CH EN 476
Separations
Chemical Engineering
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
Course Description
Stage operations, distillation, extraction, and absorption; design applications.
When Taught
Fall
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Note
College Lecture attendance required.
Title
Complex Problem Solving (ABET Student Outcome 1)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
Title
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.
Title
Knowledge and Learning (ABET Student Outcome 7)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Title
Process Simulator (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to use commercial process simulation software (e.g. Chemcad, HYSYS, Aspen, etc).
Title
Material Balances (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to set up and solve steady state material balances.
Title
Energy Balances (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to set up and solve steady state energy balances.
Title
Thermodynamics of Mixtures (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will understand the fundamental concepts of solution thermodynamics including chemical potential, fugacity, activity, partial molar properties, ideal solutions, and excess properties.
Title
Phase Diagrams (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to read and understand phase diagrams and use these to determine physical phenomena.
Title
Dimensionless Numbers (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to describe the physical significance behind dimensionless numbers and how these relate to system behavior.
Title
Flash Calculations (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to set up and solve single-stage flash calculations.
Title
Tray-type Columns (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to design tray-type columns (e.g., number of trays, tray efficiency, column height, column diameter, product specs) and packed columns (e.g., height of column, packing material, column diameter, flooding velocity).
Title
Liquid-Liquid Extraction (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to design systems for liquid-liquid extraction.
Title
Batch Distillation (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to solve binary batch distillation design problems with and without rectifying stages.
Title
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.
Title
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.
Title
Azeotropes (BYU Course Objective)
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to design separation processes involving systems that form azeotropes or are only partially miscible in each other.
Title
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.
