ChE 414
Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
Instructors
Drs. L. Zhang/C. Niu
September 10, 2013
Contact info
• Instructor: Dr. Lifeng Zhang
– Engineering 1C122
– liz795@usask.ca; ph: 966-4799
• Instructor: Dr. C. Niu
– Engineering 1C129
– catherine.niu@usask.ca; ph: 966-2174
Contact Info
• Coordinator: Dale Claude
– Engineering 1D43
– dale.claude@usask.ca; ph: 966-4707
• Technician: Kevin Carter
– kjc901@mail.usask.ca; ph: 966-4707
Contact info
• Demonstrator: Vahid Vasoughi
– vav028@mail.usask.ca
• Demonstrator: Sepideh Shankarami
– Sepideh.Shankarami@usask.ca
Course information
• Website:
http://engrwww.usask.ca/classes/CHE/414/
• Lab location: Engineering 1D25
• Lab time
– Monday 14:30 – 17:30
– Tuesday 14:30 – 17:30
Text:
- ChE 414.2 Laboratory Manual
(available online on the course website)
- S. Jeter, J. Donnell. (2004) Writing style
and standards in undergraduate reports
Office Hours:
Dr. L. Zhang: open door/email, Rm: 1C122 Eng. Bldg.
Dr. C. Niu: open door /email, Rm: 1C129 Eng. Bldg.
What Labs ?
• Fermentation: Kinetics of yeast growth
• Filtration: Separation of calcium carbonate
from water
• Distillation: Continuous separation of
methanol from water
• Boiling and Condensing: Heat transfer
• Fluidization: Pressure drop and heat
transfer
• Packed Column: Pressure drop and
flooding
Instructors for Labs
Dr. L. Zhang:
•Boiling and Condensing: Heat transfer
•Fluidization: Pressure drop and heat transfer
•Packed Column: Pressure drop and flooding
Dr. C. Niu:
•Fermentation: Kinetics of yeast growth
•Filtration: Separation of calcium carbonate from
water
•Distillation: Continuous separation of methanol from
water
Formal report marked by instructors, memo by lab
demonstrators.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Develop skills in
- Equipment operation
- Data recording
- Analysis of the data using academic theory
- Technical report writing
in the selected typical Chem. Eng. processes
Marking
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Lab performance: (4X2.5%)
Lab notebook: 10%
Technical memos: (2X10%)
Oral Presentation: 25%
Formal report: 35%
Overall mark: 100%
No exam
90 - 100
80 - 89
70-79
Exceptional
Excellent
Good
60-69
50-59
Satisfactory Minimal Pass
<50
Failure
•The mark distribution is only approximate.
•Final grades will be assigned at the discretion of the instructor
subject to the University Council and College Regulations on Examinations.
Plagiarism is DEFINITELY NOT
acceptable!
– Copy other people’s report
– Citing without referencing the source
Plagiarism results in 0 mark for the report
Be aware of & Follow the new University of Saskatchewan
Academic Honesty/Dishonesty definitions, rules and procedures
www.usask.ca/honesty.
Due Date and Overdue Penalty
• Due date for the reports:
- 2 weeks after the experiment date.
- The date of submission is counted by the date on which the
hard copies of your reports are handed in to and signed by
Mr. Dale Claude.
AND
- Electronic copies of the reports must be sent to both Dale
and Drs. Zhang/Niu by email on the same day for
verification.
- When submission on weekends, the date of submission of
reports by email can be counted, however, the hardcopies of
your reports must be handed in to Dale on the following
Monday to avoid extra delay penalty.
- 7 “free” late hand-in days for the whole course
- Must indicate on your reports when use it to avoid late
penalty.
Due Date and Overdue Penalty
Penalty
- 0.5% of the full marks of this course per day
(including weekends, and other statuary
Holidays), will be deducted from the late reports.
-Submissions including lab notebooks/reports will
NOT be accepted after
Dec. 4, 2013.
