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CHE417 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN I

Course Objectives

Students should be able to

• Propose a chemical and/or physical process and units for specified product(s) or raw materials
• Apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering to analyze a component or system by identifying, formulating and solving engineering problems
• Apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering to design a component or system to meet desired needs
• Evaluate the proposed solution with respect to technical, economical, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability context
• Actively involve in teams during planning, organization of projects, record keeping, documentation
• Present the project results and evaluation through both oral presentations and reports
• Use contemporary literature sources 
• Take the advantage of computational resources and available chemical engineering design software
• Have solid understanding of professional responsibility and ethical issues
• Have an awareness of the impact of engineering solutions in a global economic, environmental and social context.

Course Content

Application of chemical engineering principles and methods of chemical process synthesis, simulation and economics on open ended process and/or product design problems. Use of computer programming and/or design packages in iterative decision making and optimization. Emphasis on process safety and ethical issues.

Course Learning Outcomes

• Students will understand environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability constraints and be able to incorporate these into process synthesis.
• Students will perform a capstone design and develop  chemical unit and  process design skills.
• Students will gain appreciation and respect for other engineering disciplines.
• Students will demonstrate an ability to solve engineering problems.
• Students will be able to solve  material and energy balances for steady state systems including  recycle, multiple units, chemical reactions.
• Students will be able to apply fundamentals of thermodynamics to solve phase equilibrium calculations.
• Students will be able to use commercial process simulation software for process development.
• Students will be able to use contemporary information sources (e.g. electronic and reference book library databases and other e-sources)  to assist in problem solving.
• Students will be able to rationalize process units, order of magnitude estimates, and interpret the results and their reasonableness by considering chemical engineering design heuristics.
• Students will be able to give effective, well organized oral presentations of design material in engineering formats by using appropriate visual aids.
• Students will be able to write effective, well organized technical reports.
• Students will practice good teamwork principles.
• Students will be able to select and size chemical reactors.
• Students will understand practical considerations of reactor design including materials of construction, mixing, heat transfer, and economics.
• Students will be able to size and estimate the capital costs of heat exchangers, pumps, turbines, and valves for a specific application.
• Students will be able to design tray-type and/or packed separation columns.
• Students will understand the importance of heat integration and its impact on process economy.

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