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 9 | Administrivia | |
| Introduction | ||
| Processes and Modeling: Definitions | Text pp. 84 | |
| January 11 | Material Balances | Text pp. 83, 85-89 |
| January 12 | Material Balances | Text pp. 83, 85-89 |
| January 13 | Material Balances | Text pp. 83, 85-89 |
| Balance Calculations | Text pp. 89-90 | |
| Flowcharting | Text pp. 90-93 | |
| January 18 | Choosing a Basis | Text pp. 93-96 |
| Problem Specification and Degrees of Freedom | Text pp. 96-101 | |
| January 19 | Choosing a Basis | Text pp. 93-96 |
| Problem Specification and Degrees of Freedom | Text pp. 96-101 | |
| January 20 | Example Problem | |
| January 23 | Example Problem | |
| January 25 | Problem Solving Procedures | |
| Multiple Step Processes | Text pp. 104-10 | |
| Recycle and Bypass | Text pp. 110-16 | |
| January 26 | Example Problem | |
| January 27 | Example Problem | |
| January 30 | Makeup and Purge | Text pp. 138-42 |
| Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 | |
| February 1 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| February 2 | Reacting Systems | Text pp. 116-21, 125-26 |
| February 3 | Multiple Reactions and Equilibrium | Text pp. 121-25 |
| February 6 | Test 1 | |
| February 8 | Test 1 Rework | |
| Extent of Reaction | Text pp. 126-28, 130-35 | |
| February 10 | Extent of Reaction | Text pp. 126-28, 130-35 |
| February 14 | Extent of Reaction | Text pp. 126-28, 130-35 |
| February 15 | Review Test 1 | |
| February 16 | Combustion | Text pp. 142-50 |
| February 18 | Combustion | Text pp. 142-50 |
| February 21 | Phases and Density | Text pp. 187-91 |
| Ideal Gases | Text pp. 191-99 | |
| February 22 | Ideal Gases | Text pp. 191-99 |
| Febuary 23 | Real Gases | Text pp. 199-212 |
| February 25 | Real Gases | Text pp. 199-212 |
| February 28 | Real Gases | Text pp. 199-212 |
| March 1 | Examples | |
| March 2 | Test 2 | |
| March 4 | Phase Diagrams | Text pp. 240-43 |
| Vapor Pressure Data | Text pp. 243-47 | |
| March 14 | The Phase Rule | Text pp. 247-49 |
| Saturated Vapors | Text pp. 249-55 | |
| March 15 | Saturated Vapors | Text pp. 249-55 |
| March 16 | Multicomponent Vapor Liquid Mixtures | Text pp. 255-58 |
| March 18 | Multicomponent Vapor Liquid Mixtures | Text pp. 255-58 |
| March 21 | Ideal Solution VLE | Text pp. 259-64 | March 21 | Ideal Solution VLE | Text pp. 259-64 | March 22 | Solutions and Phase Diagrams | Text pp. 264-68 |
| March 23 | Solutions and Phase Diagrams | Text pp. 264-68 |
| March 25 | Colligative Solution Properties | Text pp. 268-71 |
| March 28 | Liquid-Liquid Mixtures | Text pp. 271-75 |
| March 29 | Liquid-Liquid Mixtures | Text pp. 271-75 |
| April 1 | Adsorption | |
| April 4 | Energy | |
| Energy Balances | Text pp. 313-25 | |
| Mechanical Energy | Text pp. 333-37 | |
| Thermodynamic Data Tables | Text pp. 325-29 | |
| April 5 | Test 3 | |
| April 6 | Calculating Enthalpies | Text pp. 369-61, 366-84 |
| April 8 | Calculating Enthalpies | Text pp. 369-61, 366-84 |
| April 11 | Calculating Enthalpies | Text pp. 369-61, 366-84 |
| April 12 | Humidification | Text pp. 384-395 |
| April 13 | Humidification | Text pp. 384-395 |
| April 15 | Mixing and Solution | Text pp. 395-406 |
| April 18 | Mixing and Solution | Text pp. 395-406 |
| April 19 | Heat of Reaction | Text pp. 422-431 |
| April 20 | Heat of Reaction | Text pp. 422-431 |
| April 26 | Test 4 | |
| April 27 | Energy Balances on Reacting Systems | Text pp. 450-60 |
| April 29 | Energy Balances on Reacting Systems | Text pp. 450-60 |
| May 28 | General Review | |
| May 3 | General Review | |
| Thursday, May 5, 8:00 am | Final Exam |
Revised: 3 January 2006 by RMP