ChE 205 Chemical Engineering Calculations: Fall 2010

A. Instructor: Professor Stephen Beaudoin

B. Catalog Description: Quantitative applications of steady-state mass and energy balances to
solve problems involving multi-component systems and multi-unit chemical processes.
Single-component and multi-component phase equilibria, single-reaction and multiple-
reaction stoichiometry, coupled mass and energy balances, chemical processes involving
bypass and recycle streams.

C. Prerequisites: CHM 116 or 136; MA 161 or equivalent; PHYS 152 or equivalent

D. Textbook: Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering (7th ed., 7th printing), D.
M. Himmelblau & J. B. Riggs, Prentice Hall, 2009.

E. Course Objective
Use mass, energy balances to solve realistic chemical engineering problems

F. Course Outcomes (numbers in parentheses refer to ABET program educational objectives)

1. Estimate physical properties of real systems (1).
2. Evaluate introductory single-component and multi-component phase equilibria and
incorporate these concepts into solutions of mass and energy balance problems (1,
3).
3. Solve steady state and transient mass and energy balance problems for both
reacting and non-reacting systems with or without recycle using analytical and
computational methods (1, 3, 5).
4. Work professionally and ethically in teams to solve new mass and energy balance
problems (1, 3, 4, 6, 7).
5. Discuss contemporary chemical engineering problems including their societal,
environmental, and global impacts (8).

G. Course Topics:
By topic
 Material balances o Raoult’s and Henry’s laws
o Open systems o Binary VLE
o Closed systems o Binary LLE
o Steady-state and transient systems  Energy balances
o Multi-unit systems o 1st Law
o Balances on reactive systems o Balances on nonreactive Processes
o Balances in multiphase systems o Balances on reactive processes
 Introduction to solution  Combined mass and energy balances
thermodynamics in transient systems
 By chapter in course text
Chs. 1, 2, 4, 5 (on own) Ch. 18 Binary vapor-liquid equilibrium
Ch. 3 Choosing a basis and partial saturation
Ch. 6 Intro to material balances Ch. 19 Phase rule
Ch. 7 A general strategy for solving Ch. 20 Solid equilibrium
material balance problems Ch. 21 Energy concepts
Ch. 8 Material balances in non-reacting Ch. 22 Energy balances in non-reacting
systems systems
Ch. 9 Describing reactions Ch. 23 Enthalpy
Ch. 10 Material balances in reacting Ch. 24 Energy balances in non-reacting
systems systems – applications
Ch. 11 Systems of multiple process units Ch. 25 Energy balances in reacting
Ch. 12 Recycle, bypass, and purge systems – tools for describing
streams Ch. 26 Energy balances in reacting
Ch. 13 Ideal gases systems – applications
Ch. 14 Real gases: Compressibility Ch. 27 Ideal systems
Ch. 15 Real gases: Equations of state Ch. 28 Heat of solution
Ch. 16 Vapor pressure Ch. 29 Humidity tools
Ch. 17 Binary liquid-vapor systems Ch. 30 Degrees of freedom

H. Assessment of Course Outcome

Homework problems Exams (2) Peer evaluation

I. Instructor Contact Information

Email: sbeaudoi@purdue.edu
Office: FRNY 2154, Phone: 4-7944
Office Hrs: M – Th 1 - 2, OR by appt. (1 day notice) (Note: If door open, come on in)

J. TA Contact Information
Cameron Hill Mark Suchomel Bryce Walker
Email hill45@purdue.edu msuchome@purdue.edu walker70@purdue.edu
Fri 7:30a-9:20a Thurs 7:30a-9:20a
Recitation Thurs 3:30p-5:30p
Fri 3:30p-5:20p Fri 11:30a-1:20p
Office FRNY B142A FRNY B142A TBA
Office Hours Wed 3:30p-4:30p Mon 4:00p-5:00p Tues/Thurs 8:00a-10:00a
Phone 765-494-6390 None None

K. Course Meeting Schedule

Lectures: MW 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 p.m. FRNY G140
Group Office Hour: F 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. FRNY G140
Exam 1: 10/21 (Th) 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. LILY 1105
Exam 2: 12/1 (W) 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. LILY 1105
Final Exam: TBD
No Class: 11/8 – 11/10 (AIChE meeting, Salt Lake City)
L. Homework
As a general rule, weekly homework assignments will be collected in class at the beginning
of lecture. Homework will be completed in assigned groups and submitted by group. Begin
each problem on a new sheet of paper, staple pages in order, and number the pages. The
solution to each problem must include a picture or flow chart (hand- or computer-
generated) of the system or problem of interest, a listing of the known quantities and their
units of measurement, and a listing of the unknown quantities that must be determined. If
your homework is not submitted at the start of lecture it is considered late. This means that
if you wish to take your homework back and add more content at any time after the start of
lecture, then the entire homework is considered late. If you want to be successful in this
course, you will initially attempt all homework problems by yourself and go as far down
the path to a solution as possible before meeting your team.

