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Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

Washington State University-Pullman

ChE 201: Chemical Process Principles and Calculations (Fall 2014)

1. InstructorSu Ha; Wegner 215; [email protected]

2. Office Hours

M and F between 4:30PM and 5:30PM or by appointment

3. Teaching Assistants

Monday: 1 3 PM, Motahare AthariBoroujeny (Wegner 127)

Tuesday: 1 2 PM, Mia Kiamco (Wegner 127)

Wednesday: noon 2 PM, Greg Collinge (Wegner 261)

Thursday: 1 2 PM, Mia Kiamco (Wegner 127)

Friday: 9 11 AM, Erhan Keles (Wegner 270)

4. Course Description: Fundamental concepts of chemical engineering; problem-solvingtechniques and applications in stoichiometry, material and energy balances, and phase

equilibria.

5. Course Schedule: We will meet on M, W, F between 3:10-4:00 PM in Todd Hall 320

6. Prerequisites: CHEM 106 with a C or better or concurrent enrollment, or CHEM 331,CHEM 345, or CHEM 348; MATH 172 or 182 with a C or better or concurrent enrollment,

or MATH 273 or MATH 315.

7. Text: Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 3rd

Edition (with Integrated Media and

Study Tools), Richard M. Felder and Ronald W. Rousseau, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New

York, 2005.

8. Supplementary Material:

The main communication venue for this class (schedule, help sessions, homework solutions,grades, etc.) will be handled through the OSBLE (On-Line Studio Based Learning

Environment). You will need to obtain an OSBLE account by going to www.osble.organd

requesting an account (no charge). Do this immediately!

We will be using material from another on-line source, the Bioengineering EducationalMaterials Bank (BioEMB), which includes a number of homework problems. To be able to

access this material you all should go to the site: http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/~bioembandregister for free site access.

A final site you will need to access is the LearnChemE site at the University of Colorado

(www.learncheme.com). This site contains a number of Screencasts, short YouTube clips

demonstrating how various types of problems can be solved. There is no need to register as a


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user if you are only accessing the Screencasts. You will often be assigned to view the

Screencasts in preparation for lecture. Under the "Screencasts" tab select "Mass/EnergyBalances" and then select our textbook to find the Screencasts organized by book section.

Screencasts are assigned by book section in the class schedule.

9. Course Objectives: At the completion of this course you will: Translate process descriptions into flow diagrams and mathematical expressions.

Use common sense to interpret vague and ambiguous language in problem statements.

Make judicious use of approximations and reasonable assumptions to simplify problems.

Understand processes typical of those found in the chemical and bio process industries.

Write down and apply general principles used in process engineering, particularly

stoichiometry, material and energy balances, gas laws, thermochemistry, and phaseequilibria.

10. Course Syllabus:

Introduction (1 class period)

Units, dimensions, data representation (2 class periods) Processes, process variables (2 class periods)

Fundamentals of material balances, recycle (9 class periods)

Single phase systems, ideal gases (1 class period)

Multiphase systems, equilibrium (4 class periods)

Energy balances (3 class periods)

Energy balances on nonreactive systems (3 class periods)

Energy balance on reactive systems (6 class periods)

11. Quizzes

There will be a total ofsix quizzesin this course on the following dates: 9/5, 9/12, 9/24,10/20, 10/31 and 11/17. On these indicated dates, the students will take the quiz for first

25 minutes of the class and the instructor will go over the quiz solution. All quizzes will

be open-book and open-note. There will be NO MAKE UP QUIZZESwith NOEXCEPTIONS.

12. Exams

There will bethree examson 10/8, 11/10 and 12/5in the classroom.

There will beone final examduring the university final exam week in this classroom.

All exams will be open-book and close-note. Students may NOTshare notes, books

or any other materials during the examination.

The tests will be graded on a mastery basis no curving. Thus it is possible foreveryone in the class to get an A, or a C.

No make-up exams will be given except for legitimate medical excuses that arecertified by university or medical officers. All make-ups will be covered by a single

exam given near the end of the semester. If you know ahead of time that you are

going to be away for one of the exams (again only for legitimate reasons such asinterview trips) an exam period prior to the normal exam period will be arranged.


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13. Homework

Homework assignments are due at the start of the class period that they are supposed

to be turned-in.

Any questions about the homework will be addressed after their submission.

All homework is an individual assignment and they must be done on engineering

paper. Homework should be done on only one side of the paper. All final solutionsmust be boxed to receive full credit. The pages should be stapled in the upper left-hand

corner. Fold the pages vertically when you hand them in, and on the outside write

your name and due date.

Late homework will not be accepted(homework that is not turned in at the start ofthe class period will be considered as LATEhomework with no exception).

14. Extra Credits

There will be an opportunity for extra credit in this class. Completion of the extra credit

assignment will allow you to drop the lowest quiz score when determining your course

grade. There are two methods for obtaining the extra credit. The first method is for youto become a student member of AIChE. To do so you need to go to the AIChE website

(www.aiche.org) and complete the student membership application. Joining as a student

is FREE. The second method is to create and solve a homework problem coveringmaterial from this class. The problem must be based on a real process and use real data.

It must be of a complexity comparable to the problems found at the ends of either

Chapter 8 or Chapter 9.

15. Other Policies and Procedures:

Everyone is expected to have read the reading materials indicated on the class

schedule and examined the Screencasts from the University of Colorado.

All forms of cheating (e.g., plagiarism, copying, communicating with others during anexam) are not acceptable in this class. I encourage you to work with classmates onassignments. However, each student must turn in original work. The penalty for

cheating is at a minimum a zero on the assignment or exam in question and may result

in a failing grade in the course. Cheating is defined in the Standards of StudentConduct WAC 504-26-010 (3). It is strongly suggested that you read and understand

these definitions: https://conduct.wsu.edu/policies/standards-of-conduct/

There will be an opportunity for extra credit in this class. Completion of the extra

credit assignment will allow you to drop the lowest quiz score when determining yourcourse grade. For this extra credit assignment, you need to create and solve two

homework problems covering material from this class. The problem must be based on

a real process and use real data. It must be of a complexity comparable to theproblems found at the ends of either Chapter 4 or Chapter 9.


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16. Grading

Weighting Course score will be rounded to nearest percentage and

grades assigned according to:

Exam 1Exam 2

Exam 3

15%15%

15%Final exam 25% 93-100 A 87-89 B+ 77-79 C+ 67-69 D+

Homework 15% 90-92 A- 83-86 B 73-76 C 60-66 D

Quizzes 15% 80-82 B- 70-72 C- < 60 F

17. Department Programmatic Objectives Met:

At the completion of this course students will have demonstrated the following skills as

described in the Program Statement for the Voiland School and by ABET:e) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

g) An ability to communicate effectively

k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for

engineering practice

18. Software Usage:

Excel, MathCAD (optional)

19. Students with Disabilities:Reasonable accommodations are available for students with a documented disability. If

you have a disability and need accommodations to fully participate in this class, please

either visit or call the Access Center (Washington Building 217; 509-335-3417) to

schedule an appointment with an Access Advisor. All accommodations MUST beapproved through the Access Center.

20. Campus Safety Issues:

All students should be familiar with the Campus Safety Plan and the University

Emergency Management system. Details on these can be found athttp://safetyplan.wsu.eduand http://oem.wsu.edu/emergencies, respectively. Everyone is

encouraged to go to http://my.wsu.eduand, under the Emergency Notification box, enter

their emergency contact information.

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