Unit Operations Lab

0906.403

GENERAL INFORMATION

INSTRUCTORS:

Dr. Brian Lefebvre

Office: 139 Rowan Hall

Phone: 856-256-5338

Email: lefebvre@rowan.edu

Available: See office weekly for availability

Mr. Jesse Van Kirk

Office: Rowan Hall

Phone: 856-589-9138

Email: vankirk@rowan.edu

Graduate Students:

Ms. Sarina Colligen Location: 338 Rowan Hall Phone: 256-5378 Email: collig04@students.rowan.edu Experiments: Membrane Gas Separation Pressure Drop in Pipes	Mr. Mike Hatton Location: 339 Rowan Hall Phone: 256-5378 Email: hatton56@students.rowan.edu Experiments: Distillation Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger
Mr. Tim Schurmann Location: 342 Rowan Hall Phone: 256-5360 Email: schurm52@students.rowan.edu Experiments: Packed Tower Hydraulics Microfiltration: Yeast

MEETING TIME & LOCATION:

The course meets every Friday 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM. Students are expected to be on time and prepared unless prior arrangements have been with the following parties:

· Faculty member in charge of the experiment

· Graduate student responsible for the experiment

· Other group members

Course lectures will take place in 309 Rowan Hall. Laboratories will take place in the 3^rd floor laboratory space.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. Understand and apply engineering experimentation techniques and safety procedures common to the chemical industry.

2. Apply principles developed in chemical engineering courses to the analysis of chemical engineering processes and unit operations.

3. Improve technical writing skills.

4. Improve skills necessary for group work—interpersonal skills, coordination of the efforts of several persons, leader and subordinate roles, etc.

COURSE PROTOCOL:

Four projects will be done during the semester. Students will work in groups of 3-4. There will be a project leader for each project. This position will rotate throughout the semester. Each project will require either an individual or group report. A computer and word processing software must be used to prepare the text of the final report. The font size acceptable will be 12 point and paragraphs will be single-spaced.

No plagiarism of laboratory data or reports is tolerated. Such actions will result in academic misconduct charges being brought against the student.

The major sources of difficulty in the UOL are insufficient preparation and waiting until the last minute to interpret the data. All students in the group should be prepared at the start of a given experiment. In addition, appropriate raw data and intermediate calculation worksheets must be prepared prior to the day in the lab.

The project leader is responsible for assigning tasks during the experiment and for assigning tasks for completion of the group report. The final grade for the course is made up of lab report grades and lab performance. Peer evaluations will be conducted at midterm and the end of the course, but only the end of course peer evaluation will score. Please note that this evaluation has a significant contribution to the final numerical score.

GRADING:

TASK	Maximum possible points per task	Type, number	Absolute maximum possible points
Lab Readiness Presentations^+	10 points	Individual, group (4)	40 points
Lab Report 1	20 points	Individual	20 points
Lab Report 1 revision	60 points	Individual	60 points
Lab Report 2	40 points	Group	40 points
Lab Report 2 revision	80 points	Group	80 points
Lab Report 3	80 points	Individual	80 points
Lab Report 4	120 points	Group	120 points
Professional Conduct	60 points	Individual	60 points
TOTAL*			500 points

(⁺) Theoretical knowledge, command of experimental protocols, lab datasheets, quizzes.

(*) Subject to final peer evaluation adjustment.

Final Grades

Points	University Point System	Percentage	Letter Grade
> 465	4.0	93	A
> 450	3.7	90	A-
> 435	3.3	87	B+
> 415	3.0	83	B
> 400	2.7	80	B-
> 385	2.3	77	C+
> 365	2.0	73	C
> 350	1.7	70	C-
> 335	1.3	67	D+
> 315	1.0	63	D
> 300	0.7	60	D-
< 300	0.0	< 60	F

SAFETY VIOLATIONS

All students will adhere to the laboratory safety rules. Any unsafe practice will result in a deduction of up to 10 points from the final report grade of the lab experiment during which the violation took place.

LAB READINESS ASSESSMENT PRESENTATIONS

Before beginning an experiment, each member of the team must be familiar with the equipment and well versed in the theory behind the experiment. To facilitate preparedness, each team will prepare a 5-10 minute presentation that explains the theory and equipment used for each experiment. All groups will present on the same Friday prior to the start of a new set of labs. These presentations are intended to spark dialogue between groups regarding the operation and analysis of each lab.

LAB REPORTS AND REVISIONS

Each group/individual will write four reports. Two of these reports will be individually written, short, executive summary style reports of no more than three pages (not including appendices). Examples of these reports will be provided and discussed in class.

In the two remaining reports, the team will have the opportunity to address the material more thoroughly, and more in-depth discussion of theory and results will be required. The long reports should be ten to fifteen pages in length. Each team member will be responsible for a section or sections, as assigned by the group leader for that experiment, and should indicate who wrote that section in the report. Reference materials will be available on reserve in the library for all experiments, and should be consulted for the long reports in particular.

Lab reports are due at 11:30 AM on the Friday following each lab experiment. Lab reports will be graded and returned during the next lab period, and faculty will provide detailed comments at that time. Revision is allowed on the first two laboratory reports.

Laboratory Report 1: Short, individual

Laboratory Report 2: Long, group

Laboratory Report 3: Short, individual

Laboratory Report 4: Long, group

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES/DUE DATES

EXPERIMENTS:

I Packed Towers Hydraulics (High Bay, Room 344)

III Membrane Gas Separation (High Bay, Room 344)

IV Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger (High Bay, Room 344)

IX Distillation (High Bay, Room 344)

X Microfiltration (Room 342/343)

XI Pressure Drop in Pipes (High Bay, Room 344)

Order of Experiments*:

	I	III	IV	IX	X
Date	Packed Tower Hydraulics	Membrane Gas Separation	Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger	Distillation	Microfiltration
9/3	Course Intro
9/10	Presentations
9/17	A1	A2	A3
9/24				B1	B2
10/1	Presentations
10/8			A1	A2	A3
10/15	B1	B2
10/22	Presentations
10/29	A2	A1		A3
11/5			B2		B1
11/12	Presentations
11/19		A3		A1	A2
11/26	Thanksgiving
12/3	B2		B1
12/10	Wrap-Up

*Order of experiments is subject to change, depending on state of equipment and availability of utilities.