66 courses in the 1966–67 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Statistical frequency distributions. Tests of significance. Correlations. Curve fitting. Sampling theory. Applications: small particles, dispersive waves, errors, design of experiments.
2 lectures, 3 hours problems, alternate weeks.
Introduction to heat transfer. Steady and transient heat conduction. Laminar and turbulent convection, the laminar boundary layer, momentum-heat transfer analogies. Heat transfer with change of phase. Radiant heat transfer. Prerequisite: G.E. 32. 3 lectures, one term.
Interrelationship of momentum, energy and mass transport phenomena. The performance of apparatus for carrying out diffusional operations.
Prerequisite: Ch.E. 22.
3 lectures, one term.
Gases, first law of thermodynamics, thermochemistry, second law of thermodynamics, one component systems, solutions, properties of dilute solutions, phase equilibria and the phase rule, kinetic theory and macromolecules.
3 lectures, one term.
Principles of thermodynamics. Criteria of physical and chemical equilibria. Pressure-volume-temperature relations of fluids. Energy conversion.
Prerequisites: ChE 11, ChE 31.
3 lectures, 2 hours problems alternate weeks, one term.
Flow processes. Properties of real solutions. Vaporliquid equilibria. Equilibria in chemical reactions.
Prerequisite: ChE 32.
3 lectures, one term.
Topics from: Equations of state, Empirical Evaluation of Thermodynamic functions, Statistical Thermodynamics, Physical and chemical equilibrium of multicomponent systems, surface phenomena.
Prerequisite: ChE 33.
3 lectures, one term.
A laboratory to demonstrate physical chemical principles and techniques of physical measurement. Concurrently with ChE 31.
3 hours laboratory, one term.
Introduction to kinetics and mechanism of elementary chemical processes in homengenous systems; reversible, consecutive and simultanous reactions, interpretation of kinetic data, homogeneous catalysis, chain reactions.
Prerequisites: ChE 12, ChE 31.
3 lectures. one term.
Prerequisite: ChE 41.
3 lectures, one term.
Prerequisite: ChE 42.
3 lectures, one term.
The differential equations of common processes are derived and linearized. The dynamic behaviour is analyzed when uncontrolled and when standard process controllers provide feedback control. Optimal controller settings are established for stable operation.
Prerequisite: Math 41, ChE 22.
3 lectures, one term.
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54, Chemical Engineering Analysis. The application of certain mathematical techniques to the analysis of chemical engineering systems. The general areas are: operational calculus, vector-matrix system representation, numerical analysis, elementary statistical system dynamics and optimization techniques. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
3 lectures, one term.
Open and closed loop behaviour of complex processes is considered. Modern approaches to process control are Prerequisite: ChE 51.
3 lectures, one term.
introduced.
Mathematics of annuities, mortgages, bonds, and small loans. Cost accounting, including direct costing, depreciation, taxes and financial statements. Estimation of sales and capital and operating costs of a new process or product. Study of criteria for the appraisal of capital expenditures. Introduction to the Critical Path Method. Introduction to Linear Programming.
3 lectures, one term.
The undergraduate curriculum is co-ordinated and brought together to accomplish the basic objective of the process engineer, the design of an integrated chemical process.
Prerequisites: All Chemical Engineering required courses.
2 lectures, 3 hours problems, one term.
Experiments in the application of physical and chemical principles to engineering analysis, phase equilibrium, fluid flow and heat transfer.
Prerequisites: ChE 12, ChE 21.
4 hours laboratory, one term.
Experimental studies with pilot plant equipment in the representative unit operations: evaporation, distillation, absorption, extraction, drying, humidification and reactors.
Prerequisites: ChE 13, ChE 71.
6 hours laboratory, one term.
Chemical reactors, process dynamics steady-state and transient behaviour, and applications of digital and analog computors.
Prerequisites: ChE 72, ChE 41, ChE 51.
6 hours laboratory, one term.
Polymeric solutions, determination of molecular weights, molecular weight distributions, kinetics of polymerization, theology, mechanical properties and polymer structure.
Prerequisite: Chem. 55.
3 lectures, one term.
Introduction to metallurgical processes, ore dressing, calcining, roasting, leaching, reduction, precipitation and refining. Discussion and application of physico-chemical principles as related to pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical reactions. Technology of base metal production.
3 lectures, one term.
Study and presentation of material in recent literature. 1 hour, one term.
3 lectures, one term.
Prerequisite: ChE 98. 6 hours, one term.
Graduate Course Descriptions
The Department of Chemical Engineering offers courses of study leading to the degrees of Master of Applied Science and Doctor of Philosophy. The Master of Applied Science programme may be followed in either one of two directions: a “professional” option, which requires course work and an engineering report; and a “research” option, which requires less course work, and the completion of a research project. The first of these is intended to give a fuller understanding of fundamentals and greater mastery of the application of these principles to the solution of complex realistic problems. The second option offers training in fundamentals and in research methods, and is excellent preparation for those wishing to proceed to the Ph.D. degree, or for those whose primary interest is a career in research.
