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courses sequence covering the and the Models, Basic Reporting, CME 461 - Petroleum Refining
application of principles of chemical Worked Case Studies. The Worked Processes
and process Engineering: Mass Case Studies along with the projects
transfer; Separation processes; and assignments the students will Credit Hours: 3
Reaction Engineering; Experimental undertake will emphasize problem Prerequisite: CHE 305 + CME 341 +
planning, data acquisition and safety definition, design conceptualization, CME 331
considerations are emphasized modeling, simulation and process This course covers crude oil and its
throughout. integration. properties and processes involved in
refineries: Atmospheric and vacuum
CME 450 - Process Design CME 498 - Capstone Design fractionation; Catalytic cracking;
Project I (Capstone)
Credit Hours: 3 Thermal cracking, Hydro-cracking,
Prerequisite: CME 331 Credit Hours: 1 Steam reforming; Isomerization,
Co-requisite: CME 400 Prerequisite: Senior Level + CME 301 alkylation, Absorption; etc. It also
Process Design involves the + CME 321 + CME 331 + CME 305 covers selected petrochemical
industries; Design of processes.
synthesis, integration, and design This course incorporates the
of chemical engineering processes. integration of material from other CME 462 - Chemical Process
This is a three-hour course which is chemical engineering courses with Industries
intended to introduce students to applications to the design of plants
the fundamentals and applications of and processes representative of Credit Hours: 3
process design. The course presents the chemical, biological, and related Prerequisite: CHE 305 + CME 331
systematic process-integration tools industries bounded by design This course introduces students to
for the synthesis, development, constraints, namely economic, the processes that chemical
and screening of potential process environmental, manufacturer and engineers use in chemical industries.
flowsheets. It reinforces equipment technical and scientific. Specific focus will be made on
design of common process processes used in the following
equipment. The principles of process CME 499 - Capstone Design industries: Petrochemical, Water/
economics including evaluation Project II sewage treatment, Fertilizer, LNG,
of fixed and operating costs, Credit Hour: 2 Soap and detergent, Cement, Food
depreciation, and profitability analysis Pre-requisite: CME 498 processing, Glass, Electromechanical,
will be covered. Plastics, Perfumes, and
A continuation of CME 498.
CME 455 - Industrial Software Pharmaceutical. Field trips to local
for Chemical Engineers facilities will be made to provide
Major Elective students with a better understanding
Credit Hours: 2 of how the processes are integrated
Prerequisite: CME 300 + CME 331 + into various industries.
CME 400 (Co-req)
Gas Processing and CME 463 - Corrosion Engineering
The objective of this course is to Petrochemicals
provide students with a guided Credit Hours: 3
experience on the construction and CME 460 - Natural Gas Prerequisite: CHE 330
convergence of chemical processes Processing This course introduces
in an industry-utilized process electrochemical principles and their
simulator like Aspen Plus and Aspen Credit Hours: 3
Hysys. Students will understand Prerequisite: CME 301 application to corrosion of materials
and corrosion control. Topics
how to access variables, define and This course introduces different
converge design specifications and techniques for processing natural covered include thermodynamics
and kinetics of corrosion, corrosion
converge tear/recycle streams. Topics gas. Topics include properties mechanisms, corrosion inhibition
covered include an introduction to and behavior of natural gas
the commercial process simulation using equations of state, hydrate and electrochemical protection of
metals. Case studies from oil and gas
software and more specifically to formation, field treatments including
Aspen Plus, Process Simulation dehydration, sour gas sweetening, production and processing industries
are also included.
Software Graphical User Interface, sulfur recovery, and liquefaction.
Physical Properties Environment Design of main processing
Set Up, Simulation Environment equipment will be studied.
and Flowsheet, Unit Operations

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