Chemical Engineering Laboratory I: Unit Operation Fundamentals

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Introduction to general rules and safety in chemical engineering laboratory. Accuracy and precision of instruments; experimental error; error propagation and significant figures. Unit components: pipe, tubing, fittings, valves, pressure gauges and flowmeters. Practical applications of theories: compressed gas setup (equations of state) and Reynolds experiment (fluid dynamics). Operation of positive displacement and centrifugal pumps. Design of experimental setup.