43 courses in the 1977–78 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Professor, Chairman of Department E. Rhodes, BSc, Tech, MSc, PhD (Manchester), PEng
Associate Professor, Associate Chairman (Graduate Studies) C.W. Robinson, BASc (UBC), PhD (U.C. Berkeley)
Associate Professor, Associate Chairman (Undergraduate Studies) F. Macdonald, BEng (N.S.T.C.), PhD (Wisconsin)
Professors T.L. Batke, BASc, PhD (Toronto) J.J. Byerley, BASc, MASc (Toronto), PhD (UBC) K.S. Chang, BS (Hanyang Inst. Tech., Seoul), MSc, PhD (Northwestern) F.A.L. Dullien, Dip! ing (Budapest Technical University), MASc, PhD (UBC), PEng T.ZFahidy, BSc, MSc (Queen's), PhD (Illinois), PEng R. Y-M. Huang, 8Sc (National Taiwan University), MASc, PhD (Toronto) R.R.Hudgins, UE, BASc, MASc (Toronto), MA, PhD (Princeton) M. Moo Young, BSc (London), MASc (Toronto), PhD (London), PEng K.F. O'Driscoll, BChE (Pratt Inst.), MA, PhD (Princeton) D. C. T. Pei, BEng (McGill), MSc (Queen’s), PhD (McGill) P. M. Reilly’, UE, BASc (Toronte), DIC, PhD (Londen), PEng A. Rudin’, BSc (Alberta), PhD (Northwestern) D.S. Scott, BSc, MSc (Alberta), PhD (illinois), PEng P. L. Silveston, BS, MS (M.1.T.), Dring (Munich), PEng D.R. Spink, BS (Mich), MS (Rochester), PhD (lowa State), PEng G.A. Turner, BSc (London), PhD (Manchester) B. M. E. van derHoff, ing (Amersterdam), ir (Delft)
Professor Emeritus A.H. Heatley, BSc, MA, PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professors L.E. Bodnar, BA, MA (Sask.), PHD (McMaster) C. M. Burns, BASc, MASc (Toronto), PhD (Polytechnic Inst., Brooklyn) K. Enns, BASc, LLB, MASc, PhD (Teronto) J.D. Ford, BEng (McGill), MASc, PhD (Toronto), PEng C.E. Gall, BASc (Toronto), MSc (Queen's), PhD (Minn.), PEng G.S. Mueller, BASc (Waterloo), MSc, PhD (Manchester), PEng G. L. Rempel’, BSc, PhD (UBC) JR. Wynnyckyj, BEng (McGill), MASc, PhD (Toronto)
Course Descriptions 237 Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professors J. M. Scharer, BSc, PhD (Pennsylvania)
Faculty members having cross-appointments as shown
Chemical Engineering, Management Science, and Statistics
2 Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
3 Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
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.
An extension of the topics covered in ChE 100: energy balances; Laboratory experiments illustrate the physical principles discussed.
Chemical principles with applications in engineering. 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. .
introduction to physical chemistry. Ideal and real gases, the kinetic 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. Surface phenomena. Chemical kinetics; empirical laws and mechanisms. Prereq: Ch E230
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.
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 probléms, radiant heat transfer and heat transfer with change of phase.
Prereq: ChE211
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..
Prereq: ChE 312
Experimental application of physical and chemical principles using pilot scale equipment, experiments illustrating major unit operations (distillation, absorption, extraction, drying, humidification).
Prereq: ChE 312 ‘
Course Descriptions Chemical Engineering
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. ; Prereq: ChE 220
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. Prereq: ChE 231
Homogeneous reactors: batch, CSTR, tubular flow systems, ideal models, residence time distributions in ideal reactors, temperature effects, steady states, semi-batch systems, nonideal behaviour. Heterogeneous catalysis: mass transfer effects; catalytic rate equations, fixed and fluidized bed reactors.
Prereq: ChE 231
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.
* Prereq: Ch E232
An introduction to modern analysis including optical, electrochemical, radiochemical, chromatographic and spectroscopic methods.
Block and signal flow diagrams, proportional-integralderivative controllers, frequency response techniques, analytical and graphical stability criteria. Introduction to modern control theory.
Prereq: Math 216, ChE 312
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 anew process or products, study of criteria for the appraisal of capital expenditures, critical path method, linear programming.
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.
Introductory theory to one-dimensional two-phase flow: conventions, definitions, homogeneous theory, separated flow (Lockhart-Martinelli), particulate characterization and behaviour; applications: two-phase flow in pipes, boiling and evaporation, sedimentation, filtration.
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.
Application of advanced mathematical techniques to the analysis of chemical engineering processes.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Course Descriptions 239
Chemical Engineering
Analog computation, time domain analysis, control of complex chemical systems.
Prereq: ChE 420
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.
Prereq: ChE 420
Basic concepts of polymer chemistry, classification of polymers, introductory physical chemistry of polymers, organic chemistry of polymerization reactions of polymers, naturally occurring polymers.
Polymer solutions, molecular characterization of polymers, molecular weight distributions, morphology and crystallinity in polymers, reaction kinetics and mechanism of addition and. condensation polymerization.
Prereq: Ch E540
Experimental studies of polymerization and physical properties of polymers: condensation and addition polymerization, copolymerization, molecular weight, extrusion rheology, etc.
Coreq: ChE 541
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 homogenous catalysis.
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 electrolysis.
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. Course includes some lab work.
Engineering principles involved in the production of antibiotics, yeast, enzymes, beverage alcohol and other microbial products, and in biological waste treatment. Specialized mass transfer, heat transfer, mixing and rheology applications. Course includes some lab work. Prereq: Ch E560 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.
Prereq: Ch E560 or permission of instructor
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Treatment of gaseous waste products from representative Canadian industries; characterization and toxicity of filtration, scrubbing, cycloning, electrostatic precipitation, and other chemical treatment, legal, socio-political, economic and engineering aspects.
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.
An individually supervised research and/or design project on any Chemical Engineering subject chosen by the student-professor group. A written report will be required.
Course Descriptions Chemical Engineering
Continuation of Ch E580.
Equivalent to two one-term courses. A written report, meeting minimum technical report standards, and a public oral presentation will be required.
The undergraduate curriculum is brought together to accomplish by team effort the basic objective of the process engineer: the design of an integrated process. A written report, meeting minimum technical report standards, and a public oral presentation will be required.
An individually supervised research or design project, based on one of the technical elective courses taken in the 4A term. A written report, meeting minimum technical report standards, and a public oral presentation will be required.
ChE007, 280, 281, 380, 381, 480, 481 W,S,F 1c 8260 General Awareness Seminar Informal discussions on the Chemical Engineering Programmes.
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