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CM3215
Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Laboratory

Laboratory Procedures, &
Exercise Instructions 
Heat exchanger without insulation

Figure 1:  This is a shot of the heat exchanger without insulation; photo taken 2 Aug 2010.
Department of Chemical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Prof. Faith A. Morrison


This web page contains the laboratory procedures and the supplemental handouts for each of the nine laboratory exercises in CM3215.  It also contains the instructions and supllementary materials for the four assignments.  Other material you may need are:

Safety Instructions
Safety Team Assignments
Lab Procedures
Lab Notebooks
Lecture Notes for Labs
Lecture Notes for Assignments
Assignment Procedures
Report writing instructions
TA name and email address
Quizzes
Peer Evaluations
Grading Scheme

Due Date Schedule

Email Guidelines for Professionals
Miscellaneous Policies and Information
Archive of Lab Data (including calibration curves)
Dr. Pintar's handout on Error Analysis (2001)


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.



Week  
topic
Lecture
notes
 Lab Procedure
(and handouts)
Assignment Instructions
Handouts



1

Laboratory Orientation
(Visio P&ID)


see assignment instructions->








Excel In-lab exercise 1

Table 2:  Analytical Functions

2

Pressure Measurement, Calibrate Differential Pressure Cell

note to self:  check calibration of Bourdon gauges with manometer?
Lecture Pressure (nice slides)
Lecture Pressure (handwritten slides 2009)
Appendix rules 1
Appendix rules 2
Laboratory 1 Pressure
updated 9Sept2011
Challenging manometer Plm

Excel In-lab exercise 2
updated 17Jan12


Report Expectations in class exercise

Hints on how to insert figures without a Basics Violation




idea for 2012:  active learning
Schematic of set-up

MSDS Blue Fluid

MSDS Acetone

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


3



Measure Fluid Viscosity
Laboratory 2 Viscosity
updated 17Jan 2012

Data analysis updated for next semester













iidea for 2012:  active learning





















MSDS Sucrose

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

Link to Perry's on-line


4

Calibrate Flowmeters and Explore Reynolds Number
Lecture Flowmeters
updated 30 January 2012
The Reynolds number is named after
Osborne Reynolds
Laboratory 3 Rotameter
updated 30 January2012


Peer evaluations due

The Copper Tube Handbook
5
Excel FAM topics:
Excel plotting templates
Paste special to allow resizing
Naming cells, ranges
Using symbol font for Greek letters


TBCo Excel Tutorial 2010 Spring

In Class Excel: 
7Feb2012


note to self:  two parts, stats, unsteady


assignment used in 2010:
TBco Assnmt 4 2010 spring

6
Statistics Statistics Lecture
Morrison 2011
updated 21Sept2011

Hand-written lecture notes for
2nd statistics lecture
updated 14Sept2011

 Handy page on statistics

(2010:  Mullins Lecture 1)
see assignment instructions->




Confidence Intervals for Student's T

A statistics example from the KBC

How to get Excel to display 95% CI error bars

Dr. Co's 1996 Least Squares fitting handout
Cycle 1 Ends - turn in Peer Evaluation for your Group
7

Characterization of a Pneumatic Control Valve Lecture Control Valve
updated 05Oct2011
Laboratory 4 Control Valve
updated 24Sept2011

Cv of Control Valves - Morrison

Identity of WV5 Valve
8
 System Curve (Friction losses in a piping system)
Lecture System Head
updated 24 October 2011
see assignment instructions-> Assignment 3:
System Head Curves
updated 28 Feb 2012
Identity of WV5 Valve

Cv of Control Valves - Morrison

Swagelok Valve Raw Data
9 Friction/Re
updated 12 Mar 2012
updated 12 Mar 2012

The Copper Tube Handbook

The Moody Diagram, f(Re)

Answer to a student question (2011)



10

Analysis of a Centrifugal Pump


Lecture Pumping
updated 19Mar2012




Laboratory 6 Pump
Updated 19Mar 2012


Peer evaluations due

Pumping Head Handout

Cv of Control Valves - Morrison

Identity of WV5 Valve

Swagelok Valve Raw Data

Cycle 2 Ends - turn in Peer Evaluation for your Group

11
Overall Heat-Transfer Coefficient for a Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger
Lecture Heat Exchanger

Notes from 07Nov11
Notes from 09Nov09

Laboratory 7 Heat Exchanger
26Mar2012





Swagelok Steam Trap Specs

Steam Tables SI units

12

System Identification/RTD Dynamics

Lecture System Identification
updated 2 April 2012

Carreau model data:
fittingCarreau2010blank.xlsx

see assignment instructions-> 
 




Assignment 4:  System Identification
updated 4 April  2012

Lab Data for 4 April 2012

CM3215 Handout on Function Fitting

Table 2:  Analytical Functions

What are RTDs?
13


Heat Transfer to a Solid Ball
Lecture Sphere Heat Transfer
updated 09 April 2012
Laboratory 9 Unsteady Heat Transfer to a Sphere
updated 09 April 2012


Lab Data for
9 April 2012


Heisler Chart

Heisler 1947 article

Analytical Solution (Carslaw and Jaeger)
14





Week 14 Safety Quiz
Peer evaluations due

Safety Notes Archive
Cycle 3 Ends - turn in Peer Evaluation for your Group
Finals week










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