324-325-326: Principles of Chemical Engineering:
9:30-10:30, M. W. F.
Chemistry 321-22-23 prerequisite.
A course designed to give the prospective chemical engineer a thorough
foundation in the basic principles of his profession. Regularly taken in the
fourth year. The unit operations of chemical industry are studied from the
standpoint of the chemical and physical principles involved. Practice in the
application of these principles is given by the solution of numerous type problems
in which quantitative treatment is emphasized. Attention is first devoted
to a detailed study of flow of fluids and flow of heat, since these topics are
fundamental in the subsequent development of unit operations in Chemical
Engineering. These subjects are followed by evaporation, humidification, drying
and distillation. Facility is developed in the stoichiometry of chemical industry.
Plant inspection trips are made from time to time. Lectures and recitations, 3
hours a week. (Fall, Winter, Spring.)
Textbook: Walker, Lewis and McAdams: Principles of Chemical Engineering;
McGraw-Hill Book Co., N. Y., 1927.
Associate Professor Hitchcock.
