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.
