Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
INGE 3016, INQU 4002, and authorization of the
Director of the Department.
Analysis, design, and simulation of chemical
processes and units using computer programs
developed by students under guidance of a faculty
member.
INQU 5009. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
APPLICATIONS TO BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director
of the Department.
Modeling and analysis of vital functions in the
human body by methods similar to those used to
study the behavior of processing units in chemical
plants, such as tracer techniques, microscopic and
cell-scale mass and energy transfer, fluid
mechanics of the circulatory system, and reactor
kinetics applied to body systems.
INQU 5015. FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR
POLLUTION. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: INCI 4008 or Corequisite:
INQU 4002.
Classification and extent of air pollution problems;
meteorology and air pollution; dispersion from
effluents; the effect of air pollution on plants and
animals; visibility problems; socioeconomic impact
of pollution problems; analytical and experimental
sampling methods; equipment and process for
abating air pollution; governmental regulations for
air pollution control.
INQU 5018. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: INQU 4010 or Co-requisite:
INCI 4008.
A discussion of the theory, principles, and practices
related to engineering control of particulate and
gaseous emissions from natural, industrial,
agricultural, commercial, and municipal sources of
atmospheric pollution.
INQU 5019. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTROL.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: INCI 4008 or Co-requisite:
INQU 4002.
The minimization of industrial wastes through the
proper design and operation of manufacturing
plants; treatment of disposal of industrial wastes,
with emphasis on the chemical industries in Puerto
Rico.
INQU 5021. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
PROCESS DESIGN I. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: ECON
3021. Co-requisites: INQU 4002 and INQU 4017.
Principles of economic evaluation, cost estimation,
mathematical techniques and process simulation as
applied to chemical engineering design.
INQU 5022. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
PROCESS DESIGN II. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: INQU
4017, INQU 4002 and INQU 5021.
Application of the principles of economic
evaluation, cost estimation, mathematical
techniques, and simulation to the chemical
engineering design of processes and/or equipment.
INQU 5025. ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF
PROCESSES. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisites: INQU 4002,
INQU 4017 and INQU 4008.
Mathematical simulation of chemical and physical
processes. Analysis of first and second order
systems; control modes; control hardware; roots
locus and frequency response analysis; optimum
control settings; applications to the design of
control systems.
INQU 5026. MICROCLIMATE AND
DISPERSION OF AIR POLLUTANTS. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: INQU 4002 or INCI 4008.
Discussion of the elements of microclimate in
urban, rural, and valley environments. Dispersion
of air pollutants in these environments.
INQU 5027. EQUILIBRIUM STAGE
PROCESSES. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisites: INQU 4002 and
INGE 3016.
The equilibrium stage concept is applied to the
analysis and design of stage-wise separation
processes, with application to distillation, gas
absorption, and extraction. Multicomponent
systems, computer methods, and practical aspects
of design are studied.
INQU 5028. ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING. Two credit hours. Two hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: INQU 4002. Corequisite:
INQU 4027.
Discussion of chemical engineering topics in which
recent advances are particular striking.
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