In addition to specialized graduate courses for research students, the Department offers a number of courses each year designed to be particularly suitable for the professional option in the M.A.Sc. programme. Graduate course requirements are measured in “units.” A course lasting one semester may be considered to be one unit. Normally, four units per semester are considered a full load, but if more than six hours/week of other work is also being done, a student may be required to carry fewer units.
Either option in the M.A.Sc. programme may also be carried out on a part-time or full-time co-operative basis. The professional option is particularly designed to meet the needs of a co-operative programme.
The Master’s Degree Programme
The professional option requires a total of eight units of course work, in addition to the submission of an acceptable engineering report. Normally, at least five units of work will be chosen from courses offered by the Chemical Engineering Department specifically for students in this option. Other courses may be chosen either from outside Departments or from other Chemical
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Engineering courses. The engineering report will have a nominal value of one to two units, and represents evidence that the student is capable of obtaining and presenting a satisfactory solution to an original engineering problem of some complexity.
The research option requires a total of four units of course work at the graduate level, in addition to the submission of a thesis reporting the results of original research. The courses to be taken will be selected in consultation with the student’s research advisor.
The minimum period for a full-time student to complete either option is 8 months, and the average time required will be one calendar year.
The PhD. Programme
The Ph.D. degree is awarded primarily for the successful performance of original research of high calibre. The general requirements are described in the section dealing with the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and particular requirements are available from the Department of Chemical Engineering on request. The courses to be taken by a student in the Ph.D. programme will be determined by his Committee, and will normally consist of about four to eight units of work, in addition to the research thesis.
A student in the Ph.D. programme is not accepted as a candidate for the Ph.D. degree by this Department until he has presented and successfully defended to his Committee a proposal for research.
Research Activities
Graduate research may be pursued in a number of areas including heat and mass transfer, reaction kinetics, catalysis and reactor design, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, computational methods, and process dynamics and control. Examples of specific types of research projects currently underway are.
high temperature high pressure solution kinetics.
Details of Graduate Courses
All courses are one term, and except for those listed under “Special Topics,” are given every year.
The following three courses are intended primarily for the professional M.A.Se. Option.
The use of the rate equations in design and in the analysis and performance of flow systems, heat transfer equipment and mass transfer operations. Particular attention is given to non-ideal and multi-component systems.
with transfer problems in reacting systems also considered. Prerequisite: Chem. Eng. 600.
Optimization methods, operations research, systems design, statistical quality control, economics of management.
Every professional student is expected to complete the solution of and prepare a report on a major problem in process design or evaluation. Problems may be suggested by the student or by the staff. The following courses are suitable for all graduate students.
Thermodynamics of nonideal and ionic solutions, ionic and complex equilibrium, complex homogeneous kinetics, acid-base catalysis, design of homogeneous reactors.
Structure and preparation of solid catalysts, physical properties, nature of active surfaces and activated adsorption, selection of catalysts, heat and mass transfer in packed and fluidized bed reactors, desgin and heterogeneous catalytic and non-catalytic reactors.
A general course of wide scope at an advanced level, covering mathematical analysis of complex systems, measurement of dynamic behaviour, optimization methods, control of processes. Prerequisite: Chemical Engineering 51 and 52 or the equivalent.
The courses below are intended mainly for students pursuing a research project, but are open to those in the professional course with the consent of the instructor and of his faculty advisor. The courses described below are of a broader scope than those listed as Special Topics in Groups A, B or C.
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Not all the courses listed as Special Topics will be given in any one year (3 semesters) but several from each of groups A, B and C will be offered each year.
Equations of change, fluxes and their constitutive relations, boundary value problems, laminar flow, turbulent flow including boundary layer and turbulence theory, diffusion and conduction, convective heat and mass transfer, transfer processes in reacting systems. Vector/tensor notations used throughout and mathematical rigor stressed.
Prerequisite: Chemical Engineering 672 or the equivalent.
Review of fundamental concepts and methods of advanced mathematical analysis with applications in Chemical Engineering. Cartesian tensors and vector formulations of the equations of change. Review of matrix methods and applications to chemical engineering problems.
Ordinary and partial differential equations in chemical engineering. Boundary and eigenvalue problems. Fourier transforms - finite and infinite. Laplace transformation.
A laboratory and lecture course to familiarize graduate students having research interests in polymer science with various laboratory techniques in polymer research.
Special Topics
Group A — (Topics in Transport Theory)
Group B — (Topics in Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics)
Group C — (Topics in Control Theory and Applied Mathematics)