Manual for
ENCH 435
PROCESS SYSTEMS LABORATORY
Web site http://chem.engr.utc.edu/435
Dr. Jim Henry
425-4398
jim-henry@utc.edu
College of Engineering and Computer Science
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Fall, 2001
Contents
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3:
4:
5:
Schedule
Grading
Objectives & Guidelines
Project Information
Assignments
Appendices
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1: SCHEDULE
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Introduction
Performance measurements, Statistics,
Data acquisition software, Cleaning up
Getting familiar with your system
Making measurements, Analyzing data
Reviewing operating instructions
Giving presentations, Writing reports
Getting familiar with your system
Making measurements, Analyzing data
Reviewing operating instructions
Giving presentations, Writing reports
Getting familiar with your system
Making measurements, Analyzing data
Reviewing and revising operating instructions
Giving presentations, Writing reports
Getting familiar with your system
Making measurements, Analyzing data
Reviewing and revising operating instructions
Giving presentations, Writing reports
Giving presentations, Turning in reports, Cleaning up
If I treat you as you are, I will make you worse.
If I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
--Goethe
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2: GRADING
The grading in ENCH 435 will reflect what is observed of your understanding of
process systems operation. Evidence of this understanding can be observed in your
• ability to apply the principles to a physical system (performance in the
laboratory and quality of results)
• ability to interpret, describe and explain experimental and modeling work
(reports and presentations)
The weights given will be
40 points
30 points
30 points
Physical laboratory
(attendance, performance)
Reports
Presentations
Lab work will be graded on this scale
points for
0 points
Leadership
Participation
Cooperation
Contributions
Creativity
Teamwork
Absent
The semester grade will be determined by your point total
90-up
A
80-89
B
70-79
C
65-69
D
0-64
F
The following must be completed to receive a passing grade in the lab:
2 reports, 3 presentations, performance descriptions and a submitted report notebook.
All work done will receive credit if it is submitted before the last scheduled lab meeting of the
semester.
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2. Grading
Your evaluation this semester will be composed of five items as observed by the instructors and by self and peer
assessments. Four different levels of assessments will be used. They are
Exemplary; up to 100 points
Proficient; up to 90 points
Apprentice; up to 80 points
Novice; up to 70 points
The five items assessed by your instructors are
1. Apply knowledge of unit operations to the identification, formulation, and solution of engineering problems
Exemplary will be awarded for each item if the following is true
Student groups apply knowledge with virtually no conceptual or procedural errors affecting the quality of the
experimental results.
Proficient be awarded for each item if the following is true
Student groups apply knowledge with no significant conceptual errors and only minor procedural errors.
Apprentice will be awarded for each item if the following is true
Student groups apply knowledge with occasional conceptual errors and only minor procedural errors.
Novice will be awarded for each item if the following is true
Student groups make significant conceptual and/or procedural errors affecting the quality of the experimental results.
2. Design and conduct experiments of engineering processes or systems
Exemplary will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Student groups design and conduct unit operations experiments with virtually no errors.
Proficient will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Student groups design and conduct experiment with virtually no errors.
Apprentice will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Student groups design and conduct experiment with no significant error.
Novice will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Student groups design and conduct experiments with major conceptual and/or procedural error.
3. Analyze and interpret data from engineering experiments
Exemplary will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Analysis and interpretation of results exceed requirements of experiment and demonstrate significant higher-order
thinking ability.
Proficient will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Analysis and interpretation of results meet requirements of experiment and demonstrate some higher-order thinking
ability.
Apprentice will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Results are analyzed but not interpreted; very limited evidence of higher-order thinking ability.
Novice will be awarded for this item if the following is true
No evidence of significant analysis and interpretation of results; fail to meet requirements of the experiment; demonstrate
only lower-level thinking ability.
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2. Grading
4. Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively in oral presentations
Exemplary will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Presentation is virtually error-free, presents results and analysis logically, is well organized and easy to follow, contains
high quality graphics, and articulates interpretation of results beyond requirements of the experiment.
