41 courses in the 1976–77 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Faculty listed in 1976–77
Professor, Chairman of Department K. F. O'Driscoll, B.Ch.£. (Pratt Inst.), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
Professor, Associate Chairman (Graduate Studies) E. Rhodes, B.Sc.,. Tech., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Manchester)
Professor, Associate Chairman (Undergraduate Studies) R. R. Hudgins, U.E., B.A.Sc., (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
An introduction to the basic methods and principles used by engineers in the analysis and design of physical processes: units, dimensions, and measurements; mass balances; behaviour of fluids. Laboratory on visual communication is included.
Shlect,, one htut., 6h lab. for first 6 weeks only; Fallterm
Chemical principles with applications in enginerring. Stoichiometric calculations, properties of gases, properties of liquids and solutions; gas phase chemical equilibrium, ionic equilbrium in aqueous solution, oxidation-reduction reactions, chemical kinetics.
Fundamentals of fluid flow; conservation laws for mass, momentum and mechanical energy: flow of fluid in conduits; flow past immersed bodies. Description, collection and separation of particulate systems.
Statistical frequency distributions, tests of significance, correlations, curve fitting, sampling theory, applications: errors. design of experiments.
3h lect., Fall, Winter terms
Physical Chemistry 1
Introduction to physical chemistry. Ideal and real gases, the kinetics theory of gases, first law of thermodynamics, thermochemistry, heats of reaction, second law, chemical equilibria in simple systems, phase equilibria in simple systems, third law.
Thermodynamics of systems of variable composition, properties of solutions, ideal solutions, colligative properties of solutions, phase equilibria in complex systems; non-ideal solutions, chemical kinetics; empirical laws and mechanisms; theory of kinetics.
Prerequisite: Ch.E. 230, 3 h iect., 1 h tut., Spring.
Wave mechanics, atomic structure and the periodic table, chemical bonding, structural chemistry of elements and compounds, introductory transition metal chemistry, some thermodynamic aspects of inorganic chemistry. 3h lect., Fall, Winter terms
Experiments on viscosity of gases and liquids, chemical kinetics, adsorption, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, thermochemistry, phase equilibria, diffusion, determination of molecular weight of polymers, training in technical report writing.
Introduction to heat transfer, momentum-heat transfer analogies and dimensional analysis, steady and transient heat conduction, convection and applications to engineering problems, radiant heat transfer and heat transfer with change of phase.
Prerequisite: Ch.E 221, 3h lect., th tut., Winter, Spring terms
Mass transfer by diffusion and convection applications to both stage-wise and continuous separation processes such as: distillation, extraction, absorption and others; analogies between momentum, energy and mass transport. Prerequisite: Ch.E, 312, 3h lect., 2h tut., Fall, Winter terms
Experimental application of physical and chemical principles using pilot scale equipments, experiments illustrating major unit operations (distillation, absorption, extraction, drying, humidification).
Prerequisite: Ch.E. 312, 6 h lab., Fall, Winter terms
Gamma-, beta-, and error-functions; sine-, cosine-, exponential — and elliptic-integrals, linear differential equations; Wronskian, Green function; initial and boundary value problems; Bessel functions; Fourier series, integrals and transforms; orthogonal functions; Laplace transforms; applications.
Prerequisite: Ch.E. 220, 3 h lect., Winter, Spring terms
Thermodynamics of flow processes, vapour power plants, internal combustion engines, liquefaction of gases, refrigeration and evaporation, chemical equilibria in chemical reactions, thermal pollution, the energy crisis, efficient energy utilization and thermodynamics. Prerequisite: Ch.E. 231, 3 h lect., Winter, Spring terms
Introductory electrochemistry: electrolysis, electrolytic conductance and transport, reversible electrode processes, irreversible electrode processes and electrode kinetics, electrochemical measurements and their analytical applications, chemistry of corrosion. Prerequisite: Ch.E. 232, 3 h lect., Winter, Spring terms
Block and signal flow diagrams, proportional-integralderivative controllers, frequency response techniques, analytical and graphical stability criteria. Introduction to modern control theory. : Prerequisites: Math 31, Ch.E. 312, 3 h lect., Spring, Fall terms
Mathematics of annuities, mortgages, bonds and smali loans; cost accounting, including direct costing, depreciation, taxes and financial statements, estimation of sales and capital and operating costs of a new process of products, study of criteria for the appraisal of capital expenditures, critical path method, linear programming. 3h lect., Spring, Fall terms
Technical seminars will be presented and criticized. Subject material will be from recent literature or industrial experience. Lectures on the sizing and costing of equipment, problems on the design of process components.
