courses of instruction - Lafayette College

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
who do well may take on an independent
research project. The main laboratories are
equipped for work on bench-scale and pi
lot-plant scale equipment in the areas of
fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer, sep
aration processes, and chemical reactors.
Requirements for the major: Majors must
complete Mathematics 161,162,263,264;
four courses chosen from an approved hu
manities and social science list plus En
glish 110 and a First-Year Seminar; two
free electives and two technical electives;
Chemistry 121,122,221,324 plus two
chemistry electives one of which may be a
non-chemistry course with heavy chemis
try content; Physics 131; Engineering Sci
ence 101, 225, and an elective; and Chemi
cal Engineering 211, 221, 311, 312, 313, 321,
322, 323,411,412,413,414,421, and 422.
211. Material and Energy Balances.
Mathematical analysis of steady-state flow
processes including those with chemical
reactions. Emphasis on general principles
and techniques used in problem solving.
Material and enthalpy balances as applied
to physical and chemical systems. Heats of
reaction. Recycle and purging. Digital and
graphical procedures. Lecture/recitation.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 121,122. Offered
in fall semester. Mr. Martin, Ms. Piergiovanni
221. Chemical Engineering Computing.
Applications of high-level computer lan
guages, spreadsheets, software, and com
puter operating systems as tools for engi
neering problem solving. Lecture/laborato
ry. Prerequisite: ChE 211. Offered in spring
semester. Mr. Tavakoli, Ms. Piergiovanni
311. Transport Processes. Unified treat
ment of the fundamentals of momentum,
heat, and mass transfer. Analogies be
tween the three phenomena. Evaluation
and use of transport coefficients. Estima
tion and importance of transport proper
ties. Shell balances and equations of
change. Molecular, laminar, and turbulent
transport. Lecture/recitation. Prerequi
sites: Chemistry 121,122; Mathematics
264. Offered in fall semester. Mr. Schaffer
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312. Chemical Engineering Laboratory I.
Laboratory experiments which illustrate
the basic principles of momentum, heat,
and mass transfer. Emphasis on laboratory
safety, statistical analysis of data, and
technical writing. Lecture/laboratory.
Corequisite: ChE 311. Offered in fall se
mester. Staff [W]
313. Thermodynamics I. Fundamental
thermodynamic relationships and their
application to non-reactive chemical engi
neering systems. Equations of state in
volving ideal and non-ideal behavior. Esti
mation and use of thermodynamic proper
ties. Analysis of flow processes. Lecture/
recitation. Prerequisites: Chemistry 121,
122; Mathematics 263. Offered in fall se
mester. Mr. Martin
321. Unit Operations I. Operational ap
proach to fluid flow and heat transfer with
emphasis on hardware characteristics and
selection. Synthesis and evaluation of sys
tem assemblies used for typical applica
tions. Lecture/recitation. Prerequisites:
ChE 311. Offered in spring semester. Ms.
Piergiovanni
322. Chemical Engineering Laboratory II.
Laboratory experiments which illustrate
the basic principles of fluid flow and heat
transfer in pilot-scale equipment. Empha
sis on experimental design, statistical anal
ysis of data, technical writing, and oral
presentations. Lecture/laboratory. Coreq
uisite: ChE 321. Offered in spring semes
ter. S taff
323. Thermodynamics II. Application of
fundamental thermodynamic relation
ships to phase and reaction equilibria. So
lution thermodynamics; liquid-vapor
equilibria for ideal and nonideal systems;
prediction of liquid-vapor equilibrium
data; chemical reaction equilibria for ideal
and nonideal systems. Lecture/recitation.
Prerequisite: ChE 313. Offered in spring
semester. Mr. Martin
411. Unit Operations II. Operational app-
proach to mass transfer and staged separa
tion processes with emphasis on hardware