CPI 120 - Introduction To Process Operations

Credits: 2
Instructional Contact Hours: 2

Provides an overview of process operations including analysis of process flow sheets. Details description and analysis of operations as they involve reactors, distillation columns, heat exchangers, and other types of operations in the typical chemical plant.

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in CPI 125 recommended
Lecture Hours: 30 Lab Hours: 0
Meets MTA Requirement: None
Pass/NoCredit: No

Outcomes and Objectives

Describe the components of a chemical manufacturing operation
1. Introduction to a chemical process
2. Differentiate between batch and continuous operations
3. Descriptions of typical processes
4. Overview of process flow sheets and use
5. Detailed description of typical components in the production of chemical products:
  1. reactors
  2. distillation columns
  3. mass transfer
  4. stripping
  5. heat exchangers
  6. pumps and fluid flows
  7. evaporators / dryers
  8. other operations (membranes, packaging)
6. Analysis of complex process operations
7. Safety issues involved with process operations
8. Quality assurance issues involved with process operations