Unit Operations I: Fluid Dynamics and Unit Processes in Chemical Engineering - Prof. Nicho, Lab Reports of Chemistry

Download Unit Operations I: Fluid Dynamics and Unit Processes in Chemical Engineering - Prof. Nicho and more Lab Reports Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! CHE 321 Unit Operations I Required Course 2007-08 Bulletin Data: CHE 321 Unit Operations I. Credit 3 Fundamentals of momentum transfer with applications in fluid flow through pipes and process equipment. Prerequisites: EG270, MA238, CHE202 or concurrently Textbook: Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, W.L. McCabe, J.C. Smith and P. Harriott, McGraw-Hill, 6TH Edition, 2001 Course Objectives: The student will be able to: 1. Determine variation of pressure in a static fluid (Manometers, Barometers, Decanters) 2. Determine the forces exerted on solid objects by static fluids (buoyancy) 3. Determine Reynolds Number and flow regime (laminar or turbulent flow) 4. Determine mass and volumetric flow rates 5. Determine pressure changes in frictionless flow (Bernoulli equation) 6. Determine pressure changes, friction losses and pump work in fluid flow systems 7. Determine minor losses of piping components 8. Design pipe flow systems 9. Determine pump specifications (net positive suction head) 10. Determine pressure drop and flow rate through Orifice Meters 11. Determine pressure drops and mass flow rates for steady compressible flow of ideal gases (adiabatic and isothermal flows) 12. Determine pressure drop flow relations for flow in packed beds 13. Determine minimum fluidization velocity 14. Determine terminal velocity for fluidized beds 15. Determine settling velocity for particles 16. Design gravity settler 17. Design cake filtration systems (constant pressure or rate) Topics Covered Fluid Statics and Applications Basic Equations of Fluid Flow Flow of Newtonian Fluids in Pipes and Fittings Flow of Compressible Fluids in Pipes Flow Past Immersed Bodies Flow in Packed Beds Filtration Fluidization Metering of Fluids Pump Specification-Net Positive Suction Head Class/Laboratory Schedule Class meets two times per week for a semester, each session is 75 minutes long