Competency Number |
Expectation |
Level |
Usage |
3.1.1.1 |
Students will be able to perform unit conversions. |
3 |
M |
10.1.1 |
Students will be able to use the design equations for ideal reactors to determine reactor volume, feed flow rate, or conversion. |
3 |
M |
3.1.2.1 |
Students will be able to solve steady-state material balances for non-reacting, single-unit systems. |
3 |
M |
3.2.1 |
Students will be able to identify equilibrium phases on either PT or PV projections of the PVT surface, and be able to obtain vapor pressures for pure components for a given temperature. |
3 |
M |
10.2.1.1 |
Students will be able to do preliminary size and performance calculations on shell-and tube heat exchangers using the log-mean temperature difference method. |
3 |
M |
3.3.1 |
Students will be able to solve the mechanical energy balance for frictionless flow with and without shaft work. |
3 |
M |
3.4.1 |
Students will: (1) be able to assign appropriate modes of heat transfer to a given physical scenario; (2) know (from memory) Newton's law of cooling; and (3) understand and be able to use Fourier's law (one dimensional) and Newton's law of cooling. |
3 |
M |
3.4.2 |
Students will understand conduction and convection resistances, and be able to quantitatively use q = (Delta T)/(Sum Res) and q = UA(Delta T)_lm. |
3 |
M |
10.4.2 |
Students will be able to use Raoult's Law and vapor pressure correlations to solve the VLE and mass balances associated with a single-stage isothermal flash. (Adiabatic flames are considered level 2.) |
3 |
M |
3.4.3.1 |
Students will understand q = hA(Delta T) and how h is qualitatively related to Nu, Re, and Pr, and how to obtain a value for h - qualitative problem. |
3 |
M |
3.5.1 |
Students will understand Fick's law and the contributions to the flux arising from a driving force and from convection. |
3 |
M |
3.5.2 |
Students will be able to use the heat/mass transfer analogy to estimate mass transfer coefficients. |
3 |
M |
3.6.1.1 |
Students will understand and be able to use definitions of rate and nth-order rate expressions. They will know how to determine n from basic rate data. |
3 |
M |
3.7.1.1 |
Students will be able to solve steady-state, first law problems with open, non-reacting, single-process units (e.g., compressors, valves, heat exchangers). |
3 |
M |
3.7.2 |
Students will be able to solve bubble and dew point problems assuming Raoult's Law behavior. |
3 |
M |
3.7.3 |
Students will know how Delta G is related to equilibrium constants and will be able to calculate an equilibrium constant (from Delta Go) at 298 K and relate equilibrium constants to the extent of reaction for ideal gas phase reactions. |
3 |
M |
3.3.2 |
Students will be able to (1) describe qualitatively the physical significance of viscosity in terms of fluid behavior; (2) define and describe the physical significance of Re; (3) describe flow regimes that correspond to different values of Re. |
3 |
M |
10.3.1 |
Students will be able to determine the power required for a pump to deliver a specified flow rate of an incompressible fluid through a single pipeline (excludes flow in parallel lengths) consisting of pipe (multiple diameters acceptable), valves, and fittings. |
3 |
M |
3.1.1.2 |
Students will be able to ensure dimensional consistency when evaluating equations. |
3 |
M |
3.1.2.2 |
Students will be able to solve steady-state energy balances for single-unit, isothermal, reacting systems. |
3 |
M |
3.1.2.3 |
Students will be able to solve steady-state material balances for single-unit, reacting systems. |
3 |
M |
3.4.3.2 |
Students will understand q = hA(Delta T) and how h is qualitatively related to Nu, Re, and Pr, and how to obtain a value for h - quantitative problem. |
3 |
M |
3.6.1.2 |
Students will understand and be able to use definitions of rate, nth-order rate expressions, and the Arrhenius temperature dependence k = Aexp(-E/RT). They will know how to determine E from basic rate data. |
3 |
M |
3.7.1.2 |
Students will be able to solve first-law problems with single process units for closed systems. |
3 |
M |