Proficient will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Presentation presents results and analysis logically, is well organized and easy to follow, contains high quality graphics,
contains few minor errors, and articulates interpretation of results which meets requirements of the experiment.
Apprentice will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Presentation is generally well done but contains some errors; analysis of results is mentioned but not fully developed.
Novice will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Presentation does not present results clearly, is poorly organized, and/or contains major errors; fails to articulate analysis
of results meeting requirements of the experiment.
5. Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively in writing
Exemplary will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Report is virtually error-free, presents results and analysis logically, is well organized and easy to read, contains high
quality graphics, and articulates interpretation of results beyond requirements of the experiment.
Proficient will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Report presents results and analysis logically, is well organized and easy to read, contains high quality graphics, contains
few minor grammatical and rhetorical errors, and articulates interpretation of results which meets requirements of the
experiment.
Apprentice will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Report is generally well done but contains some grammatical, rhetorical and/or organizational errors; analysis of results is
mentioned but not fully developed.
Novice will be awarded for this item if the following is true
Report does not present results clearly, is poorly organized, and/or contains major grammatical and rhetorical errors; fails
to articulate analysis of results meeting requirements of the experiment.
Credit and thanks to Dr. Ron Miller at Colorado School of Mines, for permission to use this table. It was distributed by
Ron at the National ASEE Meeting, 1999, Charlotte, NC.
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3: OBJECTIVES & GUIDELINES
Objectives
The main objectives of the laboratory experiences are to help you sharpen your skill in
observing what happens to an engineering system and to accurately and completely describe
what you observe.
Guidelines on Safety, Cleanliness, Conservation, Citizenship
We have had a number of years of experience with no lost-time injuries in this lab. Let's all
do our part to make this year another one. In the event that someone is injured in the lab and
is bleeding, before you help them, put on latex gloves that are available in the lab. Have
someone show you where they are.
These labs are not routinely cleaned by the custodial workers. We have to keep them clean
ourselves. Always leave the lab cleaner when you leave than when you arrived. If the trash
cans are full, set them in the hall to be emptied. If an empty trash can is outside the door,
bring it into the lab.
Around computer workstations, do not have food or drink. If you have food or drink
elsewhere, please clean up your stuff. Recycle aluminum cans and Styrofoam containers.
Rinse them first if there's grunge in them.
Conserve resources and money by printing only what is necessary for effective learning. If
you print something that you don't need, place the paper in the "one-side-good" recycle stack
to be reused. (Put the good side up.) If you are printing a draft, please use paper from the
"one-side-good" stack.
Printers are not instantaneous. This lab has few printers and many users. During heavy use
times, plan twice and print once. This will reduce frustrations. In the event you don't get a
printout instantly, re-read this paragraph.
If you have any suggestions to improve this lab, pass it on to an instructor or assistant.
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3: Objectives & Guidelines
Some other ways to look at course objectives from the professors' point of view:
Learn to make some measurements of physical parameters
Learn about errors in measurements
See applications of material and energy balances
Observe and quantify the performance behavior of some units
See and touch some equipment parts
See and hear some operating equipment
Learn to operate equipment and accumulate data
Apply basic principles to familiar and unfamiliar 'things'
Design experiments -- objectives, data analysis, communication
Communication skills development -- oral and written
Group skills development
Hands-on experience with unit operations
Experience will emerge as a "discovery" process, based on student-generated series of
questions and trial and error. The student should determine/discover how the unit works
Get experience of the various measurements (temperature, pressure, flow rate,
composition).
Reporting orally and in writing
Reviewing and editing reports
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4: PROJECT INFORMATION
Room 303, Administration Building
Absorption column
(significant, but not all, data acquisition with
computer)
p vs air flow & water flow
Material balance
Flooding behavior
SO2 absorption
Flow meter calibrations
Design of experiments
Material balance
-Complete a PIT for the column
Liquid
in
Gas out
Gas in
Liquid out
Moist
air out
Drying furnace
Drying rate for wet materials
Design of experiments
Material balance
-Complete a PIT for the furnace
Energy balance
-Show a calculation of the heat
-Estimate the heat losses
-Complete a transient energy balance
Adding data acquisition
Drying history curve
Calibration of sensors
Drying Rate curve
Match experiments with theory in McCabe, Smith &
Harriot
Express drying rates in g/min or lh/hr, flux in g/min/cm2
or lb/hr/ft2
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Heat in
Dry air
in
4. Project Information
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Particulate studies
Sieve analysis equipment
Ahlstrom Filtration participation (?)