How an individual engineer may develop a new small business to supply goods or services to Canadian chemical industries, while performing his/her own technical and management functions; technical, economic, legal and financial aspects.
Methods of estimating physico-chemical properties of gases, and liquids in cases where experimental values are absent. Prediction is usually based on correlations of a form suggested in part by theory, with empirical constants based on experimental data.
Introduction, patterns of change and computational approaches, group methods, limiting flows and stage requirements, capacity and efficiency of contacting devices, energy requirements, selection, optimal design and operation, mass transfer with chemical reaction. 3h lect., Winter term
Analog computation, time domain analysis, control of complex chemical systems.
Prerequisite: Ch.E. 420, 3 h lect., Winter term
§23 Process Control Laboratory
Experiments on process dynamics and control and analog simulation of chemical processes. Time constant, step and frequency response, controller settings, and cascade control of thermal, liquid level, and reaction systems, Prerequisite: Ch.E. 420, 4h lab., Winter term
Polymer solutions, molecular characterization of polymers, molecular weight distributions, morphology and crystallinity in polymers, reaction kinetics and mechanism of addition and condensation polymerization. Prerequisite: Ch. E. 540, 3 h lect., Winter term
Experimental studies of polymerization and physical properties of polymers: condensation and addition polymerization, copolymerization, molecular weight, extrusion rheology, etc.
Physical and chemical nature of ores and intermediates, introductory pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy and electrometallurgy, survey of extraction processes, application of the principles of thermodynamics and kinetics to metallurgical processes.
lonic equilibria, thermodynamics and kinetics of reactions in solution, bonding, stability and stereochemistry of coordination compounds and mechanisms of their reaction, introductory hydrometallurgy, corrosion and homogeneous catalysis.
CHE 553Principles of High Temperature Extractive Metallurgy
Principles of important Canadian metallurgical processes, kinetics of roasting and reduction industrial roasting, blast and electric furnace reduction; nature of melts and slags, slag metal reactions; converting, refining and fused salt
Aspects of microbiology and biochemistry, of interest to the biological process industries and to environmental pollution, classification and growth characteristics of microorganisms, physico-chemical properties of biological compounds, metabolism and biochemical kinetics.
Engineering principles involved in the production of antibiotics, yeast, enzymes, beverage alcoho! and other microbial products, and in biological waste treatment, specialized mass transfer, heat transfer, mixing and rheology applications.
Prerequisite: Ch.E. 560 or permission of instructor
Formulation, processing, preservation and quality evaluation of natural and textured foods, food components and additives: mixing, extrusion, sterilization, separation, purification and concentration operations.
Prerequisite: Ch.E. 560 or permission of instructor
Treatment of gaseous waste products from representative Canadian industries; characterization and toxicity of filtration, scrubbing, cycloning, electrostatic precipitation, and other chemical treatment, legal, social-political, economic and engineering aspects.
CHE 571Physico-chemical Methods in Water Pollution Control
Treatment of waste water from metals processing industries; waste characterization; toxicity; recycle; treatment by electro-oxidation/reduction, ion exchange, solvent extraction, absorption, electrodialysis, reverse osmosis etc; economics, regulations, moral, legal, social and political implications.
The undergraduate curriculum is brought together to accomplish by team effort the basic objective of the process engineer: the design of an integrated process. 4h lab., 2h tut., Winter term