Homework solutions will not be posted. It is your responsibility to get help either before
the problems are due or after they have been turned it.

M. Homework Cover Page

Each homework assignment must have a cover sheet. A template of the cover sheet is
included as the last page of this document. The cover sheet must contain the printed
names of the group members, the date, the recitation number, and the homework
assignment number in the appropriate locations. Below this identifying information, the
following statement MUST appear:
“Each signature below attests that the signer contributed significantly to the
solution of all problems in this HW”
All team members who contributed must sign and print their names next to the signature.
IF A TEAMMATE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SOLUTION OF THE HOMEWORK, THEN THIS
TEAMMATE SHOULD NOT SIGN. If multiple groups worked together, indicate that on the
cover page. Otherwise, identical solutions will be regarded as cheating (more on cheating is
listed below). If this page is not present, the homework will be awarded a grade of zero
and will be returned ungraded. If a team member does not participate in the solution of
all the problems on the assignment, that team member will receive a grade of zero on the
entire homework assignment.

N. Homework Grading
Individual homework grades for each student will be assigned based on group performance
and peer assessment of the student’s contribution.

Homework will be graded on the basis of 10 points per problem. A problem worked
perfectly or with 1 or 2 minor errors will get 10 points. A problem with more than 2 minor
errors but no major (logic) errors will get 7.5 points. A problem with 1 major error or more
than 3 minor errors will get 5 points. A problem with more than 1 major error will get 2.5
points. A problem with no credible effort will get zero points.
 Not all HW problems will be graded. For problems that are not graded, students will simply
receive a grade of A (acceptable effort) or NA (not acceptable effort). Students are
responsible for learning how to solve all problems, whether or not they are graded.

O. Late Homework
All assignments are due by 10:35 am on the assigned day, unless I provide specific
information to the contrary. If you are late to class or miss class due to an unexcused
absence, your homework is late. Late homework will be graded, with a maximum grade of
50% of the possible total, and will be accepted no more than two days past the due date. If
a homework is incomplete when it is submitted, and the remaining content is added after
the assigned date and time, the entire homework will be considered late. If the missing
content is added prior to the assigned date and time, then the homework will not be
considered late.

P. Peer Assessment
Each student’s overall homework grade will be influenced by the peer ratings of the
student’s contribution to each assignment. Each team member must turn in the form
below (last page) separately from the homework and project. All ratings will be
confidential. These ratings should reflect each student’s level of participation, effort,
responsibility, professionalism, and collaboration, not their academic ability. Individuals
whose peer assessments are consistently low (scores of 3 or below in the three categories
below) will have their homework grade reduced by the equivalent of 1 letter grade.

Q. Exams
For each exam, I will supply you with one or more pages of relevant equations. You will not
be allowed to use any books or notes in addition to these equations pages, which means
that all you will be allowed to have on your desk during the exam is the exam, the notes
pages I provide, the paper on which you are writing solutions, something to write with, and
a calculator. All other electronic devices are forbidden, including cell phones and pagers.
These must be turned off and may not be handled at any time during the exam. Students
caught with other materials during an exam will be assumed to be cheating. The final exam
is comprehensive (covering the entire contents of the course).

R. Academic Community
Each homework assignment will be accompanied by a community-building exercise. These
are designed to help you learn to work with, appreciate, and value people who may not be
like you. The goal is to help each Purdue Chemical Engineering graduate be ready to work
in any corner of the world with great success, and be able to create a welcoming
environment for colleagues from any part of the world. You will be expected to take these
exercises seriously and to support this goal of the course. Any homework submitted which
does not include a quality community-building exercise will have its grade reduced by one
letter grade. This is discussed in more detail below under the heading “Conduct”.
S. Overall Grading
Weighting of work products Grading scale
Homework 2/10 A 100 – 85 points
Exams (2) 2/10 (each) B: 75 – 85 points
Final Exam 4/10 C: 65 – 75 points
D: 55 – 65 points
F: below 55 points

If an exam or homework was too difficult (as judged by the faculty instructor), the final
grade may be scaled upwards (add points to an exam or homework score). Grades will
never be scale downward. As a rule, scaling will not be applied. There is no preset
distribution of final grades. A student has one week after an exam or homework has been
returned to discuss any misgrading, after which grading errors will not be discussed. If a
student believes work was misgraded, it must be resubmitted. The resubmission must be
accompanied by a separate sheet of paper that documents the error in question. This is the
only mechanism for addressing potentially misgraded work.

