/CPB 514. Mass Transfer and Unit Operations

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This course will introduce principles of steady-state and time-dependent mass transfer, and apply them to unit operations that are often found in chemical and biological engineering systems, with an emphasis on single and multi-stage separation processes. Through the course and using their background in mass and energy balances, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena, students will characterize and design heat exchangers and separation unit operations, including absorption, distillation, membranes, drying and crystallization processes. At the end of the course, students will understand the application of each unit operation within a chemical process and use computational tools to aid in separation design. Prerequisites: CPB 205 ; CPB 318 (or CPB/ MME 313 and CPB/ MME 403/MME 503 ).