Faculty of Science

Objectives

To study the chemical process industry by defining chemical processing, unit processes and unit operations: calculations; techniques of solving problems, estimation of data, units and dimensions; fundamentals of material balances.

Contents

Chemical Process Industry (definitions): chemical processing; unit processes; unit operations; process variables; units and dimensions; analytical methods and measurements; physical and chemical properties of mixtures; techniques of solving problems; Chemical equations and industrial stoichiometry; Pressure, temperature and volume (PTV) relations for gases; properties of real gases; vaporization, condensation, vapour pressure, humidity and saturation; Introduction to material balance in physical and chemical systems; Problems involving: direct solutions and algebraic techniques; Material balances involving condensation and vaporization; phase diagrams; material balances on chemical systems; Concepts in material balance techniques for transient (unsteady state) and reactive systems; Energy balance (the principle of conservation of energy as applied to industrial processes); heat capacity; enthalpy calculations; General energy balance (non reactive and reactive processes): heat of reaction; heat of solution and mixing; Combined materials and energy balances(simultaneous use of energy and material balance for steady state systems); Enthalpy charts and their use.