Chemical Engineering for Non-Chemical Engineers - Virtual

Source: AIChE

Course ID:

CH710VTL
Type:
Instructor-led Virtual Course
Language:

English
Skill Level:

Basic
Duration:

4 days
CEUs:

2.30
PDHs:

23.00
Accrediting Agencies:

Florida
New Jersey
New York
RCEP

What You'll Learn | Who Should Attend | Testimonials

While you may not have been formally trained as a chemical engineer, any engineer, operator, or nontechnical person can get drawn into the chemical engineering realm. A basic understanding of chemical engineering can prepare you to participate in discussions, evaluate designs, and ask the right questions. This four-day overview equips you with the practical knowledge you need to be more effective at work.

Instructor(s):

Karl V. Jacob

Karl Jacob is a retired Fellow in Engineering Sciences at The Dow Chemical Company and founder of their Solids Processing Lab.Read more

Sue Jacob

Retired from Dow, Sue has developed heat exchange, distillation, and ASPEN modeling expertise through years of experience in Process Design and Manufacturing.Read more

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What You'll Learn

understand and use chemical engineering terminology
read pump curves and calculate Reynolds numbers
identify types of equipment
select appropriate equipment types to suit various applications
construct and use a McCabe-Thiele diagram for distillation analysis
make sense of distillation internals
understand various flow regimes and mixing problems
analyze hazards and work safely in the CPI
understand process scale up and economics
choose the appropriate type of process control

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Who Should Attend

Technical and nontechnical personnel working in the chemical process industries (CPI) are welcome to attend. The class is geared toward those without formal chemical engineering training, but those looking for a refresh on the fundamentals may find this class suitable as well. Take this course, for example, if you are:

a mechanical engineer working as a process engineer in a chemical or petrochemical manufacturing facility
an electrical engineer designing instrumentation to measure fluid volumes, temperatures, or flowrates
an operator at a chemical facility who wants to understand chemical engineering principles in order to accept more responsibility
a corporate lawyer versed in legalese but not in the terminology spoken by chemical engineering colleagues
a chemist more comfortable in the lab than in a full-scale manufacturing facility
a logistics professional responsible for the supply of bulk chemical products

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Outline

Times listed are in EST. For questions, please email academy@aiche.org.

Day One

9:45-10:00	Log into WebEx Training Center
10:00-10:30	Course Overview/Introductions
10:30-12:00	Introduction to ChE/Health and Safety
12:00-12:15	Exercise #1: HAZOP
12:15-12:45	Lunch Break
12:45-1:45	Units of Measurement, Stoichiometry, Balances, Unit Operations and the Ideal Gas Law
1:45-2:00	Exercise #2: Using the Ideal Gas Law
2:00-2:15	Break
2:15-3:00	Chemical Engineering in Polymers and Plastics
3:00-4:00	Flow Sheets and Diagrams, Materials of Construction, Economics

Day Two

9:45-10:00	Log into WebEx Training Center
10:00-12:00	Fluid Mechanics
12:00-12:25	Exercise #3: Pump Curves
12:25-1:00	Lunch Break
1:00-1:45	Fluid Mixing
1:45-2:30	Heat Transfer (Part 1)
2:30-2:45	Break
2:45-3:30	Heat Transfer (Part 2)
3:30-4:00	Exercises #4&5: Heat Transfer

Day Three

9:45-10:00	Log into WebEx Training Center
10:00-11:30	Distillation and Stage-wise Contacting
11:30-12:00	Exercise #6: Distillation
12:00-12:30	Lunch Break
12:30-1:30	Adsorption, Stripping, Extraction and Leaching
1:15-1:30	Exercise #7: Extraction
1:30-2:30	Specialty Separations
2:30-2:45	Break
2:45-3:45	Evaporation and Crystallization
3:45-4:00	Wrap-up

Day Four

9:45-10:00	Log into WebEx Training Center
10:00-11:30	Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Reaction Engineering
11:30-12:00	Exercise #8: Inerting/Residence Time Distributions
12:00-12:30	Lunch Break
12:30-2:15	Solids Processing/Particle Technology Unit Operations
2:15-2:30	Exercise #9: Solids Processing
2:30-2:45	Break
2:45-3:45	Process Control and Measurement
3:45-4:00	Exercise #10: Process Control

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Testimonials

“Thoroughly enjoyed the course even though it was offered virtually as consequence of COVID-19. Very informative and provided valuable insight that can and will be used in my role as a plant project engineer.”

Project Engineer, Specialty Chemicals

“This course helped me use my knowledge of my own chemical plant and related chemical engineering concepts to the processes going on in the plant.”

Heather Tippens, Polyethylene Manufacturing

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FAQs

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Certificate

Every student who completes the course will receive a personalized certificate stating course dates, and earned CEUs, and PDHs.

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