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CH EN 273

Chemical Process Principles

Chemical Engineering Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering

Course Description

Material and energy balances.

When Taught

Fall, Winter, Spring

Grade Rule

Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)

Min

3

Fixed

3

Fixed

3

Fixed

0

Other Prerequisites

Math 113
Ch En 263 or concurrent enrollment.

Note

College Lecture attendance required.

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Engineering Design (ABET Student Outcome 2)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.

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Teamwork and Leadership (ABET Student Outcome 5)

Learning Outcome

Students will function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.

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Unit Conversions (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to perform unit conversions.

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Dimensional Consistency (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to ensure dimensional consistency when evaluating equations.

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Critical Thinking (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will exhibit critical and creative thinking skills for analysis and evaluation of problems and cause-effect relationships.

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Engineering Intuition (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to make order of magnitude estimates, assess reasonableness of solutions, and select appropriate levels of solution sophistication.

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Material Balances (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to set up and solve steady state material balances.

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Energy Balances (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to set up and solve steady state energy balances (1st law of thermodynamics) for closed and open systems.

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Fluid Statics (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to solve simple fluid statics problems.

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Phase Equilibrium (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to apply solution thermodynamics fundamentals to solve phase equilibrium problems including bubble point, dew point and flash calculations.

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Material Balances with Reactions (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will understand and be able to use the extent of reaction in material balances for systems involving chemical reactions.

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Heat Properties (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will understand and be able to apply the concepts of heat capacity, latent heat, heat of reaction, heat of combustion, and heat of formation.

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Phase Diagrams (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to read and understand phase diagrams and use these to determine physical phenomena.

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Thermodynamic Properties (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to calculate internal energy, enthalpy, and entropy at system conditions assuming ideal behavior.

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Work and Unit Ops (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to calculate the work of pumps, turbines, and/or compressors.

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Designing Multi-unit Processes (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to design multiple-unit processes.

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Process Variables (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will understand process variables (e.g., P, T, flow rate, conc.) including procedures and equipment for their measurement.

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Transient Mass Balances (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to set up and solve transient mass balances.

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Ethics

Learning Outcome

Students will understand and commit to practice the AIChE code of ethics.

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Pure-component Phase Behavior (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to solve problems related to pure-component phase behavior including vapor pressure, critical point, freezing line, triple point, etc.

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Molecular-level Understanding (BYU Course Objective)

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to explain how molecular and continuum phenomena give rise to macroscopic behavior, processes, and properties.