Design of experiments
Filtrate
out
Filter Press
Set-up & operation
Material balance
-Complete a PIT for the unit
Water-only operation
Slurry operation
Flow meter installation
Flow meter calibration
Design of experiments
Adding data acquisition
Slurry
in
Filter cake
out
4. Project Information
Flow through Packed Beds
Flow rate vs. pressure drop
Dispersion of concentration functions
Design of experiments
Adding data acquisition
Calibration of sensors
Material balance
-Complete a PIT for the beds
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Liquid
in
²P
Liquid out
Ground-water pollution modeling (physical, scaled models)
To be designed
Stream model
Ground transport model
LUST simulator
Spill simulator
Elution
Design of experiments
4. Project Information
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Dry air
out
Domestic dehumidifier
Performance test
Material balance
Energy balance
Instrumentation
Calibration
Analysis of performance,
transient & steady-state
Design of experiments
Adding data acquisition
Measure air velocities over the exit. Make a map of the
velocity distribution. Calculate the air volumetric
flow rate
Measure heat transfer area for the Freon evaporator coil
Measure heat transfer area for the Freon condenser coil
Calculate heat flux & heat transfer coefficients
Report air velocities in ft/min, ft3/min
Report water rates in lb/hr
Report energy flows in Btu/hr
Report areas in ft2
Work
in
Moist
air in
Water
out
4. Project Information
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Gas-Fired water heater
Installation & instrumentation
Performance test
Steady-state operations
Transient operations
Emissions testing
Calibrations
Material balance
-Complete a PIT for the combustion
Energy balance
-Show a calculation of the heat of reaction and heat in
the flue gases
-Estimate the heat losses
-Complete a transient energy balance
Analysis of performance
Plot the time-response of the temperatures and gas
analyses
Design of experiments
Adding data acquisition
Report heat rates in Btu/hr
Report flows in lb/hr
Flue
gases
out
Fuel in
Air in
CW
in
HW
out
Room 115, Grote Hall
Distillation column
(significant, but not all, data acquisition with computer)
Material balance
-Complete a PIT for the unit
Energy balance
-Show a calculation of the heat
-Estimate the heat losses
-Complete a transient energy balance
Steady state operation, ~18% MeOH feed
Transient operation, ~18% MeOH feed
T-x-y plots
Calibrations
McCabe-Thiele plots
Flooding behavior
Feedback controlled operation
Heat transfer theory & operation of condenser
High purity product operation
Medium purity product operation
Design of experiments
Condeser
heat
Tops
out
Feed
Reboiler
heat
Bottoms
4. Project Information
Cooling towers
Laboratory, 3-ton unit
(significant, but not all, data acquisition
with computer)
Hot, dry day operation
Cool, wet day operation
Material balance
-Air balance
-Water balance
Energy balance
-Air side energy balance (heat gained)
-Water side energy balance (heat lost)
-Estimate the heat losses
-Complete a transient energy balance
Steady state operation
Calibrations
Transient operation
Design of experiments
Report heat flow in Btu/hr and tons of cooling
Report flows in lb/hr
Report air velocities in ft/min
Show air velocity distributions & averages
Show impact of ambient conditions
Demonstrate on a psychro-chart the calculation
procedure
Administration Building cooling tower
Energy balance
Material balance
Steady state operation
Design of experiments
Adding data acquisition
(More as above under Lab Cooling Tower)
Central Energy Plant cooling tower
Energy balance
Material balance
Steady state operation
Design of experiments
Adding data acquisition
(More as above under Lab Cooling Tower)
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Hot
water
in
M oist
air out
Ambient
air in
Cooled
water
out
4. Project Information
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Coffee maker
Energy Balance
Material Balance
Transient operation
Fluid flow theory & operation
Heat transfer theory & operation
Product concentration
Grinding impact
Design of experiments
Adding data acquisition
Room 213, Grote Hall
Chemical reactor w/ spectrophotometer
(significant, but not all, data acquisition with
computer)
Reactant
NaOH
