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;
bring a calculator.

1. Introduction - 9/26/08 General features of separation processes	Chapter 1
2. Thermodynamics - 9/29/08- 10/10/08 Phase equilibia Ideal & nonideal models Equations of state Activity coefficient correlations	Chapter 2
3. Single equilibrium stage - 10/13/08 - 10/17/08 Flash calculations	Chapter 4
4. Cascades/Design Specification - 10/20/08 - 10/29/08 EXAM  1   October 27	Chapter 5
5. Absorption and stripping -- 10/31/08 - 11/7/08 Packed columns<> Sizing calculations EXAM 2   November 17	Chapter 6
6. Binary multistage distillation - 11/10/08 - 11/21/08            McCabe-Thiele method Multicomponent multistage distillation with Aspen 7. Batch distillation - 11/24/08 -11/26/08	Chapter 7     Chapter 13
November 22 & 23   Thanksgiving Holiday 8. Membrane Separation - 12/1/08 -12/5/08	Chapter 14