Requirements
• Lab performance
• Write-ups: technical writing
• Fundamentals of each lab
Laboratory procedure
(This slide is courtesy to J. Wiens’ ChE333 Conference Notes 2007)
2 weeks
Lab performance
Be prepared for:
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Objectives
Theory / knowledge
Design of experiment
Parameters to be measured
Apparatuses, procedures and principles
Find out: what to learn
Initiate the contact for the pre-lab help
with the demonstrators & the lab coordinator
Lab performance
During the experiments:
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Follow the experimental procedures
Record observations in Lab Notebook
Test the validity of data and/or results
Pay attention to SAFETY issues
– personnel
– equipment
Write-ups / Reports
• Technical memo
• Presentation
• Formal report
• Lab notebook
Write-ups / Reports
One student is required to hand in
– 2 technical memos
– 1 oral presentation file (each group
makes one)
– 1 formal report
– 1 lab notebook
Write-ups / Reports
No repetition in each group for
– formal report
– oral presentation file
– technical memos
Write-ups / Reports
Tech. memos
You
Your partner
Labs A and B
Labs C and D
Oral
Lab C or A (work by the group)
presentation
Formal report
Lab D
Lab B
Lab notebook
Labs A,B,C,D
Labs A,B,C,D
In one group, you may label the 4 labs by A, B, C, and D in your own order.
Each member of the group should keep the same order.
Lab Notebook
No sheets of paper
Permanently bounded & recorded
• Briefly outline the title, date performed, names of
group members, objectives, apparatus,
experimental conditions and procedures before
labs
Suggest making table for recording data
• Record clearly all original observations, simple
calculations of data, & graphs or tables showing
salient conclusions from the experiments.
• MUST be examined, dated and initialed by the
TAs before leaving the laboratory
Lab Notebook
Refer to ChE 414 class website for
RULES FOR LABORTORY NOTEBOOKS
Submit the lab notebook
at the end of the term (by Dec 4, 2013) for
marking
Technical Memorandum
• Title and names:
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course number
name (Your name and state the partner’s name)
lab title
prepared for (lab demonstrator’s name)
date lab done
date report due
state if you use the free late days
• Body of text: maximum two pages (doubled spaced)
• Introduction
 concise introduction of the system used
 a brief statement of the objectives of the experiment
 a general description of the procedure followed
Technical Memorandum
• Results and Discussion
 discussion and comparison of all required results with
values from literature
 major equations used, but not mixed with text in the
same paragraph
 a brief table of results or major graphs attached to
support the conclusions.
• Conclusions and recommendations
• Sign your memo on the last page below the text
Formal Technical Report
(double spaced)
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Title page and Table of Contents
Abstract
Table of contents, table of figures, table of tables
Introduction
Review of theory or literature
Experimental Section: apparatus and procedure
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
Recommendations
Nomenclature
References
Appendices
Formal Technical Report
Title page
• Course number
• Name (Your name and state the partner’s name)
• Lab title
• Prepared for (instructor’s name)
• Date lab done
• Date report due
• State if you use the free late days
Table of contents
(Double spaced, max 20 pages)
Formal Technical Report
Abstract
• State briefly the purpose of the investigation
• Describe briefly how the results are obtained
• Give all required results in a concise and
quantitative format if possible.
• Use words, no tables, figures and equations
• Normally no more than 250 words.
Formal Technical Report
Introduction
• Include information on the subject of the
investigation and its importance in industry;
• Describe clearly the objectives of the lab;
• Cite the references.
Formal Technical Report
Literature review or theory
• Provide sufficient theoretical background
to the particular experiments
• Develop the equations or models to correlate
your experimental data. Number the
equations.
detailed derivation placed in Appendix
• Describe how to obtain the model parameters
and predict the particular system
• Cite the references
Formal Technical Report
Apparatus and Experimental Procedures
• Specify the main apparatuses used
make, model and use
• Describe the procedures
Highlight important experimental conditions
• Give the names of quality of the materials.
Make sure other people can repeat your work and obtain the same
results if they follow your description.
Formal Technical Report
Results and Discussion
• Present the significant experiment results
required in the Lab Manual in words and graphs.
• State the data treatment processes and the outcomes.
• Discuss the results of experiments and model simulations or
predictions.
