Use this schedule to plan your reading and studying. The topic sequence is good, but the actual dates will change based on our progress.
Readings are keyed to Felder & Rousseau, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes (3rd ed.).
| January 7 | Administrivia | |
| Introduction | ||
| Processes and Modeling: Definitions | Text pp. 84 | |
| January 8 | Material Balances | Text pp. 83, 85-89 |
| January 9 | Material Balances | Text pp. 83, 85-89 |
| Balance Calculations | Text pp. 89-90 | |
| Flowcharting | Text pp. 90-93 | |
| Choosing a Basis | Text pp. 93-96 | |
| January 11 | Choosing a Basis | Text pp. 93-96 |
| Problem Specification and Degrees of Freedom | Text pp. 96-101 | |
| January 14 | Problem Specification and Degrees of Freedom | Text pp. 96-101 |
| January 15 | Multiple Step Processes | Text pp. 104-10 |
| Recycle and Bypass | Text pp. 110-16 | |
| January 16 | Recycle and Bypass | Text pp. 110-16 |
| Makeup and Purge | Text pp. 138-42 | |
| January 18 | Examples | |
| January 22 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| January 23 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| January 25 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| January 29 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| January 30 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| January 31 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| February 2 | Recycle and Bypass | Text pp. 110-16 |
| February 5 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| February 6 | Test 1 | |
| February 7 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| February 9 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| February 12 | Multiple Reactions and Equilibrium | Text pp. 121-25 |
| February 13 | Multiple Reactions and Equilibrium | Text pp. 121-25 |
| February 14 | Extent of Reaction | Text pp. 126-28, 130-35 |
| February 16 | Extent of Reaction | |
| February 20 | Combustion | Text pp. 142-50 |
| February 21 | Combustion | Text pp. 142-50 |
| February 22 | Combustion | Text pp. 142-50 |
| Phases and Density | Text pp. 187-91 | |
| Febuary 24 | Ideal Gases | Text pp. 191-99 |
| February 27 | Ideal Gases | Text pp. 191-99 |
| February 28 | Review -- Dr. Asit Ray | |
| March 1 | Real Gases | Text pp. 199-212 |
| March 3 | Test 2 | |
| March 13 | Review Test 2 | Text pp. 199-212 |
| March 14 | Real Gases | Text pp. 199-212 |
| March 15 | Real Gases | Text pp. 199-212 |
| March 17 | Separations and Phases | Text pp. 237-38 |
| Phase Diagrams | Text pp. 240-43 | |
| Vapor Pressure Data | Text pp. 243-47 | |
| The Phase Rule | Text pp. 247-49 | |
| March 20 | Saturated Vapors | Text pp. 249-55 |
| March 21 | Saturated Vapors | Text pp. 249-55 |
| Multicomponent Vapor Liquid Mixtures | Text pp. 255-58 | |
| March 22 | Multicomponent Vapor Liquid Mixtures | Text pp. 255-58 |
| March 24 | Ideal Solution VLE | Text pp. 259-64 |
| March 27 | ||
| March 28 | ||
| March 29 | ||
| March 31 | Ideal Solution VLE | Text pp. 259-64 |
| April 3 | Ideal Solution VLE | Text pp. 259-64 |
| April 4 | Ideal Solution VLE | Text pp. 259-64 |
| Solutions and Phase Diagrams | Text pp. 264-68 | |
| April 5 | Solutions and Phase Diagrams | Text pp. 264-68 |
| April 7 | Solutions and Phase Diagrams | Text pp. 264-68 |
| Colligative Solution Properties | Text pp. 268-71 | |
| Liquid-Liquid Mixtures | Text pp. 271-75 | |
| April 10 | ||
| April 11 | Liquid-Liquid Mixtures | Text pp. 271-75 |
| April 12 | ||
| April 17 | ||
| April 18 | Energy Balances | Text pp. 313-25 |
| Thermodynamic Data Tables | Text pp. 325-29 | |
| Mechanical Energy | Text pp. 333-37 | |
| April 19 | ||
| April 21 | Calculating Enthalpies | Text pp. 369-61, 366-84 |
| April 24 | Calculating Enthalpies | Text pp. 369-61, 366-84 |
| Mixtures and Solution | Text pp. 395-406 | |
| Heats of Reaction | Text pp. 442-49 | |
| April 25 | Energy Balances on Reacting Systems | Text pp. 450-60 |
| April 26 | ||
| April 28 | Energy Balances on Reacting Systems | Text pp. 450-60 |
| April 29 | ||
| May 1 | General Review | |
| TBA | Final Exam |
Revised: 3 January 2006 by RMP