Chemical Engineering for Non – Chemical Engineers ( CENCE)

Chemical Engineering for Non – Chemical Engineers ( CENCE)

OBJECTIVES

• Discuss the basic concepts of chemical engineering including mass and energy balances and the concept of unit operations.
• Describe basic safety regulations and procedures and the basics of kinetics and reactive chemical analysis.
• Explain the basics of fluid flow and pumps, the use of cooling towers, and the basics of tank and vessel design parameters.
• Explain the basics of distillation, absorption, stripping, chromatography and drying processes and equipment choices for these unit operations.
• Calculate basic stoichiometry and unit conversions.
• Describe the basics of solids handling, characterization, transfer and storage.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Engineering managers without a chemical engineering background, chemists, non-chemical engineers, patent attorneys, legal and government personnel who interface with chemical engineers and the chemical industry. Participants from any size company or industry in the chemical, petrochemical, and materials processing industries.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day One

• Lecture One: Chemical Engineering for Non-Chemical Engineers
• Lecture Two: Safety in Chemical Engineering
• Lecture Three: Basic Toxicology
• Lecture Four: Economic analysis
• Lecture Five: The Unit Operation Concept

Day Two

• Lecture One: Stoichiometry and Reactions
• Lecture Two: Mass balances and Process Flow Sheets
• Lecture Three: Gas laws and EOS
• Lecture Four: Reaction Engineering, Thermodynamics and Kinetics
• Lecture Five: Concepts and Principles for Reactive Chemicals

Day Three

• Lecture One: Flow of Fluids, Heat Transfer, and Evaporation
• Lecture Two: Pumps, Meters, and More
• Lecture Three: Heat Transfer and Heat Exchangers
• Lecture Four: Radiative Heat Transfer and More

Day Four

• Lecture One: Mass Transfer Fundamentals, Distillation and More
• Lecture Two: Absorption and Stripping
• Lecture Three: Solvent Extraction, Adsorption, Ion Exchange, and Membranes
• Lecture Four: Cooling Towers, Humidification, and Dehumidification

Day Five

• Lecture One: Liquid-Solids Separations, Solids Handling and Crystallization
• Lecture Two: Filtration
• Lecture Three: Drying of Solids
• Lecture Four: Solids Handling
• Lecture Five: Process Control
• Lecture Six: Tanks and Process Vessels
• Lecture Seven: Chemical Engineering IN Polymers