CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
(CHMG)
511.
Transport Phenomena.
Development
of the mass, energy and momentum transport equations. Use of these equations in solving chemical engineering
problems.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate transport course. Three
credits
525.
Biotechnology for Engineers.
Application
of engineering principles to biological processes. Topics include enzyme-catalyzed reactions, kinetics of cell
growth and product formation, bioreactor design and scale-up, agitation and
aeration, and introduction to biological waste treatment.
Includes fermentation experiments.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate reaction engineering course.
Three credits
527.
Bioengineering Separations.
Presentation
of the engineering aspects of separation and purification processes for
biochemical and pharmaceutical products. Downstream
processing is discussed, including removal of insolubles, product isolation,
product purification, and polishing.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate mass transfer course.
Three credits
707.
Process Thermodynamics.
Emphasis
on the application of thermodynamics to process design;
development and use of thermodynamic principles in single-phase and
multi-phase processes; applications in reactor design.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate thermodynamics course
Three credits
709.
Membrane Process Technology.
Principles
of membrance processes: reverse
osmosis, ultrafiltration, microfiltration, electrodialysis, pervaporation, gas
separation membranes, and their applications to traditional and emerging
engineering fields. Mass transfer
and design aspects for both liquid and gas separation systems.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate mass transfer course
Three credits
713.
Chemical Reactor Design.
Application
of engineering analysis, computer design and optimization of chemical reactor
systems.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate reaction engineering course
Three credits
714.
Modern Separation Processes.
Mass
transfer principles and design techniques applied to absorption and adsorption
systems; gas-liquid, gas-solid and liquid-solid separation processes; mass
transfer with chemical reaction; thermal effects; multi-component transfer.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate mass transfer course
Three credits
717.
Process Simulation and Design.
Applications
of contemporary computer software to increase speed, improve comprehension, and
enhance presentation; of results when analyzing, modeling and solving a wide
variety of process design problems. Topics
include design of fired heaters, bubble column reactors, generalized shell-and
-tube exchangers, and multi-component condensers; FUG calculations for sloppy
splits; and plate-to-plate calculations.
Three credits
726.
Separation and Recovery Processes.
Emphasis
on non-thermal separation and recovery processes used primarily for solid-liquid
separations. Topics include
crystallization, precipitation, sedimentation, centrifugation, particle
filtration, and microfiltration. Applications
in chemical processing, industrial wastewater treatment and bilogical
processing.
Prerequisite:
Undergraduate mass transfer course.
Three credits
727.
Air Pollution Control.
Emphasis
on particulate control. Industrial
sources and regulatory codes for particulate emissions; review of fine particle
technology; development of performance equations and design procedures for
gravity settlers, cyclone-electrostatic precipitators, baghouse and venturi
scrubbers; atmospheric dispersion and stack design; overview of gaseous control
equipment. Three credits
729.
Hazardous Waste Incineration.
Stoichiometric
and thermochemical calculations; legislation, permitting and siting; other
options; incineration of solid waste, sludge, liquid waste, and gases;
land-based and shipborne incineration; design of incinerators, quenchers, waste
heat boilers, fans and gaseous control equipment; design project application. Three credits
735,
736. Independent Project.
Chemical
engineering project on selected topics, involving experimental research, process
design, computer simulation , and/or authoring technical papers.
Written report or publication, and oral presentation are required.
Topic to be selected by the student with approval of a faculty advisor
and the Chairperson. Three to Six
credits
739.
Introduction to Design Project.
Reaction
path screening; exploratory technical and economic process evaluations; process
synthesis; preliminary process flow diagram; material and energy balances; quick
sizing design techniques and factored cost estimate; material selection.
Written report or publication and oral presentation are required.
Three credits
740.
Design Project.
Preliminary
equipment design techniques; computer-aided process optimization studies;
hazards and safety evaluation; site location and layout studies; detailed
economic evaluation. Written report
or publication and oral presentation are required.
Prerequisite:
CHMG 739
Three credits
741.
Special Topics in Chemical Engineering.
Special
topics of current interest to graduate students; subject matter will be
announced in advance of semester offering.
Written report or publication and oral presentation are required.