Batch reactor
CSTR reactor
Tubular ("plug flow") reactor
Steady-state and transient operation
Design of experiments
Reactant
CV
Reactor
outlet
4. Project Information
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Oxygen Concentrator (Pressure Swing Absorption)
(significant, but not all, data acquisition with
computer)
Design of experiments
Performance test
Material balance
Energy balance
Instrumentation
Plant visit
BASF/Amnicola
Velsicol
W.R. Grace
Alco Chemicals
Bowater Paper
Moccasin Bend Waste Water Treatment Plant
Tennessee-American Water Treatment Plant
DuPont Plant
Bunge Foods
4. Project Information
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Various Locations
Emissions inventory
ENCH 435 "Chemical Release Inventory"
Distillation column
Methanol
Grote Hall "Chemical Release Inventory"
UTC "Chemical Release Inventory"
Central energy plant
Natural gas
Oil
Freon
Blowdowns from cooling towers &
boiler water
Chattanooga motor vehicle fueling operations
Equipment performance testing
Boilers in Central Energy Plant
O2 analyzer
Stack gas monitor
Cooling towers
Pitot tubes
Refrigeration chillers in Central Energy Plant
Energy audit of Challenger Center
4. Project Information
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Computer Simulations
Chemical plant simulator (ProII)
Flash tank
Distillation, 18% MeOH in water
Design of simulation runs
Air pollution monitoring & modeling
Air Pollution Control Board participation (?)
ALOHA & CAMEO dispersion modeling
Simulated Methanol spill
Design of simulation runs
5. Assignments
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5: ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK 1
Spend a few hours researching the information in the Library and on the Web for one
of these subjects:
Industrial Distillation
Industrial Drying
Plate and frame filtration
Combustion heaters
Dehumidification
Packed column absorbers
Chemical reactors
Cooling towers
Absorption chillers
Cyclone dust collectors
Pressure swing absorption
Look for methods of operation and analysis of performance of the units.
Write a report to your directors that summarizes what you find.
Describe how to determine the fuel usage (miles per gallon) of your car or truck.
BACKGROUND
5. Assignments
On the next pages are some data for gasoline purchases. Calculate the miles per
gallon for these. Calculate the average and the standard deviation. Plot the
individual points versus sample number in chronological order (as much as
possible).
List the things that might need to be considered in describing why the results are not
all the same. Comment on what you observe.
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5. Assignments
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Give an estimate of how long it takes for the first kernel of popcorn to pop in a microwave popcorn package.
Write a procedure for an experiment that determines the average time it takes for the first kernel of popcorn
to pop in a microwave popcorn package.
By discussion amongst your classmates, reach agreement on a procedure and submit it to management for
approval.
Conduct the approved procedure and present your data and results to management.
5. Assignments
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Write a procedure for an experiment that determines the weight of a sack of sawdust by using a three-arm
balance.
By discussion amongst your classmates, reach agreement on a procedure and submit it to management for
approval.
Conduct the approved procedure and present your data and results to management
5. Assignments
EACH WEEK
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WORK STATEMENT
Each week that the lab meets, you are to submit a weekly Work Statement by noon
on Friday. If you submit the statement on paper, you are to submit the statement to
Dr. Henry. You may submit the statement electronically from the 435 Web Site
(http://chem.engr.utc.edu/435) and no need to duplicate it.
The Work Statement is to describe your activities in the lab and following the lab. It
is to include the data you collected. The data must be presented clearly so that
another engineer can understand it. It is to include any calculations and/or graphs
that you have completed. Again, these must be presented clearly.
