COMPULSORY MODULES

CODE: IT1301 TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

CREDITS: 04

MODULE CONTENT:

Mechanisms for transporting movement, energy and mass. Distribution of speed, temperature and concentration in laminar flow. Distribution of speed, temperature and concentration in turbulent-flow regime. Transport between phases in isothermal systems. Coefficient correlations for low mass transport. Macroscopic balances in isothermal, non-isothermal and multicomponent systems.

CODE: IT1302 APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS

CREDITS: 04

MODULE CONTENT:

PVT properties for gases and fluids. Volumetric properties of mixtures. Thermodynamic properties. Vapor pressure and vaporization enthalpy. Phase balance in multicomponent systems. Thermodynamic analysis of processes. Solid-liquid equilibrium: Crystallization.

CODE: IT1309 MATHEMATICAL METHODS APPLIED TO ENGINEERING

CREDITS: 04

MODULE CONTENT:

Mathematical equation of chemical-engineering processes; processes described by nonlinear algebraic equations; processes described by first-order ordinary differential equations; processes involving linear systems of algebraic equations; boundary value problems in thermal and chemical systems, processes described by partial differential equations, Sturm-Liouville problem, solutions by series of orthogonal functions, separation methods of variables and similarity, Laplace transform applied to the resolution of partial differential equations.

Code: IT-1325	MATHEMATICS APPLIED TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Credits: 04 T – 00 P	Hourly Course Load: 60 T – 00P

OBJECTIVES AND MODULE CONTENT:

Providing knowledge of integral and differential calculus, mathematical operators and evaluating engineering problems from their genesis and solutions for ordinary and partial differential equations via analytical and numerical methods. Likewise, statistics is presented as a tool for evaluating experimental data and as a basis for planning experiments and determining physical parameters of the phenomenological equations presented throughout the development of the module content. Mathematical approach to problems. Formulation of physical-chemical problems. Differential equations Treatment of experimental results. Numerical Methods Optimization. Statistical methods. Case studies.

Code: IT-1326

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS AND PROCESSES

Credits: 04 T – 00 P

Hourly Course Load: 60 T – 00P

OBJECTIVES AND MODULE CONTENT:

Providing information on the main chemical and biochemical processes used in general industries, allowing a broad view on how basic concepts are applied in industrial processes and their variables, the fundamentals of mass and energy transfer, and the main operations units used in the employment and control of these processes. Systems of units. Industrial stoichiometry. Material and energy balances. Introduction to process analysis. Speed of physical operations (mass and heat) and chemical processes (reactions). Case studies.

Code: IT-1327	FLUID THERMODYNAMICS
Credits: 04 T – 00 P	Hourly Course Load: 60 T – 00P

OBJECTIVES AND MODULE CONTENT:

Offering students further education on the basic concepts of Fluid Thermodynamics, with an emphasis on the behavior of pure gases and mixtures, pure liquids and mixtures, from the perspective of Chemical Engineering. Laws of Thermodynamics and applications. Thermochemistry. Molecular model of gases. Properties of pure fluids and mixtures. Specific heats of gases. Classical statistics: Maxwell Boltzmann. Reversibility and irreversibility. Macroscopic model of non-compressible fluids. Fluid dynamics. Case studies.