Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Source: AIChE

Type:
Academy Video Series
Skill Level:

Basic

Designed for technicians in the chemical industry and non-chemical engineers who work or supervise them. It will cover the basics of chemical engineering calculations and design.

Catalytic Converter Demonstration

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1/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Learn about catalytic converters in automobiles and the process of hydrocarbons reacting to the platinum surface of the catalytic converter to...

Centrifugal Pumps Demonstration

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2/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Centrifugal pumps consist of rotating impellers that push liquid out radially from the eye of the impeller. Lean more about drag, turbulence, and how...

Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor Demonstration

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3/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Using a Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor ensures thorough mixing of reactants and products, and that the outputs concentration is the same as it was...

BP Texas City Explosion

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4/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

A combination of poor communication between management, contractors, and employees and faulty equipment led to the 2005 BP Texas City Refinery...

Diaphragm Pump Demonstration

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5/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Diaphragm pumps use a combination of rubber, Teflon or thermoplastic diaphragms, and valves on either side of the diaphragm to pump fluids, similar...

CSB Sugar Dust Explosion

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6/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Sugar is a combustion hazard when it’s in a dry, dusty form. A fine sugar dust explosion can generate pressure in excess of 100psi in less than...

Gas Dispersion/Flooding Tank Reactors Demonstration

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7/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Flooded, Dispersed, and Recirculation Tank Reactors are all needed to disperse gas in a liquid. Learn more about the three regimes and Tank Reactors...

Distillation Basics Demonstration

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8/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

New to the distillation process? Learn about distillation and how to condense a liquid mixture into two, one more concentrated in water and one more...

Continuous Distillation Demonstration

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9/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

With a distillation column, you can continuously distill water with an ethanol concentration of 25% to achieve a concentration of 75%. Using the...

Operating Line Graph Demonstration

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10/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

The Operating Line is the mass balance representation of the amount of reflux returned to the distillation column. With the Equilibrium Diagram using...

Varying Reflux Ratio Demonstration

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11/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Working with a distillation column? Learn about reflux, the amount of distillate that is returned to the top of the column as a liquid. How much of...

HHO Reaction

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12/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Can water be used as an alternative fuel source? Converting H2O into HHO produces a gas that combines the atomic power of hydrogen with the chemical...

Packed Column Demonstration

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13/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

What is a packed column? Learn how packing materials help the liquid and vapor mix, and how it compares to the tray column. From AIChE’s...

Phase Change Demonstration

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14/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Take an inside look at Heat Transfer and how Energy and Temperature can affect the phase of a block of ice at -50®C. Learn more about sensible...

Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers

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15/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Plate and Frame Heat Exchangers enhance the mixing of utility and product flow in a countercurrent direction to maximize heat transfer of liquids...

Random Packing Demonstration

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16/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Random Packing has been around since the earliest days of commercial columns. To learn about the three generations of random packing and how they...

Static Mixer Demonstration

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17/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Using alternating clockwise and counterclockwise twists, the static helical mixer rotates and cuts fluid to ensure thorough blending of elements...

Inner Workings of a Sieve Tray

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18/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

In this video, we explore the inner workings of typical sieve trays. Learn all about froth, the bubbling area, outlet weirs, and how to ensure only...

Pipe Reactor Demonstration

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19/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

What happens when you inject a plug of reactant into the pipe flow? Learn about the conditions of doing so in an ideal, real and perfectly mixed pipe...

Diffusion and Mass Transfer Coefficients Demonstration

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20/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Diffusion is the flow of molecules between two regions, one of high concentration to one of low concentration. Learn more about using Mass Transfer...

Chemical Reaction to Heat and Temperature Demonstration

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21/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Combining chemicals can generate different reactions; Exothermic, when heat is released by the chemicals being combined and Endothermic, when heat is...

Equilibrium in a Closed Container Demonstration

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22/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Equilibrium is when the number of molecules leaving a liquid is equal to the number entering. To learn how equilibrium relates to the humidity in the...

Imperfect Mixing in a Stirred Tank Reactor Demonstration

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23/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Mixing in a Stirred Tank Reactor can leave you with a few issues: Dead Zones and Bypassing, and you will need to take residence time of the reactant...

Rotary Pump Demonstration

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24/26 in the series Essentials of Chemical Engineering for Non-Engineers and Operators

Two counter-rotating intermeshing rotors create a suction that pulls the liquid into the pump and transports it around the rotors, to the discharge...