5. Assignments
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
AT CHATTANOOGA
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering and Computer Science
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
MEMORANDUM
To:
ENCH 435
From: J. M. Henry
Subject: Performance Documentation
Please prepare a memo addressed to us that describes your semester in ENCH 435. The nature of this memo
is similar to documentation that bosses commonly request from employees for annual performance reviews or
in the process of granting them promotions or awards. Give a copy of the memo to me by 3:00 pm on 5
October 2001.
In your memo, please address as many of the following as appropriate:
what your participation was in the various projects
what your activities were in the various weeks
what contributions you made in the laboratory
(background work, operating help,
reporting or presentation)
how you displayed leadership
how you exhibited creativity
when, where and how you were cooperative and worked as a member of a team
Make the last paragraph a summary of the earlier parts of the memo.
Your memo should deal almost exclusively with specifics. In the last paragraph, and only in the last
paragraph, you may make general statements about your part in ENCH 435.
Here are suggested first sentences:
This memo is in response to your request. In here is a description and documentation of my
part in ENCH 435 so far this semester. For each project I was involved with, I describe my
participation, leadership, contributions, creativity and team work.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
AT CHATTANOOGA
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering and Computer Science
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
MEMORANDUM
To:
ENCH 435
From: J. M. Henry
Subject: Performance Documentation
Please prepare a memo addressed to us that describes your semester in ENCH 435. The nature of this memo
is similar to documentation that bosses commonly request from employees for annual performance reviews or
in the process of granting them promotions or awards. Give a copy of the memo to me by 3:00 pm on 3
December 2001.
In your memo, please address as many of the following as appropriate:
what your participation was in the various projects
what your activities were in the various weeks
what contributions you made in the laboratory
(background work, operating help,
reporting or presentation)
how you displayed leadership
how you exhibited creativity
when, where and how you were cooperative and worked as a member of a team
Make the last paragraph a summary of the earlier parts of the memo.
Your memo should deal almost exclusively with specifics. In the last paragraph, and only in the last
paragraph, you may make general statements about your part in ENCH 435.
Here are suggested first sentences:
This memo is in response to your request. In here is a description and documentation of my
part in ENCH 435 this semester. For each project I was involved with, I describe my
participation, leadership, contributions, creativity and team work.
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APPENDICES
1
References
2
Statistics
3
SSOC
4
Information
5
Hints on Lab Reports
6
Oral presentation format, hints and grading
APPENDIX A1 REFERENCES
McCabe, Smith & Harriott, Unit operations of chemical engineering
CALL NO: TP155.7 M3 1976
Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook, 6th ed. / prepared by a staff of specialists
CALL NO: TP151 P45 1984
PUBLISHER: New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984.
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6. Appendices
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APPENDIX A2 STATISTICS
Variations in Measured Quantities
(ENCH 322)
Every time an experimental measurement is taken, there is some error associated
with the measurement. Today you are to determine the error in measurements in
your system. Do this by taking steady-state measurements of the output function,
C(t), for a number of data points. Find the mean and standard deviation of the
measurements you make. Report your results as mean±2x(standard deviation). This
range will include the true value of the function at a confidence level of 95%. Be
aware that the standard deviation may be different at different operating points.
Software packages like Excel can help a lot with the statistics.
The following graph shows how this statistical analysis could look. This graph is the
measured output for a steady input.
Output
18
Variation in Output Data
17
16
Output = 16.08 ± 0.27
15
100
105
Time
110
115
120
Output data varying with time
6. Appendices
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APPENDIX A3 SSOC
System Operating Curve
For each value of a constant value of the input function, there will be a value of the
output function; this is called the steady-state value of the output for that value of the
input. A graph of the output function (on the ordinate) versus the input function (on
the abscissa) is called a steady-state operating curve.
An example of what steady-state operating curves look like is below.
