CHBE 2100 Packet
1. Buzz card access to ES&T building – There is a sign-up sheet in the ChBE computer lab. You
cannot enter the building from 7am-7pm unless you have Buzz card access to the building.
2. ChBE computer lab – It is located at L2230 on the L2 floor, the lowest floor. There are initial
login instructions on a sheet in the lab.
3. Printer quota – You will be given a free deposit of $20 per semester with a $5 possible
rollover from the previous semester. B/W costs four cents per page, color ten cents. For printing
double sided, it is three cents per side of the page. When you run out of your credit, you will no
longer be able to print out in the computer lab.
4. List of programs installed in the computers – Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3,
Aspen Tech 2006 (HYSYS), ChemBioOffice 2008, Matlab R2008A
5. SWIKI – A collection of past and current class websites. Websites:
https://swiki.chbe.gatech.edu and https://swiki.che.gatech.edu
Make sure you type 'https://' instead of 'http://'
7. Study Abroad
GT Lorraine runs a 10-week program in Metz, France. Students can take ChBE 3110
(Thermo II) and ChBE 3200 (Transport I) as well as humanities, social science, technical
and free electives. Many ChBE students participate in this program the summer after their
second year. Website: http://www.georgiatech-metz.fr/
The Imperial College of London is a 4-week program where a max of 25 ChBEs take
ChBE 4200/4210 (Unit Ops./Bio. U. Ops. Lab) and ChBE 4803 (Technical Elective).
Website: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/chemicalengineering
8. Organizations
AICHE –American Institute of Chemical Engineers is the professional society for
ChBEs.
AXΣ – Alpha Chi Sigma is the Professional Chemistry Fraternity.
OXE – The Society of Omega Chi Epsilon Order of Chemical Engineers is the National
Honorary Society for students in chemical engineering.
SAB – ChBE Student Advisory Board is to improve the ChBE program while facilitating
communication between the faculty and students
9. Tutoring – OXE, 1-on-1/OMED
OXE – Help sessions every every Sunday evening, 6:00pm to 8:00pm, in ES&T L1118.
OMED – Study Sessions are held Mondays through Thursdays from 5:30 until 8:30 p.m.
in 208 Chapin (enter through fire escape).
Provided by the ChBE Student Advisory Board (www.chbe.gatech.edu/sab)
Comments, questions, suggestions? Email sab@chbe.gatech.edu
Quantity
Conversion
Length
1 m = 100 cm
= 3.28084 ft = 39.3701 in
Mass
1 kg = 103 g
= 2.20462 lbm
Force
1 N = 1 kg m s-2
= 105 dyne
= 0.224809 lbf
Pressure
1 bar =
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Volume
1 m3 = 106 cm3 = 103 L
= 35.3147 ft3
= 264.172 gal
Density
1 g cm-3 = 103 kg m-3
= 62.4278 lbm ft-3
Energy
1 J =
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Power
1 kW =
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Potential
Difference
1 V = 1 W/A = 1 kg m2 s-3 A-1
Temperature
T(K) = T(˚C) + 273.15
T(˚F) = 1.8 T(˚C) + 32
T(˚R) = T(˚F) + 459.67 = 1.8 T(K)
105 kg m-1 s-2 = 105 N m-2
105 Pa = 102 kPa
106 dyne cm-2
0.986923 atm
14.5038 psia
750.061 torr
750.061 mmHg
1 kg m2 s-2 = 1 N m
1 m3 Pa = 10-5 m3 bar = 10 cm3 bar
9.86923 cm3 atm
107 dyne cm = 107 erg
0.239006 cal
5.12197 x 10-3 ft3 psia = 0.737562 ft lbf
9.47831 x 10-4 Btu = 2.77778 x 10-7 kWhr
103 W = 103 kg m2 s-3 = 103 J s-1
239.006 cal s-1
737.562 ft lbf s-1
0.947831 Btu s-1
1.34102 hp
Values of the Universal Gas Constant
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8.314 J mol-1 K-1 = 8.314 m3 Pa mol-1 K-1
83.14 cm3 bar mol-1 K-1 = 8,314 cm3 kPa mol-1 K-1
82.06 cm3 atm mol-1 K-1 = 62,356 cm3 torr mol-1 K-1
1.987 cal mol-1 K-1 = 1.986 Btu (lb mol)-1 R-1
0.7302 ft3 atm (lb mol)-1 R-1 = 10.73 ft3 psia (lb mol)-1 R-1
1,545 ft lbf (lb mol)-1 R-1
Reference:
Smith J.M., H.C. Van Ness and M.M Abbott, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Termodynamics, 7th ed., New
York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. 678.
Provided by the ChBE Student Advisory Board (www.chbe.gatech.edu/sab)
Comments, questions, suggestions? Email sab@chbe.gatech.edu