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Intro to Python and Jupyter - Said

Good starting points:

Prerequisites

MATH 152 – Linear Algebra - Said

  • Solving sets of linear equations
  • Unique, no solution, or multiple solutions

CHEM 154 – Chemistry - Victor

Module 1: Process Basics - Said

Industrial Examples: Drinking water purification, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper process

  • Input-Output Diagrams - new
  • Flowrate 3.2
  • Material balances 4.2
  • Block Flow Diagrams 4.3 a/b
  • Mixer - new
  • Degrees of Freedom (DOF) - 4.3 d
  • Process economics - new
  • Excel - new
  • Unit conversion - 2.2/2.3

Module 2: Reactors - ito

Industrial Examples: Pharmaceuticals, heavy oil extraction,

  • Reactor - 4.5
  • Batch, Semi-batch, continuous -4.1
  • Transient and steady state - 4.1
  • Process Flow Diagrams - new
  • Converting moles to mass - 3.3
  • Reactive Balances - 4.6
  • Atomic Balances - 4.6
  • Molecular species balances - 4.6
  • Extent of reaction - 4.6 b
  • % excess - 4.6 b
  • Fractional conversion - 4.6 b
  • Yield and selectivity 4.6 d
  • Equilibrium constants 4.6 c
  • DOF with reactive systems -new but should hopefully be in course notes around 4.6
  • Combustion 4.8

Module 3: Separation I - Victor

Industrial Examples: Drywall production, Temperature swing adsorption (Xebec - http://www.xebecinc.com/technology-what-is-psa.php), process involving crystallization

  • Splitter 4.7
  • Recycle 4.7
  • Purge 4.7
  • Process and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) - new
  • Centrifugation and cyclones - new
  • Dimensional Homogeneity - 2.6
  • Density and specific gravity - 5.1, 3.1
  • Solid-Liquid Equilibrium - 6.5
  • Temperature systems (K, C, F, R) - 3.5
  • Trend/Curve fitting - 2.7
  • Solid-Vapour Equilibrium - 6.7
  • Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium - 6.6

Module 4: Separation II (VLE) - Said

Industrial Examples: Burnaby oil refinery, some process involving humidity and condensation, L-L extraction process

  • Separators (Distillation columns, LL extractions {note:contradicts above}) x
  • Pressure measurement x - 3.4
  • Difference between vapour and gas x - 3.4
  • Gibb’s phase rule x - 6.2
  • Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) x - leave for now
  • Phase diagrams x - 6.1
  • Non-ideal gas laws x - 5.3-5.5
  • Standard cubic feet, and standard flow rates x - 5.2
  • Raoult’s law x - 6.4/6.5
  • Henry’s Law x - 6.4/6.5
  • Antoine equation and vapour pressure x - 6.3
  • Humidity x - 6.4
  • Dew point x - 6.4
  • Bubble point x - 6.4
  • Steam Tables x - 7.5
  • Interpolation x - 2.5

Module 5: Non-reactive Energy Balances -ito

Industrial Examples: Beer production, spray drying process,

  • Energy Balance DOFs - 8.1
  • First Law (E= Q+W) and when terms can be neglected - 7.1
  • Closed, open, adiabatic, isothermal, isobaric, isochoric systems - 7.3/7.4 mainly definitions
  • Closed systems and internal energy - 7.3
  • Open systems and enthalpy - 7.4
  • Classification of Energy (Q, W, Ek, Ep, Eu) - 7.2-7.4
  • Conservation of energy - 7.1 (may be rolled into first law)
  • Reference states and state properties - 7.5
  • State functions - 7.5
  • E change from pressure change - 8.2
  • Cv + Cp, heat capacities - 8.3
  • Psychrometric charts and spray drying - 8.4d
  • Heat of mixing - 8.5

Module 6: Reactive Energy Balances -Said

Industrial Examples: Enerkem plant, Chlor-Alkali process,

  • Heat of reaction/combustion - 9.1
  • Hess’ law for heats of reaction - 9.2
  • Heating values (HHV, LHV) - 9.6
  • Heat of reaction and formation methods for solving energy balances - 9.3
  • Heat of Vapourization/Melting - 8.4

Following courses

Thermo (CHBE 244) Unit Operations I & II (CHBE 344, 345)

Module theme ideas

CHBE 241

  • Water purification (Module 1: Process Basics)
  • Pharma (Module 2: Reactors)
  • Cement (Lafarge) (Module 3: Seps I)
  • Burnaby oil refinery (Module 4: Seps II)
  • Beer/Spirit Production (Module 5: Non-reactive EB)
  • Waste to Energy (Module 6: Reactive EB)

CHBE 243

  • Chlor-Alkali process
  • Pulp and Paper

Others/to integrate Heavy oil extraction Surface operations in Natural Gas fields CO2 sequestration Claudio - innovation