COURSE SYLLABUS

ECH 158B, Separations and Unit Operations

Instructors/Teaching Assistants
Ahmet Palazoglu, Ph.D., 3104 Bainer Hall, anpalazoglu@ucdavis.edu
Jason White, Ph.D., 3098 Bainer Hall, jarwhite@ucdavis.edu
TA: Christopher Beu, 3086 Bainer Hall (Palazoglu lab), cjbeu@ucdavis.edu

Office Hours
Dr. Palazoglu: M & F 1pm 2pm
Dr. White: Tu & Th 3pm 4pm
Mr. Beu: Tu & Th 9am 10am
Course Information
M/W 4:10pm 6:00pm, 106 Wellman Hall
Prerequisite: ECH 158A
Senior design experience with multiple realistic constraints. Heuristic and
rigorous design of chemical process equipment. Separation by filtration,
distillation, and extraction. Synthesis of reactor and separation networks, heat
and power integration. GE credit: SciEng | QL, SE
Textbook
MS Peters, KD Timmerhaus, and RE West. Plant Design and Economics for
Chemical Engineers, McGraw Hill, 5th Ed, 2003.

Reference Materials (Books on Shields Reserve)

1. WD Seider, JD Seader, DR Lewin and S Widagdo, Process Design Principles:
Synthesis, Analysis and Evaluation, Wiley, 3rd Ed., 2008.
2. RH Perry, and DW Green, Perrys Chemical Engineers Handbook, McGraw-Hill,
6th Ed., 1984.
3. SM Walas, Chemical Process Equipment Selection and Design, Elsevier, 1990.
4. WM Rohsenow, JP Hartnett, and YI Cho, Handbook of Heat Transfer, McGrawHill, 3rd Ed., 1998.
5. CJ Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles,
Prentice-Hall, 4th Ed., 2003.

Course Outcomes
Upon successfully finishing this course, the students are expected to acquire or
improve upon the ability
To apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
To design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within
realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political,
ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
To use engineering methods to identify, formulate, and solve engineering
problems
To understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic,
environmental, and societal context
To engage in life-long learning
To use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice
Grading
Midterm Exam

35%

Final Exam

45%

Homework

20%

Course Policies
1.
The syllabus, homeworks, and other course materials will be made
available electronically on the course SmartSite.
2.
Homeworks must be turned in at lecture time on the day they are due,
unless noted otherwise. No late homework is accepted.
3.
Problems with the scheduling of exams need to be discussed with the
instructor as early as possible. No make-up exam will be given without a note
from a physician.
4.
While discussion of homeworks with your fellow students is encouraged,
submitted work must be clearly your own and distinct from your classmates.
5.
Graded homeworks will be placed on the shelves of the third floor of
Bainer Hall, unless requested otherwise.

Tentative Lecture Schedule

Lecture

Date

1
2
3

1/4/16
1/6/16
1/11/16

1/13/16

1/18/15
1/20/16

1/25/16

1/27/16

2/1/16

2/3/16
2/8/16

Title

Reading (PTW
unless otherwise
noted)

Introduction (Palazoglu)
Materials of Construction (Palazoglu)
Chp. 10
Materials Handling and Transport: Piping
Chp. 12
Systems (Palazoglu)
Pages 485-507
Materials Handling and Transport: Piping
Chp. 12
Systems (Palazoglu)
Pages 485-507
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY
Materials Handling and Transport: Pumps
Chp. 12
(White)
Pages 508-520
Materials Handling and Transport: Pumps
Chp. 12
(White)
Pages 508-520
Materials Handling and Transport:
Chp. 12
Compressors (White)
Pages 520-536
Materials Handling and Transport:
Chp. 12
Compressors (White)
Pages 520-536
Pages 552-560
Materials Handling and Transport: Valves
Walas Pages 129(White)
131
MID TERM EXAM

Lecture

Date

10

2/10/16

11

2/15/16
2/17/16

12

2/22/16

13

2/24/16

14

2/29/16

15

3/2/16

16

3/7/16

17

3/9/16

18

3/14/16
3/16/16

Title

Reading (PTW
unless otherwise
noted)
Chp. 13

Reactor Equipment: Types of Reactors and

Design Issues (Palazoglu)
PRESIDENTS DAY HOLDIAY
Heat Transfer Equipment: Types of Heat
Chp. 14
Exchangers (Palazoglu)
SSLW Chp. 9
Heat Transfer Equipment: Design Issues
Chp. 14
(Palazoglu)
SSLW Chp. 9
Heat Transfer Equipment: Heat Exchanger
Chp. 14
Networks (Palazoglu)
SSLW Chp. 9
Separation Equipment: Gas-Liquid
Chp. 15
Separation Processes (White)
SSLW Chp. 8
Separation Equipment: Vapor-Liquid
Chp. 15
Separation Processes (White)
SSLW Chp. 8
Geankoplis Pages
696-751
Separation Equipment: Vapor-Liquid, Liquid- Chp. 15
Liquid, and Fluid-Solid Separation
SSLW Chp. 8
Processes (White)
Geankoplis Pages
696-751
Separation Equipment: Liquid-Liquid and
Chp. 15
Fluid-Solid Separation Processes (White)
Geankoplis Pages
760-795
Cost Estimation Using Aspen Plus
(Palazoglu)
FINAL EXAM, 3:30pm 5:30pm