This course would enable students benefit from the reactions and industrial applications of some organic compounds such as Benzene, Alcohols, Aldehydes and ketones, Carboxylic acids, Esters and Amines. Similarly, other aspects of organic chemistry such as Stereochemistry, Heterocyclic compounds as well as Proteins and nucleic acids would be thoroughly dealt with.
This course would introduce students to Conduction, Convection, Radiation and Evaporation processes. Also, the design of heat transfer equipment, heat exchangers, and correction factor for Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers and Flow in non-circular cross section would be discussed. The introduction to diffusion in mass transfer, and its importance in operations such as; Gas-liquid operations, calculation of packed height, McCabe-Thiele method, Solid-liquid operations, Liquid-liquid operations, Fluid-solid operations, Gas-liquid-solid operations would be discussed.
This course builds on ICH 209. It would use and apply differential equation in solving problems.
Students would be introduced to Office applications. This would enable them to write reports, analysis and presentations.
This course will introduce students to knowledge of Fluid Mechanics and this would include system of Units. Fluid and Flow Properties would also be highlighted to include Properties of Fluids. The various Flow regimes, hydrostatics and Dimensional Analysis would be discussed. Compressible and Incompressible Flow of fluid would also be highlighted.
This course would introduce students to the fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering. The various types of chemical reactor such as Batch, Plug-flow and Continuous stirred tank reactors would also be discussed. The fundamentals of materials and energy balances would also be discussed. Phase equilibra equations involving single and multiple component phase, T-XY and P-XY diagrams, activity coefficient and Fugacity would also be emphasized.
Students would be introduced to the role of mechanical separations in chemical processing. Similarly, the fundamentals of the following Mechanical Separations processes would be discussed; Filtration, Sedimentation, Clarification, Flotation, Centrifugal Separations, Jigging, Tabling, Magnetic and Electrostatic Separations, Sonic Agglomeration. Different type of Filters, Cyclones, Centrifuges, Flotation cells, Electrostatic Precipitators, Magnetic Separators and settling tanks with emphasis on the followings; Mechanical Construction, Operation and the working principle, design and the controlling parameters, efficiency, economic evaluation, applications and the selection criteria.
Students are given the practical aspects of principles taught. This includes the use of analytical instruments for elemental analysis.
This course provides students with a firm foundation and a general understanding of the various physical properties of chemical systems. Topics to be discussed will include: Thermodynamics (system, surroundings, work, heat energy; Laws of Thermodynamics, Hess’s Law, enthalpy of reactions, entropy, free energy changes), Chemical Kinetics (reaction rates, molecularity, order and rate constant, determination of reaction order, factors affecting rates of chemical reactions, and Transition State Theory) and Electrochemistry (types of electrochemical cells, standard electrode potentials, spontaneity of redox reaction, applications of cell measurements, and determination of thermodynamic functions, corrosion, and electrolysis).
This course builds on MAT 102. It introduces students to the concept of Differentiation and Integration.