The individual physical and chemical processes used in chemical engineering, such as distillation, filtration, and crystallization.
Mass and Energy Balances: The application of mass and energy conservation principles to chemical processes is crucial for analyzing and designing unit operations.
Fluid Flow: The study of the behavior of fluids in motion, including laminar and turbulent flow, pressure drop, and flow rate calculation.
Heat Transfer: The transfer of heat from one medium to another, including conduction, convection, and radiation, with applications to heat exchangers and reactors.
Separation Processes: Techniques used to separate components of a mixture, including distillation, absorption, extraction, and membrane separation.
Chemical Kinetics: The study of how chemical reactions proceed with time, including reaction rate determination and reactor analysis.
Thermodynamics: The study of energy transformations in chemical processes, including thermodynamic cycles, phase equilibria, and reaction equilibria.
Process Control: Techniques for controlling process variables, including PID controllers, feedback systems, and optimization routines.
Particle Technology: The study of particles and their behavior in processes, including particle size analysis, agglomeration, and dispersion.
Reactive Processes: Design and operation of reactors for chemical reactions with particular emphasis on safety and efficiency.
Transport Phenomena: The study of momentum, heat, and mass transfer in fluids and solids, including boundary layer theory and convective heat transfer.
Process Equipment Design: The design of process equipment such as reactors, heat exchangers, and distillation columns, including factor of safety analysis and materials selection.
Distillation: This is a process of separating a mixture of liquids using their boiling points.
Crystallization: This process is used to separate solids from a liquid mixture by allowing the solids to form crystals.
Filtration: This is used to separate solid particles from a liquid or gas by passing the mixture through a filter medium.
Centrifugation: This process separates solids from liquids by spinning the mixture at high speeds to create a centrifugal force.
Extraction: This process is used to separate chemicals from a mixture using a solvent.
Adsorption: This process separates chemicals from a mixture by adsorbing them onto a surface.
Evaporation: This is used to remove a liquid from a mixture by heating it to the point of evaporation.
Reactions: This is when chemicals are mixed together to create a reaction that produces a new substance.
Mixing: This is when two or more substances are combined together to create a homogeneous mixture.
Drying: This process is used to remove moisture from a material.
Distillation with reflux: This process involves distilling a mixture multiple times to improve separation efficiency using a reflux condenser.
Flocculation: This process is used to bring together small particles into larger masses, so they can be more easily filtered.
Membrane separation: This is the process of separating substances using a semipermeable membrane.
Centrifugal separators: This involves using centrifugal forces to separate components of a mixture.
Electrolysis: This involves passing a current through a solution to create a chemical reaction that separates components of the mixture.
Absorption: This involves capturing one component of a gas mixture by contacting it with a liquid or solid.