental Regulations, Ethics (2)

10.Life cycle analysis, waste minimization (2)

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. To expose students to the design literature, databases, and information sources [1].

2. To expose students to different levels and methods of design [1-8].

3. To teach students the basics and applications of chemical engineering economics[3,4].

4. To familiarize the students with codes and standards and materials of construction, their properties, and service conditions[5,6].

5. To expose the students to safety and risk assessment issues [7].

6. To expose the students to environmental and life cycle issues in the context of chemical engineering design [8].

7. To provide instruction and practice solving open ended problems [10]

8. To expose the students to ethical decision making [9]

COURSE

OUTCOMES

1. Know where to find information and how to use databases and library resources for design projects [1,9,11]

2. Develop flow diagrams, using a logical sequence of interconnected unit operations [1,3,5,11,13]

3. Determine the cost of equipment and apply design factors for scale-up [1,3,5,11-13]

4. Apply methods of economic analysis and project management [3,10]

5. Know how to select materials of construction for equipment used in the chemical processing industries [2,3,12]

6. Use and explain codes and standards relevant to the chemical processing industries [1,3,5,6,9,13]

7. Explain safety issues, hazard identification, risk assessment, and industrial hygiene [1,5,6,9,11-13]

8. Explain aspects of environmental law and regulations, life cycle analysis, and waste minimization [1,2,3,5,6,8,9,13]

9. Explain the role of and be able to apply ethics in an engineering context [6]

10. Be able to solve open ended problems [4,5,7]

2. Written report for open ended team project assesses outcomes 2-10

3. Exams assess outcomes 2-8

4. Periodic open-ended project team meetings with the instructors assess outcomes 1-10

5. End-of-term course evaluation provides student self-assessment of outcomes 1-10