CH EN 386

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.

Dimensionless Numbers (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to describe the physical significance behind dimensionless numbers and how these relate to system behavior.

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.

Reactor Sizing and Performance (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to size and do performance calculations on single, isothermal plug-flow, CSTR, and batch reactors for a single homogeneous or heterogeneous reaction.

Multiple Reactor Design (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to design systems of multiple isothermal reactors.

Sizing Reactors for Serial and Parallel Reactions (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to select and size isothermal reactors for series and/or parallel reactions.

Non-Isothermal Reactor Design (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to select and size non-isothermal  reactors.

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.

Fundamentals of Kinetics (BYU Course Objective)

Students will understand fundamentals of kinetics including definitions of rate and forms of rate expressions and relationships between moles, concentration, extent of reaction and conversion.

Competing Reactions Kinetics (BYU Course Objective)

Students will understand the kinetics of competing reactions and their influence on product yield and selectivity.

Chemical Equilibrium (BYU Course Objective)

Students will understand the relationship between forward and reverse rates and chemical equilibrium.

Mass and Heat Transfer Effects on Catalytic Systems (BYU Course Objective)

Students will understand the effects of mass and heat transfer, particularly pore diffusion, on heterogeneous catalytic systems.

Rate Expressions from Mechanisms (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to develop rate expressions from elementary step mechanisms using steady-state and quasi-equilibrium approximations.

Rate Expressions from Experiments (BYU Course Objective)

Students will be able to determine rate expressions by analyzing reactor data including integral and differential analysis on constant- and variable-volume systems.

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.

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.