Course Outline and Reading

You are expected to do the reading assignment before class. Bring your text to class. Wednesday's class will be typically for problem and discussion sessions.

1. Introduction - 9/28/07 General features of separation processes	Chapter 1
2. Thermodynamics - 10/1/07- 10/8/07 Phase equilibia Ideal & nonideal models Equations of state Activity coefficient correlations	Chapter 2
3. Single equilibrium stage - 10/10/07 - 10/17/07 Flash calculations	Chapter 4
4. Cascades/Design Specification - 10/22/07 - 10/31/07 EXAM  1   October 29	Chapter 5
5. Absorption and stripping -- 11/2/07 - 11/7/067 Packed columns Sizing calculations November 12  Veterans Day Holiday EXAM 2   November 16	Chapter 6
6. Binary multistage distillation - 11/14/07 - 11/21/07            McCabe-Thiele method 7. Multicomponent multistage distillation - 11/23/07 - 11/30/07          Fenske-Underwood-Gilliland Method	Chapter 7     Chapter 9
November 22 & 23   Thanksgiving Holiday 8. Batch distillation - 12/3/06 -12/7/06	Chapter 13