CHE201 : Introduction To Chemical Engineering I

Department

Academic Program

Type

General

Credits

Prerequisite

Overview

· Familiarity with different sets of units, and easily operate with these units.

· Ability to choose appropriate conversion factor for each of unit system to make dimensional consistency.

· Define, connect and operate with physical properties of various material.

· Ability to calculate each of mass fraction and mole fraction and easily convert from one to another.

· Define the meaning of temperature, and knowing the difference between absolute and relative temperature and convert between temperature units.

· Define the pressure types and ability to convert between them easily.

· Understanding the ways used to measure pressure, and calculate the pressure form different type of manometer by using density and height of the column.

· Ability to write and balance chemical reaction equation.

· Define each of limiting and excess reactant, and ability to calculate the yield, selectivity, percent of conversion and degree of completion.

· Knowing the difference between steady and unsteady state system, also between open and close system.

· Familiarity with chemical process equipment, and ability to carry out a degree of freedom analysis for different processes.

· Ability to draw a simple flow chart for a required chemical process.

· Solving material balance problems for a system with or without a chemical reaction, for single or multiple processing units.

· Knowing the difference between element material balance, extent of reaction and compound balance and being able to use them to solve material balance problems.

· Understanding the meaning of stack gas, flue gas, orsat analysis, dry analysis, wet basis, theoretical air, excess air and use these concepts to solve combustion problem.

· • فهم معنى غاز المداخن وغاز المداخن وتحليل أورسات والتحليل الجاف والأساس الرطب والهواء النظري والهواء الزائد واستخدام هذه المفاهيم لحل مشكلة الاحتراق.

· • Understand the meaning of flue gas, flue gas, Ursat analysis, dry analysis, wet foundation, theoretical air and excess air and use these concepts to solve the combustion problem.

· • فهم معنى غازات المداخن، غاز المداخن وتحليل orsat، تحليل الجاف، أساس رطب والهواء النظري، والهواء الزائد واستخدام هذه المفاهيم في حل مشكلة الاحتراق.

· • Understand the meaning of flue gas, flue gas, orsat analysis, dry analysis, wet foundation, theoretical air, and excess air and use these concepts in solving the combustion problem.

· Knowing the meaning of recycle, purge, makeup, and bypass streams and ability to solve material balance problems that include them.

· • معرفة معنى التدوير والتطهير والتركيب وتجاوز التدفقات والقدرة على حل مشاكل توازن المواد التي تشملها.

· • Knowledge of the meaning of recycling, disinfection, synthesis, and bypass flows and the ability to solve problems of balance of the materials they include.

· • معرفة معنى المهملات، تطهير، والتركيب، وتيارات الالتفافية والقدرة على حل المشاكل قياس المواد التي تدرجها.

· • Knowing the meaning of trash, purging, synthesis, and bypass currents and the ability to solve measurement problems of the materials they include.

· Ability to define an ideal gas, and use the perfect gas equation

Ability to define vapor pressure, saturation, partial saturation (humidity) and use their equation

Intended learning outcomes

Course intended learning outcomes

Knowledge & understand

Knowing the different sets of units.	1
Understanding the physical properties for different material.	2
Understanding the principles of chemical reaction equation and stoichiometry.	3
Knowing the mass conversion low and the concept of material balance.	4
Define ideal and real gas low and knowing the difference between them.	5

Mental skills

Ability to convert units from one system of unit to another.	1
Distinguish between different types of pressure.	2
Ability to calculate the pressure from different type of manometer.	3
Ability to analyses any chemical process and achieve a material balance.	4
Distinguish between real and ideal gas.	5

Practical & professional skills

Solving problems that contains simultaneous and non-simultaneous equation.	1
Ability to solve material balance problem for industrial application.	2

Generic and transferable skills

Ability to participate effectively in team activities.	1
Ability to learn how to communicate effectively in class also in written way.	2
An ability to apply and integrate the elements of chemical engineering, mathematics and physics to solve problems.	3

Teaching and learning methods

• Lectures

• exercises

Methods of assessments

First Assessment Homework 6 Homework 10 10% every two weeks

The second evaluation, the first midterm exam, 20 20%, the sixth

The third evaluation, the second midterm exam, 20 20%, the tenth

Final assessment Final exam 50 50% End of semester

· David M Himmelblau; James B. Riggs: Basic principle and calculations in chemical engineering, 7th edition by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference.

content	week
Dimensional, units, and other conversion	1
Physical properties of elements	2
Choosing a basis	3
Temperature	4
Pressure	4,5
Chemical reaction equation and stoichiometry	6
Material balance · Material balance for single unit without reaction · Material balance for single unit with reaction · Material balance for multiple units without reaction · Material balance for multiple units with reaction · Material balance that include recycle, purge, makeup and bypass.	7,8,9,10,11
Solving material balance for industrial application	12
Gases and vapors	13,14

Arabic I (GH150)
Mathematics I (GH141)
Introduction To Chemical Engineering I (CHE201)
Arabic Language II (GH151)
English II (GH142)