Date

H#

L#

Topic

Reading

15-Jan

Martin Luther King Day (no class)

17-Jan

1

What are "unit operations"?
Equipment used for heat transfer

1-2,
267-269

19-Jan

2

Log-mean driving force

244-246

22-Jan

3

Resistances in series: overall coefficient
fouling factors

214-229
275-276

24-Jan

4

Correlations for heat transfer coefficients
Shell-and-tube heat exchangers: description

236-244
250-252
MSH 432-436

26-Jan

H1

5

Estimate average driving force for S&T Hxer
Example: design of a S&T Hxer

269-272

29-Jan

6

Equipment used for evaporation
Simple evaporator problem

489-498

31-Jan

7

Complications: BPE and Hdilution

498-502

2-Feb

H2

8

Multiple effects

502-511

5-Feb

9

Vapor recompression

514-515

7-Feb

10

Vapor-liquid equilibrium

640-645

9-Feb

H3

11

Flash distillation

645-648

12-Feb

12

Batch distillation,

648-649

14-Feb

13

Multistage distillation: countercurrent cascades

649-650

16-Feb

H4

14

Constant molar overflow

651-653

19-Feb

15

Rectifying and stripping cascades

661-664

21-Feb

R1

review

23-Feb

Exam I (cover Lectures 1-13)

26-Feb

16

McCabe-Thiele method: a receipe

651-657

28-Feb

17

Kremser's equation
Minimum reflux ratio
Total reflux

658-661

2-Mar

H5

18

Condenser and reboiler heat duties

5-Mar

19

Murphree plate efficiency: number of "real" trays

666-669

7-Mar

20

Introduction to Multicomponent Distillation

679-683

9-Mar

mid-semester break

12-Mar

H6

21

Fenske's Equation for Nmin

683-686
MSH 545-547

14-Mar

22

Underwood’s Method for Rmin
MESH equations

686-689
MSH 597-604

16-Mar

H7

23

Use of computer program: CHEMSEP

—

19-Mar

24

Test of equimolar overflow using CHEMSEP
Equipment for Gas Absorption/Stripping

610-613

21-Mar

25

Design of packed-tower absorber: overview

586-587

23-Mar

H8

26

Special case: one transferable component

613-616

26-Mar

spring break

28-Mar

spring break

30-Mar

spring break

2-Apr

27

Interfacial mass transfer: review

594-599
617-618

4-Apr

R2

review

6-Apr

Exam II (cover Lectures 14-25)

9-Apr

28

Equimolar counter-diffusion vs. diffusion through stagnant film
Height of packing required

618-619

11-Apr

29

NTU method

599-602

13-Apr

H9

30

Pressure drop in packed towers

MSH 686-697

16-Apr

31

Intro to Membrane Separations

754-755
759-762

18-Apr

32

Example: separation of air into O2 and N2

763-769

20-Apr

Spring Carnival (no class)

23-Apr

H10

33

Complications: stage cut

772-782

25-Apr

34

Intro to Liquid-Liquid Extraction
use of triangle diagrams

709-715

27-Apr

P1

35

Extraction in a countercurrent cascade of stages

716-723

30-Apr

36

Difference point method (graphical)

2-May

37

4-May

P2

R3

review