CH EN 373

Complex Problem Solving (ABET Student Outcome 1)

Students will be able to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.

Engineering Design (ABET Student Outcome 2)

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.

Knowledge and Learning (ABET Student Outcome 7)

Students will be able to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Critical Thinking (BYU Course Objective)

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

Engineering Intuition (BYU Course Objective)

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

Single-stage Flash (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to set up and solve single-stage flash calculations.

Power and Refrigeration Cycles (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to design Rankine power and compression refrigeration cycles.

Material Balances (BYU Course Objective)

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

Energy Balances (BYU Course Objective)

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

Transient Energy Balances (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to set up and solve transient energy balances (1st law of thermodynamics).

Transient Mass Balances (BYU Course Objective)

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

Phase Equilibrium Calculations (BYU Course Objective)

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

Chemical Reaction Equilibrium (BYU Course Objective)

Students will understand the fundamental principles of chemical reaction equilibria including extent of reaction, equilibrium constant and its temperature-dependence, equilibrium conversion.

Sensible Heat Effects (BYU Course Objective)

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.

Entropy (BYU Course Objective)

Students will understand the concept of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics and be able to apply the second law to closed and open systems.

Solution Thermodynamics Fundamentals (BYU Course Objective)

Students will understand the fundamental concepts of solution thermodynamics including chemical potential, fugacity, activity, partial molar properties, ideal solutions, and excess properties.

Phase Diagrams (BYU Course Objective)

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

Thermodynamic Properties (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to calculate internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, Helmholtz energy, and Gibbs energy at system conditions assuming both ideal and non-ideal behavior.

Pumps, Turbines, Compressors (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to perform design calculations for pumps, turbines, and/or compressors (e.g., involving ΔH, ΔS, work, heat, efficiencies).

Molecular-level Understanding (BYU Course Objective)

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

Pure-component Phase Behavior (BYU Course Objective)

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