20
Output
15
10
5
0
0
20
40
60
80
100
Input
Example of Steady-State Operating Curve
6. Appendices
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APPENDIX A4 INFORMATION
Information Flow
In the Figure below is a diagram that depicts the flow of information is the
LabVIEW environment. The computer operator and the equipment transmitters
provide inputs into the program. The program provides outputs to the pieces of
equipment, the computer monitor and to data files on computer disks.
After using LabVIEW, the controller program, the data can be read by other
programs, such as spread sheet programs (Excel, for examples) or graphing
programs. Excel is available on the computers at UTC.
Operator
Inputs
LabVIEW
Controller
Program
Outputs to
Equipment
Equipment inputs
Outputs to
Data Files
Data
Spread Sheet
or Graphing
programs
Plots
Information paths in laboratory experiments
6. Appendices
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APPENDIX A5 HINTS ON LAB REPORT
Diagrams, Graphs, & Tables:
The reason for putting diagrams, graphs and tables in a report is to organize information so that it can be
easily understood. However, the point that you want to convey in a diagram, graph or table may not be
obvious to the reader or grader. You have to tell the reader or the grader what point you want him or her to
see in the diagram, graph or table so that he or she doesn't miss that point. A good rule of thumb is to write 2
or 3 sentences for each diagram, graph or table to explain or describe the diagram, graph or table.
Figures:
Try to size figures so they fit upright on the page. If you have to turn them sideways, remember that the
top of the figure goes to the left of the page.
See the examples below.
Binder:
The reports submitted are to have all your group's reports included in a binder. Put
the newest in the front. Include the grading sheet with each report. Separate the
reports with tabbed separators that are labeled to identify the reports.
"TJe":
This is known as the "Thomas Jefferson Error." This is marked when you write
it's when you mean its. Both words are legitimate words, but they mean different
things. It's is the contraction of the two words it is; its is a possessive pronoun that
refers to an object.
6. Appendices
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Contents of "Theory & Background"
(by Jay Ware)
Brief review of system
This should include a schematic diagram of your system with control elements
labeled using the standard symbols in the appendix of S&C. The schematic diagram
does not have to be pictorial, but is to show the functional relationships among the
various components of the system. The block diagram should be included. The
input and output functions should be clearly defined.
Discussion of Principles behind experiment
This should include the theoretical output for a given input.
Discussion of theory as applied to system
All variables for your system should be defined. Where you know the values of
parameters (from previous measurements or reports) these are to be described in this
section.
Brief summary of theoretical response
This should consist of an explanation of how the system should respond based on
theory. In the "Discussion" section, this theoretical response should be compared
with experimental and/or approximate modeling response.
6. Appendices
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Informal Report
REPORT CONTENTS
Title Page
Includes "UTC," "Engineering 435," Title, Your Name, Your partners' names, Date
Introduction
In the first paragraph, it tells briefly what was done and for what purpose. In the
second paragraph, it tells how the report is organized.
Background and Theory
Describes the engineering background of the lab, including equations and schematic
diagrams
Procedure
Describes what was done in the physical lab
Results
Describes what you observed, the data. Includes tables and graphs.
Each table and graph must be explained.
It builds on the "Procedure;" the "Procedure" section must describe how all the
results in this section were obtained.
It includes results of experiments: estimates of errors of the results, SSOC
Discussion
Tells the significance of the experiment and the results.
It builds on the "Results;" the "Results" section must include all the results that are
discussed in this section. "No surprises"
Conclusions and Recommendations
Describes what principles were demonstrated by the experimental results. It builds
on the "Discussion;" the "Discussion" section must prepare the reader for all
conclusions that are mentioned in this section.
"No surprises"
Appendices
Includes raw data, references & other things that interrupt the "flow" of the report.
Anything that is in an appendix (except "references") must be mentioned someplace
in the report.
Attachments
Include a sheet for each team member that describes the contribution to the work in
the laboratory.
6. Appendices
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Formal Report
A draft of Formal Report is due the second school day before the scheduled lab
meeting.
FORMAL REPORT CONTENTS
Introduction
Theory & Background
Description & explanation of system components & connections
Schematic diagram
Input function(s) and output function
Theory & governing equations for components and system
Block diagram
Modeling
Equations & methods used in modeling
Procedure
Results
Experimental results. Estimates of errors in results.
