Unit One General Chemical Engineering 1
Lesson 1 Chemical Engineering 1
Reading Material What Is Chemical Engineering 5
Lesson 2 Traditional Paradigms of Chemical Engineering 7
Reading Material A New Paradigms for Chemical Engineering 10
Lesson 3 Unit Operations 12
Reading Material Classification of Unit Operations and Transport Processes 15
Lesson 4 New Technologies in Unit Operations 17
Reading Material Range and Choice Separation Processes 21
Unit Two Unit Operations and Transport Processes(Ⅰ) 25
Lesson 5 Filtration 25
Reading Material Types of Filtration Equipment 28
Lesson 6 Heat Transfer 31
Reading Material Classification of Heat Transfer Equipment 34
Lesson 7 Absorption of Gases 37
Reading Material Principal Types of Absorption Equipment 40
Lesson 8 Distillation Operation 42
Reading Material Azeotropic and Extractive Distillation 45
Lesson 9 Solvent Extraction 47
Unit Three Unit Operations and Transport Processes(Ⅱ) 47
Reading Material The Industrial Applications of Liquid-Liquid Extraction 50
Lesson 10 Drying of Solids 53
Reading Material Equipment for Drying 56
Lesson 11 Packed Towers 58
Reading Material Fundamentals of Mixing 61
Lesson 12 Momentum,Heat,and Mass Transfer 63
Reading Material Theory of Mass Transfer between Two Phases 66
Unit Four Chemical Technologies 68
Lesson 13 The Harber Process for Ammonia Synthesis 68
Reading Material About Sulfuric Acid 71
Lesson 14 Petroleum 74
Reading Material Petroleum Engineering 78
Lesson 15 Materials Science 80
Reading Material Production and Applications of Hydrogen 83
Lesson 16 Chemical Process Safety 85
Reading Material Government Regulations in Industrial Hygiene 88
Unit Five Systematic Engineering 90
Lesson 17 Plant Design and General Considerations 90
Reading Material Optimization in Plant Design and Operation 93
Lesson 18 Steady-State Process Modeling 95
Reading Material Strategies for Process Control and Estimation 98
Lesson 19 Process Reactor Design 100
Reading Material Classification of Reactors 103
Lesson 20 Computer-Assisted Design of New Processes 105
Reading Material Process Design in 21st Century 109
Unit Six Biochemical Engineering 111
Lesson 21 Bioengineering 111
Reading Material The Water We Drink 115
Lesson 22 Genetic Engineering 117
Reading Material How to Turn an Egg White White 120
Lesson 23 How We Digest Carbohydrates 122
Reading Material Enzymes Production 125
Unit Seven Catalysis and Environmental Protection 127
Lesson 24 Measurement of Adsorption on Catalyst Surface 127
Reading Material Catalytic Cracking 130
Lesson 25 Catalysis for Environmentally Benign Processing 133
Reading Material Catalysts for Industrial Processes 137
Lesson 26 Green House Effect 139
Reading Material Environmental Problem of CFC 142
Lesson 27 Membranes in Chemical Processing 144
Reading Material Membranes for Separation Process 147
Lesson 28 Nomenclature of Chemical Compounds 150
Unit Eight Applied Chemistry 150
Reading Material Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds 153
Lesson 29 Detergents,Micelles and Colloids 155
Reading Material The Most Important Polymer of All 159
Lesson 30 Gas and Liquid Chromatography 161
Reading Material Poisons and the Poisoning of Organic Compounds 164
Lesson 31 Batchwise and Continuous Reaction 166
Reading Material The CSTR and Tubular Reactor 169
Unit Nine Miscellaneous 172
Lesson 32 Definitions of Acid and Base 172
Reading Material Introduction of Corporations 176
Lesson 33 How Broad is Your Patent Claim? 178
Reading Material A Patent:Benzene Removal from Hydrocarbon Streams 182
Lesson 34 Consolidating China's CPI 184
Reading Material Comparing Patent Law in China and the U.S. 188
Lesson 35 Call for Papers for ACS National Meetings 190
Reading Material Instructions for Contributors 194
Appendices 194
Appendix 1 Periodicals for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 197
Appendix 2 Useful Terms of Chemical Engineering and Technology 200