CBE 424: Operations and Process Laboratory

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424 Operations and Process Laboratory. SS; 5cr. Experiments in unit operations, and supervised individual assignments selected from areas such as: fluid dynamics, analytical methods, reaction kinetics, plastics technology, and use of computers in data processing and simulation. P: CBE 324, 326, 426, & 430, or cons inst. Hill, Root, Swaney.

Course Prerequisite(s)

CBE 324
CBE 326 or 426

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Thermodynamics
Transport Phenomena Lab and experience writing engineering lab reports
At least one Unit Operations course (Momentum and Heat Transfer Operations, or Mass Transfer Operations)

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Laboratory manual, to be purchased at Bob's Copy Shop at the start of the lab session

Course objectives

developing familiarity with a range of common chemical engineering equipment through experiments on pilot-scale apparatus
acquiring or expanding abilities to take a novel project assignment, define an investigation, design and construct experimental apparatus, collect and analyze data, and present conclusions and recommendations in oral or written formats

Topics covered

Distillation (Formal)
Chemical Reactors (Formal)
Heat and Mass Transfer in a Spray Tower (Formal)
Heat Exchangers (Formal)
Fluid Flow - Pump and Flowmeters (Formal)
Freeform experiments (4 Informals)
Data analysis and report writing

Class/laboratory schedule

Course meets for 5 weeks, 5 days/week, 8 hours/day in Summer Sessions only.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component

This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

Experience with standard chemical engineering unit operations and pilot-plant scale equipment Experience in designing, constructing, and conducting laboratory experiments Experience in data collection and analysis, to support recommendations Experience in written and oral communication, and in group projects

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes

This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Written reports (8 x 10%)
Oral report (10%)
Mandatory report rewrite (10%)

Person(s) who prepared this description

Thatcher W. Root

Copyright 2007 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Date last modified: 02-Aug-2007
Date created: 16-Aug-1999
Content by: che@che.wisc.edu
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