Experimental and modeling results
Discussion
Comparison among theory, experiment & modeling
Conclusions
Recommendation
Appendices
Physical properties
Modeling diagram, equations
Data curves & calculations
Attachments
Include a sheet for each team member that describes the contribution to the work in
the laboratory since last reported.
6. Appendices
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ENGINEERING LAB REPORT
COMMENTS & GRADING
NAME:___________________________REPORT DATE:
GROUP:___________________________TITLE:
CONTENT (50%)
Title Page -- Name and name of team members?
Introduction -- Clear reason for report?
Background-enough to follow report?
Introduces report?
Theory (diagrams, equations, calculations)
Modeling (diagrams, equations)
Results (tables, graphs, calculations)
Discussion (follow from Results?)
Conclusions (follow from Discussion?)
Recommendations
Appendices
Evaluator's recommendations
Total points (out of 50)
FORM (50%)
Appearance (margins, page #s)
Type (size, quality, consistency)
Graphs (clear, consistent)
Tables (clear, consistent)
Diagrams (clear, consistent)
Language (word choice, significant figures)
Total points (out of 50)
OVERALL COMMENTS
EVALUATOR_____________________________ OVERALL GRADE
6. Appendices
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APPENDIX A6
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
ORGANIZATION
Establish Purpose: What is your objective in making presentation?
Assume your audience does not know anything about your
subject.
Write Conclusion First
Outline:
Introduction
Name and name of team members State reason for presentation
Background-provide enough to follow talk
Body
Present ideas
Include strengths and weaknesses
Summary
Summarize briefly
State conclusion
Questions-be prepared
Select Information Based on Support of Conclusion-KISS
PREPARATION
Visual aids
Overhead, charts etc. - approximately 1/minute of talk
one idea/slide
Include -title slide
outline of talk
conclusion
Do not have complete sentences on your slides
Make your letters on the overheads at least 1/4 inch high.
If you can't get a printer to do that for you, do it by hand
or use the copy machine to enlarge your copy.
Everything on your slide must be important enough to be there.
If it's not important, leave it off. If it's important, make
it clear and tell your audience about it.
Have a balance among the number of slides with words only, those with diagrams or graphs
and those with tables
Practice--to have confidence
Memorize introduction and conclusions Make them strong
Practice out loud to an empty room
Present to other group members for critique and potential questions.
DELIVERY
Communicate
Stay within time limit
Confidence
Be in control
Maintain eye contact-maintain eye contact-maintain eye contact
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FORMAL ORAL PRESENTATION CONTENTS
Brief system description, including input & output functions
Review of performance curves (SSOC)
Sample time response graph: Transients, steady operation
Modeling approach
Comparison of results of experiment & model
Comparisons of experimental results and modeling results
Conclusion(s) about system
Conclusion(s) about approximate model
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ORAL PRESENTATION GRADE
NAME: DATE
GROUP:
SUBJECT:
CONTENT (50%)
Introduction
Name and name of team members?_______
State reason for presentation?______
Background-enough to follow talk?_______
Body
Summary
Summarize briefly?
State conclusion?
Questions?
VISUAL AIDS (20%)
Overhead?
Include -title slide?
# Text slides
outline of talk?
# Graphic slides
conclusion?
# Tabular slides
DELIVERY (30%)
Confidence
Stay within time limit? start________end______time_____
Delivery
In control/evidence of practice?
Maintain eye contact?
OVERALL COMMENTS
EVALUATOR
OVERALL GRADE
6. Appendices
GRADE RECORD
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STUDENT
PHONE
WEEK
TOPIC
1
INTRO
2
3
FIRST REPORT
4
5
6
MID-TERM
TOTAL POINTS
GRADE
A | B |C | D |F
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
SECOND REPORT
ORAL REPORT #1
ORAL REPORT #2
SEMESTER
TOTAL POINTS
GRADE
A | B |C | D |F
GRADE
DATE
INITIALS