• Compare your results with that in literatures if available.
• Logically discuss and lead to conclusions.
Attention
• Consistent format
• The unit for every parameter in the equations has to be
conformed.
• Figures or Tables in the body of text
– Titles of figures, axes, and tables
– Briefly state the experimental conditions
– Experimental data: represented by unique symbol for each
group of data in figures
– Modeling curves: different lines with legends
– Show model significance when fitting models
Cr uptake (mmol/g)
0.8
0.7
0.6
model predicting curve
relative dev.: 5.1%
model prediction when g =1
relative dev.: 11.5%
error bar: 95% confidence interval
w ithout NaCl
addition
0.5
0.4
0.1M NaCl
0.3
0.1M NaCl
0.2
pH 2.0
0.1
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Equilibrium Cr concentration (mM)
Figure 1. Modeling the effect of IS on Cr uptakes
40±1 mg AWUS, 20±0.2 mL solution
Formal Technical Report
Conclusions and Recommendations
• Conclusions should be summarized following
the discussion.
• Lists your suggestions on how we can improve
the labs.
Formal Technical Report
Nomenclature
• Completely lists the symbols that appear
in your report, their definition and unit in a
professional and consistent format.
Refer to a published paper.
Formal Technical Report
References
• Completely lists every reference cited,
mentioned or used in the text of the report in a
professional and consistent format.
• Follows either the number order or the
alphabetical order.
Formal Technical Report
Reference format examples
In the text:
……Adams concluded that ……1. However, that conclusion may be suspicious because
……2
In the Reference section:
References
1. Adams, A. B. title of publication. ……
2. Cook, H. M., Author #2, ……
Ref: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
or in the text:
It was concluded ( Adams, 2001) that ……. However, that conclusion may be suspicious
(Davis and Volesky, 2001) because ……(Niu, et al., 2005)
References
Adams, A. B. year, title of publication, publisher, page (book)
Davis, T. and B. Volesky, year, title of paper, journal name, volume, issue, pages
(paper)
Niu, C., M. Huang and B.Volesky, year ….
Ref: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Formal Technical Report
Appendices
• Raw data (neat with tables)
• Calculated data
• Sample calculation (using a set of data to
show the steps of calculations)
• Tables and Figures
Appendices
(Courtesy to Jason Wiens’ ChE333 Conference Notes 2007)
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Raw & Calculated data in tables
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Sample Calculations
Descriptive title
For example
1. Calculation of the volumetric flow rate of air through
the absorption column
Q  Uo A
Equation used
Keep units
m
2
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Q   3.0  0.50m
s
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Result with
m3
Q  1.5
proper sig figs
s
Oral Presentation
– Each group is required to deliver one oral presentation
based on the lab they have performed.
– The content of the presentation should include
introduction of the lab, theories and/or principles,
objectives of the lab, experimental procedures, data
collection, data processing, results and discussion,
conclusion and recommendation.
– The duration of the presentation is 13 -15 minutes.
– All the students in the same group will work
collaboratively, and will be evaluated as a group.
– All students must attend the group presentations and
participate the grading. Irresponsible grading will lead to
reduce of the overall marks.
A good report/presentation
• Careful measurements
• Correct calculations
• Understanding and use of the
theory or models
• Logical discussions
• Correct conclusions
Organized
Clarity
No grammar & typographical errors
• References
• Oral presentation
Important dates
• September 16: First day of labs
• Sept 18: Last day for making changes in
registration for T1 classes
• Oct 14 (Mon): Thanksgiving – Univ. Closed
• Nov 11 (Mon): Remembrance Day
• Nov 15: Last day to drop T1 Fall Term classes
without academic penalty
• Dec 4: Last day of classes
Last day to hand in laboratory reports and
laboratory notebooks for marking
Assessment data will be collected from
this course for the program indicator –
Individual and Team Work
Rubric will be posted on the class website if data
are collected.
-Evaluate “as a team member”
-Evaluate “as a leader”. Samples are to be
randomly chosen from students who will submit a
formal report for a lab.
Summary
• Academic theory understanding
• Lab performance
• WRITEUPS
Successful!