T. Conduct
University policy states that it is the responsibility of all student to attend all class sessions
(http://www.purdue.edu/univregs/pages/ac_regs_pro/classes.html) AND SEE ITEM V
BELOW. Each student is expected to come to class on time and not disrupt the class. Each
student is also expected to follow Purdue’s codes of student conduct
(http://www.purdue.edu/ODOS/osrr/conductcode.htm) and behave in a professional
manner. The rights of students in violation of the code of conduct are outlined
(http://www.purdue.edu/ODOS/osrr/conductprocedures.htm). Each student is expected to
exhibit consideration and respect towards the other students, the graders, the TAs, and the
faculty, and each student is expected to exhibit a positive attitude. Each student is
expected to forth his/her best effort in the community-building activities, and students who
engage in activities that conflict with these exercises will have their grade reduced. Your
conduct will be a factor in awarding grades to students between two letter grades. Purdue
prohibits "dishonesty in connection with any University activity”
(http://www.purdue.edu/ODOS/osrr/integrity.htm). All cheating incidents will be reported
to the Dean of Students. Any student caught having possession of, or having electronic
access to, the solution manual to the course text will be considered to be cheating.

U. Expectations
This is a 3 credit hour course, and it is expected that each student will spend 9-12 hours
each week working homework, studying, and reading the course text. Students should
expect this to be the case for all of Chemical Engineering courses. Most students who enroll
in Chemical Engineering did very well in high school without having to study very hard. In
many cases, the freshman year is harder than high school, but is manageable with
noticeably less effort than I describe above. This class, and all subsequent Chemical
Engineering classes, will be much more challenging than anything that most students will
have seen before.
V. Illness
H1N1 is a legitimate threat to the safety of all in our society, and in our Purdue community.
There is a high likelihood that individuals at Purdue will contract H1N1, in spite of all efforts
to prevent this occurrence. If a student becomes sick with flu-like symptoms, (s)he should
seek prompt medical attention, and then not come back to class until (s)he has been
symptom-free for more than 24 hours. A note from P.U.S.H. is required to document
illness. Materials will be made available electronically to assist any students who are ill, and
reasonable accommodations will be made on an individual basis to ensure that all students
have the opportunity to learn. In the event of a severe outbreak of illness at Purdue that
mandates class not meet, all attempts will be made to deliver the course online through
Blackboard.

W. School of Chemical Engineering Program Outcomes for ABET

Graduates of the School of Chemical Engineering will
1) be able to apply mathematics, science, and engineering principles to solve a wide range
of open-ended chemical engineering problems using critical thinking and creative
problem solving;
2) be able to design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data, and apply the
results to chemical systems and processes;
3) be able to design a system, component, or process to meet desired technical, economic,
safety, and environmental criteria;
4) be able to cooperate successfully as a member of a productive team by using their
awareness of leadership and group dynamics issues;
5) be able to utilize the techniques, analytical skills, and modern computational tools
necessary for successful chemical engineering practice;
6) understand and appreciate the need for professional integrity and ethical decision
making in the professional practice of chemical engineering;
7) demonstrate their knowledge by presenting information in a logical, interesting way in
both oral and written forms;
8) demonstrate an understanding of contemporary issues encountered in the professional
practice of chemical engineering including business practices, environmental, health,
and safety issues and other public interests. Our graduates will be aware of the wide-
reaching effects that engineering decisions have on society, our global community and
our natural environment; and
9) appreciate the need for and engage in life-long learning to maintain and enhance the
professional practice of chemical engineering.
 Anonymous Peer Assessment
Must be submitted with each HW
Your name :_________________________________
Homework Number: ______________________ Date: __________________

Criterion Score Rank Description

Contributions were a major factor in group
5 Excellent discussions and decisions, did equal share of
work, always fully prepared
Contributed to all discussions, did equal share of
Technical 4 Good
work, was punctual and prepared for meetings
Contributions and
Did less than equal share of work, contributed
Dependability
1 Fair intermittently to discussions, sometimes
unreliable
Did not contribute to project development, did
0 Poor
not do any work
Respectful, helpful, and considerate of team
members, eager to listen and able to effectively
5 Excellent
communicate ideas, effectively integrates
teammates into team
Respectful of team members, generally helpful
and considerate, often able to communicate
4 Good
Attitude and with and listen to others, generally supportive of
Communication teammates
Often impatient, inconsiderate, or talks too
1 Fair much, tolerates teammates but does not
support them
Removed from team effort, overbearing or
0 Poor disrespectful, doesn't listen or argues
excessively, treats teammate(s) poorly
5 Excellent Definitely would select this teammate again
4 Good Probably would select this teammate again
Overall
1 Fair Probably would not choose this teammate again
0 Poor Definitely would not choose this teammate again

Technical
Attitude and
Group Member Names Contributions and Overall
Communication
Dependability
 Homework Cover Page

Assignment #: _______

Date: ____________

Group member names: ________________________________________

________________________________________

________________________________________

“My signature below documents my substantial participation in the solution of all

problems in this assignment.”

Member 1 name, signature: ___________________________________________

Member 2 name, signature: ___________________________________________

Member 3 name, signature: ___________________________________________

Score: ______/________