Chemical and Process Engineering

What You Will Learn

• 1 Learn the foundational principles of chemical engineering including units, dimensions, and material balances that underpin all process calculations.
• 2 Understand thermodynamic concepts such as phase equilibria, energy balances, and equations of state as applied to chemical process systems.
• 3 Apply fluid mechanics principles to the design and analysis of piping systems, pumps, compressors, and flow measurement devices.
• 4 Analyze heat transfer mechanisms including conduction, convection, and radiation, and apply them to the design of industrial heat exchangers.
• 5 Understand mass transfer operations including absorption, distillation, extraction, and membrane separation as core unit operations.
• 6 Apply chemical reaction engineering principles to reactor design, kinetics analysis, and selectivity optimization for industrial processes.
• 7 Explore process control fundamentals including feedback loops, PID controllers, and instrumentation used in automated plant operations.
• 8 Understand process safety frameworks including hazard identification, risk assessment, relief system design, and regulatory compliance standards.
• 9 Apply process simulation and design tools to model, optimize, and troubleshoot chemical processes using industry-standard methodologies.
• 10 Develop knowledge of sustainable process engineering including green chemistry principles, waste minimization, and lifecycle assessment.
• 11 Understand the economics of chemical plant design including capital cost estimation, operating cost analysis, and profitability evaluation.
• 12 Apply integrated process engineering skills to the conceptual design, scale-up, and commissioning of a complete chemical process system.