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CM3215
Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Laboratory

Laboratory Procedures, &
Exercise Instructions 

Department of Chemical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Prof. Faith A. Morrison

These are pdf files of the CM3215 lecture slides and laboratory assignments.  Note that the lecture slides are constantly being updated and changed, so necessarily these printable versions represent only one version of the slides.  The date that the file was prepared is indicated.  Please do not print too far ahead as there may be updates.




Topic #
(usually wk)  
topic
Lecture
notes
 Lab Procedures
Assignment Instructions
Handouts



1
Laboratory Orientation
(Visio P&ID)
Lecture: 
Class Introduction
11Jan2016







none






2
Calibrate Honeywell Differential Pressure Cell

Lecture: Calibrate DP Meter
updated 13Jan2016


Statistics 1 Random Error and Replicates
updated 20Jan2016




Procedure: Calibrate the DP Meter
updated 13Jan16




Replicate Error
In-lab exercise 2

updated 21Jan2016



How to get Excel to display 95% CI error bars
updated 23Jan2015









Schematic of set-up

SDS Blue Fluid
(Safety Data Sheet)

SDS Acetone
(Safety Data Sheet)

Pycnometer accuracy

pycnometer receipt
($173.31 each 2011) 10 mL and 25 mL sizes are for ASTM Standard D 369 and Barrett test H-8; AASHTO standard T-74

Accuracy of Volumetric Glassware

Technical Specifications Honeywell STD924
archived

Appendix rules 1
Appendix rules 2

Hints on how to insert figures without a Basics Violation

How to get Excel to display 95% CI error bars
updated 23Jan2015

Instructions on Excel's LINEST
-fittingto a line with LINEST
updated 25Sept2014
-fitting to a polynomial with LINEST
updated 26June2015
_______________________

Calibration Weights

Lecture Pressure (handwritten slides 2009)
Challenging manometer Plm
3
Reading and Calibration Error
Statistics 2:  Reading Error
20Jan2016

Statistics 3 Calibration Error 
26Jan2016

 
Also, see below under week 6 and on Dr. Morrison's Statistics page
none
26Jan2016
see below under week 6


Reading and Calibration combined (print double sided)
1Aug19
4
Measure Solution Viscosity as a function of Concentration Lecture: Viscosity Measurement
updated 25Jan2016


Google Forms link for data collection (Sp2016)
updated 25Jan2016



Statistics 4. Error Propagation
1Feb2016

Also, see below under week 6

updated 25Jan2016



SDS Sucrose
(Safety Data Sheet)

Instructions for CF Viscometers

Background on CF Viscometers
(reference:  F. A. Morrison, Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Draft manuscript 2009, Houghton, MI)

Lab CF Calibration Sheets

Table of approximate efflux times
updated 16Sept2014

Link to Perry's on-line for members of AIChE

Confidence Intervals for Student's T

iidea for 2012:  active learning

5
Calibrate Flowmeters and Explore Reynolds Number
Lecture: Flowmeters
10Feb2016

5. Least Squares Curve
Fitting  and LINEST

   26Jan2016
6. Sensing Limit
26Jan2016
Procedure:  Calibrate Rotameter
10Feb2016



The Copper Tube Handbook

The Reynolds number is named after
Osborne Reynolds
6

Error Analysis in Engineering Applications

Summary page:  www.chem.mtu.edu/
~fmorriso/statistics.html
Lectures Statistics:
(summary page)

1.  Lecture: Random Error and Replicates
20Jan2015

2.  Reading Error
20Jan2016

3.  Calibration Error 
26Jan2016


4. Error Propagation
1Feb2016
Excel

5. Least Squares Curve Fitting  and LINEST
   26Jan2016

6. Sensing Limit
26Jan2016

7. Practice --working with Error Propagation


Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results
(pdf; 1994)

none Reading Error Worksheet
Replicate Error Worksheet
Calibration Error Worksheet (2 pages)
Error Propagation Worksheet

Reading and Calibration combined (print double sided)
19Feb16

Confidence Intervals for Student's T
23Jan2015

How to get Excel to display 95% CI error bars
updated 23Jan2015

Instructions on Excel's LINEST
-fitting to a line with LINEST
updated 25Sept2014
-fitting to a polynomial with LINEST
updated 26June2015

Volumetric Glassware Error
11Sept2014





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Dr. Pintar's Unit Operations Lab handout
on Error Analysis (2012)


Dr. Co's 1996 Least Squares fitting handout
Dr. Co's 2008 LINEST handout

A statistics example from the KBC


7
  Characterization of a Pneumatic Control Valve
 Lecture: Control Valves
updated 17Feb2016
 Procedure:  Characterize a Control Valve
17 Feb2016
 Assignment 5
(Attached to the Procedure)
updated 18Nov13

(note: some of the information in this handout is the same as for the System Curve assignment)
8
Friction/Re
updated 24Feb2016
updated 24Feb2016
none
The Copper Tube Handbook

The Moody Diagram, f(Re)
9
System Curve (Friction losses in a piping system)
updated 2March2016

none
Assignment 6:
System Head Curves for a Piping System with a Needle Valve


posted 2 March 2016
updated 18Nov13


Swagelok Integral Bonnet Valves
downloaded 18Mar2011
10
Overall Heat-Transfer Coefficient for a Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger
updated 16Mar2016

Swagelok Steam Trap Specs

OPT Steam Trap Specs

installed stations 3, 7 2015

Steam Tables SI units

Dr. Morrison's CM2110 Energy Balance Notes

hand lecture slides
11Nov2013
11
System Identification:  Fitting a Model to Data
updated 28March2016
(No laboratory work;
data sets supplied)
updated 28March2016
Model Identification for Laboratory Data
updated 30Nov2014

Appendix: 
Table 2:  Analytical Functions
updated 2Dec2014

Using Solver to Fit Curves

What are RTDs?

Carreau model data:
fittingCarreau2010blank.xls
12
Analysis of the "Lossy" Centrifugal Pump
Lecture: Pumping
updated 30March2016

hand lecture slides 2013
Procedure: Characterize the Lossy Pump
updated 10March 2016
none
Pumping Head Handout

Cv of Metering Valves - Morrison
updated 18Nov13
13


Determining Heat Transfer Coefficient for a Solid Ball in a well stirred liquid in a finite vessel
Lecture: Sphere Heat Transfer
updated 26 February 2019

(No laboratory work;
data set supplied)

Assignment 8:  Heat Transfer Coefficient for Sphere
Spring 2016

Lab Data for
Spring 2016

updated 8April2016

Heisler Chart

Heisler 1947 article

Analytical Solution (Carslaw and Jaeger)

14

Week 14 Safety Quiz

Safety Notes Archive
Finals
none

none





Heat exchanger without insulation
Figure 1:  This is a shot of the heat exchanger without insulation; photo taken 2 Aug 2010.



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