Introduction to Chemical Engineering: Tools for Today and Tomorrow

Students will be led step-by-step through a chemical engineering project that illustrates important aspects of the discipline and how they are connected. At each step is presented with a new aspect of chemical engineering and have the opportunity to use what they have learned to solve engineering problems and make engineering decisions. Table of contents:what is chemical engineering? the role of chemical processing solving engineering problems (what shall we do?) describing physical quantities material balances (how much base do we need?) spreadsheets (calculating the cost of the base) fluid flow (bringing the base to the acid) mass transfer (mixing the acid and the base) reaction engineering (what size reactor?) heat transfer (cooling down the product) materials (an important equipment feature) controlling the process economics (is it all worth it?) case studies (integrating it all together)